NORTHERN AVIATION COMMENCES BI-WEEKLY
BETHEL SERVICE — ARMORY IS DEDICATED
By Clint Gray
In this day of the big airplane,
soaring costs, the federal sub
sidy, intrepid is the word for the
air taxi operator who ventures
to start a small scheduled air
line.
Nevertheless, on Friday of last
week, the first scheduled flight of
Dick Galleher’s Northern Avia
tion Nome - Bethel service was
marked by an inaugural flight
in which three local people par
ticipated. They were Ruth Mc
Lean for'the Chamber of Com
merce, Lloyd Sundstrom of
radio station KICY, and Clint
Gray of the Nome Nugget.
By a happy coincidence the
Alaska National Guard was dedi
cating their new armory at Bethel
on Sunday.
Don Hoover and Joyce Galle
her made the round trip. Also
aboard the first flight was a huge
cake baked by the North Star
Bakery for the Bethel Armory
dedication.
Northern Aviation offers a new,
fast, twin - engine airplane, the
Aero Commander 680 which is
distinguished by its un-bush-like
appearance and method of opera
tion. This new Nome-Bethel ser
vice offers airline type comfort,
with one hour and 20 minute
scheduled flight time.
In addition, pilot-owner Dick
Galleher possesses the unique
distinction of being the only small
aircraft operator currently ap
proved by the FA A for night and
instrument operation. This ap
proval, based on the outstanding
performance of the 680 and a
flight check of the pilot-owner
will virtually eliminate weather
delays on this new run. Semi
annual flight checks of the pilot
by the FAA will serve to main
tain airline quality on this new
link in Alaska’s ever improving
transportation complex.
The Bethel Armory dedication
I was a notable affair with the
attendance of Gov. William A.
Egan and Sen. Ernest Gruening
who both had a hand in the'
development of the Guard as the
“eyes and ears” for the defense
of Alaska.
The new armory is very simi
lar to Nome’s armory with the ex
ception that the building is of
wood frame construction, built on
140 piling each with its own re-'
frigerator unit.
The Nome visitors to Bethel
were treated to the unexpected
pleasure of an excursion to Me
koryuk, on Nunivak Island. Me
koruk is the village where the
Bureau >1 Indian Affairs main
tains its reindeer herd and meat
freezer plant.
The occasion for the excursion
was that since both Gov. Egan
and Senator Gruening were in
Bethel for the armory dedication
they could inspect the freezer
plant.
Major Robert Ellis, no stranger
to Nome, commander of the 2nd
Scout Battalion, had a distin
guished roster of guests at the
dedication. In addition to Gov.
Gov. Egan and Sen. Gruening, at
tending the dedication ceremony
were: Gen. Thos. B. Carroll, ad
jutant general of the Guard, Col.
Bernard Major, representing Gen.
Michaelis of the Alaska Com
mand, present and past members
of the state legislature and Dr.
Harriet Jackson, mayor of Bethel,
Also “playing” a major role in
the armory dedication were the
men of the 1st Scout Battalion
who went there and decorated
the armory. These were Capt.
Steele, Capt. Caldwell, Sgt. Louis
Green and Frank Richardson.
Monday the Nome visitors to
Bethel returned via Northern Av
iation’s second scheduled flight
on the new service enthusiastic
over the possibilities for coop
eration between the two largest
population centers in western
Alaska.
The activation of this new ar
mory is a justification for the
armory - community facility con
cept. The Bethel armory is right
next door to the new school and
the gymnasium will be in use on
weekdays by the children. In
the evening the gym willl be
available .to the community for
basketball and other community
activities. The Air Force will ut
ilize the hall on programs for
their personnel one night a week.
This is in addition to the uSe
for which the building was plan
ned—heaquarters and a drill hall
for the 2nd Scout Battalion.
Already the people of Bethel
have outlined a basketball series
for adults and a little league ser
ies is in process.
Fine Jab Pristine At The Hugest
Communist Pressures
Increasing In Laos
WASHINGTON fff» — The State
Department reported yesterday
that Communist pressures are in
creasing in tooth Laos and South
Viet Nam and said a Chinese
Communist forceeast of renewed
fighting in Laos is ominous.
‘*We trust it does not signal a
Communist intention to resume
large - scale hostilities and undo
progress made at Geneva and in
Laos itself,” said press officer
Joseph Reap.
He said that in Laos violations
of the cease-fire by the Commun
ist-supplied Pathet Lao have be
come more frequent. In addition,
the Soviet Union’s airlift of sup
plies to Communist forces is con
tinuing.
Barbers and Beauticians
Don’t Think Much
Of the GI Haircut
READING, Pa. Uft — The Asso
ciated Barbers and Beauticians of
Pennsylvania don’t think much of
the GI haircut.
The group, at its annual con
vention yesterday, unanimously
adopted a resolution urging Presi
dent Kennedy, the Joint Chiefs
of staff and military leaders in
general to “abolish production
line shearing and institute a de
gree of personal choice in service
men’s trims.”
Kenneth Seaman, president of
the Association’s Reading Chapter,
put it a bit more bluntly:
“We believe the GI haircut isn’t
absolutely necessary and we
know it causes resentment by sub
jecting servicemen to a freakish
appearance as well as causing a
possible inferiority complex.”
Air Force Grounds
FI 06 Delta Dart
COLORADO SPRINGS <*) —
The Air Defense Command dis
closed that its F106 Delta Dart
interceptor (which holds the
world speed record for an oper
ational aircraft) has been ground
| ed.
The order applies to 12 Air
Force squadrons in the United
States, each squadron having
about 20 aircraft.
I The command said Air Force
headquarters in Washington or
dered the grounding last Friday
in the wake of two recent crashes
involving the Convair-made Del
ta Dart.
The grounding order will apply
while Air Force technicians in
spect F106s to determine if engi
neering changes are required.
Vic* Pr**id*ni Johnson to
Attend Hammarskj old's Funeral
NEWPORT, R.I UPt — The New
port White House announced to
day Vice President, Lyndon John
son will go to Paris to confer with
U.S. officials on plans to cope
with East-West emergencies in
Europe.
President Kennedy asked John
son to stop at Paris on the Vice
President’s return from Dag Ham
marskjold’s funeral in Stockholm,
Sweden, on Friday.
Johnson will represent Kennedy
at services for the late United
Nations Secretary-General who
was killed in a plane crash in
Northern Rhodesia.
The tMV Galena, the last boat
of the season, is due to arrive
here tomorrow.
A House the President
Couldn’t Even Boy . . .
VERONA, N.J. <*> — President
Kennedy, even if he wanted to,
could not buy the house for sain
at 55 Oakridge Road.
The “for sale” sign tacked to
a tree in front of the house s&ys
it is for sale to “college gradu
ates, acceptable colleges only.”
Actually, only one college is un
acceptable—Harvard.
The President is a Harvard man.
Mrs. Marjorie Anderson, wife
of the owner, John Anderson, said
her husband put up the sign be
cause he is irked by the number
of Harvard appointees to the
new Democratic Administration.
“We have been Republicans for
years,” Mrs. Anderson said. “Look
at the appointments President
Kennedy made. Harvard men,
every one of them.”
As for restrictions to a college
graduate, she explained, “it’s a
nice neighborhood.”
Verona Councilman Richard M.
Sandler, a neighbor of the Ander
sons and a Democrat and Harvard
graduate, to boot, said he thought
the sign was “hysterically funny,”
but added:
“I should think the law’s woulfl*
protect Harvard men against such
blatant discrimination.”
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