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News Notes From The . . .
POLICE BLOTTER
By Colin Mick
VANDALS STRIKE
Ron Davis of the Northern Com
mercial Co. reported to City Police
on Jan. 10 that vandals had dam
aged three windows in the firm's
store. Two of the three windows
which face First Ave., were split
all the way across, and a third had
a BB hole in it. Davis estimated the
repair cost at between $500 and
$1000.
STOLEN CAR
On Jan. 10, Myrtle Bowers, 21
Harriet St., Lemeta, reported that
her 1950 Chevrolet had been stolen
from the parking lot east of Gra
deile Leigh's on Third Ave. The
car was later recovered.
MISSING WATCH
On Jan. 15. Larry G. Carmer, 704
Bentley Drive, reported that his
watch was missing. Carmer said that
he had left the watch in the Arctic
Eowl washroom. When he dis
covered that the watch was miss
ing, he called the operator of the
alley who discovered the watch
was missing. The watch, a Hamilton,
is valued at $325.
HUBCAPS STOLEN
On Jan. 11. Jim Messer of Aurora
Motors reported to City Police that
someone had stolen four hubcaps
from a 1961 Cadillac. The hubcaps
are valued at $70.
LOST WALLET
On Jan. 7, Harold Pierce, 1216
Denali Way. reported that he had
lost his wallet while driving cab.
STEAL STAMP MACHINE
Ole Iverson of the Nordale Hotel
reported to City Police on Jan. 8
that someone had taken the postage
stamp machine from the lobby desk
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i sometime early that morning. The
machine was found, broken open, in
the parking lot behind Sportland.
Almost $20 worth of four-cent
stamps was left in the machine.
WINDOW STOLEN
On Jan. 15 Mrs. Zelma Trafton
reported to City Police that the
window in the front door to the
Daily News Miner office had been
stolen. Police learned that the win
dow. which had just recently been
installed, had been cut out by some
sort of glass cutting instrument.
CHAMPAGNE APPETITE
On Jan. 12. Mike Kobylk reported
to City Police that his warehouse
at 913 First had been burglarized
of more than four cases of cham
pagne and more than four cases of
beer. The thieves had gained entry
to the warehouse by prying boards
off the side of the wall. A crowbar
was found in the building.
City Police later apprehended a
juvenile who admitted to stealing
the liquor after most of it was dis
covered in the attic of his home.
The boy is presently in juvenile
detention, awaiting Y. A. A. pro
ceedings.
Local Group To
Press State For
Highway Center
A recommendation that the State
Highway Department headquarters
be transferred to Fairbanks, from
Juneau, was included in the legis
lative study committee report ap
proved by the Fairbanks Health and
Safety Council at its January meet
ing Tuesday night. One reason giv
en by the Council for transfer of
the highway headquarters is “to
make it more readily and practical
ly accessible to the great majority
of the highway mileage for which
it is responsible.”
The Health and Safety Council’s
legislative study report also will i
request the State legislature to ap
propriate funds sufficient to acti
vate the existing State vehicle in
; spection law. administrative and ;
j legislative approval of the type of :
Borough which residents of the1
greater Fairbanks area will vote for j
at the forthcoming Borough elec- I
tion: strengthening of existing laws
to curb cruelty to animals, such as
the current horse starving case near
Fairbanks; and illegal garbage
dumping on roads and river banks,
i They will also request installa
tion of mechanically regulated stop
and go traffic lights in school areas,
particularly the Lemeta and Graehl
i areas.
CUB SCOUTS SET POW WOW
Cub Scouters (known as Cub
bers) in the Tanana Valley District,
Midnight Sun Council, Boy Scouts
of America, will gather Saturday,
January 27th, at the Bunnell Build
ing on the University of Alaska
campus for an afternoon-long Cub
Scout Leaders’ Pow Wow. Registra
tion will be at 12:30, with a 75 cent
fee required to cover cost of ma
terials for the training session which
will get under way at 1:30 p.m. and
end at 5:30 p.m.
General Chairman Frank Stow
man, Cubmaster of Pack 92 spon
sored by the University Park P-TA,
working under Clarence George
Beers, Tanana District Leadership
Training Chairman, has named the
following committees to carry out
the training which is essential to
receiving the Scouter’s Key, the
Scouter’s Training Award or the
Den Mother’s Training Award.
Mrs. Jay Dennis has been in
stalled as 1962 president of the
Health and Safety Council. Other
1962 officers are Dr. Merrill For
rest, vice-president; Mrs. lone S.
Couch, secretary, and Don Atkinson,
treasurer.
Mrs. Dennis has announced reap
pointment of Jim Couch as Council
director of public relations and
named immediate past president,
Mrs. Lonnie Hall, chairman of the
program committee.
Games: Sgt. Charles Morgan, Pack
344, Ft. Wainwright, and Sgt. Doyle
T. Arboneaux, Pack 8, Eielson AFB.
Handicrafts: Mrs. Robert Louder
back, chairman, assistant Den Moth
er in Pack 2 sponsored by the Joy
School P-TA, and Mrs. Peggy Smail,
Den Mother, Pack 3, Barnette
School P-TA; Mrs. Elsie Morgan,
Den Mother, Pack 247, Ft. Wain
wright: and Steve Kerner, Cubmas
ter of the Joy School Pack.
Instruction in Ceremonies and
ceremony equipment will be given
by Al Beasley, Cubmaster of Pack
1, sponsored by the Denali School
P-TA. Major Andrew Ferland, Pack
9, Eielson AFB, will give training in
Pack Administration.
Others named by Mr. Stowman
are Sgt. Edward Peterson, Pack 5,
Ft. Wainwright, Exhibits and Mid
way; and Mrs. Earl Cook, publicity.
This big fun-filled Cub Scouting
get-together is an annual conven
tion for those adults who play the
most important part in putting
across the Cub Scout program: all
leaders and prospective leaders,
Cubmasters, Den Mothers, their as
sistants, pack committeemen. Insti
tutional Representatives, new or ex
perienced, and particularly for in
terested parents. By attending, they
will learn things the Cub Scout
way—by doing.
Jessen’s Weekly, dedicated to
Alaskans everywhere, young & old.
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