Church Terminates
Hosnital Lease
At Seward General
SEWARD — The Methodist
Church, acting through the Wo
man’s Society for Christian Serv
ice, has terminated its lease on the
Seward General Hospital, effec
tive February 8, 1959. This will
end an association of 28 years,
during which time the hospital
moved from a disused schoolhouse
into an all steel and concrete,,
fire-resistant hospital building
that ranks with the most modern
in Alaska.
The new building, a 30 bed,
eight bassinet hospital, was erected
under the Alaska Public Works act
in 1957 at an estimated cost of
$725,000. Of this amount the City
of Seward financed $320,000 by
General Obligation bonds. The
Territory of Alaska contributed
$150,000, the WSCS donated $25,
000, and a Ford Foundation grant
of $10,000 was received.
The WSCS, although withdraw
ing from the Seward General hos
pital and the Seward Sanitarium,
still operates the Jesse Lee home
and .the Wesleyan hospital for
chronic diseases in Seward.
Central Washington
Takes Polar Bears
In 75-53 Basketball Tilt
ET .LENS BURG, Wash., UP) —
Central Washington College
handed the touring University of
Alaska Polar Bears another defeat
Monday night, 75-53, in an exhi
bition basketball game.
The Central wildcats 1 e d
throughout, widening their margin
vo 20 points midway in the sec
ond half before coach Leo Nichol
son sent in his reserves. The win
ners were ahead at the half, 39-30.
Joe Henderson was high for
Central, with 16 points Ralph
McLean and Bob Slitzer "each hit
11 for Alaska.
Gas Truck
Explodes, Killing 4
BROWNFIELD, Tex., (51 — Four
men perished when a bottled gas
truck blew up in a shattering
eruption of shooting flames and
flying steel Monday night An
estimated 160 persons, most of
them spectators, suffered wounds
and burns.
About 45 remained hospitalized.
(Killed were the truck driver,
two firemen and a spectator.
The fire which caused the ex
plosion was set off by the colli
sion of the bottled gas truck and
a pickup truck. The cab of the
cab-trailer truck overturned.
The spectacular fire drew an
estimated 250 spectators.
Firemen said the three-compart
ment gas tank caught fire at both
ends and the center tank ex
ploded later, shooting metal and
flames into the massed crowd,
some standing in the immediate
area.
Chicago School Fire
Toll Reaches 93
CHICAGO, (5) — The fire which
swept the Our Lady of the Angels
parochial schol December 1 has
claimed its 93rd victim. Little
Susan Smaldone died Monday
night.
Susan, 9, suffered from burns
covering 85 per cent of her body.
Forty children still are hospital
ized. Five are in critical condition.
REWARD FOR RUSTLERS
TUCUMCARI, N. M., (5) — A
$500 reward has been offered for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of cattle rustlers
who stole 50 head of cattle val
ued at $10,000.
Rancher Ed Breen — a vaude
ville performer with the late Will
Rogers — said the cattle disap
peared from a 4,500-acre pasture
on his ranch.
Warm and hearty good wishes to our friends
and neighbors. As you deck the halls with
boughs of holly... as you hark to joyful carols
...may the season bring you much happiness.
A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
— TO ALL NOME
CURT CHUNN FAMILY
Nome Motor Company
Aliens Must Be
Registered In January
WASHINGTON — Keifer L.
Gray, District Director of the U. S.
Immigration and Naturalization
Service in Alaska, stated last week
that the month of January is when
all aliens in the United States are
required to report their addresses
under the Federal Alian Address
Report Program.
Gray said that all non-citizens,
except those in diplomatic status,
foreign representatives of certain
international organizations, and
those admitted temporarily as ag
ricultural laborers, are required to
file the address report.
Forms for this purpose are
available at any Post Office or
office of the United States Immi
gration and Naturalization Serv
ice. They may be filled out in
those offices and returned to the
clerk from whom received.
In addition, aliens who are not
in the United States during Jan
uary must report their address to
the service within 10 days after
their return.
Mr. Gray urges all aliens in
Alaska to comply with this re
porting requirement, as willful
failure to do so may lead to se
vere penalties.
Russian Ship Sails
California Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, OP) — The
Russian oceanographic ship Vit
yaz left Monday night on a new
leg of her voyage of Pacific ex
ploration in the International
Geophysical Year.
The 67 Soviet scientists aboard
left a foot-high stack of data for
scientists at University of Cali
fornia’s Scripps Institute as a
parting gift.
The Vitnaz is scheduled to
sail down the California coast on
her leisurely way to Hawaii, where
she is due February 5.
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wish for you that every
holiday joy will come
your way, to be followed
by a glorious New Year.
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Minerals Office
Offers Contracts
To Prospectors
WASHINGTON, UF) — Regula
tions under which the new Office
of Minerals Exploration (OME1
will help finance search for 32
minerals were announced Mon
day.
The Interior Department said
some changes had been made in
the proposal first announced in
September.
One change pdovides that
simple interest instead of com
pound interest will be charged on
the government’s contribution, to
be computed annually and to ac
crue from the date federal funds
are made available.
The government contribution is
to be repaid through a royalty on
any production resulting from an
exploration project
Under the new program, quali
fied applicants will be offered
contracts under which one may
contribute not more than 50 per
cent of the total allowable costs
for exploration, with a limit of
$250,000 on the contribution un
der any one contract.
Congress appropriated four mil
lion dollars for the program for
the year ending next June 30.
Secretary Fred A. Seaton says
the primary purpose of the pro
gram is to share with private in
dustry the risks involved in carry
ing out exploration projects,which
have good potential but which
normally would not be undertak
en with private capital.
Forms may be obtained at the
OME office in Spokane.
Tokyo T-V Tower Is
One of Highest In World
TOKYO, UPl — A Japanese com
pany yesterday dedicated one of
the highest man-made structures
in the world — a Tokyo televi
sion tower stabbing 1,088 feet into
the sky. The top of the television
antenna on the Empire State Buil
ding is 1,472 feet high.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To The Editor:
A 50-year-old shut-in would
sincerely love to hear from friend
ly folks throughout Alaska. Her
days are long and lonely, and
hearing from our new State would
open a new life for her.
THE SUNSHINE LADY,
Thank You,
148 South Parke,
Pontiac, Michigan.
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