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Ingemar to Bounce
Bark on Top
NEW YOHK. M* — Ingemar Jo
hansson, shorn of his world hea
vyweight crown by Floyd Patter
son Monday night, said yesterday
he would like to fight his con
querer again for the title “the
sooner the better.”
The dimpled Swede looked re
freshed after what lie called a
good night’s sleep. The only vis
ible mark on him following his
fifth round knockout was a
slightly puffed eye.
“Patterson was fresher and
stronger this time,” Johansson
said. “He caught me with a good
punch and that was that.
“Maybe next time it will be
different. ’
The stricken ex-champion did
not speak as confidently or as
cockily as in the past, but there
was no mistaking the fact that
he looked forward eagerly to a
third encounter with the only
man who has ever beaten him in
24 fights.
“I always said that anything
can happen in a fight,” Ingo said
with a sad smile. “And this time
it happened the better for him.
The next time it can be my turn.”
Alaskan Wilderness Lures
New Band of Michigan
Homestead Pioneers
JACKSON, Mich., 1* — The
pioneering spirit which moved
Michigan’s famed ’59ers to pull
up stakes and head for a new life
in the tough Alaskan wilderness
has struck again.
A caravan of 18 Jackson area 1
persons, 10 of them children,
pulled out yesterday on a 5,500
mile journey to homestead some
where in Alaska.
Three families and two single j
men make up the group.
The caravan also includes two |
dogs, a horse, a cow and a bull, j
The modern pioneers and their ;
livestock and equipment are trav- j
eling in a semi-truck, a two-ton
van and two smaller trucks. I
Packed onto the vehicles are a
jeep, a tractor, a bulldozer, food
and numerous other items to help
clear and till the land.
The group has not yet decided
where it plans to homestead.
Last year, the ’59ers, most of
them Detroit area residents, made
the long trek to homesteads in
Alaska. Some settled down in
Alaska’s Susitna Valley but most
returned to Michigan after a few
months.
Truman Library Ceremony
Will Honor Hawaii July 4
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., UP) —
Special Fourth of July ceremonies
welcoming Hawaii as the 50th
State will be held at the Truman
Library here with former Presi
ident Harry Truman as the
speaker.
Dr. Philip Brooks, director of
the library, said yesterday “We
received such a favorable re
sponse from our Fourth of July
observance last year, welcoming
Alaska, that we decided to re
peat it.”
“This year we will welcome
Hawaii with Roy Susaki, presi
dent of the Hawaiian Club, read
ing a message from Governor
William Quinn of Hawaii. Presi
dent Truman will then deliver a
patriotic address.”
WEDDING BELLS
John Kline of Fairbanks and
Donna Ahnangnatoguk have made
application here for a marriage
license.
‘Free’ Fight Telecast
Not so Free to Sponsor
ABERDEEN, Wash., UP)—'Thous
ands of fight fans jammed into
the Aberdeen «area Monday night
to watch Floyd Patterson’s devas
tating left hook — and left their
unwitting benefactor on the hook.
They came from as far away as
100 miles by chartered bus, car,
truck and thumb. More than 3,000
made the trip.
Then the honor system went
down for the count — just like
Ingemar Johansson.
Aberdeen, Hoquiam and four
surrounding communities com
prised the only area on the West
Coast — and only one of four in
the country — where the cham
pionship heavyweight fight could
be seen for free in home, bar
or restaurant.
Nearly all sets here are hooked
up to a cable system to bring in
television from Portland, Seattle
and Tacoma. Harbor Television,
which operates the system, con
tracted with Teleprompter, Inc.,
for closed circuit reception of the
fight for $4,800.
With trusting faith in human
nature, the company then asked
set owners to pay $2 voluntarily
to help foot the bill.
Ted Ottis, Harbor Television
manager, said about 1,600 had
responded by today. He expects
to lose $1,000 to $1,500 — but
gain unbounded good will.
John W. Kessel, field represen
tative of the Employment Secur
ity Commission, labor division, is
in town from his Fairbanks office,
on one of his bi-annual visits.
Top Scientist Gives J
‘Never to Senate
Request to Inform
WASHINGTON, Ufi — Linus
Pauling, world famous scientist,
refused yesterday to give Senate i
investigators a list of fellow scien- j
tists who helped him campaign
against nuclear weapons tests.
Pauling told the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee he be
lieved that despite any promises
it might make, the group would
use the names for reprisal against
those who helped him to gather
signatures on a test ban petition
to the United Nations.
Without invoking any Constitu
tional privilege, he told the sub
committee, “My conscience will
not allow me to protect myself by
sacrificing the idealistic young
people” who helped him.
“I have decided I am not going
to comply with the request of his
committee,” he said. It is, he
said, a matter of “morality, jus
tice and conscience.”
The subcommittee, with Sen.
Thomas Dodd <D-Conn) presiding,
had asked Pauling to name scien
tists who had helped him to col
lect signatures, and also to name
those he asked to help them.
The subcommittee is investigat
ing whether Communist propa
ganda efforts figure anywhere in
the petition move.
Pauling said he believed his
reputation in the scientific world
had helped to induce some young
and idealistic scientists to help
him, and he did not want hem
to suffer.
SGT. BANDY PRESENTED
APPRECIATION AWARD AT
ROTARY LUNCHEON
A father-and-son or daughter
dinner was the feature of the Ro
tary luncheon today.
Two visiting Rotarians were
present, Bill Crokenberg of Poi
son, Mont., and Frank Morris of
Fairbanks.
Sgt. John Bandy of ACS was
presented a Rotary plaque in ap
preciation of his work with the
Rotary - sponsored Boy Scout
Troop 666. Bandy is leaving soon
for reassignment in the “old
country.”
E. I. Carriker, of the Air Force,
chief of the Chaplains in Alaska,
of Elmendorf AF8, spoke of the
work done by his branch of the
service.
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In a popular Juneau honky
tonk Bistro hangs a long pistol
identified as that which a famous
gunman of bygone days checked j
at the bar when he came in, to
trip a lighter fantastic.
The story goes that for some
obscure reason he was on the
boat earlier than he expected,
next day, headed for Nome, sans
sidearms.
Has any of our Juneau subscrib
ers checked to see if that long
weapon still rests among the sou
venirs? Festival - happy Nomeites
spotted it marching down Front
Street over The Weekend, strapped
to the spectre of Wyatt Earp, tak
ing command of local law enforce
ment problems. Hundreds of;
youngsters followed it, screaming
their glee as obstreperous ine
briates ducked into doorways, and
trigger - happy outlaws hastily
altered their weekend schedule.
Forty well-dressed Society Folk,
flush with gold pieces, weary
from an arduous trip, breathed
a sigh of relief upon alighting
from the Fairbanks Stage, when
they were met by the Intrepid
Earp and chaperoned past dan
gerous local highwaymen. Some
cantankerous travelers, upon
arrival, were immediately
hustled off to the Nome Stocks,
to face the wrath of Judge Parker,
for a lesson in travel etiquette.
Where is our high-booted Mar
shal now? No one can say, but
presumably he’s tucked himself
back into Boot Hill. The town is
quiet — the kids are out fishing —
and law-abiding citizens feel safe
in their beds, knowing we have
a guardian spirit watching over.
But we ought to petition Juneau
to forward the Marshal’s pistol
to Nome. The least we can do for
him is to save him a trip to tTie
Capitol City to gun-up every time
we bust loose.
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Governor Lands
Alaska Aviators
PALMER, UP — The Midnight
Sun Sky Divers of Fairbanks have
a fan in Governor Egan.
The Governor, whose schedule
would have kept him from wit
nessing the parachuting exhibi
tion by the club, asked members
to put on a special show “so I
can see this exciting event.” His
wish was granted.
The 12-man parachuting exhi
bition proved to be one of the
most popular events of the First '
Alaska State Aviation Fair and
Sportsmen Show which opened
Saturday.
Egan addressed the fair crowd
and recounted much of the his
tory of aviation in Alaska and
pointed to the importance of the
aviation industry to the state.
The first flight, the Governor
said, was made by James Martin
in 1914. “Then the Black Wolf
Squadron made the first flight
from the U. S. to Nome. . . Gen
eral Billy Mitchell, incidentally,'
sponsored the flight.
“Ip February, 1924, Carl Ben
Eielson made the first official
flight in Alaska . . . and by 1935
there were 94 airfields listed in
the terriory,” he said.
“Today Alaska is a major avi
aion center on a worldwide basis.
It is a vital link in transpolar
flights from Europe to the Orient
or the first 48. Its airports lie
on course for the most economical
and direct routes to the Orient
for other states of the union,” the
Governor pointed out.
Egan recalled the names of
famous Alaska pilots: Eielson,
Wien, Gillam, Reeve, Petersen,
Woodley, Peck, Merrill and many
others. He said their persistence
and courage have helped make
Alaskans “the flyingest people in
the world.”
The Aviation Fair will be cli
maxed Saturday when the bush
pilot of the year will be identi
fied at a banquet concluding the
eight-day affair.
The USS Essex retired from
the role of the Navy’s oldest at
tack aircraft carrier when it
entered the New York Naval Ship
yard in March for conversion to
an anti-submarine warfare car
rier. More than 97,500 landings
have been made aboard the Essex
since its original commissioning
in December, 1942..
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER HO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
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No. 140
BYRON O. REED. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursdsy
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Aslr Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday L.unchei'r
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
MINA BACHELDER, President
JANE FOSTER, Secretary
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