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Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
YOGA FOR THE MULTITUDES
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Matanuska - Susitna
File Petition for a
First Class Borough
JUNEAU UP> — The Local Af
fairs Agency said today it has re
ceived a petition for an election
on the incorporation of a first
class borough in the Matanuska
and Susitna Valley areas.
The borough would be known
as the Matanuska-Susitna borough
and would include all of Election
District 7, plus the area drained
by streams emptying into Cook
Inlet from and including the Kus
tatan River to the boundary of
District 7.
Director Ronald Cease of the
Local Affairs Agency said the peti
tion would be reviewed to see
if it is in proper form, then, if it
is, the agency will determine if
the area meets the incorporation
standards of the Borough Act.
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“Many Alaskans don’t know
that if their U.S. Savings Bonds
are lost, stolen or destroyed, the
U.S. Treasury will replace them
without charge,” Helen Fischer,
Alaska state director for the Treas
ury’s Savings Bonds program said.
“Because one in four Alaskans
are estimated to own bonds, we
want to inform them about the
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vestment in A m e r i c a,” Mrs.
Fischer continued.
“In order to protect bondowners,
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fact that bonds are not negotiable
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Food Prices Show
Slight Advance
PALMER — Food prices ad
vanced slightly in Alaska during
the three-month period ending
March 15, the University of Alas
ka’s Agriculture Extension Service
reported Thursday.
The average price for a market
basket containing 40 food items
was $22.53, up from $22.37 in De
cember. The price of an identical
market basket in Seattle was $17.60
in March, while the nation aver
age was $16.70.
The market basket prices were
up 59 cents at Fairbanks, 29 at
Anchorage, 26 at Palmer, 22 at
Nome, 20 at Sitka, 17 at Seward
and 8 at Kodiak.
Petersburg and Ketchikan prices
averaged slightly lower, 11 and 4
cents, respectively. Juneau prices
were unchanged.
Higher average prices were re
ported for tomatoes, canned and
frozen orange juice, cabbage, flour,
round steak, oranges, sugar, rolled
oats, eggs, bananas onions, carrots,
lettuce, baby food frozen straw
berries, potatoes, fruit cocktail,
pork and beans and jello.
Lower average prices were re
ported for bacon, ice cream, pork
chops, ground beef, frying chicken,
fresh milk, butter, shortening,
j oleo, corn flakes, luncheon meat,
canned peas, bread, chuck roast,
evaporated milk, apples, canned
peaches, tomato soup and salad
dressing.
There was no change in the
average price of coffee.
The cost of the 40-item market
basket by city included Ketchikan,
$19.86, Petersburg, $20.56; Sitka,
$21.06; Juneau, $20.73; Kodiak,
$22.85; Seward, $22.51; Anchorage,
$22.20; Palmer, $21.78; Fairbanks,
$25.14; and Nome, $28.66.
Skeleton Found
Identified as Sitka Man
JUNEAU UP — State Police said
Thursday little doubt remains that
a skeleton found on Portland Is
land Saturday is that of John Run
dall of Sitka, who vanished from
the state ferry Malaspina March
30.
Capt. Wm. Trafton of the State
Police said Mrs. Gladys Over
street, a close friend of Rundall’s
in Sitka, had identified articles
found near the skeleton as belong
ing to the missing man.
Mrs. Overstreet identified a gold
and jade ring with an Alaska flag
design and pointed out markings
where it had been sized to fit
Rundall.
She also identified a piece of
sock and a black turtleneck sweat
er as being similar to items of
clothing Rundall was wearing when
she last saw him, about one and
a half hours before he boarded the
Malaspina at Sitka, Trafton said.
Trafton said the woman also
gave the point number of a pen
that coincided with the number
on a pen found near the skeleton.
Trafton said that while there
was little doubt the remains were
those of Rundall, he did not want
to make positive identification
until the X-ray comparison had
been completed.
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SEVERAL COMPANIES
SHOW INTEREST IN
BUYING ACS SYSTEM
By Frilx Willi
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON UP — There are
signs of some interest by private
parties in buying parts of the
Alaska Communications System
now operated by the Air Force.
However, the Air Force offi
cially states it has not received
or solicited information from
prospective buyers of the system,
in which the Defense Department
has invested some $230 million.
Lt. Col. Robert Ewell, Air Force
Director of Command Control and
Communications, told a House Ap
propriations Subcommittee the Air
Force favors the sale of the system
and is actively pushing a bill to
allow it.
“We do not believe we belong
in the common carrier business
and ... we wish to release mili
tary personnel to military duties,’’
Ewell said in testimony made pub
lic today.
Rep. George Andrews, (D-Ala.),
asked Ewell if he had any idea
of how many prospective bidders
or interested parties there might
be if the system were put up for
sale.
“I have talked to five that I
know of,” Ewell replied.
“All interested?” asked Andrews.
“All interested in large por
tions,” said Ewell. “There are a
number of independent telephone
companies in Alaska, plus some
investment firms who would be
interested in piece-mealing the
operation.”
Ewell said there is no estimate
of how much could be gotten for
the system but that the Air Force
is working to identify salable por
tions which would provide a fair
return to an investor.
In a statement submitted to the
committee, the Air Force said:
“Those government facilities ex
tending from Fairbanks to Anchor
age and Juneau to Ketchikan
would probably be the most desir
able segments for commercial in
vestment purposes.”
Ewell testified that about 95
per cent of the use of the ACS is
for civilian purposes.
Referring to the federal invest
ment, Rep. Daniel Flood, (D-Pa.),
commented the system “is a nice
! round, fat prize to fall in some
body’s lap.”
“If we keep it long enough and
put in enough lace curtains and
gold spokes and silver plugs, it
will be ready to turn over to some
body at a nice sacrifice price some
Monday morning soon,” Flood said.
North Koreans Shoot
Down U.S. Helicopter
SEOUL, South Korea Iff) — Com
munist ground fire knocked down
and badly damaged a U.S. Army
helicopter in North Korea today.
The Communists refused to dis
close the fate of the two officers
aboard it.
The report that the helicopter
was shot down was made at a
meeting of the Joint Military
Armistice Commission by Maj.
Gen. Chang Chung-Mwan, chief
delegate of Communist North
Korea.
Chang charged the flight was
“part of the U.S. imperialists’ hos
tile activities in Korea.” He evad
ed a request by the U.N. Command
for the return of the two pilots
and the helicopter.
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Calmly Responded
Calmly, Cooper responded
“Roger” or “Okay” to Glenn’s
counsel, and on the 22nd orbit they
started the count-down together.
A mistake of a single second in
firing any of the three reverse
rockets could mean a landing error
of seven miles. A few seconds
awry could spell disaster after
560,000 miles of smooth sailing.
The Kearsarge, where a happy
outlook had turned to tension, sent
up her search and rescue planes.
Imperturbably, Cooper fired his
rockets as he soared over the Red
China coast near Shanghai. Soon
the Kearsarge radarscope located
an object 84 miles high, out of
sight above thin clouds.
The waiting men aboard the
Kearsarge and two destroyers on
station shortly heard the rever
berating thunderclap of a sonic
boom.
The Faith 7 popped into view
almost dead ahead, dangling from
its 63-foot red and white striped
parachute.
Scorched by its fall through the
atmosphere but solid and intact,
it plumped into the 5-foot waves.
First official estimates put it a
mere 7,000 yards off the port bow,
but it finally was fixed at 4.4 nau
tical miles, 8,800 yards. “I’m in
fine shape,” Cooper radioed. He
had been aloft 34 hours, 20V^
minutes.
Helicopters dropped frogmen
who affixed flotation gear to the
capsule. A whaleboat smartly
towed it alongside and a crane
lifted it into the hangar deck.
Cooper blew off the hatch and
Dr. Rchard Pollard of the Space
Agency crawled in and took his
blood pressure.
Cooper crawled out backwards,
smiling but evidently giddy.
Telephone Calls
In quick order telephone calls
came from President Kennedy,
Secretary of the Air Force Eugene
Zuckert, and his wife, Trudy, back
home in Houston, Tex.
Many congratulatory radiograms
poured in from public officials.
The Senate passed an official re- *
solution of congratulations. Ken
nedy invited the new space hero
and his family to the White House
Tuesday.
On Midway Saturday he will fly
from his trip to Hickam Air Force
Base, Honolulu, where his wife
Trudy and daughters Camala and
Juanita will be awaiting him. It
was in Honolulu, as a student at
the University of Hawaii, that
Cooper met Trudy in 1946.
Commencement Address
SACRAMENTO, Calif. U) —
President Kennedy will deliver
the commencement address and re
ceive an honorary degree at San
Diego State College on June 6.
Gov. Edmund Brown said he
confirmed the arrangements in a
telephone conversation with the
President yesterday.
BID NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received in
the Oily Clerk's Ofice until 5 pjn..
May 27, 1963 to furnish the fol
lowing through October 1963:
Furnace Oil—Lots of 400
gallons or more. Stove oil
—by gallon.
Water, per gallon basis.
Garbage pickup at City
Hall—3 times a week.
The City reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Nome Common Council,
By Robert F. Scott.
City Clerk
Pub: May 15, 20, 22, 24, 1963.