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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
A. P. News Analyst
The Arab world is getting a
striking demonstration of the
charms — for the Araibs — oif
competitive coexistence. The
American taxpayer is getting an
inkling of what competitive co
existence might mean in the
(future.
The competition at the mo
ment is between the commun
ist and free worlds for the good
wishes of the less advanced
areas such as the Middle East.
In Egypt, competitive coexist
ence already has the two sides
in the cold war acting like rival
used car salesmen in pursuit of
a customer.
Egypt in the role of interna
tional coquette is an old story
to Americans in the Middle
East. Ever since the nation of
Israel came into being — and
with it the manifold sources if
bitterness and tension —- < he
Araibs hve been trading on the
cold war rivalries to further
their cause. I have heard many
an Arab, shrugging helplessly
and glancing speculatively to
the north, silgh that the Arab
nations might be forced to
“shake hands with the devil"
iif they do not get their way.
The Russians evidently took
«tthe Americans and British by
surprise in offering to foot a
large share of the bill for Eng
ypt’s amlbii ious hydo-electric
program, the projected billion
dollar Aswan dam that would
take about 15 years to Jbuild.
Economically, Egypt could hard
ly lose from the competition,
with both sides imploring her
to accept 200 million dollars
worth of help for the program.
Since the present Moscow re
gime took over, the Russians
have been talking a great deal
about competitive coexistence,
and the west apparently is get
ting some samples now of what
Moscow means by that.
For Moscow it is a new sort
of defensive, and for the west a
rather unexpected development.
It makes use of dramatic econ
omic gestures such as l he Egypt
ian arms deal and the Aswan
bid, the promised loan of 100
million dollars and the exten
sion of technical assistance to
Afghanistan, the financing of a
steel mill in India and the pur-,
chase from Burma of rice crops
ghat otherwise would be a drug
on the market.
This is rough competition
which is not easily countered
silrJce western leaders must an
swer to their taxpayers. If the
j^pviel1 Union were anything but
the monolithic dictatorship it
is, Moscow could ill afford ven
tures predicated on the profuse
export of capital sorely need
ed at home.
The people on Moscow’ll
home front still desperately
need housing and other amenit
ies, still long for the consumer
goods sacrificed to swift indus
trialization. The regime appear
ed ly feels it can ignore these
.yearnings, or at least muffle
them with the promise that wi
thin a decade or so the Soviet
Union will be the migihi iest na
1 tion of the world, forever safe
i from the challenge of foreign
ers.
| The fact the Soviet leaders
, in all likelihood can get away
j with that attitude at home will
make the western defense a
gainst their concept of competi
tive coexistence just, so much
more difficult.
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TQM SKILLMAN FAMILY
LEAVES FOR SOUTH
' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Skill
man and children, David.
Mary, Karen, Joseph, Thomas
and Ann. leift yesterday by
plane for Seattle.
After spending the holidays
with relatives, they will jour
ney to Fredericksburg, Virgin
ia, where he will be observer
in charge at the Coast & Ge
odetic Survey Station, the
same position he held at the
local station here.
His successor has not as yet
j arrived.
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RODNEY PALMERS SOUTH
FOR HOLIDAYS
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Pailm
er left Saturday by plane for
Seattle, enroute to Longview,
Washington, where they will
visit her daughter over the hoi
id ays.
Enroute home, they will
spend a few days in Canada.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Admitted Friday to Mt. Edge
euimbe hospital were Mable Wil
liams of Keitchikan, Spencer
Williams oif Klawock & Alfred
Hotpson of the boys dorm.
Dennis Hix of Ketchiikan and
Ruth Thomas of Mt. Edgecum
be were discharged.
On Sal urday Nancy Getman
of Mt. Edgecombe, George Gu
thrie of tihe boys dorm and An
drew Selanoff of Chenega were
admitted. Frieda Murray and |
Mary Shields were discharged
to Sitka. j
There were no patients ad-j
mitted or discharged Sunday, j
- In and Around Sitka -
SON BORN SATURDAY
TO FRANKLIN GETMAN’S
A son, Phiilip Franklin. was
born Dec. 17 at 10:42 a,m. al;
Mil. Edgeoumlbe hospital to Mr.
and Airs. Franklin Getman of
Mt .Edgeouimibe.
The infant, who weighed
seven pounds, thirteen ounces,
is their first child.
iMr. Getman is a ‘guard em
ployed al the island.
CHARLES THORNE ENTERS
PIONEERS HOME
Charles Thorne, 83, arrived
Saturday by plane from Val
dez to take up residence at the
Pioneers Home.
Born in 1872 in Australia, he
came to the territory in 1903
and traveled around a bit, if in
ally locating at Valdez, where
he prospected and mined. His
last occupation was that of a
janitor.
LOCAL GROUPS TO
BENEFIT FROM TRUST
W. D. Gross, owner of the
Gross theater chain in Alaska
has est ablished a trust under
which four local organizations
and groups will share in the
annual profits of the chain’s
operations.
In memory of his son. Dan
iel, he has established a one
sixth share oif the trust to be
paid annually at Christmas
time. This will be divided a
morig four recipients — most
ly organisations and groups in
Alaska.
From this one-sixth share
■ he fallowing loal groups will
benefit: Pioneers Home, 18%;
Sitka Chamber of Commerce,
4%; Loyal Order of Moose,
2%; and Alaska Native Broth
erhood 2%.
In setting up the trust, Mr.
Gross stated: “I hope this Wil
! liam Daniel Gross Memorial
Fund given to be used for char
i table purposes will bring
much happiness to many.”
A check for $1,213.59 was
received by Leslie Yaw, super
in! endent of the Pioneers
Home, as that institution’s
share of the proceeds ot: the
j trust fund for 1955.
J ESC REPRESENTATIVE
TO VISIT SITKA
| A representative of the Em
ployment1 Security Commis
I sion of Alaska will be at the
| Sitka council chambers Tues
day evening, Dec. 27 from 6:30
to 8 p.m. and on Wednesday
morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
furniishinlg information on the
ESC program and assisting in
dividuals who have questions
concerning unemployment in
surance
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Monday.
W. Morgan, H. L. Huckaiby,
Dr. GoeCkler, Mr. Van Horn,
Mr. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Marvin from Juneau.
Leaving Monday:
George Pankey, Lorena
Brower, Rose Duquette, Joel
Baines, Molly Hensley, Riiah
ard Kath'lean, 'Boyd Field,
Young Andrew, Julia Full
moon, Charles Watkins, Caryl
and Candy Watkins, Evelyn
McDowell. Suzie Ereg,. Mike
Kudrin, Mrs. Morrey ,Mr. Bor
ders. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Skillman, David, Mary, Karen
Joseph, Thomas and Ann Skill
man for Juneau.
new pastor here for
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. William H. Gavin,
who arrived last Saturday, will
serve as pastor of the First
PresJbyterian Church of Sitka.
He formerly filled a similar
post at the First Presbyterian
Church of Lynn, Massachu
setts, for three and a 'half
years.
He was accompanied north
by Mrs. Gavin and their three
sons — Jaimes, 13; Bill, 10; and
Marik, 3M>.
He is a graduate of Wheaton
College of Wheaton, Illinois
and of Gordon Divinity School
of Boston, Mass. He did grad
uate work at Boston University
in Christian education and
holds a masters degree in edu
cation.
During World War II, he ser
ved in the air force as a B-29
pilot and instructor in the sta
tes.
Both he and Mrs. Gavin ex
pressed: themselves as very im
pressed with the beauty of (the
setting of Sitka and — after
having been brielfed on the us
ual rather damp weather —- of
the fact it had been clear each
day since their arrival.
Rev. Gavin has also been a
high school athletic coach and
has a keen interest in athletics
STUDENTS FLOCK HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
A group of students attend
ing school in the south arrived
home recently to spend the
Christmas holidays with their
families.
Home so far are Patricia
Harrigan, Herman Nicole,
Norman Burke, Biilil Boettcher
Harold Donnelly, Jon Sihen
nett, Allen McClain, Gretta
Hodges, Willis Osfbakken, Lu
edla Andersen, Ann Chapman,
Bruce Robertson and John
Abell.
A few others are expected
to arrive in the next few days
Mod of those home for the
holidays are enrolled in uni
versities or colleges along the
Pacific Coast.
8 ABOVE HEBE J
DURING NIGHT
Minimum temperature dur
ing last night was 8 aibove. the
Coast & Geodetic Survey Sta
tion reports, with a high of 1
above at 9 a. m. this mornm®.
STANDARD OIL WILL
DULL IN WASHINGTON
Standard Oil Co. of Califor
nia recently disclosed iplans to
drilll an exploratory well on
the Olympic Peninsula, in the;
g ate of Washington, two miles
north of the community of Se
quim, according to S. E. Sit ret
ton, regional manager for tihe
company in Seattle. Drilling o.
the wildcat, Dungeness unlit no.
1, is expected to get underway
by the first of the year.
The new well will be the
third exploratory [project undfef
taken by 9 andard in the Pacif
ic Northwest this, year, Mr.
Stretton said. Previously, the
company drilled two unsucces
sful wells — one near Astoria1
and the other in Ithe vicinity of
Prineville, Oregon.
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