Lumumbist Troops
Ambush U. N. Unit
LEOPOLDVILLE UP) — More
than 1,500 Lumumbist troops am
bushed and encircled an isolated
United Nations unit in Kivu Pro
vince today. Heavy casualties
were reported among the rebels
and at least one U. N. officer was
killed in the day-long gun battle.
The attack followed a brawl
late yesterday in which U. N.
Nigerian troops killed six Congo
lese soldiers who had been drink
ing heavily before opening fire,
according to a U. N. spokesman.
Incensed and seeking revenge,
the Lumumbists fell upon a Ni
gerian platoon this morning on a
country road. During heavy fight
ing the Nigerians managed to
withdraw to their barracks, where
two further platoons joined in,
making their total number about
200.
West Germany Will l ay
U. S. $1 Billion to Ease
Drain on Gold Reserve
BONN, Germany — West
Germany told the United States
Thursday it would pay about a
billion dollars in a single pay
ment toward easing the drain on
American Dollars and gold re
serves.
The payment proposal was
made by Economics Minister Lud
wig Erhard to U. S. Amebassador
Walter C. Dowling. Neither would
say officially what the proposal
contained but informed sources
said the amount would be about a
billion dollars.
Every human being is a crowd
ed strolling universe of lower
forms of life . . . the average
person pastures about 10 trillion
bacteria on his 19-square feet of
skin.
U. S. To Buy 53
ISi f Transport Planes
WASHINGTON UP — The De
fense Department is going to buy
immediately 53 more big trans
port planes, 30 of them jets, to
augment the military’s long range
air lift capability.
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara made the anounce
ment at his first news conference
and said first delivereries will
begin about July 1.
The 30 jets will be transport
versions of the Boeing KC135. The
others will be the Cl30 jet turbine
propeller planes. Both types are
in production and in general use
by the Air Force.
McNamara said this program
will require an increase of about
$170 million in funding, with
about $30 million cash needed
during the coming fiscal year.
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SATURDAY NIGHT
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at the Grand
Slickest Floor in Town!
Alaska's Eskimo Scouts Will Take
Part in Operation “Willow Freeze”
Included in the more than 6,500 soldiers taking
part in Exercise “Willow Freeze” will be the men
of the Alaska National Guard. Company B, 1st
Scout Battalion, 297th Infantry, Alaska Army Na
tional Guard will provide visual proof of the
Army’s ONE ARMY concept.
The scouts, nearly all of them native Alaskans,
will be flown from their homes in Northern Alaska
to Kulis Air National Guard Base, and from there
to the maneuver area, by planes of the 144th Air
Transportation Squadron, Alaska Air National
Guard.
The 3rd and 4th Platoons of Company B will
support the 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry, which
is acting as aggressor or “enemy” in the exercise.
The remaininder of the company will support the
1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, U. S.
Forces in the exercise. The platoons will be used
for long range patrols, reconnaissance missions,
stay behind elements, guerrilla activities and as
screening forces.
In last year’s maneuver, Exercise “Little
Bear,” the scouts were also involved, but to a
smaller degree. The success of the Alaskan Na
tional Guardsmen in serving as scouts and in
patrols during this maneuver resulted in an ex
panded role for them in “Willow Freeze.”
National Guardsman Capt. James E. O’Rourke
will act as Scout Unit Commander and advisor with
the 187th Infantry; while his counterpart in the
23rd Infantry will be 1st Lt. Alfred Hopson of the
1st Scout Battalion.
As an additional mission, Eskimo ANG Scouts
will work with portions of the 7th Special Forces
in behind-the-front-lines operations and special
guerrilla missions.
Company B Scouts arrived at Fort Richardson
to begin their pre-maneuver training and are
scheduled to leave for the maneuver area on
February 7.
The Groundhog Has His Day ? ? ?
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. UFi — Observers Thurs
day reported groundhogs came out of frozen holes
and saw their shadows, indicating six more weeks
of winter according to folklore.
Robert W. Herr, chairman of the Slumbering
Groundhog Lodge of Quarryvilie, reported that
a groundhog emerged and saw his shadow.
Fred Ulmer, curator of mammals at the Phila
delphia Zoo, said a gorundhog named “Hammy,”
official forecaster for the last four years, saw his
shadow about the same time.
In Punxsutawney, Pa., undaunted by sub-zero
weather, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his
winter quarters, spied his shadow lying across
snow-covered Gobbler’s Knob and scampered back
inside.
Thus, at 7:41 a. m., Phil, more aptly described
as a groundhog or woodchuck, carried out his an
nual duty as a weather prognosticator. Six more
weeks of winter, he said.
Phil didn’t actually say it. His shadow spoke
for him. For that’s the legend that has existed in
Punxsutawney since before the turn of the present
century, 1898 to be exact, according to Sam Light,
president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
Resolutions Introduced in the House
JUNEAU Ut) — A resolution proposing that the
Office of State Attorney General be elective —
rather than appointive was introduced by Reps.
William Sanders and Bruce Kendall, both of An
chorage. As arr amendment to the State Constitu
tion, it would require a vote of the people.
Candidates for the post of Attorney General
would appear on the ballot separately from the
candidates for Governor and Secretary of State.
A resolution calling for the construction of
a road between Unalakleet and Kaltag, to provide
a link between ocean shipping and river trans
portation on the Lower Yukon, was introduced
by Rep. Arthur D. Johnson.
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