NEWS IN BRIEF
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Monday, but the body of her skip
per still was missing.
Authorities said it was prob
able that the skipper Hans Nord
nes of Seattle, has been washed
overboard and drowned.
The 65-foot vessel was raised
out of 35 feet erf water off South
Pender Island in the Georgia
i Strait, 40 miles southeast of Nana
imo. The vessel sank after run
ning aground last Saturday. It
was headed for an Alaska bay, |
north of Sitka.
PASCO, Wash. -(/P) — Tri-City
residents had their own version
of the “flying saucer” story today.
In fact, they had several versions.
“Something” was visible over
the area about 4 p.m. yesterday.
Some persons said it was round;
r others cigar-shaped. Still others
reckoned it was just a jet fighter
guarding the Hanfcfrd a-bomb
plant area.
And Mayor John Beck of Pasco
recalled a similar instance during
World War II when a navy patrol,
sent up to investigate similar re
ports, returned with word that
sky conditions apparently magni
fied a planet many light years
away.
k EDMONTON, Alta. (/P)—A light
plane that was forced down in
northern Alberta Monday night
while on a flight from Edmonton
to Grande Prairie was undamaged
and its occupants were unhurt,
the RCAF reported yesterday.
The plane landed on frozen
Iosegun Lake, 96 miles southeast
of Grande Prairie. It was located
by an RCAF search plane.
Another RCAF plane landed on
the lake beside the downed craft
yesterday to learn if aid was
needed.
The plane's occupants, pilot
Harry Adams of Renton, Wash.,
and Arthur Soss of Kenai, Alaska,
said they planned to continue
their flight. The RCAF left them
an additional supply of gasoline.
JUNEAU (JP) — The body of
Severin Swanson, 60, well known
ALASKA SOCIAL SECURITY I
MANAGER IN NOME !
James G. Browne, manager of
the Social Security Administra
tion Field Office, Juneau, Alas_a,
arrived in Nome Tuesday in con
nection with the filing of claims
and other matters pertaining to
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
under the Social Security Act.
He was accompanied by Wesley
Hayes of the Social Security Ad
ministration of the San Francisco
office. j
Browne may be contacted at the
Wallace Hotel and will be glad to
answer questions or furnish in-;
formation regarding the Social Se
curity program. j
He stated that since the Social
Security Act has been amended,
the benefits have not only been
increased, but the requirements j
have been greatly liberalized both !
in life and survivors cases.
If ycru are 65 or older and have
a Social Security card, you may
be eligible under the new Social
Security program. !
He also stated that benefits are !
payable as a matter of right—not
by want or need. Payments are
not made automatically, but a
claim must be filed.
I
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fishermen, was taken from the |
water at the rock dump late yes- j
terday.
Swanson, recently named cap
tain of the Health Department
ship Hygiene, had been missing1
since the night of Nov. 15. He was
last seen going down a steep gang
plank to the ship with the tide
low tide and a high wind prevail
ing. i
FOTT WORTH, Tex., (/P) — A |
B-36 bomber crashed today about j
ten miles north of Cleburne in J
north central Texas.
There were unconfirmed reports
ten rnen bailed from the craft—
the world’s largest land-based
bomber—before the crash.
Capt. Robert S. Anderson o*f the
Public Information division of 8th
Air Force headquarters here said
he had only information.
“An American Air Lines pilot
I
says ten men bailed out,” the cap- j
tain said. “Ordinarily a B-36 car
ries a crew of 15.”
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