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JFK Sets Up System to
Take Secrecy Wraps Off
Classified U.S. Material
WASHINGTON UO — President
Kennedy has set up a system for
automatically taking the ,secrecy
wraps off a considerable amount
of classified government material.
Rep. John Moss, (D-Calif.), who
along with newspaper editor
groups has frequently criticized
excessive governmental secrecy,
said the action was “a major
improvement in the information
protection system.”
Moss, Chairman of the House
Information Subcommittee, and
newspaper groups have protested
that classified labels sometimes
are used by government officials
to conceal mistakes or policies
that should be made public.
The executive order provides
for downgrading the secrecy clas
sification of documents at regular
intervals, or sooner if officials
decide they no linger need special
protection.
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3 Villages Receive $7,000
In Depressed Area Funds
JUNEAU UR — Gov. Egan yes
terday approved the allocation of
$7,000 in state depressed area
funds for labor costs for work
projects at the villages of Scam
anon Bay, Kalskag and English
Bay.
At Scammon Bay, the projects
include excavation of drainage
ditches and waste disposal pits,
construction of sanitary facilities,
building and repair of walkways
and the filling in of swampy
areas.
Scammon Bay’s! allocation was
$2,500.
At Kalskag, another allocation
of $2,500 will be used for con
struction of six culverts, a recre
ation hall and cold storage build
ing, preparation of a new road
way, excavation of waste dis
posal pits and repair of wallways.
At English Bay, an allocation
of $2,000 will be used for con
struction of walkways, excavation
of drainage diitches and re
graveling of streets.
YANKEES TO BE HONORED
WITH TICKER TAPE PARADE
NEW YORK UR — The New
York Yankees will be honored
with a ticker tape parade for
winning their 26th American
League pennant. No date has been
set. The Yanks return ~ from a
road trip next Monday.
Mayor Robert Wagner an
nounced the parade Thursday in
sending a telegram of congratula
tions to club president Dan Top
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Laborer Charged With
Manslaughter in Death
Of Alaskan Airman
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ANCHORAGE UR — The fatal
beating of an Alaskan airman was
revealed for the first time Thurs
day with the arrest of a suspect
in California. The beating took
place at an Air Force station
on Aug. 11, according to military
authorities.
The victim was identified as
Airman First Class Gary Albin,
27, assigned to the 717th Aircraft
Control and Warning Squadron
at Tatalina, near McGrath.
Arrested in connection with the
death was Marvin Granger, 21.
He was arrested by the FBI at
McCloud, Calif. His return has
been ordered by U.S. Commis
sioner at Redding, Calif. Granger
has been charged with manslaugh
ter.
The Alaskan Air Command con
firmed that Albin had died as a
result of injuries suffered in a
fight at Tatalina.
Albin was brought to the Air
Force Hospital here Aug. 12. He
died Aug. 16 from head injuries.
Albin was married and the
father of one child. His wife,
Ruth, and the child are residing
in Hiibodaux, La.
Granger was a civilian em
ploye of the Air Force. The Tata
lina station listed him as an ap
prentice plumber but the Civil
Service classified him as a labor
er.
He went to the Tatalina station
on June 9 of this year and left
Aug. 11. The command spokesman
did not know the circumstances
or details of Albin’s beating.
Granger is single.
Last Rites Administered
To Actress Marion Davies
HOLLYWOOD UR — Former
actress Marion Davies may die at
any hour her physicians report.
They said she had been ad
ministered last rites of the Ro
man Catholic Church last week
when her death seemed near.
Miss Davies, 61, entered Cedars
of Lebanon Hospital May 16. She
was operated on June 7 for osteo
myelitis of the jaw. Osteomyelitis
is an inflamation of bone marrow.
Twelve days after surgery, Miss
Davies fell in the hospital room
and broke her left leg.
PAY RAISE FOR IKED A . . .
TOKYO UPi — Prime Minister
Hayato Ikeda will get a salary
increase of $13.89 Oct. 1, raising
his pay to $707.89 a month.
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Report Soviets Capable
Of Orbiting “Ultimate
Atomic Warfare Weapon”
SAN JOSE, Calif. UF> — The So
viet Union reportedly has a
rocket capable of orbiting a 12
ton satellite and already is build
ing a space platform which Pre
mier Khrushchev has called the
“ultimate atomic warfare weap
on.”
This report, unconfirmed by
other sources, came from Kilsoo
Haan, a former Korean under
ground worker during World War
II who now is a naturalized
American citizen.
Haan, who says his informa
tion comes from inside Com
munist territory, submitted to
President Kennedy Sept. 9 in
formation which said Khrushchev
had advised Red Chinese leader
Mao Tze-Tung of the powerful
new rocket and that the space
platform was being built.
Haan, who lives here, is west
ern divisional sales manager for
a Duluth, Minn., food concern.
One Out of Every Five . . .
TOKYO — Police stopped
an average of one out of every
five automobile drivers daily for
traffic violations during the first
half of 1961, a police report said.
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Loch Lomand Seeks
Advice from Alaska’s
Div. of Water & Harbors
.A Scotland firm of consulting
engineers has requested advice
from Alaska’s Division' of Water
and Harbors for the construction
of a harbor installation in his
toric Loch Lomond.
The request, written to Cort
Howard, director of the division,
came as a result of an article
Howard wrote recently, explain
ing how the life expectancy of
Alaska’s harbor installation had
been increased about 1,000 per
cent by the use of a plastic foam
material.
Crouch and Hogg, Glasgow
firm of consulting engineers,
wrote Howard last week saying
that they had read his article.
“We are developing a project
for enclosing an area of about
20 acres of Loch Lomond,” the
firm wrote, “as a harbor for
yachts up to 10 tons and small
craft to be served by internal
jetties, etc., and it 9eems to us
that the system to which you re
fer would suit admirably.”
The Glasgow engineers asked
Howard if he “would kindly sup
ply some information about the
size of craft, if they are moored
to floating Jetties, and the prob
lems of maintaining ; «l%nmeoret
and methods of anchoring.”
Howard noted that his article
had been written merely to ex
plain to Alaskans why they could
expect their harbor installations
to last 10 times longer than they
had in the past when constructed
of native logs.
He said he hadn’t really ex
pected to wind up as a consultant
on any installations in Loch Lo
mond, but said that he had pro
vided the requested information.
Although Howard didn’t say
so, the request for advice could
have been more involved. Loch
Lomand is only a short distance
from monster-ridden Loch Ness
and Howard could easily have
ended up trying to give advice
on how to install a harbor which
would be sea-serpent-proof.
De Gaulle to Abandon
His Dictatorial Powers
PARIS UPi — President Charles
De Gaulle has announced his d
cision to abandon his near dicta
torial powers at the end of the
month. The decision was widely
hailed as a first stop toward a
return to normal functioning of
the state. But doubts were ex
pressed that De Gaulle intends to
share much of the decision mak
ing in the important issues facing
Prance. ~
De Gaulle assumed the special
powers April 23 after four retired
general attempted a coup in Al
geria. The coup was quickly put
down.
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