Hawaiians Distribute
‘Statehood’ Seals
HONOLULU, UR — An issue of !
one million “Statehood Seals” is!
Hawaii’s latest plug for member- j
ship in the union as the 50th I
State
The seals depict the figure of
a Hawaiian warrior and the ac
companying text reads: “Help Ha
waii become the 50th State in
’59.”
Illustrated in crimson, yellow,
and blue, the stamps will be dis- j
tributed in the Territory’s chan-1
nels of commerce.
The promotion is a joint pro
ject of the Hawaii Statehood Com
mission and the Statehood Com
mittee of the Hawaii Jusior Cham
ber of Commerce.
The commission is paying for
the seals and chamber branches
will distribute them.
B-47 Jet Crashes
At Maine Base
LIMESTONE, Maine., UR — A
B-47 jet bomber crashed on land
ing at Loring Air Force Base late
Monday night, but its four occu
pants walked away uninjured
Spokesmen at this big Strategic
Air Command base said the four
jet bomber was seriously damaged
but did not burn
An Air Force spokesman said
the landing gear collapsed as the
plane was touching down on its
arrival from its home base at
McDill Air Force Base, Tampa, j
Florida.
SLEEPY TIME THEFT
DETROIT, UR — David Barton,
30. told police he was watching a
late movie on television when he
fell asleep
When he awoke, the room was
dark and he thought the picture
tube had burned out.
He tured on a room light and i
found the $300 set had been stolen. |
Drew Pearson !
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Says His Alaska
Remarks Twisted
FAIRBANKS, UPl — Drew Pear
son said here Monday night he
had never described Alaska as
“valueless” and a “terrible place
to live,” and remarks attributed
to him in Anchorage were taken
out of context.
The nationally syndicated col
umnist, 'appearing in Alaska as
master of ceremonies for an Air
Force show entertaining the
troops, was quoted as saying in
Anchorage yesterday:
“Alaska is a terrible place to
live ... At least six months of
the year,” and “Alaska is just
about as valueless now as it was
when it became known as Sew
ard’s folly.”
Pearson said in an interview at
Ladd Air Force Base last night
that his complete .remark was,
“Some people say Alaska is val
ueless . .”
“I said quite the opposite.”
He said he had pointed out that
Alaska’s chief value “is that it
is now a state and part of the
United States, and nobody can
make us give it up.”
Pearson also said other state
ments attributed to him on the
cost of living and cost of defend
ing Alaska conveyed the opposite
meaning of his full report, re
corded for a national radio net
work.
The columnist said 'he will
spend Christmas as Cape Prince
of Wales on the northwestern
coast of Alaska. With the Air
Force show are a unit of the
Harlem Globetrotters and the
Hawaiian 50th Staters, basketball
teams which hope to return home
for _Christmas.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
Japanese Court
Awards Air Base
Lands To Farmer
TOKYO, l® — Farmer Jutaro
Nagao was so hard up 25 years
ago he couldn’t pay $62.50 in
taxes. The tax collector took
away 1,237 acres af his property
A 'Japanese court recently gave
the land back to Nagao, now 77,
and made him a potential mil
lionaire.
For Nagao’s acreage is in the
middle of the Chitose Air Base
and military area in northern
Japan, used by U. S. and Japan
ese forces. Estimated value is a
billon yen — $2,777,000.
The government confiscated the
property in 1933 and auctioned it
off for the taxes.
After much litigation, a court
finally agreed an injustice had
been done and awarded Nagao
title to the property.
RECEIVES DEGREE
45 YEARS LATE
CHICAGO, (® — A 70-year-old
grandmother was 45 years late,
but not a bit sheepish about ac
cepting a University of Chicago
sheepskin.
■Mrs. Frances Tay Timblin of
Rockford, 111., originally was
scheduled to get her bachelor of
arts in 1913, but it was withheld
because of two credit deficiencies.
“The only thing I’ll do with
this degree is hang it up and look
at it, but it certainly is a great
satisfaction to get it,” she said.
PROOFREADERS FAULT
KIRKSVILLE, Mo., I® — The
Northeast Missouri State College
newspaper explained that a proof
reader was at fault when the pa
per published a restaurant’s
Christmas ad addressed to “our
fiends and customers.”
Wien Alaska Airlines
Pearse Walsh — Harry Lewis — Bernie Miller
Myrtle Johnson — Mary Honsberger
Glenn Lenert — John Alurac
e^cTone and
all of our
good friends,
we send our heart
iest greetings
and best wishes
for a very
happy holiday sea
son, richly endowed
■with good times
and good fellowship.
BRONSON’S
Water
Delivery
holiday season that finds
all wreathed in happy smiles.
ARCTIC OIL DEIVERY
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this festive season, we look back upon a year of
meeting old friends and making new ones. To all go
our hearty thanks and happiest greetings. May each
and every one of you have the merriest holiday ever.
MODERN CLEANERS
Jim and Ruth McLean
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