Japanese Woman
Killed When Hit
By Liaison Plane
MITO, Japan, UP) — Japanese
police gave the Mito prosecutor
evidence they believe shows a
Japanese woman was killed thru
the negligence of an American
pilot. Air Force officials insist the
death was accidental.
Air Force officials at Johnson
Air Base said a single-engine L20
liaison plane, piloted by 1st Lt.
John L. Gordon, 27, of Erie, Pa.,
lost altitude on take off on Aug.
2 and struck the Japanese woman
riding a bicycle. She was killed
and her son was seriously in
jured.
The city assembly investigated
and said the pilot was stunt fly
ing in the area at the time of
the accident and was not taking
off.
The Air Force reported the
pilot was “very upset,” and visit
ed the dead woman’s family last
Saturday to express his condol
ences. Following Japanese custom
he gave flowers and 36,000 yen
($100) condolence money to the
family. His friends at the base
contributed another 9,000 yen.
Col. Edward R. Casey, com
mander of Johnson Air Base, said
the death “was completely an ac
cident.” He e'xplained the plane
had difficulty clearing the ground
after taking off from Utito gun
nery range because of extreme
heat. Extreme heat could reduce
engine power and impair the lift
of the plane.
$1,000,000 Spent
For Prospecting
In Alaska in 1956
TDM Bulletin, Aug. 1956
As near as we can figure it, ap
proximately $1,000,000 was spent
by mining companies in explora
tion and' prospecting for mining
properties in Alaska in 1956.
This was about twice what was
spent in 1955, and the increase
will continue thru 1957; but
weakening metal prices and the
government’s “tight money” poli
cy may discourage some of the
exploration we are counting on
for 1958.
The years 1955 and 1956 also
saw an expenditure of close to
$3,000,000 each in oil exploration.
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An interesting item in Engi
neering & Mining Journal reports
that the transit is about to be re
placed in mapping and triangula
tion work.
The new gadget is the tellur
ometer, an electronic device that
measures the distance between
two given points within line of
sight. This is done by clocking
microwtaves travelling to the re
mote station and back. The error
is reportedly only about three
. parts in a million.
The Department of Mines and
Technical Surveys of Canada ai'e
planning to use six of these in
struments and save $100,000 in
survey costs in one year as a re
sult.
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Alaska Amateur Rodeo
Arrangements Made for
Matanuska Valley Fair
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the Alaska Amateur
Rodeo Cowboy’s Assn, to hold
their championship events at the
17th annual Matanuska Valley
Fair.
These events will consist of
bull-dogging, bronc-busting, and
rrtany other competitive activities
which a rodeo enthusiast will find
most enjoyable.
The performances will start co
Saturday, Aug. 31, at 3 p.m. and
continue twice a day on Sept. 1
and 2. A Western Dance will end
the Rodeo activities Monday eve
ning at the Central School Gym.
CLIFFORD BLACK AND
JANET DENNY MARRIED
HERE WEDNESDAY
Clifford Black and Janet Denny
were married Wednesday evening
at the Nazarene Church by Rev.
Edgar Bibb.
Black is the son of Emma
Black, formerly of Deering, and
the bride is from Ketchikan.
Elsie Sanders and Clinton
Gray stood up for the couple.
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Divers Recover Major
Part of Salmon Pack
From Collapsed Pier
KODIAK, (jR — Divers com
pleted Wednesday a major part
of a salvage job to recover
$95,300 worth of canned salmon
dumped into the bay at Port
Williams by a pier collapse.
Four divers working a week at
the Washington Fish and Oyster
Co. cannery on Kodiak Island re
covered more than half the 3,698
cases that tumbled into deep
water when the pier on which
they were stacked collapsed July
30.
Bill Hingston, superintendent
of the cannery for the Seattle
company, said salvage process has
been excellent but it is likely 700
cases never will be recovered.
He said cause of the pier col
lapse was undetermined.
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Wool Growers Attack
Excessive Use of Public
Lands By The Military
STOCKTON, Calif., UP) — The
president of the National Wool
Growers Assn., attacked what he
called excessive use of public
lands by U.S. military services.
Don Clyde of Heber City,
Utah—speaking before the Cali
fornia Wool Growers Assn, con
vention here — claimed all the
public land withheld by the mili
tary and no longer available for
grazing or other private use
would make a 14-mile-wide strip
reaching from Washington, D.C.,
to San Francisco.
“We are not unpatriotic and
we want our defenses strong,”
Clyde said, “but it is unreason
able for the military to take
this much Land.”
He was referring specifically to
the recent withdrawal of 150,000
acres in Idaho which he said “was
too much of a good thing.”
The wool growers are behind
a bill now in Congress that calls
for congressional approval of any
land withdrawal of more than
5,000 acres.
JUNE BUTLER AND
ARTHUR NELSON ARE
MARRIED WEDNESDAY
June Butler of the Polaris
Coffee Shop and Arthur Nelson,
popular bartender of the Bering
Sea Club, were married Wednes
day by the U.S. Commissioner.
Attendants at the wedding were
Marie Denton and George Chap
man.
Following the ceremony a wed
ding supper was enjoyed at the
North Star Dining Room.
The couple will make their
home in the Wallace Apartments.
Until Further Notice
CHERRYS
NEW BARBER SHOP
will remain open
UNTIL 8 O'CLOCK
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK
SATURDAY NIGHTS
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