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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
LONG TAIL And
MUSEUM MYSTERY
IS FINALLY SOLVED

Last summer the Alaska Territor-
ial Museum acquired an interesting
relic from Yakutat. 1t was the
antique headdress of a long defunct
Tlinget shaman or medicine man
in the form of an owls head. But
this was an owl that was different.
1t had green eyes with huge red
circles around them. Its ears were
leathery and it had hairy name.
And thereby hangs tail.
But what kind of a tail? That
was the $64 question. The In
dams didn't know, the Curator
wouldn't guess, and the experts
upstairs didn't care to take a
chance. So at the suggestion OF
w. A. Bud" Elkins, Wildlife Man.
agement Supervisor, a sample OF
the hair to which piece of moth
eaten hide was attached was sent
to Denver. Into the Wildlife Re-
search Laboratory went the mys-
terious hirsute adornment. TWO
months of deep elaboration passed.
Then came the verdict.
From a letter received by ElkinS
from the Denver Laboratory yes
terday we quote: /. :. now, a1ter
thorough comparison of the Ting
it headdress hair with all likely
material including grizzly bear,
moose, musk-ox, horse and COW,
we conclude that the hair in ques-
ton is from the tail of a cow :.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
ATTENDING HEARING
TODAY IN KETCHIKAN

The Engstrom Bros, fish buyers,
will be represented at the Mari
time Commissioner hearing on the
Alaska Steamship Company frozen
fish rates from Alaska to the
states, scheduled to open today in
Ketchikan, by AL Whitmarsh OF
the Polar Fisheries of Ketchikan,
Elton Engstrom Of Juneau said to-
day. sslA&
George Sundborg, Executive As
sistant to the Governor, left this
morning for Ketchikan and will
represent the Governor at the hear
ing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
ANN NELSON HONORED
GUEST BIRTHDAY PARTY

Miss Ann Nelson was the honored
guest at dinner and skating party
given by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Urban Nelson Friday evening in
observance of her twelfth birthday,
November %.
The dinner party was at the Mel
son residence on Behrends Avenue
and was followed by skating party
at AUX Lake. New fallen snow on
the lake and the surrounding
countryside gave beautiful back
ground for the big bon fire around
which the party centered. Snow did
not hamper the spirits of the party
fer the many skaters at the lake
had swept a wide circle clear and
the ice was in fine shape.
Guests invited for the birthday
parry were Ann Furness, Joan
Featherstone, Rose Lee Jekill and
Nancy Leege.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
FLOODING BALL PARK

Headed by Glenn Franklin and
Douglas Wahto, the Douglas Bal
Park was being converted into a
skating rink over the weekend to
provide winter sports for children
and adults who like that sport.
Two coats of water has been ap-
piled using firemen hose, but sew
eral more applications will have to
be applied before a good base is
formed. If the weather holds, there
will be skating soon, thanks to
these enterprising young men.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
SURPRISE PARTY FOR
Miss ERNA SLENDER
HELD SUNDAY EVENING

A surprise party in honor of Miss
Erna Slender was gwen Sunday
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Rogers by Mary Dallis
Pinkley. Miss Slender is leaving
with her family Tuesday on the
Princess Louise to make her home
in the States.
Guests present in addition to the
guest of honor were the Misses
Sylvia Davis, Arden Vincent. Mary
Cuthbert, Beth Fleek, Beverly
Powers, Elizabeth Peterson. Karlene
Seaberg, Lorene Schmitz, Esther
Lavold, Barbara Judson and the
hostess. Mary Pinkley.
The evening was spent playing
games and travelling prizes were
given. The honored guest opened
her going-away presents after re-
freshments were served.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
AMERICAN LEGION,
AUX. Meets TONIGHT

American Legion Post No. 4 and
Auxiliary will hold the first in a
series of joint social meetings to-
night at 8 o'clock at the Legion
Dugout. The program will be
games and refreshments. AL Lee
gionnaires and Auxiliary members
are urged to attend and take pros
pective new members.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
FIRE ALARM

The Douglas Firemen were called
out last Saturday afternoon making
a run to the Niemi residence, where
the steam bath house had over
heated and caught fire to the attic.
1t was fortunately the one after
noon that the wind was quiet IN
two weeks, and the fire was brought
under control with little damsgae
to the small structure.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
MOTHERS MEETING

There will be a mothers meeting
of the AVIS Cooperative Nursery
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the home OF
Mrs. Teresa Fenster, 7l3 Twelfth
Street, Mrs. George Rogers an
nounced today. Juice money is pay
able at that time, she said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
DOUGLAS
NEWS
SENIOR BALL SATURDAY

The Douglas Seniors presented
their Annual Senior Ball last Sat-
urday evening in the streamered
school gymnasium. Pastel shades
were used throughout in decora-
tons by the Seniors.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
Granddaughter Of
Francis Scott Key
Dies al Age Of 90

ROSS, Calf, Nov. 27-R-Jane
Francis Brice, last granddaughter of
Francis Scott Key who wrote the
"Star Spangled Banner" died yes
terday. She was 80.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
TO ST. AIMS

Mrs. Dayton Fleek was admitted
to st. AIMS Hospital yesterday
afternoon and was to receive m ljor
surgery this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27
RODEN TO SEATTLE

Henry Roden, Territorial Urea
surer, plans to leave tomorrow for
Seattle for about week on bust
ness.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27

HOME CAFE-DOUGLAS
Closed Every Monday.
615-tf
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-27

HOME CAFE-DOUGLAS
Closed Every Monday.
615-ti
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
BASKETBALL
SCORES
BY The Associated Press

SEC.
Georgia Tech IS, Louisiana
State University SO.
Vanderbilt So, Auburn 81.
Tulane So, Mississippi 66.
-
COLLEGE
Tampa 81, Miami SIS.
Sixth Naval District
Championship Basketball
at Paris Island. S. c.
Jacksonville Air Station 50,
Atlantic Reserve. Fleet Charles
ton 33.
Pensacola Naval Air Station SIS,
Key West Naval Base Al.
Cherry Point, N. c., Marines
81. Paris Island Marines Sc.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
"a House Members
Seek Reelection

TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 7.-(P.
1t doesn't seem to make much
difference how 1949 member of
the House voted on the sales tax
as far as getting by without op-
position is concerned. And as re-
ported earlier, this was also true
of Senate candidates.
OF the 81 House candidates
who are unoppoSed for Demo-
cratic nomination, twelve voted
against the sales levy and nine
favored it.
In all, Seventy-four members
of the House are seeking re-elec-
ton, including the 81 who are
without opposition.
Two others, a former member
and a newcomer, also are unop-
posed. These twenty three will
win Democratic nomination auto
matically in May and only one
will have Republican opponent
in the fall.
.Twenty-one members of the
l949 House are not running for
reelection.
Although a Republican in the
Legislature is a rarity the minor
ity party will offer House can
didateS in Duval, Dade. Lake,
PinellaS, Sarasota Orange and
Marion counties. Dade and Sara
sofa will have Republican prim-
aries while candidates in the
other counties are nominated
without opposition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
IaEyi:I!II l!|I!lIlI5
island CITY LEAcuE

OpOIN OdIcIludF
SOFTBALL
BaYview Park
Night
THURSDAY
7:30-Op-Dev-Sta VS.. Atomic
Bombers. ~
s'G %, X 1 . Flyers assyyss, subROn
BASEBALL.
Island City Baseball League
Municipal Stadium,
Afternoon)
Each Game, Z Innings
SUNDAY
Hockey West Cubans VS..
Adams Dairy.
3:0O-San Carlos Saints VS..
Atomic Bombers.
GOLF
Municipal Golf Course
(Stock Island)
Daily and Sunday play.
TENNIS
BaYview Park
tMorning, Afternoon and Night
Daily and Sunday play.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
vX-l BASKETBALL TEAM GAINS
FINALS OF ATLANTIC AIR FORCE
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

play, has only to win one more
game to win the championship.
The locals viii rest today await
ing outcome of the game between
USS Coral Sea and USS Leyte
today
Winner of this contest will play
VX-1 tomorrow. The Vx-l
squad had defeated both teams
by respective scores of 57-39, and
50-48.
If the locals win this tourna-
ment, they will compete with
other championship winners on
February 20 at Norfolk in the
All-Navy finals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
CITY COMMISSION ASKS INVESTIGAT ALTON OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT; CLAIMS NEGRO NAN
MSTREATED ON TRIVIAL LAW VIOLATION
Gilmore Is Back
Quay Wall

USS Howard w. Gilmore, sub
marine tender, that had been
berthed on Pier Baker while re-
pairs We're being made on the
USS Cabot. aircraft carrier, that
was here about a month, return
ed to the inner harbor yester-
day. She is now moored at the
south quay wall, her regular
berth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
Finals ToBe
Played In
Norfolk On
Wednesday

The amazing VX-1 team gain
ed the finals of the Atlantic Air
Force basketball championship
tournament by defeating the USS
Coral Sea quintet 50-48, in a
thrilling, close battle at Norfolk,
Virginia yesterday.
VX-1, undefeated in tourney
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
Several Witnesses
Summoned In Coal
Dispute Hearing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-(P).-
President Truman's Fact-Finding
board in the coal dispute has
summoned several witnesses for
this afternoon. While the names
of the witnesses were not an
nounced, they are known to in
clude the director of the bureau
of mines, DR.. James Boyd, and
Cancellation Director Cyrus
Ching.
John L. Lewis and the opera
tors have been invited to begin
their testimony before the fact
finding board tomorrow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
vIsH1NsKY DINNER LAST
NIGHT IN MOSCOW

MOSCOW, Feb. L-lA1-Iha
big social event here last niahi
was dinner given BY Andres ".
shinsky, the Russian Foffign
Minister.
The honor guest was Chou IN
Lai, premier ana foreign mlns-
ter of Red China.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
? Crs CRASH TOKYO

Continued From Page Oucl
things must. prison terms Zoe NE
two and dishonorable dlSchafses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07
FOLLOWING
THROUGH
PITCHERS RECORDS
IN BASEBALL LEAGUE
By PEDRO AGuILAR

Pitchers records in the Island
City Baseball League, as released
today by the writer, official score
keeper:
Pitcher w T. Dot
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-07

correct, He said that the Univer-
slty of Miami was constructed
by Georgia frim, and that bids
were asked from as far north as
Minnesota for the Jackson Me-
mortal job.
Pass Package license
On First Reading
By 30 vote, a package beer
and wine license was passed on
first reading for Auster Alexan-
der of the Victory Cash Market,
Truman Avenue. Adams, and
John Carbonell were in dissent.
Public Hearing For
Budget. Feb. 20
Monday, February 20, was the
date set for the public hearing OF
next years budget. Anyone car
ing to question the commission
ers relative to any part of the
proposed budget may do so at
that times The tentative budget
has been prepared but has not
been brought up at a general
meeting as yet.
Sewerage Rate Contract
Made With Navy
An ordinance fixing sanitary
sewerage facilities charge for
United States Navy installations
was approved. Rates for so mill
lion gallons of sewerage will be
$4,000 with a 'chafge' of 6 cents
for every 1000 gallons thereafter.
Rental Car Amendments
Passes BY 80 Vote 2'
BY another 80 vote, an amend
ment regulating charges for
rental cars passed on first read
ing. Commissioners John Car
bonell, and A. Maitland Adams
didn't approve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-28

Of the WSCS of the Blooming Rose
church with Christmas party at
the formers home ON Tuesday eve
ming Mrs Nevada lostetlel had
charge Of business. Secret sisters
were revealed, and gifts exchanged.
A lunch was served.
Sunshine Party
Misses Sarah and Patty Jones en-
teltained members and leader, Mrs.
Aubrey Custer, Of the Sunshine
Society of the Lutheran church. at a
Christmas party ut their home on
Thursday evening. Gifts were eX-
changed, games played and prizes
awarded Refreshments were served.
Lutheran Aid
Mrs. William Durham will be-
hostess to members Of the Lutheran
Aid at her home on Thursday eve
ming. January 4th.
No Service Sunday
There viii not be any service at
the Methodist church on Sunday, 3 81,
the fifth Sunday of the month
Entertained Choir
Mrs. ". J. Glenn and daughter,
Bonnie, entertained lG members Of
the Junior choir Of the Lutheran
church at a Christmas party last Fri
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-28


Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Swauger and
daughter Rehecca spent Monday
with Mn and Mrs Webster Herring,
At Dale w. Va.
Mis- Mae Schroytr, Morgantown,
w Va. was visiting relatives here
several day.
Ms. Emma Fke spent Friday with
Mrs Rabbi Fike and family.
Saturday evening visitors Of Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Friend were Stanton
Friend FIazer Ridge; Reuben Friend,
Mrs. Anna Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Savage and family. Ms. Sa-
villa Savage. Fcarcr, Md; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Thomas and sons, Mrs.
Ivan Humbcrson and SON. MIR. and
Mrs. Wade Schroyer and children.
Bernard Friend and Richard Thomas,
Slls Evelyn Groves, Fripndsvile;
Nh. and Mrs. Clayton Schruycr and
children. of Oak Hill; and Mr. and
Mrs. George Thomas. Of Clarksburg.
" Va. Amos was badly burned Sat
urday liz gasoline mt the Dvinc and
Friend Garage and Will be- confined
10 his home for some time.
Miss Neloia Swaugpr Hancock.
spent Christmas vacation with her
sister, Mrs Ward Livengood.
Mrs Charles Wicklow and son Colt,
Accident visited relatives here on
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Minnie Friend. Sand Spring.
spent a few days with the Friends
and Devines.
Mr.. and Mrs Tarleton HENDERSON
entertained II members of their
family al dinner at their home, Sun
IaV AffaDHintr ytayn. N md Mrs.
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F'Ftfe-' Huhham' hon'""H' a.
alld S@l lafthcr, OF Ahfon, ONO.
were saturday AFTERNOON Nlsl1ofS oi
W. ana Nh George Dunham.
Ii' ana -dlS. bud if+nd ana
M. b"Nld fihe VISITED ~ Ouhb'f-
I"llu' on iIuaN-
Nh and Mr. herrlle Shultz had
as their Weekend guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick Maust, Nh and Mrs. A. p
Rankin and family, Mr. Martini and
James Shultz, of Meadville, Pa.
Other Christmas day guests were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster King, of Add
son, Pa, Mrs. H. L. Shoemaker and
Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. Shoemaker and
family, all Of Friendsville.
Harry NanSickle and children and
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. VanSickle, Union
town; Mr.. and Mrs Ray VanSickle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-28

I Walter Coddington, Uniontown,
Pa. spent Monday here with his
mother, Mrs. Nettic Coddington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Savage en-
teltaincd at dinner on Sunday: Air
and Mrs. Harold Friend Mr. and Mrs.
Ray NanSickle. Of Green Gables Mr.
and Mrs. clyde NanSicklc and dauph-
ter Carole. John 7 Savage aud junior
Selby.
Miss Nellie Friend had Us her din
ner guests, Monday: Mr. and Mr..
w H. Burnside aud children Betty,
Bob and Harry, lIopwood Pa; Mr.
and Mrs Allen Friend and daughter
Diane. Denbo, Pa; Nh Clarence
Friend. Allison, Pa; Mr., and Mrs.
Daley Groves. Of Elder Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. II. Schlossnagly
and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Nicklov, Accident. and Monday din
nel guests Of Howard Schlossnagle
and family Accident.
Mrs Blanche Wright. Glade View
Farms, W. Va, is spending the win
ter here with her children.
Nh and Mrs. Ray Lytle and son
spent Christmas day with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. +. burst and family, al Nc
Clellandtown Pa.
The Arizona post., 1950-09-15

side, we are coming to the stage
where we need a good deal of
substance to go with our en-
thusiasm for Israel.
A few days ago a young man
who had picked up an advance
copy of my latest book In
Search" at a radio station where
he works, came to see me. He
was a sensitive young American
Jew, with no contacts in the
organized community life. Yet
he felt a very strong prompting
for such contact. To him 1t took
the form of wanting to go to
Israel. Could tell him whether
there was a kibbutz where,
while doing his share of daily
work, he might also find good
deal of evening theatrical ac-
tivity?
l did know of such place
Maayan, beautiful settlement
perched on hill overlooking
the sea, and founded by a group
of young Europeans with an ex-
ceptional interest in the theater.
Miriam Laserson, who was one
of the actresses in My Fathers
House, had spent a good deal of
time in Magyar, and she told me
how when their large cement
cowshed was first built, they
had dedicated it with a per-
formance of Twelfth Night, be-
fore the cattle were led into
the place.
recommended Maayan to the
young radio announcer; but in
talking with him a peculiar
though struck me. Here was a
young man who never heard of
Hechalutz and who obviously
had no cultural ties with his
own people, here. Israel was
awakening in him that need for
contact with his own people.
Strong Ties
Psychologically, in our time,
both Israelis and American
Jews are bound most strongly
The Arizona post., 1950-09-15
Meyer Levin

Editors Note: The author IS
a leading literary figure. Le0ln
is particularly kr1o10n for has
noveIS ON JelDiSh life and for
his brilliant reports on PdteS-
tine. LeUin'S latest oook rs I'm
Search" an autobiography
Ever since the war I've been
circulating from Europe to
America to Israel on Jewish
errands, and last year it sud-
denly struck me that these COM
munities instead of getting
closer together might easily
grow further apart. For oddly
enough, we Jews know very
little about each other.
In America, we get a lot OF
ENJOYS from Israel, and there
are many Americans who go to
Israel and return to tell us in
glowing terms what things are
like over there. But aside from
the Embarrassing speeches we
have little intimate contact with
the kind of culture that is grow
ing in Israel, and what is worse,
they know less about us.
In America
For instance-While the most
typical and most active factors
in the average American Jew
ish community may be the
temple and the community CEN
ter, these institutions are un-
known to Israel. Worship, for
those who are observant, is or
thodoX. The complex idea of
the modern temple with its
courses in handicraft and its
lectures on world politics is an
utterly foreign one to the peo-
pie of Israel. The Jewish COM
munity center with its basket
ball teams and dramatic clubs
may be vaguely paralleled in
the cultural center of kibbutz,
but it has no parallel institution
in the towns.
IlI-InfOrmed
How much Misrepresentation
is there, between the two great
remaining Jewish communities,
in this all-important sense?
While a flood of books-many
of them surface jobs-has given
us some notion of how the peo-
pie of Israel live, the ISraelis
have very little notion of the
American Jews way of life.
Even the literature that does
exist goes untranSlated into He
brew, while such works as
Gone With the Wind are pre-
ferred. And on the American
The Arizona post., 1950-09-15
1t Goes Both Ways

through the tragedy of the Jews
of Europe. These were our fam
lilies in common; every Israeli
had cousin IN Detroit, an uncle
in Brooklyn, and the families
are traced back to the grand
parents or the other uncles and
cousins who died in Lublin and
in Warsaw and in Koenigsburg.
Out of Europe, we have the
culture of our immediate past
-Purimspiel and latkes and
Sholem Aleichem and Yiddish
melodies, and the great culture
of all Jewish history. This is
a meeting point, where we have
common understanding.
But what seemed most i'm
portant to me was to relate all
this to the early, conditioning
experiences of the American
Jew, brought up in a mistaken
conflict between his Jewish ties
and his American environment.
It is this experience that is least
understood by the Jew of Is
rael today, and for this reason
l wrote 'In Search" as much
for the Jew of Israel as for the
American Jew.
We will never find common
bonds as long as we proceed
with hero worship on one side
and kind of amused contempt
from the other side. AS long as
we assign all that is good and
progressive to the character of
the Israel Jew, and permit the
American Jew to be presented
to him as a crude, cigar-smok-
ing fellow stuffed with riches.
Cultivate Bond
The current plans for sending
groups of students for study
periods in Israel are most i'm
portant not only for what Amer
lean Jewish students will bring
back from Israel, but for the
necessity of giving the Israeli
contact with typical Jews from
this land. For every envoy, for
every shaliach from Israel, to
tell us what Israelis are like,
there should be an American
not just one of our weather.
middle class who can afford the
trip, but a median representa-
tive of the community-to give
Israelis the feeling of what
Americans are like.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Puerto Rico Builds
To Charm Tourists
By Jacques FutrslIs, Jr.
The Stars Travsl kdiIssr

SAN JUAN, r. R.-A thousand
miles southeast Of Miami, basking
in the Caribbean sun, is an Is
land about the size of Connecti-
cut. It Is a land Of rum, rumba
and a good many other Latin
American things. And from the
sandy crescent Of Luquillo Beach
to the top of 3,400-foot FL Yunque,
the answer to the question, "Que
pasa?" is. There's plenty cook
ing, amigo"
What Puerto Rico dishes up for
tourists has delightfully."- for
eign flavor. -Four hundred odd
years Of Spanish rule have left
an indelible imprint on language.
culture, customs and architec-
ture, not to mention food. Yet
this aerial crossroads Of the
Americas, with its acres of sugar
cane. its lotteries and centuries
old churches, might best be de-
scribed as modified Latin Ameri-
can" In some ways, it's as North
American as ham and eggs.
English is satisfactory for
getting about. Even the pushcart
peddler, selling colored ices and
fried pork rind chips (chicahar-
rom to downtown crowds, under
stands American" He might
reply with the latest In slang.
But, In case his mind stumbles
over some strange words. don't
forget that he. too, is a real
American. Every one of Puerto
Rico's 100000 natives, from the
swarthy businessman in the 1850
convertible to the maid who
makes beds at the new and
luxurious Caribe Hilton Hotel. Is
a United States citizen.
Rather than cram on foreign
phrases before flying to this Car
ibbean isle. it's more important
to install ball bearings in your
hips and restyle dancing tech
nique. Conventional ballroom steps
would be something of a spectacle
at Jacks or at the Hilton's smart
set night spot, the Club Caribe.
Take plenty of cash, too. if the
night life novelty Of roulette or
dice tables would be tempting.
Puerto Rico has the Latin view
on gambling. and small. hand
some casinos welcome American
players. They are governmental
censed and regulated. to keep
racketeers out Of the business.
Both the Hilton and Jacks (his
blue neon sign stands out on the