High Court Upholds
Validity of The 1957
Civil Rights Act
WASHINGTON, Ml — The
Supreme Court today upheld val
idity of key sections of the 1957
Civil Rights Act.
The sections had come under
attack in relation to the Justice
Department’s efforts to enforce
Negro voting rights in Georgia.
In a unanimous decision, the
Supreme Court overturned a rul
ing by Federal Judge T. Hoyt
Davis in Macon, Ga., that the sec
tions were unconstitutional.
Davis said they were invalid
because they gave the Attorney
General authority to seek injunc
tions against private citizens as
well as state officials. He held
Congress could not extend fed
eral authority into that field.
Alaska Will Be Considered
For ‘Ice Palace’ Premiere
JUNEAU — Gov. Egan’s sug
gestion that the motion picture
“Ice Palace be given a world’s
premiere in Alaska has won sup
port from the publicity director of
Warner Bros. We?t Coast studios.
In a letter replying to Egan’s
suggestion, the publicist, Bill L.
Hendricks, advised it is still too
early to make definite plans for
the premiere, but gave assurance
that Alaska would be given “every
consideration.’’
“I agree that the first showing
there would be most appropriate
and unquestionably mutually 'ben
eficial,” Hendricks said. “I, too,
am hopeful that showings in
Alaska might be developed, and
if this appears at all possible, you
may be sure we will accomplish
this.”
The film, based on the Edna
Ferber novel of the same name,
includes considerable footage
taken in various Alaskan commu
nities last summer.
Social Security Representative
Here Next Week
Arthur Tognazzini, field repre
sentative of the Juneau Social
Security office, will be in Nome
March 7 and 8, to assist residents
applying for retirement, disability
or survivors Social Security
benefits.
He will be available to the pub
lic at the new Feedral Building
on March 7 and 8, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Those receiving monthly Social
Security checks and, who earned
over $1,200 in 1959, are especially
urged to contact Mr. Tognazzini,
so that he may assist them to
complete the necessary annual
report.
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Works Out Better System
For Flight Navigation
ANCHORAGE, WV-Flight plan:
Anchorage to Lake Chauekutull,
then to Kashegeluk and back by
way of Old Village.
When a Federal Aviation Agen
cy Airways Operation Specialist
is presented with that kind of a
flight plan these days, he can es
tablish the pilot’s planned course
in a matter of minutes, thanks to
Richard J. Peiffer, an AOS at
Unalakleet.
Peiffer, 25, married, who
started working for the FAA in
1958 after his military service,
has had his share of trouble find
ing strange places on the maps of
Alaska, even those on the aero
nautical charts that he works with
day by day. In addition to the
myriad names on these charts,
there are places listed in the Di
rectory of Secondary Airports,
which is kept in each FAA station
library. And there are many more
places that have acquired names
from pilots, natives, homesteaders
and others who never put them
on maps.
So Peiffer sat down for long,
long hours and carefully plotted
every named place in Alaska he
could find, givng its latitudt and
longitude coordinates. Then he sug
gested to the FAA that it put this
collection in every station. This
was done, and the Incentive
Awards Committee gave Peiffer
$100 for his suggestion. Moreover,
the suggestion is being forwarded
to national headquarters at the
FAA in Washington, where it will
be considered for national adop
tion.
Oscar Oillillian of Gambell
Inferred Here Sunday
The funeral of Oscar Oittillian
of Gambell was held Sunday at
4 p.m., from the Community Meth
odist Church, with Rev. Gerald
McCray officiating. One relative
attended from Gambell, and two
from the local church.
State PSC Is Looking for
Director and Salary Funds
JUNEAU, W) — The State Pub
lic Service Commission is looking
for a fultime professional direc
tor and the funds with which to
pay him.
The agency told the Senate
Commerce and Labor Committee
Friday it needed a director in
order to function properly.
The PSC has no funds with
which to conduct full-scale op
erations, and a $12,500 appropria
tion for a director’s salary, was
suggested for inclusion in the
1961 fiscal year state budget.
The three-man commission was
created by the 1959 Legislature.
It presently has authority to
study whether the regulation of
utilities in Alaska is necessary at
this time.
MOUNTIES GET NEW BOSS
OTTAWA, W)—The new boss of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Po
lice says he has never fired a
shot in anger. But Clifford W.
Harvison, named commissioner of
the Mounties last night, says he’s
been shot at twice on narcotics
raids. Harvison takes over April
1 from C. E. Rivettcamac, 58,
who is retiring for health rea
sons.
Protons carry a unit charge of
positive electricity.
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GAMBELL
NEWS LETTER
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
Leap Year
The first question that faces
one resident of Gambell was hard
to solve. “If a baby is born on
the 29th of February this year,
when will the birthday be next
year? It can’t toe on the 28th of
February or March 1st.” Perhaps
someone has the solution.
Sewing Class
Ed Sheppard of ALASKA FUR
FACTORY in Anchorage made a
quick trip to Gambell to buy few
fox skins as well as survey the
work to be done this summer on
the buildngs he purchased from
the government surplus buildings.
Mr. Sheppard is opening a sewing
center here in Gambell this year
like those at Shishmaref and other
places. It took Mr. Sheppard 5
months of waiting from the Gam
bell Village Council’s approval.
Final agreement was reached
when Mr. Sheppard promised not
to do any merchandising business
beside the skin sewing. Every
available women will toe em
ployed, stated Sheppard, and the
work will be strictly under the
supervision of resients of Gam
bell. All material such as skin
proucts will come from different
places, but locally purchased
skins of animal will be used.
Surprise for Eskimos
Yes, this was a surprise when
a bulletin was posted in the local
store telling the hunters, fishers
and trappers to buy a license
before going away to their fish
camps and trapping grounds. This
was not a happy proposition to
many at first but at the time of
this writing every hunter above
legal age even women bought
their tickets in 1959 and renewed
them in 1960. Our only hope is
that there will be no closed season
on seal, walrus and ducks — on
these the Eskimos of Alaska are
dependent for their livelihood.
Also fish from Alaskan waters
and streams must not be limted
for those who do not sell it.
Miscellaneous
A Marriage License was issued
by the U. S. Marriage Commis
sioner to Merlin Koonooka and
Evelyn Oozeva, both of Gambell,
Alaska. No immediate plans were
made as to when and who will
perform the marriage.
Fair to good fur season this
winter with Vernon Slwooko and
Willis Walunga taking the lead of
near 100’s each person. Others
anywhere from 5 to 50. With the
closing season this year later than
usual, more white foxes will be
caught, but one thing will inter
fere — and that is the National
Guard boys of whom all are trap
pers will toe away on their an
nual encampment.
'SISTER' IS DEAD!
ST. LOUIS,Mo., on — Pfc. Rob
ert Randolph, St. Louis soldier
stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex., got
a letter from home that said:
“Sister has died.”
In short order he:
1. Tried unsuccessfully to reach
his family by telephone.
2. Asked the Red Cross for help.
3. Tried to arrange an emergen
cy leave.
When a Red Cross worker
reached the Randolph family by
phone, and explained the prob
lem, she was greeted with a
shriek of laughter from the sol
ier’s mother.
You see, Pfc. Randolph’s ne
phew William Jarretty, 12, wrote
the letter. He wasn’t talking
about the GI’s sister Odelia.
“Sister’’ was William’s late
pet parakeet.
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‘Warms Heart’ of
U. S. President
BY STANFORD BRADSHAW
MAiR DEL PLATA, Argentina,
UP) — President Eisenhower got
another tumultuous welcome Sat
urday from a great throng of Ar
gentines at this scenic Atlantic
beach resort. He visited this gay
city briefly on his way across
Argentina to a quiet weekend at
Bariloche, in the Andes.
Hundreds of thousands of va
cationers turned out all along the
route from the airport to the cen
ter of Mar Del Plata.
The enthusiasm of the recep
tion surpassed that given the
American President Friday in
Buenos Aires.
Eisenhower rode in an open car
with Argentina’s Pdesident Ar
turo Frondizi at his side.
The Presidential party drove to
the Hotel Provincial, where Eisen
hower was handed the key to
the city.
“The people of Argentina and
this city have a warm spot in my
heart,’’ the President said. He as
sured the audience he would do
anything he could to help make
the people of Argentina and the
United States become stronger
and better friends.
As Eisenhower and Frondizi
got into their open limousine and
started moving slowly away from
the hotel, a small grocp broke
through police lines and rushed to
the car to try to shake Eisenhow
er’s hand. He shook hands with
several as the car continued to
move.
A woman handed Eisenhower a
small Argentine flag. He took it,
held it high and waved it. The
crowd burst into cheers.
Eisenhower took off at 12:57
p.m. for the 800-mile flight across
Argentina’s waist to Bariloche, a
lake resort with a Swiss atmos
phere in the mountains near the
Chilean frontier.
There he has an opportunity to
golf, fish and carry on private
talks with Frondizi.
Ending a visit to Buenos Aires
marred by bombings before he
arrived and Peronist and social
ist outbursts while he was hailed
by a vast majority as a guest in
the capitol, Eisenhower made the
lVfe-hour flight to Mar Del Plata
in his Columbine III.
This is a fashionable resort 250
miles southeast of Buenos Aires
whose year-around population of
350,000 swells to more than a mil
lion in the summer, the season
now prevailing south of the
equator. Argentines call it “The
Pearl of the Atlantic.”
Thousands of persons, many of
them dressed in bathing suits and
beach clothes, lined up on both
sides of the ocean front drive lead
ing to the Provincial Hotel.
Close lines of blue-jacketed
policemen stood in front of the
crowds.
About the hotel a dozen gas
filled balloons held high in the
air the flags of Argentina and the
United States.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Do you Alaskans ever stop to
wonder WHY there are so many
controversial issues demanding at
tention until it’s pracicall.v impos
sible to keep up with them?
As a comparative newcomer
from the South 49, it seems to me
there’s a “big picture” shaping
up in Alaska — and it isn’t all
because of your new Statehood
status.
A Master Plan being executed
upon citizens of other areas of the
world and our fellow-citizens in
the 49 States, is also clamping
down upon Alaskans. Interna
tional planners, rewriting our
laws, our ordinances and our
codes — are working night and
day to overthrow sovereignty in
every nation. Their acts 'betray
their words: “local government,
home rule, efficiency, economy,
self-determination, urban renew
al,” and so on — are used as
coverup to farestall objections
until their plans are incorporated
into laws difficult to repeal.
“O, come now, we’re simply
trying to modernize society” the
planners cry. Modernize?, Shades
of the Caesars and Genghis Khan!
Alaskans, awaken. Look at the
whole picture!
C. M. DU MAURIER,
Spenard.
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S.E. winds 10 to 20 rnph, little
change in temperature.
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temp. 32, lowest 28. Max. wind
30 mph from the south. Sunrise
at 7:14 a.m., sunset at 5:16 p.m
A year ago today: highest 0,
lowest -17 Extremes on this date
since 1907: highest 35 in 1928,
lowest -31 in 1956.
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