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EDITED!
New Member Drive
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is having its annual drive
for new members.
The bigger the membership the more people there are to
do its work and make a better community in which to live.
The Chamber is the most potent instrument for progress
here and it has a fine slate of officers who put in many hours of
work each week—unseen and often unsung—to keep projects
alive in this part of Alaska which is often the forgotten part of
the state because it is most remote. Because of its location the
leaders in the community have to work harder to have their
needs known.
We are in a transition period, not only from territory to state
but from a community based on gold production to projects of a
more modern era. We can only go one way and that is GROW,
and the harder we work at it the faster we will reach the goals
we seek.
Largely due to the work of the Chamber, there is a good
airfield here and a larger one for jets will come from future
planning. The Vocational School soon becomes a reality through
the works of the Chamber people, tourism is being promoted
bigger and better than ever by the Midnight Sun Festival and
plans for winter tours, industry such as fishing and reindeer pro
cessing will result from promotion by the Chamber.
The investment is small for businessmen as well as individuals
who call Alaska home. Be part of the future by serving your
community.
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Airman Freed of Murder
By Civil Authorities, Faces
Same Charge by Air Force
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (J>»—
A young airman from San Diego,
Calif, cleared of murder by civil
authorities, faces prosecution by j
the Air Force on the same charge. ;
Investigators at Mountain Home
Air Force Base announced last I
night they will charge Gerald M. j
Anderson, 24, with the “premcdi- j
iated murder" of Nancy Joy John
son. 22, and her son, Dannv, 2,
last April.
The Air Force arrested Ander
son Monday afternoon, just five
nours after his release from coun
ty jail, where he had been held .
seven months while awaiting trial.
A judge dismissed a first-degree
murder charge after Elmore County
authorities accepted the confes
sion of another man, Theodore
Thomas Dickie.
But Col. Charles Allard, base
commander, said there were “ob- ,
cions falsehoods" in Dickie’s con
fession and the Air Force was
acting on information obtained
from Anderson when he was ar- 1
“ested last April.
Air Force authorities are to ap
pear in U S. District Court at Boise <
:o explain why they are holding ]
Anderson. The court order was
issued Monday night after Ander
son's attorneys petitioned for a ■
.vrit of habeas corpus.
Mrs. Johnson, wife of an air- ’
nan, and her son were killed in
heir home here. Mrs. Johnson also
vas raped.
Earlier this month, Dickie sign
ed a statement admitting the rape
daying of a 10-year-old girl at
3oise. He then confessed to the :
Mountain Home murders, saying
ne couldn’t let an innocent man
hang.
Univ. Extension Service
Will Have New Quarters
In Federal Building
The University of Alaska Ex
tension Service which has had its
headquarters here for several years
in the home of the local agent,
Mrs. Wm. Burand, is moving to
bigger and more business like
quarters soon, in the Federal Bldg.
Representatives from the villages
as well as those consulting Mrs.
Burand locally will find her on
the second floor of the Federal
Bldg.
Thp PVPr phpprfnl Qnrl noonm _
modating Jean Burand has an
swers on how to make puppets,
how to improve gardening adven
tures, furniture problems, cloth
ing problems, nutrition and baby
care, canning, as well as many
other services offered through the
University of Alaska. She has at
her finger tips resource materials
for almost anything needed by
the homemakers of Alaska and
visits all the surrounding areas
throughout the area. She covers
about 7,000 miles by bush plane
a year. Her area is estimated to
be bigger than the state of Texas.
With all her diversified jobs
and talents, Jean finds time to
shop for the villagers for special
needs and is never too busy to
assist in local projects which im
prove and upgrade our Alaskan
communities.
Hers is a big job and she does
it graciously, patiently, and with
a smile.
Half the American people have
some sort of eye trouble.
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Pope John Extends
Peeess of Ecumenical
Council hy Four Months
VATICAN CITY GT> — Pope
John XXIII Tuesday extended the |
1003 recess of the Roman Catholic
Ecumenical Council by f o u r
months, telling the prelates to re- !
turn in September instead of May
from a recess that begins Dec. 8.
The Pope's decision for a nine
month break was announced at
I’uesday's closed council session in
3t. Peter’s where 2,200 bishops ex
amined a thesis exploring possible
mads toward Christian unity.
Pope John does not sit in the
'ouneil hall for the working ses- j
dons.
His decision, sought for several
,veek by Latin-American and mis
sionary bishops was read to the
^relates by Archbishop Pericle
Felici. Council Secretary-General.
The 81-year-old Pontiff had an
lounced two weeks ago that the
xuineil would recess Dec. 8, end
ng the initial phase that began
vith a solemn ceremony Oct. 11.
\t that time he set the period for
he second phase as May 12 to
rune 29.
The change meant that the car
iinals, patriarchs, archbishops and
rishops will not have to return to
Home until Sept. 8.
There was no announcement
vhen the second phase would end
jut sources said it would certain- 1
y not run beyond mid-December
1963.
\irline Service Interrupted
The Alaska Airlines service has
Deen interrupted due to engine
ailure day before yesterday. j
Station manager George Lienard
stated this morning that the plane
A^as taken to Anchorage this mom- !
ing and a new engine should be!
installed in time for the schedule
to be resumed tomorrow.
Looking for an atomic hide
away? Operators of 27 commercial
caves in Missouri say they can
shelter a million persons in an
emergency. Lester Dill, operator
of the huge Meramec Caverns in
that state, says he already has
made 5,000 reservations.
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New Members Initiated
Into Beta Sigma Phi
Tin- home of Mrs. Stanley Mor
gan was the setting for the candle
light ceremony welcoming new
members into Nome Kappa Chap
ter of Beta Sigma Phi Sunday
afternoon. The new members of
the non-academic international
sorority are Mesdames Richard
Deems, Howard Farley, Harold
KcMcv and Otto Schulz.
I he pledge ritual was conducted
by Mary Honsberger, president of
the chapter, with Beverly Morgan
and Ruth McLean assisting.
Following the ritual, a preferen
tial tea honored the new members.
Pouring at the tea were Mrs. Boyd
Harwood and Mrs. Thomas Martin.
Mrs. Harwood has been social
sponsor for the chapter for several
years.
Special guests Sunday afternoon
were Mrs. Donald Lyle, Mrs.
Kristy Waldheim and Mrs. M. ,J.
Walsh, mothers of active mem
bers of the sorority.
Army Will Call Up 20,000
Men In Next Six Months
WASHINGTON UP* — For the
next six months draft calls will be
raised to add 20,000 to the Army’s
ranks by June 30.
The Defense Department author
ized yesterday the temporary in
crease in the Army’s manpower
from the previously planned 960,
000 to 980,000.
The increase, an announcement
said, is intended to help offset the
loss of trained personnel as the
service of draftees called up in the
Berlin crisis buildup a year ago
expires.
The draft quota for this month
is 4,000. For December it is 6,000.
An increase in monthly quotas
up to 8,000 appears possible.
The high point in draft calls
during the Berlin crisis came in
September 1961 when the quota
was 25,000.
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Barbados on Parade
1
the TRADITION AND POMP Of 19th Century British cere
mony will be on display in the United States during a visit by
the famed Barbados Police Band. The 33-member group on its
first visit here from the easternmost Caribbean island plays
.efflngvrSmt»C,-assicf,to Calypso —but is best known for
stirring British Regimental music Which has thrilled thousands
S811 vXisitor^in Ba.rbados.-Members wear brilliant
scarletand white uniforms, inspired, it is said, by Queen Vic
toria. The drum major, seen above during a parade in Barbados,
drapes a leopard skin over his uniform — an unlikely adorn
r l n is*and where there are no leopards, but an unusual
sight for bathers who often are treated to beachfront serenades.