TROOP 66 NEWS
The troop was called to attention
by Robert Johnson Wednesday
and took care of their business.
The troop then lined up outside of
the the Scout Hall and marched to
the school. Ira Hill was there to
lead us with song while we waited
for the movie to start. Troops 66
and 63 then saw a Scout movie
entitled “The Right Way.” Follow
ing was a uniform inspection for
Troop 66.
Mike O’Connor, Scribe
Senate Bill Prohibits
Trading Stamps In Alaska
JUNEAU UP) — A bill which
would prohibit the use of trading
stamps in Alaska passed the Sen
ate today, 16-3.
The sponsor of the measure, Sen.
W.O. Smith of Ketchikan, told the
Senate that while trading stamps
are not in use in the state yet,
the measure would protect Alaska
merchants from “unfair competi
tion” from big chain stores which
might move in and use the stamps.
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Revolutionary Govt.
Of Iraq Appears
To be Anti-Communist
WASHINGTON — The State
Department said today the new
revolutionary command which has
seized power in Iraq appears to be
“anti-Communist.”
A military coup in Iraq toppled
the government of Premier Abdel
Karim Kassem today and a new
government was proclaimed. The
400 U.S. citizens in Iraq apparent
ly escaped injury.
“The first official act of the new
revolutionary command,” the De
partment reported, “was to purge
known Communists from the of
ficer corps along with Kassem’s
intimates and members of the
former Council of State.”
Giving this assessment of the
situation, press officer Lincoln
White said the revolt probably was
set off by Kassem’s action last
week in retiring 58 nationalist of
ficers and replacing many of them
with pro-Communists.
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Million-DoJJar Sound
Stage Burns Down
BURBANK, Calif. (*> — Flames
visible for miles destroyed a huge
one-million-dollar sound stage at
Warner Bros, studios Wednesday
night as firemen, hampered by
smoke, fought for six hours to
control the stubborn blaze.
It wasn’t until early morning that
17 fire companies got the upper
hand.
The blaze evidently broke out
after carpenters and other crafts
men had gone for the day. The
workers had been preparing a set
for the filming of a comedy, “Mary,
Mary,” starring Debbie Reynolds
and Michael Rennie.
Not a Crackerj ack Safe Cracker
EASTON, Md. (£>—Burglars un
able to crack the safe in the office
of a bottled gas distributor finally
settled for the cookie jar.
State police said the safecrack
ers who broke into the place Tues
day night worked on the safe with
a large screwdriver, a chisel, a
hammer, a maul, a hacksaw, a
burning torch, a hatchet and a pick.
They finally took a few dollars
in change from a cookie jar.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Straub left
Wednesday on a vacation and busi
ness trip and plan to return later
in the spring.
Bye Bye Belly Dance
BEIRUT, Lebanon W) — Leba
non banned the belly dance today.
Howls of protest are expected to
greet this ruling by Interior Min
ister Kamal Jumblatt, a practicing
yogi and a chieftain of the Druze
religious sect.
The nation’s official news agency
confirmed Jumblatt’s edict against
the belly dance, but the issue is so
explosive that the agency indi
cated it does not intend to pub
lish news of the ban.
Belly dancers, with their wispy
costumes, jangling anklets and
tinkly finger bells, will not longer
be permitted to shimmy in night
clubs or on Lebanese television
screens.
At the same time, the Interior
Ministry outlawed sale or broad
casting twist records.
Jumblatt outlawed the twist it
self last winter but Lebanese, in
cluding many government officials,
ignored the ban and went on
dancing it until about three weeks
ago, when police patrols began
cracking down.
In the future petroleum may
fuel you as well as your motor
car. Scientists are perfecting pro
cesses to make edible proteins and
vitamins from petroleum for hu
man use. They already have been
tested successfully on animals.
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Theorizes Life
On Planets
NEW YORK M — Scattered
through the Milky Way are per
haps 600 million planets bearing
intelligent life, an astronomer
theorized recently.
The Milky Way is a galaxy or
family of 20 to 200 billion stars,
with our sun being a rather aver
age star.
Prof. Lloyd Motz of Columbia
University said he estimates the
Milky Way contains 200 million
stars similar to our sun, and if
they have planets like ours, each
might posses three “as abodes of
an intelligent form of life.”
Besides earth in the retinue
of the sun’s planets, Venus and
Mars “could support an intelligent
form of life under slightly altered
conditions,” Motz told a joint ses
sion of the Institute of Aerospace
Sciences and American Meteor
ological Society.
“That life exists beyond the
solar system is now taken for
granted by most scientists, even
though we have no direct evi
dence,” he said.
“We know from astronomical
observations that in our galaxy
there are millions of stars similar
to our sun. Recent developments
in the theory of stellar evolution
now observationally confirmed
show that all stars with the same
general characteristics originated
in pretty much the same way from
the same kind of cosmic dust and
gas, and have evolved in the same
time through the same series of
stages.
“Moreover, we also know that
when stars like the sun are born
from a matrix of gas and dust, a
planetary system also arises.
“From this it follows that there
are in the galaxy millions of
planetary systems like our solar
system with similar physical and
chemical properties.”
If a star has been burning long
enough, and if the temperature is
agreeable on a planet, highly in
telligent life is bound to evolve,
Motz said.
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BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 pjn.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 2
Order of Eastern Star
Verna Mickelson
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and llhird Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Werner E. Bohrer, W. If.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursdays
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
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Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Trank Couch, President
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
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Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Don Lyle, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.