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JUNEAlU, UP>—1The Alaska High
way and Public Works Depart
ment has cancelled plans to take
the territory’s fancy ferry boat to
Sitka for Alaska Day observances
Oct. 18.
Two weeks ago the department
invited 60 territorial officials to
make the 14 - hour boat trip
aboard the ferry, at the cost of
$5 a person.
The 99-foot Chilkat, which has
been in service on the auto ferry
run between Juneau and Haines
since the first of July, could have
made the Sitka voyage without
interrupting its regularly sched
uled trips between the capital and
the link of the Alaska Highway.
Highway Commissioner Frank
Metcalf extended the invitations.
He said there would be an open
house aboard the vessel at Sitka
on the 90th anniversary of the
purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Metcalf told territorial officials
and other invited guests a break
fast and luncheon would be
served on the trip to Sitka Oct.
17. Plans called for a lunch and
dinner on the return trip Oct. 19.
Dan Baxter, Metcalf’s admin
istrative assistant, sent word the
trip had been cancelled.
“The long hours aboard and the
lack of suitable accommodations
would make the trip an arduous
one,” Baxter said. “Recent heavy
weather in southeastern Alaska
has reminded us that the trip
could be very unpleasant along
the exposed portions of the
route.”
FRONT OF TRUCK CUT OtF. j
DRIVER LEFT UNHARMED
DELANO, Calif., GW—A South
ern Pacific locomotive sheared off
the front of Charles Reese’s deliv
ery truck at a crossing Friday.
Reese was left sitting in the I
driver’s seat — startled but un- j
harmed.
He was cited for failure to stop !
fit a railroad crossing
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Fancy Ferry Trip
For Alaska Day
Cancelled
STRASBOURG, France, UP) — i
Seven nations in the Western j
European Union (WEU), a branch j
of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- j
ganization denounced the United J
States Saturday for letting Russia j
get ahead in military science.
Expressing a lack of confidence j
and uneasiness about U.S. ability j
and willingness to defend West
ern Europe, the European states-1
men demanded that NATO, the!
I European defense system, be less 1
j subservient to the United States.!
Delegates from the seven na
tions are meeting to discuss their
defense problems in the light of
Soviet rocket and satellite suc
cesses. They represented Britain,
France, West Germany, the Neth
erlands, Italy, Belgium and Lux
embourg.
One after another they heaped
denunciations on the United
States and deplored what they
called an American tendency to
“go it alone” without consulting
her European allies.
The men are all members of
the WEU assembly which has
only consultative status. They
blasted this too, and said they
should be taken more into the
confidence of the military men
who actually run the show and
the cabinet leaders who give it
political guidance.
Although significant of high
level thinking, the “revolt” of as
sembly members can have no im
mediate practical effect on the
Western alliance. But in the long
run it may force governmental
rethinking.
Col. F. J. Lens of Holland, the
assembly’s defense committee
chief, opened the dike of criti
cism by charging the United
States had “helped our enemy”
by losing the satellite race.
Theodore LeFevre of Belgium
charged “It is clear that the mili
tary instrument is not at the ser
vice of a common political policy
of member countries but obeys
only the directives of the United
States.”
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Alaska Railroad
Will Sell 92 Cases
Of ‘Very Good’ Scotch
ANCHORAGE, iff)—'The Alaska
Railroad is dipping into the.liq
uor business—but only to get out
of it.
J. S. Miles, property manager
officer, said Saturday the rail
road will sell 92 cases of dis
tilled spirit, opening sealed bids
Nov. 1. Most of it, he said, is
scotch, very good scotch.
Now stored at Anchorage, the
happy water was acquired in 1951
when the railroad operated the
McKinley Park Hotel. The hostel
ry later was turned over to the
National Park Service, liquor not
included.
Miles said the property “has
been screened against the known
defense requirements of the fed
eral government.” He did not
elaborate upon the statement.
NAVY WILL TAKE
22 MORE SHIPS
OUT OF SERVICE
WASHINGTON, UP)—'The Navy
has announced plans to take an
other 22 ships out of active ser
vice by June 30 for reasons of
economy. The largest ship in
volved is the heavy cruiser Al
bany.
The action brings to 94 the total
number of vessels the Navy has
said it plans to put into moth
balls to reduce expenses. The 72
ships covered by previous an
nouncements included war vessels
of all types.
Most of the personnel assigned
to the ships to be laid up will be
transferred to other units includ
ing ships now being built or mod
ernized. The Navy has been or
dered to cut its manpower by
30,000 by the end of next June.
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