Contributions Asked
For Bennie Benson
KODIAK — Kodiak’s own Ben
nie Benson is in dire financial
straits as a result of heavy hospital
and doctor expenses occurred dur
ing the past several months.
Ronnie who as a school young
ster in Kodiak designed the Alas
kan state flag and gained wide
spread fame for the community,
recently had surgery for the re
moval of some toes, and now it is
feared that a leg may have to be
amputated.
His employer, Bob Hall, owner
of Kodiak Airways, says that he
knows the medical expenses have
gone over the $5,000 mark and arc
continuing to mount.
The Kodiak Mirror and others
who know Bennie feel his recovery
will be hastened if he feels a part
of his medical expenses will be
defrayed.
All Kodiakans and other Alas
kans who are willing to contribute
in this worthy cause are asked to
mail checks or make contributions
addressed to the Bennie Benson
Fund, no matter how small, to the
Kodiak Mirror, P.O. Box 1307.
The names of all donors, wheth
er they be clubs, classroom groups
or individuals, will be publicly
acknowledged in the Mirror.
Wide Variety of
Weather Covers State
The State of Alaska had a wide
variety of weather today.
Fair to partly cloudy skies were
common over the western portion
of the state from Kotzebue south
ward through Nome and Bethel.
Kodiak and Cook Inlet had
cloudless skies.
Snow fell over various points
in the central interior and the
southeast Panhandle had steady
rain. Occasional showers of rain
were reported along the Gulf
Coast.
Low clouds banked the Arctic
slope. A weak storm centered near
Adak brought some rain and
snow to the Aleutians.
Overnight temperatures ranged
from a low of minus 9 at Barrow
to a high of 39 at Annette Island.
The high yesterday was 46 at An
nette.
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Cuban Anti-Aircraft
Batteries Fire at Plane
HAVANA H’i — Cuban anti
aircraft. batteries fired on a low
flying plane over a Havana suburb
yesterday in apparent, accord with
Prime Minister Fidel Castro’s j
warning against continued U.S.
surveillance of Cuba.
The plane, presumed by eye- i
witnesses to be a U.S. Navy Nep
tune patrol plane, returned the ,
fire briefly. There were no re- j
ports of anyone on the ground or
aboard the plane being hit. The ;
plane flew off without apparent I
damage.
The Defense Department in i
Washington said it had no informa
tion to substantiate the report.
Witnesses said the plane was
coming in low over the suburb of j
Miramar from the west when the
batteries opened up. It veered off
sharply to the north. As it cross
ed open water, a Cuban patrol j
boat a mile offshore fired at it j
with machine guns.
CUB SCOUT PACK 63 NEWS
The boys had an exciting even
ing last month during the Pine
wood Derby program, and the one
planned for this month will be
full of fun too.
Taking advantage of the school
holiday the day after Thanks
giving there will be an afternoon
program Friday afternoon in the
Multipurpose Room. Buckskin
Pioneers is the name of the new
program. Besides skits by the boys
there will be displays and frontier
game time.
Parents and friends are invited
to come and the time will be
2 p.m. Friday.
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HEALTH HINTS FOR THE FAMILY
WET COUGHS
by Margaret Little*
A cough is a cough and every
cough is a nuisance, something
to get rid of as fast as possible.
But all coughs are not alike; dif
ferent things cause them and
different treatments make them
better.
Some coughs are wet. There
is mucus down in the respiratory
passageways and the body's pur
pose in making you cough is to
raise up the mucus and get rid
of it. A simple expectorant cough
medicine will certainly make it
easier to raise this mucus.
A wet cough should never be
treated with a cough medicine
that has a narcotic in it. Such a
medicine may do more harm
than good because it acts on the
cough center in the brain; it
doesn’t do a thing for the mucus
that is causing the trouble, and,
in addition, narcotics are apt to
be habit-forming.
Quite small children are apt
to cough up mucus, but instead
of spitting it out, they swallow
it. Of course it’s better to spit it
out, but it's hard to persuade
some children to do this. It
doesn’t seem to do a child much
harm to swallow the mucus, but
it is certainly easier for him to
do so if his throat is eased by a
simple cough medicine and the
mucus is made thin and watery
rather than thick and sticky.
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Wet coughs at any age can be
eased with a vaporizer. Need
less to say, if the cough doesn’t
improve in a day or two, better
see your doctor. Should you or
your child he feverish with a
cough, don’t delay — see your
doctor right away.
Noted Pediatrician, Consultant to Pertussin Laco.^.oiies
Linden berry Time
COLLFGF1 A 1 a . k a n s who
picked iingenberTies (low bush
cranberries* last summer are in
gnat. shape to enjoy them during
the holiday season, according to
Miss A fines Sunnel, state home
economies leader with the Co
operative Extension Service of the
University of Alaska.
The bright red color is tradi
tional for the season and their fla
vor is as good, if not better than
cultivated and processed cran
berries.
There are many kinds of lingen
berry relishes that are excellent
with meat.
One common and successful
relish uses two cups of fresh ber
ries and one orange. The lingen
berries should be coarsely chop
ped with the juice of the oran.e
Then wash the skin of the orange
and put it through the food chop
per with the large blade, or chop
coarsely by hand. Stir all th <•>
ingredients with one cup of ■ al
and chill until serving time. ThA
will make about one pint of reii-A.
ALASKA'S FIRST FERRY
WILL BE READY JAN. 1
SEATTLE dP) — Delivery of the
first of Alaska’s three new ferries
still is scheduled for Jan. 1, Puget
Sound Bridge & Dry Dock said
today, despite reports in Alaska
to the contrary.
Alaska State Rep. Wally Kub
ley, Ketchikan, said today that
Malaspina. under construction
here, could not possibly be finish
ed until Feb. 1.
The shipyard said it “was not in
the least impossible” to complete
the new ferry by Jan. 1.
U.S. AIR FORCE WILL
RELEASE 14.000 RESERVISTS
WASHINGTON UP — The De
fense Department today ordered
release from active duty of the
14,000 Air Reservists called up in
the Cuban crises.
At the same time, it ended the
freeze order which had held in
service all Navy and Marine per
sonnel whose service otherwise
would end by Feb. 28.
An announcement said that
every effort would be made to ex
pedite the release of the Air Force
Reservists and “return them to
their homes as soon as possible.”
COMIN* . . .
From Fairbanks: Johnny Step
henson, Mrs. L. Stein, Steve Hop
son, Judy Jorgenson, Mr. Stadler,
Barry Pow'ers, Ken Cohen, John
Penatac, Don Hoover.
GOIN' . . .
To Kotzebue: Marilyn Cedar
leaf, Jim Hemphill.
To Fairbanks: Fred Stauffer, J.
Hendrickson, Sally Voss, Herbert
Essenituk, Betty Rud, Onii Lind
gren, John Black, Lena Hoogen
dorn, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Brick
er, Ronald and Debra Bricker,
Norma Scott.
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Christmas
Is less than two months
away.
And in Nome you plan
early for the holidays, or your
plans are not fulfilled.
Have you ordered your
Christmas Cards yet?
If not, we suggest that you
stop by at the Nome Nugget
office and place your order
NOir, in order to assure that
they’ll be here in time for
mailing.
Business houses are remind
ed this is the last week for
calendar orders.
Nome Nugget
Mickey Mantle Named
American League's
Most Valuable Player
BOSTON '.V — Mickey Mantl
the Yankees’ gimpiy-kgged slug
ging ma ter, Tuesday was name*
the American League's most vaiu
able player for the third tirm
in his career.
The 31-year-old New York (in
ter fielder beat out Bobby Rich
ardson, 234 votes to 152, in polling
by a committee of the Baseball
Writers Assn, of America.
Harmon Killcbrew of the .Minne
sota Twins placed third with 99
votes. Leon Wagner of Los Angeh
was fourth with 85 votes, and
Cleveland pitcher Dick IJ novan
received 84 votes for fifth place.
M a n t 1 e. feared the end of
his playing career last spring when
he injured his left lee and knee,
also won the league's high* A hon
or in 1956 and 1957.
He had been nosed out by Roger
Maris of the Yankees in I960 and
1,961 — a slim four-vote margin
a year ago,
Military Activity Stepped
Up In Southern Florida
MIAMI, Fla. .-? — Military
activity was stepped up in the
south Florida area Tuesday.
A steady stream of Army trucks
bearing "Explosives” signs speed
ed to the Miami area, under an
“all points’’ order from the Florida
Highway Patrol to clear their
passage.
At the MacDill Air Force Base
near Tampa, battle-ready para
troopers of the 82nd Airborne
Division, under tight security
i wraps, were poised for a practice
j drop in the Army-Air Force
j maneuver “Operation Sun Shade
1.”
Sun Shade 1, the second war
game since the Cuban crisis
erupted, is the first of five weekly
exercises designed to sharper
skills at flying troops quickly tr
trouble spots, and dropping para
troopers into combat zones.
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MIAMI BEACH. F . M A
powerful herno Tie i • ■ '■ reek- I
- aulomobi if if) vh: h Jo < Miff
i Cardona, f.' u ii a n ffevolu?jonar\
Council pro. idfnt. M -or. hn.u
earlier ridden to hi home from
Miami International Airport.
Miro Cardona, fin ‘ prime mini. -
ter in Fid'-l Castro’.- revolutionar;,
government, had returned from
Washington where he eon f erred
•.vith TC.S. offieiais and Latin
Ameriean diplomat, on the Cuban
: situation.
The exile leafier, members: of his
. family and staff were asleep in
the duplex annrtment house which
serves as hi: office and horrtt when
the bomb expkxied.
Miro Cardona ran to the ,-trc 1
in his night clothes and found his
! car torn apart and gasoline-fed
i flames hooting 2a feet into the
air.
Miro broke with Ca.~tro in July
I960, and to< k refuge in the Ar
getine Embassy in Has.ana. II .st
rived it Miami Oct. 1 1 and soon
! had quasi U S. government r> -
cognition as the prime Cut an exile
leader.
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Cuba Charges "Yankee"
Plane Tried to Bomb Ship
KEY WEST. Fla. '.•? — Havana
radio charged Tuesday a “Yankee
; plane" flew over a Cuban mer
chant ship Monday on the high
seas southwest of Bermuda and
dropped 11 bombs, some of which
exploded 50 feet above the vessel.
The radio said the ship, Rio
Damu.ji, reported by radio that
the bombing was preceded by 72
hours of "pirate checks" by US.
planes and vessels.
In Washington, a spokesman for
the Pentagon denied that any U.S
plane was involved.
The Rio Damuji, carrying pota
I toes to Cuba, was undamaged, the
; radio said, and none of its 33
crewmen was injured. The port
from which it set out was not
gi ven.
There was no mention of return
fire from the merchantmen, listed
in Lloyd’s registry as a 2,891 -ton
craft with Havana as its home
port.
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