U.S. NAVY PLANE EXPLODES
IN MID-AIR, 27 PERSONS DIE
EBERSBCBG, Germany (jW — A
four-engine US. Navy plane on a
secret mission exploded, crashed
and burned yesterday, killing all
27 persons aboard.
U.S. authorities at the scene said
at least 20 bodies were recovered.
A spokesman at Atlantic Fleet Air
Force headquarters at Norfolk, Va.,
said there were 27 and disclosed
the classified nature of the flight.
An Air Force spokesman in Ger
many had said the plane was on
a routine training flight.
A U.S. Army spokesman in
Munich said the plane, a WV-2
Constellation, was believed to have
blown up in the air because the
tail section was found several miles
from the main wreckage.
The plane was based in Rota,
Spain, and had flown to Frankfurt.
It was on a flight from Frankfurt
but had planned to return there
before taking off for Spain.
The plane plummeted in an open
field near this south Bavarian
town.
Many Germans reported hearing
a loud explosion. Several Germans
said they saw the big plane roll
over in the air several times before
crashing.
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EVERYONE GETS A
PERSONAL INVITATION
SEATTLE tff» — If Alaska Gov.
William Egan finds his office too
crowded for him to get in, he has
only himself to blame.
Everyone who visits the Alaska
State exhibit at the Seattle World’s
Fair gets a personal invitation from
Egan to come to Juneau and say
hello to him at his office.
The invitation is part of a tape
recorded message from Egan at
the start of a diorama of Alaskan
life, its cities, highways, people
and culture.
At the end there is an electronic
display of Northern Lights so visit
ors can experience this typically
Alaskan phenomenon.
The history of the state is dis
played through its Indian and Es
kimo art and gold rush relics up
to exhibits of modern-day indus
tries such as king crab, oil, lumber,
pulp, salmon and tourism.
The largest polar bear in the
world, the record brown bear, a
gigantic king crab, a monster hali
but and a walrus are among the
stuffed wildlife in the pavilion.
“The lady known as Lou,” a
painting by Alaska artist C. R.
Heurlin, is at the entrance. It is a
picturization of the famous Robert
Service poem, “The Shooting of
Dan McGrew.”
A preview of the new Alaskan
“Marine Highway” is demonstrated
through a lighted map which shows
routes ferries will take beginning
in September.
TROOP 63 NEWS
At last Friday’s meeting officers
and patrol leaders were selected.
For the Wolf Patrol John Town
er was elected and John Amund
sen was named assistant patrol
leader. Bear Patrol, Joe Dexter,
assistant, David Otten Jr. Lynx
Patrol Art Johnson, assistant, Billy
Lee.
Peter Dexter was elected Senior
Patrol Leader; John Towner, quar
termaster; Billy Lee, scribe; Art
Johnson, librarian.
We had a slumber party on the
same night at Phoebe Hall. All
present were:
Charles Tucker, Melvin Otten,
Douglas Doyle, John Amundsen, j
Harvey Miller, Art Johnson, Owen
Sundstrom, Tom and Billy Lee, Joe
Dexter, David Otten Jr., Erwin
Tucker and Scoutmaster Ralph
FondeU.
BRONZE MARKER PLACED
SEATTLE yR — A bronze marker
was placed yesterday at the site
from which the Willapa, first ship
of the Alaska Steamship Co. fleet,
sailed for Alaska on March 3,
1895. Civic and waterfront digni
taries attended the ceremonies.
Mayor Gordon Clinton accepted
the plaque for the city from the
Yukon Club and Propeller Club.
D. E. Skinner, Alaska Steam presi
dent, spoke.
Other such plaques have been
placed by the two groups at Seat
tle historic spot each National
Maritime Day the past six years.
Sign over a Manhattan bar;
“Warning. Three out of four ac
cidents occur at home.”
Victor Charles Awarded
Fellowship for Summer Study
BETHEL — A Bethel High
School teacher, Victor F. Charles,
has been awarded a fellowship
for summer study in journalism by
the Newspaper Fund,
Charles was among 465 high
school and junior college teachers
to receive such a grant. He plans
to attend the University of Alaska.
Funds for the Newspaper Fund,
now in its fourth year, are made
possible through gift of the Wall
Street Journal.
Science has found a new use for
wild deer. Their antlers serve as
effective fallout barometers to
show the presence of poisonous
Strontium 90.
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Nome Homes
Get a Lift from
Upholstery Class
Nome’s homes got a lift from
the upholstery class, organized by
Mrs. Pete Hahn and taught by
Mrs. Jean Burand of the University
of Alaska Extension Service.
During the two sessions held this
fall and spring Mrs. Dick Galieher
has completed a blue sofa, gold
platform rocker and brown -
striped occasional chair. Mrs.
Maurice Kelliher has finished a
rose divan, gold platform rocker,
tapestry channel back chair and
an occasional rocker in green. Dur
ing the same time Mrs. Hahn has
made a brown chair and ottoman,
and has recovered two other chairs,
one in tan and another in melon.
Mrs. Howard Huffer is really
ahead as Mrs. Helen Fagerstrom
and Howard have re-upholstered a
sofa in beautiful blue for the Huf
fer home. Mrs. Barrow Morgan
came out on top with a lovely
brown overstuffed chair and a
tangerine occasional piece done by
Mrs. Donald Lyle and Mrs. Stan
Morgan. Mrs. Lyle renovated a
lovely antique chair using a wax
and sand technique on the wood
and melon brocade for the cushions,
while Mrs. Stan Morgan has a bit
more homework to do to complete
a picture-book wing rocker in tan
and ecru brocade.
Mrs. George Bell is well on the
way to completing her ambitious
project of an entire living room
suite in brown barkeloth. ‘‘Mrs. Dan
Walsh worked untiringly to help
us aK and believe me,” stated Mrs.
Burand, “you often need extra
hands for re-upholstery projects,
as our many visitors will testify.
It wasn’t safe to stop by to ob
serve. for you were immediately
asked to hold this or sit here a
minute,” Mrs. Burand Said.—
The classes were held at the
Lutheran Church where unlimited
hospitality and cooperation were
extended. Their peace and quiet
will be restored now that the
scraping, drilling, hammering, saw
ing, tacking and sewing have ac
complished their goal of better
living for Nome.
Nome Directory
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Zrery Monday Noon a* S
North Star Dining Boom
Pete Walsh, President
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ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Moeta First and Third Mondays
Anvil Ledge
No. 140
Carl Midcolsoa, W. M.
Norvin W. Lawis, Sac.
Nome Rotary Club
SSfeu Herb Jenk*
Parent-Teachers Assn.
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