New Mexico Town
Hosts 800 ‘Captive’
Winter Tourists
VAUGHN, N. M., — The sun
broke through for the first time
in four days over Vaughn and
hundreds of motorists stranded in
the east plains cow town yester
day began to move out.
The normal population of about
1,400 had been swelled by 800 un
willing guests, travelers stalled by
a heavy snowfall wbicfi blocked
all highways out of the town.
Traveling still was limited, with
routes clear only to the south
west and northeast.
State Police headquarters in
Santa Fe said early yesterday
U. S. 54 was open from Vaughn
to Santa Rosa and from Vaughn
westward to Alamogordo and El'
Paso. Still blocked was U. S. 285
to the south and north.
Meanwhile, an air operation to
provide feed for livestock cut off
by the heavy snow continued.
A spokesman from Kirtland Air
Force Base in Albuquerque said
two C47s from the Air Force Spe
cial Weapons Center took off after
8:30 a.m. They were flown to Ros
well to pick up hay to be dropped
to cattle and sheep in the Vaughn,
Encino and Fort Sumner areas.
The City Hall was opened and
its large auditorium was crowded
■with adults and children sleeping
on mattresses and blankets pro
vided by townspeople.
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Tunis 4Comes to
Ike’ as Presidents
Discuss Algiers
WITH , EISENHOWER AT SEA
I UP) — President Eisenhower re
ceived the cheers of thousands of
Tunisians yesterday, and discusssd
I with President Habib Bourguiba
the war in Algeria. He then re
i sumed his voyage to Toulon,
! France, aboard the U. S. cruiser
Des Moines.
White House Secretary Hagerty
said the two Presidents in their
Tunis meeting endorsed French
President Charles De Gaulle’s
proposals for ending the Algerian
conflict by an offer of self-deter
mination. Hagerty stressed that
the two Presidents did not seek
to settle the conflict, leafing that
to the Algerians and French them
j selves.
A joint communique issued an
hour after the President’s brief
visit, said the two leaders agreed
failure to achieve a solution in
Algeria was of “grave concern.”
“The achievement of self-de
termination by African and Asian
peoples is one of the most im
portant events of our times,” the
1 communioue said.
Returning to the scene of his
North African triumphs as a gen
eral in World War II, Eisenhower
was hailed by thousands of shout
ing Tunisians as he landed at La
Marsa, a Tunis suburb.
A helicopter flew him from the
Des Moines to the specially built
landing spot only a few hundred
] yards from Bourguiba’s white
Moorish-style palace.
Because the President was not
1 scheduled to enter Tunis during j
j his three-hour visit, hundreds of
buses and trucks brought thous
ands of spectators to La Marsa.
The watchword of Tuniia’s ruling
Independence Party was “Tunis
Will Come to Him.”
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Washington Greeters Will
Carry Torch for Ike
WASHINGTON, (tfb-President
Eisenhower will get a torchlight
reception — with modern calcium
flares — when he returns next
Tuesday night from his overseas
tour.
“Having in mind that the Presi
dent carried the torch of freedom
on his tour, we are going to hand
out 10,000 torches,” District Com
missioner Robert E. McLaughlin
said Wednesday.
Eisenhower is not expected to
reach the White House from An
drews Air Force Base, Md., until
nearly midnight, December 23.
The torchlight celebration will be
held in Lafayette Square, across
the street from the White House.!
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The crowds waved and cheered j
during the short parade to Bour-1
gui’oa’s palace where the two men
talked over a lamb chop break
fast.
Crowds, estimated at 200,000,
swarthy men in thick burnooses
and" women in white robes, ap
plauded, shouted and waved as
the President drove the six miles
to El Aoina Airport and took off
again in his helicopter for the
Des Moines. ,
The crowds had come not only
by truck and bus, but by donkey,
bicycle, and afoot.
Eisenhower shook hands warm
ly with Bourguiba before boarding
his helicopter while an Army band
played martial music.
In a final gesture of friendship, j
the two leaders linked arms and j
raised them together.
Eisenhower’s helicopter came;
down at La Marsa at the wrong ‘
end of the specially prepared
landing strip, and Bourguiba had
to race across the field to extend
his welcome.
His plain-spoken words at the
outset may have surprised Eisen
hower a little.
“Your visit,” the Tunisian
President said, “will bring high
hope and promise to the peoples j
of Africa fighting a decisive battle
for human dignity, a battle both
to liquidate the last outposts of a
stubborn colonialism and to res
cue themselves from backward
ness and privations.”
The communique on colonialism
in Africa was far more diplomatic,
saying only that the two leaders
welcomed “the opportunity of
fered' for the new relationships
and improvement of old ones
based on a common attachment to
fundamental principles of human
rights and dignity.”
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Alaska School Tax For 1959
NOW DUE AND PAYABLE
Tax is due and payable after January 1 of each year and becomes delinquent after December 31, 1959
SCHOOL TAX - $10.00
A PENALTY OF $2.00 ATTACHES IF NOT PAID ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1959.
WHO MUST PAY SCHOOL TAX?
ALL MALE AND FEMALE PERSONS OVER 21 AND UNDER 61 YEARS OF AGE ON
JANUARY 1. 1959.
EXEMPTIONS:
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ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL PERSONNEL
INSANE PERSONS
PERMANENTLY INJURED — UNABLE TO EARN A LIVING
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Civilian employees of the Federal Government must make school tax payments individually
as this tax is not withheld from their wages.
Failure or neglect to pay the School Tax is a misdemeanor and subject to arrest and fine of
not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days.
PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE TO tHE LOCAL TAX OFFICE AT:
Box 250, Nome, Alaska
Or Alaska Department of Revenue, Juneau, Alaska
KNOW YOUR CIVIL AIR PATROL
Released by F. S. RHODE, C.A.P. Commander
On December 10, « headlined
article appeared in the Anchorage
Times that highlights the critical
importance to all Alaskans to
“Know Your Civil Air Patrol.”
The article covers a .news release
made by Senator "Bartlett, report
ing the early de-activation of the
71st Search & Rescue Squadron,
the last military command spe
cifically charged with search, res
cue and emergency medical evac
uation, and will become effective
March 1, 1960.
Greater Burden on CAP
Col. Earnst Smith, commander
of the 71st S&R Squadron, said
the de-activation order will place
a substantially greater burden on
the Civil Air Patrol, in perform
ing much of the service formerly
carried out by the S&R Squadron.
With the increased responsibili
ty, it becomes imperative that the
people of Alaska learn about their
Civil Air Patrol — its missions,
organization and channels of sup
port. It is extremely important
for people in our area to support
their local CAP Squadron by pro
viding local membership support,
if the Patrol is to carry out its
missions and responsibilities.
Organized In 1941
The Civil Air Patrol is 18 years
old this month. It was organized
on December 1, 1941, to give wings
to the nation’s civil defense ef
forts as an agency of the Office
of Civilian Defense. It played a
heroic role in antisubmarine pa
trol of the Atlantic and Carribean
coasts in early days of World War
II, and, as a result, the CAP was
transferred to the War Depart
ment early in the war.
The Civil Air Patrol also flew
courier missions for the military
— performed tow target missions,
southern border patrols, and
innumerable non-combatant
services.
With the end of World War II,
and the sudden end of the war
time missions, the Civil Air Patrol
and the fledgling U. S. Air Force
re-evaluated the areas of service
requiring the non-military air and
ground support available through
the CAP.
Three Missions
Three main mission areas were
immediately apparent — first, the
recurring demand for search, res
cue and emergency medical evacu
ation second, the need for an
emergency communications net
work, and finally, to perform a
vast educational program to devel
op an awareness among all citi
zens, of the importance and sig
nificance of air power, and to pro
vide a continuing pool of fledg
ling airmen, civil and military,
on the ground and in the air.
Thus, with these three major
objectives, the Civil Air Patrol
was granted a Congressional Cor
poration Charter, and designated
as an unpaid Civilian Auxiliary
of the United States Air Force.
Membership Open to All
Membership in the Civil Air
Patrol is open to any citizen of
the United States, 18 years of age
or more, of good moral character,
who has an interest in working
actively toward the attainment
of the CAP objectives.
Any hope of attaining the mis
sion objectives of the Civil Air
Patrol requires a sound working
organization, able to respond im
mediately to emergency calls, ana
to daily carry out the continuing
educational and administrative
functions.
The U. S. Air Force assists in
the organizational effort, by pro
viding a National Headquarters
staff, recently re-assigned from
Bolling AFB, Washington, D. C.,
to Ellington AFB, Texas. This
staff is under the command of
Brigadier General Stephen D.
McElry, USAF, and is charged
primarily to aid and co-ordinate
the youth education program. In
addition, General McElry has
USAF officers under his command
assigned to each of the eight Civil
Air Patrol Re'gional Headquarters,
and to each o fthe 52 Wing head
quarters. These officers act as
liaison representatives between the
Civil Air Patrol and USAF. Each
state constitutes a CAP Wing,
which, together with the District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico,
comprise the 52 total. The Alaska
Wing is a part of the Pacific, or
8th Region, which includes ?#eva
da, Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia and Hawaii.
Basic Unit
Each Wing is composed of an
unlimited number of Squadrons,
which constitute the basic opera
tional unit of the Civil Air Patrol.
Squadrons are organized wher
ever a minimum of 15 individuals
have sufficient interest, initiative
and ambition to organize and op
erate the Squadron. Here in Alas
ka, because of low population, a
special organizational unit is
authorized, termed a Search and
Rescue or Communications Flight,
and can consist of any number,
from a single member up to 14.
Each operational unit is direc
ted by a Squadron or Flight Com
mander.
* * *
In a continuing series of re
ports, an effort will be made to
bring to all members of this com
munity the details of the methods
and results of the Civil Air Patrol,
local, State and National.
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