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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
Asociated Press News Analyst j
It hardly seems reasonable j
the communists, merely for the I
sake of face, would once more,
subject themselves to ithe risks
and the subsequent political
beating . they took -because of
the 1948 Berlin blockade.
Nor does it seem reasonable
that the Allies should let such
a situation develop again with
out -the sternest warning that;
they will not lie down uhis time
any more han they did then.
A good many observers beli
eved in 1948 the Allies could
have avoided the long blockade
and the accompanying expen
sive airlift by a ifirm stand at
the very beginning
Thai, situation developed un
til there was a very great fear
among Europeans that it might
produce a war.
Russian fighter planes patrol
led the edges of a very narrow
corridor through which Amer
ican planes carried the neces
sities of life, especially coal, to
West Berlin. American airmen,
many of them veterans of the
wartime “hump" operation to
China, performed a job which
amazed tihe world.
The Russians ruumy “““ —
give up.
iReceni.ly the Russians have
“recognized” 'the satellite com
munist government of East Ger
many and demanded that the
West Germans negotiate with
it on the subject of reunifica
tion. „
The idea, of course, is to
work the Germans into a posi
tion where reunification will
depend on establishment of an
all-German government thru
coalition, the normal commun
ist weapon oif domination. The
Allies and the West Germans
refused.
Now (by threatening ito cut
off West Berlin’s coal supply
once more, throulgh refusal of
barge uransit permits, the Reds
are trying to get recognition
through negotiatiM* in
field.
This is ibeing aocompwnea hf
another taiotic, a Rad claim thas
four-power ooeupation rf Ber
lin 00 lnnlgl» aKteK i» a® ef
Pffk i® sjpaeease the AUaes aot
of the negat iating pnsteaw.
Ia some ways a new
blockade would be more diffi
cult than the one in 1948 At
ithaSt time the principal Allied
{problem was to keep West Ber
Jin supplied. The airlift was
primarily a one-way job.
Today there is the problem
of maintaining contact be
tween West Berlin’s resungent
industry and its West German
cus omers. Cessation of this
business would create an em
ployment problem in the city.
Whether the Reds actually
have a blockade in mind, they
know that the mere i ihreat can
be a disruptive in this situa
tion. They can also hope to
create a demand from business
that Bonn accep. the situation
and begin negotiations.
Right now Bonn seems able
to wii hstand the pressure.
COAST GUARD EXAMS
SCHEDULED FOR FEB.
In more than 100 cities in
the United Sta.es and abroad,
examinations for appointment
to cadetship in the United Sa
tes Coaht Guard will be conduc
ted Feb. 27 and 28, 1966.
Successful applicant s will be
appointed as a cadet to the U.
S. Coast Guard Academy at
New London. Conn. Upon com
pletion of training at the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy, the ca
det is commissioned as an en
sign in the U. 'S. Coast Guard
and awarded a bachelor oif
science degree.
The Coast Guard is a service
as old as the nation itself.
To apply, one must be a 'high
school senior or graduate who
has reached his 17 t'h hut not
his 22nd (birthday on July 1,
1966. If a lad is s. ill in high
school, he must graduate and
earn 15 units by June 30, 1956.
These units must include 3 in
English, 2 in algebra and 1 each
in plane geometry and physics.
He must (be in excellent phy
sical condition, between 64 in
ches and 78 inches in height
with ipropon ionate weight and
have uncorrected 29 20 vision
in eadh eye.
Upon graduation and com
missioning, a career as a U. S.
Coast Guard officer may deve
lop in many general or special
ized fields of seagoing or fly
ing U. S Coast Guard, a c*r««r
with a ifutora.
For additional information,
interested paraon* ara invited
•© contact ttia commands** ©f
fuser. WCUC Snrroll. in Sitka
©r orrita Commandant (L.PTE-2)
U. 8. Coast Gwso?d,
m, ©. c.
Complete® appheatiM-s forms
must be returned by January
15. 1956, to be eligible to parti
cipri e in the 1956 Academy en
trance exmainations.
- In and Around Sitka -
SUSITNA DUE EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING
The Alaska Steamship Co.;
freighter Susitna is expected
.0 arrive here at 8:30 a. m.
Wednesday. This will be the
last south-bound boat which
will carry mail to the states
in time for Christmas delivery
SITKA HIGH SCHOOL
HONOR ROLL
For six weeks ending Novem
ber 23. Requirements for Hon
or roll “B” or befc.er in all sub
jects. Citizenship must 'be ex
cellent.
Freshmen — Barry Berlgdoll
BBBB, Peggy Burnham BBBB;
Peter Koska BBBB; Allan
Moore AAABB; Randa Torum
AABB.
Sophomores — Diane Burn
ham ABBB; Margot Schmidt
AABBB.
Juniors — >Nels Lawson, AB
BBBB; Gary Paxton AABBB.
Seniors — Dick Boettcher
AABBB; Sharon Handy AAAB
Marilyn Lai.ta AABBB; Fred
Youmans AAABB.
The touowing siuucuw a.*. |
given scholastic recognition for
having “B” or better in three
“solids.” and no grade less than
“C.” Citizenship satisfactory.
Freshmen — Maureen Brad
shaw BBBCC; Jacquie Lemke
A A ARC: Raymond Sira, ad AA
BCC.
Sophomores — Linda Radadh
ABBC; Lester Radach BBBCC.
Junior^ — John Abbott BBB
CC. Benny Essendrup ABBC;
Terry Nelson BBBCC.
Seniors — Charles Pherson
ABBOC; Carl Peterson BBBBC
UT. EDGECUMBE
hospital roster
Donald Neakok of the boys
dorqj' was admitted Friday to
Mt. Edgecumbe hospital. Dis
charged were Gladys Peele to
Hvdaburg and Lawrence Sher
lock , o the Coast Guard cutter
Sorrell. ,
No patients were admitted
Saturday, while Marlene Rus
sell of Mt. Edgecumbe was dis
charged. ,
No one was admitted to tne
hospital Sunday; Billy Blancaf
lor of the boys dorm was dis
charged.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Monday.
(Matthew Willie, Wilson
Horn, H. Kendrow, Willard
Hoeltzel, Miss Morey, James
Cunningham, E. W. Norton.
William Famine, R. L. Wood,
Daniel Rogers and Frank Sam
uelson from Juneau.
Leaving Monday:
Carl S. Krock, K. Guest, G.
Nicholi, Paul Bavella, Joe Pet
erson, Joe and David Evon,
Maxine and Allen Pederson,
| Dorothy, Patricia, Bonny, Ka
thy and Jon Wilcox, Cliff
Hohn and Ernest Francis I o
| Juneau.
Sddier killed
ANCHORAGE (JP) A soldier
1 was stabbed to death in a bar
; room fracas her* Saturday night
Anchorage psliee iadentified
; t but dead man as Cfl. Charles
A. Wart. 2B, af Clia on, S. C.,
a iwtgT®. We was assigned to fchs
fist engineer aviation ibattalion
at Elmendorf air force base.
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NEILL WARWICK INJURED
IN FALL
Neiil Warwick, music and
band instruct, or at Sitka Public
Schools, sustained painful tout
not serious injuries in a if all
early yesterday morning at
school, when he slipped in the
hall.
He was taken to Mt. Edgeeu
be for examination and x-rays,
where it was found no bones
were broken tout an old injury
had been opened and he had
sustained bruises.
Mr. Warwick was then taken
to his home, where he will be
confined for several days at
least.
Convention
three attorneys selected by
the governing body of the or
ganized bar (currently the Al
aska Bar Assn.) on tihe basis
of 4-3 representation and three I
non-attorneys selected toy the
governor and subject to sen-!
ate approval.
The judicial council, in ad-1
dition to presenting nomina- ;
tions for court vacancies,'
would conduct studies i.o im
prove the administration of
justice. Council appointments I
would be ifor.six years.
inree years a tier tneir ap
pointment, members of the
supreme court and superior
court would have to run for
reelection on a non-partisan
ballot. Supreme court justices
would face the voters every 10
years after gaining first ap
proval and superior court judg
es would have to answer to
the voters every six years.,
'Members of the supreme
court and the superior court
would have to have been ad
mit). ed to practice in Alaska
five years prior to donning the
judicial robes of the two
courts. They would also have
to be residents of the state for
that length of time.
The retirement age for jus
tices and judges would be 70.
This section met with dis
sent ifrom committeeman R. E.
Robertson of Juneau and War
ren Taylor of Fairbanks.
Robertson and Taylor said
hey felt ability does not end
at 70 and that those of 70
should “not be out in moth
balls.” They finally agreed,
however, because the section
also states thai those retired
are open for special
ments.
Pleased that his committee
apparently will be the (first to
present: its recommendations
for convention approval. Mc
Laughlin said, "The remarka
ble and wonderful thing is
that seven men who had seven
ii- went ideas when the com
mittee work betgan now have
produced” a single document.
Besides McLaughlin, Taylor
and Roibertson, the other com
mi.tee members are Thomas
Harris of Valdez, Maurice
Johnson of Fairbanks, Irwin
Metcalf of Seward and Ralph
Rivers of Fairbanks.
Central Labor Council
Meets
1st and 3rd TUESDAYS
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Depart SITKA: 10:00 A. M. and 2:55 P. M.
Arrive JUNEAU: 10:55 A. M. and 3:55 P. M.
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- Society and Clubs -
WOMEN OF MOOS'® MEET
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A regular meetiig of Women
of the Moose is to be held at 8
p m. Wednesday at the (Moose
Hall, aft which time itihe Mes
dames Harvey MdNulty, Jack
Parrisih and (Ruth Peterson
will he initiated.
Mrs. George Eliason is chair-,
man of the hostess committee.
Mrs. Art. Petraibodg, social
chairman, will present chapter
night program.
SOROPTIMIST CLUB
MARKS SIXTH BIRTHDAY
Members of the Soroptimist
Club of Sitka and their guests
celebrated the sixth (birthday
otf the club and observed i heir
annual classification party at
a dinner Sunday evening at
the home of Hope Rands.
A delicious buffet dinner
was enjoyed, following which
prizes for the best corsages de
picting their classifications
were awarded i.o Sister Ruth
I Poetzsdh and Marguerite Reed
I Program consisted of the
showing of moving pictures of
Japan and of the recent Alas
ka Day Festival.
Sports Trail
off the end so my fingers would
be free to catch passes. They
x-rayed it the other day and
found there is a clean break
.here now. Guess I’ll have to
put it in a cast again.”
It was suggested he should
have a pretty good idea of the ]
best team the Middies played!
i.his year. He did.
“Notre Dame,’’ he said with- j
out hesitation. “The day they 1
played us they could have bea- •
i ■ - am. We were up for
0-but ijhey were up
higher.”
An idea of how the Irish, who
defeated the Middies, 21-7, im
pressed them might be gather
by tthe fact Navy players put
five No re Dame men on their
all opponent team. Oddly eno
ough, no Army player was cho
sen, maybe because when you
poke a hornet’s nest you can’t
single out any particular one
stinging you more painfully
than be others.
“Our best game was against
Pitt,” Beagle continued. Navy
won that one, 21-0. “We were
particularly impressed by their
ends.” The all-opponent i earn
again 'bore him out. The two
Pitt ends, John Paluck and Joe
Walton were on it. '
Pitt has a bjg, tough team,”
Beagle added. “I chink Georgia
Tech will have too much speed
for them in the Sugar Bowl,
but if the field is heavy Pitt
might win. They’re a rough out
The personable Midshipman,
making the All-American rtfce
second straight year, is extreme
ly modest aibout his own accom
plishments. He’d rather talk a
bout his teamma.es.
“I’d rate George Welsh as the
best collage passer in the coun
try,” he said. “Maybe I should
qualify tjtat by saying up to 30
yards. He’s not so good on (the
longer ones, but uip to 30 yards
he’s the best.
“And he’s a clutch passer.
When he has to make it good,
he does. And watch that other
end, Earle Smii h, next year.
He was 'hurt in our fourth (game
this fall and didn’t (play again,
but he’ll be great next year.”
Beajgle would have liked to
play in a bowl game next Jan.
2, and says his teammates had
:he same ambition. They should
speak sharply to those spoil
sports up the Hudson who were
not going anywhere themselves
and wouldn’t let them go.
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