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The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
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Members of the Common Council, City of Palmer, met in regular session on June IA. Cor respondence read at the meeting included a copy of letter to the School District from the Alaska Department of Health in which the sum of $1,890.15 was desig- mated as the areas share for the cost of public health nurse ser vice this past year. A discussion on the current public health nurse situation followed during which it was pointed out that at the present time the valley is entirely without the services of a public health nurse. Members of the school board are studying the problem, it was announced. When the public health nurse re- turns from her annual leave, the valley will then have the services of one nurse. A contract between the Department of Health, School District and City of Palmer calls for the services of two nurses for the valley.
 A letter of confirmation of the agreement between the City of Palmer and Palmer Constructors for the purchase of excess gravel and sand was received by the City and read at the meeting.
 New water pipe will be used to replace part of the former ARRC line has arrived, it was announced by members of the water committee. Authorization 10 purchase the pipe was given several months ago.
 A discussion on the street i'm provement work now in progress was held by members. Although several residents have inquired about purchasing gravel for drlveways, etc, council members decided to take no action at the present time on the requests. Street improvement work will continue with Wasilla road and other areas to be graveled.
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 Oliver Smith appeared before the council and suggested three blocks on Valley street be desig-
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The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
PAVING BEGINS ON WASILLA ROAD;
 SECTIONS CLOSED

Sections of the Palmer -Wasilla road will be closed, effective June 15, during paving work, it was announced this week by Ken Schneider, resident engineer in the Anchorage office Alaska Road Commission.
 Sections effected are from Four-Corners toward Wasilla. Persons living in the closed areas will be permitted access to their homes. No other vehicles will be allowed on the roads, he said. Persons wishing to drive to Was fila may turn either left or right at Four Corners, taking the low CT road around the Experiment Station farm, or the Bogart road around the lakes. Detour signs have been erected to direct traf- fife.
 The closure will be effective for two or three weeks, Schneider sad We hope to have the work completed by the fourth of July.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
URANIUM LECTURES PROVE POPULAR

Uranium prospecting was the subject of three mineral infor- nation lectures held for the in terested public in the Brooks Memorial Building of the Uni versity of Alaska on June ', 8, and g. Assistant Professor Leo Mark Anthony gave the lectures on "Radioactivity and How to Detect It." "Radiometric Pros pecting," and Radioactive Min erals" The average attendance was 100 persons per lecture.
 Dean Earl H. Beistline stated that the lectures were held be- cause of the many requests for information about uranium pros pecting.
 As a result of the interest shown in this type ef informa- ton, another series of lectures will be held to explain claim stalking procedures. The time and date will be announced later.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
PARC Cancels
 Playground Plans

Members of the Palmer Area Recreation Council announced this week it is forced to cancel all previously made arrange ments for playground this sum mer. Only four mothers volun- teered regular days of the week to assist in the program. A min imum of two each day was nee essary to proceed with the pro- gram.
 The PARC wishes to thank the few area women who offered their services during the past week and expressed hope that parents of small children will feel the need for supervised community recreation for their children more strongly when the appeal is again made next year.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
Lew Hanks New Extension Service District Agent

Lew Hanks of Palmer has been named District Agent with the local Extension Service, it was learned this week. He re- places Grayson Murphy who re- signed from that position to go to the States.
 Hanks, who has been with the local Soil Conservation Service for several years, will be -replac- ed in that position by Clifford Markus, of the Fairbanks SCS office. Markus has worked thro- ughout the territory in Conser- vation Service offices and is well familiar with the valley, having worked here short time prior to his appointment to the Fair banks office. Markus will be re- placed by Ted Freeman who will arrive in Alaska from New Sal em, N. Oak. about the middle of July.
 Hanks will take over his new duties as District Agent follow ng his return from Olympia, Wash. where he will attend a Masonic Grand Lodge meeting.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
Officials Praise
 Experimental Work

The Experiment Station in Alaska is in a unique position with the country's long and short days, in gathering factual agri- cultural information on both plants and animals" Dr. David Lumsdon, director Territorial division, Office of Experiment Stations, told members of the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce during the June 15 meeting of the local organiza- ton. ,Dr. Lumsdon is here from his Washington, D. c. office on an annual routine inspection tour
 pr. Lunsdon pointed out the important role the Agricultural Experiment Station is playing throughout Alaska and the States. He explained that expert ment work throughout the de- partment are available to all other stations, avoiding dupli- cation in the work. He stressed the importance of enlightening he officials in the States and Washington on life in Alaska and referred to a film shown in Washington by Dr. Allan Mick showing factual Alaskan agri- culture. All experimental dollars must be applied for, he pointed out, and the results of their spending must be proven.
 Dr. Charles Grey, making the visit with Dr. Lumsden and also attending the Chamber meeting, explained that annual visitations are required by law in all States and Territories. Tn this way" he said, i've get acquainted with the problems on state level It is not sufficient to sit in Wash ington and study problem"
 ''Revues of research serves sev- eral purposes. One, research money is limited. There is no sen SC in duplicating work. By put ting Stations in contact with one another the money will go further. It puts us in a better position to go before the house and Senate committees to explain why these funds for research are needed to continue and expand the pro grams.
 We are pleased in inc way the
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The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
CD WORKERS TO TOUR AFB CONTROL CENTER

All local Civil Defense officials and their alternates, who made application to visit the 10th Di- vision control center at Elmen- dorf air base, have been certified for the visit, according to word received this week by Alfred VI. Hagen, CD director of the Great CT Palmer area.
 Those attending from this area will go on three separate dates, the first, this Sunday, June 19 when Director Hagen, Art Stacy, assistant director, Ralph Moore, Palmer CD director and one other will be escorted on a tour of the restricted nerve center.
 The remaining personnel will visit the establishment on June 25 and July 10.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
WY II EDUCATION ENDS IN JULY 1856

World War II veterans train ing under the original CT Bill are reminded by the Veterans Administration that July 25, 1856, marks the end of the pro- gram for all but a handful of them.
 Even though a veteran may still have unused CT training en- titlement at that time, or even though he may be in the middle of a course, his CT training pay ments will come to an end on July 25, 1856.
 VA advised World War II CT trainees to keep the deadline in mind, in working out plans for the remainder of their training programs,
 The small group of veterans exempt from the July 25, 1856 deadline are those who enlisted or re-enlisted under the Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act, between October 6, 1945, and October 5, 1946. These vet erans have nine years from the end of their enlistment Or re- enlistment to wind up their GI training.
 The 1856 deadline applies only to wv II trainees, VA einphasiz- ed. It does not apply to veter- ans training under the Korean CT Bill.
 During the II years the wv II CT Bill has been in effect, more than 7,800,000 veterans or half of all who served in WWII-re- ceived some form of training.
 The program reached its peak at the end of 1947, with more than 2,5OO,OOO WWII veterans in classrooms, and on-the-job train ing establishments.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
FUNDS RELEASED FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEM

Lew Hanks, president Matan- uska Telephone Association this afternoon received the follow ing wire from Washington, D. c. in regards to the MTA loan ap- plication.
 Release of loan funds approv- ed today by administrator. Re quisition being processed".
 The wire was from Harold F. Clark, REA, Department of Agri- culture in Washington.
 T believe that we may now as sume that money for the con- struction of the Matanuska Tele- phone Association system will be forthcoming" Hanks stated.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
POULTRY SPECIALIST TO VISIT IN VALLEY

John Hamann, poultry special ist, will be in Palmer beginning June 23, it was announced today by James Wilson, Territorial commissioner of agriculture.
 MT. Hamann is making a visit to the Territory from his Wash ington, D. c. office of U. S. Department of Agriculture and will be making an appraisal of egg marketing from both the producer and consumer stand point. Prior to his valley visit he will spend two days in the Jun eau area, visiting producers and merchants.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
PATRONAGE TICKETS NOW DUE AT COOP

The blue patronage tickets distributed the past year by the Matanuska Valley Farm CTS Cooperating Association should now be turned in, it was announced last week by Clayton Esslinger, comptrol- Ter. The tickets are given with each purchase in all depart ments of the Coop and are redeemable in certificates of equity which are redeemable in 10 years.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
FAIR BOARD SEEKS PICTURES

The Matanuska Valley Fair association is in need of pic lures of past Fairs, especially shots of the 1854 event. Any one having pictures they are willing to lend the association for publicity are requested to contact Al Hagen, fair board secretary, as soon as possible. All pictures used will carry a credit line, indicating the photographer, unless other wise requested. Scenes parti- cularly desired are those of the displays, queen contest, spe- cial events and general shots of the grounds.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16

Among Valley visitors this week was Miss Edna Ferber, author of Showboat, Cinmarron and many other wel-known books. Miss Ferber was accom- panied by Mrs. Robert Atwood of Anchorage, with whom she visited the Experiment Station and several valley farms. Mrs. Minnie Clark accompanied the women for lunch.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-16
FAIR BOARD PLANS RENOVATION OF
 SETTLERS CABIN '

Plans are being made to move the old log cabin situated at the back mid-section of the Fair grounds, up to the front section by members of the Matanuska Valley Fair board of directors. It is their hope that the build ing can be restored to it's original condition and become a brennan ent exhibition as an example of the early-day settlers cabin. Development plans would ln- clude landscaping around the cabin and interior restoration work whereby the building could be used as a Fair Association off flee on special occasions and as a passible meeting place for civ ic activities.
 Dining Room Bids
 Board members are asking for bids on the Association dining room operations during the 1855 Fair. Prospective bidders are re- quested to inspect facilities in the dining room which will be available for use. This may be done by contracting Al Hagen, aS- sociation secretary.
 Ground Work
 Ground work will begin as soon as possible, it was announc- ed following the June B meeting of the board of directors. Auth orization was given for gravel work around the new building and inside the structure. Grad ing, leveling and seeding work will also be done. The fronts of all huts, the grand stand, track posts and doors on the new building will all get a new coat of paint
 Display space in the new ex- position building has been re- arranged this year whereby the center of the building will have double booths, as well as booths along both sides. Booths in the center will measure g. by 1O-leet side booths g. by 10-feet and the corner booths slightly larger. A total of 42 display booths will be possible with the new arran- cement. Space rent will cost $16 per front foot $4 lower than the 1854 rate.
 Concession operators will not have to worry about power fail ure this year. The Board auth orized the installation of three additional power poles and a new supply line which will serve all the section east of the mid way, including the new building and the Pacific huts.
 Flower Show
 Members of the Palmer Gar den Club will be invited to sup ervise the staging of the flower display and show, as they have done during past Fairs.
 Supervisors Meeting
 On Monday, June 20, all de partments of previous fairs are asked to attend meeting to be held in the basement of the Thea tre Building at 8 pm. All other interested persons are invited to attend. Suggestions for the suc- cesSful operation of the 1855 Valley Fair will be welcomed.
 Other items on next weeks adjenda include discussions of the budget, the queen contest, publicity, fair manager, and the foiv. hO0Iz
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Ford Motor Co. Stock
 Will Go On Public Sale For First Time Tn History

NEW YORK, R-Stock of the Ford Motor Co.,, which revolu- tionized America with its mass production methods, is to be sold to the public after the first of the year.
 The price and precise timing have not yet been set, but nearly seven million new common shares with voting rights will be offered. Financial analysts say it is ex- pected to bring between 400 and 500 million dollars, indicating a price of $60 to $70 a share.
 The announcement that Ford, richest family business enter prise in the world, would desert the ranks of family-owned firms was made last night. It came from the Ford Foundation, multi-mil- lion-dollar philanthropic trust set up by Henry Ford, who died in 1947.
 Henry Ford II, grandson of the founder and president of the Ford Company, has agreed with other Ford heirs to transfer 50 per cent of their exclusive voting control of the company to the new com mon stock. The other 40 per cent of voting rights will remain with the Ford family.
 With the public sale of it's stock, the company will have to disclose for the first time it's assets and earnings, one of it's most carefully guarded secrets for 5212 years.
 Only last Wednesday the Ford board chairman declared the com pany's 1855 earnings, before taxes, would surpass the firms total earnings for the q years before World War II. Neither figure was revealed, however.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Dulles Opens Drive to Get Russian Participation in Measures To Make
 Massive Surprise Attack Impossible

! GENEVA, R - Secretary of State Dulles conferred today with disarmament expert Harold Stas- sen. He opened a drive to get Russian participation in measures designed to make a massive sur prise attack by either America or the Soviet Union impossible.
 Dulles returned from the Yugo- slavia resort of Brioni last night with an agreement from Marshall Tito that the Soviet satellite states of eastern Europe should regain their independence.
 This was regarded in Western quarters here as a boost for the American campaign to keep alive the quest for freedom in the Iron Curtain countries, especially since it was only a few months ago that Soviet leaders tried to talk Tito back into the satellite fold
 Dulles, 1t was learned, will tell Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov that agreement on such measures III keyed to President Eisenhower's US. Soviet aerial inspection plan-could be follow ed readily by other steps leading to worldwide arms reduction and control of atomic weapons.
 Dulles is prepared to assure Molotov that while the United States considers aerial inspection an essential measure in prevent ing the surprise attack, it is pre- pared to consider any other sug- gestions for action the SovietS may put forward.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
38tI1 Anniversary Of Revolution Soft. Pedals Red Might

MOSCOW, R - The Soviet Union today celebrated the 38th anniversary of the Bolshevik revo- Tuition with a massive parade which played down Soviet mili- tary might.
 No new guns, armor or aircraft were displayed in a brisk 20-min- ute arms demonstration, the brief est observers ever witnessed on this holiday.
 The thousands in Moscow's Red Square saw a big two-year-old T3e four-jet bomber zoom over head with an escort of four super sonic fighters leading the air dis play. Spectators counted only 59 airplanes in all, including the T38, nine two-jet bombers and 34 fighter planes. The fighters were a new version of the MIG which has claimed speed faster than sound at level flight
 No field piece was displayed which could be called strictly atomic, but western military ob- servers said almost any large field piece can now take an atomic charge.
 Some spectators thought the Soviets were bending over back wards to support their contention they are peace-loving, unaggres- sive and friendly and thus help their own position at the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Geneva.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Gov. Knight Says Healthy Mining
 Industry Essential

SACRAMENTO, R-A mining industry that is economically se- cure and capable of immediate full scale development in the event of a national emergency should be the nations goal, Cali fornia's Gov. Goodwin J. Knight said today.
 Many of the strategic miners are the victims of the complex international problems confront ing this nation in its foreign re- lations program" he said in an address prepared for the opening session of a two-day Western gov- ernors mining conference.
 Industrymen are forced to com pete with low foreign wage pro- ducers who send their ores and concentrates here under a favor able tariff, he told industry dele gates and other western gover- norS.
 q know something of the trials and tribulations of the prospector and miner" said Knight, who said he spoke ''as one who hopes to re- open his gold mine some day"
 He said the gold problem is probably the most complex of all because of it's position in the monetary system and it's relation ship to many of the international problems.
 The Western states, he said, have tremendous reservoirs of minerals, some of which continue undiscovered.
 Under current incentives for prospecting, exploration and de- velopment," he added, ''it is pro- bable that they will remain a secret for years to come"
 The Californian recommended Western states work together to develop recommendations that can solve many of the industry's prob lems. "Only by joining hands can we hope to achieve the support and recognition that will be neces- sary if a sound and practical long range mineral policy is to be established by our federal gov- ernment," Knight said.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Sen. Scott Condemns Policy Which Keeps Alaska Step Child of US

FAIRBANKS, Rt-Sen. w. Kerr Scott ONO Saturday condemned what he termed the federal pol icy of keeping Alaska a step child of the United States"
 Here to hold hearings on tin production, the Senator said both Alaska and Hawaii must be free" if they are to develop.
 He charged politics alone has prevented both territories from obtaining statehood. The two are being treated as colonies, said Sen. Scott, adding: ''They are forced to carry on in a fashion not in keeping with our demorcatic form of government
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Seven of Ten Escaped Convicts from Walla WalIa Prison Are Recaptured

WALLA WALLA, Wash, R - Seven of 10 convicts who bored through concrete and dirt to lib- erty late Thursday were back in the Washington State Penitentiary today and an intensified search was being made for the three still at large.
 Posses rounded up the seven Friday in groups of four and three with all the men surrendering meekly despite their regulations for toughness.
 The last three captured includ- ed William Bracey, 20, Tacoma youth who slew his mother two years ago in a fit of pique be- cause she declined to let him use the family automobile. Bracey exhibited no truculence when stopped by police on Milton-Free- water Street.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Tito Joins Vests Demand Russia Free Satellites

BRIONI, Yugoslavia, R Mar shall Tito put his weight today behind the Vests demand that Soviet bound satellite states of eastern Europe be given their in- dependence and freedom of ac- tiOn.
 As a leading statesman in the Balkans, he apparently has been asked also to use his influence for peace between Israel and the Arab states during a trip he is planning to Egypt.
 These were the highlights of a seven-hour talk yesterday be- tween the president of Commun- ist Yugoslavia and US. Secretary of State Dulles in the dramatic setting of Tito's Adriatic island retreat.
 Tito took Dulles for a ride in his white speedboat to the nearby island of Vanga, which he uses for swimming and clambakes.
 Then Tito played host in his palatial home for the first time to the large group of accompany ing newspaper correspondents who strolled about black marble reception room admiring the gold and white piano, oil paintings of nude cherubS and ladies, and a collection of ship models.
 Sitting beside Tito, who later said he was in agreement, Dulles told reporters:
 'We were of common accord in recognizing the importance of in- dependence for these least Europ- ean) states, non-interference from the outside in their internal af- fairs, and the right to develop their own social and economic order in ways of their choice"
 These words would apply to Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania, Ro- mania, Czechoslovakia and Po- land. They indicated Tito's views had not been changed by the visit of Soviet Premier Bulganin and Communist party leader Khrush- chev last spring.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Peter Gruening's Body Found in His Car
 E Miles From Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia, R-Police Saturday found the body of Peter Gruening, 32, South Pacific mana ger for United Press, in his car in bush country about Is miles from Sydney.
 Police said piece of rubber hose led from the automobile ex- haust pipe to the inside of the ve- hicle.
 Gruening. who had been miss ing a week, was the son of former Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska
 The newSman had been the ob- ject of a widespread search.
The Nome nugget., 1955-11-07
Governors Conference
 Calls For Program To Get Mining Out of Doldrums

SACRAMENTO, Calif., R-The governors of Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and California and the lieutenant governor of Colorado called last night for westerners to agree on a program to get the mining industry out of the dol drums.
 we must have unity of action, ? said Gov. Charles Russell of Nevada at dinner on the eve of a two-day western governors min eral policies conference.
 Idaho's Gov. Robert E. Smylie asked, too, for a program which can be sold to Congress. "This isn't the problem of just any one of the western states" declared Milward Simpson of Wyoming.
 T have the impression that miners are very poor politicians, 7 said Gov. J. Bracken Lee of Utah. Maybe that's what's wrong with the mining industry" The i'm provement of the industry would buttress the economy of the west and of the entire nation, said Cali fornia's Gov. Goodwin J. Knight.
 s. H. Williston of Palo Alto, the co-chairman of the conference, said the vests mining industry has been sacrificed by the US. State Department in the interest of foreign relations.
 The session was called by Gov. Knight, who has closed a gold mine of his own he would like to open. Knight invited the gov- eronrs and industrymen of the II western states, plus North Dakota and Alaska.