Alaska Steamship Co. Rejects
Bartlett’s Suggestion To Continue
Usage Of Present Rates
WASHINGTON, W—Del. Bart-I
lett made public Monday a letter
from president D. E. Skinner of
the Alaska Steamship Co., re
jecting Bartlett’s suggestion the
line continue present rates in ef
fect until the Federal Maritime
Board acts on a request for a 15
per cent increase.
Alaska Steam and other ap
plicants may put the 15 per cent
increase into effect automatically
with the termination today of a
4-month suspension order.
Skinner noted Bartlett had re
quested voluntary postponement
of the increase “for the sake of
Alaska shippers and consumers.”
“The interests of the shipping
public can never be served by
weakening or destroying respon
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“We have already suffered tre
mendous losses as a result of the
suspension.”
In another letter Jack M. Har
rison, vice-president of Garrison
Fast Freight, said the only in
creases sought by that firm—a
trucking concern—involve the
water portion of joint rates with
the shipping companies.
“While we are not to be the re
cipient of any increases in rates,”
he sa’id, * “we are close enough to
the picture to know that the water
carriers are desperately in
need of the full 15 per cent in
crease for which they have
applied.”
Mr. and Mrs. Myntti Return
From Vacation In Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. E. Myntti are
home a^ain, having spent most
of their vacation in Mexico City
and are telling their friends of
the sunshine and quantities of
fruit and flowers they have been
enjoying.
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Six Alaskan Flood Control
And Navigation Projects
In House-Approved Bill
WASHINGTON, OK — The
House approved a final version
of a bill to authorize future con
struction of lVz billion dollars
worth of water projects.
The bill now goes to the Senate
for action, probably later in the
day.
The measure faces an uncertain
fate at the White House. Presi
dent Eisenhower vetoed a simi
lar bill in 1956.
House approval came on a
voice vote.
The bill includes $16,771,200
for six Alaska flood control and
navigation projects.
Animal Oscar Bestowed on
Spike, Star of ‘Old Yeller’
HOLLYWOOD, OPt—It’s a dog’s
world as far as the animal stars
of movies and television are con
cerned.
The annual acting awards be
stowed by the American Humane
Assn, on Hollywood’s animal col
ony went this year to Spike,
star of the film, “Old Yeller,”
and Lassie, who has her own
television show.
Only non-canine to break into
the top awards was Beauty, a
horse who got second place in the
movie division for her perform
ance in “Wild is the Wind.”
Secor\d place in the TV divi
sion weht to Cleo, of “The Peo
ple’s Choice.” Rin-Tin-Tin won
the third-place TV awards and
Kelly, dog star of “Kelly and
Me,” finished third in the movie
division.
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Rep. Pelly Opposes
Any Changes In
Three-Mile Limit
WASHINGTON, UP> — Spokes
fen for West Coast fishing inter
ests called at the State Depart
ment yesterday to express op
position to any change in U. S.
policy toward a three-mile off
shore territorial limit.
Leader of the group was Rep.
Pelly <R-Wash), who said he
would ask Congress to send a
representative to the current in
ternational conference on the law
of the sea at Geneva.
Pelly told newsmen West Coast
fishermen are fearful the Geneva
conference might agree to a 12
mile limit.
Pelly said that: “Our indus
try must have its historic rights
preserved in any agreement
reached at Geneva.”
He said U. S. agreement to a
12-mile limit would “put many
of our fishermen out of business.”
He said West Coast fishermen
are operating between 3 and 12
miles off British Columbia.
WSCS MEETING POSTPONED
WSCS of Methodist Church
regularly scheduled for the first
Friday of the month has been
postponed as it is Good Friday.
The meeting will be held a week
from Friday at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Fagerstrom. Connie Erick
son will be co-hostess.
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Isaac Jackson Pederson was
born Monday to Mr. and Mr.
Steve Pederson joining five sis
ters and two brothers at home.
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Pilot Survives
650 mph Bailout,
But Just Barely
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Ml—
What do you do—at 650 m.p.h.—
when your jet fighter becomes
uncontrollable?
Leo J. (Pete) Colapietro, 34,
bailed out—into a rush of super
sonic air that broke his right arm
in two .places, fractured his pel
vis, cracked two vertebrae and
dislocated his shoulder.
“It probably was the fastest
bailout on record,” said Calo
pietro yesterday at Santa Monica
Hospital, where he is recovering
from the March 18 crash.
He said the Douglas F4D Sky
ray he was testing went out of
control on a routine flight over
the ocean. Then the cockpit
canopy ripped off. He reached
up to trigger the ejection mech
anism, and, he thinks, the buf
feting slipstream dislocated his
shoulder. But he got out.
“It was one climax after an
other, after that,” Colapietro told
newsmen. “My helmet and my
oxygen mask were ripped off.
Then my gloves and wrist watch
went. My clothes started to
tear.
“I was spinning wildly, flail
ing all over. I think my right
arm was broken when I reached
for the D-ring (on his parachute)
but it opened automatically.
“I remember giving a sigh of
relief when I saw that orange
and white parachute canopy
blossom out.”
But he wasn’t safe, yet.
“I hit the water pretty hard,”
he said. My chute began drag
ging me down. I knew if I
panicked, I’d drown.
“I took a deep breath, put my
face under the water and used
both arms together to get at the
toggles to inflate the life vest.”
After he had been in the water
45 minutes, a helicopter and a
lifeguard launch arrived and res
cued him. Doctors say he’ll be
hospitalized at least another
month.
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