Six Nominated
For Alaska
Judicial Council
JUNEAU, (J") — Members of the
Alaska Bar Association have pro
posed six men for possible ap
pointment to three openings of the
Alaska Judicial Council.
The six were nominated through
lopal bar elections and names sent
to the board of goversors, which is
expected to act next month on the
appointments. Recommendations
by local bar groups are not bind
ing on the board of governors,
which will name the three mem
bers of the seven-man council.
The Governor will pick three
others, and the seventh will be j
the first Chief Justice of the State
Supreme Court after he is sworn
in. The council will nominate can
didates for appointment to state
courts.
Named in the local bar ballot
ing were Robert H. Ziegler Sr., of
Ketchikan, and R. E. Robertson,
of Juneau, for the First Division;
Buell Nesbit and Raymond Plum
mer, both of Anchorage, for the
Third Division, and Everett W.
Hepp and William Bokess, both of
Fairbanks, for the Second and
Fourth Divisions.
The Board of Governors, at its
Nome meeting in September, ori
ginally selected its three council
members. However, local bar
groups protested the action as
pgfmaiure, and these appoint
ments were rescinded.
Lumber Company and
Brewery Ask For
A’a n fax Keliei
JUNEAU, UP — A Portland,
Oregon, timber company has asked
the Territorial Board of Adminis
tration to approve tax relief for
its proposed 50 million dollar
nulp and newsprint mill on Doug
las Island, near Juneau.
A newly organized brewing
company has asked for local and
state tax exemptions for its $800,
000 plant now under construction.
Beer production is scheduled to
begin next May.
The Anchorage City Council and
School District is oi> record as
opposing any such grants by Ter
ritorial boards.
Alaskans Are Gabbiest
Telephone Users
NEW YORK, UP — Alaska, the
soon-to-be 49th and biggest State
in the Union, is the most talka
tive place in the world. Hawaii,
the potential 50th state, is the
world’s next gabbiest, telephon
ically speaking, that is.
The 1958 edition of “The
World’s Telephones,” released to
day by American Telephone &
Telegraph Co., shows Alaska av
eraged 581 telephone conversa
tions per person last year. Ha
waii had 522.
Both were far out in front of
the United States, which had 460.
The Canadian average was 497.
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PET DEER IS COSTLY
KANSAS CITY, Kans., UP) —
William J. Wilson notified the
sheriff the other day that his pet
deer Rudolph had been stolen.
Two men returned Rudolph
and apologized, explaining they
thought they had caught a wild
deer.
A game warden heard about the
incident and promptly arrested
Wilson for capturing and posses
sing a game animal.
Wilson pleaded guilty and was
fined $107.
Game wardens gave Rudolph
to the Topeka Zoo.
FIRST GRADER'S THOUGHTS
STAMPS, Ark., I® — Mrs. John
Shewmaker’s first grade pupils
listened attentively as she told the
story of Christmas. Then the
teacher gave time for a question
and answer period.
“What makes cows give milk?”
asked ose boy.
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Dulles Reports
Slight Progress
In Nuclear Talks
PARIS, UP) — Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles yesterday re
ported to North Atlantic Treaty
Organization members that a
little progress has been made in
talks with the Soviet Union on
suspending puclear tests.
But. he said, it is premature to
be optimistic as to ultimate suc
cess because the Soviet views on
the nature of control differ sharp
ly from the views of the Western
powers.
TRAGIC TRAIN ACCIDENT
TURNER, Ore., UP) — Police
chief John Rose went to the rail
road crossing to investigate a fa
tal accident. N
He found that the victim was
his seven-year-old son, Kenneth,
struck and killed by a train as
he walked home from school. j
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Famed Canadian Geologist
Dead At Ottawa Home
OTTAWA, (51—One of Canada’s
best-known geologists, Dr. Charles
Camsell, S2, died at his home
here Friday night.
Dr. Camsell was deputy minis
ter of the Canadian Mines and Re
sources Department, and Commis
sioner of Canada’s Northwest Ter
ritories from 1937 until his retire
ment in 1946.
Born at Fort Liard, in the
southwest comer of the Northwest
Territories, Camsell spent much
of his time from 1903 until the
1930’s exploring the Mackenzie
River area and other parts of the
Territories.
He did graduate work at Massa
cuhsetts Institute of Technology
and Harvard College.
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COVINGTON, Ky., Iff) — Mrs.
Mary Louise Nickels reported to
police that someone entered her
home, dumped presents from gift
boxes and then made off with
just the empty containers.
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