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ACS Consolidates The
Facilities Of Four
Interior Alaska Stations
SEATTLE—Col. Carl H. Hatch,
commanding officer, U. S. Army
Alaska Communication System,
announced that effective Sept. 15
the ACS station at Northway,
Alaska, will become an activity
of the ACS Tok Junction station,
and the ACS Sheep Mountain
■ station will become an activity of
I the ACS Glemallen station.
' In addition to these organiza
tion shifts, effective with the
close of business Oct. 15, the
i Northway station will discontinue
providing commercial telephone
and telegraph service to the pub
; lie in the Northway area. How
I ever, the ACS will start negotia
■ tions immediately to establish
j service cm a civilian agent basis
! in the Northway area to provide
telephone and telegraph service.
| Col. Hatch further stated these
1 changes are in line with the ag
j gressive program of the U. S.
Army Signal Corps to obtain
maximum efficiency and effect
iveness with the greatest possible
economy.
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Hi-Fi Recording Leads
Foxes to Destruction
LITITZ, Pa., UF>—The average
fox can’t tell a live rabbit from
a hi-fi recording.
Officials of a trap manufactur
ing firm (Animal Trap Co. of
America) put on display in the
fields near here yesterday a port
able hi-fi record player and re
cording of a rabbit squealing in
obvious difficulty.
In the first five minutes, three
foxes investigated the synthetic
squeals and each was shot.
A company spokesman said the
unusual lure was developed in re
sponse to the need for a way to
catch rabid foxes, a number of
which have been bothering farm
ers, their livestock and outdoor
lovers for some time in this area.
FAIR AND RAIN
STATESVILLE, N.C., UPL-Ire
dell County fair officials decided
to open this year’s fair a week
earlier because of rainy condi
tions during the fair week of re
cent years.
The fair opened yesterday.
The rain fell in torrents.
Citrus fruits have been culti
vated in the Orient for at least
2,000 years.
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| U.S. to Admit Bona
| Fide Red Athletes
To 1960 Olympics
WASHINGTON MV-The United
States ruled Tuesday Red Chi
nese or any other Communists
who are bona fide athletes may
enter this country to take part in
the 1960 Olympic Games.
The State Department, in an
nouncing this, said such athletes
would not have to be finger
printed.
They will be subject to health
and security checks, just as all
other visitors to America are.
“This is designed to let any
j bona fide athlete participate in
these games regardless of country
or place of origin,” Lincoln
White, State Department press
officer, said in making the an
nouncement.
The announcement came three
days before a meeting in Sofia,
Bulgaria, of the International
Olympic Committee.
The committee is headed by
Avery Brundage, who was grant
ed special permission along with
six other U.S. Olympic officials
! to use his passport to attend the
session.
The International Committee
will make plans for the 1960 win
ter Olympic games to be held in
Squaw Valley, Calif.
Campobasso Resigns As
Operations Manager
For Alaska Airlines
SEATTLE, iff) — Resignation of
Thomas A. Campobasso as vice
president of Alaska Airlines in
charge of operations and main
j tenance will take place at the
end of this month,
j Campobasso has accepted a
j management position with the
| Collins Radio^ Corp., Dallas, Tex.
, Alaska Airlines said his replace
ment will be announced at a
later date.
Impending departure of Campo
basso is the second top manage
ment change in recent months for
the scheduled airline linking
Seattle - Tacoma and Portland
with numerous Alaskan cities.
Nelson David resigned as presi
I dent last May. David recently
was sworn in as American repre
sentative on the Council of the
International Civil Aviation Or
ganization.
Charles F. Willis Jr., succeeded
David as Alaska Airlines presi
dent.
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