Community Library
Money Bill Extended by
Senate for Five Years
A law passed in 1956, which
made possible the establishment
of ten new community libraries
in Alaska, would be extended for
five more years, under a bill
which passed the Senate last week.
The measure, introduced by
Senator Hill and co-sponsored by
other senators, including Senators
Gruening and Bartlett, would con
tinue the minimum allotment of
$40,000 to each state plus addi
tions based on a rural population
formula. The existing law is due
to expire on June 30, 1961. The
federal payment to Alaska in the
1958 fiscal year was $40,000,
mtached by Alaska in the sum of
$20,606. The 1959 payment was
the same, as was the matching,
while the 1960 fiscal year pay
ment of $46,657 was matched by
$24,035 in state funds. “A major
reason for the organization of the
first Territorial Department of
Library Service in 1955,” the Sen
ate committee report stated, “was
to porvide Alaska with an agency
which could administer the Li
brary Services Act. The federal
program assisted the new agency
to add to its small staff and build
its book collection. Field trips
were made by the agency head to
remote areas to develop small
community libraries and establish
book stations to which books
could be mailed from Juneau. Fi
nancial grants were made to assist
local public libraries. Ten new
community libraries were estab
lished.”
DeGaulle Holds Soviet
Actions Unjustified
PARIS, UP) — President Charles
De Gaulle said last night the flight I
of a U. S. reconnaissance plane
over Soviet territory was not suf
ficient motive for cancelling out
the summit talks.
De Gaulle suggested that if
Soviet Premier Khrushchev meant
to pose conditions for holding the
conference “might it not have been
better if he had stayed in his cap
itol until these prior conditions
had been liquidated definitely one
way or another?”
The 69-year-old President was
giving his report to the nation on
the summit failure in a TV-radio
appearance. He was the last of the
Big Four to do so.
HALLECK IN XINE FOR
G-O-P CHAIRMAN'S JOB
WASHINGTON, UP) — Repub
lican House Leader Charles A.
Halleck of Indiana is in line to
be permanent chairman of the
GOP National Convention. GOP
National Chairman Thurston B.
Morton said Tuesday he will rec
commend that Halleck be chosen.
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A son was born yesterday at
the hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Danny Aukon.
WEATHER FORECAST
i Cloudy with occasional snow
| showers. Warmer tomorrow. Low
| expected tonight 35, the high on
I Thursday 56.
In the past 24 hours the highest
■ temp, was 37. the lowest 32. Sun
i rise 1:46 a.m., sunset 10:12 p.m.
Russians Charge U. S.
Planes Continue to Buzz
Soviet Ships at Sea
MOSCOW, 1*1 — The Soviet
Union today charged the United
States with buzzing more Russian
ships.
The newspaper Vodny Trans
port said a U. S. Navy hydroplane
two days ago flew over a Soviet
icebreaker in the Bering Sea at
an altitude of about 300 feet.
On May 27, it added, an'Amer
ican plane buzzed a Soviet steam
er in the Sea of Japan.
The paper also referred to seven
flights between May 23 and 25
over Soviet merchant ships in the
Mediterranean area, the Sea of
Japan and the Pacific.
PIONEER WOMEN ENCOURAGE
BIRTHDAY CHEER
The Pioneer Women of Alaska
in Fairbanks have shouldered the
project of encouraging residents
all over the State to remember
the old people in the Pioneer
Home, on their birthdays. Each
month, they supply the newspaers
with a list of the names of people
at the Home who are having birth
days. Also, they encourage send
ing of birthday cards to oldsters
within the community, particu
larly to those who are housebound.
On the list this month is Jo
seph Hebert, whose birthday is
June 22. Hebert was born in 1876.
Mrs. Bob Reddiway. who has
been secretary to the Superinten
dent of Nome School for the past
year, has resigned, and Vera Gel
zer,, who held that position pre
viously, has returned to work
’ this week.
Red Conquerers of Everest
May Have Found Remains
Of Briton Lost In 1924
TOKYO, W?—The Chinese team
of mountaineers that climbed the
north face of .Mt. Everest may
have found the body of a British
climber who disappeared into
mists shrouding the peak 36 years
ago.
Peiping Radio said the Commu
nist team that scaled the world’s
highest mountain May 25 found
the corpse of a man a month
earlier at a height above 19,350
feet.
British climbing experts were
inclined to think the Chinese
might have discovered the remains
of G. L. Mallory or A. C. Irvine,
who were last seen ascending the
north face of the mountain June
6, 1924.
MYRNA LOY DIVORCED
EL PASO, Tex., Ufi — Myrna
Loy, best known for her movie
portrayals as an ideal wife, ended
her fourth marriage Tuesday with
a “quickie” divorce in Juarez,
Mexico.
The action was uncontested by
producer Howland Sargeant, a
former assistant deputy Secretary
of State.
The well-known screen star
charged incompatibility. A sep
arate property settlement was
signed in New York last month.
The couple, married in 1951, re
portedly had been separated about
two years.
Larry Galvin, of Suquamish,
Wash., returned to town on a busi
ness trip, and will remain here
for an indefinite stay.
Indianapolis Officials Start
Investigation, To Impose
Spectator Safety Measures
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind , UP) — An
angry group of officials started an
investigation into the slow-motion
crash of a home-made scaffold
which killed two men and injured
82 persons at the 9tart of Monday’s
500-mile race
Coroner Roy Storms placed the
blame on the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway management. He said
for years the group has ignored
his protests against the makeshift
toiwers which dot the track’s in
field every Memorial Day. Edwin
Steers, Indiana Attorney General,
said a check will be made to de
termine whether 'safety mtasures
can be imposed on the privately
owned track.
Fred H. Linder, 36, Indianapolis,
and William Craig, 37, Zionsville,
Ind., died of broken necks when
the 30-foot aluminum tower,
jammed with possibly as many as
130 persons, tipped as its specta
tors leaned forward to watch the
prerace activities.
Linder operated the leased scaf
fold, said William Shortridge, the
victim’s father-in-law.
The often deadly track proved
safer than the spectator area. The
race, won by Jim Rathmann of
Miami, provided only one injury
producing crackup. Driver Eddie
Russo. Kansas City, was reported
in critical condition but was ex
pected to live.
The spectators had rented seats
at $5 and $10 on the scaffold,
mounted on a truck bed. Speed
way officials for many years have
allowed private owners to haul
in towers and charge whatever
they can for seats.
The fanbuilt stands are not in
spected beyond “looking safe,”
said Albert Bloemker, speedway
publicity director.
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Ketchikan Gets Advance
For Hospitaf Planning
WASHINGTON, UP) — An ad
vance of $73,430 to Ketchikan, to
finance preparation of plans for a
50-bed hospital was announced
yesterday by the Community Fa
cilities Administration.
The state’s Congressional dele
gation said the sum is repayable
at the start of construction, ex
pected in the summef of 1962.
Total cost of the project is esti
mated at $1,787,100.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
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Secretary
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