THE NOME NUGGET
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Lyle Family Enjoys
Reunion With Arrival
Of Three Daughters
The Lyle family is enjoying a
real family reunion here. Emma
Lyle, one of Nome’s favorite old
sters, now in her 80’s, has three
daughters visiting her. They ar
rived Friday and are:
Mrs. Ellen Smith of Seattle,
Bessie Fowler of Portland, and
her son Raymond Rothacher, and
Ina Peterson of San Francisco.
Saturday Robert Lyle arrived
with his wife from Fairbanks.
As Donald Lyle and family live
here only one of the family was
not present—her eldest son, Har
old, who resides in San Bernar
dino, Calif.
The assembled Lyles enjoyed a
Sunday of family get - together
after which Robert returned to
Fairbanks. Other members of the
family are remaining for a few
days.
British Fashion Expert,
A Woman Naturally, Says
Marilyn’s a Dowdy Dresser
LONDON UP—A British fashion
expert took a long, cold look at
Marilyn Monroe today and pro
nounced judgment: the girl’s a
dowdy dresser.
The expert, a woman naturally,
was Jean Soward of the News
Chronicle.
Miss Soward said Hollywood’s
most fabulous blonde has a spare
tire around her midriff and ought
to wear a corset.
Her skirts are top tight. She
wears the wrong skirt and blouse
combinations. She's careless about
combing her hair and keeping her
clothes tidy.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Unalakleet: • K. Acomnn,
James White, John Tinker, Milo
Monick, Jack Edwards, Lorraine
Eben.
From Anchorage: Edna Bea
com, Linda Kennedy, Thomas
Haynie, C. A. Loomes, James
Bergamaschi, Levi Cleveland, V.
Olanna, W. Buedding, B.C. Nam
oca, Ted Bell, Mr. Fischer, E.
Da vo vies, Marvi Swain, Dean
Farquhar, Cooper Koenig, Ken
neth Mills.
To Unalakleet: Sal DeLeonar
dis, Larry Daw, E.S. Lesdy, Milo
Minock, Denny Davis, Howard
Elliot,
To Anchorage: Edith Bullock,
John Alpai, Lester Rorick, Ron
ald Quick, J. W. Leeper, Floyd
Harmon, Robt. Overstreet, Don
ald Adams, Lee Koozaata, Jerome
Trigg, Ruth Melin, W.W. Lah
num, Lloyd Sherwood, Don De
vine, Herb Doddridge, K. Swan
son, Wm. Buedding, David Strite,
Richard Thompson, Lucy Hipps,
Jack Edwards.
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Sea Monster . . .
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is decomposing rapidly.
The younger Mortenson said
the ribs of the animal, which are
not now visible, extended about
five or six feet from the spine.
Six-Inch Teeth
The teeth, he said, were about
six inches long and about five
inches wide at the base. Only
about an inch of the teeth pro
trude from the flesh.
A “flipper” appendage, resem
bling an elephant’s ear, has
webbed digits and is about four
feet wide and three feet long.
The movable upper jaw, with a
tusk-like bone, protrudes about
5M> feet from the end of the fixed
lower jaw.
At high tide, water now reaches
about the middle of the animal.
But pilot Loren Horn, weather
observer stationed at the Yakutat
airport for the CAA, says the
beach sand shifts rapidly and a
storm and high tide could carry
the carcass out o sea again.
The site can be reached only
by a small wheeled plane.
Eastern Star Leader
Says Adults to Blame
For Juvenile Delinquency
Florence Plummer, Most Wor
thy Grand Matron of the Order of
Eastern Star and gracious leader
for over three million members,
has been visiting Alaska Chapter
No. 1 on an official visit made
each third year to chapters in all
parts of the world.
Mrs. Plummer’s message to the
members is one of world peace,
channelled through good will,
friendship and fraternal love. In
a short talk at the Community
Methodist Church yesterday she
pointed out that juvenile delin
quency stems from the home and
the blame for our present dilem
ma rests upon the adult genera
tion, not the youth of today.
This evening Mrs. Plummer
will be honored with a banquet
which will be attended by mem
bers of the Order of Eastern Star
and the Masonic fraternity and
their families.
She leaves tomorrow for An
chorage to continue on her Alas
kan visitation.
Nationalists Down
Four Red Jets in
Big Air Battle
TAIPEH, Formosa Iff*—Air Force
headquarters said Saturday Na
tionalist Thunderjets and Sabre
jets shot down four Communist
Chinese Mig 17s and badly dam
aged two others in five air fights
Saturday near Matsu Island. The
report said all Nationalist planes
returned safely to base.
Headquarters here said more
than 30 Communist Migs engaged
in the fights, called the biggest
jet air battle so far fought be
tween the Chinese Reds and the
Nationalists. In another engage
ment Friday, two of four Mig-17s
sighter near Matsu were reported
damaged.
Today’s reported kills brought
to six the number of jets claimed
by the Nationalist air force since
last October 15.
Canadian Air Force
Gets as Much Money
As Both Other Services
OTTAWA, Iff)—Canada’s House
of Commons has approved the
government’s $1,775,000,000 de
fense program for 1956-57. The
amount is the same as in 1955-56.
The appropriations again put
heavy emphasis on the air force.
Of the total defense appropria
tion, the RCAF gets 42 percent,
as much as the other two services
combined.
Between $10 and $11 million
will be spent on development of
air-to-air guided missile projects
during the year. About $2 million
will be spent to obtain some mis
siles in the United States.
STEVENSON HITS SNAG
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Iff)—Adlai
Stevenson’s speech to Wyoming
Democratic leaders here Friday
night was delayed half an hour
while he changed his trousers.
On arrival here officials noticed
a tear behind the right knee.
Stevenson . changed in an up
stairs room at a hotel while about
300 persons gathered to hear his
talk waited in a banquet room.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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Four Alaska Plane Crashes Show
Need for Safety Precautions in
Modern Light Twin-Engine Craft
Civil Aeronautics Administration i
Aviation Safely Discussion
ANCHORAGE—One pilot and
his load of passengers has sur
vived a major accident in a mod
ern or modernized light twin-en
gine airplane in Alaska this sea
son.
One by one, the best of the saf
est airplanes have killed off our
experienced pilots—experienced
commercial pilots, not private pi
lots or Sunday drivers.
There was the Grumman'Super
Widgeon with higher speed, better
takeoff, single-engine perform
ance, but not better weather per
formance.
There was the Aero-Command
er, clean, high-speed, good per
formance, good single-engine per
formance.
There was the Piper Apache
from which everybody walked
away, with its two fine engines,
short field performance, high ec
onomical cruising speed, which
still hits the ground when the
pilot can’t see it.
There was the DcHaviland Dove,
which couldn’t maneuver through
the hills under the weather on one
engine with the load it carried,
and it only had one engine work
ing.
These airplanes should be safer
SO MANY SURFBOARDS
TRAFFIC COPS NEEDED
HONOLULU UPt—-“Traffic cops”
to control surfboard traffic jams
off crowded Waikiki Beach have
been proposed by Herman Lemke,
member of Honolulu’s Board of
Supervisors.
Lemke says so many surfboards
are skimming the waves that he
wants them banned aliogethsr in
some sections. 0
| than the slower chugging single
engine airplanes they replaced,
but they apparently have not •
been operated more safely.
One picture seems evident. In
spite of high initial costs, they
are economical to operate provid
ing they have a high utilization
factor. To get the utilization, they
are competing in the same low
weather margins as the slower,
single-engine airplanes.
But their higher maneuvering
and cruising speeds require better
weather. Obstructions come up
faster, their turns are wider, and
'unless the loads are kept down to
the single engine ability of the
airplane, they have twice the
possibility of engine failure with
consequent forced landing over
the single-engine airplane.
The false economy of such op
erations eventually shows up on
the books. These airplanes cost
real money to replace. But the
passengers’ lives cannot be re
placed. These four accidents
should be more than enough to
prove the point. A safe airplane
still has to be operated safely.
Don Gretzer, for the
Office of Aviation Safety
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