Billions in U.S. Arms Aid Has Been
Wasted, House Group Suggests
WASHINGTON UP)—The House
Government Operations Commit
tee yesterday suggested billions of
dollars worth of US. arms aid has
been wasted.
It called’for a “complete review”
by Congress and the executive.
It reported military assistance
often ' is granted for political
rather than strictly military rea
sons, with a resulting “tremen
dous financial loss . . . for instance
planes without any body to fly
them, vehicles without gasoline
to run them.”
And it listed cases like theU.S.
being charged for rental of $112
million worth of machine tools
given Britain, stockpiling of an
84 years’ supply of linseed oil at
a U.S. base in Germany, and the
construction of an airbase at
Torrejon, Spain, so close to a ci
vilian field that flights are ham
j pered.
J The committee report was the
j first issued by a congressional in
vestigative group this session and
pointed to what may be in store
when President Eisenhower’s re
quest for nearly $4 billion in new
aid funds comes before Congress.
The document was written by
a subcommittee which toured in
Europe last fall.
An ostrich does not bury its
head in the sand because it is
afraid, but only to grub for
worms with its bill or to cover its
eggs when going away from them
for a short while.
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Science Teachers Asked
To Sign Up Now for
Alaska Science Institute
COLLEGE, Alaska—Dr, Alfred
M. Bork, director of the Univer
sity of Alaska science institute,
last week requested that all high
school science teachers inter
ested in attending the 1958 insti
tute ask for applications now.
The institute, the second at the
university, will run June 16 to
Aug. 9, 1958. It is a specially de
signed program to increase the
subject matter competence of the
high school teacher of science.
The science institute sponsor is
the National Science Foundation.
The institute offers advanced
study in physics, mathematics,
chemistry, and biology with eight
semester hours credit given at the
completion of the eight - week
course.
Stipends for the participating
teacher, dependents up to four
and a travel allowance are pro
vided along with tuition and fees.
Interested persons should address
inquiries for applications and
further information to Director,
Science Institute, University of
Alaska, College, Alaska.
Fur Rendezvous
Dog Racers Will
Win $6,500 Prizes
Cash prizes for winners of the
Fur Rendezvous sled dog races
will total $6,500 this year, it was
annouced recently by George
Sharrok, president, of Greater
Anchorage, Inc.
Rendezvous dates for 1958 are
February 18 thru 23.
Sharrock reported early inter
est among mushers thruout the
territory. Twenty-two teams en
tered the Anchorage race last
year, with Gareth Wright, Fair
banks, taking top honors and a
purse of $2,300.
The 1958 session will again
comprise three days of racing on
a 25-mile course. Prize money
will total $750, $1100 and $1500
for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd heats, re
spectively, with the remaining
$3150 going to winners on a total
elapsed time basis.
Interested drivers or team own
ers should contact the Alaskan
Sled Dog and Racing Assn., Box
2163, Anchorage. A fee of $25
must be posted for each entry.
T otter-size and legal file folder
available at The Nome Nugget
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Bob Hope
Almost Ejected
From B-47 Jet
HOLLYWOOD, [gt—Bob Hope
disclosed yesterday that he nearly
ejected himself—minus parachute
—from a B-47 jet bomber flying
18,000 feet over the Pacific at
600 miles an hour.
The incident occurred on his
recent tour to entertain troops in
the Pacific at Christmastime.
“We were at Yokota air base,
outside Tokyo, when a general
asked me to include some lonely
soldiers at Guam on our itinerary.
I flew the jet in advance of our
troupe to set up the show.
“They sat me in the co-pilot’s
seat with oxygen mask, crash hel
met and parachute. We weren’t
in the air long before I got to
feeling very uneasy, a real claus
trophobia. I started sweating , , ,
and then asked the pilot if it were
possible to make my seat go up so
I could see out the blister. He told
me to pull a little lever, similar
to the kind on power seats, in
your car.
“I was a little groggy from lack
of sleep and pulled the wrong
lever. The pilot, watching me in a
mirror, screamed: ‘Get your hand
off that!’
“It was the automatic pilot
ejection seat. ... I shudder to
think what would have happend
if I had given the lever a strong
pull and a squeeze.
“How could I ever top a finish
like that?”
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
Tonight at 7:30 a determined
High School Nanooks basketball
team will take the floor against
the league-leading Merchants.
The second game, at 8:45, will
have the Polar Hornets and the
A.N.G-N.S. five each trying to
mark up a win in the league
standings.
Both games promise to be well
worth the price of admission.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued fair and cold tonight
and tomorrow. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight 25 to 30
below, and the high tomorrow 15
to 20 below.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
-12, lowest -28. Max. wind 8 mph
from the north. Sunrise at 9:28
a.m., sunset at 2:57 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 23, lowest 4. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest 34
in 1922, lowest -22 in 1934.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon
JIM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
J. A. von der Heydt, W.M.
Norvji Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
□ Joe Kroninger
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
ednesday Luncheon