8 Anacortes People
Feared Lost In
Montana Quake
ANACORTES, Wash,, UP)—You
wait. You maybe cry a little, but
most of all you hope because no
news perhaps is better than some
news.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Maricich of
Anacortes have waited since the
night of Aug. 17. They wait for
word of their son, Peter, who just
turned 8.
They wait for word of Mrs.
Maricich’s father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Keltz Sr., and
for five more of their close rela
tives who make their home in
this western Washington com
munity.
The trail so far ends at the
Old Faithful Geyser in Yellow
stone National Park.
They fear it may end, forever,
beneath tons of earth and rock
that rumbled down into the Madi
son River Valley of Montana the
night of Aug. 17—the night of the
disastrous Montana earthquake.
A letter received by the Mari
ciches Monday said all eight were
fine. They were having fun and
they planned^ to hunt agates and
pick berries Monday.
They were going to head for
the Hebgen Lake area, where
berries and agates are plentiful,
the letter said. It also said they
would call home Monday night,
the night of the quake.
They never called. None of the
eight has been seen since.
Pioneers to Hold 28th
Reunion On Aug. 27-30
VICTORIA, B.C., UP)—Tales as
tall as Chilkoot Pass and long as
time allows will be swapped here
Aug. 27-30 when pioneers of the
Klondike celebrate the 63rd anni
versary of the discovery of gold
in the northland.
This will be the 28th annual
International Sourdough Reunion.
Delegates will come from many
points on the continent, most of
them from California, Oregon,
Washington, western Canada and
Alaska.
W. A. Ellis of Seattle, reunion
president, will open the conven
tion business session Friday mor
ning, Aug. 28. The annual ban
quet will be Saturday night.
R. C. Anderson, Alaska
Steam Vice President,
Dies In Seattle
SEATTLE, UP) — Raymond C.
Anderson, shipping executive who
invented the laminated ski, died
yesterday. He was 63.
Anderson had been with Al
aska Steamship Co. since 1944.
He was executive vice president
at his death. He was also presi
dent of Alpac Inc., a bottling and
canning concern; and executive
vice president of the Skinner
Corp., local transportation firm.
He was born in Port Blakely,
Wash., and entered the timber
business as a young man in Wash
ington and Alaska. He had col
lected royalties on his patented
ski invention for 17 years.
Barlletl Re-Appoinled To
Rail & Highway Commission
GETTYSBURG, Pa., UP1—Presi
dent Eisenhower Saturday reap
pointed Sen. E. L. Bartlett as a
member of the Alaska Interna
tiona Rail and Highway Commis
sion.
Bartlett served on the commis
sion as a delegate in Congress. A
new appointment was necessary
because of Alaska’s admission to
statehood.
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LAW OF GRAVITY MAY LOWER RECORDS OF
LATIN AMERICAN ATHLETES WHO COMPETE
IN PAN-AMERICAN GAMES IN CHICAGO
The law of gravity may take
some inches off the records of
Latin American athletes when
they compete in the Pan-Ameri
can Games in Chicago.
To most sports fans, Newton
and Einstein are out of there ele
ment on the playing field. But the
World Book Encyclopedia ex
plains that the force of gravity—
which keeps third base on the
ground and prevents a high
jumper from clearing the moon—
varies over the earth’s surface.
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Anchorage Swimmer
Stopped by Lake Michigan
MICHIGAN CITY, OP! — Harry
Briggs of Anchorage, abandoned
his attempt to swim the southern
tip of Lake Michigan early Sun
day under pressure of fatigue.
Briggs was pulled from the
water after swimming nearly 20
miles from Michigan City. He was
about 14 miles short of his goal,
Chicago.
Briggs was in the water for
nearlp 21 hours. He complained of
overstrain on the rest of his body
due to a pulled’ tendon which
began hampering him after he
launched his swim at about 4
a.m. Saturday.
It was Briggs’ second unsuc
cessful attempt at the course
which no one has yet mastered.
He first attempted it last August,
but gave up after 17 miles.
It gets weaker as one travels to
ward the equator or farther above
sea level.
This means that a javelin
thrown in the Panama Canal
Zone would travel 3V£ inches far
ther than at Madison, Wisconsin.
It would travel about one foot
farther than at the North Pole.
A broad jumper would leap %
inches farther in Texas than he
would in Massachusetts. And a
shoLput thrown 50 feet in Fin
land would travel an inch farther
in Rome.
The upshot is that most Latin
American athlets will be fighting
stronger gravity in Chicago. All
other conditions being equal, it
might be difficult to set any rec
ords over those established in the
second Pan-American Games held
in Mexico City in 1955.
The capital of Mexico sits on a
high plateau more than 7,000 feet
above sea level, and not too far
from the equator. Chicago, many
degrees north of the equator,
barely keeps its feet dry at 600
feet above sea level.
The best place for setting rec
ords probably would be in Lima,
Peru. Nestled in equatorial moun
tains, Lima has the world's weak
est gravity.
Of course, the •variations of
Mother Earth give no side an ad
vantage in a particular contest.
But, theoretically, they could foul
up international records.
What do the gentlemen with
the tape measures do about all
this? They ignore it. They figure
it will all come out right in the
.end.
Hotter Than —
(By The Associated Press'
Heat-weafy millions across the
nation awoke today to another
day of sweltering sticky weather.
Cool air from Canada brought
some relief yesterday to the
northeast and northern plains, but
elsewhere sizzling temperatures
continued to plague the popula
tion.
Weather forecasters said little
or no relief was in sight for the
southeast, the south central por
tion of the cbuntry and the mid
west.
Widely scattered showers and
thunderstorms fell from the Pac
ific Coast eastward to Michigan
but failed to bring relief.
A torrential rain turned De
troit’s Edsel Ford ana John C.
Lodge Expressways into rivers,
temporarily stranding thousands
of motorists in water up to four
feet in depth.
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More Earth Tremors
Felt In Yellowstone
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont., I
More earth tremors were felt last
night and today in West Yellow
stone, but none as sharp as one
Saturday night which touched off
a rock slide.
Police said there were four or
five new tremors but none ap
parently caused any damage.
The Saturday night jolt brought
Rangers and tourists from their
beds in the Old Faithful area of
Yellowstone National Park.
It was here that the devastat
ing quakes of last Monday night
and Tuesday were centered. Tre
mors have been felt each day
since then.
Sunday’s early morning shock
caused a big rock slide which
blocked a forest road in the Heb
gen Dam area. About 20 summer
homes are in the new slide vicin
ity, but police said it was be
lieved all the cabins were unoc
cupied.
Democrats Ask GOP
Help Finance Convention
LOS ANGELES, UP—Democrats
want Republicans to help finance
the 1960 Democratic National
Convention in Los Angeles. The
idea got a cool reception from a
Republican leader.
Former Navy Secretary Dan
Kimball, who heads a new con
vention finance committee, said
Friday that Republicans will be
asked to contribute “as a civic
duty.”
Republican National Commitee
man Ed' Shattuck commented:
“There is no longef any rea
son for the citizens generally and
Republicans in particular to join
in the financial support. It is now
their (the Democrats’) affair and
a partisan political one at that.”
Democrats organized a new fin
ance committee to raise at least
$350,000 after a squabble with
their national chairman Paul But
ler over convention tickets.
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