People In the News
Postmaster General J. Edward
Day has unveiled the new five- i
rent stamp that will adorn first
class mail when rates are boosted
Jan. 7. The new stamp bears a
bust of George Washington in J
blue. The bust is the one done by j '
Jean Antoine Houdon and had j '
been on three-cent stamps issued j
in 1851. The unveiling was done
in New York City.
Charlotte Whitton, 66-year-old 1
chief magistrate, one of Canada s
best-known women, will be op- 1
posed by two men in her bid for (
a second consecutive term as Ot- ;
tawa mayor in the Dec. 3 elec- j
tions. She will run against Sam :
Berger, Ottawa lawyer and foot
ball official who finished second
behind Miss Whitton in a four
way race in 1960, and R- J- Groves,
a former alderman.
Doug McClure, star in the tele
vision series “The Virginian,” was ]
injured while swimming at Wai
kiki Beach in Hawaii. McClure
had to be treated after he was
hit on the head by a surfboard.
Inmate Forges His
Way Out of Prison
RIPLEY, Tenn. UP> — Embar
rassed officials fear a man serving
a forgery sentence has written his
way out of the Fort Pillow State
Prison farm near here.
Howard Lee White, 33, of Mem
phis, was released last Saturday
after the necessary papers had
been received by prison authorities.
The papers proved to be forgeries.
“Nothing like this has ever
happened here before," said War
den Bill Hunt.
Only an expert. Hunt said, could
have detected the difference be
tween the phony documents and
the authentic ones which the pri
son receives through various chan
nels every day.
That’s not all. Officials say a
man ansewering White’s descrip
tion has left a trail of checks
forged on the prison account.
COMING and GOING with WIEN
From Fairbanks: R.L. Hutchin
son, Bill Major, Clyde and Bett>
Rud. Wayne Boden, Art McVeigh
From Kotzebue: Toby and Geo
Anunguzuk, Corinne Kerfoot.
To Kotzebue: Jim Carter, Le<
Staheli.
To Fairbanks: Don Peterson
John Lundgren, Wayne Boden, R
Westgaard, Louise pockman, H
Schnare, Sterling Croell, Ethe
Hendrickson, Bonnie and Bra(
Miller, Ken Cohn, Nellie Trigf
Grace and Wayne Dillon, Clyd
Dick, Jerry Bruno, Ray Nortor
Bernie Knudsen.
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Lion to run, poiiucdi
estimated Saturday.
More than §1 million was spent
by eight contestants for U.S. Sen
ate, Governor, Lt. Governor and
Atty. General.
Under a Massachusetts law
passed this year, candidates foi
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Massachusetts Secretary of Stat<
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Minis Step Up Production
Of Coins to Alleviate
Shortages Across Country
WASHINGTON O'P — The direc
tor of the mint said today steps
have been taken to alleviate a
| shortage of coins in various parts
! of the country.
j Eva B. Adams, the mint direc
; tor, said production is being step
ped up in the mints in Philadel
phia and Denver. She guessed that
the worst of the shortage is over.
The shortage of coins—pennies,
nickels, dimes and quarters—first
developed in the Midwest. It
spread to other sections of the na
tion including New England, the
South and the Far West.
Miss Adams said shortages in
the supply of pennies are not un
usual but recently various sections j
of the country have been clamor
ing for other small coins.
Record Christmas Mail
Expected to Flow Through
Post Offices This Year
WASHINGTON W — A record
10 billion pieces of Christmas mail
are expected to flow through U S.
post offices this year, and the
Post Office Department plans to
! handle the deluge with fewer
! workers than last year.
| Increased efficiency will enable
i the department to do the job with
only 150,000 temporary workers j t
and without reducing service. Post- I
master General J. Edward Day j t
has said. This is 70.000 fewer than (
last year. I
Day said once-a-day deliveries j
are scheduled for homes, with a s ^
more thorough mail sorting process | ]
at the start of the day. The de- | ]
partment plans to make more use |
of its experienced regular workers j
on an overtime basis — a system i
which postal officials say proved |
| economically sound last year.
I FOUR NAVY MEN SUFFER
' burns AT TEST CENTER
i WASHINGTON UP — The Navy
disclosed Saturday that four offi
cers were burned Nov. 17 in a fire
that broke out in a high altitude
test chamber at the Naval Air Ma
terial Center in Philadelphia.
The four men were enclosed in
the chamber taking part in an
experiment involving the breathing
of pure oxygen when the fire was
, apparently set off by an electrical
source, the Navy said.
The four suffered first and sec
’ ond degree burns and are recover
‘ ing at the Naval Hospital in Phil
j adelphia, the Navy reported.
1 MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION
COST CANDIDATES $7 MILLION
e BOSTON UP — The recent Mas
l’ sachusetts election may have cost
the candidates as much as $7 mil
Statewide Fund Biive
Launched for Bennie
Benson, Fla?' Designer
KODIAK l.f)—A statewide fund
drive has been launched from here
for Bennie Benson, who as a
youngster designed the A 1 a s k a
state flag.
Kodiak residents already have
contributed more than SI,000 to
ward the $5,000 in hospital and
medical expense incurred bv Ben
son during the past few months.
Benson has undergone surgery
twice in recent months in Seattle
(Virginia Mason Hospital* to cor
rect a constriction of his main ab
dominal aorta. He is slated for a
return trip to the hospital soon for
further surgery.
The Alaskan Indian, now 48, is
a mechanic for Kodiak Airways.
He was a 13-year-old, seventh
grader when he won the state flag
design contest. At the time, he was
a pupil at the Jessie Lee Home in
Seward.
Contributions may be mailed to
the Bennie Benson Fund. P.O. Bor
1307, c/o Kodiak Mirror, Kodiak,
i Alaska.
Another Russian Seaman
Taken to Kodiak Hospital
I JUNEAU (#> — A Russian sea
lan suffering from facial laccra
ons and contusions was hospital
-ed at the Kodiak Naval Station
ospital Saturday night, 17th Coast
luard District headquarters re- «
iorted today.
The Coast Guard said the So- 1
-iet seaman, Fegor Maximovich
Cazarkin, 28. was taken from the
lussian ship Armanx by the
American fishing boat Aimak and
jvas later transferred to the Coast
Guard cutter Storis, which took
him to Kodiak.
The cause of the Russian’s in
juries were not known here.
Ask For Recount
In Juneau District
JUNEAU 0P>—An application for
a recount of all votes cast in Elec- J
tion District No. 4 for the State .
House of Representatives was filed j
with Secretary of State Hugh J. ;
Wade’s office today. A group of 11
Juneau area residents filed the
application.
In the official state count for the
two House seats from District No.
4, Rep. Dora M. Sweeney had
2 503 votes and Dr. Wm. White
head had 2,491. Both are Juneau
Democrats. Republican Lynn For
rest Jr. trailed Whitehead by only
30 votes, with 2.461. while Repub
lican A. W. Body had 2,292.
JFK Recites Old Poem
To GI’s In Georgia
FT. STEWART, Ga. UP — The
j United States is grateful to its
J servicemen, President Kennedy
j told troops here today.
He recited a poem he said had
been found many years ago in a
I sentry box on Gibraltar:
| j “God and the soldier, all men
adore
. “in time of danger and not
before.
“When the danger is passed anc
all things righted,
“God is forgotten and the ole
old soldier slighted.”
“The United States,” Kenned;
said, ‘‘forgets neither God nor th
soldier upon which we both no\
depend.” _
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Report Shows U.S. Long-Range
Missile Strength Exceeds Krero
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U.S. Warned to Stop ti
Parachuting Food Supplies in
To Pathet Lao Forces ;
VIENTIANE, Laos 'VP1—A Pathet
Lao commander warned the United g,
| States Saturday to stop parachut- ];
png of food supplies to Pathet Lao C(
and neutralist forces. : al
! He indicated his troops would
shoot down planes flying these !
I missions. ",
j Gen. Singapo, chief of the staff j'
' joint of Pathet Lao. said in a state- '
i ment broadcast by the Leftist Pa- ^
t- et Lao radio that neither the
coalition government nor the Pa
thet Lao high command had an
proved the food drops. 1
American sources said the coali
tion premier, neutralist Prince Sou
ivanna Phouma, had asked Ameri
! can officials to airdrop food to £
| neutralist troops. .
| The operations began more than '
! a month ago. t
lirls Play luesclay JMgnt ,
'ity League Preliminary
The Nome High School girl
fanookettes will lock curlers this
’uesdav night with the speedy (
alent of the girls of the Polar
lurio Shop. A real thriller is in
irospect as the Mclver and Mo
ver led Nanookettes intend to i
:ontinue their winning way against
.heir more mature feminine op- *
ponents. The Polar Curio gals
will be playing for the first time
against the younger and equally
pretty high school coeds. Bonnie
Hahn, ace forward, will lead the
Curio Shop’s contingency.
The nightcap game is betweer
the titans of the City League, th<
Polar Hornets and the Jaycees
The Jaycees smarting from a de
feat at the hands of the higl
school cagers. will be out to knocl
the Polar Hornets from atop then
perch in the City League. It look;
like a real exciting battle is or
hand for tomorrow night at 7:If
and 9 pm. in the local gym.
Pope John XXIII is 81
ROME OF — Pope John XXIII
celebrating his 81st birthday, says
“any day is a good day to be born
and any day is a good day to die.'
The Pontiff made the remark a1
| the Pontifical University of thf
Congregation for Propagation o:
the Faith in Rome. He said: “We
are at the start of our 82nd year
Will we arrive at the end of it’
| We are not excessively concerned
Any day is a good day to be bori
and any day is a good time t
I die.”
It was the second time within
month that Pope John had spoke
of his advancing age and his read
ness to meet death. He told
general audience on Oct. 31 th;
he was growing old and added:
always think of that other sho
and submit to the will of tl
1 Lord, whether he decides to ke
me here or call me to him.'
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neckers? But their jobs art
particularly romantic. Respecti
ly, they are laundry workers v
press shirt fronts, men who att
sounding boards to pianos, •
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ngc* missile strength far exceeds
at of the Soviet Union, accord
g to an intelligence report issued
• the Briti-h Institute for Stra
gie Studies.
The report claims the United
ates has between 450 and 500
tercontinental Ballistic Missiles
impared with 7.5 in the Soviet
senal.
But the institute says existing
iviet rockets of this type have
awerful boosters and can carry
irger nuclear warheads than such
.merican ecjuivalents, as the
itan.
Theoretically, said the report.
ip Communists could launch 50
ic-gaton warheads into a ballistic
-aiectory.
They also have been develop
ig for two years a more advanced
CBM which likely will be small
r. easier to conceal and more
ccurate. It can be expected to be
leployed sometime next year, said
he institute.
S o v i e t strategists apparently
iavc concentrated on shorter
•ange rockets —- medium - range
aallistic missiles in the 600 to
2.000 - mile range such as were
erected in Cuba, the report said.
The institute said the Soviets
are believed to have about 700 of
these compared with the West’s
250.
Soviet medium-range rockets are
“deployed in sufficient numbers
to deal with strategic and semi
tactical targets — such as fighter
airfields in Western Europe, in
eluding Britain, and in the Far
i East,” the institute reported.
1 The institute is a privately fi
11 nanced organization with access to
' much confidential information.
Other information in its report
• | included:
i The United States and its Allies
: have a clear lead in nuclear bomb
• er strength. They have 2,200 com
pared to 1.800 behind the Iron
Curtain. Total Communist air
, strength is put at 15.000 operation
al planes.
There is no reason to dispute So
i viet claims that they have a true
Polaris-type missile which can be
fired from a submerged submarine,
the institute reports.
The Soviets lead heavily in sub
marines — 445 against 212 but
probably lag in development of the
. atom-powered type.
The total size of the Soviet
forces this fall was put at about
| 3.6 million men. Satellite armies
■ swelled the Communist bloc
strength to 7.7 million men under
1 arms.
1 The regular armed forces of the
j United States and its treaty allies
a totaled just over 8 million.
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