STEALING THE SHOW
There seems to be some question whether the
“Atcmium”, that monumental enlargement of a tinker
toy model of a molecule (showing the arrangement of
the atoms), or the good old American hot dog is
more impressive to European visitors to the Brussels
World’s Fair.
Center of activity in the highly popular US
pavilion is the only Simon-pure American-type coffee
shop outside of the territorial limits of the US. De
signed and built by the people who run the Brass
Rail restaurants in New York, it seats 600—and
serves an average 10,000 visitors a day. Its typical
“Cuisine a l’Americaine”, produced before the very
eyes of the amazed diners from foods largely flown in
. from the US, on equipment the like of which has
never been seen abroad and with a speed that is re
garded as incredible, is—sooner or later—on every
tongue.
Europeans were quick to discover they could
gorge themselves at the pavilion for less than they
would pay for a snack at any other restaurant at the
Fair. And Americans are equally impressed with
the modesty of the checks. Most of them marvel that
with so much of the food brought from home that
prices could be so low.
Lines of hungary Fair pilgrims form at the
Brussels branch of the Brass Rail shortly after 11 a.m.,
the opening hour, and gather recruits through the day
and evening until the midnight closing. Here, five
times as many visitors are fed daily as at its nearest
competitor.
Peter de Maerel, Director of the Belgian Tourist
Bureau, who recently returned from Brussels, pre
dicts that as a result of the Fair, Europeans will be
going for US-style food in a big way. So, perhaps
we have overdone our World’s Fair good will job.
Maybe in order to get some good foreign cooking, we’ll
have to stay home instead of going to Europe?
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WASHINGTON, UP> — Two
government agencies sat up and
took notice of Alaska Tuesday
after President Eisenhower signed
the bill admitting the territory
to statehood.
The Immigration Service ac
knowledged that the President’s
signature already has given Alas
kans one of the benefits of first
class citizenship.
And the Census Bureau, not
ing increased interest in Alaska,
issued a rundown on most recent
Alaskan statistics.
In a telegram sent to all reg
ional offices, the Immigration
Service advised personnel to dis
continue effective with the Pres
ident’s approval of the bill, the
identification check which has
been required upon entry to the
states from Alaska.
The check still will be required
on travelers setting down in
Canada en route from Alaska to
one of the other 48 states but
not on direct flights.
The recap of Census Bureau
figures, made public earlier on a
peacemeal basis, noted that the
estimated civilian population of
the prospective 49th state was
165,000 a yeai; ago.
This represented a 52 per cent
gain over the ?950 total and
placed Alaska second only to
Nevada in the recent growth.
Nevada’s population increased
nearly 64 per cent in the same
period.
Citing 1954 figures, the Bur
eau said:
Alaska had 1,510 retail stores
184 wholesale establishments and
694 service trades establishments
in that year. Their sales added
up to 289Vfe million dollars.
Alaska’s 219 manufacturing
establishments added 40 million
dollars to the value of goods they
processed. Of these, 73 were
seafood canners accounting for
nearly 26 million dollars in value
added.
There were 194 mines and oil
drilling establishments with ship
ments of nearly 20 million dollars.
Gold mines numbered 160.
The most recent farm census
in Alaska was in 1950. The bur
eau counted 525 farms which sold
$1,600,000 worth of products in
1949.
The bureau said detailed in
formation on Alaska will be col
lected in the 1958 censuses of
business, manufacturers, and min
eral industries; in the 1959 census
of agriculture, and in the 1960
censuses of population and hous
ing.
Increased Solar Activity
Likely To Cause
Atmospheric Disturbances
WASHINGTON, OP) — Sky ob
servers were alerted Tuesday to
an increase in solar activity.
International Geophysical Year
participants were told the in
creased activity probably will be
followed by magnetic, ionispheric,
auroral and perhaps cosmic ray
disturbances in the earth’s at
mosphere.
The IGY world warning center,
operated by the National Bureau
of Standards at Ft. Belvoir, Va.,
declared a special world inter
val effective Monday night.
During a 24-hour period, ob
servers around the world will step
up their data-gathering in an ef
fort to gain better understand
ing of the solar eruption mechan
ism and its varied effects, which
may include interference with
radio communications.
The interval was declared af
ter the center received reports
from Sydney, Australia; Mitaka,
Japan, and Honolulu of a Class
III solar flare, the category of
greatest intensity. Japan also
reported significant radio noise
from the sun.
Jobless Total
In U.S. Reaches
17-Year High
WASHINGTON, UP\ — The gov
ernment reported Tuesday that
employment rose to 64,981,000
and unemployment to 5,437,000 in
June as a flood of job hunting
students hit the labor market.
The jobless rise of 533,000 from
May sent the unemployed total
to a peak for any month since
before World War 11—a 17-year
high. Employment soared by
920,000 over May.
Probably the most important
feature of the report was that
manufacturering industries, worst
hit by the recession, shared in the
job rise for the first time after
a year and a half of steady de
cline. .
This, coupled with a sharp
rise of six-tenths of an hour in
the average factory work week,
represented solid gains on the
recession front.
The increased work hours
helped boost average weekly
earnings of factory workers by
$1.27 to $83.10 a week in June, a
new record. Average hourly
earnings remained steady at $2.12.
The report estimated that be
tween \Vz and 2 million students
and recent graduates entered the
labor market at the close of the
school term.
With employment climbing by
some 900,000 and unemployment
increasing about 500,000, some
half million women, mainly
school teachers not under con
tract, left the labor force, pre
sumably temporarily until schools
reopen in the fall.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
(CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT)
SEALED BIDS, in duplicate copy sub
ject to the conditions contained herein
will be received until July 22, 1958 then
publicly opened, for furnishing all labor
and materials and performing all work
for construction of an Airport Landing
Strip located near Allakaket, Alaska.
Plans, Specifications and Project Doc
uments may be obtained from the Di
rector of Aeronautics, Alaska Aeronaut
ics and Communications Commission,
Room 202. Glover Building, Anchorage,
Alaska, upon deposit of $25.00.
Bids will be publicly opened in the
office of the Director of Aeronautics,
Room 202, Glover Building, Anchorage,
Alaska at 2:00 p.m., A.S.T., on July
12, 1958.
Where copies of plans are requested,
a deposit of $25.00 will be required,
to insure their return.
Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows: Ten Percent (10 pet.),
i See Paragraph 7 of Instructions to
bidder.)
Performance bond will be required for
an amount not less than 50 pet. of the
contract.
Payment bond will be required for
an amount not less than 50 pet. of the
contract.
Liquidated damages for delay will be
as stipulated in the General Contract
Provisions for Airport Construction
Specifications.
Partial payments will be made
monthly.
Minimum wage rates applicable to
the contract shall be as listed in the '
Special Contract Provisions.
Bids must be submitted upon Pro
posal Form and the successful bidder
will be required to execute the Standard
Form of Contract for Construction.
The right is reserved, as the interest
of the Territory of Alaska may re
quire, to reject any and all bids, to
waive any informality in bids received,
and to accept or reject any items of
any bid, unless such bid is qualified
by specific limitation.
Envelopes , containing bids must be
sealed, marked and addressed as
follows: v
Bid for Allakaket
Project No. 9-50-068-01
To be opened at 2:00 p.m., A.S.T.
Date—July 22, 1958
Bidder .
Address ..
Eugene G. Roguszka
Director of Aeronautics
Publish: July 4-7-9-11-14-16, 1958.
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