Slate Police Trooper
Wm. Nix Named for
CAP Medal of Valor
Ralph Warren. Juneau Suuadron
Commander of the Civil Air
Patrol, advised Commissioner Mar
tin Underwood, Dept, of Public
Safety, that the Alaska CAP Wine
had nominated Alaska State Po
lice Trooper Wm. Nix for its Medal
of Valor. The two pilots whom
Trooper Nix accompanied were
also nominated.
Feb. 21, 1962 found Trooper Nix
and two other pilots, Warren
Thompson and Deane Rrandin,
headed toward Cape Lisburne,
"nrth of Kotzebue, in a CAP plane
searching for hunters. The hunters
had crashed their plane and had
managed to radio for help.
The flight was made in an L-20
Reaver in weather so bad two ac
companying smaller planes had to
turn back. 170 miles to the north
west on the rim of a rocky 800
foot incine the hunters were found.
Due to their position the rescuers
were forced to land uphill and
downwind. The hunters aboard, it
was decided to leave all non-es
sential gear behind to lighten the
plane. In spite of this, a severe
downdraft plunged them minutes
after take-off to within 20 feet
of the jagged rocks. The point of
no return passed, all emergency
gear left behind, adjacent landing
areas socked in — there was
nothing left but 170 miles of fro
zen barrens back to Kotzebue,
which was accomplished without
incident.
“Nothing worth anything comes
easy” is a time-worn adage, but
in Bill Nix’s case it’s almost a
way of life. At 15 he would hike
30 miles from his Detroit, Mich.,
home to his favorite fishing spot.
At 17 he volunteered in the Korean
War. A 19 he had earned three
major battle stars, one purple
heart, a letter of commendation
with the combat V, and meritori
ous promotion as a member of the
1st Marine Division. Although
wounded twice within two hours,
he continued to command his
squad and refused to withdraw.
Bill Nix has been with the
Alaska State Police for 2Vf> years,
and at present is in charge of
the Records and Idenification sec
tion in Juneau.
Kennedy Lights Xmas Tree
WASHINGTON UP> — President
Kennedy says “peril was faced
and reason ruled” in 1962, making
the nation “just a little bit more
confident of peace on earth, good
will to men” this Christmas sea
son.
With this declaration, the Presi
dent lighted the national Christmas
tree, a 72-foot beauty from Colo
rado, in the park behind the White
House grounds Monday night.
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Mi Ml 111 ———^
Thomas Mitchell.
Noted Actor,
Dies from Cancer
HOLLYWOOD IP* — Private fu
neral services for actor Thomas
Mitchell, who died Monday of
cancer at 70, were held only a
few hours after his death in ac
cordance with his final wish.
Mitchell’s wife. Susan, disclosed
this Tuesday, explaining:
“Tommy wanted things very
private and that is the way he got
them.
“We had our own services very
quietly. We had a beautiful, beau
tiful funeral here (at home* just
for the immediate family.”
His business manager said no
public services are planned for
Mitchell, an actor’s actor, honored
by his colleagues with the highest
awards of stage, screen and tele
vision.
Mitchell succumbed at his Bever
ly Hills home, the second cancer
victim in two days among the
famous names of Hollywood. The
other was Charles Laughton.
They appeared once together in
a movie— “The Hunchback of
Notre Dame” in 1939.
The bushy - browed Mitchell,
who had the face of an Irish le
prechaun and the soul of a devilish
poet, was most famous for his
role of Scarlett O’Hara’s father in
“Gone With the Wind.”
That same year Mitchell also
played the boozy frontier doctor in
“Stagecoach” a picture many
critics believe the finest western
ever made.
In the Academy awards that
year—1939—Mitchell was mainly
in comnetition with himself. His
performance in “Stagecoach” won
him the Oscar for best supporting
actor.
Born in Elizabeth, N.J. Mitchell
started as a newspaper reporter
and drifted from the city room to
the stage door. One of Mitchell’s
earliest Broadway appearances was
with John Barrymore in the 1918
production of “Redemption.”
Mitchell, a witty and brilliant
conversationalist, had cancer for
almost a year, but kept his spirits
up. The night before Thanksgiving
he appeared on Perry Como's tele
vision show. It was filmed last
summer.
His survivors include his widow,
Susan, and a daughter, Mrs. Anne
Lang. James Mitchell, Secretary of
Labor in President Eisenhower’s
cabinet, was a nephew.
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Hi-!* Hopes Felt For
Re lease of C’u^aji P S
IfAVAN'A ■■l'’' ’I continue to
With these words Joint - Dono
van -a' ! he was returning to Miami
today after his talks with
Cuban government » a the release
o) 1.1 Id Bay of Pigs invasion pri
soners.
Donovan had said earlier he had
I hoped to yet the captives freed
by Christmas but he did not say
I anything about a target date in
| announcing his return to Miami.
An official of a committee of
J prisoners’ mothers sa:d the nego
j tinting team led i y Donovan met
| with Fidel Castro last night,
j T: is informant said the talks
j went well and the Cuban Prime
Minister “shares negotiators’ high
| ’"opes" for a quick ex chan a of
I orisnners for U.S. food and a i:
' cities.
I The committee official said Mrs
Berta Barreto of Havana, of
the four negotiators, was t Id by
i telephone this morning: “Teh \our
husband your son will s' n h
free.”
Parents and relatives received
| authority today, for the first time
in seven months, to send clothing
and food to the prisoners.
COMING and GOING with WIEN
From Fairbanks: Betty Hud, Phil
Sundquist, Judy Irick, L. Willova,
Fred Bradley, Dick Abel, Robert
Bahnke, Eph Wheeler, Clyde Rud,
Grace Davis.
To Kotzebue: Mrs. J. Belobraid
ich and children, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Stouder, George Bell, S. H.
Laird.
To Fairbanks: Mr. and Mrs. W.
Glavinovich, Capt. W. Caldwell,
Sgt. Harold Bell, Bob Mellon, Ray
Shields, Bill McCreary.
3.500 POUNDS OF XMAS
MAIL STATESIDE BOUND *
KETCHIKAN W — The MV
Tanana of the Alaska Steamship
Co. sailed for Seattle yesterdav
with 3,500 pounds of mail, Christ
mas mail which otherwise woulc
not have made it in time for Yuk
delivery in the states.
The Tanana altered her course
from the westward to take on the
extra parcels which were loaded
by a postoffice crew.
The heaviest load of Christmas
mail, mostly parcel post, was
lifted here Saturday by the MV
Tatalina. It amounted to 30,000
pounds, the largest load of mail
ever taken out of here, according
to Postmaster Ray Roady.
“The follies which a man re
grets most in his life are those
which he didn’t commit when he
had the opportunity.”
— Helen Rowland
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S( \ t*re F?'sin
HOLLYWOOD
divei Dick Po,'
’ ain f i - irn a cane
• a . ! a.-i fo h:
Dr 1 n : S, ai
hint I!<). .(>!], 57.
corip ,!!H|| :U (at.
Dr. Sharp, rail
although no: 7 7
aji .rent!y has
!')-. •( r hack.
The physician
came, in .. !
• nil u > i- rich; e
it \va-• first d: (
Pi "Ci-II ) nil ri-i
for tr atment n{
- 1 'eve ; Id 1 ic i
,u!':ir: from : hi
iIn an I
AIIy:-a.n, anh ' a
: ■ een'iy sold tin
honi'C T .c :iv-v
i.:"nt this week.
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from f tin err
■- Actor-pro
' l! is in severe
t t ci' apparently
loner back, his
pe raid Tuesd; ••
i ' urifk )' al'no 4
an.
the rnaiienancv,
'able to X r • .
nad to Powell's
- aid oai ait 4; ,4 -
ically cleared us
lymph Hands
e l cavity, when
ivcrcd.
a tv isndal Nov. 27
what wa- then
•purein saa-s"; r->
lvy coif!.'
actress Jins,
o- two children,
•ir Beverly Hills
at into at; ,:p .rt
t T t p u ■ v v h i 1 f f n T a c b c n
rommiUed to Mental
Hospital for Treatment
FAIRFIELD, Calif. t.T — Heavy
weight f.aht r Eddie M cha n wa
committed Tuesday to Napa State
!lor.pital "as a mentally ill person”
for treatment.
The decision by Superior Coin*4
Judge Philip Lynch came 2d min
utes after he opened a hearing at
Solano County Hospital. Machen
was not present.
Dr. Theo Miller, superintendent
of Napa State Hospital, had warn
ed the judge that it might be "ton
dangerous for Machen” to brim;
. him to the Fairfield Hospital,
j Monday the 198-pound fightei
I got out of hand and seven hospita
j attendants were needed to subdu<
i him.
j Two state hospital doctors, psy
! chiarist Roy Wagner and Dr. Dor
aid Hand, a medicinal man, test:
j fied they had observed the 3f
■ | year-old heavyweight closely sine
, he was brought to Napan Hospit:
last Wednesday night.
They recommended the commit
! rnent order so that the fighter coul«
j be given the treatment he need
i for his mental condition.
I_
j The U.S. Treasury collects near
j ly a quarter of a million dollars ir
! tobacco taxes every hour.
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Dial 2671
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Ke»r!t!kan Told SaJov
rvi\\ Re (‘ru? r'anni>t
Re (’ 'fl for Street Renairs
I by if ;• .-count ant Monday
hf that ‘‘in rnv o; irbon” it
' u-<■ ■' -!> ‘ iX revenues for
on na;
plank -roots or
in a
of r<
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an
Floor .Jo'
road at a Cy
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b ■: -1d onb
bn- i* would
on said
Council
ales tax
for irn
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as re
broi> of the
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four - troi i - in question.
One councilman w "hi ruling
•• ■ uld 1 ■ : one! he ! Of t.lX
- I {| . .. H-t r- bn w 1 r quire
monts for the nc.v year if th(
' e* il are t ::■> ’ < ad Most
ouncilr on were already com
ry rivet an inwease of two
d one-half mills in the budget
' 1 rh-e income $200,000 above
at r« qu'r.'d to to meet ’he cur -
■ >(•' ding pro ‘ram. This would
■v IV 1063 bud -1 .‘lay to
'u: rc.di: ooo.
f>r. Schweitzer Calls for
Removal of U.N. Troops
From Katanga Province
BRUSSELS. Belgium 'T- — Dr.
Albert Schweitzer called today for
the Unit. -1 Nations to pull its
troops out of Katanga and for the
U* ifed State-' to keen hands off.
The 87-year-old medical mission
ary, philosopher and author, who
has spent nearly half a century
in Equatorial Africa, said Katanga
is and should remain independent
' of the rest of the former Belgian
Congo.
■ i He declared reason and justice
: demand an immediate troop with
- I drawal and international acknow
- lodgement of the independence of
- ! President Morse Tshombe’s copper
- j rich secessionist Katanga Province
e 1 Schweitzer disclosed h:s views
1 in a statement published by a
liberal Brussels paper.
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