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Korea Against Communist
vr^ression
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By Conrad Fink ;
WITH 1ST CAVALRY DIV., £
Korea l/?i — The young American 1
soldier pointed across the valley 1
to a hilltop where Communist !
troops were studying U.S. battle i
positions through binoculars.
“The folks back home may not •
give a damn about us,’’ he said i ■
bitterly. "But those guys over there i j
never forget we’re here.”
Fearing they are forgotten by ! ;
the American public but know- j ,
ing Communist armies could strike r
any moment, about 50,000 U.S. ! ,
troops are still on guard in Korea : \
—nine years after the Korean '
War | ,
Older men, many of whom \ ,
fought here in 1950-53, go about |
their often dangerous work with ! ,
the air of professionals glad to be ! j
away from dull garrison duty in j )
the United States. i ,
Younger soldiers, some (i or 7
years old when the war began,
man frontline positions with sur- J
prising zest despite occasional .
homesickness and bewilderment at
a strange Asian land.
Professional and citizen soldiers 1
alike, most profess deep under- |
standing of why they are in Korea t
but many are bitter about real or
imagined neglect.
‘ There’s an expeditionary medal ;
for service in Berlin and glory
for service in Viet Nam.’' one
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majui bam. line we nin Mini j
and nobody is the wiser.”
Nothing has been spared to give (
the troops fighting power.
They have the latest mobile ra- 1
dar for detecting Communist pa
trols. They also have Honest John
rockets for the big punch — U.S. '
officers decline to confirm or
deny reports that nuclear war
heads are stored in Korea.
Even in the most forward U.S.
unit, the 1st Cavalry Division,
troops live in semi-permanent huts,
eat all the execellent food they
want and have American goods at
hand in the post exchange.
The 1st Cavalry alone trucked 1
in 5.3 million gallons of diesel oil 1
for hut stoves that will help stave
off zero temperatures this winter.
Some units have gaily decorated
mess halls with flowers on the
tables and curtains on the win
dows.
The entire 1st Cavalry is with
in range of Communist artillery.
The 3rd North Korean Infantry
Division is always in sight across
the front.
There is a frontier atmosphere
about much of Korea. On the
front door of a post exchange is
this sign: “All weapons will be un
loaded and cleared prior to enter
ing.”
A reporter watched a young
soldier muffled in winter cloth- i
ing saunter up to the “PX" as he
would to a drug store back home, j
The youth carefully checked his
heavy Browning automatic rifle
and then went inside to hear Louis ;
Armstrong records.
Four large recreation centers
with swimming pools, bowling
I levs, libraries and movie houses
re available to the 12,000 men of
he 1st Cavalry Division. Other
inits have similar facilities.
A thriving business also is done
i.v Korean camp followers.
Some run businesses such as
Honest Dan’s Department Store,"
vhich sells curios and brocade
tickets that soldiers send home.
There also are prostitutes —
1.700 are registered with Korean
lolice in the 1st Cavalry area,
rile women and their shacks out
;ide Army camps are inspected
iy U.S. Army physicians.
Many Americans meet other
tills, also, and 758 U.S. soldiers
named Koreans last year.
Generally, however, a barrier
xists between American soldiers
n Korea and the people they
iclp protect from Communist ag
gression.
Thousands of troops help sup
port orphanages and some study
he language. But few know any
th mr of Korea's history or culture
— or want to know.
Capt. Thomas Miller of Arling
on Heights, 111., reported most of
lis men spend off-duty hours with
heir unit.
Korea’s poverty shocks these
oldiers. The capital, Seoul, has few
mtels or pleasure spots. If they
lave to be in Korea, the Ameri
ans would rather stay in the Army
nvironment. The camps have be
■ome home, complete with a beer
>r two after working hours,
lasketball in the evening and pets.
Korean and U.S. soldiers, often
serving in the same units, get
hong well, but American troops
inn Korean civilians sometimes
nisunderstand each other.
A traffic accident involving a
U.S. jeep can inflame Koreans to
nutter about the U.S. occupation
irmy.
Korean “slicky boys," or thieves,
vho may steal to feed their fami
lies, are viewed by some Ameri
cans as traitors to the joint U.S.
Corean fight against Communism.
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VOTE FOR
TOM MARTIN
STATE SENATOR DISTRICT N
I do not promise to set the world on fire,
the Russians already have that in mind.
I do pledge myself to work with the people
elected in an effort to bring progress and im
provements to the Northwestern District.
Thank you for your vote of confidence in
the August primary election.
—This is a paid policital ad
American Mining
Congress News
'T iken from the State of
Alaska Division of Mines and
Minerals Bulletin.»
After much debate at its 196:
meeting in San Francisco, tin
American Mining Congress adoptee
the following recommendation1
and statements as part of its “Dec
laration Policy” for the ensuing
! year. The complete declaration i.<
loo lengthy for presentation here
The declaration is used as a guide
1 line in presentations to Congres:
j and administration officials wher
j mining matters are being debater
j or considered.
On gold it is recommended:
1. That current efforts to pre
serve the nation’s gold reserves Ik
intensified.
2. That the gold standard Ire r.
stored, with the dollar and othci
major currencies redefined it
terms of gold and made freelv
convertible.
3. That Treasury sales to industr;.
be discontinued, so that a free mar
ket in gold for industrial purpos"
can be established.
4. That a program of bonus pay
ments be authorized to stirnuinti
domestic production of gold am
prevent complete destruction of th<
gold mining industry.
Cancel Conferences
Due to illness, Mrs. Dorot’m
Schnare will be unable to hav<
parent-teacher conferences for he:
classes this week.
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Six Teachers Dir
In Truck - Car Crat h
CLEVELAND. Ohio .L - - The
; death of six Akron school teachers
• whose car was virtually flattened
I in a collision with a be. truck wa;
; called a tragic loss Saturday by
. ’ Martin Ess.cz, Superintendent of :
; Akron Schools.
; I Five of the women killed in the!
grinding crash on a freeway south
of Cleveland taught at David Hill ;
Elementary School. They had at- j
! tended sessions of the Northeast
| ern Ohio Teachers Assn. here.
The victims were identified as
Mrs. Lois Lewis, Mrs. Mildred
Whited, Mrs. Catherine William
i son, Mrs. Edith Miller. Mrs. Julia
; Ann Johnson, and Mrs. Francis
Slocum.
The tragedy wiped nearly one
fifth of the teaching staff of 27
at David Hill.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
PLAYER DIES AFTER GAME
MILWAUKEE 0?' — Theodore
i Jarzyna, 17, end for Milwaukee
j Bay View High School died Friday
night after his football team wound
i up the season against Milwaukee
! Custer.
His coach, Francis Mierz.wa, |
| said the 200-pound end was bump
| ed in the abdomen, taken from the
! game and examined by a team
I physician. The coach said Jarzyna
j went back into action for one or
| two plays and then was benched.
Mierzwa said Jarzyna then col
j lapsed soon after boarding a bus
| after the game.
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i It was Thomas Robert DeWar
I who said: "The road to success is
filled with women pushing their
; husbands along.”
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DiHeient Approach
To ^lit* Gold Pro' 'em
'Taken from the State of
Alaska Division of Alines and
Minerals Bulletin.'
Reginald Lee of Nevada suggests
that, "to restore the domestic Told
producin'? industry, the Congress
the Unitea, States shall order the
Treasury of the United States to
make an "A” and "IV loan of
S35 and S35 respectively on each
ounce of newly rnimed gold, do
mestically produced, to the pro
ducer thereof, be it a corporation
or an individual.
In addition to the "A" and “B”
loan, the Treasur\ will pay the
present S35 per ounce for the gold.
The "A" loans shall be non-interest
bcarm-’, and shall be retired by
applying ns a credit to the “A”
loan all federal income tax paid
as a direct result of income earned
from the production of gold. The
"B" loan shall be interest bearing
and shall be liquidated by apply
ing 50 per cent of any income
earned in any one year, after de
ducting production cost, deprecia
tion. depletion and taxes’’
He estimates that U.S. produc
'd'ai at the end of ten years w said
be 4d million ounces. It is pre
sently 1.0 million ounces.
SOVIET SCIENTIST KILLED
MOSCOW . The accidental
death was announced Saturday of
the man who helped develop the
mechanism that ejected Soviet
cosmonauts from their space
ships, permitting them to land
by parachute.
The official military newspaper
Red Star said Col. Peter Ivano
v: h D< !■_'.(>v was killed "while ful
fill in his duties.”
Siiv-e he was a leading test r
of parachutes and ejection me
chanisms. the announcement pre
sumably meant he died while test
I in- son." new apparatus. His age
i was not given.
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LOWELL THOMAS JR.
Campaign Headquarters
Dear Friends:
P.O. Box "93
Anchorage, Alaska
Due to your invaluable support, I am very confident
of tomorrow’s election. It appears that a tremendous
victory has been given all Republican candidates. 1
interpret this as a victory for the citizens who are
insisting on a strong voice in Congress and capable
strong administration and legislature.
Really nothing remains but to get out the vote.
With your enthusiastic support we will get everyone
to the polls.
Sincerely yours,
Lowell Thomas Jr.