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How Did Falling
Plane Lose 10
Feet of Wing?
• , /PHOENIX, Ariz., UP>—A twin
engine Frontier Airlines plane
landed safely yesterday with
about 10 feet of its left wing
sheared off, raising the question
of whether it actually could have
scraped against the ground while
in flight.
The DC-3 was caught in a se
vere downdraft about 50 miles
north of Phoenix, but pilot Dale
Welling applied full throttle and J
pulled out after the plane had
plummeted about 4,000 feet.
He brought in 23 scared pas- ;
sengers and the other two crew-1
men for a perfect landing after i
a .jittery half hour aloft.
E. T. Bur son, the airline’s chief
pilot, said an examination of the
scratches on the shredded wing
indicated it had hit something,
“but we don’t know what it was.”
He declined to speculate on
•whether the abject might have
been a tree, a protruding rock or
perhaps the earth itself. The
plane’s tip-to-tip wingspan was
95 feet, and the loss of 10 to 12
feet did not affect most of the
“flying serface,” a Frontier offi
cial said.
Adlai Stevenson Plans
Visit to England, Africa
CHICAGO, —Adlai Steven
son plans to visit England and
Africa late this spring on busi
ness.
“Among other things,” he said,
“I will speak at Oxford Univer
sity on May 24 and attend a
meeting of the board of directors
of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
of England, of which I am a
member.”
Stevenson said he will then go
to South Africa “on behalf of
some American clients, returning
thru West Africa where I have
some business to transact in the
new state of Ghana.”
Stevenson also confirmed re
ports of a pending merger of his
Chicago law firm and the New
York firm of Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton and Garrison. He said
his principal office will be in
Chicago but he will also have
offices in New York and Wash
ington with his new partners.
PNA Stewardess Picked
As World’s Ideal
The selection of Maurine Free
man, Pacific Northern Airlines
stewardess, as a finalist ni the
“Miss Spirit of St. Louis” contest
to pick the world’s “ideal airline
stewardess” was announced in
New York last week.
Miss Freeman, now with the
PNA stewardess staff in Seattle,
has been assigned to Anchorage,
Alaska, for the past year. She
will join other stewardesses, se
lected from airlines the world
over, for the final judging in New
York next week.
Sen. Byrd Believes
Eisenhower Budget May
Rule Out Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON, UPC-Sen. Byrd]
<D-Va) says the spending ^ level,
President Eisenhower proposes I
for next year may mean a budget
that won’t balance, ruling out the
possibility of tax cuts.
Byrd said “it is probable the
budget won’t be balanced” unless
there is a reduction in the spend
ing proposed for the fiscal year
beginning July 1.
“Deficit spending, of course,”
the senator added, “would make
it impossible for Congress to cut
taxes.”
Byrd, chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, made his
comments in an interview yester
day.
Weekend Baseball
SATURDAY SCORES
American League
New York 10, Boston 7
j Detroit 7, Cleveland 0
| Washington 6, Baltimore 4
| Chicago 11, Kansas City 7
National League
| Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 6, New York 5
■ Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 4
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 7, San Francisco 0
Vancouver 11, Sacramento 11
Other Games Postponed
SUNDAY SCORES
American League
Boston 5, New York 4
Chicago 1, Kansas City 0
Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
Baltimore 11, Washington 9
National League
Pittsburgh 6-4, Brooklyn 3-7
New York 2-5, Philadelphia 1-8
Chicago 5-3, St. Louis 3-6
Milwaukee *3, Cincinnati 1
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 10-1, San Francisco 4-6
Vancouver 1-7, Sacramento 0-0
San Diego 8-4, Portland 5-0
L. Angeles 15-3, Hollywood 5-1
Singer Eddie Fisher
Injured in Three-Way
Automobile Accident
LAS VEGAS, UP)—Singer Eddie
Fisher suffered slight leg and
heck injuries when his car got
into the middly of a three-way
Easter Sunday collision on Las
Vegas’ Hotel Strip.
Police said Fisher, 28, drove up
to the Tropioana Hotel, where he
is appearing, and his car was hit
from behind. Fisher’s car, in turn,
smacked one in front of him.
Miss Torri Altman, 38, driver
of the car behind, suffered lacer
ations and had three of her teeth
knocked out, was cited for reck
less driving. Fisher got a ticket
for not having' a driver’s license
in his possession.
Confessed Thief
Kills Himself
At Juneau
JUNEAU, iff'—A U.S. Commis
sioner’s inquest heard testimony
here Friday that a 71-year-old
man shot and killed himself after
signing a statement admitting a
theft from a youth camp.
The victim was Curtis A. Hayes,
a long-time Alaskan and former
boat captain. He died late Thurs
day after a territorial police offi
cer had served a larceny warrant
on him at the cabin where the
man was living 16 miles north of
Juneau.
The police officer, Robert Holi
field, testified Hayes signed the
statement at the cabin.
But as they were preparing to
leave, Hoiifield said, Hayes took
a rifle from the wall.
The officer said Hayes com
mented he didn’t believe he
would return under arrest—then
pulled the trigger before the hor
rified officer could stop him.
Medical testimony indicated
that Hayes held the rifle against
his chest and fired one shot into
his head.
The warrant against Hayed ac
cused him of participation in the
theft of some tools and rain gear
from the Methodist youth camp
at Eagle River in January.
Second Dormitory
For Women at
U. of Alaska
FAIRBANKS, (J*)—Construction
was resumed last week on the
University of Alaska’s 100-woman
dormitory which officials hope
will be ready for occupancy next
fall.
Part of the structure’s founda
tions were laid Last fall before
freezeup. Its location is near Har
riet Hass Hall, present women’s
dormitory.
Mrs. Laura E. Jones, registrar,
said that applications to attend
the University next fall are pour
ing in from all over the terri
tory and continental United
States. The number indicates
that despite the increased accom
modations the institution may be
come cramped for room.
She said the University plans
to give priority to Alaskans, and
urged prospective applicants to
contact her office as soon as pos
sible. The address is University
qf Alaska Registrar, College,
Alaska.
NOTICE
The firm of Molilor & Doremus,
certified public accountants, have
moved to a new location, one
block west of former office, on
First Ave.
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New Mining Laws Reviewed
iBy Territorial Mines Dept.
Correspondence Course
For Prospectors
i
Chapter 14 of the 1957 Session
Laws of the Territorial Legisla
ture, states that the Uni
versity of Alaska shall “set up
and offer to bona fide Alaskan i
prospectors and miners within I
Alaska a correspondence course, j
or coiirses equal and parallel to
the Mining Extension Course
presently being taught.” The Uni
versity is authorized to make such
charges for the course as are nec
essary to cover the costs.
. The Mining Extension Course
that the university has taught for
so many years covers basic geol
ogy, mineralogy, mining and pros
pecting methods, and mining law.
There are no educational pre
requisites and no college credits
are given. It was the intention of
the Legislature that the same
course, as nearly as practicable,
be given by mail in order that
those who cannot attend the Ex
tension Course can acquire the
same knowledge for more effi
cient prospecting.
Prospectors' Aid
Chapter 117 sets up a plan of
assistance “to prospectors, and
provides for its administration by
| the Department of Mines. This
new law grants help to prospec
tors (how many depending on the
amount of money appropriated
for the purpose) as follows:
1. Round trip costing not more
than $200 to the prospecting area
and return; 2. Food, clothing and
equipment costing a maximum of j
$100 a month for a maximum of
three months and a minimum of
one month of prospecting time;
and 3. Monthly delivery of sup
plies to the prospector and check
ing on his work and well-being.
Assistance will not be given to
the prospector more than once
per year, and not more than one
prospector in one family or one
prospecting party may receive as
sistance under this law. Appli
cants must be citizens of the U.S.
and bona fide residents of Alaska.
TDM engineers will supervise
the work of the prospectors as
often as available funds and time
will permit. The assistance to >
any prospector found not proper
ly or diligently doing his work j
will be immediately discontinued.
Since the appropriation to car
ry out the provisions of this law !
was small and the money is not (
available until July, it is planned !
to delay starting the program un- j
til the spring of 1958.
As far as practical, the number j
of prospectors benefitted will be!
divided equally among the four1
judicial divisions, and the appro
priation is sufficient to finance
six or seven men in each division
for one season. If less than this
t— " ■ - -
number apply in one division and
more in another, the funds will
be shifted. If more than the total
allowable number of men apply
in all divisions, successful appli
cants will be determined by the
drawing of lots.
Compulsory Assessment
Work Affidavits
Chapter 105 makes the annual
filing for record of assessment
work affidavits compulsory if the
claim holder wishes to continue
legally holding his claim.
As before, the law still states
that the affidavit, when filed
within 90 days after the close of
the assessment work year, shall
be primae facie evidence that the
work has been done. The assess
ment work year ends at noon on
July 1, which puts the end of the
90-day limit at noon on Sept. 29.
The added feature of the new
law states as follows:
“The failure to file for record
the assessment work affidavit
within six months after the close
of the assessment work year shall
be deemed an abandonment of
the claim, and it shall then be
I subject to relocation by any other
! person, provided, however, that a
compliance with the provisions of
this act before any relocation
shall operate to save the rights of
the last locator, claimant or own
er of said forfeited claim, and
further provided that if said
i claim has not been relocated by
any other person or persnns with
in one year after such forfeiture,
the last locator, claimant or won
er of such forfeited claim may re
turn to said forfeited claim and
relocate the same as though the
same had never been located.”
This indicates that while the
claim holder will lose the legal
effect of having his affidavit as
primae facie evidence of the
work being done if it is not filed
for record before noon Sept. 29,
he will still have the remaining
time until Jan. 1 to do his filing
before the claim will be legally
considered abandoned and open
to location by others.
Commanders of the Naval Air
Test Center, Patuxent River, Md.,
live in the colonial mansion “M';t
tapany.” It was built in 1670 by
Governor Charles Calvert, Third
Lord Baltimore.
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