Alaska Weather Will Surprise
Many People In the “States**
WASHINGTON, UR — The Wea
ther Bureau today reported that
the coldest early morning tem
perature in the United States was
one degree below zero at Houlton,
Maine. Not so, however. Actually
the coldest reading was 35 below
at McGrath, Alaska.
So far the Bureau hasn’t begun
wrapping Alaskan data into its
national weather summaries. The
office which prepares the sum
maries promised, however, that
the 49th state soon will be given
recognition.
The delay has been caused by
lack of a weather teletype circuit
from Alaska to the summary of
fice. This circuit comes into some
other weather offices in Washing
ton and officials said it probably
will be extended to the summary
office within a month or two.
Meanwhile, the daily report on
the coldest temperature won’t be
quite accurate.
As a matter of fact, it never
has been entirely accurate. When
the weathermen report the cold
est reading, they actually mean
the coldest temperature at a wea
ther station reporting by tele
graph or teletype that day. To
make the summary terse, they
usually leave out this qualifica
tion. They concede, however, that
on any given morning there prob
ably is a colder spot somewhere
other than the station reporting
the lowest temperature.
When Alaska is recognized in
the weather summary, the millions
of Americans who like to read
about the weather perhaps will
be due for some surprises.
“Juneau is practically tropical,”
one meteorologist said. He re
lated that on some winter morn
ings, it is warmer at Juneau than
at Key West, Fla.
N.Y. Reporter Is
Released from Jail
JERSEY CITY, N. J., UP) — Col
umnist Marie Torre, who entered j
Hudson County jail 10 days ago 1
with tears in her eyes, came out
smiling today.
The 34-year-old mother was j
sentenced to the jail for con- j
tempt. She refused to disclose the
source for an item she wrote'
i
about singer Judy Garland.
Flanked by her father and her |
husband, she waved to newsmen j
as she stepped through the big
bronze and glass doors of the jail.
Miss Garland is suing the Co
lumbia Broadcasting System for
remarks an undisclosed CBS exec
utive allegedly made about her
to Miss Torre.
The U. S. District Court judge
who sentenced Miss Torre, a New
York Herald-Tribune columnist, |
said he had no recourse under the
law but to send her to jail.
If Miss Torre is asked again to
disclose the name of the execu
tive, and if she again refuses, she
may have to go back to prison.
When coming out of jail today,
she said she “wouldn’t have missed !
this for the world.” But she de
clined to say whether she would
again refuse to disclose the exec
utive’s name.
Intelligent Government
Spending Needed,
Warns Anchorage Man
SEATTLE, (tf> — An Anchorage j
real-estate man yesterday urged'
“intelligent and efficient govern- j
ment spending,” and warned that I
high, confiscatory taxes must be;
removed if the free-enterprise sys-,
tern is to survive.
The speaker, Maurice R. Gravel,
23, is on a nation-wide tour spoil- •
sored by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. His tour will end in
Washington, D. C„ April 15, when
he will present petitions to Con
gress urging tax revisions.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
CHERRY’S
Closed on Mondays
HOURS
10 A. M. to 6 P. M.
GOP Plan To
‘Rebuild’ Party
WASHINGTON, UP) — A blue-!
print for rebuilding the Repub-!
lican Party prepared for party
leaders by GOP National Chairman
Meade Alcon calls fo^, full-time
campaigning and a counter-attack
on claims it is the party of big
business.
The national committee reported
this today in confirming a story
in the Wall Street Journal giv
ing an abstract of the report.
Alcorn refused, however, to
make the full report public. He
said it is confidential and includes
many ideas that need to be talked
over.
The report, recommending a
stepped up organization and an
attack on Democratic party mis
[ takes, has been sent to President
Eisenhower. It will be presented
to a national committee meeting
in Des Moines, Iowa, next week.
The Wall Street Journal said
Eisenhower has expressed enthu
siasm for the project. It added Al
[ corn prepared the report after
I conferences with Vice President
; Nixon, Governor Nelson Rocke
feller of New York, Cabinet offi
cials and members of the White
House staff.
PATROLMAN AND THE LOCK
GOLDEN, Colo., UP) — Night
patrolman Bruce Andrews, found a
store door open and dutifully
called the manager, Ray Starke.
Starke checked the store quick
ly, found nothing amiss and locked
the door.
Moments after returning home,
Starke received another call from
the policeman:
“Would you mind coming back,”
Andrews asked. “You locked me
in the store.”
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TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
Nine A-F Crewmen Found
Dead In Crash
On Fetrof Glacier
ANCHORAGE, OP — Rescuers
reached the shattered hulk of an
Air Force cargo plane high on an
Alaskan glacier Monday and be
gan the task of bringing out the
bodies of nine crewmen.
The crippled Cl24 failed to clear
a 5,200-foot mountain range late
Sunday as it came in, with two
of four engines out, for an emer
gency landing at Homer, on the
tip of Kenai Peninsula. The giant
plane was demolished as it struck
Petrof Glacier between the 3,000
and 4,000 foot levels.
The Globemaster had disap
peared into clouds while being es
corted across the Gulf of Alaska
by Coast Guard amphibians.
A massive air-sea search ended
when a civilian pilot spotted the
wreckage Monday morning. Heli
copters lifted a rescue team to the
spot. There were no survivors, so
removal of bodies began.
The Cl24 took off from Mc
Chord AFB about noon Sunday on
a flight to Kodiak. It carried
more than 17 tons of classified
military cargo.
Ike Sees
Budget Surplus
WASHINGTON, OP — President
Eisenhower told the new Repub
lican leaders of Congress yester
day his 77 billion dollar budget
for the new fiscal year contem- j
plates a surplus of about 100 mil- i
lion dollars.
House GOP leader Charles Hal
leek of Indiana told newsmen i
there is hope of a tax reduction
in the next two or three years if
the heavily Dmocratic new Con
gress goes along with Eisenhow-1
er’s spending and legislative pro
grams.
The President’s budget for the
fiscal year starting July 1 will go !
to Congress next Monday. The
White House recently announced
it would be a balanced budget
calling for spending about 77 bil
lion dollars — approximately two
billion less than in the current
year.
In the current fiscal year a defi-1
cit of about 12 billion dollars is j
in prospect. This was Eisenhow-1
er’s first meeting with the party’s j
Congressional chiefs since elec
tion of new leaders last wek.
MONKEY WRENCH INTO
WORKS STARTS SESSION
OF UTAH LAWMAKERS
SALT LAKE CITY, OP — Offi
cials couldn’t find the clapper for
the bell which convenes the Utah
Legislature. So Secretary of State
Lamont F. Toronto banged it with
a hastily procured monkey wrench ■
to open the 1959 session.
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j Mikoyan Visits
Macy’s, World’s
Largest Store
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NEW YORK, UP> — Deputy So- |
I viet Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan !
took a long look at Macy’s De
partment Store today. But he
didn’t buy anything.
Mikoyan did, however, invite
top store executives to visit Mos
cow. He smilingly extended the
invitation as he shook hands at
the end of the tour of the 13-floor
establishment.
There were no demonstrations
against him — as have marred
other appearances in this country
— as he went through the streets
to and from Macy’s is a motor- j
cade, accompanied by a large'
number of police with sirens
wailing.
The prominent visitor was es
corted into the huge Herald i
Square merchandising enterprise,
1 which proclaims itself the world’s
largest department store, half an
hour ahead of the usual opening
lime at 9:45 a.m.
When 9:45 came, Mikoyan was
still roving around smiling and
i waving to clerks at the counters.
The store opening was delayed 15
minutes and the usual morning
burst of customers finally was
permitted to dash onto the street
floor while Mikoyan was looking
at frozen foods on the eighth
i floor. v
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Thru Bus Service
L.A. to Anchorage
Being Proposed
I SEATTLE, UP) — Through bus
service linking Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Seattle with An
chorage, is being proposed, J. D.
Paul, secretary-manager of the
Seattle Traffic Association re
ported today.
A. R. Allen, director of trans
portation for the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, told Paul
that support of that organization
is being sought for the venture.
Some of the originators of the
Greayhound Bus Lines are be
hind the proposal, Allen told Paul.
Allen said use of deluxe busses,
77-hour service from Los Angeles
to Anchorage, and a one-way fare
of $99 are being considered. The
| firm would be called Alcan Bus
1 Lines.
John S. Cavins, Greyhound re
gional sales and traffic manager,
said he presently has no informa
tion on the Los Angeles plan.
Cavins estimated the seasonal,
connecting bus service may en
able a Los Angeles-Fairbanks
trip in 84 hours.
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