A Whale of a Ride !
GLOUCESTER, Mass., OP —
How does it feel to ride the back ,
of a whale?
Captain Ellis Hodgkins, skipper j
of the 38-foot, 16-ton cruiser
Julyntha VI, told the story Wed- j
nesday as follows:
“It felt just like running
aground except we went a darn
sight higher.
“I was running wide open at
about 14 knots and cut the en
gines to avoid running up on a
whale we sighted.
“Then a second whale travel
ing directly toward us came up
right under us.
“I’d say it lifted us a good four
feet, but it submerged quickly
enough to drop us back in the
water on an even keel.”
The vessel suffered no damage
from the incident 18 miles at sea.
State Police Annual
Appointment Exams to be
Held in August
JUNEAU — Superintendent A.
P. Brandt of the Alaska State
Police has announced that the an
nual competitive examinations for
the appointment of recruit State
Police Officers will be held dur
ing the month of August in the
citits of Ketchikan, Juneau, Fair
banks and Anchorage.
The examinations, which will
consist of a written intelligence
test,- a psychological test and an
oral interview, will be adminis
tered by the State Police personnel
Officer. Successful candidates
will later be required to pass a
physical examination and a back
ground character investigation.
The examinations will be held in
Ketchikan on August 17th, in Ju
neau on August 20th, in Fairbanks
on August 24th, and in Anchor
age on August 27th.
Interested applicants may se
cure application forms at any local
| office of the State Police or by
| writing directly to the Alaska
| State Police Headquarters, Box
12719, Juneau.
‘Spawn of The North’
Novelist Dies at 59
BERKELEY, Calif., UP) — Bar
rett (Billie) Willoughby, novelist
and short story writer, died Wed
nesday of heart disease. She was
59.
Miss Willoughby, born Florence
Barrett in Alaska, wrote “Spawn
of The North,” which was made
into a movie. She wrote numer
ous short stories and articles and
biographical sketches, including
one on Bernard Hubbard, known
as “The Glacier Priest.”
Her latest book, “Pioneer of
Alaska Skies,” is to be published
next fall.
Four Grants for Alaska
Included in Appropriations
WASHINGTON, UP) — A sup
plemental appropriations bill ap
proved yesterday by the Senate
Appropriations Committee in
cludes four grants for Alaska.
The major sum is 10million
dollars to aid the new state in
its changeover from territorial
status.
Other items: $250,000 for the
Forest Service fire prevention pro
gram; $400,000 for the -.Indian
Bureau to give welfare aid to
Indians in the Bristol Bay area,
and $100,000 for the Arctic Health
Research Center at Fairbanks.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy with little change
in temperature. Lowest expected
tonight 45, high tomorrow 60.
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
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Dennis Kosgnog, Susan Paneck.
Discharged — Jack Bennett,
Frank Przeslicke, Ken Nuipok,
Steven Smith Jr., Louise Chasse,
Rebecca Eben.
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Fornier Territorial;
Engineer Named to
Head Mines Div.
JUNEAU, (tf) — Former Terri
torial Mining engineer James A.
Williams of Juneau Wednesday
was named director of the Mines
and Minerals Division of the State
Department of Natural Resources.
The $12t000-a-year job is com
parable to that of the Commis
sioneh of Mines under the old
| territorial government. Williams’
] appointment was announced by
the former Commissioner of
Mines, Phil Holdsworth — who
is now Commissioner of Resources
and head of the expanded de
partment.
Williams had been mining en
gineer in the old department
since 1950, and had served as
assistant commissioner of mines
for the last two years.
His new duties include super
vision of assay offices and field
stations at Ketchikan, Anchorage,
College and Nome, and enforce
ment of the state oil and gas con
servation act.
New Chief Justice First
Learns of Appointment at
Anchorage Lunch Counter
ANCHORAGE, OP) — Anchorage
attorney Buell Nesbett, 49, first
learned of his appointment as
Chief Justice of the Alaska Su
preme Court from an Anchorage
Times newsman who approached
him in a downtown restaurant.
Nesbett was unbelieving at
first, then when others sitting
with him extended their congrat
ulations, he expressed pleasure
over his appointment. “I hope
it isn’t a misprint,” he told the
newsman. I am highly honored.”
Nesbett said he felt a “deep
sense of responsibility” and prom
j ised to devote “every bit of ability
that I have” to the task of pre
siding over the state’s highest
I court.
Move to Cut Govt.
School Allotments
Fought By State
WASHINGTON, UP> — Alaska’s
Commissioner of Education testi
fied Wednesday against a bill
which he said would cut federal
aid to Alaska schools by close to
one million dollars annually.
Howard A. Matthews appeared
before a House Labor subcommit
tee which is considering a bill
that would revise the formula un
der which the federal government
figures payments to certain school
districts.
The payments are for construc
tion, maintenance and operation
of schools attended by children
whose parents live on or work on
federal property, which is ex
empt from state taxes.
Under present law, the govern
ment pays the full cost of pupil
instruction for children whose
parents work and live on federal
property and 50 per cent for those
whose parents work on but live
off federal land.
The proposal before the com
mittee would make no change in
the 100 per cent payment but
would cut payments for children of
parents who live off the federal
land.
A 40 per cent payment would
go to children whose parents work
on federal property in the school
district they attend.
A 25 per cent payment would be
for children whose parents work
on federal property in a district
other than the one in which the
child goes to school.
Matthews said because of Alas
ka’s unique school districting sit
uation, it would lose some $933,444
under the proposed changes.
“In Alaska there remains a
larger area not yet organized into
taxing units or school districts,”
Matthews said. All schools out
side organized school districts are
operated by the State Department
of Education as “District No. 1.”
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