Alaska Sportsmen’s Council Adopts j
Recommendation to Change Guide Law;
ANCHORAGE UP)—A five-point
change in the guide law and the
inclusion of conservation-hunting
safety education into the terri
torial school system were among
recommendations adopted (by the
Alaska Sportsmen’s Council in its
convention here1 over the week
end.
I The council, representing 14
sportsmen’s organizations thjuout
Alaska, also, will press fqr en
abling legislation tg , set up an
Alaska sports fish and game de
partment,. and ..licensing bureau.
At the. sane lesion, .of., .the > .third
annual conference... thecouncil
elected A. .W.'.“Bud”. Boddy of
Juneau as its new president.
.< Boddy, - who succeeds Glenn
Bespain of Fairbanks to the top
office, also was re-elected- dele
gate to the National Wildlife Fed
eration. !
' There was relatively little dis
cussion on the 'controversial issue
of guides, althd two Anchorage
members objected that the rec
ommendation wctald' still provide
that a guide could be deprived of
his licence without “trial.”
; The recommendation was made
in this manner*'
” L That the executive officer
shall suspend a guide’s license
upon receipt of reasonably con
clusive ,.evidence of, .a violation.
T^iat the (Alaska .Game) commis
sion shall jiold.-a hearing within
six months of date of, suspension,
at which time the suspended
.guide may receive a fair trial.
2. Request the game commis
sion to strike from the game laws
the language permitting hiring
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resident hunters as assistant:
guides.
3. Go hack to the old system of i
using assistant guide licenses for i
non-resident hunters.
4. That the mandatory guide j
law be modified or revised to al-,
low a resident of five years to i
take a non-resident friend hunt- -
ing. The commission shall issue a 1
special permit for the one hunt.
5. Recommend that the outfit
ters be issued an outfitters li
cense which shall make him re
sponsible for all camps and
guides working for him.
The recommendation for the
change in the guide law, along
with other council recommenda
tions, will be presented to the
territorial legislature and other
persons concerned as the collec
tive thinking of these 14 member
organizations.
Results of Basketball
Games Tuesday Night
Last night in the School gym
before a large crowd the Nome
High School Girls basketball
team downed a determined Alum
nae Girls team 28 to 20. For the
first meeting of the year the
girls put up a good game. High
scorers for the High School Hus
kies were Janet Muller 12, Sally
Stettinger 10, Gladys Walker 4,
and Carol Tanner 2. For the
Alumnae, the scoring was by Bea
Lee \16, Vera Huff 3, and Elva
Ahmasuk 1.
The High School 'N a nooks fin
ally broke into the win column
in the second game of the evening
by decisively downing the newly
organized ACS team 74 to 51.
However Ralph Zwigle, ACS
flash, dropped in 40 points to
take the honors in scoring. The
High School played a bang-up
game and the scoring was divided
evenly with Jake Titus 23, Korky
Kost 14, Chuck Fagerstrom 11,
Joe Senungetuk 11, and Pete
Fagerstrom 8.
Friday night regular league
play will continued with the Air
Force Panthers challenging the
Merchants in the first game at
7:30 and the High School going
against the North Stars at 8:45.
Anchorage Housewife
Gets Lion for Pet
ANCHORAGE, (51—B e c a u s e i
Mrs. Delores Diel wanted an un- !
usual pet, a lion is now romping 1
in the land of the midnight sun.
Mrs. Diel, wife of an Air Force
sergeant, recently visited a local
pet shop and said she wanted a
different kind of pet. Idle clerk
suggested she order a lion.
The idea pleased Mrs. Diel and
she instructed the pet shop to get
her one. Wheels turned and a
lioness was ordered from Halifax,
Mass., and in. no time at all was
embarked on a seven-day trip to
Anchorage.
The year-old animal arrived
Sunday morning via plane, and
was immediately delivered to the
Diels, who live in a four-room
house and have one child.
Scandinavian Countries
Ask Permanent Air Route
To L.A. Via Greenland
WASHINGTON, Sweden,
Norway and Denmark yesterday
asked that the Scandinavian Air
lines be granted a permanent air
route to Los Angeles via Green
land. .
Ambassadors from 'die three
countries made the request dur
ing a call on Asst. Secretary of
State C. Burke Elbrick.
Norwegian Ambassador Wil
helm Morgenstierne, acting as
spokesman for the group, said
they asked formal negotiations
“soon” to make permanent a tem
porary route to Los. Angeles
which is due to expire in August
after a three-year trial
“The route has proved very
satisfactory for all three coun
tries” he said. “We are hoping
very much to make it permanent.”
notice:
Ordinance No. 377 entitled "An
Ordinance of the Cily of Nome,
Alaska, to adopt by reference the
Fire Safety Code of the Territory
of Alaska authorized by Chapter
66, SLA 195i>. approved March 23,
1955, and effective in the Terri
tory of Alaska January 1, 1957"
was adopted by the Nome Com
mon Council Jan. 14. 1957. Refer
to City Clerk's Office for further
details.
Nome Common Council
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish Jan. 16, 18, 21, 1957.
Marylin Monroe Having
‘Tummy Upsets’; Won’t
Say If She’s Pregnant
OCHO RIOS, Jamaica (Jl—Mar
ilyn -Monroe, is having “tummy
upsets,” but she won’t say yes or
no to rumors she is pregnant.
The actress and her playwright
husband, Arthur Miller, have
been vacationing at “Mootpoint,”
a seaside villa on Jamaica’s north
coast.
Over coffee, she refused to
comment on speculation around
the island that she Is expecting a
baby. But she did say, with a
smile:
“I don’t plan any films for a
while.”
She has cancelled several social
engagements here because of her
“tummy upsets.”
Friendly Seal Finally
Wins Admittance to
Naval Officers Club
VENTURA, Calif. UP!—A friend
ly seal that seemingly prefers
human society has finally been
admitted to a naval officers’ club.
The sociable mammal showed
up last Friday while officers’
wives were having a luncheon.
He clapped his flippers and
barked for attention. Naval offi
cers, feeling he was too young for
parties, carried him back to sea.
But he wouldn’t stay put. He
turned up at three subsequent
parties and was just as persistent
ly returned to the surf.
Club authorities relented, how
ever, when he appeared at a par
ty again yesterday. He’s being
fed by Navy men while they de
cide what to do with him.
• The guest’s talents include trip
ping levers on club plumbing. He
seems to enjoy hearing the water
gurgle.
Japan Air Line to Start
Tokyo - Seattle Service
SEATTLE, iff!—Japan Air Lines
hopes to offer two round trips a
week when it begins Tokyo-Seat
tle service over the North Pacific
late next year, Kam-bu Ishikawa
of Tokyo, a vice president of the
line, said in Seattle Monday.
Ishikawa, on his first visit to
Seattle since 1927, said Japan Air
Lines would assign long-range
DC-7C transports to the great
circle flights.
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McGiord Air Base
Fire May Cost
Over $8 MiHion
McCHORD AFBr Wash.,. Uft—A
spectacular fire burned out the
inside of two large maintenance
hangars at this western Washing
ton Air Force base early- Tuesday.
Some air base officials esti
mated the loss might run to S8
million or more.
Four aircraft were destroyed in •
the buildings. Arthur McCarthy,
chief of the McChord Ore depart
ment, was hospitalized after he
was overcome by smoke.
The fire broke out at 5:30 a.m.
in shops in the rear* part of one
of the hangars- It was controlled
about an hour later but fires con
tinued to burn intensely for an
other hour or more.
The destroyed aircraft were a
C-T24. a four-engine transport; a
C-11'8,. the military- equivalent of
a DC-6;: a T-33, jet trainer, and an
L.-20 liaison scouting plane.
Blakely, a Democrat,
Appointed Temporary
Senator From Texas
AUSTIN, Tex., W—Gov. Allan
Shivers yesterday appointed Wil
liam A.. Blakely of Dallas, a Dem
ocrat, as temporary U.S. senator
from Texas, and Blakely indicat
ed he will help the Democrat?
maintain their narrow margin in.
the Senate.
However, Blakely said, “I have
not made up my mind on how- I
will vote in the Senate. I have
got to get in the Senate first.’”
He added that “of course I al
ways have been a Democrat.”' He
said he had supported President
Eisenhower, but also said ife sup
ported Sen. Lyndon Johnson’ (D
Texas), Senate majority loader
and a strong party leader.
Cold Spell in India
Brings Death to Many
NEW DELHI, W)—Press reports
indicate that at least 20 Indians
—and possibly as many as 40—
have died in an unusual, nine-day
cold wave.
Most deaths were laid tcs ex
posure among persons lacking
clothing or fuel for the unexpect
ed weather.
Rain and hail still chilled the
plains from Amrits. in the north
west to Patna in the northeast.
North Indian winters are chilly
but temperatures are rarely near
the freezing point for long.
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