Japan Model Wins !
International Title
‘Miss Universe’
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP) — The
pearl crown of Miss Universe
• rests today on the pretty head of
a statuesque fashion model from
Japan, the first Oriental to win
the international beauty pageant.
The announcement Friday night
that leggy Akiko Kojima, 22, had
won the coveted crown, brought
a roar of applause from the 4,200
spectators jammed ]into Long
Beach Auditorium.
“I didn’t think I would win,”
said the Tokyo beauty, who stands
5 feet 6 and measures 37-23-38.
“I am oh so happy,” she 9aid
in her faltering English and then,
as tears glistened beautifully in
the corners of her almond eyes, she
added: “Thank you very much,
thank you so much.”
The runners-up, in order of fin
ish, were:
Miss Norway, Jorunn Kristian
sen, 18, who stands 5 feet 8 and
' measures 35-24-35.
Miss United States, Terry Lynn
Huntingdon, 19, Mount Shasta,
Calif. She’s 5 feet 6V£ and 36
23-36.
Miss England^" Pamela Anne
Searle, 21. A willowy 5 feet 7,
she measures 36-24-36.
Miss Brazil, Vera Ribeiro. 19, a
leggy 5-foot-7 brunette from K’o.
She measures 37-23-37.
The new Miss Universe, posing
regally in her crown and robe
after the contest, said she had a
movie offer and plans to make a
test next^week in Hollywood.
FWS Flyers Found O-K
FAIRBANKS, UP) — Two U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service biolo
gists were found unharmed Fri
day in the wreckage of a light
plane. They had been missing
since last Sunday.
Gordon Watson and Donald
Thurston, of Anchorage, disap
peared on a flight from Fairbanks
•to the Brooks Range. Pilot Earl
Dodge spotted their missing Cessna
180 about 325 miles north of here,
near 8,700-foot Mt. Michelson.
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Castro Pitches For
Benefit of Farm Program
HAVANA. UPI — Pitcher Fidel
Castro lent his right arm to his
agrarian reform program Friday
night and, thanks to a kindly um
pire, hurled a sensational inning
of baseball.
The revolutionary leader thrilled
a cheering crowd of 2,500 in Grand
Stadium as he stepped to the
mound for an army team and re
tired the opposing police nine in
order.
For the occasion, the bearded
Castro traded his olive drab army
garb for baseball togs.
Castro was wild and threw
mostly straight pitches but man
aged to work in a few curves. Of
_the three batsmen facing him,
however, only one, got wood on the
ball.
With umpire Amado Maestri’s
ruling, Castro “struck out” two.
The count ran 3-2 on the first
man up. Castro wound up and
loosed a high, hard one. It cleared
the batter’s head, and the fans
moaned.
But the ump saved the game and
extracted a mighty cheer when
he called it a strike. Castro headed
for the plate and gratefully shook
the umpire’s hand.
Despite the lack of runs, the
game was a profitable one. Castro
received checks totaling 158,449
pesos — $158,449 at the official
rate — in contributions plus all
paid admissions. The agrarian re
f'.rm program, Castro’s pet pro
ject, got the money.
SUNDAY RESULTS
National League
Cincinnati 4-3, Philadelphia 2-6.
Milwaukee 4-2, Pittsburgh 0-1.
Chicago 7, San Francisco 3.
Los Angeles 8, St. Louis 2.
American League
Cleveland 9-4, Washington 0-3.
Chicago 4-0, Baltimore 1-4.
Detroit 1, New York 0.
Kansas City 5, Boston 4.
( Pacific Coast League
San Diego 6-6, Portland 3-5.
Vancouver 3-5, Salt Lake 2-4.
Seattle 9-0, Sacramento 1-2.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
NOTICE
Sales Tax Reports on Retail Sales
and Services for the quarter end
ing June 30, 1959, must be in the
City Clerk's Office by Thursday,
July 30. 1959.
ROBERT F. SCOTT.
90 City Clerk
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ALASKAN TITLES
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Autographed Children’s Books
On Arctic Ice
A Dog Called Gih
Panuk
By Fred and Sara Machetanz
Alaska Sourdough
by Morenus
Flying North
by Potter
Daughter of the Gold Rush
by Klondy Nelson
Alaskan Birds
By Ira Gabrielson
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‘Wliat’s My Line,’
Clothes Workshop
Offered Here
In response to requests there
will be a workshop entitled
“What’s My Line,” on Wednesday
afternoon, July 29, from 2 to 4
o’clock at the Extension Office in
the Mines and Taxation Building
on Front Street. Mrs. Jean K.
Burand, District Home Demonstra
tion Agent, hastens to assure us
that this is not to be a quiz pro
gram and that the rewards will
not be in the form of money. The
gains from the workshop will be
in improved appearance as the
members help each other choose
the styles most becoming to each
person. Mrs. Burand will guide
the group in determining the style
of neckline, hairdo and general
lines'to be emphasized in order to
enable every member of the group
to make the most of her best
points. There will be no charge
for the gathering — everyone is
welcome. . ^
Leftover Grenade
Kills Kids at Play
INDIANAPOLIS, UP) — An anti
tank rifle grenade casually
handled by a group of children
in a basement near here exploded
Friday, killng one and sending an
other to die in a hospital.
Five others were wounded
critically as the searing shrapnel
ripped through their small bodies.
Richard Plymate, 10, in whose
home the grenade exploded, was
killed by the blast. Mark Saun
ders, 10, died four hours later in
St. Francis hospital, after moaning
“I dropped it, I dropped it.”
Injured critically were the Ply
mate boy’s sister, Kanet, 7, and
four other children, ranging in
age from 6 to 12.
Neighbor children said they
often played with the grenade in
the home of Paul Plymate, and
they' said some of the children
had a “secret weapons club.” Ply
mate said he had no idea how the
device got in his home.
An Army ordnance expert, Lt.
Luther A. Higley, identifed the
explosive as an M9 antitank rifle
grenade, made to pierce armor
plate up to six inches thick.
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London Aghast at Lack
of Restraint in Nixon -
Khrushchev Hassle
LONDON, UP) — The rough and
tumble word exchange between
Soviet Premier Khrushchev and
Vice President Nixon is likely to
increase President Eisenhower’s
reluctance to go to a summit con
ference, the Daily Telegraph said
Saturday.
The Daily Express described the
exchange between the two leaders
as a “disgraceful performance.”
“Two public men engage jin
bickering in public,” the Express
said. “They make offensive re
marks to one another. They dis
close a lack of restraint which is
completely deplorable.”
Birds unquestionably have a
rudimentary language in the sense
that they use their calls to com
municate with one another. Such
bird-calls as the alarm-call of a
jay or plover, are often intellig
ible to other creatures as well.
Hoffa Plans Libel Suit
Naming Counsel For
Investigating Committee
WASHINGTON, UP) — A spokes
man for James R. Hoffa says the
Teamsters Union president plans
libel action against Robert F.
Kennedy for remarks the Senate
Rackets Committee counsel made
about Hoffa on television.
Kennedy made several charges
against Hoffa Wednesday night
when he appeared on the NBC
Jack Paar Show.
The spokesman said Hoffa had
instructed his attofney to prepare
libel action against the network,
Paar and others who sponsored
or were associated with the show.
Kennedy said he would welcome
the suit “so that the matter of
whether Mr. Hoffa has betrayed
the union membership can be
proven in a court of law.” ,
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