THE MONTH OF MAY WAS THE BIGGEST FOR FORD CAR SALES IN
32 YEARS—SINCE THE HEYDAY OF THE HOT MODEL "A" IN 1929.
MORE THAN 143,000 FORD CARS WERE SOLD.
THIS MEANS THAT EVERY SIX SECONDS OF EVERY EIGHT-HOUR
DAY, SOMEONE BOUGHT ANOTHER FORD, FALCON, THUNDERBIRD, OR
FORD WAGON.
WHY?
PERHAPS THOSE 143,000 AMERICANS FOUND OUT SOMETHING YOU
SHOULD KNOW. THEY DID ALL THE SHOPPING, DEALER BY DEALER;
THEY MADE ALL THE COMPARISONS, CAR BY CAR. BUT THEY
BOUGHT FORDS!
WHY?
SOONER OR LATER YOU'LL GET A NEW CAR. WHEN YOU DO, TRY
YOUR FORD DEALER FIRST—HE WILL GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE
YARDSTICK OF VALUE IN EVERY PRICE RANGE FROM A TUDOR
FALCON TO A THUNDERBIRD CONVERTIBLE.
HERE'S WHAT TO LOOK FOR. IN THE GALAXIE PRICE RANGE, DON'T
SETTLE FOR LESS THAN A CAR THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY BUILT TO
TAKE CARE OF ITSELF...THAT GOES 30,000 MILES BETWEEN
CHASSIS LUBRICATIONS...4,000 MILES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES...
WHOSE BRAKES ADJUST THEMSELVES AUTOMATICALLY... WHOSE
MUFFLER IS BUILT TO LAST THREE TIMES AS LONG AS ORDINARY
ONES...WHOSE BODY IS SPECIALLY TREATED TO RESIST RUST AND
CORROSION... WHOSE FINISH NEVER NEEDS WAXING.
IF YOU WANT RECORD ECONOMY LOOK TO THE FALCON...THIS IS
THE ABSOLUTE RUN-AWAY BEST SELLER OF ALL COMPACT CARS...
WITH THE GAS MILEAGE RECORD OF 32.6 MILES PER GALLON,
PROVEN BY AN EXPERT DRIVER IN A FALCON WITH STANDARD
SHIFT, UNDER THE CROSS-COUNTRY TEST CONDITIONS OF THIS
YEAR'S MOBILGAS ECONOMY RUN.
OR COMBINE ECONOMY WITH A TOUCH OF THE THUNDERBIRD, IN
THE ELEGANT NEW FALCON FUTURA...BUCKET SEATS AND ALL.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TWELVE FORD WAGONS, EVERY ONE IS DE
SIGNED AND BUILT TO GIVE YOU MORE SOLID ROOM-PER-DOLLAR,
POWER-PER-DOLLAR OR STYLE-PER-DOLLAR VALUE THAN OTHER
WAGONS. SEE THEM ALL—FROM THE CRISP SMARTNESS OF THE
FALCON WAGON, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE INIMITABLE FORD
COUNTRY SQUIRE.
FOR PURE PLEASURE, SEE THE SENSATIONAL NEW THUNDERBIRD FOR
1961, UNIQUE IN ALL THE WORLD—A CAR THAT BECOMES MORE
DESIRABLE EACH MONTH AS THE IMITATIONS COME OUT, AS OTHER
CARS COPY ITS FAMOUS ROOFLINE, ITS FOUR-SEAT INTERIOR,
ITS CONSOLE—YET MISS THE SECRET OF THE THUNDERBIRD SPIRIT.
THE THING THAT SELLS FORDS IS SIMPLY THE PRODUCT—IT
STARTS WHEN YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT FEATURES OTHER CARS
ARE ONLY DREAMING ABOUT, IT GETS CONVINCING WHEN YOU SEE
AND FEEL THE HONEST QUALITY OF ITS CRAFTSMANSHIP—AND IT'S
ALL OVER WHEN YOU LEARN THE PRICE.
THOSE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO BOUGHT A GLITTERING NEW
FORD EVERY SIX SECONDS IN MAY REALLY DID KNOW SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD KNOW—THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP IN, SWAP,
AND SAVE PLENTY AT YOUR FORD DEALER'S SWAPPING BEE.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Construction Judgments
Upheld Against ANS
Hospital in Anchorage
OLYMPIA I JFi — Judgments
totaling $442,943 granted in con
nection with the construction
nearly ten years ago of the An
chorage, Alaska Native Service
Hospital were upheld by the Su
preme Court yesterday.
The judgments had been award
ed by the King County Superior
Court for the joint venture of
Boespflug-Kiewit-Morrison, prime
contractor on the project.
The judgments included $266,
953 against Stuart S. Wilson, a
lathing and plastering subcon
tractor, and $175,000 against Wil
son’s performance bond surety
company, the American Surety
Co. of New York.
Wilson and a partner, who later
filed bankruptcy proceedings,
abandoned the plastering subcon
tract project on the hospital be
cause of financial difficulties after
the federal government had regis
tered complaints about the job,
the court said.
The prime contractor, which
completed the job, was awarded
the judgments for its cost.
Robert Reed Returns
Robert Reed, administrator for
the MMiM Hospital, has returned
after a month vacation in sunny
Tennessee, where he left his fam
ily for the balance of the summer.
His daughter, Joan, is visiting
with the Woodcock girls in Ar
kansas.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
AT AMU NEXT WEEK
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Methodist
Church is having its annual Mis
sion Study and conference at
AMU in Anchorage next week.
Mrs. David Nease and Mrs. An
drew Nerland will represent the
ladies of the local Methodist
Church and will leave this week
end.
Lee Bros, who have gold dredg
ing operations on the Solomon
River are moving equipment to
Cape and Buck Creeks this sum
mer preparatory to mining placer
tin next year.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
Cigars—Cigarettes
Tobacco
Candy
Fresh Ice Cream
Every Day
Sen. Gruening Urges
$53,000 Appropriation for
Nome Harbor Maintenance
WASHINGTON (Special) —
An appropriation of $53,000 to
the Corps of Engineers for fiscal
year 1962 for operation and main
tenance of the Nome Harbor was
urged this week by Sen. Gruen
ing when he appeared before the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee.
The senator said the sum was
needed to keep up Nome’s pro
tection from sever storms and
stated that the Corps requires
funds to stablize the seawall to
improve protection of lives and
valuable property and for dredg
ing of the harbor.
Sen. Gruening mentioned that
Nome is the commercial port for
the “extensively mineralized
Seward Peninsula and principal
distributing port for the Coast of
Alaska from the Kuskokwim
River to Herschel Island in the
Arctic Ocean, some 2,000 miles.
Japan’s Prime Minister
Preparing for Visit to U.S.
TOKYO OP) — Prime Minister
Hayato Ikeda, preparing for a
I visit wdth President Kennedy,
j said Thursday his government
| was stronger than ever despite
! recent left-wing demonstrations
| against it.
“The Liberal Democratic party
! is very stable and secure,” the
61-year-old head of the Japanese
i government told foreign newsmen
j in answer to talk that his posi
j tion had been weakened by left
j ist demonstrations and opposi
, tion within his own party that
forced the government to shelve
a bill to reduce political violence.
Nixon Family Finally
Home After 15 Years
j LOS ANGELES OP) — After 15
years in the nation’s capial, the
Richard M. Nixon family is home
i again in Southern California.
The ex-Vice President accom
1 panied his wife, Patricia, and
teenage daughters, Tricia and
| Julie, on a jet flight to Los An
' geles Thursday from Baltimore.
I A small crowd of well-wishers,
, including Hannah Nixon, Nixon’s
| mother, greeted them on arrival
[ Thursday night at International
; Airport.
Nixon, who served as a con
gressman, senator, Vice President
and finally, Republican candidate
for President, is now with a Los
Angeles law firm. He has been
mentioned often, however, as a
potential candidate for governor
of California — a post he has in
j dicated he isn’t seeking.
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Into A Tailspin”
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ago, in voting BUHACH as Science s 2nd
greatest contribution to Miners, lust as
effective today. Burn a little wnenev
you want peace, c. mfort and a goo
night's rest.
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