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EATING HIS DUST !
Dr. John Scluidler
Is \cw Doctor at
MMM Hospital
Dr. John Sehadler. medical doc
tor and surgeon at the Hamilton
County Genera! Hospital. Texas,
for the past three years arrived
here today. Prior to that, he
was chief of surgery at the U.S.
Public Health Service Indian Hos
pital at Talihina, Okla.
The MMM Hospital which has
been a one-doctor hospital since
1917 and was the first such hos
pital to be accredited by the Joint
Committee on Accreditation of
Hospitals of the American Medical
Assn. The need of having two doc
tors in this hospital, which is the
only hospital serving the whole
Northwestei n Alaska, that serves
the people without discrimination,
has long been known.
Th.rough the efforts of Emma
Burris, executive secretary for the
Women’s Division of Christian
Service, the improvement has been
achieved. Dr. Sehadler will be
medical director and surgeon and
also director of the Federal Grant
for Rehabilitation, set up through
Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Term.
Dr. Fenstermacher, who is al
ready here, will doctor and is ad
ministrator of the hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. Sehadler have five
children, three in grade school and
two of pre-school age. They will
live in the residence formerly oc
cupied by Dr. John Barrow on
First Ave. West.
SGT. YORK RECOVERING
NASHVILLE, Term. — Sgt.
Alvin York is recoverin' satis
factorily from surgery for an en
larged prostrate gland, a hospital
spokesman said today.
The spokesman called the opera
tion an apparent success and said
the 74-year-old Medal of Honor
winner could return to his home
in Pall Mall, Term., in about a
week.
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I .KAVEN WORTH, Kan. liP> —
Thirteen men wearing caps and
K«wns marched across the stage
and received college degrees Fri
day night in the U.S. penitentiary
auditorium.
The graduating class included
men convicted of murder, bank
robbery, check forging, narcotics
sales and other crimes. Two arc
lifetimers. They had studied for
their degrees in prison over the
last 10 years.
"We," said the class valedictor
ian, “were men enough to recog
nize our shortcomings and still
attain our goal.”
H. G. Moeller of Washington,
speaking for the Federal Bureau
of Prisons, said, ‘in my 25 years
in the field of correction this is
the most important thing that has
happened — the cooperation and
understanding shown by institu
tions outside the prison.”
Dr. Arthur Murphy, President
of St. Mary’s College, Xavier, Kan.,
who helped start the course at the
prison 10 years ago, said he had
grown to like the students for their
humor and enthusiasm.
Besides St. Mary’s College, the
University of Kansas Extension
Service and Highland <Kan.> Jun
ior College took part in the teach
ing program.
Eight other convicts received
certificates for 30 hours or more
of college work, 16 got high school
diplomas, and 18 were graduated
from grade school.
Tiie 23-piece prison band played
a processional. Several hundred in
mates in the auditorium applauded
as each name was called and the
candidates, aged 27 to 63, grinned
1 ke any college boys.
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| ANCHORAGE (A* — Anchorage
I Port Director Henry Roloff, w ho
i has been appointed the new Com
I misis inn' of the State Economic
| and Development Department, Fri
i day laid down a nine-point pro
gram. which he hopes to irnple
* ment upon taking office.
Koloff, who becomes the newest
member of Gov. Wm. Egan’s cabi
net. recited these points as his
i main objectives:
1. Expansion of Alaska’s natural
industries, such as mining, fishing,
logging, stock raising and agri
! culture.
2. Development and promotion
of tourism and the expansion of
tourist facilities.
3. Promotion and development of
air, sea and land transportation
systems.
4. Development of Alaska's
natural resources for hydroelectric
power.
5. Attempts to research and ana
lyze the “population aspects of
economic development.” He said
his efforts will be aimed toward
"sufficient population to develop
the vast opportunities that exist
in Alaska.”
6. Advancement of research and
1 statistical data to provide “tools
; with which to promote and cn
i courage the development of the
j base economy of Alaska.”
7. Thorough research into the
economic aids available through
grants, both public and private.
8. Create priorities for develop
ment projects.
9. Promotion and dispensing of
informational source material in
j order “to begin selling the advan
; tages and assets of Alaska through
| out the world.”
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GRAYS RETURN FROM
EXTENSIVE WEDDING TRIP
FAIRBANKS — Mr. and Mrs.
Charles “Chuck” Gray returned to
| Fairbanks Friday after an ex
tensive wedding trip that followed
their marriage May 12 in Orofino,
Idaho.
Mrs. Gray, the former Margaret
Clarke, is a public health nurse
and has worked in many areas of
the state and will be remembered
here.
Traveling in their own light
plane, the Grays made a complete
circuit of the United States before
returning to Fairbanks.
Judge Hubert Gilbert Gives
Opinion on Tobacco Tax Case
Judge Hubert Gilbert has given
a memorandum opinion concern
ing a tobacco tax case which arose
in Anchorage. He held for the
tobacco retailer and dismissed the
State’s complaint for the collection
of tobacco taxes from the retailer
for the years 1952, 1953 and 1954.
The judge stated in the opinion
that the tax should have been
collected from the Alaskan whole
saler instead of the retailer under
the law in effect at that time. The
State of Alaska was plaintiff. John
H. Clawson and Susitna Investment
Co., Inc., were defendants.
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JUNEAU — Hr. Thou J. Norby
stepped down Friday as the State's
Commissioner of Education, carry
ing out resignation plans announced
early this year.
! Norby. appointed to the post on
Oet. 3. 1959. will be replaced by
j Robert P. Isaac as Acting Commis
i sinner until a permanent replace
I inent is selected.
In completing his last day on the
I job. Norby said:
j "On retiring as the first Com
| missioner of Education for the
! State of Alaska, I am conscious of
j the long line of territorial com
| missioners who, beginning with
i Sheldon Jackson, have made their
contributions to Alaska education;
and of future commissioners who
will serve this state.
•’During these past three years
of transition from a territory to
a state, we have developed a pat
tern which promises continued
growth and development of educa
tion in Alaska. An orderly growth
in the future will require continu
ing attention to several policy
matters about which I feel a duty
and an obligation to make a state
ment to the people of Alaska.
"More Alaskan children should
go to school longer. Three-fourths
of the native schildron never enter
high school. Many could find no
way to reach school if they wanted
to. The drop-out rate for all chil
dren continues too high. I there
fore recommend that regional
boarding facilities be provided near
existing high schools, to greatly
extend the service areas of schools.
"More of Alaska’s instructional
materials should be developed to
meet the needs of Alaska’s chil
dren. Within the past year the
State Department of Education has
been rewriting the courses design
ed for correspondence students so
they are geared to meet specific
Alaskan needs. This service needs
to be extended to materials used
by all children of the State.
“More Alaskans should be train
ned to become teachers. The class
room teacher is the most important
factor in the education of our chil
dren. Professional training is im
portant, but other qualities can be
of even more significance. During
the past two years we have im
proved our method of recruiting
teachers by requiring a personal
interview before they are hired.
However, we are still unable to
find enough effective teachers who
wish to make a career of teachin ■
in the isolated areas of the State.
“Historically, it has been the re- j
sponsibility of normal schools and
teachers colleges within a state !
to meet this need. Alaska does not ,
yet possess this facility,’’ he said.
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Mexico City Gives
President Kennedy
Greatest Welcome
WASHINGTON ,? — President
Kennedy's hopes for success of
Alliance for Progress were buoyed
today by his second personal dip
lomatic venture into Latin America
—a smashing triumph in M x:c
City.
Millions of Mexicans in gav
fiesta spirit poured into the
squares and esplanades of their
capital and packed the streets to
cheer the President and Mrs. Kcn
n< dv on their weekend visit.
That outpouring of humanity,
which all but engulfed the Presi
dential bubble-top limousine as it
inched its way Sunday from Mexi
co's most famous shrine, the
Basilca of our Lady of Guadalupe,
alone marked the trip a success.
Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress
in Latin America, a multi-billion
dollar international aid program
spearheaded by the United Stahs,
is keyed to “peaceful revolution”
to benefit the little people of the
hemisphere. He obviously is work
ing on the theory that loans and
grants aren’t enough, that the job
can’t be done without enthusiasm
of both governments and people.
Never before had Mexico City
turned out in such masses to greet
a visiting dignitary. Government
personnel who have been traveling
with Presidents for years sav the
pulsating reception exceeded any
they had witnessed.
* cars that anti-U.S. elements
would cause trouble proved un
necessary. There were no dis
orders, not a placard of protest
visible, through the weekend.
The joint communique issued
Saturday by Kennedy and Presi
dent Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mex
ico bound the two countries to
work side by side in promoting
the well being of all inhabitants of
the hemisphere. It also joined them
in recognizing the independence
of each nation and to oppose inter
vention, whether from Castro's
Cuba or Khrushchev’s Moscow.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. —
Thieves broke into a service sta
tion during the weekend and fled
with millions, police reported.
Cash loss wasn’t much, but also
missing was a big batch of trading
stamps — three million of them.
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