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New Head of CAA Says
Goal Will Be to Break
Air Traffic Bottleneck
NEW YORK, (#>—Charles J.
Lowen, new head of the Civil Aer
onautics Administration, said yes
terday “breaking the air traffic
bottleneck is the biggest job fac
ing CAA.”
In his first speech as head of the
CAA, the former Denver airport
manager said it would be one of;
his major goals to provide “safe
separation” for the increasing vol
ume and variety of air traffic.
“A primary requirement is more
and better radar,” Lowen said in
a talk prepared for a ceremony
marking the opening of a new
CAA air route traffic control cen
ter at Idlewild International Air
port.
The new center, including the
first operational use of new long
range radar supplemented by me
dium-range radar and manually
operated flight progress boards, is
the most modern among the 31
operated by the CAA.
Psychiatrist Advises: If
You Want To Get Ahead, l
Get Yourself a Neurosis
SALT LAKE CITY, OP—A Uni- |
versify of Utah psychiatry profes
sor advises: Don’t take offense if
someone calls you a neurotic.
A neurosis can be one of your
greatest assets, says Dr. C. H.
Hardin Branch, provided it isn’t i
so bad that it causes disability.
“Theoretically," Branch says “a
perfectly well-balanced individual
wouldn’t have any ambition but
would be content just to sit
around doing nothing.”
Branch says a little neurosis |
serves to fire ambition and make *
a person creative and productive.:
But he says a neurosis is a:
disease when it becomes severe
enough to prevent a person from
getting along with others or from i
carrying out his daily tasks effi- j
ciently.
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Glenn Martin Left Estate
Of Over $14 V2 Million
BALTIMORE, UP)—G lenn L.
Martin, aviation pioneer who died
Dec. 4, left an estate of more than
$14 V4 million—the largest ever
handled in court here.
Inventories yesterday put the
value, not including Martin’s ex
tensive Maryland Eastern Shore
real estate holdings, at $14,293,688.
In his will, Martin left about
$3,625,000 as gifts—including a
grant of $2,000,000 to the Univer
sity of Maryland for the Minta
Martin Aeronautical Research
Foundation—named after his late
mother.
MARGARET O'BRIEN HAS
NEVER SEEN HERSELF
ON THE SCREEN
LOUISVILLE, Ky., (UP) — Mar
garet O’Brien was probably the
only person in a crowded room
yesterday who had never seen
Margaret O’Brien play in a movie.
The 18-year-old star—in Lex
ington today lor the world pre
miere of “Glory” was guest of
honor at a get-together when she
told a reporter she had never seen
herself on the movie screen.
I like to go to movies and see
other people but I don’t want to
see myself,” said Margaret. And
she doesn’t expect to see “Glory,”
either.
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INTERMEDIATE *C1IRL SCOUTS
The intermediate troop of Girl
Scouts under Mrs. Liebig’s direc
tion met Friday after school.
Our new president is Catherine
Siegwart. Our vice president is
Ann Chambers, and our treasurer
is Janet Jones.
We are learning songs and we
play games. We had a play by
Ann Chambers, Frances and Caro
lyn Johnson. We watched it and
laughed at it because it was funny.
First we had our horseshoe for
mation together.
—Ethel Ailak, Scribe
Convention Delegates Debate on
Indirect Aid to Private Schools
By FLORENCE DOUTHIT *
FAIRBANKS, (tf>—Alaska Con- |
stitutional Convention delegates'
Tuesday ended two days of con
sideration of the Bill of Rights i
with a debate over indirect aid to |
private schools. The debate re
volved around the health, educa
tion and welfare article.
Jack Coghill of Nenana called
for inclusion of the phrase “indi
rect benefit” in a prohibition
against payment of public monies
for direct benefit of any religious
or other private educational insti
tution.
The majority of delegates took
the position, however, that includ
ing indirect benefits in the ban
might do away with such services
as free lunches, bus transporta
tion and even payment by the
state welfare agency of board and
room to parentless children. Cog
hill’s motion failed 34-19.
A letter from the Alaska Dept,
of Welfare to the attorney general,
which was read to the convention,
pointed out that five private chil
dren’s institutions receiving wel
fare aid are operating schools.
A move to delete the entire ref
erence of public funds for private
schools as being not pertinent to
the constitution lost, 41-13.
Also questioned was a section
reading: “The state may provide
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for public welfare for persons un
able to maintain a standard of liv
ing compatible with health and
human dignity.”
Several delegates felt this was
too broad. Some said it was mean
ingless in the absence of a specific
criteria by which to judge “human
dignity” as one absolute stage.
In defense of the phrase, the
Rev. R. Rolland Armstrong of Ju
neau, told the body: “We’re trying,
to avoid the pauper status forcing
a man to crawl up to the welfare
office for help.”
R. E. Robertson of Juneau want
ed to use the word “indigent.”
On request, Warren Taylor of
Fairbanks produced this defini
tion of “human dignity”: “A status
above begging and becoming the
object of charity.”
LIBRARY SERVICE
PROPOSAL TURNED DOWN
Mildred Hermann of Juneau
tried to insert a section directing
the state to provide a unified
library service but met opposition
from Frank Barr of Fairbanks,
who said it would be better to
leave it to the legislature so that
library funds could be cut off if
the budget required it.
Arguing for her motion, Mrs. j
Hermann said except for the pub- ;
lie school system, “nothing is more
important than' libray facilities.
We cannot ever be so poor as to
not afford that service.”
The motion lost 37-16.
26 DAYS LEFT
TO FINISH CONSTITUTION
The convention Monday staged
the first of a series of night ses
sions. The new schedule is from
9 a.m. to about 10 p.m., with three
scheduled coffee breaks and two
meal hours.
A blackboard at the center of
the convention chambers reminds
the delegates of the number of
days remaining in which to draft
the constitution. Monday it was 28.
John E. DeBout, assistant di
rector of the National Municipal
League, arrived at the convention
Monday and will remain for the
rest of the sessions as a consultant
to the Style and Drafting Com
mittee. -
DeBout, an expert on constitu
tional style, assisted in preparing
the fifth edition of “Model State
Constitution,” and is author of the
book, “Making of the New Jersey
Constitution.” A New Yorker, he
is a former instructor in history
aud political science at Rutgprs
University.
Former U.S. District Judge J.
Earl Cooper, now chairman of the
Territorial Senate Committee on
Statehood, addressed the conven
tion briefly Monday and was giv
en a standing ovation.
Kiana Class of 40 Asks
Extension Mining Course
Pete Sandvik, Second Division
territorial engineer arrived here
yesterday from the north.
He announced that an extension
course in mining from the Uni
versity of Alaska would be con
ducted at Kiana, where a class of
about 40 have requested the op
portunity of participating in this
program.
He plans to leave immediately
to start the four weeks’ course.
Ministerial Assn. Elects Officers
The Nome Ministerial Associa
tion met for its monthly meeting
on Monday evening at the resi
dence of Lewis Hudgins. President
Hudgins led in devotions, and
I after the business session, new of
ficers were elected for 1956. They
are:
Thomas Knudsen, president;
Everett Bachelder, secty.-treas.,,
and Willard Mecklenburg, jail
chaplain.
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Navigators Elect New Officers
The Covenant Navigators’ semi
annual business meeting was held
Monday evening. Officers for the
ensuing six months were elected:
Jim Oksoktaruk, president; Lela
Christiansen, vice president; Bar
bara Carlsson, secretary; Tommy
Tungwenuk, treasurer; Jennie Ok
soktaruk, publicity, and Ruth K.
Towner, librarian.
Tuesday evening the new coun
cil met and planned the January
meetings. All young people are
invited to attend these meetings,
held every Monday night at 8 p.m.
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2 GOP Senators
Dispute Statement
Ike Shouldn’t Run
WASHINGTON, L'P'—Two Re
publican senators Tuesday sharply
disputed a statement by Rep. Cole
(R-NY) that “it is not for the best
interest of the country” that Pres
ident Eisenhower attempt a sec
ond term.
Sen. Saltonstall (R-Mass> said
that “if the President decides to
run it will be with the knowledge
that he can do the job that he is
undertaking.”
Sen. Thye (R-Minnl said in a
separate interview that Eisenhow
er “with a half heart would be
better than some people with a
full heart.”
In the meantime, four other Re
publican senators said Eisenhow
t r’s recent statements and his de
cision to resume news conferences
have convinced them he intends
to run again.
But Republican Sen. Young of
North Dakota said he still doesn’t
expect the President to seek a sec
ond term. Young said nothing that
has happened in the last few
weeks has changed his mind.
However, Young did not take
the same position as Rep. Cole,
one of the original Eisenhower
for-President supporters in 1952.
Cole said he does not believe it
is fair to appeal to Eisenhower’s
sense of duty in efforts to get him
to run again.
“It is very well to speak of the
return to a normal life of those
other persons who have suffered
heart attacks, but there is nothing
normal about the presidency,”
Cole declared.
“I say that if Dwight Eisenhow
er again becomes a candidate for
President he will be elected, and
if he were in full and sound health
I would urge him to run. But I
believe that Dwight Eisenhower
should not, and will not again 'be
come a candidate for public of
fice.”
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