1958 Edition Of
Statistical Abstract
Is U. S. ‘Answer Bodk’
Alaska, America’s 49th State,
produces more gold than Cali
fornia, is more than twice the size
of Texas, has a shortage of women
161 males per 100 females, and
shows a higher birth rate and
lower death rate than any other
State. It says so in the 1958 edi
tion of the STATISTICAL AB
STRACT OF THE UNITED
STATES, now available, William
H. Flood, Manager, U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce Field Service,
announced today in Seattle.
The 1958 edition of the STATIS
TICAL ABSTRACT contains more
* than 1,000 tables, including over
60 tables new to the publication
this year. They include such sub
jects as recreational activities, re
search and development in the
natural sciences, political party
composition of State Legislatures,
population estimates, price in
dexes, etc.
These and half a million other
facjs reflecting the social, econom
ic and political life of America
are to be found between the covers
of the 1958 STATISTICAL AB
STRACT OF THE UNITED
STATES, compiled by the Bureau
of the Census and now available
at $3.75 per copy from the U. S.
Department of Commerce Field
Office, 809 Federal Building,
Seattle 4, Washington.
New 13-Man Troop
Carrier So Light
It Will Be Airborne
WASHINGTON, UP> — The Army
today announced the development
of a large combat vehicle so light
that it will be transported large
ly by airplane.
The ISJ-man aluminum vehicle,
called the T113, is an armored
personnel carrier mounting a ma
chine gun.
The carrier, armored in thick
aluminum, is manufactured by
the Food Machinery & Chemical
Corp., San Jose, Calif.
The Army said one or more of
the carriers will be flown to the
Aberdeen, Md., Proving Ground;
The Ordnance Tank Automotive
Command at Detroit; Ft. Knox,
Ky.; Ft. Benning, Ga., and Ft.
Greeley, Alaska.
BRINGS BAIL BOND FOR
BLASTING BLASTERS
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., UP\ —
Three workers from a nearby
rock quarry drove up to the home
of Mrs. Janice Davis, 43, to warn
her they were about to do some
more blasting.
This was not news to Mrs. Da
vis. Police said she intercepted
the delegation with a blast of her
own from a shotgun, shooting
holes in their station wagon’s
tires.
She posted $1,000 bond for re
lease on a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon.
Mr. and Mrs. Janies Oksoklaruk
are the parents of a daughter,
born on Sept. 17th at the hospital.
On Dec. 5, 1929, a Marine avia
tor, Capt. A. N. Parker, became
the first pilot to fly over the Ant
arctic Continent.
Gynecologist Says
50-Cent Pill Will
Prevent Pregnancy
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — A Har
vard University gynecologist said
Wednesday a 50-cent pill to pre
vent pregnancy has proved 100
per cent effective in a 21/2-year
test.
Dr. John Rock, clinical profes
sor emeritus of gynecology at the
Harvard Medical School,, told a
news conference called by the
Planned Parenthood Assn., of San
Franciscp, Inc., that results were
decisive in experiments with 285
women in Puerto Rico and also
in Los Angeles. He said there
were no lasting side effects.
Dr. Rock’s views differed mark
edly from those of two physicians
who tested the pills and reported
results at the American Medical
Assnr convention here last June.
Drs. Edward T. Tyler and Hen
ry J. Olson of the UCLA Medical
School said that in tests Covering
3,082 woman-months there were
22 pregnancies for a 9.3 per cent
rate, about the same rate as for
other contraceptive methods.
The drug is a synthetic com
pound, chemically related to sex
hormones, that halts production
of eggs in the female ovary, Dr.
Rock said. Egg production re
sumes when the pill taking stops,
he added.
STOP DOESN'T STOP TICKET
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., UP — Police
man Arch Albertson said a wo
man overran a stop signal at a
school crossing, then hastily
backed up when she saw him
approach. “There,” she told Al
bertson, “you can’t give me a
ticket now. I’ve stopped.” But Al
bertson could give her a ticket
— and did.
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i Secty. McElroy Leaves
jNext Week For Formosa
l WASHINGTON M — Secretary
' of Defense Neil McElroy will
leave next week on an inspection
trip which will include a visit to
Formosa. „
He plans to be gone about five
weeks, the Pentagon said.
Tentative plans call for a two
day stop in Formosa about the
middle of. October.
Adm. James S. Russell, vice
chief of Naval operations, will
accompany McElroy. McElroy will
inspect American defense instal
i lations and confer with American
military advisory groups in var
ious countries.
The trip starting Sept. 27 will
include visits to Hawaii, Okina
wa, Japan, Korea, the Philippines,
Hong Kong, Thailand, Pakistan,
Iran, and Greece.
Nationalists Claim
5 MIGs Shot Down
TAIPEI, Formosa W) — Nation
alist Air Force headquarters
climed its Sabrejets shot down
five Communist MIG17s and pos
sibly a sixth in air battles over
Quemoy. A communique said all
Nationalist planes returned to
base safely.
The communique reported two
aerial engagements in the late
afternoon in which four Sabrejets
took part against more than 30
MIGs. The Sabrejets were pro
viding cover for Nationalist sup
ply convoys when they became
locked in the dogfighting.
Air Force headquarters also
claimed its Sabrejets sank three
Communist torpedo boats and
damaged a foizrth in the Quemoy
area.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BREAKFAST for E. H. Swick of
BPR and party will be at 8 o’clock
Monday morning at the North
Star Dining Room. Visitors are
welcome.
SOME BIBLICAL FACTS
The shortest verse in the Bible
is John 11:35.
The longest Chapter in the New
Testament is the first chapter of
Luke; it contains 80 verses. The
shortest is I John, first chapter;
it contains 10 verses.
The longest verse in the Old
Testament is Esther 8:9; it con-'
tains 90 words, composed of 426
letters. The shortest verse is I
Chronicles 1:25, consisting of
three words, 12 letters.
The middle verse is Psalm
118:8.
II Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 read
alike.
Job is the oldest book in the
Bible.
Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters
of the alphabet except “J.”
The word God is not mentioned
in the book of Esther.
Acts 21 ends with a comma.
In 1836, the first and only
castle over built in North Amer
ica was finished at Sitka. It is
the Baranof Castle.
Lebanese Break Up'
Plot To Prevent Chehab
From Taking Office
XMfMAN, Jordan, GPl — Leban
ese intelligence officers have
broken up a plot hatched in
army circles to prevent Gen. Faud
Chehab from taking office as
president of the troubled repub
lic Sept. 24, Beirut informants
said Thursday.
Success of the planned coup
could have dragged Lebanon
back to the brink of civil war,
sjnCe Chehab now is regarded as
“the only man able to bring the
feuding factions together.
According to one account, the
plotters hoped to grab control of
government machinery long
enough to enable outgoing presi
dent Camille Chamoun to obtain
another six-year term of office.
There was no indication that Cha
moun, now serving out his last
few days, was even aware of tlje
plot being discussed.
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