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THE HARD WAY
Joseph Welsh,
Lawyer’s Lawyer,
Dies Unexpectedly
HYANNIS, Mass., (fl —Joseph
N. Welch, Army counsel in the
Army - McCarthy hearings, died
unexpectedly Thursday at Cape
Cod Hospital of a heart condition.
He would have been 70 years
old Oct. 22
Welch, known as a lawyer's
lawyer, gained national promi
nence as special counsel for the
Army in its 1954 wrangle with the
late U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
Welsh, who had been living
quietly at his secluded Cape Cod
home for the past few years, was
hospitalized at Hyannis with a
heart condition early in Septem
ber.
Until the Army-McCarthy hear
ings put his face—and his wry,
sometimes devastating wit — on
the nation’s television screens,
Welch was little known outside
legal circles. But among lawyers,
he was considered one of the best.
Colleagues said he was lawyer
—one who frequently was called
by other attorneys and law firms
for consultation on their cases.
In 1959, Welch moved from the
courtroom to the movie set, to
portray the judge in the film
“Anatomy of Murder.” He ap
peared on television periodically,
taking part in discussion pro
grams.
Lost His Pants, and $1,100 Too
PONTIAC, Mich., UPt—William
Bailey, 38, a former policeman,
went to the drugstore to get some
cough medicine last night.
When he left the store a man
stuck a gun in his back, took
$1 ,100 from him and made him
remove his clothes.
Bailey was left standing in his
underwear.
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Sanitary
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NICK SIMEON RETURNS
Nick Simeon, known to every
one for many years as the pro
prietor of the Glue Pot, returned
to Nome today. He has made a
world-wide trip to visit relatives
in the States, Greece and Aus
tralia.
Simeon sold out his business
last year to Vern Miller and re
tired.
Poller Attends Juneau Meeting
Conrad Potter, superintendent
of Nome School, left yesterday for
Juneau to attend a school admin
I istrator’s meeting. Also scheduled
to attend is George Bayer, school
board president, and Peggy Kelli
her, member of the State Board
of Education.
BUT DRY . . .
CINCINNATI, iff) — A woman
told police she opened the drier
of the U Wash n Dry Laundry
last night and found Don Riggs,
33, asleep inside. Police arrested
Riggs and charged him with being
drunk.
World Series Fever
PITTSBURGH, Iff!—A wave of
'“colds” hit Pittsburgh school
children Wednesday for the open
ing of the World Series.
One school in the city had 363
students absent, another had 172
and a third had 126.
U S O SHOW
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
SATURDAY NIGHT 8 P.M.
No admission charged but chil
dren under 12 not allowed.
MAZONNA’S
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
— Back of Glue Pol —
OPEN — 1 P.M. TO 6 P-M.
FREE DELIVERY
if FRESH DRIED SALMON
if SEAL OIL
if Fresh Dried WHITE FISH
if Fresh Smoked Salmon
Alaska Court
System Drowning
In Sea of Work
JUNEAU, UP) — Statistical re
ports from the Administrator of
the Alaska Court System indicate
that it, like many other court
systems around the nation, is
gradually being drowned in a
sea of work.
The Alaska court system, how
ever, is not as bad as its coun
terparts in other states, mainly
because of its youth.
But the figures show that Al
aska’s court system is losing
ground rapidly as the number of
cases filed continue to outnum
ber the number of cases disposed
of by the state’s Supreme Court,
superior courts, magistrates and
deputy magistrates courts.
Administrator David L. Luce’s
statistical report for the month of
May, for instance, shows that
5,068 cases were pending in all
state courts on May. 1.
During the month, 1,269 new
cases were filed while only 1,130
cases were disposed of. The re
sult: The court system had 5,027
cases pending on May 31, an in
crease of 139 pending cases dur
ing the month of May alone.
During the month of June the
number of pending cases leaped
to 5,526. On July 31 the number
of pending cases had increased
to 5,588. Eighteen delayed magis
trate cases were added to num
ber of pending cases and with
new filings resulted in an in
crease of 78 for August alone.
Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody said
the state must give serious
thought to increasing the number
of superior court judges, magis
trates and deputy magistrates it
now has.
There are Superior Court
judges at Ketchikan, Juneau, An
chorage, Nome and Fairbanks.
Anchorage has three Superior
Court judges, Fairbanks two. The
other courts have only one judge.
There are district magistrates
at Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau,
Nome, Anchorage and Fairbanks
and deputy magistrate’s hold
court in 39 other towns and vil
lages.
KENNEDY FOR NIXON
FANWOOD, N. J., UP) — Jack
Kennedy, a red hot Nixon sup
porter, was waiting along the
route when the Republican presi
dential candidate rode through
this county.
Kennedy is head of the Nixon
Volunteers of Fanwood and re
cently sent the Vice President a
membership card in the group.
Get A Helicopter
BOUNTIFUL, Utah, UP) — Two
men casually pushed a helicopter
up to the pumps at Neil Richin’s
gas station here yesterday and
ordered him to “fill ’er up.” It
took 31 gallons, but they flew
away without offering to pay.
Richins said the men — he
didn’t get their names — told him
they were enroute from Idaho to
Texas on a crop-dusting job.
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Mayor Andersen Returns
Mayor Steffen Andersen, who
has been in Juneau for orientation
in his new position as Deputy
Tax Commissioner for the De
partment of Revenue, has re
turned and is getting organized in
his office on east Front Street.
Man IS a Dog's Best Friend
TEXARKANA, Ark., UPC-A 62
year - old retired businessman
drove away from his home un
aware that his wife had tied their
pet Chihuahua dog to the bumper
of the car.
Hogan Clark dragged the dog
several blocks yesterday before
hearing its yelps.
Clark rushed the dog to a vet
erinarian. While the pet was being
examined, Clark suffered a fatal
heart attack.
The dog was not injured ser
iously.
Former Nomeits Passes On
Gwendolyn Schoffield, former
Nomeite, who base been teaching
English at Porterville, Calif, for
the past 30 years, passed away
recently. Her novel, which had
just been completed, is in the
hands of the publishers it is re
ported.
Living with her at the time of
her death, was her brother
George, who has been a polio in
valid for many years.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
SNYDER GETS HIS MOOSE
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder have
returned from a hunting trip in
the Anchorage area where they
were successful in bagging a
moose. This is an annual event
for Roy who has been successful
for several years in getting his
game.
ANOTHER WARNING
BERLIN, B—The Soviet Union
today warned the United States it
cannot remain indifferent to the
arming of West Germany with
rocket weapons and that it is
preparing to take any necessary
countermeasures.
The warning was contained in
a note delivered to the U.S. Am
bassador in Moscow, Liewellyn
Thompson, by Deputy Foreign
Minister Georgi Pushkin, accord
ing to a Tass report.
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