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THE NOME NUGGET
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Important Citizenship Service
We find the Boy Scouts of America at its peak of
membership as it celebrates its 47th anniversary during
Boy Scout WeeX, February 6 to 12.
Today 3,300,000 boys are enjoying the “game of
Scouting”, through its three distinctive programs—Cub
Scouting, Boy Scouting and Exploring.
This great work is made possible largely through
the active sponsorship of churches of all denominations,
schools and other community institutions. Perhaps of
greatest significance is the fact that 1,200,000 adults
serve as leaders, all of them volunteers, except for the
handful pf 3,157 men who are full-time career Scout
Executives.
In no other country in the world do we find so
many men and women of good character willing to
share their time as volunteer leaders with the boyhood
of their nation.
Theirs is a devoted service.
We take this opportunity to acknowledge our ap
preciation to Bill Barber for his years with Cub Scout
ing and present work with the Boy Scouts. Those who
have worked with him know the hours he has spent
. in planning and working for scouting. Also to Bob Em
mons, Scoutmaster, wfio takes time out from a heavy
schedule which gets him up very early in the morning
to open the roads from BPW headquarters. He has been
most faithful to his duty, though he has no boys in
his family of scouting age. Special recognition goes
also to Sgt. William Granfield of the ANG, who was
assistant Scoutmaster last year and who is assisting
with some of the merit badges this year, and to all
members of the Scout Committee and to the Rotary
Club, which sponsors scouting.
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Pilot Strike
Piot Strike
Set For Feb. 8
CHICAGO, UP)—A world-wide
strike by 1,536 pilots for Pan
American World Airways has
been called for Feb. 8 by the Air
Line Pilots Assn, in a dispute
over a new contract.
The contract dispute has been
in negotiation for six months.
Union President Clarence Say
en said the pilots’ “withdrawal
from service” was being an
nounced to the traveling public
in 58 countries which P.AA serves
on all continents to “provide am
ple time for international travel
ers to receive warning and
make plans accordingly.”
The ALPA said principal is
sues in the dispute are increases
in pay for pilots, rules and work
ing conditions, particularly deal
ing with “excess time on duty and
time away from home,” and dura
tion of contract.
Sayen, in a statement, criticized
the company for what he termed
its “adamant position,” saying it
left “no alternative under the law
unless the pilots of PAA are will
ing to embrace deteriorating pur
chasing power and working con
ditions relative to other pilots and
professional groups. This they
will not do.”
Sayen ^id the pilots average
about $13,000 a year and have
not had a wage increase :since
1952. An- ALPA spokesman said
the pay spread is between $4,800
and $20,000.
The strike is called for mid
night, local time, this Friday.
‘Strange GI Voices’
On Aircraft Efcam
Startle Scotsman
PRESTWICK, Scotland, IM—
Strange voices kept hounding Al
lan Orr in the still of the night as
he sat alone in his hotel room.
He brought friends in to listen.
They heard nothing, but Orr, who
is partly deaf, insisted he did. He
said some of the voices had Amer
ican accents and some of the
babble included such phrases as
“Roger and out.” The friends
smiled tolerantly.
Last night Orr met a U.S. Air
Force man at the hotel bar and
told him the story. The American
had an idea. He asked Orr for his
hearing aid, plugged it in his own i
ear and waited. Sure enough, he
heard a splutter of words and
“Roger and out.”
The hearing aid was picking up
messages from the control :ower
at nearby Prestwick Airport. Orr
said he will trade in the hearing
device.
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COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ARE
LISTED BY ALASKA LEGISLATURE
JUNEAU, Jan. 31, (/P)—Here is the list of stand
ing committee assignments for the 23rd Territorial
Legislature chairmen listed first):
SENATE
Statehood and Federation—Democrats Frank Petro
vich (Klawock), JohnMcNees (Nome), and Earl Coop
er (Anchorage), and Republican Mike Stepovich
(Fairbanks).
Rules—Democrats Cooper, Per
atrovich, William Beltz (Nome),
and Republican John Butrovich
(Fairbanks).
Finance and Revenue—Demo
crats Robert Ellis (Ketchikan),
McNees, A1 Owen (Anchorage),
and Republican Paul B. Haggltand
(Fairbanks).
Judiciary—Democrats Ralph E.
Moody (Anchorage), Neal W. Fos
ter (Nome), and Republicans
Edith R. Bullock (Kotzebue), and
Haggland.
Territorial Affairs—Democrats
Foster, Ellis, Moody, and Repub
lican Stepovich.
Commerce and Industry—Dem
ocrats Beltz, Cooper, Frank Barr
(Fairbanks) and Republican Eng
strom. _
Engrossment and Enrollment—
Democrats Nolan, Barr, Moody,
and Republican Bullock.
HOUSE
Ways and Means — Democrats
Ken Johnson (Anchorage), James
von der Heydt (Nome), Francis
X. Wirth (Fairbanks), Douglas
Gray (Douglas), Russell Young
(Anchorage), Irene R^an (An
chorage), and Republican Frank
Johnson (Kake).
Rules — Democrats Seaborn
Buckalew Jr. (Anchorage), George
McNabb (Fairbanks), Burke Riley
(Haines), Eben Hopson (Barrow),
Earl Hillstrand (Anchorage),
Ryan, and Republican John Cog
hill (Nenana).
Paralyzed Prince
Has Cerebral Palsy,
Say Army Doctors
WASHINGTON (P)—Army phy
sicians at Walter Reed Hospital
have decided that Prince Mash
hur—3-year-old favorite son of
King Saud of Saudi Arabia—ap
parently is suffering from cere
bral palsy.
The boy is staying in the presi
dential suite at the hospital while i
undergoing examination. The boy j
has been partially paralyzed
since birth. Doctors in his home
country have been unable to diag- !
nose the ailment positively.
Statehood and Federal Rela
tions—Democrats Helen Fischer
(Anchorage), Riley James Nor
ene (Anchorage),. Irwin Metcalf
(Seward), Dorothy Awes Haaland
(Anchorage), Andrew Hope (Sit
ka), and Republican Johnson.
Judiciary — Democrats Warren
A. Taylor (Fairbanks), von der
Heydt, Robert Ziegler (Ketchi
kan), McNabb, Buckalew, Haa
land, and Republican Cbghill.
Labor and Management—Dem
ocrats Young, Wirth, Hope, Hop
I son and Republican Johnson.
Commerce—Democrats Ziegler,
Hillstrand, Johnson, Helen Fisch
er, and Republican Clinton Gray
(Nome).
Resources — Democrats Ryan,
Victor Fischer (Anchorage), Tay
lor, Hope, and Republican John
son.
Health and Welfare — Demo
crats von der Heydt, Dora Swee
ney (Juneau), Haaland, Metcalf,
and Republican Gray.
Education — Democrats Swee
ney, Ziegler, Norene, Metcalf, and
Republican Coghill.
Engrossment and Enrollment—
Democrats Norene, Hopson,
Sweeney, Victor Fischer, and Re
publican Gray.
Territorial Affairs—Democrats
McNabb, Riley, Gray, and Re
publican Gray.
Territorial Subdivisions—Dem
ocrats Gray, Hillstrand, Victor
Fischer, Wirth, and Republican
Coghill.
Groundhog Sees Shadow,
Says ‘Oracle of
Gobbler’s Knob’
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., UP)—
The legendary ground hog of
Punxsutawney crawled out of his
winter burrow at dawn Saturday,
saw his shadow and scurried back
into his hole. By tradition, this
means six more weeks of wintry
weather.*
At least that’s what Sam Light,
president of the Punxsutawney
Ground Hog Club, says.
Light, who acts as official in
terpreter of the forecasts of the
“seer of seers” or “oracle of Gob
bler’s Knob,” said the fateful pro
nouncement was made at exactly
7:47 a.m.
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