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VOL. LX No. 151 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1958 _Per Copy—15<*
Varied Christmas Program Planned
Tonight By Nome Grade Schoolers
The Christmas Program of the*
Nome School, directed by Mrs.
Witner, will be held in the school
gymnasium tonight at 8 o’clock.
The first number on the program
will be Choral Readings by pupils
of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades,
assisted by a few older children.
Leaders will be Mary Dunlap, De
von DeVertrees, and Clinton Gray
Jr.
Then follows the play, entitled
“Christmas at the Old Lady’s
Shoe.” It contains not only much
laughter, but also much cause for
thinking about the true meaning
of Christmas.
Next, the 2nd grade Rhythm
Band will perform, under the di
rection of their teachers, Mrs.
Perkins, Mrs. Langhus, and Mr.
Bixby.
Mr. Bixby and his Music De
partment will present the last
part of the program. A grade
school chorus, composed of
Grades 4 through 8, combined
with the band, will furnish the
music for the Christmas Story.
Whitney . West will be the nar
rator, and seventh graders, under
the direction of Mr. Denney, will
present the various Biblical scenes
in pantomime.
The “Christmas Story” is ar
ranged by Paul Yoder and is very
effective with the combined units.
Other teachers are helping with
the program, and there are many
other people who helped in vari
ous ways to make the program a
success. We wish to thank them
all for their valuable cooperation,
said the director Mrs. Witner.
The-spirit of Christmas, which
runs throughout the program, will
be epitomized in the part of THE
CHILD in the Christmas play it
self. One of the magic ingredi
ents of the program has not yet
been mentioned. It is — You! We
trust that you will be there.
Record Increase In
Alaska Airlines’ Traffic
SEATTLE, UPl — Alaska Air
lines passenger traffic between
Seattle and Fairbanks established
a record increase during Novem
ber, amounting to twice as many
. passengers as carried in Novem
ber, 1957.
Charles Willis Jr., president,
said 905 passengers flew “Golden
Nugget” schedules last month
against 455 a year ago. This
equalled 55 per cent of the total
of 1,632 Seattle-Fairbanks pas
sengers carried by airlines serv
ing the route, Willis said.
Similar increases during other
months of 1958 also were re
ported. Willis credited DC-6C
daily service begun in April as
the main factor. It was also an
nounced that Alaska Airlines has
been authorized to carry first
class mail between Seattle and
Alaska from December 12 to 31,
the first time surface mail has
been carried to Alaska from the
U. S. by air.
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Bulganin Says He
Will Try To
Live Down Shame
By HAROLD K. MILKS
MOSCOW, UP) — Former Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin, after con
fessing political sins against the
Communist Party, says he is
starting a new life at the age of
63 and will try to live down his
shame.
Bulganin ended his confessions
of antiparty activities before the
party Central Committee yester
day toy appealing to committee
men to help him toecome a good
and successful official at his pres
ent post.
That position is chairman of the
territorial economic council at re
mote Stavropol. As quoted today
in the Comunist Party newspaper
Pravda, Bulganin said:
“T have sincerely confessed my
mistakes. I have asked the Central
Committee to help me to get on
the correct party road again. I
am sincerely endeavoring to ful
fill the duty with which the Cen
tral Committee has entrusted me
as chairman of the Stavropol eco
nomic council.
“And here I say in all frank
ness and sincerity that I will hon
estly and without sparing my
forces endeavor to remove from
myself this spot of shame.”
Thus spoke the man who as
Premier once ruled millions and
shared the limelight with Nikita
Khrushchev on visits to Britain,
India, Burma and Afghanistan.
Bomber-Launched
Missile Program
Dropped By A-F
WASHINGTON, UF> — The Air
Force spent about 374 million dol
lars on the Rascal before that
missile program was dropped
earlier this month.
The Rascal was originally de
signed for use by B47 medium
jet bombers. It was carried aloft
and could be launched from the
bomber some miles away from the
target.
The Air Force dropped the pro
gram under its policy of discard
ing marginal weapons systems.
The Air Force said today that
the money spent on this missile,
which will never be used, was not
all lost.
It said side benefits obtained
from development of the Rascal
led to perfection of the Hustler
liquid rocket engine .which pro
vides the final boost in Discoverer
satellites.
The Air Force said also that
experience with the Rascal added
greatly to the experience re
quired is developing the larger
Hound Dog missile which will be
come standard equipment on many
B52 heavy jet bombers.
Homesick Turncoat
Returns To U. S.
HONG KONG, UP> — Richard G.
Gorden, ringleader of the 21
American turncoats of the Korean
war, emerged from Red China to
day spouting the Communist line
full blast.
Gorden, 31, from East Provi
dence. R. I., told a news confer
ence: “I firmly believe there is
more democracy in Communist
China than in the United States.
I’ve got nothing to be ashamed
of. I learned a lot.”
He left Communist China be
cause he was homesick and could
not finish his studies in ancient
Chinese literature.
He is the 10th of the turncoats
to return from Red China. One
other died there. Gorden said the
10 still behind the bamboo cur
tain are doing well and he knows
of none who want to return to
America.
COMMUNIT CHIISTMAS
TREE FUND ACTIVITIES
FRIDA afternoon ETA SHRT
Friday afternoon — Treats for
5th Grade through High School
—at the School.
Friday evening — Community
Christmas tree progarm, at the
School Gym. Time: 8 o'clock.
Saturday afternoon, 1:30 to
5 — Santa at Nome School, for
all pre-school and up to and in
cluding fourth grade students.
Monday — Distribution of
Good Cheer Baskets by City
employe committee.
Goldfine Convicted of
Criminal Contempt
BOSTON, UP) — Industrialist
Bernard Goldfine was convicted
in federal court today of criminal
contempt for failure to comply
with the court’s order to produce
records of one of his textile mills
in a tax probe.
About the same time Judge
Charles Wyzanski was filing Jiis
decision in Boston, the 67-year
old Goldfine was pleading inno
cent in Washington to a contempt
of Congress indictment.
Goldfine is accused of flouting
Congress by refusing to tell House
investigators enough about his
financial dealings.
In the Washington hearing it
was brought out Goldfine had
made gifts to former Presidential
aide Sherman Adams and other
public officials. Adams denied
there was any wrongdoing in the
matter. He subsequently resigned
his White House post.
U. OF ARK. FOOTBALLERS
CHASTISED FOR ATTACK
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., UP) —
Six University of Arkansas foot
ball players have been suspended
or placed on probation for their
role in an attack on a professor
and another man, school officials
ansounced' yesterday.
The six were pushing a stalled
car up an ice-coated hill near the
university last Friday when an
other car coming downhill
brushed fenders with the first
vehicle.
Police said a fist fight devel
oped and Professor James Gi
goux, was beaten up.
Four-Ton Satellite Hurled Into Orbit
By United States Missilemen At Cape
WASHINGTON, UP) — U. S. ]
rocketmen hurled a four-ton sat
ellite into orbit around the earth
last night in a giant stride toward
outer space and man’s mastery
there.
The feat, dramatically an
nounced by President Eisenhower
at a White House diplomatic din
ner, gave this country the biggest
known manmade object now
swinging around the planet.
But ever more significant from
the rocketmen’s viewpoints are
two other features:
The space traveler, dubbed
“opration score,” carries two-way
communications which promise
untold practical benefits for the
future.
And it was pointed into its path
by an internal guidance system,
rather than being sent on a pre
set course like a bullet — a long
step toward true space naviga
tion.
Triumphant over the success of
their project, American scientists
quickly raised their space sights.
They began talking about putting
a man aboard another such ve
hicle and sending it to Venus or
Mars.
President Eisenhower called it
“a distinct step forward . . . which
opens new opportunities to the
United States and all mankind-.”
The Pentagon echoed his words,
accenting the peaceful aspects of
launching a satellite the size of
a pullman car.
But early comment from mem
bers of Congress indicated a pref
erence to dwell on what it means
in military terms.
Moscow Reaction Faborable
And even in Moscow, celebrat
ing the 3,000th orbiting of Sput
nik HI, man-in-the-street reac
tion was favorable. American re
porters, bereft of any official
comment, approached a cab driver
who said: “Good. It gives us com
Plane Passengers
Watch Big Show
CHICAGO, (JPl — Some 90 pas
sengers on a Miami-to-Chicago
airliner saw from their grand
stand aloft the sight of a lifetime
last night — launching of the
Atlas satellite.
The plane, a Delta Air Lines
DC7B, was flying at 19,000 feet
over Vero Beach, Fla., when the
satellite missile was fired from
Cape Canaveral about 40 miles to
the east.
The sight was described by
James L. Bixby, 37, of Chicago,
one of the passengers, who said
it “first looked like a huge ground
fire.”
It seemed to stand motionless
for endless seconds just above the
ground before gathering momen
tum,” he said.
“Then with tremendous speed
it climbed almost vertically much
higher than the plane’s altitude
before beginning a gradual arc
toward the southeast as it sped
into orbit.”
petition.”
Eisenhower broke the news
dramatically at a White House
state dinner for diplomats.
The Atlas intercontinental bal
listic missile was launched at
6:02 p.m. yesterday from Cape
Canaveral, Fla. The whole thin?,
85 feet long and 10 feet wide, went
into orbit.
It is the biggest known man
made object swinging around the
globe. Its weight, between 8,700
and 8,800 pounds, nearly trebles
the 2,919 pounds of Soviet Sput
nik III, fired last May 15.
The Atlas’ orbit girdles the
earth every 100 minutes at alti
tudes varying between 118 to 625
miles.
Most Americans can see it.
glowing like a star, especially at
dusk and in the south. Its esti
mated life aloft is 20 days.
•Radio signals for tracing pur
poses are coming from the giant
artificial moon on two frequen
cies, 107.97 megacycles and 107.94
megacycles.
Moonwatchers at El Paso, Tex.,
were first to repprt spotting it
visually. They reported at 9:30
pm. that it glowed at lVfe magni
tude, just a bit brighter than the
stars in the Milky Way.
Investigation Ofv
Admin. Spending
Planned by Texan
WASHINGTON, (tfl — A new
Democratic attempt will be made
in the next Congress to force a
broad investigation of Eisenhower
Administration money and credit
policies.
This was assured today when
Representative Wright Patman
(D-Tex) said 'he will reintroduce
the same investigative resolution
that was defeated in the House
last year after a bitter floor fight.
Patman said in an interview the
proposed inquiry should go into
what he called the Administra
tion’s “hard money, high interest”
monetary policies. He said it also
should take in the national bank
ing system and the Federal Re
serve system.
He told a reporter his own in
quiries had uncovered indica
tions of “fraud, dishonesty and
corruption” in administration of
the government’s monetary opera
tion through the Federal Reserve.
He did not elaborate.
Patman is one of the most vocal
Congressional critics of the Ad
ministration’s monetary policies.
He contends they result in higher
interest rates, benefiting only the
bankers.
The Texas Congressman also is
a long-time advocate of revision
of the Federal Reserve system’s
independent status. He would
make the Federal Reserve, the
national banking system of the
government, more responsive to
Congress and the administration
in power.
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