Blind Father Rescues
.‘{-Year-Old Daughter
From Swimming Pool
TEMPLE CITY, Calif. UPl — A
3-year-old girl owes her life to her
blind father, who rescued her from
the family swimming pool.
William Schmidt, 29, a teacher,
raced down the stairs of his home
Monday when he heard a commo
tion.
He leaped into the pool, groped
his way around until he ran out
of breath. He surfaced, then went
down again in search of little
Peggy Marie.
“At the deep end of the pool, I
felt her leg,” Schmidt related after
he had revived the child by mouth
to-mouth resuscitation.
“You may be surprised a blind
man can move so quickly,” re
lated Schmidt to newsmen later,
“but I know my way around this
house. I helped build those stairs,
and most of the rest of the house.”
The father said his wife, Meta
had asked him to put their 9
month-old son to bed upstairs.
“I had just reached Mark’s bed
room when I heard Meta tell a
neighbor that Peggy was upstairs,
too,” said Schmidt. “I knew she
wasn’t with me, so I set Mark
down on the floor and ran down
stairs to the pool. My wife had
already jumped in, so I dove in
after her.”
Firemen said Schmidt undoubt
edly saved the girl’s life. Peggy
explained she had simply decided
to try the pool by herself.
IS RETIRING . . .
NEW YORK Ufi — Daniel J.
Duffy, who spent 22 years track
ing down absent-minded subway
and bus riders — who left behind
such items as false teeth, cats,
poodles and bicycles — is retiring.
Duffy, 69, has been supervisor
of the Transit Authority’s Lost
Property Dept, since 1941.
His most unlikely find, Duffy
said, was a tombstone — which
he promptly returned to its owner.
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Lien Against Palzer
JUNEAU If* — The Internal
Revenue Service late Monday filed
another lien against former ferry
concessionaire Chris Palzer, claim
ing $26,433.33 in withholding taxes
during the second quarter of 1963.
The federal government previ
ously had filed a $9,089.35 lien
against Palzer for withholding
taxes claimed during the first
quarter of the year.
In a related action, the Internal
Revenue Service filed a levy for
the two amounts, totaling $35,522.68
with the state.
The action means that if the
state pays Palzer any money prior
to the time the lien or levy or
both are released by the Internal
Revenue Service, the state will be
come liable for a like amount to
the federal government.
Palzer has claimed the state owes
him some $500,000 for his ferry
concession operations prior to the
time the state took over on July 4.
The state is now in the process
of making a complete audit to de
termine what amount, if any, is
owed the fromer concessionaire.
BIA Summer Program
Ends at Shungnak
The BIA summer program at
Shungnak closed July 17 with a
brief program. At that time stu
dents demonstrated what they had
accomplished and certificates of
performance were given those en
rolled in sewing and carpentry
classes.
Thirty-eight children and 22
adults were enrolled in kinder
garten, arithmetic, music, foods,
sewing, carpentry and craft class
es. On July 13-14 participants en
joyed an overnight barge trip
down river to Ambler and return.
This was a real treat for every
one.
The Ken Krigers, teachers at
Shungnak, are now outside on a
month’s vacation. They will visit
families and friends in Colorado
and New York before returning
to Shungnak for their third year.
A Do-It-Yourself Public Service?
CHICAGO—To those home craftsmen who become mesmerized
with ecstasy while planing wooden doors, shutters, storm windows
and other do-it-yourself projects, this picture is presented as a
public service.
It shows what could nappen
If the hypnotism took hold
permanently and a do-it-your
selfer reduced a piece of wood
to its lowest common denomin
ator — chips.
With the pictured Model 930
electric hand plane, jpst intro
duced by Wen Products, Inc.,
Chicago 31, 111., a tester com
pletly planed down an 84-inch
high by 36-inch wide wooden
door.
The result was a pile of 193,
536 individual shavings, each
of which was 1/4 of an inch
long and 1/16 of an inch thick.
The new and unique twin cut
ter assembly of the Model 930
proved to be an important time
and labor saver, especially when
compared to the old-fashioned,
non-electric hand planes.
Overheating was no problem
in the continuous trimming
operation. The 2-inch diameter
cutter assembly was driven at
a speed of 14.500 R.P.M. by
the plane’s 1/2 HP Universal
motor, but the welded burn-out
proof armature allowed the unit
to run cool.
Lightweight (7-3/4 pounds
totally), and compact — only
7-1/2 inches high, the Model 930
is the first professional electric
hand plane priced below $50.'
It is comparable to planes cost
ing more than twice as much.
The aluminum plane has a
16-inch shoe length and is con
trolled by a finger trigger
switch built into the comfor
table, man-size handle.
When the tester was finished,
though, he had one problem.
What to do with the pile of
shavings.
Any suggestions?
Test-Fired Successfully
i SACRAMENTO. Calif. UP —
America’s first rocket motor ca
pable of being turned off and on
in space was test-fired successfully
Tuesday by the Aerojet-General
Corp.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Joseph
Bleymaier, director of the Titan
III program, called the static test
firing ‘‘a truly significant event.”
“There is no question that the
test was a complete success,” he
said. “We are truly confident as
to the capable design of this en
gine at this early stage.”
Air Force Secretary Eugene
Zuckert, on a tour of western
states watched as the twin liquid
fueled engines sent white vapor
clouds rolling over the sprawling
test site in the Sierra foothills east
of California’s capital.
The two motors, each generat
ing 800,000 pounds of thrust, will
fit in the third stage of the Titan
III Dyna-Soar man-in-space proj
ect.
Dyna-Soar will boost two men
into orbit sometime after 1965.
A Cheap Price . . .
GLASGOW, Scotland OP — A
Laborite lawmaker took up Mon
day complaints by Scottish girls
that the United States Air Force
seems to undervalue them.
A U.S. Air Force regulation cir
culating here was cited as saying
American airmen must have at
least $280 in the bank before they
can marry local girls.
James Dempsey, member of
Parliament, announced his inten
tion to raise a question about these
regulations in the House of Com
mons.
“I appreciate the gesture of our
American friends but I feel one
hundred pounds is a cheap price
to set on the wonderful qualities
of our pretty Scottish lassies,”
Dempsey said.
Seven out of 10 Americans have
defective eyesight, according to
the Better Vision Institute.
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‘Lippy* Cassius Clay Puts
In Unexpected Appearance
At Liston’s Victory Party
LAS VEGAS, Ncv. UFI — “This,”
—announced lippy Cassius Clay,
“was not a heavyweight champion
ship fight. It was just an elimina
tion to see who’s going to fight
me.”
Clay, the noisy, unbeaten con
tender from Louisville, made the
remark after putting in an un
expected appearance at Sonny
Liston’s victory party Monday
night, following the champion’s
one-round knockout of Floyd
Patterson.
Clay said he showed up at the
victory celebration “just to make
him (Liston) mad.”
He shouldered his way through
the crowd to where Liston was
sitting with some friends and told
the massive champion: “You’re
just a sucker. My brother could
nave beaten Floyd Patterson.”
Liston, in a rare burst of humor,
invited:
“Come over here and sit on my
knee and finish your oragne juice.”
Some further words were ex
changed and at one point Liston
rose to his feet and assumed a
mock fighting pose. Friends moved
between them.
Clay stole much of the thunder
from the fight even before it start
ed.
Clay stepped into the ring while
the announcer was introducing
famous boxers who were at ring
side. The fistic poet waved to
the crowd and shook hands with
Patterson.
Then he started for Liston with
his hand out — but suddenly re
treated in mock fear and bolted
from the ring.
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Michigan Hikers
Reach Mile 015
WHITEHORSE, Y. T. OF — Two
Michigan residents hiking along
the Alaska Highway from Daw
son Creek, B.C., to Fairbanks, yes
terday passed the 915-mile point
in the 1,532-mile journey.
Ted Struble and Keith Cossey.
both university students, left Daw
son Creek June 21.
They were accompanied by
teacher Park Seiler and John
Hall, also a student. All are from
Lansing.
Seiler started the trip walking
but blisters, swollen ankles and
bleeding feet forced him to give
up after 101 miles. He joined Hall,
who has been driving a bus ahead
of the hikers and setting up camp
for them.
“It’s a helluva long road,’’ Stru
ble said on arrival here.
“Our legs are in pretty good
shape but the bottoms of our feet
are sore. The blisters and bunions
stage was passed long ago.” Seiler
was filming a travelogue on the
journey but he wasn’t too sure
how it will turn out.
“We ran over his camera with
the bus,” Struble said.
Kay Stanley, daughter of the
late Henry Stanley, would like
to correspond with former Nome
friends. Her address is 1704 N.E.
150th, Seattle 55, Wash.
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