Higher Wages for
Construction Men
ANCHORAGE, —A five per
cent wage increase has been
granted seven Alaska construc
tion crafts, it was announced Sat
urday. The crafts affected include
laborers, operating engineers, iron
workers, teamsters, cement ma
sons, plasterers, bricklayers, and
lathers.
The new contract will give la
borers in the lowest bracket a to
tal of il9V£ cents an hour increase.
This brings their wage up to $3.48.
Some of the other base wages
being paid under the 1955 contract
t are: operating engineers $3.39 to
$4.39; teamsters $3.39 to $3.69; ce
ment masons and plasterers $3.67
to $4.51 Vz.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
A very interesting observation
of the position of the planet Venus
can be made at this time. Two
months ago most of you will re
call that Venus was much lower
in the south and southwestrn sky
and set at 4 or 5 p.m.
Now this same planet is much
higher in the sky and sets almost
six hours later. The question may
be the cause of this difference.
The earth has been moving in its
orbit until it is now in a position
which brings about the vernal
equinox. It is the time of year
when there is equal day and night
all over the earth and this will be
on Tuesday, March 20.
The sun is now directly over
the equator and has increased its
height in the sky 23V£ degrees
since Dec. 21, our shortest day. >
Naturally Venus, which follows
the sun, has also increased its
altitude and therefore stays tebove
the horizon later in the evening
and sets to the west or northwest.
Graham Gets Permission
To Subpoena Sister for
Murder Trial April 16
DENVER, Of)—Court-appointed
lawyers for John Gilbert Graham,
24, charged with murder in the
dynamiting of an airliner, Won
court permission Friday to sub
poena his sister for his April 16
murder trial.
The subpoena will require Mrs.
Helen Ruth Hablutzel of Spe
nard, Alaska, to testify in her
brother’s behalf, if needed. She
has also been endorsed as a wit
ness for the prosecution.
Graham is charged specifically
in the death of his mother, Mrs.
Daisie King, 54, of Denver. She
was one of 44 passengers aboard
the United Airlines plane when
it exploded and crashed last Nov.
1 near Longmont, Colorado.
Mrs. King was on her way to
Alaska for a visit with Mrs. Hab
lutzel at the time.
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700 Paratroopers
Make Practice Jump
On Ice Off Greenland
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. 1#}—The U.S.
Northeast Air Command said Sat
urday 700 paratroopers last week
made the first tactical air drop
within 900 miles of the North
Pole. They parachuted to the ice
of a bay near Thule, Greenland.
The men jumped from C-124
Globemasters Wednesday into 40
degree-<below-zero cold for the
beginning of “Exercise Arctic
Night.” The exercise was a simu
lated attack against an arctic air
base, and designed to develop
procedures and techniques for
joint Army and Air Force opera
tions in the arctic.
U.S. Nationals Prohibited |
From Fishing Outside
Three-Mile Limit
WASHINGTON, WV-U. S. na
tionals will be prohibited from'
fishing outside the 3-mile limit!
along the coast of Alaska except i
by use of trawlers under 1956
commercial fisheries regulations
issued Friday, Sen. Magnuson re
• ported.
This is the first time such a reg
ulation has been made. It was is
sued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Delegate Bartlett interpreted it
as a conservation measure, de
signed to protect the high seas
salmon fishing which he said is
being depleted.
— AN EASTER VERSE — ?
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“Him God raised up the third day, £
and shewed Him openly.”
Acts 10:40
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Luxurious new ’56 DODGE CORONET is bigger by far than other
medium-priced cars! Bigger in size, comfort, performance, style! Yet
it is priced right down with the lowest-priced cars. A big Dodge Coronet
« V-8 Lancer hardtop costs only 95 cents a week more than “hardtops”
in the small-car field!
Size it up with others in the
| medium price field
Car "B” Dodge is 6.9 inches longer
Cor "M” Dodge is 5.6 inches longer
Car "0” Dodge is 7.7 inches longer
Car "P” Dodge is 6.4 inches longer
More legroom front and rear! More hiproomjront
and rear! Wider doors! Greater steering wheel
clearanceI More rear deck spaceI New ’56 Dodge
is bigger inside and out! looks bigger! Rides
bigger! Is bigger! 4
Price it against small cars in
the "low price field”
Car ”C” Dodge is 14.5 inches longer
Car "F” Dodge is 13.5 inches longer
Yet Dodge costs only $4.11
a month more
(less than 95 cents a week!)*
* Why settle for a small car, when a new ’56 Dodge
Coronet brings you so much more for so little
more1 Here's big-car ride and roominess, big-car
luxury and looks in a full line of King Size
Coronets, priced right down with the small cars!
Push-button driving and
record-breaking performance!
At a touch of your finger, you
command the greatest perform
ing car on the road today—bar
none! The new ’56 Dodge shat
tered every record in the book
—including world records held
by expensive foreign models—
in its sensational 14-day official
run on the Bonneville Salt
Flats. The ’56 Dodge V-8 holds
more performance records than
all other American carseo mbined. ||
I Comparing price of Dodge Coronet V-8 loncer against average price of same body style of the "low price 3.' Price Value Leader of the Forward Look ■
difference based on 24-month financing after '/) down payment. ;.l
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LARRY GALVIN
Front Street, Nome, Alaska