Futuristic Gate
Collapses at Century 21
SEATTLE UP) — The collapse of
a $15,000 futuristic gate at the
Seattle World’s Fair led to a
huddle Tuesday to decide on the
cause, replacement and who’ll
stand the loss.
The unconventional saddle
shaped arch, 50 feet high, 80 feet
wide and 60 feet deep, fell Mon
day afternoon and apparently
was smashed beyond repair.
The laminated wood structure
splintered as it fell, narrowly
missing three workmen.
The parabolic arch was erected
as the Fair’s east gate, at Fifth
Ave. North and Republican.
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Bold Gunman Robs
Anchorage Bar of $12,000
ANCHORAGE UR — A bold
gunman robbed a downtown An
chorage bar of more than $12,000
cash Monday night.
The robber, unmasked, walked
into the Union Club on Fourth
Ave., ordered a beer and then
pointed a snub-nosed revolver at
the bartender.
The cash, all in small bills used
for cashing payroll checks, came
from a safe behind the bar which
the gunman ordered the bartend
er to open.
None of the patrons in the bar
apparently knew what was hap
pening until the .robber left.
The bartender described the
man as about 35 years of age,
white, medioum build and light
complexion.
$913,855 in Benefits
JUNEAU UR — Unemployment
insurance benefits totaling $913,
855 were paid to claimants in
Alaska during January, Labor
Commissioner Gil Johnson said
yesterday.
Of the total, $823,583 was paid
out under state-financed unem
ployment insurance program.
Benefits from the special federal
program amounted to $90y272.
Russians Display
New Style Chess Match
MOSCOW W — Mikhail Bot
vinnik, the current world cham
pion, and Vasil Smyslov, the ex
title holder, returned to their
customary silent, serious chess
matches yesterday wondering if
they had changed the whole ap
proach to the game.
The two grand masters played
a match Monday before a crowd
of 15,000 in Moscow’s indoor arena
using shapely ballerinas as human
pawns. Half were dressed in white,
half in black and all wore bright
red stockings. Others represent
ed kings, queens and castles on
the huge chess board which
covered the floor.
Botvinnik and Smyslov went
through the motions of the match.
Each time one would decide on
a move one of the ballet dancers
would gracefully pirouette into
position.
When it was all over, a draw
was declared. Neither player was
saying whether he enjoyed the
experience.
Economists say that in the Iasi
40 years Americans have used up
more material resources than the
rest of the world’s population die
in the previous 4,000 years.
Unemployment Rate at
Nome Set at 54.6 Pet.
JUNEAU un —- Alaska’s insured
unemployment rate dropped to
18.5 for the week ending Feb. 17,
Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson
said Tuesday.
That compared with the pre
vious week’s rate of 19.2, and 20.2
for the comparable week a year
ago.
Johnson said new unemploy
ment totaled 549, down from the
previous week’s total of 626. Con
tinuing unemployment insured by
the State was 6,205.
The insured unemployment rate
by areas included:
Anchorage, 16.5; Fairbanks, 19.4;
Juneau, 22.4; Ketchikan, 17.6;
'Nome, 54.6; Petersburg, 31.0; and
Sitka, 12.0.
Demand for Space Flight Stamp
I WASHINGTON — There is
still a, phenomenal demand for the
four-cent stamp commemorating
the space flight of John H. Glenn,
the Post Office Department re
ports.
, I To meet the requests of col
: lectors, the first-day cover issue
i i has been increased from 1 mil
lion to 1.6 million.
Proposals Would Give
Medal of Honor to Glenn
WASHINGTON — Two pro
posals to give astronaut John. H.
Glenn Jr. the Medal of Honor
have been introduced in Congress.
One bill, introduced Monday
by Rep. Frank Chelf, (D-Ky.>,
would authorize presentation of
the medals to all seven astro
nauts assigned to the Project
Mercury man-in-space program
Chelf’s bill also would provide
bonuses of two years salary for
each of the astronauts and of
$5,000 to “each scientist, physicist,
mathematician, engineer and
technician and other persons
materially actively engaged in”
Project Mercury.
The other proposal by Sen.
Olin Johnston, (D-S.C.), would
authorize the Medal of Honor for
Glenn alone.
$15,000 for Snow Removal
JUNEAU UP) — A bill appropri
ating $15,000 for snow removal
and emergency repairs at bush
airfields during the current fiscal
year was approved by the Senate
yesterday, 20-0.
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