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Memphis Newspaper Points Out 14-1
Year-Old Violated Agriculture Rules!
MEMPHIS, UP* — Prosecution
might be unlikely, but the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal said last
night that 14,-year-old Robert
Graham might have violated a
federal law carrying a penalty of
$500 and a year in jail.
Robert is the lad whose efforts
to obtain experimental soil
samples from cold weather areas
met with frustration in all except
29 instances.
The American Embassy in Ice
land sent him some. And a per
sonal appeal to Soviet Premier
Khrushchev produced three boxes
of Siberian soil with explanatory
letters.
The Commercial Appeal said
the imported samples might have
violated a 1957 federal plant pest
act. It said U. S. Department of
Agriculture officials would in
struct John T. Bigham, USDA
inspector in Memphis, to make an
immediate inspection and impose
safeguards.
Robert sought the samples to
study the possible existence of
bacterial life on Mars. He has a
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SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P. O. Box 460
well equipped laboratory at home, |
supervised by his father.
H. R. Graham Jr., his father,
said no indication was made that
a permit was required in answers
that came from Alaska, the Amer
ican Embassies in Moscow and
Iceland, and even from the USDA
itself.
The tone of most answers was
regretful; they explained how
difficult it was to obtain the
samples he requested.
Son of Lauritz Melchior
Divorced for Absent
Minded Philandering
LOS ANGELES, UP) — Apparent
absent-mindedness of screen writ
er lb J. Melchior helped his wife
secure a divorce on grounds of
cruelty.
Hathaway Kale Melchior, 45,
obtained a decree Monday on a
deposition that her husband asso
ciated with other women.
The court was informed that
Melchior, 43, son of famed singer
Lauritz Melchior, once telephoned
his wife by mistake. The deposi
tion quoted Mrs. Melchior: “He
asked for a Miss Graves and
seemed very confused when I
ahswered.”
The couple was married in 1942 !
and separated in 1953. Mrs. Mel
chior was identified as a New
York City school teacher.
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Air Force Economy
Move Cancels Huge
Bomber Contracts
WASHINGTON. Iff) — The B
70 heavy bomber program was all
but wiped out Tuesday by the
Air Force in an economy move,
which also cancelled a 200-million
dollar subcontract held by the
Boeing Airplane Co.
Boeing was to have built wings
for the supersonic chemically
powered bomber at its Seattle
plant. The company had invested
nearly three million dollars in
plant facilities and had about
1,200 employes working on the
B-70 project.
The cutback reduces the B-70
program to small-scale develop
ment to produce a prototype. The
Air Force indicated about two
planes would be built, with the
first making its test flight in 1963.
About half a billion dollars has
been spent on the B-70 program
to date.
In Seattle, Boeing had no com
ment but indicated the action
would not result in any noticeable
reduction in its work force.
The B-70, designed to fly at
three times the speed of sound,
was originally planned as a re
placement for the B-52 heavy, in
tercontinental nuclear bomber.
North American Aviation Co.
holds the major contract. General
Electric was responsible for the
J-93 advanced jet engine designed
to power the bomber.
Other major aircraft companies
and electronic firms were heavily
involved in the B-70. Lockheed,
Boeing and Chance Vought had
major subcontracts.
Officials estimated that reduc
tion of the B-70 program to a
strictly development project
would save the Air Force about
85 million dollars in the fiscal 1961
budget that will be submitted to
Congress next month.
NO PARKING
SNOW REMOVAL NOTICE
All cars parked on Front
Street from the East End to B
Street; out B Street to the Hos
pital and the Airport Road, will
be impounded and fines imposed
if parked in these areas between
the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 a.m.
during the snow removal months.
— Nome Police Department.
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbai
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS. W.M.
Norv n V*. Lewis, Sec
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, President
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Secty.
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