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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIX NO. 54 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1957 Per Copy—15*
AT&T Starts Replacing Many
Telephone Wires With New Cable
Saturday the second section of<
Front Street had its face lifted
with the removal of the many
iron telephone wires criss-cross
ing it by the Alaska Telephone
and Telegraph crew.
Last week the new Ankoseal
cable was put into use from Front
Street to Lanes Way with a single
enable containing 104 wires re
placing the old troublesome iron
wires which were always break
ing down during icy weather or
windstorms.
Saturday the new service was
-completed from Lanes Way to B
Street. This week Jim Anderson,
who Was trained with the Bell
Telephone Co., starts on B Street
to the Hospital and states that the
work will continue as fast as pos
ible with miles of new cable com
ing in on the first boat.
Another improvement gets un
der "way soon and that will be re
wiring from the new Ankoseal
cables to the business houses,
eliminating much old worn out
wire.
Also completed is the installa
tion of a new open wire, improv
ing the service to the east end of
town. The new service, stated
Anderson, should survive the
stormy weather which 'has brok
en down the service so frequently
in recent years in that area.
The cause of radio pick-up on
telephones is also being elimin
ated as the cause is known.
A new-type Neoprene drop
wire is arriving for the lead-in
wires, which will be a big im
provement.
CANADA’S PROBLEM:
TO GET A-WARHEADS
FOR U.S. MISSILES
OTTAWA, UP)—Canada may have
to get atomic warheads from Brit
tain to fit on guided missiles ob
tained from the United States.
But officials here seem con
vinced the UJ5. will amend laws
which prohibit it from supplying
allies with atomic weapons.
In case the U.S. doesn’t take
such action, Britain would be an
alternative source of supply for
atomic warheads.
Nuclear headed missiles pre
sumably will be incorporated into
the Canadian sector of the North
American air defense system—
to supplement jet interceptors.
But when missiles will take
their place in Canada’s defense
structure apparently isn’t known
even by senior officials of the De
fense Department.
Recent stress on defense against
missile launching submarines also
raises the possibility that the
Navy will have an atomic tipped
torpedo. The Navy is understood
to have full information on a
new, presumably atomic, weapon
developed by the U.S. Navy.
Two Patrolmen
Join City Staff
Acting Chief of Police Harry
Johnsen announces that two new
patrolmen have arrived to aug
ment the present staff.,
Albert Lesick of Tacoma, and
John Marvik of Gig Harbor, Wn.,
both with years of experience in
police work, have been oriented
in their work here by Emery
Chappie of the Territorial Police,
who has been assisting the city
since the departure of Chief of
Police Carl Webb last week.
Johnsen expressed appreciation
for the assistance which Mr.
; Chappel has given during this
period.
Alaska Big Game
Protected Under
New Amendment
WASHINGTON, UP)—Alaska’s
hunting regulations have been
amended to broaden authority of
the Fish and Wildlife Service to
protect the big game resources of
the territory from “over-hunting.”
Asst. Secretary of Interior Ross
L. Leffer said the amendment will
permit the Bureau of Sports Fish
eries and Wildlife to take prompt
action to close temporarily an
open season in any designated
area and on any designated spe
cies of big game animals where
adverse conditions threaten to
bring about an excessive kill of
these animals.
Under the amendment, the di
rector of the bureau will be re
sponsible for ascertaining the
facts which may require closing
of the season.
Swede Grown Wealthy
In U.S. Enjoys Trip With
67 Guests to Homeland
CHICAGO, (#)—Ragnar Benson
and his 67 guests on a European
holiday enjoyed their trip so
much that Benson says he may
“do it all over again” in a couple
of years.
Benson, a wealthy Chicago con
tractor who immigrated from
Sweden in 1912, footed the bill
for the round trip to Sweden—
estimated at about $50,000.
He and his party returned yes
terday in a chartered Scandina
vian Airlines System plane.
Benson said he enjoyed most of
his reunion with his brothers and
sisters and a chat with King Gus
tav Adolf of Sweden.
“The king of all Swedes—the
old, the young, the wealthy and
the poor,” was the way Benson,
who rose from a $15 a week brick
i layer, described King Gustav.
Nome CAP Cadets
To Make Trip To
Ladd AFB May 18
The following Civil Air Patrol
Cadets will be airlifted to Ladd
Air Force Base May 18 to partici
pate in the Armed Forces Day
ceremony to beheld in Fairbanks:
First Lieutenant Barbara Trigg,
2nd Lt. Elva Ahmasuk, Valerie
Adams, Vivian Larsen, Suzanne
Fagerstrom, Frances L o n g 1 e y,
Gloria Mogg, Janet Muller, Ann
! Peterson, Mina Tungwenuk, Gay
Weyer;
Capt. Charles Snyder, 2nd Lt.
Gerald Trigg, Walter Analoak,
Angelo Buffas Jr., Sigfried Lar
sen, Charles P. Fagerstrom, Ar
thur Martin, James Savok, Sig
Savok, Taylor Moto, and Franklin
Okleasik.
They will be escorted by Capt.
Josephine Weyer, adjutant, and
SM Dwight Obermire, comman
dant of Cadets. Weyer and Ober
mire are in the Senior Squadron
of the CAP.
Two of the Cadets will be se
lected as Honor Cadets for this
occasion and will be given a ride
in a T-33 during the Armed Forc
es Day Ceremony.
All will be picked up at 8 a.m.
May 18 by military C-47 and will
return the same evening.
Senate Ceremony
J
Eulogizes Sen.
Joseph McCarthy
WASHINGTON, 1The chap
lain of the Senate eulogized Sen.
Joseph McCarthy as a “fallen
warrior” in the cause of Ameri
canism today in a funeral service 1
in the Senate chamber where the
Wisconsin Republican was a
storm center in life.
The Senate ceremony, unusual
in recent years, followed a solemn
funeral mass at St. Matthew’s Ro
man Catholic Cathedral.
At the cathedral services, draw
ing a crowd of more than 1,100
which overflowed the pews, a
churchman called the senator a
fearless “watchman of the cita
del” who revealed to millions of
Americans the threat of Commu
nism. McCarthy, 48, died late last
Thursday of a liver ailment.
Mrs. McCarthy fought back the
tears as she left the church be
hind her husband’s body. Stand
ing at attention outside was a ma
rine honor guard. McCarthy was
a marine veteran of World War II.
FORESTS CLOSED TO PUBLIC
BECAUSE OF FIRE DANGER
NEW YORK, \Ss—Tinder-dry
forests in New York State and
four of the New England states
have been closed to the public
| because of fire danger.
New Hampshire closed its
woods to hunters and fishermen
10 days ago. Rhode Island end
Connecticul followed suit Thurs
day, while Massachusetts went
along Friday.,
$62 Billion Spent
For Foreign Aid
Since World War II
WASHINGTON UB—'The United
States has spent more than $62
billion in various foreign aid pro
grams since the end of World War
II, the Commerce Department
said today. About 30 percent of
the total has been in 'militai-y
grants.
In a special report to Congress,
the department said that as of the
end of 1956, long-term grants and
credits totaled $57,662,000,000.
Short-term credits, mostly thru
the sale of agricultural products
in the last three years, totaled
$1,083,000,000. Foreign currencies
accumulated thru the sale of sur
plus U.S. agricultural products
are usually used for grants and
loans in the purchasing countries.
Boston Tea Party
Reenacted to
Protest High Taxes
BOSTON, WP>—A group of Bos
ton businessmen reenacted the
Boston Tea Party today in a pro
gram of protest against govern
ment spending and high taxes.
Some 25 tea chests—empty, but
Labelled “Waste”, “Big Budget”,
“Spending” and the like—were
tossed into the harbor close to the
site where the colonials staged
the original tea incident.
Sen. Byrd (D-Va) boarded the
Tabor Academy schooner to see
the “Indians” toss the tea.
The Greater Boston Chamber
of Commerce, which sponsored
the affair, recruited Tabor Acad
emy students and Emerson Col
lege girls to play Indians.
Paul T. Rothwell, chairman of
the National Affairs Committee
of the chamber, said the “tea
party” was aimed to stir “grass
roots support for economy in the
federal government.”
He called for a “sensible cut
ting of the national budget and a
reduction of oppressive taxes.”
Rothwell told several hundred
spectators that the colonists were
roused to protest in 1773 because
of imposition of a three percent
tax on tea shipped to America.
Texas Floods Receding;
Waters Hit Louisiana
(By The Associated Press)
The flood situation in Texas
appeared easing today, with most
rivers receding and no heavy rain
indicated.
However, in Louisiana, the
surging Red River forced hun
dreds of persons from their homes
and flooded thousands of acres of
land. The big river was near flood
levels along a 60-mile stretch as
the crest swirled past Shreveport.
On the Texas boundary, the
Sabine River, which has flooded
wide areas in Texas, was still ris
ing at Logansport, La.
Five of 113,000
Guesses on The
Minute at Nenana
NENANA, Alaska, UP)—The ice
in the Tanana River here went
out with a resounding roar at
9:30 a.m. Sunday.
It was the event which has been,
awaited intently throughout Alas
ka in the territory’s biggest guess
ing game.
Of the more than 113,500 guess
es made on the breakup time, five
were on the exact minute the ice
movement showed on the record
er here.
They were listed under the
names of the John Ireland Co.,
the Doris O. Clark Co., the Light
Duty Shop Co., and Ansec Co.,
and the Fenning Akelkap Co.
Although none of the lucky
guessers were from Nome, many
were made happy by guessing
the right minute in local pools.
Among the known winners are:
L. W. Mattila, with three pools;
A. Castell Jr., Harold Welch,
Fran Ganthier, Louis Green,
Sgt. Or rich Rogers, Bud Hoop
with two pools, and Willie Foster
with three pools.
—BULLETIN—
WASHINGTON, Ufl—'The AFL
CIO Ethical Practices Committee
today charged the giant Team
| sters Union with failing to clean
up alleged corruption and gave
the truck union until May 24 to
answer. ,
Eisenhower Tells
Visitor Army Has
Some ‘Crazy’ Rules
WASHINGTON, WJV^President
Eisenhower, an old soldier him
self, said with a chuckle today
“the Army has a lot of crazy reg
ulations.”
Eisenhower made the remark
to a White House visitor, a 27
year-old mother stricken with
polio, in relating how he once in
tervened to keep a one-armed ra
dio operator on duty in the Army.
The visitor was Mrs. Genieve
Farris of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
chosen Goodwill Worker of the
Year by the Goodwill Industries
of America. She called to present
the Goodwill Award of 1957 to
Mrs. Eisenhower.
Mrs. Farris works as a tele
phone operator and places calls
by dialing with a peg attached to
her left shoe. She types with a
peg placed in her mouth.
Eisenhower praised her courage
and went on to tell how Army
regulations almost brought about
the discharge of a one-armed ra
dio operator described by the
President as “the best radio man
we had.” He said he had the reg
ulations changed to keep the op
| erator on duty.
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