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MAIN 46 „ , - ., , „ Pete Walsh
“ First In Alaska ”
15 British
Bobbies Happy.
With Pool Win
LONDON, DPI — Fifteen police
men have hit the jackpot with a
world record football pool win
expected to be worth nearly
$700,000, and the take isn’t tax
able.
The Police Station Syndicate
has filled in its pool coupon ac
cording to the same formula for
seven years. This is their first
win.
Each week the Syndicate — 15
policemen and 3 civilians work
ing with them at the East Coast
vacation resort of Margate —
gamble 25 shillings ($3.50) on fore
casting the results of Britain’s
football matches. Bettors have to
pick eight tie games for a top
score.
Monday night, a pool represen
tative called on the happy cops
to tell them of their success.
Their winnings beat the pre
vious pool mark set by British
coal miner Tom Riley, who picked
up 209,079 pounds ($582,160) last
April.
The biggest winner will be 38
year-old constable James Upton,
who has five of the syndicate’s
25 one-shilling shares. He stands
to take home about 50.000 pounds
($140,000).
Father of seven children and
19 years in the force, Upton
earns 12 pounds 10 shillings
($34.40) a week.
“I’ll probably carry on much
the same as I am for the time
being,” he said.
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'Accidents Chief
Single Factor In
Alaska ’57 Deaths
JUNEAU, October 6 — Acci
dents were Alaska’s chief cause
of death in 1957 for the seventh
consecutive year, according to F.
E. Kester, director of the Alaska
Department of Health ‘Vital Sta
tistics Bureau.
Of a total of 1,279 deaths occur
ring during the year, 237 were
caused by accidents. This is a rate
of 112.9 deaths per 100,000 popu
lation or nearly double tht of
the continental United States ac
cidental death rate of 56.7 per
100,000 in 1956. The 1957 rate for
the states proper is not yet avail
able in the Alaska Vital Statis
tics Bureau.
Motor vehicle accidents caused
36 deaths last year on Alaska’s
highways which all-told, includ
ing even the so-caller recreational
roads, number only 4,200 miles.
Aircraft accidents, including mil
itary planes, caused 57 fatalities
in 1957. Of the aircraft deaths, 30
were in military planes. Over
the years, Mr. Kester pointed out,
very few deaths have occurred
in Alaska involving “scheduled”
airlines accidents.
Brownings were high on the
list of accidental deaths in 1957,
with a total of 60, of which 23
were in connection with water
transportation and 37 where no
boats were involved.
Falls caused 13 deaths, poison
took 6 lives, and firearms another
9 lives. Firearms also were in
volved in 19 of the 27 suicides,
and 12 of the homicides that oc
curred in Alaska in 1957.
Heart diseases retained the po
sition they have held for the past
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HUNTINGTON, Pa., UP> —
Harry Shankle was advised to
take cover Sunday by some work
men who were preparing an ex
plosive charge on a pipeline con
struction project.
The 47-year-old Conemaugh,
Pa., resident stood behind a tree
some 300 feet from the scene of
the impending blast.
A few minutes later, a rock
hurled by the explosion crashed
through the branches of Shankle’s
refuge and hit him on the chest,
killing him instantly.
several years as second to acci
dents in causes of deaths in Alas
ka. These diseases caused 219
deaths in 1957, which is a rate
of 104.3 per 100,000 population as
compared with 360.5 in the other
states. The great difference, Mr.
Kester said, reflects the young
population of Alaska, which has
a smaller pjroportion of persons
in the older age groups where
heart and certain other chronic
diseases of old age take a heavy
toll in the more normally bal
anced populations of the older
states. I
Certain diseases of early child
hood were third highest cause of
1956 Alaska deaths, and malign
nant neoplasms (cancer), fourth.
Influenza and pneumonia were
in fifth place, cerebral hemor
rhage in sixth place, and tuber
culosis in seventh place, with 56
deaths.
Tuberculosis was for many
years Alaska’s chief killing di
sease, and took a toll of hundreds
of lives annually. It is still the
most serious health problem, |
medical authorities point out, but j
diligent search for new cases and
treatment with new drugs and
methods keeps people from dying
with the disease though they
must be under medical care at
home for long periods after hos
pitalization.
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Secretary
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