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50tli Anniversary . . .
FIFTY YEARS AGO today, steps were taken which
saved a remnant seal herd from probably extinc
tion and built it into a valuable and continuing re
source.
It was on July 7, 1911, four nations, Japan, Rus
sia, Great Britain and the United States signed the
fur seal treaty ending the killing of fur seal on the
high seas and providing a formula for sharing the kills
made on rookeries.
Effective conservation practices on the Pribilof
Islands of which there are four, has resulted with the
herd being built up until it was indicated that there
were 1,500,000 fur seal. Systematic kills have resulted
in a worthwhile industry.
Until 1913 all skins were shipped to England for
processing since then the work has been done in St.
Louis, Mo., with auctions held each April and October.
With Alaska needing new industry, this industry
which in 1960 grossed $9,201,182 should be diverted
from St. Louis, Mo., to someplace in the State of Alas
ka. Aleuts and Eskimos should be trained in the art of
handling of these skins from start to finish. The pro
cess, we are told takes 125 distinct operations. After
all, the Pribilofs are part of Alaska.
The government has seen fit to contract the pro
cessing to a private firm, the Fauke Co. of St. Louis. !
. . . Alaskan furriers might well be interested in de- 1
veloping the industry here in Alaska.
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Protestant Synod
Says Red China Re
Admitted to U.N.
PHILADELPHIA UPi — A ma
jor Protestant assembly Thurs
day recommended in round-about
fashion, the admission of Red
China to the United Nations.
The action sparked a flurry of
debate.
It came in a vote by the Gen
eral Synod of the newly formed
United Church of Christ to com
mend work of its social action
council during the past biennium,
which had included a call for
U. N. membership for Red China.
In upholding the move, repre
sentatives of the 2-million-mem
ber church became one of the
first denominations in the coun
try to take such a position.
Stephen West, of Indianapolis,
urged amendment, excluding the
council’s particular action on Red
China from assembly endorse
ment. But his limiting move went
down in defeat.
The Rev. Dr. Everett McNair,
Chaplain of Talladega College,
Ala., said present United States '
policy against recognizing Red \
China was throwing that country
further “into the arms of Rus
sia.”
“The Chinese are the proudest
people in the world, and they will
change Communism more than
Communism will change them,”
he said. “This is not to say we
favor what China is doing, but
only that we recognize she exists.
“We want her across the table
to deal with her as an individual,
and not through Russia.”
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FIVE YOUNGSTERS GO
ON A DAMAGING SPREE
Five juveniles ranging from
10 to 12 years of age were appre
hended by the City Police after
taking and damaging a truck be
longing to Q Trucking, knocking
over a light and power pole, tak
ing tools from an FAA warehouse
and driving a truck within the
FAA Bldg, across Snake River
along the road to the Sand Spit.
The boys are being made to
work out part of the damage !
caused, it was reported.
ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO STUDY
ARTITFACTS ON COAST LINE
Tom Kam and Fred Kent, an- !
thropologists from the U of Alas- i
ka, under a grant from the Sew- j
ard Anthropological Foundation
are making plans to cover the |
coast line from Nome to Wales in |
a skin boat to obtain and study
artifacts. They have obtained the '
use of John Penatac’s oomiak
with John as guide.
The party is headed by a Dr.
Wesley who is expected to ar
rive here today.
Division of Highways Contract
Some $24 Million in Road Work
JUNEAU UPI — The State Di
vision of Highways contracted or
advertised for bid some $24 mil
lion in road work during its first
year of operation, Director T. D.
Sherard said Thursday.
The division finished out the
first year of its existence last Fri
day, June 30. It came into being
on July 1, 1960.
Sherard said the $24 million
figure does not include projects
on which preliminary engineer
ing has been started.
j Caroline Kennedy
Rescued from Swimming
Pool by Young Matron
WASHINGTON UP — Garoline
Kennedy, 3-year-old daughter of
the President got into water over
her head in a friend’s swimming
! pool a week ago and was rescued
j by a young matron who jumped
| into the pool fully clothed.
Caroline suffered no ill effects.
Nor did her rescuer, Mrs. Wil
j liam Saltonstall who is expect
ing a child in the early fall. Mrs.
; Saltonstall is the daughter-in-law
j of Sen. Leverett Saltonstall,
: (R-Mass.i.
The episode was at the subur
ban Maryland home of Mr. and
Mrs. Newton I. Steers Jr. attend
ed by a nurse, Caroline had gone
there for a birthday-swim party
for Ivan Steers, 3. Mrs. Kennedy
was not along.
White House press secretary j
Pierre Salinger said that Caroline
was splashing around in the pool
on an inflated rubber ring and :
slipped out of it.
“Mrs. Saltonstall jumped in and ;
pulled her out,” he said. “It was ;
not a serious matter. People were j
all around watching. She was out
of the pool in seconds.”
Asked whether a Secret Service- ,
man had not been present, Sal
inger said the Secret Service was
“guaranteeing the premises—not i
the pool.” In other words, the 1
Secret Service was protecting the ,
grounds from intrusion but not
doing life-guard duty.
Former Fairbanks Teacher
Killed in Traffic Accident
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. UP — A
Salem, Ore., woman was killed i
Thursday in a traffic accident on j
U. S. Highway 99 north of Bakers- i
field.
She was 29-year-old Mrs. Naomi 1
Holderman.
The Highway Patrol said a car
driven by her husband, Ralph
Holderman, 43, went out of con
trol when a passing auto clipped
its left rear fender. Holderman
and two pasengers were injured.
The driver of the other car was
Coyne Dill, 35, of Modesto, Calif.
The Holdermans moved to
Salem recently from Fairbanks,
where they taught in native
schools.
Subpeonas Being Served
On Big Time Mobsters
WASHINGTON (fl — Senators
planning a massive investigation
of coast-to-coast racketeering re
ported Thursday they are quietly
issuing subpoenas for big shot
gambling, narcotics and white
slavery mobsters.
Sen John L. McClellan, (D
Ark.), chairman of the Senate In
vestigations Subcommittee, had I
announced previously such an in
quiry was getting under way. He
has declined to identfy any of
those about whom the inquiry
will center.
The subcommittee has had a
great deal of experience with
witnesses making sudden trips
outside the country once word
gets out that they are under in
vestigation.
Sen. Karl E. Mundt, (R-S. D.),
senior Republican member of the
subcommittee, confirmed that sub
poenas are being written and
handed out to U. S. Marshals to
be served on wanted witnesses.
He indicated the first batches
of subpoenas being written are
for gamblers, but it was learned
some of those sought also are
reputed big time operators in
narcotics and prostitution rackets.
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House Leaders
Refuse to Increase
Size of the House
WASHINGTON UPl — House
leaders have quietly but firmly
rejected all proposals to increase
the size of the House in order
to prevent some states from losing
seats because of population de
clines.
The effect of the decision may
be that the House elected in 1962
may contain dozens of members
chosen in statewide rather than
district voting.
Of the 25 states whose con
gressional delegations will in
crease or decrease in the next
House if the size of that body is
not enlarged, only 13 have en
acted redistricting laws. In two
of those 13 states the legislative
action has not become final.
The others presumably are
waiting to see what Congress will
do, or have encountered political
obstacles in their redistricting ef
forts. Among them are Massa
chusetts, Pennsylvania and Illi
nois, with a total of 63 seats in
the new Congress if the size of
the House is not changed. All may
be elected in statewide contests.
Congressional leaders believe
that once the state legislatures
are convinced that there will be
no action by Congress, they will
move swiftly with redistricting
legislation rather than take politi
cal risks which normally accom
pany state-at-large congressional
elections.
In states losing seats, all mem
bers must run at-large unless
their legislatures enact redistrict
ing laws. In those gaining seats,
only the added seats would be
contested on an at-large basis in
the absence of redistricting.
2 Soldiers Recommended
For Soldiers Medal for
Saving German Boy’s Life
ASCHAFFENBURG, Germany
te — U. S. Army officials said
yesterday two soldiers who saved
the life of a German boy and
then disappeared have been rec
ommended for the Soldier’s
Medal, the highest Army peace
time medal for bravery.
The two, Elzie Dean Scott, 19,
Omak, Wash., and Michael Wick
wire, 20, Spokane, Wash., were
wandering around downtown
Aschaffenburg, June 10 when they
spotted Miachael Strenger, 5,
hanging by his hands from a
fourth-floor window of his home,
about 100 feet above the ground.
They braced themselves under
the window, locked arms and
seconds later, caught Michael as
he plunged screaming toward the
concrete sidewalk. When Michael’s
mother and German police looked
for the lad’s rescuers, they had
disappeared.
But their buddies back in camp
heard radio broadcasts about the
incident and after days of per
suasion, finally talked them into
identifying themselves.
Officers quoted Scott and Wick
wire as saying they left the rescue
scene when they saw Michael was
back in his mother’s arms.
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
Arriving from Kotzebue were
Fred Crane, Swede Blanchard,
Loretta Anakak, Edna Moto, Lar
ry Glickman , Russell Robert,
Margaret Guthrie, and William
Tuchey.
Arrivals from Fairbanks in
cluded Clarence Knutson, Carl
Main, Mr. Folz, Ruth Galvinovich
and Diane Lee.
Gary and Orville Burlison de
parted for Kotzebue and Lillian
Gavin for Fairbanks.
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