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Goldfine’s Son
Slashes Self
With Razor Blade
SARASOTA, Fla., (#> — H.
Maxwell Goldfine, son of Boston
industrialist Bernard Goldfine,
locked himself in a motel bath
room here Saturday and slashed
himself on the face and body
with a double-edged razor blade.
Rushed to a hospital in a
police car, Goldfine was reported
in good condition. Doctors said
most of the wopnds were super
ficial.
Goldfine’s wife called police at
4:06 a.m., reporting that he had
locked himself in the bathroom
and “I think he is committing
suicide.”
Patrolman Donald G. Elie, a
personal friend of Goldfine, re
sponded to the call.
Elie called to Goldfijie through
the locked bathroom door. There
was no answer at first but af
, ter five minutes of persuasion he
said Goldfine unlocked the door
and walked out.
* He was dressed only in shorts
and covered with blood. Elie
said “he must have cut himself
80 or 100 times.”
The bathroom was covered
with blood, the patrolman said.
Police were unable to find a
motive for Goldfine’s act im
mediately.
He is reported to have been up
set over the difficulties in which
his father has been involved.
The news is not to be con
fused with opinions about the
news.
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Body of Charles Brower
Recovered From Arctic
BARROW, Alaska, UR — Last
night the body of Charles DeWitt
Brower was recovered from the
Arctic Ocean where he had
drowned July 15.
He was the granflson of the
famous Arctic trader and whaler,
Charles DeWitt Brower, author
of “Fifty Years Below Zero” and
was the 29-year-old son of Thomas
P. Brower, owner of the Cape
Smythe Whaling and Trading j
Company of Barrow.
Young Brower is survived by
his wife Florence and three i
children, Thomas, 4 years old, I
Ronald 3 years, and Jeanette, 20 i
months, as well as his mother and!
father.
The search for his body started
after his empty canoe was
sighted by his father-in-law,
Walter Akpik, Tuesday. No ex
planation has been found as to
why he fell from his boat.
January-June Alaska
Construction Contracts
Totaled $49 Million
NEW YORK, UFi — Alaska is a
growing and promising con-1
struction market, says the En
gineering News-Record.
The trade publication reported
that in the first six months of the
year heavy construction con
tracts in the territory totaled over
149 million dollars. During all of
1957 awards were just under 89
million.
The publication predicted that
for 1958 there may be 100 million
dollars spent in Alaska on con
struction. Proposed work for
the second half of the year was
estimated at almost 60 million.
The largest amount of work in
the January-June period—over 47
| million—was in U.S. government!
[ spending.
Miss Alaska Leads
Parade of Entrants in
Miss Universe Contest
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP) —
The public has had its first close
look at the entrants in this year’s
Miss Universe contest—and the
79 beauties drew whistling and
hand-clapping approval.
The occasion was the official
pageant parade, viewed by an
estimated 250,000 persons yester
day.
Each girl rode on her own float
pushed by Army and Navy re
servists who appeared to enjoy
their work despite a brilliant sun.
The contestants wore bathing
suits and some of the fair-skinned
girls came away with slight sun
burns.
The contestants’ floats were ar
ranged in alphabetical order with
Misses Alaska, Alabama, Argen
tina and Arizana leading off the
procession of youthful charmers.
Preliminary judging begins to
morrow night when 15 finalists
will be chosen for the Miss USA
title. The winner of that con
test will be named Wednesday.
She then will compete Thursday
with the foreign entries when 15
finalists will be selected for the
Miss Universe title. The winner
will be acclaimed Friday night.
Alaska Airlines To
Get Mail Pay of
$1,146,249 Annually
WASHINGTON, UPi — The
Civil Aeronautics Board Satur
day proposed a mail rate for
Alaska Airlines that would yield
$1,146,249 annually.
The airline has estimated it
would need at least $1,274,000 a
year in mail pay over its states
Alaska route because of the DC6
service inaugurated late in April.
For DC4 service between the
states and Alaska in 1957 the
airlines mail pay totaled about
$1,030,000.
Thus the airline asked for an
increase of almost $243,600 in an
nual mail pay. Under the CAB
proposal it would get a raise of
just under $115,800.
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