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AND PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM
Pinpointing tlie Loophole
HANSOM BALDWIN, well known news columnist, who re
presented his paper, the New York Times, as correspondent
in Alaska during the operation "Great Bear” which was held last
month, observed in the short time he was here the urgent need for
military protection to the nation on the northern coast af Alaska.
Through a feature article in the Times he has presented the open
front door of America so well that President Kennedy has asked
for a review of Alaskan defenses.
Those who live in Alaska and some of the military leaders
stationed in the 49th State have tried repeatedly and unsuccess
fully to present this danger point in American defenses from many
angles and through many channels to the military heads in Wash
ington, D.G, who are responsible for the protection of the nation.
Correspondent Baldwin, through his experience and keen
observations was able to pinpoint this loophole so well and so
graphically that the importance of military strength at this part, of
North America closest to Siberia has even attracted the attention
of the President of the United States.
Civic groups as well as individuals are urged to express their
views to the congressional delegation as soon as possible on this
important matter.
JACKIE RECEIVES CARNIVAL
RECEPTION IN PAKISTAN
LAHORE, Pakistan UPV— Pakis
tan welcomed Jacqueline Kennedy
today with a carnival-like recep
tion that, brought out the country’s
president ai>d thousands of school
children.
The UrS. First Lady landed at
Lahore Airfield in the early after
noon to begin a 4 Vz day tour of
this Asian ally of the United States.
She was greeted by President Mo
bammed Ayub Khan and hordes
of young Pakistanis waving flags
and carrying balloons.
Thousands on thousands of tiny
paper flags were strung across Mrs.
Kennedy’s 3-mile route from the
airport to the government house
where she was to stay. Welcome
banners criss-crossed the route, and
school children lined the way.
Ayub Khan’s personal plane
brought Mrs. Kennedy from New
Delhi after she ended a nine-day
tour of India with cheers of the
fpdian public and the praise of of
ficials ringing in her ears.
Indian officials said privately
they hoped Mrs. Kennedy’s visit
bad set the stage for a full state
visit by President Kennedy.
The typical fugitive on the
FBI’s “most wanted” list is in his
early 40s, 5 feet 9 inches tall,
weighs 158 pounds, has at least
one tattoo, likes to drink, gamble]
and chase women. I
10-Year-Old Boy Becomes
Anchorage's First Traffic Fatality
ANCHORAGE Ufl — A 10-year
old boy became Anchorage’s first
traffic fatality of 1902 Monday
night
James Horsfall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Horsfall Jr., died of in
juries sustained when struck by an
automobile while sledding down a
city street.
The driver of the car, Charles
Knuth, said he never saw the boy
at all until he felt a bump against
the side of the car.
Police said the child was pinned
under the car and Knuth and sev
eral passersby lifted the vehicle off
the body. The boy died a short time
later at a local hospital.
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Alaska’s Delegation
Are Solidly In
Support to Put
Miners to Work
By Frit* Wiiti
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON OP — Alaska’s
three-man congressional delegation
is solidly in support of legislation
designed to put gold miners back
to work.
Without some kind of help, Alas
ka’s gold mining industry is just
about done for, they said in recent
testimony before the Senate Min
erals Subcommittee the other day.
Summing up the situation, Sen.
E. L. Bartlett said:
“I am one of Alaska’s most suc
cessful former gold miners — I was
able to pay off my bills when I
quit.”
“There is an urgent need to as
sist in the domestic recovery of
the gold mining industry,” said
Sen. Ernest Gruening.
Gruening said a revitalized in
dustry would not only put people
back to work but it would also help
build up the nation’s gold reserve
which has fallen from $22.8 billion
in 195? to $16 7 billion at the be
ginning of this month.
Rep. Ralph Rivers said he has
seen costs rise “to such prohibitive
heights as to force hundreds of
gold mines out of business, leaving
behind deteriorating plants, ghost
towns and unemployment. .
The three testified in support of
a bill to establish a five-year pro
gram of payments to gold producers
of up to $35 an ounce for newly j
mined gold in addition to the
Treasury-set price of $35 an ounce.
The bill. Rivers said, would pro
vide “a clear-cut program to alle
viate a serious domestic situation
without in anywise interfering
with the existing Treasury price
of gold or the Treasury’s interna
tional monetary arrangements.”
Gruening is a co-sponsor of the
Senate bill and Rivers has intro
duced a similar measure in the
House.
Rivers, who said his interest in
gold dates back to when he panned
for gold as a boy of 12, told the
committee that:
“From a production of about $25
million per year in Alaska in the
1930s, tiie gold production in my
state was down to $4 million in
1961 and our dredges and other
diggings will have to close down
in tiie near future unless relief is
soon forthcoming.”
Bartlett said it is only fair that
gold mining industry get help be
cause it depends on the government
which set tiie $35 an ounce price
back in 1934 and has refused to
change it while the cost of every
thing else has gone up greatly since
those depression days.
Swallows Return to Capistrano
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif
Oft— The swallows were outnum
bered by people Monday when thej
made their flight to this historic
mission town on St. Joseph’s Day
More than 1,000 persons wert
watching as about 500 of the birds
returned to Capistrano to nesl
among the ruins of the old church
Dial 2217
ARCTIC OIL
DELIVER?
AUTOMATIC SERVICE—
Stove
Oil
Furance
Oil
Appropriation Bill Is Only
Maior Measure Before Legislature
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP> — The Democratic
! leadership of the House and the
Senate moved Tuesday to try and
| complete the work of the 1962 ses
[ sion of the legislature as quickly
as possible.
Both the House and the Senate
went on an abbreviated daily
schedule in an effort to give the
Joint Finance Committee plenty of
free time in which to work on the
all-important appropriations bill.
Until further notice, the House
and the Senate will meet daily only
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, leaving
the Finance Committee with after
noons unencumbered by floor work,
work.
The new procedure was ham
mered out Monday during a noon
meeting attended by Senate Presi
dent Frank Peratrovich, House
Speaker Warren Taylor, the ma
jority leaders in each chamber, and
the chairmen of the House and
Senate Finance and Rules Com
mittees.
Afternoons and Evenings
“If we can give the Finance Com
mittee afternoons and evenings
free, there is the possibility we’ll
be through by the first of April,”
Senate majority leader R. J. Mc
Nealy said.
“There has been so much in
terference with the Finance Com
mittee’s work this session that they
are behind on their schedule,”
Peratrovich said.
The Senate President said he be
lieved that the appropriations bill,
“without too much opposition,” can
be acted on by the legislature in
five days.
Sen. John McNees, chairman of
the Senate Rules Committee, said
that while the Democratic leader
ship is aiming its hopes at the
' earliest date of adjournment pos
sible, April 4 is being considered
as the outside target.
“The principal priority items of
the administration still facing the
legislature are finance bills or
measures being held in the Joint
finance Committee.”
Rep. Frank Chapados, chairman
of the House Finance Committee,
said he was aiming at a March 28
deadline for reporting the appro
priations bill back to the House.
“I personally would like to see
it sit there a day or so without
action so everyone can have the
chance to have a thorough look at
it,” Chapados said.
No Partisan Disagreements
“Up to the present time, we
haven’t had any partisan disagree
ments in the joint Finance Com
mittee we haven’t been able to re
solve, but, of course, there is a lot
of work yet to be done,” Chapados
said.
“If we do find ourselves in a
deadlock in committee, it’s my
feeling that it probably will come
on the Public Works budget.”
Rep. Harold Strandberg of An
chorage, a Republican member of
the House Finance Committee, said
he felt Chapados’ deadline for get
ting the appropriations bill back to
the House was overly optimistic.
“If the Finance Committee does
manage to come out with the ap
propriations bill by March 28, I
would doubt that it would be a
bill tlie Republicans can live with,”
Strandberg said.
“There are some rough spots
ahead, however, and there is bound
to be some partisan thinking on
portions of the appropriations bill.”
Strandberg said he felt Public
Works was a potential problem and
he said he also felt two measures
calling for the appropriation of
$700,000 for the state depressed
area program would furnish some
committee fireworks.
Verne Q. Marlin to Speak Here
Verne O. Martin, Republican
candidate for governor of Alaska,
has accepted the invitation to be the
principal speaker at a GOP fund
raising banquet in Nome on Thurs
day.
Martin will be accompanied on
the Nome trip by Mrs. Carolyn
Martin. Martin is also scheduled to
meet with representatives of, Kot
zebue and other villages in that
area to discuss problems facing the
residents in the Arctic.
A fur shop in Las Vegas stays
.0pen until 3 aon.—just in case a
big winner decides to pick up a
naink or sable while he’s still
ahead.
Hearth and Historv
— P ' II I ‘ It"
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Few people know 3V
miles df (he city of,
propped up on stiftsl Ff
ly 1,000 years, 'gypsum
mined beneath the town,
fare the French Revolufi
entire house—with 7 1—
it—collapsed into
ground, caves.
In some parts off
the world, a new home Is only wdrth the paper its iwift on. Natives
along the Mpologoma RIvoj’ in Africa stomp sturdy
sheets of papyrus info a brpad raft... live in grass
huts built on their paper property!
Modern home seekers don't
have to buy haphazardly.
Best way to find a sound
house to fit every family need
is to enlist the professional
services of a REALTOR. Mem
bers of the Motional Associ
ation of Real Estate Boards,
they are pledged to an estab
lished code of ethics.