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Here Comes 1962 . . .
HERE COMES 1962 with bigger and more involved
problems than has ever faced the nation. It seems
that way, but actually they are more acute or more
criuciial than the problems that faced the nation when
George Washington crossed the Delaware or when
Abraham Lincoln made his decisions as President,
only it involves millions more people. Congo, Laos,
Berlin, Vietnam, nuclear tests, disarmament, United
Nations, Red China all play a part in the big game of
whether the Bethlehem Star or the Red Star of Com
munism shall shine brightest.
Our leaders must continue to strive for world
peace with the best tools in their power, just as the
leaders of the past have done to preserve our ideals
and keep America strong.
We cannot expedt the military leaders in the Pen
tagon to see the weakness of defense as we see it here
where it exists. It behooves us as part of this great
nation to keep making .our voices heard so that Ameri
ca can be strong, East, and West, North and^South.
That is a must in our 1962 effort.
Looking closer to (home for 1962 the residents
must resolve to take a greater interest in what goes
on at the legislature which convenes next month at
Juneau. The men and women elected to serve, need
the guidance of the people of this state so that they
will net go too far left or too far right in their think
ing and their spending. An active interest in any of
the Ideal civic g&csps will help insure the best legis
lation for all of Alaska. It is easy to spend money,
especially whes&% It comes out of the other fellow’s |
pocket. We are a new state and should try to set an
example of pay as we go rather than follow the na
tional program of deficit spending. If we are willing
victims and neither protest against inflation or loss of
purchasing power of our dollars we are only asking for
more of this “dollar crisis” and will have only bur
selves to blame.
Resolve to take a more active part in your coun
try, state and community affairp in 1962.
■ “Now is the accepted time;
Behold
Now is the Day of Salvation”
II Cor. 6:2
Nome Gospel Home
AP Polls No. 1 Story of Year as Saga
Of Man Lost in Sub-Arctic Wilderness
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
(Advance) The gaunt figure
rose painfully from the bank of
Birch Creek in the sub-Arctic
wilderness northeast of Fairbanks.
It waved a bone-thin arm and
a taloned hand at the two moose
hunters scooting by in an out
board motorboat.
They saw the feeble motions
of the emaciated man, and the 69
day ordeal of William Waters, a
42-year-old postal clerk from
Erlander, Ky., was over.
The incredible feat of the Ken
tucky tourist, who has wrestled
with death for 10 weeks was
selected by Alaska’s newsmen
as the top story of the state for
1961, in the sixth annual Asso
ciated Press Poll.
Rating a close second was the
action of the 1961 Legislature in
approving, during the dying hours
of the session, tax increases
amounting to $3,640,000.
Voted as the No. 3 story of the
year was the long, running battle
between the U.S. Fish and Wild
life Service and Barrow Eskimos
who claimed the right to take
migratory wartefcxwl at any time
of the year, treaties and seasons
notwithstanding.
Waters entered the Alaska bush
on June 20, planning to try his
luck fishing in Big Lake, off the
Steese Highway near Circle Hot
Springs. He became lost while at
tempting to return to his car.
For 69 days he wandered aim
lessly, subsisting on berries,
fighting off clouds of mosquitoes
and serving, once, as a toy for a
playful culb bear.
On Aug. 27, Waters hailed Ray
Kosolo and James Gunning as
the Fairbanks hunters churned
past the spot where Waters had
collapsed on the bank of Birch
Creek, praying that the boat he
had heard go down the river
would come back.
Commenting from his hospital
bed, Waters said:
“All the time I prayed. I’m
Catholic and I believe in Ood.
But God didn’t seem to be hear
ing me. I guess God heard after
all.”
Other No. 1 Stories
Here are the stories rated No. 1
for each of the six years the As
sociated Press has conducted its
Top Ten news stories poll in
Alaska:
1956: Approval of the proposed
State Constitution and the Alas
ka-Tennessee plan.
1957; The discovery of oil on
the Kenai Peninsula.
1959: Congressional approval of
Statehood.
1959: The near-fatal illness of
I Gov. Wm. A. Egan.
1960: The Republican party’s
sweeping gains and Vice Presi
dent Richard Nixon’s totally un
expected capture of the state’s
three electoral votes.
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City Council Notes
The City Council, in its delayed
meeting, last night made plans to
change the ordinance on mow re
moval so that penalty for failure
to remove snow by property own
ers can be handled through the
j office of the Magistrate.
The Council approved $579 for
dues to the League of Alaska
Cities for 1062.
The Council also approved the
turning over to the state of cer
tain properties given to the city by
the U.S. Smelting Co. for the vo
cational school. The clerk was
also instructed to write the Gov
ernor of Alaska, turn over the
deed and request a statement from
him as to when the school may
start to become an actuality.
U.S. Shows $90olttillion
Gold Loss from Stockpile
NEW YORK Of) — The U.S.
gold loss for the year 1961 ap
parently will fall below $900
million, latest statistics of the Fed
eral Revenue Board indicated yes
terday.
At the close business Wednes
day night the nation's stockpile
was $18,890,000,000 worth of gold.
That was $877 million below the
$17,767,000,000 at the start of the
year.
The total outflow was a little
over 50 per cent of the 1960 loss
of almost $1.7 billion.
For the latest week the stock
pile remained unchanged follow
ing losses of $51 million and $35
million in the preceding weeks.
Close to $400 million worth of
gold flowed out of the United
States during the first two months
of the year. From then until mid
August there was a net gain as
the country's balance of payments
position improved. Since August
the outflow has resumed as the
balance of payments deficit was
worsened.
The nation’s gold reserve back
ing for its money ended the year
at an all-time low of 34.6 per cent.
The legal minimum is 25 per cent.
New Way to Play Chicken
CLEVELAND tit — A group of
teenagers here have found a new
way of playing “chicken.” In
stead of hurtling at each other in
cars, they stand in the path of
railroad trains. The first one to
jump clear is “chicken.”
Craig Boyd, 16, of suburban
Lakewood wasn’t going to be
“chicken.” As a result, he suf
fered a broken leg Wednesday
night when a train struck him
before he could jump clear.
Two friends were “chicken.”
They got out of the way in tone.
Police said Boyd, a 14-year-old
girl and a 13-year-old boy would
tie charged with juvenile delin
quency.
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