FORT WAINWRIGHT
OFFICERS CLUB
GUTTED BY BLAZE
FAIRBANKS HP — Fire raged
out of control yesterday morning
and destroyed the $500,000 Ft.
Wainwright Officers Club.
Scores of firemen from the Army
base, the nearby Eielson Air Force
Base and surrounding fire de
partments battled the blaze.
Firemen formed a line and man
aged to pass out some of the
building’s contents.
All of the club's personnel were
accounted for and there was no
report of casualties.
A board of officers is being es
tablished to investigate the blaze.
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FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska
Initial tests of a revolutionary
Land Navigation System, designed
to assist combat soldiers in move
ment over difficult terrain as
found in the Northern Latitudes,
have been completed by U.S. Ar
my. Alaska. Combat Developments
Agency.
Mounted on a combat vehicle,
the system continuously informs
the driver of his position and di
rection of travel. He can report
his position quickly and accur- i
ately without the aid of land- ;
marks.
The system consists of a power
supply, a gyro compass, a head
ing and position indicator, a com
puter. and a map plotting board.
The computer receives direction
input from the compass and dis
tance data from the vehicle’s odo
meter. The map plotting board 1
shows the vehicle position and di- !
rection of travel with a lighted j
dot and an arrow. The map scale
can be changed by simply flip
ping a switch.
There are 15 000 different kinds
of wine in the world.
Greek Seaman Sick Off
Kodiak, Flown to Hospital
JUNEAU l/fl — The Coast Guard
reported today it has evacuated a
19-vear-old crewman on the Greek
freighter Avios Dimitiris Tuesday
after being advised he was ill and
in need of medical treatment.
The youth, whose name was un
available here, was flown to Ko
diak for hospitalization. Headquar
ters of the 17th Coast Guard Dis
trict did not know the nature ocf
his illness.
The Avios Dimitiris, en route
to Singapore, rendezvoused with
a Coast Guard plane from Kodiak
off the Shumagin Islands and
then proceeded to Sand Point,
where transfer of the patient from
the ship to the aircraft was com
pleted.
WANTED TO CONTACT . . .
The Nome Police Department
advises that they have had a
phone conversation with a Helena
Soergel. of Glendale, Calif. She
would like to contact her brother
Carl Soergel, who she believes is
in Northwestern Alaska. Anyone
knowing the whereabouts of Carl
should advise him that his sister
is ill and that she would like to
have him contact her by phoning
246-9897, Glendale.
Studebaker Closing Plant
The chairman of the Studebaker
Corporation — Randolph Guthrie
— says it lost 40 million dollars
building autos in the U.S. since
1959. Studebaker has announced
it is closing its assembly plant at
South Bend, Indiana in a week
or two, but will continue produc
tion in Hamilton, Ontario. Of op
erations in South Bend, Guthrie
said: “We were being bled to
death there.”
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Carols with Tom-Toms
In the Philippines, students at
Christian schools serenade the
wealthier families with Christmas
carols, accompanied by enthu
siastic tom-toms, guitars and har
monicas.
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BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Jack Carpenter, Pres.
Bob Smith, Sec.
Meeting Every Tuesday
North Star or Polaris — 7 p.m.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
tis Verna Mickelson
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
?emer E. Bohrer, W. M.
Charles Lewis, Act. Secty.
Meets First i nd Third Thursdays
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Don Hoover
Psesldent
Virgil Vochoska
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 2nd Thursday each month
Don Lyle, Pres.
Bill Ullrich, Acting Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Composite Sqdn.
1st Lt. Victor Charles, Commander
Meetings—Each Monday 7:00 p.m
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Frank Couch, President
Everett Bachelder, Secretary
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