U.S. Army Charges
Three Mistreating
Young Korean Boy
t SEOUL, Korea, UP>—'The U.S.
Army today formally charged two
officers and a sergeant with mis
treating a Korean bpy who was
beaten, tarred and put into a
small, nail-studded box after he
was caught stealing.
The boy, 14-year-old Kim
Choon II, was discovered whim
pering in the box Feb. 25 after
being flown in a helicopter from
the Ascom City Maintenance Cen
ter, where he was caught, to
Uirongbu 25 miles away.
The incident raised a storm of
protest in South Korea and
heightened the campaign for a
status-of-forces treaty • which
would allow Korean courts to try
U.S. servicemen.
1 Charges were filed against Maj.
Thomas James, 40, Plymouth, Pa.;
Capt. Marvin Kemp, 34, Kilmich
ael, Miss., and M/Sgt. Robert
Weidensaul, 32, Pottstown, Pa.
All three were charged with
assaulting Kim and stuffing him
into the box, which the Army
said measured 39 Vz by 16V4 by 13
inches.
James, who was relieved of
command of his unit, the 8th
Army Aircraft Maintenance Cen
ter and transferred to another
outfit after the case came to
light, March 1, also was charged
with disobeying orders by trans
porting a civilian in a military
helicopter.
The maj of and captain were
further accused of conduct “un
becoming to an officer and a I
gentleman.”
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Be Action Apleniy In 'Cheyenne'
On Channel 4 at 8 p.m. Tonight
From the mountains came the
sound of distant drums , . . the
valleys echoed with the thunder
ing hooves of their war ponies!
At any moment, the full fury of
Indian war would rage across the
plains. This week, “Cheyenne”
rides to save a beautiful hostage
held by renegades—and to stop
a war before it begins. Clint
Walker stars at Cheyenne tonight
at 8 on Channel 4, KNOM-TV.
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Plane With Six
Aboard Lost In
Gulf of Alaska
KODIAK, UP) — A chartered
plane carrying six persons van
ished over the misty Gulf of Al
aska east of Kodiak Wednesday
and was presumed to have
crashed into the sea.
The twin-engined Aero Com
mander, being piloted by Sig
Staveland from Cape Cherikof/to
Anchorage vanished after Stave
land radioed that both of the en
gines had quit.
At the time of last radio con
tact with the plane, Staveland
gave his position as 23 miles east
of Kodiak, in the vicinity of Mar
mot Island.
The CAA at Anchorage said
three of those with Staveland
were Dale Roetman and George
Stiles, employes of the Alaska
Aggregate Corp., and Henry P.
Herlyn, a Phillips Petroleum
Corp. geologist. All were from
the Anchorage area.
Phillips Petroleum said Bert
Poling, general manager and vice
president of Alaska Aggregate,
was one of the passengers. The
plane was under charter to the
oil company. The name of the
sixth man was not known.
The CAA said Staveland radio
ed after leaving Cape Cherikof
that one engine had failed. The
CAA directed him to land at Ko
diak, but he radioed before reach
ing here that the second* engine
had cut out.
Six Coast Guard and Navy
boats started an immediate search
for the plane. The Navy said at
the time the plane vanished vis
ibility aloft was 300 feet and
surface visibility was one to 12
miles.
Comets and Little Guys
Win from Sputniks and
B.T.’s Last Friday Night
Last Friday night the Comets
in the girls league decisively de
feated their younger sisters, the
Sputniks of Nome High by the
score of 51 to 26. This win gives
the Comets the trophy. For the
victors. Nancy Davis scored 26,
Bonnie Hahn 23, and Willie Ah
masuk 2. For the Sputniks, Clar
ice Hardy 18, Jean Short 6, and
Grace Smith 2.
In the special game of the eve
ning the B.T.’s went down val
iantly before their more aggres
sive Little Guy opponents, com
posed of the 7th and 8th grade
boys. Final score 24 to 16. For the
victors Ernie Ailak 10, Wayne
Wittie 4, Mike Simon 4, Gabe
Wilkalkia 3, Jerry Cavota 3. For
the B.T.’s Mike Vivieros 4, Don
Grinsell 4, Barney Fisher 4, Ron
nie Coons 2, Korky Chapman 2,
and Bob Emmons.
The fine spirit of sportsman
ship of the team members was
evident and a vote of thanks is
given for their time and effort
toward raising funds to send the
Nome High Nanooks to Anchor
age for their tournament.
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Negro Teacher Elected
President of Topeka
Teachers Association
TOPEKA, Kansas, W) — The
Topeka Teachers Assn, yester
day elected J. B. Holland, 49
year-old Negro, to become its
president in April of 1959.
He will be the first of his race
to hold the office.
Holland teaches the sixth
grade. He and another Negro
were selected recently to teach in
schools where most of the pupils
are white. Holland formerly was
principal at Monroe School,
where most of the pupils are
Negroes.
Catholic Church Sponsors
St. Patrick’s Day Party
The annual St. Patrick’s Day
party given by the Catholic
Church on March 17 is shaping
up, according to members of ihd
committee.
According to present plans,
whist, pinochle and bridge wil|
be played by the adults and A
special game will tje provided)
for the children.
A special community siijg oi:
exclusively Irish songs, fitting td
the occasion is also being planned?.
During the evening a small el
ectric organ will, be given awav
and the door prize will be th<|
traditional shillelagh.
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