Seppala Birthday Honored
Leonard Seppala, the world’s
most noted living “dog musher,”
celebrated his 86th birthday on
Sept. 14. with many oldtime friends
calling all through the day. The
home was filled with flower gifts
and a birthday cake, centered with
a colored picture of “Sep” and his
dogs, and surrounded on the two
tiers with 86 candles in tiny cups.
It was the gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy B. Earling, oldtime Fairbanks
friends
As one talked with this dog lov
er. he was reminded of • Togo,’’
his leader, and of the 84 miles he
drove one day through the winter
blizzards in 1925 to help bring
serum in relay teams from Nenana,
658 miles away. On September 13,
Sen. Bob Bartlett paid tribute in
the Senate to Mr. Seppala and to
all other pioneers whose dogs had
given service in many ways in ear
lier days. “Men and dogs, working
together,’’ said Bartlett, “opened
Alaska, carrying mails and sup
plies.”
Dam Dedication Up
Degrees for Salmon
REDDING. Calif. UP — President
Kennedy dedicates this Saturday
the Whiskeytown Dam which will
provide hot and cold running wa
ter for spawning salmon.
This is the first dam designed
by the U. S. Bureau of Recla
mation providing such service.
Salmon like water of 55 de
grees Fahrenheit for spawning. But
water behind the dam can vary
from 30 to 40 degrees from the
surface to the bottom.
So Whiskeptown Dam, near Red
ding. will have built-in control
gates at two levels. Water from
each outlet can be mixed to pro
vide just the right temperature
for the fish.
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Scholarship Semis
EVANSTON. 111. iiP — Thirteen
Alaska high school students were
among 13.000 in the nation named
today as semifinalists in the na
tionwide competition for merit
scholarships.
They became semifinalists in
the 1963-64 program through su
perior performance in the National
Merit Scholarship qualifying tests
given in more than 16,500 high
schools last March.
The test is the first step toward
winning a four-year merit schol
arship to a college of the student’s
choice.
From the 13,000 semifinalists an
estimated 1,500 will receive schol
arships from the Merit Scholarship
Corporation or co-operative spon
sors.
The Alaska semifinalists:
Anchorage — West Anchorage
High School, Tom Moore Acree,
Sam B. Deakin, Kenneth A. Pres
ton, Joanne Wallington. East An
chorage, Frederick L. Wicks.
Fairbanks — Vernon Allan Bar
ber, John R. Cary, Keller M. Glea
son, Edward R. McIntyre.
Juneau — Phebe S. Smith.
Petersburg — Kirsti Ann Eide.
Sitka — Sidney D. Easterday.
Wasilla — Katherina Coghlan.
Soviets Ratify
Test Ban Pact
MOSCOW u¥> — The Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet today rati
fied the limited nuclear test ban
treaty — 24 hours almost to the
minute after the U.S. Senate
acted.
Tass reported the vote in the 33
member body was unanimous,
which everyone had expected.
The Presidium, under the So
viet constitution, has the power to
act when the Supreme Soviet it
self is not in session. Its decrees
are rubber-stamped when the full
body meets which is usually in
December.
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BPR Explains
Pact with Interior
Road Contractor
JUNEAU LP — Regional Engin
eer William J. Niemi of the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads today
termed inspections of a highway
construction project in the Tal
keetna area “rather routine.”
Niemi said, however, that there
were some unusual aspects to the
job. involving the grading of some
four miles of new roadway on the
Anchorage - Fairbanks Highway
near Sunshine and the construc
tion of a bridge across the Su
sitna River.
Niemi commented after a for
mer Highway Department employe
charged in Anchorage that he was
instructed to falsify records to
hide faulty construction.
Another former employe on the
job. an oiler for the contractor, was
quoted as saying the state per
mitted stumps to be buried in fill
work needed for the road.
Robert E. Sharp, deputy high
way commissioner, said the latter
charge apparently involved the
construction of an access road to
the bridge site.
“We gave the contractor permis
sion to build the access road and
to incorporate it later in the high
way grading work,” Sharp said,
“with the understanding that it had
to be brought up to specifications.”
“The access road wasn’t up to
specifications and wasn’t expected
to be.
‘‘The main point that has been
overlooked is that neither the
state nor the Bureau of Public
Roads has accepted the job. and
they won't unless the work is up
to specifications.”
Niemi said the audits and inves
tigations inspection of the high
way work involved had not been
completed, and he said he had not
yet received a field report from
his district engineer.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted — Gabriel Okitkon,
Allen Johnson, Elsie Sanders.
Transferred to ANS Hospital at
Anchorage—Patrick Adams, Flora
Washington.
Discharged — Lucy Trigg, Ger
trude Foster, Ann Green and baby
boy, Wilbur Davis and Janet Cald
well.
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New Disease . . .
Do you scold your children
when they chew their fingernails?
You may also find fourself scold
ing them about “eraserophagia,” a
frequent childhood habit of nib
bling—and swallowing — erasers.
Take a look at your child’s
classroom pencils. Signs of tooth
marks or chewing, and absence of
chunks of the eraser, could indi
cate your youngster has been inad
vertently adding to his diet.
Should a child become ill and
require an X-ray examination, the
radiologist may observe these bits
of eraser as unexplained opaque,
white spots on the radiograph.
In a recent report to the medi
cal profession, two radiologist col
leagues of mine detailed the dis
covery of these unusual white
spots scattered throughout the co
lon (large intestine) of young chil
dren. No medical history could
provide the reason for the spots.
Led by the clue of a nibbled pen
cil, the medical detectives were
so intrigued by their findings that
they chewed some erasers them
selves, proving their diagnosis and
labeling the disease “erasero
phagia.”
Erasers show up on X-ray film
only if they contain certain sub
stances. such as “lithophone, ’
which is a harmless ingredient but
clearly evident on the film.
While erasers do not have much
flavor, it has now become evident
through the diagnostic use of X
rays that “eraserophagia” is prob
ably a rather common habit
among school children.
DULUTH, Minn. UP — President
Kennedy, who has a history of
back trouble, almost took a tumble
at the airport in Duluth. He slipped
on the wet ground, but four aides
kept him from falling.
Kennedy walked from his plane
to a crowd that had waited in a
drizzle and began shaking hands.
As he turned to leave, he slipped.
The President stopped in Du
luth on his 10-state tour.
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Kivetoruk Moses Scores at
Indian Art Show
Kivetoruk Moses of Nome has
won an honorable mention at the
National Indian Art Show staged
at Bismark, N.D. The show was
sponsored by the Bismark Cham
ber of Commerce, and was visited
by 12,824 persons, including U. S.
Attorney Robert F. Kennedy. Thir
ty-eight exhibitors were repre
sented, with 102 paintings
The paintings were also viewed
by Mr. Philleo Nash and other
BIA rpresentatives, as well as Ivan
Dimitri, famous artist and pho
tographer. President of Indian
Arts and Crafts, Mr. Robert Hart,
and other representatives were also
among the viewers.
It is reported that Moses has a
ribbon on the way to him. His
paintings were entitled “Cape Es
penberg Chief’’ and “Eskimo
Belle, wife of Chief.’ They are oil
and ink, and on sale at $30 each.
Kivetoruk's address is Box 814,
Nome.
NOTICE
Beta Sigma Phi will conduct a
Bake Sale commencing at 10:30
a„m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the
N. C. Store.
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