Fairbanks Has ‘Struck Gold’ in Sales of
Souvenir 49th State ‘Birthday Dollars’
FAIRBANKS, UR — Directors
of the Fairbanks Chamber of
Commerce have “struck gold” in
the downtown area and the un
expected bonanza so far has
brought in more than $25,000 into
Chamber coffers.
The wealth is pouring in from
the sale of Alaska birthday year
“gold dollars” at $1 each. Down
town merchants report a scramble
for the souvenir coins is causing
them to evaporate at a tempo cal
culated to warm the hearts of all
Chamber members.
“It’s the biggest thing that hit
Fairbanks since Pedro discovered
gold!” said the Chamber manager.
“We thought we’d be lucky if we
sold more than 10,000 of the gol
den dollars. So far, we’ve sold
more than $25,000, and the de
mand right now is keeping ahead
of the supply.”™.
He said another 25,000 of the
souvenir coins has been ordered
and will go into circulation
throughout Alaska in the near fu
ture. The coins, about the size
of a silver dollar, are gold in
color and on one side bear the
Alaska seal with the notation:
“Alaska, the 49th State, 1959.”
The inscription on the other side
of the coin states: “Birthday Year
Souvenir Money — ’59 when Alas
ka became ’49. Fairbanks, Golden
Heart of Alaska: Good for $1 in
trade all year at any cooperating
business or redeemable at face
value at the Fairbanks Chamber
of Commerce until 12 noon, Thurs
day, December 31, 1959.”
So far, the Chamber has not
had to redeem any of the coins.
The demand for the unusual sou
venir coins had become so brisk
that the Chamber of Commerce
was getting orders from the coins
“even from Texans.”
Proceeds from sale of the state
hood mementoes will go toward
construction of a community cen
ter and Chamber of Commerce
headquarters building.
“When somebody suggested pay
ing for the project by issuing
gold coins, none of us had any idea
it would work. Now our big prob
lem is to keep a sufficient supply
of the gold dollars on hand to
keep up with the demand,” he
commented.
j Canadian Marine Engineers
; Settle Strike Against
Northland Navigation Co.
VANCOUVER, B. C., UP) — Ma
rine engineers agreed to a wage
increase of 20 per cent in the set
tlement of their three-week strike
against Northland Navigation Co.
earlier last week.
The men, members of the Na
tional Association of Marine En
gineers (CLC), receive 10 per cent
retroactive to September 1 last
year and another 10 per cent next
September 1.
The increase, recommended by
a conciliation board some time
ago, has been in effect although
the company refused to sign a
contract with the association.
The strike tied up 11 Northland
ships which served north coast
points.
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Castro Forces
Cuban President to
Quit, Flee Palace
HAVANA, UP> — Fidel Castro
Saturday forced out President
Manuel Urrutia and touched off a
mounting clamor to withdraw his
own resignation as prime minister.
The 32-year-old Castro began
his campaign to get rid of the man
he personally chose as chief of
state Friday by announcing his
own resignation.
Osvaldo Dorticos, who was elec
ted Cuba’s new president, made a
public appeal to Castro to stay in
the government.
Castro emerged triumphant in a
dramatic show of strength that
proved him Cuba’s undisputed
strongman and whether he re
mains as prime minister was clear
ly his own choice.
After a four-hour television
speech accusing Urrutia of under
mining the revolutionary regime,
Castro was asked by American
correspondents whether he would
withdraw his resignation.
“I have not given that a thought
at this moment,” he replied.
Revolution, organ of Castro’s
26th of July movement, said that
Dorticos was to confer with the
Prime Minister and a special cab
inet meet had been called.
The newspaper said that public
pressure for Castro to stay as
prime minister was so heavy that
it is certain the President will
make a new appeal for him to
remain in the government.
The undercover feud between
the prime minister and Urrutia,
came to a head in a fight over
Communism.
Feeling ran high against the de
posed president and he appealed to
Raul Castro, commander in chief
of the armed forces, for protection. I
Urrutia remained in the presi
dential palace for more than three
hours after resigning and then
slipped out by using a ruse to
throw off the angry crowd wait
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While two cars sped out of oppo
site palace gates to draw away the
crowd, Urrutia and his family
slipped into a limousine and raced
through the main entrance. With
him were his wife and three chil
dren, including 1-year-old Liber
tad (Liberty), who is Castro’s God
daughter.
Shouting that he is no Com
munist, Castro told a TV audience
that Urrutia tried to betray the
revolutionary regime by posing as
“the champion of anti-Commu
nism.”
His voice quivering, Castro said:
“I have often said I am not a
Communist and neither is the
revolutionary movement Commu
nist, but we do not have to say we
are anti-Communist just to fawn
on foreigners.”
Urrutia quit while watching
Castro denounce him before a na
tionwide TV audience after dra
matically announcing his own res
ignation as prime minister to force
a showdown.
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Government Plans
No Intervention in
Steelmakers Strike
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, lff> — President j
Eisenhower got his daily report j
Saturday on the steel strike situa- |
tion from Secretary of Labor!
James P. Mitchell.
However, White House Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty said,
there is no indication that the
federal government will act in the
strike over the weekend.
Eisenhower said earlier in the
week that he would not force a
reopening of the steel mills under
the Taft-Hartley act unless the:
strike imperils the national health
or safety. He said such conditions
“are clearly not here at the
moment.”
Hagerty declined to comment on
what Eisenhower and Mitchell j
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got in some practice golf shots
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PUSAN, South Korea, UPi — Late
police counts Saturday showed
that the stampede set off by a
sudden deluge which broke up an
outdoor music and comedy show
Friday night, left 68 persons
trampled to death.
Authorities said 56 of the dead
were, by unofficial identification,
under the age of 20. An earlier
announcement said 57 persons
perished. In addition, 98 persons
were injured, 21 of them seriously.
The jam came at the narrow
gates of Pusan Municipal Sta
dium as 70,000 persons surged
toward shelter.
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fringe of which hit Korea after
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