‘Human, Economic
Tragedy’ in Sinking
Of Nile Picnic Boat
CAIRO, Egypt, UP — Divers and
navy frogmen recovered 50 more
bodies from the sunken hulk of the
riverboat Dandara, which cap
sized Friday with a holiday picnic
crowd of about 300 persons
aboard.
These were in addition to 10
bodies found Friday night. Police
said at least 95 persons still were
unaccounted for at the start of
the weekend, placing the prob
able toll at nearly 150.
The victims, mostly women and
children, drowned when the heav
ily loaded craft sprang a leak
and sank about six yards offshore.
Most of the victims were trapped
beneath decks amid wild confu
sion.
The double-decker craft was
chartered by the Agricultural En
gineers’ Association.
Agricultural Minister Sayed
Marei described it as “a human
and economic tragedy because
those drowned include the best
of our agricultural engineers.”
One of the first to reach the
scene was President Gamal Abdel
Nasser of the United Arab Repub
lic, who personally directed the
rescue of some passengers strug
gling in the water.
Jet Crashes In Residential
Area Near Detroit
DETROIT, UP — A pilotless iet
plane plunged into a residential
area of nearby Northville Friday,
splashing flaming fuel onto a
sandpile where five children were
playing.
Two of the youngsters were
burned seriously. Their three
playmates ecaped harm.
The R84-F Thunderflash missed
crashing into a high school, a
half block away. It landed in a
garden, 100 feet from the children.
Maj. John L. Moutier of Belle
ville, Mich., an Air Force pilot,
parachuted to safety after his
stick locked and his plane went
into an uncontrolled climb. He is
attached to the Michigan Air Na
tional Guard Squadron at De
troit’s Metropolitan Airport, and
was preparing to land after a
routine training flight.
David King, 10, and his sister,
Elizabeth, 3, were burned by the
blazing jet fuel.
Their condition was described
as serious.
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Alaska Delegation
Making Real Effort
To Hike Gold Price
(From the TDM Bulletin for May)
Alaska’s Congressional delega
tion, with others, are going to
make a real try to get the gold
price raised, they inform us. The
present overall situation is
summed up fairly well in the fol
lowing pargraph quoted from the
E.&M.J. Magzine:
“The gold bug has bitten Wash
ington. Reaction was fast and
furious to the introduction of legis
lation in the opening days of the
new Congress last month by Sen.
James Murray (D-Mont> and other
Congressmen to double the pegged
price of gold from $35 per oz. to
$70 per oz. The implications of
such a move are many and im
portant — for domestic mining,
the U. S. economy, and interna
tional finance. The trouble is,
economists can’t agree among
themselves on all its effects.
“Opposition is strong, both in
the Administration and industry
in this country and from overseas,
on the grounds this would weaken
the dollar in international finance'.
But there also is new interest and
pressure for the move, which has
often been proposed in the past
without getting anywhere. In ad
dition to its obvious benefits to
gold producers, it is being backed
as an indirect subsidy to copper,
lead and zinc mines which pro
duce gold as a by-product, and
as a much-needed stimulus to a
hungry Alaskan economy.”
New Reports
The U. S. Bureau of Mines has
published Information Circular
7878, “Tin Placer Sampling Meth
ods and Results, Cape Mountain
District, Seward Peninsula, Alas
ka.” This report gives complete
data on the drilling of the various
tin-bearing creeks in the area and
other information. Bedrock sec
tions are shown. Reserves are not
given, but can be computed from
the data supplied. There is a large
volume of tin-bearing gravel pres
ent. Copies of the report can be
obtained from the U.S.B.M., Pub
lications Distribution Section,
4800 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miscellaneous
Many people wonder what is
keeping the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining stock up. We see in a news
item that A.-J. has just received
three contracts totaling nearly
four million dollars for the manu
facture of aircraft fuel tanks and
in-flight refueling systems. That
should help explain it.
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U. S. Military Men
Testify Defense
Budget Inadequate
Washington, UP — Several mil
itary leaders, in secret testimony
made public today, complain their
! missile development programs are
not getting enough money in the
Administration’s proposed defense
budget.
None of them dissented formally
from President Eisenhower’s bud
get recommendations, defended by
the Administration as an ade
quate mixture of deterrence and
defense.
But high officers of each of the
services voiced their missile wor
ries to the House Appropriations
Subcommittee that holds the purse
strings on defense spending. The
i testimony given in March and
April was published Saturday,
though shredded by the censors’
shears.
The officers said there was not
enough money budgeted for:
1. The Nike-Zeus program, the
| Army’s hope for destroying en
emy intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
2. The Air Force’s program of
building more U. S. interconti
nental missiles.
3. The Navy’s Polaris missile
submarine combination, which
the Navy views as a more effec
tive retaliatory threat for the next
few years than anything the Air
Force has now.
Food Surpluses Will Go To
Clevelanders on Relief
CLEVELAND, UP — With poor
relief rolls near their recession
peak here, Cuyahoga County today
starts handing out federal food
surpluses to persons on relief.
It is the first time since the
depression o the 1930s that surplus
foods have been used here.
County Welfare Director John
J. Schaffer said some 30,000 per
sons will be eligible to receive
food. This represents 10,000 cases
on poor and soldiers relief and
aid to the blind, dependent chil
dren and disabled.
Poor relief rolls reached a peak
of 6,000 cases April 6.
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SATURDAY BASEBALL SCORES
American League
Washington 7, New York 0.
Chicago 9, Cleveland 5.
Baltimore 4, Boston 3.
Detroit 7, Kansas City 4.
Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 0.
National League
Los Angeles 6, San Francisco 5.
Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 1.
St. Louis 11, Chicago 1.
Pacific Coast League
Vancouver 1, Phoenix 0.
San Diego 3, Seattle 2.
Salt Lake City 4, Portland 0.
Sacramento 4, Spokane 2.
Bi-Lingual Montreal Birds
Photo: Courtesy Canadian National Railways
Both of these fellows speak French better than they do English.
They are two of the latest additions to the Garden of Wonders in
Montreal’s LaFontaine Park. “Blue Boy ” on the left, is a Hyacinthine
Macaw, equipped with one of the most formidable beaks of any living
bird. “Robert,” on the right, is a blue and yellow macaw; a species
whose feathers are highly treasured. While neither “Blue Boy” nor
“Robert” can speak English fluently, both can say a few words in
English and quite a few words in French. FNS
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