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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
Asociated Press News Analyst
The British press has taken
the occasion of the announce
ment of Anthony Eden’s impen
ding visit to Washington to pre
sent an extremely pessimistic
view of (the international situa
tion.
Two themes received major
attention in the Tuesday morn
ing papers. One was expression
of pleasure that President Ei
senhower’s recovery has pro
gressed to the point where he
can resume such activities. The
other was that there has been
a' great worsening in relations
with Russia, requiring a reshap
ing of Allied policy for the
long haul.
Ever since Geneva the Brit
ish, who have clung ifor years
to every straw of hope, have dis
cussed ithis situation in terms
almost of despair.
They have now been further
stirred by the anti-western ti
rades of Khrushchev and Bul
ganin in Asia, in which Britain
has been accused of encourag
ing Hitler’s attack on Russia.
Britain is particularly sensi
tive about her reputation in In
dia and Burma. Her empire
builders left a bad taste there
which she has been trying for
years to eradicate. To be at
tacked there by straight out
lies enrages her, and ttends to
enhance her feeling that the
hopes of the world have been
blasted.
The feeling in London that
a new and very serious phase
of the cold war has opened is,
however, widely shared in the
United States despite official
effon s to depict the Geneva con
ferences as something less than
total failures.
A great many students of in
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ternational relations are saying
as the British are saying, that*,
the Allies must begin planning
immediately to meet the newly
formed (threat.
Most discussion of ways and
means was centered so fax
around aid for /the underdevel
oped nations which Russia is
wooing. Not only economic aid
which launches new industries,
buit aid in all the fields which
contribute to (better living stan
dards.
Mutch atteni.ion is (being paid
to ways of doing this so that
there will 'be no political
strings which the smaller coun
tries consider manacles.
For instance, medical teams
from The 'Philippines, serving
ihe people of South Viet -Nam
without becoming involved in
politics, are reported (to have
made a tremendous impression
They strengthen human bro
therhood.
There are no great problems
in Anglo-American relations
for the moment, although there
are always differences in the
tactics they prefer in any ap
proach to Oriental affairs. The
matters -which will occupy the
president and the prime minis
ter are primarily matters of
principle and procedure.
POLICE COURT
BLOTTER
Nov. 20: James Donelly, Mt.
Edgecurnlbe employee, drunk
and disorderly. $26 fine.
Edward Hu'bbar. Mt. Edge
cumlbe employee, $25 fine.
Nov. 21: (Bill Johnson, An
■goon, drunk and disorderly, for
feited $25 bail.
L. B. Johnson, Sitka, traffic
violation, $2.50 fine.
Nov. 27: John Dick, Sitka,
drunk and disorderly, $25 fine.
Dec. 1: Andrew Kiitka. drunk
and disorderly, $25 fine.
Dec. 2: Herbie Gray. Sitka,
disorderly condus.1, $100 fine
and 30 days in jail.
Dec. 5: Ted Johnson, Sitka,
illegal parking, $2.50 fine.
Cecil Murphy, Sitka, illegal
parking, $2.50 fine.
CHILD CONFERENCE
AT HEALTH CENTER
Thursday is child health
conference day at the Health
Center, pothers are invited to
bring babies and pre-school
children for weighing and mea
suring between 1 to 4 p. m.
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- In and Around Sitka -
TOM SKILLMAN FAMILY
WILL LEAVE SOON
Tom Skillman, observer in
charge of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey (Station here, has
received transfer orders which
will (take him to 'Fredericks
burg, Virginia, in a similar po
sition.
He, this wife and (their chil
dren will leave December 30
for the states.
According to information re
ceived from Washington, John
Bottom will ibe assigned here
to fill Mr. Skillman’s post.
Mr. and Mrs. Skillman and
•their famiy came to Sitka in
1961.
FIRST BANK TAKES
LEAD IN CLASSIC
The First Bank of Sitka edg
ed out Wortman’s Iby one point
in Monday’s bowling. It was a
close contest from the start.
Wortman’s won one game by
six points. The last game was
a tie, givinlg the First Bank 2 ¥2
points and Wortman’s IV2
points. Vi’s team had their ni
ght of glory Iby winning all 4
l points from Connie’s. Alaska
Coastal lost four points to Mar
kei; Center. Velma Crews had
high game of 168, and also high
series of 463.
TEAM STANDINGS
First Bank
Wortman’s
Connie’s
Market Center
Alaska Coastal
Vi’s
W L
2IV2 14V2
20V2 15V2
19 17
19 17
16 20
12 24
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES:
| V. Crews.. 162
P. Sarvela. 147
H. Rands. 146
L. Cornell . 144
B. Hanlon. 142
j D. Kuehn. 140
K. Shennett .. 139
O. Sinnett . 1361
J. Hodgins.136 1
A. Rilgling . 136!
i P. DeLaHunt. 133 |
L. Tressler. 133 j
ID. Nelson . 132
S. Richard . 132 ,
F. Johnson. 131 j
B. Bauer.. 129
J. Brandon. 129
A. Johnson. 128 j
V. 'Sarvela . 128
J. Wyman . 128
S. Gloor . 127
M. Morgan. 122
L. Tilson. 122
N. Doran . 121
M. Blankenship.120
M. Ward. 120
R. McDonald. 118
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CONTEST ANNOUNCED
Under the joint sponsorship
of the Sitka Rotary Club and
Sitka Public Utilities, the an
nual lighting contest will a
gain offer prizes in two cate
gories — business and residen- j
tial.
Roy Evenson was named
chairman of the Rotary com
mittee in charge of the event.
He said the lights and decora
tions would he judged on
Christmas Day as soon as dark
ness made the displays effec
tive.
As is customary, three priz
es will he offered in each cate
gory: $15 for first place, $10
for second and $5 for third.
(Governor should
iname assistants
says Gruening
FAIRBANKS (JP) Former
Gov. Ernest Gruening says he’s
strongly in favor of having men
who help run the hoped-/!or
state of Alaska selected iby tihe
governor and not directly res
ponsible to the people.
That was the si and taken by
the territory’s former chief ex
ecutive in an appearance (be
fore an open committee of the
constitutional convention dur
ing 'he past weekend. Other
speakers supported Gruening’s
stand.
In the opinion of the former
governor, the people Should be
trusted to make a wise choice
in !sov«*nor and the elected
governor should appoint admin
is rative officers.
Gruening said the reason Al
aska now has so many elective
officials is because the terri
tory never had an elected gov
ernor.
The executive committee of
the constitutional convention
is working on the problem with
delegate Victor Rivers as chair
man. The final plan to be pre
sented to the convent: ion is not
yet ready.
One proposal advanced by
the committee came under the
fire of the ex-governor
The committee proposed that
“•there be a secretary of state
to serve as the second elective
officer of the state, bearing the
same qualifications for election
as the governor and being of
the same political party.”
Gruening said if the gover
nor and the secretary of s ate
are from the same party it
would weaken the power of the
executive. Delegates George
Sundibopg and Seaborn Bueka
lew also protested the provi
sion.
Committee member Frank
Barr said the committee didn’t
want a secretary of sta e who
would mainly “lay cornerstones
or make speeches.”
All speakers appeared to a
gree that the secretary of state
should he appointive rather
than elective.
A telegram from Gov. B.
Frank Heintzleman was given
to the committee.' He reiterat
ed his earlier advice that .pow
ers be concentrated in the ex
ecutive.
Heintzleman said the secre
tary of state and the lieutenant
governor ipositions are virtual
ly the same positions with dif
ferent names.
Air alert summons
many to posts
WASHINGTON i/P) Flying
units scrambled aloft and civil
ian volunteers sped to ground
Observer posts Monday night in
a surprise coast-to-coast trial of
U. S. and Canadian defenses
against mass air attack.
The alert was called Off
shortly after 4 a. m. Tuesday
with no more advance word
than was given on the order
to man interceptor planes and
spotter posis. That came well
after nightfall in the east Mon
day night.
Air force and air national
guard officers were as secre
tive on khe outcome of the ex
ercise as they had been on its
timing.
The test, called Operation
Crackerjack, was directed by
the air defense command, head
quartered at Colorado Springs
Colo.
That command simply gave
out word that the exercise
had been terminated at 4:(36
a. m. ,P©T. 'A public informa
tion officer said all informa
tion was “pretty well classi
fied” but the results will be
evaluated and a summary re
leased in two or three weeks.
Notice that the “raiding’*
was over came (from lihe stra
tegic air command whose big
bombers provided the “ene
my” force.
There was no immediate list
of targets nor estimate of the
defenders’ degree of success in
warding off atltack.
Involved in the operation
were units of the regular tl.
S. air force, the air reserve,
he air National Guard, Navy
and Marines, in addition to Ca
nadian forces and some 400,
000 members of ( he ‘ground;
observer coitps.
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Dorothy Halbasch announces the Sale
of her interest in the
BARANOF BEAUTY SHOP
effective Dec. 1, and is no longer respon
sible for any bills contracted after that
date.