Incensed Father Fights,
Shoots Bus Driver For
Evicting Unruly Schoolboy
McHENRY, 111., UP — A father,
angry because his 7-year-old son
was banned from a school bus for
unruly behavior, halted the bus
and shot the driver Thursday as
25 children looked on.
The driver, Victor A. Hopp, 26,
and Joseph Di Maggio, 49, ex
changed blows after Di Maggio
curbed the bus and argued with
Hopp for not allowing his son
Dominic to ride the bus.
Sheriff Melvin Griebel said Di
Maggio pulled a .25-caliber pistol
from his pocket. His son tried to
separate the two men, shouting,
“Don’t shoot him, daddy. Don’t
shoot him” Di Maggio fired one
shot at Hopp.
Deputy Edward Dowd said the
shot, which struck Hopp in the
left shoulder above the heart,
failed to knock the bus driver to
the ground, and he continued to
exchange blows with Di Maggio.
However, Dowd said, two older
boys who had gotten off the bus
finally broke up the fight.
Di Maggio, a salesman, was
held in jail under $5,000 bond on
a charge of assault with intent to
murder.
Hopp was reported in fair
condition.
HENRY ARMONAT SOUGHT
SOUGHT BY SISTER
JUNEAU — The Governor’s Of
fice has received a request for in
formation as to Henry Armonat.
He is reported to have lived in
Alaska for 19 years, is in his 50’s,
and is said to have worked for the
Alaska Railroad as a truck driver.
He was last employed by them in
1952 in the Healy section.
No word has been received by
his relatives since that time. Ar
monat’s sister, Mrs. Martha Lan
gin, 11832 Homestead Place, Gar
den Grove, California, would ap
preciate word from him or from
anyone who knows of his where
abouts.
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Congress Ties Up
Pentagon Plans to
Reduce Marines
WASHINGTON, UP) — Senators
voted unanimously Thursday to
halt a reduction in the Marine
Corps ordered by Pentagon leaders
in defiance of Congress.
They tacked on to a big catchall
supplemental money bill a rider
by Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont)
that would tie up Navy personnel
funds unless the strength of the
Marines is increased to 200,000.
By a similar voice vote the Sen
ate Wednesday added a rider by
Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La) that
would require a minimum army
of 900,000 or tie up the Army oper
ating funds.
“I think the politicians who are
running the Army ought to sit
up and take notice,” Majority
Leader Lyndon Johnson told the
Senate.
Congress provided more funds
than asked by President Eisen
hower last year and directed that
the Army to be maintained at
900,000 and the Marines at 200,000.
Instead, civilian defense lead
ers have been reducing both
forces, aiming at an army of 870,
000 and Marine Corps of 175,000
by the end of the current fiscal
year next June 30.
Local Education Assn.
Accepted As Affiliate of
National Organization
WASHINGTON — The Nome
Educational Association has just
been accepted as a new affiliate of
the 700,000-member National Edu
cation Association. Announcement
of this association’s affiliation
came recently from NEA Presi
dent Ruth Stout.
“This move makes our local as
sociation eligible to receive all
regular publications of the NEA,
including the NEA Journal, re
search bulletins, Volume of Ad
dresses and Proceedings, the News
'Btllletin, and Offical Report of the
Department of Classroom Teach
ers,” explains president Carl E.
Liebig.
With more than 6,500 affiliated
local units, the NEA is the oldest
and largest professional organiza
tion in the world. It has as its
major goals “to elevate the char
acter and advance the interests of
the profession of teaching and to
promote the cause of education in
the United States.”
The NEA is an independent, vol
untary, nongovernmental organi
zation of educators.
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CLO-OOSE, B. C., OP — Two
American fishermen who had been
adrift in their disabled boat for
nine days through turbulent Pa
cific Ocean storms were hauled
to safety at this tiny Vancouver
Island village yesterday.
Only four cans of soup separ
ated Bob Maddern, 40, and Bob
Turner, 46, both of Aberdeen,
Wash., from starvation when they
reached shore.
Maddern and Turner, both in
good condition despite their nine
days of prayer and peril, left Ab
erdeen on April 21 on what was
to have been a short, 13-hour run
to Neah Bay in the 34-foot troller
Thordis.
But the boat’s engine broke
down and for nine days, through
some of the stormiest weather of
the spring, the Thordis drifted on
the Pacific, Maddern and Turner
helpless passengers. They had no
radio.
Yesterday the Thordis drifted
close to shore near this fishing
village 80 miles northwest of Vic
toria and the boat was spotted by
Postmaster Joshua Edgar.
Edgar phoned Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Ordway and the Ordways
ran to the beach, waded into the
icy water, caught a rope thrown
from the Thordis and hauled the
boat through the one small gap
in the reef that hems in Clo-Oose
Bay.
Turner and Maddern said they
melted ice they had aboard the
boat for drinking water.
“We did a lot of praying,” Tur
ner said. “But we didn’t give up
hope. Not even when it seemed
no one would realize our plight.”
Maddern’s only comment was
brief and to the point.
“That’s fishing,” he said.
The exacting price of liberty is
to fight as hard for its preserva
tion as our forefathers fought
for its purchase.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT, • Fairbanks Land Office,
518 2nd Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska.
FLO:MHS:ed F 022610, April 1, 1959.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that the Fed
eral Aviation Agency has filed request
Fairbanks 022610 for the conveyance to
the State of Alaska for the Department
of Aviation, the following described tract
of public lands, pursuant to the provi
sions of Section 16 of the Federal Airport
Act of May 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 179.49
U. S. C. 1115), for the construction,
operation and maintenance of a public
airport at: * "
HOOPER BAY, ALASKA. Commencing
at Comer No. 1, U.S. Survey 2026; Thence
S. 38° 28' 20" W. 8451.4' to the point of
beginning; thence S. 58° 41' W. 1000' to
Corner No. 2; thence N. 31° 19' W. 9200'
to Corner No. 3; thence N. 58° 41' E. 1000'
to Comer No. 4; thence S. 31° 19' E.
9200' to Corner No. 1. Containing approx
imately 211 acres. „
The purpose of this notice is to give
persons claiming an interest in the lands
or having bona fide objection to the
conveyance, an opportunity to file with
the Manager, Fairbanks Land Office,
Bureau of Land Managemnt, 518 2nd
Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, within 30
days after the last publication, a protest
together with evidence that a copy of the
protest has been served on the applicant.
D. B. LEIGHTNER,
Acting Manager.
Publish April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 1959.
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Chicago Access to World Ocean Trade
By WILLIAM J. CONWAY
CHICAGO, W> — Chicago, 800
miles from an ocean, became a
deep-draft seaport Thursday.
The happy historic event touched
off a noisy celebration.
The Prins Johan Willem Friso,
the first ship to go through the
new St. Lawrence Seaway and on
to Chicago, glided into the harbor
with an escort of yachts and tugs.
Fireboats spouted plumes of
water. Planes criss-crossed under
a canopy of low-dark clouds.
Aerial bombs boomed. Small bal
loons floated overhead. Horns and
whistles blasted.
The Friso docked at Navy Pier,
jutting into Lake Michigan on the
near North Side.
Mayor Richard J. Daley went
aboard and presented Captain
Sander Klein with the flag of the
City of Chicago.
IN THE PROBATE COURT
FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
SECOND DIVISION, ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
FRANCIS E. COWDEN, Deceased.
No. 1098
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska,
Nome, Alaska, an Alaskan banking cor
poration, has been duly appointed by
the above named court as the Admin
istrator of the estate of Frances E.
Cowden, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
said estate should present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the said
bank at Nome, Alaska, within a period
of six (6) months from the date of this
notice.
DATED this 31st day of March, 1959.
MINERS AND MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA,
By J. G. MANNING.
Executive Vice President.
Publish April 10, 17, 24, May 1.
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The Friso, 353 feet long, is the
largest salt water ship to come
to Chicago. Spectators gazed at
the high-riding vessel as she lay
at the pier with Dutch and Amer
ican flags a-flying.
Among the spectators were stu
dents of the University of Illinois
Chicago branch who attend classes
in the pier building. Some of the
students broke out a sign reading:
“Welcome to the first ship to dock
on our campus.”
Captain Klein, a stocky, ruddy
man, was asked by a newsman
haw his trim, gray, diesel-driven
craft managed to be the first to
reach the eastern end of the St.
Lawrence-Great Lakes water
route.
“We got a motor,” he replied
with a laugh.
The Friso made the trip from
the entrance of the locks, near
Montreal, to Chicago, in a little
more than 4Vfc days.
As part of the welcome, a party
of Indians set out in tugs to greet
the Friso.
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