Alaska Court System
Continues Loosing Ground
With Increased Backlog
ANCHORAGE, Uf) — The back
log of cases pending before all
of Alaska’s courts—Supreme, Su
perior and Magistrate—increased
toy 127 during the month of Sep
tember, a new court report dis
closed today.
Cases pending before all courts
at the start of the month totalled
5,664. There were 1,494 new cases
filed and 1,367 disposed of, leav
ing 5,791 pending at the end of
the month.
Court Administrator David L.
Luce said in a statement accom
panying the September report,
however, that the backlog is in
some respects “more theoretical
than real.”
Luce explained that the statis
tics issued toy his office include
many cases which may never be
brought to trial by the litigants.
Luce said the increase in the
overall court system backlog came
from the Magistrate’s courts. He
said Magistrate’s courts inherited
570 cases from the territorial
courts and had pending on Sept.
30 a total of 4,603 cases, even
though the Magistrate’s courts
had settled 4,625 cases since going
into business.
Luce attributed the increase to
three things, an increase in the
jurisdiction of Magistrate’s courts
from $1,000 to $3,000; the knowl
edge that these courts are now
handling cases without long delay;
and increased activity generally
in tousienss and other endeavors
in the state.
School Students Being Snapped
The entire school student body
is being photographed under an
agreement with the Arctic Studios
of Anchorage. The high school
graduating class will also have
their pictures taken.
Children are taking home the
proofs but the parents are in no
way obligated to order pictures
unless they so desire.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
SUNDAY
Sunday School it Bible Class 9:45 a.m.
Reformation Festival Service 11 a.m.
Dr. Wm. H. Nles, speaker
Dedication Ceremonies 3 p.m.
Open House 4-6 pm.
Jubilee Service 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Confirmation Classes 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Mid-Week Meeting 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Luther League 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Choir Practice 7:30 p.m.
School Hot Lunch
Program to Run
For Five Months
The School Hot Lunch Program
which heretofore has been limited
to three months, will be extended
to five months this year, it was
announced today by Marc Beau
champ who is completing the ar
rangement for this important
project.
The lunches will start on Nov.
15 in the multipurpose room and
a much wider variety of menus
is being provided as a total of
20 menus will be used instead of
the ten used last year. The menus
were prepared by Mrs. Beau
champ.
New tables were purchased for
hot lunches and it is anticipated
with the growth of the school,
there should be about 200 stu
dents taking lunch at school. The
price remains the same as last
year—40 cents, with the teachers
as supervisors.
3 N.W. Alaska Students
Are Members of U of A
“Choir of The North”
Northwestern Alaska is well
represented on the Choir of the
North, University of Alaska, with
three members. They are Miss
Diane Lee and Harry E. Johnson
Jr. of Nome and William L. Hens
ley of Kotzebue.
Miss Lee sings second soprano
parts, Johnson sings baritone, and
Hensley sings second bass parts.
The choir sang for President
William R. Wood's inaugural last
Sunday and will appear before
the Alaska Chamber of Commerce
convention at its banquet tomor
row in Fairbanks.
Miss Lee is the daughter of
Richard E. Lee; Harry Johnson
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Johnson, of Nome; and William
Hensley is the son of Mrs. Pris
cilla Hensley, Kotzebue.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Strand
Observe Golden Wedding
Anniversary In Bellingham
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Strand, for
merly here with Polet’s Store and
later with the N. C. Store, cele
brated their golden wedding anni
versary in Bellingham, Wash., on
Oct. 15. Their three children were
home for the occasion. Betty has
just completed a tour of duty
with the Marines; Bob is an engi
neer for Boeing in Seattle, and
Peggy is with United Air Lines
in Denver.
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Candidates Unable To
Agree on 5th Debate
WASHINGTON, lift — A Demo
cratic official asserted today the
presidential candidates have been
unable to agree on having a
fifth television debate. He ac
cused Vice President Nixon of ap
parently not acting in good faith.
J. Leonard Reinsch, the John
F. Kennedy official who has been
negotiating on the debate, added
that apparently Nixon “is not
willing to meet Sen. Kennedy
again face to face in the final
stages of this crucial campaign.”
Reinsch made the statements
in a telegram to all of the net
works. He said Kennedy still
stands willing to debate with
Nixon, despite the deadlock that
has developed.
Reinsch has been meeting per
iodically since Monday with Fred
Scribner, Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Nixon’s spokesman
in the debate negotiations.
BIA Builds Schools
To Meet Growing
Population Needs
JUNEAU — Expanding popula
tion over Alaska has necessitated
a revitalized school construction
progam by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, James Hawkins, area di
rector, disclosed last week.
William J. Featherstone, BIA
construction engineer, in discus
sing the building program this
year said it applies to 15 localities
where new schools or additions to
older structure are being erected.
New school buildings and quar
ters for teachers have been com
pleted or are scheduled for com
pletion next month at Galena,
Alakanuk, Napakiak, Ghifornik,
Manakotak, Togiak, Tuntutuliak,
and Stoyahuk.
At Noorvik, 50 miles east of
Kotzebue, the new school build
ing replaces the older school con
structed in 1910. The new struc
ture will have four classrooms
with a multipurpose room, and
three sets of living quarters for
teachers, a duplex and a single
house.
At Unalakleet, scheduled for
occupancy Nov. 1, are four class
rooms and a multipurpose room
in addition to the present seven
classroom building.
Unalakleet will also have a du
plex and single new buildings for
teachers to make five sets of liv
ing quarters.
The school at Kwiguk is being
increased to two classrooms, mul
tipurpose room and an additional
set of teacher quarters.
The BIA plans for next year
include construction of an eight
classroom structure at Barrow
and additional classrooms at Che
vak, close to Hooper Bay.
BETA SIGMA PHI
HOLDS MODEL MEETING
Beta Sigma Phi held their an
nual model meeting last evening
at the home of Barbara Martin
with the following guests present:
Agnes Walsh, Mary Jean Potter,
Morva Hoover, Borgny Reader,
and Donna Morgan.
Following the meeting, some
lively games of Cootie were play
ed and refreshments were served
by Barbara Martin and Betty
Gustafson.
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