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Paris Gives Ike Tremendous Welcome
PARIS, iff) — President Eisen
hower and President Charles De
Gaulle began their conferences in
Paris today in a “good and en
couraging atmosphere.”
They both described the first
talks in that manner, White House
Press Secretary James Hagerty
said.
Hagerty said, except for inter- j
preters, it was a private one
hour talk in De Gaulle’s office
with no one else present.
The President made a happy
and triumphal entry into Paris,
riding beside De Gaulle
Crowds estimated at half a mil
lion jammed the center of the
city, cheering and shouting as the
World War II leaders drove past
in an open car, on their way to
conferences crucial to the West
ern alliance.
It was a greeting reminiscent of
the day in 1944 when Eisenhower
was cheered as liberator of Paris.
Officials and newsmen said the
turnout appeared greater than
that for Eisenhower’s arrival in
London.
Eisenhower is the first Ameri
can president to pay a state visit
to France since Woodrow Wilson
came after World War L
And France greeted him with
all the pomp and ceremony she
could muster—a booming 101-gun 1
salute, blaring bands and a squad
ron of 64 white - gloved motor
cycle escorts flanking the presi
dential car.
Army, Air Force
May be Re-United
In The Space Age
WASHINGTON, UP—A congres
sional committee says tactics in
the space age may require a new
merger of the Army and the Air
Force, which have been separate
units only 12 years.
In a report filed yesterday, the
House Government Operations
Committee on the nation’s missile
programs said it’s time to con
sider forming a single, missile
armed fighting service.
The President should order
studies to determine if a merger
would be the best course of ^action,
the committee said.
The committee did not call for
incorporation of the Navy into
one big military service, but it
said this might be done “ulti
mately, if weapon logic dictates.”
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Author of “Take Me Out
To The Ball Game ' Dead
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., IP —
The man ^who wrote baseball’s
own song—“Take Me Out To The
Ball Game”—died last night.
He was Jack Norworth, 80, song
writer, actor and sports fan —
once known as “The King of
Vaudeville.”
He died of a heart attack at his
home in this seaside resort.
Norworth wrote “Take Me Out
To The Ball Game” in 1908. He
liked to recall that he had never
seen a baseball game then and
got his inspiration from an. ad
vertisement about a game at the
Polo Grounds while riding the
New York subway.
French Fly 50-Star Flag
For President Eisenhower
PARIS, Wi — French officials
proudly pointed today to a spank
ing new 50 - star American flag
flying over the Elysee Palace, the
French White House, in honor of
President Eisenhower.
Although the star marking Ha
waii’s entry into the union does
not become official for flags un
til next July 4, the French paid
tribute to the nation’s newest
state.
The 50-star flag over the palace
seemed to be the only new Amer
ican banner flying in Paris. The
rest were the 49-star versions.
Alaska Polio
Cases Reach 12
JUNEAU, — The number of
polio cases reported this year in
Alaska has reached 12.
The cases reported to the Alas
ka Division of Health does not
include that of a student tourist
who was fatally stricken by the
disease last month. The student,
Miss Hallie Patingale of. Ostran
der, Ohio, died Aug. 23 at White
horse, while enroute home from
Fairbanks.
None of the cases reported from
within the state has been fatal.
Seven of the 12 persons stricken
by the disease are Eskimos from
the lower Kuskokwim. Nine qf
the polio patients are infants 15
months to three years of age, two
are children seven and nine years
old, and the 12th victim is a 47
year-old man.
Dr. Harry Gibson, director of
the division, said the supply of
anti-polio vaccine available to the
state has been replenished, after
a temporary shortage earlier in
the summer.
Individual Contractors
May Negotiate Agreement
With Alaska Carpenters
ANCHORAGE, (^—Vernon In
gram, chief negotiator for the Al
aska Council of Carpenters, said
Monday he is discussing with
Walter Hickel the possibility of
forming a local association of
building contractors for the pur
pose of negotiating an indepen
dent working agreement.
Ingram said the contracting
companies would all be Alaskan
firms. The agreement would be a
bona fide contract separate from
any that might be reached with
the Associated General Contrac
tors of Alaska, he explained.
The carpenters are willing to
negotiate with such a group, In
gram said, and he is hopeful a
successful agreement along such
lines can be reached.
Hickel is an Anchorage builder.
Daughter's Wedding Causes
Heart Attack f<jr Rasmussen
SOGNE, Norway, —The ex
citement of his daughter’s wed
ding to Steven Rockefeller has
put Kristian Rasmussen to bed
with a heart flareup. His doctors
say the condition of the 61-year
old retired grocer is not serious,
but he will have to take it easy
for a while.
$950,000 Contract
Let for Oil Drilling
In Bethel Vicinity
WASHINGTON, Iff) — Approval
of a five-year contract with Pan
American Petroleum Corp. for
exploration and oil and gas de
velopment of about 465,280 acres
in the Napatuk Creek area near
Bethel, was announced yesterday
by the Interior Department.
The Bristol Bay Oil Co., the
Sunray Mid - Continent Oil Co.,
and the Empire State Oil Co.,
holders of acreage within the area
are expected to join Pan Ameri
can in an operating agreement for
the developmnt work.
Under the contract Pan Ameri
can will devote 1960 to geophysi
cal prospecting.
The contract calls for minimum
expenditures totalling $950,000 on
j exploratory work and the drilling
I of three exploratory wells, the
first of which must be started by
March 1, 1961.
Labor Bill
Hits Snag
WASHINGTON, Ut)— Sen. John
Kennedy reported today a con
struction site picketing snag had
caused a sharp setback to hopes
for quick final agreement on a
labor bill.
Kennedy said the House par
liamentarian had ruled that a con
struction picketing provision
pushed by the Senate Democratic
conferees could be killed on a
point of order if it were included
in the final bill.
Senate Democratic conferees
have been insisting that construc
tion site picketing be exempted
from a general ban on secondary
boycotts in the bill.
The problem arises because
picketing against one subcontrac
tor can close down all operations
at the site and thus affect other
subcontractors with whom the
union has no dispute.
President Eisenhower in his
January labor message asked that
construction site picketing be ex
empted from a ban on secondary
boycotts.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
ANNOUNCEMENT
Registration—Elementary Grades
1st through 8 th
When: Thursday, Sept. 3, 1959
9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: At the School.
It will be necesary for
1. All parents or guardians to
register children officially (and
personally).
2. Those who have had children
attending school to present
their child’s report card.
3. Those who plan to enter chil
dren in the first grade to pre
sent a valid birth certificate.
(To be eligible for the first
grade a child must have been
born prior to Nov. 1, 1953).
It will not be necessary
1. To make any deposit or pay
any fees.
2. To bring children to school
during the registration period.
Conrad H. Potter,
Superintendent of Schools
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New Stale Supreme Court and
Public Safety Dept. Activated
JUNEAU, OP) — The new state
government completed the make
up of the Alaska Supreme Court
yesterday, and at the same time
completed the activation of its
new Public Safety Department.
In a ceremony- in the office of
Gov. William Egan, the last of
the state’s three Supreme Court
justices took the oath of office.
The oath was taken .by former
>U.S. District Judge Walter Hodge
of Nome. The 62-year-old Repub
lican became a $22,500-a-year
associate justice of the Supreme
Court.
A few minutes later, 38-year
old James Fitzgerald of Anchor
age was sworn in as the state’s
$15,000-a-year Commissioner of
Public Safety and commander of
the Alaska State Police.
Both Justice Hodge and Com
missioner Fitzgerald received
their oaths from John Dimond, 40,
sworn in three weeks ago as the
other Associate Justice of the
state’s highest court.
Chief Justice Buell Nesbett,
sworn into office earlier at the
same time Dimond donned judi
cial robes, was not present for
the ceremonies. He was out of
town on court business.
Earlier, the governor had signed
an executive order activating the
new Public Safety Department—
one of 12 created by the first state
legislature. The new department
combines the police functions
along with civil defense and fire
protection in one agency.
Activation of the Public Safety
branch of the government left
only two new state agencies to be
placed under the new govern
mental structure.
Still to be activated in new
form are the State Department of
Education and the new Depart
ment of Military Affairs.
Under terms of the Reorganiz
ation Act, the activation must be
completed by ^early October.
The State Board of Education
is scheduled to meet at Anchorage
Friday to consider its recommen
dation for appointment of a state
Commissioner of Education.
Crime Is On The
Increase In The U.S.
WASHINGTON, IP — Crime in
the United States increased 9.3
per cent in 1958 over 1957.
The year’s crime clock indi
cated: a murder every 65.2 min
utes. A forcible rape every 36.1
minutes. A robbery ever 7 min
utes. A car stolen every 1.9 min
utes. A burglary every 46.4 sec
onds.
Atty. Gen. William Rogers and
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
jointly reported today there were
an estimated 1,553,922 crimes
classified as very serious offenses
last year compared with 1,442,285
in 1957.
" MEMORIAL FOR FDR
WASHINGTON, P —Admirers
of the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt now have government
backing for their plan to erect a
memorial to him here.
President Eisenhower signed a
bill in London yesterday reserv
ing a site in the District of Col
umbia for the Roosevelt memorial
and authorizing a competition for
its design. The actual cost of the
memorial is to be raised by public
subscription.
Atlas ICBM Turned
Over To The SAC
WASHINGTON, P—The Atlas
now is in the hands of the Strate
gic Air Command, but the Air
Force will not say if this means
the intercontinental ballistic mis
sile is operational.
The Air Force confirmed that
tha 5,500-mile range Atlas was
transferred from the Air Re
search and Development Com
mand to the SAC.
Yesterday had been the target
date set by Secretary of Defense
Neil McElroy for getting an ICBM
to the point where the United
States could use it in a war.
The Russians claim their inter
continental ballistic missiles al
ready are operational and in the
hands of troops.
Sourdough President
Says Alaska’s Future
Lies In Its Minerals
SEATTLE, UP)—Alaska’s future
lies in its minerals, says Richard
Racine, new president of the In
ternational Sourdough Reunion.
Racine, 75, of Long Beach, -
Calif., was elected head of the
Reunion which ended Sunday in
Victoria, B.C.
“I don’t see how farming can
ever amount to much without a
bigger market,” Racine said re
garding Alaska. “But its minerals
are terrific. And there’s plenty of
water power—every third hill has
a waterfall.”
Wants Equal Air Time with Mr. K
WINTER PARK, Fla., UP)—The
Florida Catholic, a newspaper,
wants “a spokesman of Ameri
can decency” to have equal net
work time to answer Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev. Khrushchev is
scheduled to make a one - hour
telecast Sept. 27 from Washing
ton over NBC.
Cheng Will Re-enter
University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich., UP)—Cheng
Guan Lim, the student who spent
four years in hiding in the attic
of Ann Arbor’s Methodist Church,
decided today to resume his stud
ies at the University of Michigan.
The 28-year-old student from
Singapore said he made up his
mind after learning that his
mother was in good health and
that she agreed to his decision.
He also said that he expected her
to come to America soon.
They have not seen each other
in eight years. Cheng’s father
died last spring while the boy
was in hiding.
Cheng hid out because, as he „
explained, he had poor grades and
financial worries and was
ashamed to face his friends and
his family.
His student visa ran out but
immigration authorities consented
to release him on parole.