Vol 1 No. 5
104 a copy
May 8, 1958
This Week 'Round
the World
(by REX KING)
Russia ploughed into the
news again this week by us
ing her veto power in the UN
security council for the 83rd
time. The veto was used
against the proposed creation
of an international military
inspection zone in the arctic.
Hopes for a summit confer
ence dimmed through the act
ion.
Employment is rising and
the recession picture seems
brighter than at any time in
recent weeks.
France continues without
a government and British
good will missions are mov
ing on well oiled tracks. Vice
Pres. Nixon’s current tour
of South America is putting
his abilities to a crucial test.
’Tlic U. S. stands under the
harsh light of mounting crit
icism all over Latin America.
Sitka news hit the pages
of stateside metropolitan pres
ses as a week end of violence
and death plagued the Is
land Empire city.
Early Sunday morning.
May 4th, William C. Dick
received a severe beating
which resulted in his
death.
Statements from Police
Chief Frank Worth & officer
Andrew Peters reveal the foll
owing police story:
Officer Peters picked up a
man on the Cold Storage dock
and reported to chief Worth
that he felt the man should
go to the hospital. He report
ed that the man was alive
but badly hurt. That he had
tried to sit up, and tried to
talk but was only able to
groan and mumble. Chief
Worth ealled the Mt. Edge
eumbe hospital and a shore
boat was sent. Officer Pet
ers carried the man to the
shore boat, but as it had no
stretcher aboard, it had to re
turn for one.
Investigation proved the
man to be Wiliam Dick, aged
42. Following examination
Dr. Adams at the Mt. Edge
combe hospital called Chief
Worth and asked why a dead
man had been sent to the
hospital. The police report
states the doctor as saying
Dick could not have been a
live when found as lie had
been dead at least four hours.
Chief Worth then went to
the Mt. Edgecombe hospital
and examined the hotly. He
found no sign of rigor mor
tis or other evidence of death
having transpired four or
more hours previously. Of
ficer Peters sworn statement
testify to Dick’s being alive
when found.
Two charges of manslaugh
ter have been lodged against
parties involved in the inci
dent. George McNeil 10,
was bound over to appear b
fort1 the grand jury by U. S.
Commissioner Earl S: i ■ a ua.:
Harris Mukpic, 18, a witness
at McNeils trial, was also
bound over on similar charg
es.
All three persons involved
were drinking heavily of
wine and McNeil & Mukpic
both testified on the stand to
having beaten and kicked
Dick.
Medical reports indicate
that death resulted from ser
ious brain damage.
In an interview with Char
les Boon Ellis We were able
io get the foliowing story:
1 was walking with a friend
down Lincoln Street toward
the Sitka hotel where ! live,
W hen 1 was in front of the
theatre three people started
to fight with me. They cut
my lip, but I was able to beat
them off. I continued walk
ing toward the hotel and in
front of Reeds store they
cought up with me. Two
others had jouined them by
this tune. They used stones
and clubs on me and said,
'! his is our town and we re
going to run you out of town.
We don't like your looks..
we won’t show you any mer
cy . w-'ll kill you.
Ellis reported that the
five eon tinned to beat him
info : ; o . di ro arrived
on the scene to help. He was
a ole to stop some of the
biows i . i Ellis crawled mi
ner a {'/ark d truck where he
became unconscious
1 f :••• '■ / re a : e o' g
to in tlie hospital.
Ellis SEE d that all tie
boys had been drinking and
were, in ugly moods. .
Ellis stated tha1 h will
n'Kiky* charges of as salt vvith
a daogenors weapon on all
fisc parties.
The U. S. Commissioner
has signed complaints again
s. iifany W. Johnson and Iair
is Crews and complaints
have been issued as we go to
press against the three min
ors involved.
a***...MffiasM
Swedish Lad Enjoys
Local Letters
Japanese Ship Makes 2nd Trip
The freight*, r, Olympia
Maru will arrive in Sitka this
earning Sunday from Japan.
This marks the second trip
so far this year made hv the
Japanese vessel to Sitka wa
ters. This time she carries one
voyage. She will load near
i
thousand long tons of ce
ment for mill construction at
the pulp mill site.
Several S. E. Alaskan
stops are scheduled for the
Olympia Marii on her return
ly 3000 tons of pulp at Ketchi
ban and 3 million board feet
of lumber at Wrangle.
On her last Sitka trip the
ship carried Alaska Lumber
anl Pulp Co. officials. This
trip will be a routine freight
ing voyage.
.-tilings iroony wall Pic
tured are verification reports
from radio stations all over
the world that the young
man has picked up on his
radio set.
bertil Artmg seated at nis
radio set in Gavel, Sweden.
It was on this set that he
DX’d radio station KIFW
in Sitka.
STAMPS FOR FRIENDS
Bertil Arting of Gavel. Swe
den has enjoyed numbers of
letters from Sitkans, both
youth and adults and says:
“Sitka must be a very friend
ly City’’.
Some weeks age the Bura
nof Banner carried the story
of Berth's picking up radio
station KIFW in his home in
Sweden and the subsequent
exchange of letters. This
friendly contact has now
beenexpanded and we under
stand stamp exchanges are
the first order of business lre
tween Sitka and Sweden at
the present time.
Hospital Week
Proclaimed Here
Governor Mike Stepovich
has proclaimed May 11 thro
mih 17 as National Hospital
week for the Territory.
This week is set aside
each par to give the public
an opportunity to see for
themselves thv services that
are available in their hos
pitals. This is true not only
m Sitka and Mt. Edgecombe,
but throughout our country,
tevery hospital admii1istrator
or Board tries each year to
improve the health services
offered within its hospital
walls and during this special
week informs the community
about these* imoroved facili
ties. Throughout the nation
hospitals will be having open
house, tours, receptions etc.
in each locality to interest
the people in the work that
is done in their hospitals.
In the two hospitals in our
area much service has been
given in improving the heal
th conditions for all of us.
Since the Sitka Hospital has
been built, a great deal of
expense, formerly spent in
traveling for medical treat
ment, has been saved the
patients here. Both hospitals
have added to the number '
of jobs available in this area.
Blood banks, x-rays, and
many, many other types of
services are available to os
through our hospitals here.
So it is only fitting that a day
be set aside to visit the hos- '
pita I anc{ renew our know
ledge of its functions.
Dr. C. J. Mankinen, Med
ical Officer in Charge of the
PHS Alaska Native Hos
pital at Mt. Edgecombe in
vites all of the people in the
Sitka-Mt. Edgecombe area to
visit at the Hospital at Mt.
Edgecombe, Sun., May 18th
between the hours of 2:00 &
4:00. The theme of Hospital
Day will be “Careers that
Count” and interesting tours
of the Hospital are planned.
No special observance is
planned at the Sitka Com
munity hospital.
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Lion's Elect
The Sitka-Mt Edgecumbe
Lion’s Club have elected
their officers for the coming
year. President, Murlin Day;
1st Vice President, Ben For
bes; 2nd Vice President,
Charles Ferguson; 3rd Vice
President, Robert Booker;
Secretary-treasurer, William
Miller; Tail Twister, Philip
Fair; Lion Tamer, Jake Lest
enkoff; Director (Two Years),
Ernest Fuess and M. L. Bor
ders; and Director (One
Year), Robin Dean.
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scraps from
Father Gander's
notebook
Mary, Mary Quite con
trary
How does your garden
grow?
With silver bells & cockle
shells
And one blasted rose.
If there is an organization
in town that has a little
spare cash gathering dust I
have an idea what to do with
it. There is a need at the Sit
ka Community hospitital for
a hydraulic hoist, a really
great need. The things cost
about $200.00 bucks. If you
’ve ever tried to lift a heavy
patient plus casts in and out
of bed you might have some
ItTea of the need for such a
hoist. Easy on the patient &
on the backs of the doctors
and nurses. Suggest some or
ganization get going on some
cake sales arid the like to
raise the money for one
Father Gander pledges ten
bucks... whoTT match it?
Twenty times that is....
Being stood up is a gal’s
night-mare, but for the Dick
Cushings it had a different
happy meaning-they “stood
up” for brother George and
his bride.
Welcome to Loel Shuler
who's taking over our Wo
man’s Page. Know you’ll en
joy her writing.
Press breakdowns and pow
er failures are getting like
death and taxes ...all part of
the game. We’ll get back to
12 pages next week it sez
here in small print-oops, no
small print.
What happened to Oval
tine?
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