Explosion Demolishes
Business Block in Spokane
SPOKANE UP> — To a terrified
waitress it was just a loud sucking
noise. To a fire captain it was a
ball of fire followed by a deafen
ing boom.
Many thought it was an air at
tack; some thought it was a direct
bomb hit.
These were among the first im
pressions of the unexplained ex
plosion that demolished a business
block in north Spokane Saturday
night with a loss that may run $1
million or more. The thunderous
noise was heard for 20 miles.
Houses trembled all over the
vv city. Windows were broken and
plaster cracked for blocks around.
Display windows miles away were
* shattered.
At least 31 persons required hos
pital treatment for injuries, but no
one was in serious condition 24
hours after the blast.
NEW IBM COMPUTER
JUNEAU UP) — A new IBM com
puter, which can whip out material
at a rate of 600 lines a minute,
was dedicated Friday by Gov. Wm,
Egan.
The new unit is located in the
basement of the Alaska Office
Bldg.
Floyd Guertin, State Commis
sioner of Administration, said that
with the new computer, the entire
state payroll can be completed in
three days, once all the necessary
information is in Juneau.
Government Spending to Climb
WASHINGTON — Spending
by state and local governments will
climb $4.5 billion this year to a
record $63 billion, the Commerce
Department estimated Sunday. The
federal government plans to spend
about $92.5 billion in the fiscal
year starting next July 1.
Scientists are trying to harness
the energy of bacteria. They hope
some day to use these tiny one
celled animals to make electrical
power from garbage, and to op
erate submarines more cheaply
than by nuclear energy.
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MAJ. GEN. WEST BANS
PROTEST MEETINGS BY
RESERVISTS IN LOUISIANA
FT. POLK, La. UP> — The com
manding general of Ft. Polk, Maj.
Gen. Hartley B. West today banned
protest meetings by reservists seek
ing to get off active service or
trying to find out when they would
be released.
In a letter read at reveille to all
troops on this sprawling western
Louisiana base, Gen. West, himself
a National Guard officer called to
active duty for a year, said: “As
of this date, no more gatherings
nor meetings will be held either in
civilian clothes or uniform.”
West said continuation of the
meetings, at which “there have
been contemptuous words and re
marks against the President of the
United States and against the Con
gress,” might “possibly incite riots
or breach of peace.”
He said military personnel who
want to write to their congressman
or senator “may do so in the pri
vacy of their barracks and must
employ respectful language.”
The protest meetings here which
began several weeks ago, were held
outside the main post exchange.
Most troops attending wore civilian
clothes.
“Marriage resembles a pair of
shears, so joined that they can
not be separated; often moving in
opposite directions, yet always
punishing anyone who comes be
tween them.” —Sydney Smith.
A Favorite Crab Recipe
This delicious crab dish can be
made with fresh or canned crab
meat. For the white sauce, you
may substitute a can of con
densed mushroom soup.
DEVILED CRAB
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
3 Tbsp. flour
2 cups rich milk
1 pimiento, chopped line
2 Tbsp. green pepper, chopped fine
1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
1 Tbsp. Sherry (optional)
1 top. Lea A Perrins Worcestershire
Vi tap. dry mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups flaked fresh or canned
crabmeat
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
Grated Parr' ' ’err
cheese
Make a white suus.a o; the butter,
flour and milk; add all remaining
ingredients except cheese. Turn into
greased baking shells or individual
casseroles, and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375
deg.) about 20 minutes, (Serves 6)
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Boys Who Scuffled With
Astronaut John Glenn
Did Not Recognize Him
ARLINGTON, Va. M — Teen
age boys who scuffled with astro
naut John H. Glenn Jr. at his
church have told police they did
not realize who he was.
One boy was quoted as saying if
he realized it was Glenn he would
have tried to shake the Marine
lieutenant colonel’s hand,
i The boy tried to prevent Glenn
from recording the license number
of the youth’s car at the Little Falls
United Presbyterian Church.
In an interview with the Wash
ington Star, juvenile officer W. K.
Davis also reported that a sepa
rate group of youths whom the
astronaut encountered earlier in the
evening of March 10 did recognize
him and deliberately taunted him.
This boy, referring to Glenn’s
space capsule which landed in the
ocean after his triple circuit of
the earth Feb. 20, sang: “Beer can
in the ocean. Beer can in the ocean.”
Police are continuing the;r in
vestigation.
Superase Bond Typing Paper
For Sale ai the Nugget
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Project No. Alaska 61-C-901-A11
City of Nome
Nome, Alaska
Separate sealed bids for pro
viding all labor, materials, equip
ment, etc. necessary for alterations
and additions to the Nome Grade
School will be received by Mr.
Conrad Potter, on April 9th at the
office of Superintendent of Schools
until 9:00 o'clock p.m., Alaska
Standard Time, Zone 3, (Bering
Sea Time) 1962. and then at said
office publicly opened and read
aloud.
The information for Bidders.
Form of Bid, Form of Contract,
Plans, Specifications, and Forms
of Bid Bond and Performance
Bond may be examined in the
office of Linn A. Forrest, Archi
tects, A.I.A., located at 622 Hem
lock Way, Juneau, Alaska: Super
intendent of Schools' office at
Nome, Alaska; Associated Gen
eral Contractors, Inc., 215 W. Har
rison Street, Seattle, Washington;
Associated General Contractors,
Inc., Central Building, Anchorage.
Alaska. Copies may be obtained
at either the office of the Archi
tect or Superintendent of Schools
upon payment of $20.00 for each
set. Any unsuccessful bidder, upon
returning such set promptly and
in good condition, will be refund
ed his payment, and any non
bidder upon so returning such a
set will be refunded $20.00.
The owner reserves the right
to waive any informalities or to
reject any or all bids.
Each bidder must deposit with
his bid, security in the amount,
form and subject to the condi
tions provided in the Information
for Bidders.
Attention ox bidders is particu
larly called to the requirements
as to conditions of employment
to be observed and minimum wage
rates to be paid under the con
tract.
No bidder may withdraw his
bid within 30 days after the actual
date of the opening thereof.
March 9, 1962 City of Nome
Nome, Alaska
Pub: Mar. 14, 19, 26, 1962.
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Army team hopes to better several current world parachuting
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X-RAYS AND YOU-3
Television Now Helping Doctors
Fight Disease
Television techniques are now
being used in a unique way by
the medical profession to diag
nose disease more quickly, safely
and accurately.
Dr. Russell H. Morgan, a Bal
timore radiologist, or specialist
in the uses of x-ray, reported re
recently on a new device that
permits patients to have x-ray
fluoroscopic examinations with
substantially reduced amounts of
radiation. At the same time, con
sulting doctors can view the x-ray
images on a screen. In fluoroscop
ic examination, internal structures
can be studied as they actually are
functioning and ‘'still” x-ray Elms
made of suspected trouble spots.
All of this appears on a device
resembling a console-model TV
set, which even the patient him
self can view if necessary.
The new technique is an impor
tant advance in the field of radi
ology, because of advantages it
oifers over the older more con
ventional methods. Dr. Morgan,
pioneer in this field, put it this
way:
"The application of television
methods to fluoroscopy allows a
number of innovations in tech
nique which are likely to provide
the radiologist considerably more
freedom in the design and use of
his apparatus in the years to come.
Improvements include use of the
fiuoroscope in normal daylight
and improved ... radiologic im
ages, both in terms of detail and
contrast—all at extremely low
[radiation] dosage values.*
This is the third in o series of
reports on recent advances
in the diagnostic and thera
peutic use of medical x-rays.
Today's report describes how
television techniques are
now being used to diagnose
disease. A subsequent article
will discuss new research
findings in the treatment of
cancer.g
He said the new method can
reasonably be expected to lower
radiation dosage to the patient in
gastrointestinal examinations by
half, and in certain heart exam
inations by as much as 90 per
cent. *
"One thing is reasonably cer
tain," Dr. Morgan said. ’Televi
sion methods and screen intensi
fication will find increasing use
in mil hospitals, large and small."