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| Merced County
Wants Share Of
‘Fabulous* Mine
MERCED, Calif., I#) — Merced
County wants a share of an Al
askan mining claim an Air Force
! Sergeant says was left to him by
! a prospector’s widow
| Kenneth Riggs, county admin^
istrator, filed a petition Friday
asking that the property of the
late Mrs. Cora Dinsmore be sur
rendered to the Department of
Welfare. He said Mrs. Dinsmore
and her husband, James, received
! more than $20,000 in old age as
| sistance benefits between 1939
! and 1958.
| T/Sgt. Thomas Howlett, a jet
| bomber tail gunner at nearby
Castle Air Force Base, had esti
mated the claim to a cinnabar
(mecury) deposit at being worth
i potentially 40 million dollars. He
said that when she died Mrs.
Dinsmore had left it to him 'and
his wife.
The Sergeant said he went to
] the area, near Cold Bay, Alaska,
| to restake the claim in May and
j -that he plans to return to re
i check it. He had told newsmen
| that geologists, whom he did not
name, had estimated its worth at
the figure he gave.
Riggs contended it’s up to a
court to determine whether the
claim “constitutes property.” He
added that state law entitles the
Welfare Department to recover
benefits paid if a recipient’s es
tate includes any assets.
Riggs said the Sergeant was not
actually willed the mining claim
i Further, he said, the Dinsmores
! have a son, Orin, who until* re
| cently resided in the Hawaiian
S Islands and a daughter, Mrs. Ma
_ j rine Mines, of Fresno, Calif.
Howlett said he and his wife
j befriended the widow, who re
‘ sided in a trailer at nearby Liv
I ingston.
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| The wheel that does the squeaking
gets the grease, if you insist
(A rather banal maxim, but a
true one)
Yet if it keeps on squeaking where
no ruts or bumps exist,
Why not replace the damn thing
with a new one? .
Nome Directory
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Recessed Until September 21
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norv.n V. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month.
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Seely.
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