Colored, Dial
Phones Slated
For Kotzebue
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Ufi — Resi
dents of Kotzebue, north of the
Arctic Circle, soon will be able
to talk to one another over col
ored telephones.
Stromberg - Carlson Divsion of
General Dynamics Corp. today
said it was installing a modern
dial exchange, plus the colored
phones, in the Eskimo village.
The installation, which is for
the Trans-Alaska Telephone Co.,
is expected to be completed in
October. Kotzebue will become
the northernmost telephone point
on the North American continent.
About 100 subscribers will be
served. The population of Kotze
bue totals about 1,200 with about
3,000 living in the area. Eski
mos—most of whom have never
seen a telephone — outnumber
others in the area by a 20 to 1
ratio.
Stromberg-Carlson said the in
stallation at Kotzebue is one of a
number of new dial exchanges be
ing planned by Trans - Alaska
Telephone Co.
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First U.S. Qrbitter Will
Be Female Monkey
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., UP)—The
first U.S. animal put into orbit
around the earth will be a well
dressed monkey munching on
sliced apples.
Two of the five monkeys being
trained for the trip were exhib
ited by the Air Force Wednesday.
They are known as 20-X and
21-X.
The Air Force hopes to put one
of the 4-pound monkeys into or
bit using a modified Thor missile
fired from Vandenberg, Calif., Air
Force base in late October. The
healthiest of the two females will
make the trip and the Air Force
believes it will survive. Its food
during the trip will consist of
sliced apples.
Wade Will Accompany
Kennedy to Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP! — Hugh J.
Wade, Alaska Secretary of State,
has accepted an invitation to ac
company Sen. John Kennedy, the
Democratic presidential nominee,
to Anchorage Saturday.
Wade and his wife stopped here
after attending the annual con
ference of secretaries of state in
New York City.
Also scheduled to travel to Al
aska with Kennedy is Sen. E. L.
Bartlett, Alaska Democrat.
MEMORANDUM TO STUDENTS
On Tuesday:
Grades 9 to 12 report at 8 am.
7th - 8th grades report at 1 p.m.
1st - 6th grades report at 9 a.m.
School will be half a day for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day and full day on Friday
NOTICE TO ALL SHRINERS
There will be a dinner for all Shriners
and their ladies
At the Gyp ,a 6:30 p.m.
Seaview Room Sunday Evening
North Star \wf P September 4
All visiting Shriners are welcome. Wear your fez
or show your card. Reservations not necessary
Just Turn Out—We Will Find Room For You
Informal
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Townsend Plan
Is Dead at 93
LOS ANGELES, Wl—Dr. Fran
cis E. Townsend, pioneer pension
promoter for senior citizen, is
dead at 93.
Tireless leader of old-age clubs
which once claimed 30 million
members, he died Thursday night
in St. Vincent’s Hospital. Doctors
said death was due to pneumonia
and complications of old age.
Over the years his plan took
various forms, but basically its
principles remained unchanged.
Most recently he advocated a 1
to 2 per cent tax on gross personal
incomes.
Of his program in general, he
said lately: “It’s the same one
we’ve had in Congress for the
past 20 years without being able
to get it out of the Ways and
Means Committee.”
When the pension group was
organized in 1933, Dr. Townsend
advocated a 2 per cent tax on all
business transactions to finance
$200 monthly pensions for each
person who retired at 60. At var
ious times he changed the total
amount sought and the means of
producing it.
His political encounters fre
quently were stormy. In 1937 he
was sentenced to 30 days in jail
for contempt of Congress. Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt grant
ed him what Townsend after
ward called “an unsolicited par
don.”
Baptists Turn Thumbs
Down On Kennedy
OKLAHOMA CITY, OP) — The
Baptist Bible Fellowship has turn
ed thumbs down on Sen. John
Kennedy as a presidential can
didate because he is a Roman
Catholic.
“The Roman Catholic Church is
a totalitarian religio-politico in
stitution whose source of author
ity and government is the head
of a foreign state,” said the reso
lution unanimously adopted at
the group’s annual meeting here
Wednesday.
MEDAL SCORE IN OLYMPIC
GAMES AFTER 7 DAYS
Gold Silver
U. S. S. R.12 5
U. S. A. 7 8
Germany . 5 10
Italy . 5 2
Australia . 4 1
Hungary . 3 5
Turkey . 3 0
Great Britain . 1 1
Romania . 1 1
Sweden . 1 1
Bulgaria . 1 1
Denmark . 1 0
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FOR SALE — Wood and oil cook
stove, Reliance burner. Pres
sure pump. Call Red 157. 106c
FOUND—Man’s large white gold
wedding ring. Call at Nugget.
FOR SALE:—Motor scooter. Ex
cellent condition. See Rod
Boucher.
FOR SALE — PA-16, very reas
onable, Muntz Inti. Nome. Con
tact Tin City Flying Club, at
Tin City. 107p
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $1C.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE—Henslee 3 Bedroom
furnished mobile home, 10 ft.
wide, 50 ft. long. Also ’59 Ford
Pickup, like new. Call M-109. tf
FOR SALE — Centrifugal pump
with motor, 85-gal. tank, port
able cabinet kerosene heater,
small butane heater. No reason
able offer refused. Red 179.
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