Edmond Sims
Looks To Bright
Future Plans
SEATTLE, UP) — Although his
spine is poker-stiff, Edmund
Sims says he is happier today
than ever before in his life.
Edmund Sims is an Alaskan
Indian, 35 years old, native of
Nome.
“My doctors gave me a choice
of being a straight-out arthritic
or a bent arthritic,” he says. “I
chose the former.” From the top
of his head to the soles of his
feet, Sims’ body is rigid.
He can use his arms to some
. extent. He can write, read with
the aid of prism spectacles, talk
on the telephone and watch tele
vision.
As a child, Sims found he could
not keep up with others of his
age. He showed great promise as
a student and earned scholarships
at Pasadena Junior College and
Riverside City College. He was a
sophomore at Riverside when
stricken with rheumatick.
Now he lives with a private
family, his care financed by gov
ernment funds. And Sims has a
project to keep him busy. He is
president of the Renton, Wash.,
Indoor Sports Club.
There are only about a dozen
other members, all in somewhat
similar circumstances. They meet
once a month, their transporta
tion provided by the Renton
Lions Club.
Sims hopes for a membership
sufficiently large so the members
can band together to help in
community projects.
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U-A IGY Director
Will Travel For
Science Talks
The length and width of the
North American continent will be
covered by Dr. C. T. Elvey on fly
ing trips to attend scientific com
mittee meetings this month.
The University of Alaska Geo
physical Institute Director left
last week for Washington, D. C.,
where he was to attend a panel
on the upper atmosphere, October
10. The-meeting is associated with
the Polar Research committee of
the National Academy of Science.
“We will discuss 1960-61 Ant
arctic and the 1960 Arctic pro
grams,” Dr. Elvey said. “The Arc
tic programs are of particular
concern to Alaska and the Uni
versity, since the Geophysical In
stitute is actively engaged in
this work.”
Dr. Elvey will be at Texas
Western College, El Paso, attend
ing a conference on high atmos
phere, October 14, 15 and 16.
He will go to Boston, Mass., on
October 17 and 18, to participate
in . the Geophysical Research
Panel with the Air Force Scien
tific Advisory Board. Then to
Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, with
the Advisory Board for meetings,
October 22-24.
He will present a talk to the
Canadian Society of Exploration
Geophysicists in Calgary, Alber
ta, October 29, then return to the
University November 2, after a
stopover in Seattle.
Fast Wire-Stripping!
DUBBOCK, Tex., (4>t — Charles
Sweeny, 41, an insurance inspec
tor, finished checking an electric
motor at a gin.
He stepped from the ladder and
. . . zip ... he was tossed nearly
naked on the floor.
The superintendent of the cot
ton gin found the missing clothes
wrapped around a two inch drive
shaft near where Sweeny had
stepped from the ladder.
Sweeny, who suffered minor
cuts and bruises, later told the
superintendent: “First thing I
thought about when I woke up
was how come I was lying on the
floor with all my clothes gone.”
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Golfer Makes Birdie—
With Aid of Seagull
SOUTH BRISTOL, Maine, W)
—, Wawenock Country dub mem
bers are talking today about the
golfing adventures of Dr. Rich
ard Hornberger and the sea gull.
Hornberger was playing- the
405-yard second hole in a four
some recently when he lunked
his second shot close enough to
the pin to assure the worst duf
fer of a birdie.
As he x approached the green a
sea gull swooped down, scooped
up his ball, and dropped it a full
pitch shot from the green. Horn
berger felt like swapping his
golf clubs for a shotgun when his
companions made him play the
ball where it fell. •
But the story doesn’t end there.
Hornberger’s tee shot on the
240-yard third hole hooked into
the rough. Sure enough, the sea
gull again closed in on the ball.
The gull swooped up over the
green before realizing it had made
the same mistake twice, then
dropped the ball about 10 feet
from the pin.
Hornberger got his birdie.
Expect Record Christmas Mail
MIAMI, Fla., UP) — The 1958
Christmas mail season is expected
to be the biggest and fastest on
record, says Lowell Galbreath
president of the National League
of Postmasters.
Galbreath told the league’s con
vention that postmasters plan to
make certain no Christmas mail
is left undelivered in the nation’s
36,000 Post Offices on Christmas
Day.
Galbreath said late arriving
gift parcels will be delivered
Christmas Day.
He remarked Postmasters are
concerned over the growing vol
ume of obscene mail. Despite vig
orous prosecution it has become
a multimillion dollar business,
he noted.
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Wash. Fisheries
Director Plans
Closing Waters
SEATTLE, — Washington
State Fisheries Director Milo
Moore last week ordered a public
hearing for Tuesday on proposals
to impose immediate, emergency
closures of all commercial salmon
fishing in Puget Sound and all
fresh water, sports salmon fish
ing in Washington.
Moore was quick to explain
that although it had been pro
posed that sports salmon fishing
in all fresh water be shut off, he
and the Department of Fisheries
wanted to apply the closure only
to Lake Washington and Lake
Sammamish.
The State Fisheries boss said
the closures were needed because
many salmon have been delayed
in their upstream spawning mi
grations by low water, and are
easy prey for fishermen. The clos
ures would permit adequate es
capement for perpetuation of the
runs, he said.
Under the proposals, commer
cial. salmon fishing in Puget
Sound would be closed from Oc
tober 16 to November 10. Sports
fishing would be closed until fur
ther notice.
100,000 persons drowned by sea
flood in Friesland section of Hol
land in 1228.
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Crossing of Air Force’s
New Cargomaster
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, 111.,
0T» — The first Pacific crossing by
the Air Force’s four-engine C133
Cargomaster was announced last
night by the Military Air Trans
port Service.
The turbo-prop giant made the,
flight of 2,142 nautical miles
from Travis AFB, Calif., to Hick
am AFB, Hawaii, in 8 hours, 58
minutes.
The Cargomaster was described
as the first air carrier capable of
carrying nuclear and other ad
vanced weapons to strategic des
tinations with speed and effi
ciency.
Can’t Eat Crowe . . .
CUMBERLAND, Md., UP) — A
fellow named Crowe who made
like a turkey was shot by a hunt
ing companion Monday.
Donald R. Crowe, 22, was in
fair condition at a Cumberland
hospital.
State police said Crowe was
hiding in brush imitating a tur
key so as to attract gobblers for
Ivan L. Abe, 26, of Cumberland.
Police said Abe fired at what he
thought was a turkey. It turned
out to be Crowe.
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