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JUST SHUTTING THE WINDOWS WON’T DO IT
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House Requests Federal
Government Make Natural
Gas Available at Barrow
JUNEAU, —A measure which
asks the federal government to
make natural gas supplies at Bar
row available to the residents of
the community was unanimously
approved by the House of Repre
sentatives today.
The resolution passed in the
absence of its author, Rep. John
Nusunginya who was called home
last Saturday by the tragic
death of his wife and one child
in fire which swept their home.
Nusunginya’s resolution out
lined the need of the residents
of the far north community for'
the natural gas to heat their
homes.
Speaking for Nusunginya’s
measure, Rep. William Erwin of
Seward told the House that each
year Barrow’s fuel supply runs
low and that oil must frequently
be flown in to fill the need.
“The federal government has
piped the gas into the area for its
own use,” Erwin said. “But cer
tainly it would cost little for the
government to loosen its tight
grasp on the supply for the bene
fit of the people of Barrow.”
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Retail Food Prices Rose
Slightly In Alaska
PALMER, OFi — Retail food
prices rose slightly in Alaska dur
ing the three-month period end
ing Dec. 31, the University of
Alaska Extension Service reports.
The Extension Service said the
average retail price of a “market
basket” containing 40 food items
in nine Alaska cities was $22.21
in December, up 2 cents for the
quarter. The same basket could
have been purchased for $16.56 in
Seattle.
Higher prices were noted for
tomatoes, lettuce, shortening,
eggs, canned orange juice, ice
cream, butter, oleo and corn
flakes.
Lower prices were reported for
ground beef, salad dressing,
round steak, frying chicken, ap
ples, carrots, sugar, potatoes,
| onions, oranges, peaches, frozen
i orange juice, fruit cocktail, cof
I fee and flour.
Americans buy between 8 and 10
million used cars a year . . . more
than half the automobiles you
pass on the highway — or that
pass you — have had two or
more owners.
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I Electrician's Heart
Equipped with
Battery Power
WENATCHEE, Wash. W> — Jim
| Miller is an electrician by trade
| and not quite literally — his
I work is in his heart.
It wasn’t Jim, but a team of
surgeons at the University of
Washington Hospital in Seattle,
who equipped Miller’s heart with
battery power.
A few months ago life was run
ning out for Jim Miller. He had
fainting spells, his vision was
faulty, his feet were always cold.
His wife, Mary, recalls that she
carried his meals to him because
walking to the table had become
a major project.
Doctors diagnosed Miller’s con
dition as a heart block. Electrical
conduction was insufficient to
make the heart beat properly.
Instead of the normal 60 to 80
per minute, his pulse rate was
down to 24.
Electrodes Sewn into Heart
Two tiny electrodes were sewn
into Miller’s heart muscles in a
rare and delicate operation.
Much as Miller himself had
installed doorbells, the surgeons
strung wire through his body to
a battery — a power pack that
will operate about five years be
fore a replacement is necessary.
This, too, is inside the body —
a package about the size of a
king-sized pack of cigarettes. It
rests just under the skin, send
ing impulses to Miller’s heart at
the rate of 60 per minute.
Before he left the hospital the
doctors put Miller on a treadmill
as a final test. He walked with
a steady step and steady heart.
Walking to the table for dinner
once more is merely an incident
in the day for Jim Miller. He
trots up and down stairs. He is
getting his fishing gear ready for
the winter steelhead trout season.
His battery-encouraged heart
pumps blood to all parts of the
body at a steady 60 beats per
minute; he faints no more, his
vision is excellent. And his feet
are warm.
City Pays For Play
TOKYO, Lfr— The Ministry of
Autonomy says there is nothing
illegal about a mayor joining the
local golf club at public expense.
In an opinion requested by
Koriyama City, the ministry said
that a golfing mayor has the op
portunity of getting acquainted
with industrial executives who
might build local factories.
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Soviet Magazine Says
Kennedy’s Speech Has
‘Irksome Cold War Echoes'
MOSCOW UR — A Soviet Mag
azine criticized President Ken
! nedy in strong terms and said his
State of the Union Message con
tained “irksome cold war echoes.’’
The magazine Life Abroad said
the speech repeated “the hack
neyed slogans of American propo
ganda” and proclaimed a new
drive in the arms race.
These comments, published by
the Soviet News Agency Tass,
contrasted with earlier Soviet re
actions to Kennedy. Until now
the Soviet frn'ess and radio have
been restrained and even sympa
thetic to Kennedy.
Life Abroad said Kennedy has
a fixation about Communisum no
difference from former President
Eisenhower.
“Like his predecessor the new
resident brands as- ‘Communist’
every statement or movement af
fecting the interests of American
monopolies,” the magazine said.
Eisenhowers Leave Winter
Behind, Head For Desert
HARRISBURG, Pa. UR—Dwight
and Mamie Eisenhower put Pen
nsylvania’s severe winter behind
them and headed for California.
The former President and his
wife left this state capital by
train for Palm Desert where they
will stay at the exclusive El Dor
ado Golf Club, probably for two
months.
“I am going to get a little sun
shine,” a beaming Eisenhower
said.
The party, which includes sev
eral members of the former Presi
dent’s staff, is due in California
Wednesday morning. The vaca
tion-bound travelers are riding in
two private railroad cars, equip
ped with dining facilities, sup
plied by Ernest March, president
of the Santa Fe Railroad.
I-- ——
Anna May Wong Dead Of
Heart Attack at Age of 54
HOLLYWOOD Itf) — Anna May
| Wong, whose delicate Chinese ,
beauty graced moive screens for
more than three decades, is dead.
She died of a heart attack Friday
night at the age-of 54.
Although American-born, she
was a full-blooded Chinese and
was among the first to bring the
charm of the Orient to American
movie theaters.
Her first starring role was op
posite Douglas Fairbanks in
j “Thief in Baghdad” in 1924. Soon
1 afterward she went to England
and played opposite Laurence
Oliver on the stage in “Circle of
Chalk.”
Film assignments in Berlin fol
lowed.
By the early 1930’s, when she
returned to the United States un
der contract to Paramount, she
was one of Hollywood’s busiest
actresses.
In 1936 she went to China for
j the first time, remaining there a
year.
When war came in 1941, Miss
; Wong retired from film and theat
rical work and devoted all her
time to United China Relief and
USO activities.
Her retirement lasted 17 years,
except for occasional television
assignments. “Portrait in Black,”
her latest feature film, was made
j a year ago and is now being
I shown.
She was born in Los Angeles
Jan. 3, 1907 and had maintained
a home in Santa Monica for many
years. She had never married.
Alexander Graham Bell might
be pleased to know that a re
searcher here found most New
Yorkers hear better with their
left than their right ears. . . . The
possible reason: They spend so
much time with their left ear
glued to a telephone it develops
1 more acuity.
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