Calif. Housewife Cashed
Stolen Payroll Checks
LOS ANGELES, Ufl — FBI
agents arrested a housewife yes
terday on the accusation she
cashed more than $1,500 worth of
stolen payroll checks at various
supermarkets.
Mrs. Luanne Griggs,' 26, was
taken into custody at her home |
in the Southgate district. She was
released on $500 bond after an
arraignment before the U. S.
Commissioner. •
Agents said the checks, each
made out for $327.11, were stolen
from the El Capoco Corp., of
Capitan, N. M.
Mrs. Griggs was identified as
the winner of a trip to Alaska on
the “Queen for a Day” television
show in 1957.
She was arrested on a warrant
charging violation of the federal
check statue.
Relocation Officers Pass Through
On Way to Northern Points
Jens Forshaug of the Relocation
Office of BIA in Fairbanks, ac
companied by Mrs. Blankensop of
Fairbanks, passed through Nome
en route to northern points, where
they will interview more people
on relocation and vocational
training.
Elliot Olanna and Emma Okie
were married at Teller Mission
recently, according to news re
ceived here.
PIANO RECITAL SUNDAY
Miss Constance Erickson will
present her class of piano students
at a piano recital in the Covenant
Church, 2:30 p.m. .Sunday, April
24. The public is invited to attend.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Paul Koonuk, Har
vey Koweluk, .Mary Ellen ILyle,
Pete Larsen Sr., Ann Gillis.
Russian Cheers for Mark Twain
MOSCOW, un — Special articles
in Moscow’s leading papers today
saluted Mark Twain on the 50th
anniversary of his death.
HARD DRINKS
PADUCAH, Ky., M — Grade
school teacher at the oGlden Pond
Community has been sentenced
to IS months < in the federal re
formatory for selling moonshine
whisky.
A jury took only a few minutes
yesterday to convict Mrs. Lee G.
Wilson, 50.
NOTE OF THANKS
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
wishes to extend their thanks to
the many people who contributed
food and labor for our recent
food sale. We also thank the
Northern Commercial Co. for
their co-operation in allowing us
the use of their store facilities.
The money from our sale has been
turned over to the school hot
lunch program.
Elvis Throws Kisses to
Hometown Fans As Special
Train Heads for Hollywood
MEMPHIS, Tenn., — Rock
’n’ Roll singer Elvis Presley waved
goodbye and threw, kisses to about
200 fans Monday night as his pri
vate railway car, part of a Mis
souri-Pacific train, left for Holly
wood.
Presley was accompanied toy
nine friends in the specially out
fitted car, said to be costing him
more than $2,400 for the trip.
He is scheduled to arrive in
Hollywood today, where he will
star in the movie, “G. I. Blues.”
‘My Fair Lady’ Is
Hit of Moscow Theater
MOSCOW, UP>—“My Fair Lady”
is the hottest show in Moscow
following a triumphal opening be
fore a capacity audience Monday
night at the Red Army Theater.
Both Pravda and Izvestia de
clared the musical score a “great
success.”
The language barrier appeared
to be forgotten as the elite audi
ence sat enthralled by George Ber
nard Shaw’s story of Prof. Higgins
and Eliza Doolittle set to music.
Pentagon Gives Boeing
Green Light on Dyna-Soar
WASHINGTON, Iff) — Boeing’s
Dyna-Soar space glider program
to send a man to the fringes of
space by 1984 won Pentagon ap
proval Tuesday, Senators iMagnu
son and Jackson (D-Wash) re
ported.
The Senators said the blueprint
for developing and testing the
winged rocket calls for total ap
propriations of 450 million dollars
through fiscal 1983.
The Boeing Airplane Co. is sys
tems contractor for Dyna-Soar,
the next step into space from the
XI5 research rocket ship.
Air Force and Pentagon sources
told the Senators the target date
for launching a manned glider
is September, 1964. The vehicle
would be guided back to earth
after orbiting the earth at speeds
up to 18,000 miles an hour.
The program, directed by Boe
ing, involves construction of 11
test gliders — three of them for
study, four for unmanned flights
and four for manned flights.
JOHANSSON IN N. Y.
TO SIGN FOR TITLE BOUT
. NEW YORK, Iff)—Heavyweight
boxing champion Ingemar Johan
sson and Floyd Patterson' will sign
contracts for their return fight at
the Polo Grounds June 20 or 22,
on Wednesday.
Johansson arrived Monday from
Switzerland.
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Nashville Negro
Lawyer’s Home
Shattered by Blast
(Bv The Associated PrttV
An explosive believed to have
been dynamite shattered the home
of a Negro member of the Nash
ville City Council Tuesday. He had
been active in defense of his race
arrested in sit-in lunch counter
demonstrations.
Z. Alexander Looby, 62-year
old attorney, and his wife were
asleep in a rear bedroom of their
brick home and escaped injury.
“It woke us up like a clap of
thunder,” Looby said. A leader in
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
he said he would continue his
fight against segregation.
“When I can’t do that, my time
is ended,” he said.
Police theorized dynamite was
hurled from a passing car. The
charge tore a hole in a front cor
ner of the residence, wrecked a
house next door and shatterd win
dows in a Negro medical college
across the street.
A savage fight between Negroes
and white youths climaxed weeks
of racial tension in Savann&h,.
Ga., where Negroes have been
staging sit-down demonstrations
and boycotting stores with segre
gated lunch counters.
Ax handles, pipes, knives and
other weapons were swung in the
brief but vicious clash in a park
Monday night.
Cause of the burst of violence
was not determined. Investigators
said the teenagers who were ar
rested gave conflicting accounts.
THE LATE MRS. ROBINSON
SALT LAKE CITY, UP) — In 22
years, Mrs. Bertha S. Robinson,
68, never was late or missed a 3ay
of work from her clerical job
in the. County Recorder’s Office.
That’s why co-workers became
alarmed when she didn’t show up
Monday. They went to her home
and found Mrs. Robinson dead,
lying on her bed as if she had
decided to take a nap.
She an her son, Percy Robin
son, 49, were asphyxiated by car
bon monoxide fumes caused by a
clogged exhaust pipe leading from
a natural gas heater.
Her son’s body was sprawled
near an overturned telephone. He
apparently tried to call for help
before he was overcome.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYRON O. REED. W.M.
Norvla W. Lewis, See.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
LAab Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA 8UNDSTROM. Seely.
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