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The frontiersman., 1956-05-10
Colony Day Plans Being Formulated

Plans for the May 27th Cham Der of Commerce sponsored Colony Day program are pro- gressing, according to Ed Smith. Chamber president. Entertain ment is being lined up-response is coming in in regards to par ticipation in the parade and or ganizations are inquiring about concession operations on that day.
 Members of the local Airmens Association are working on plan for a special formation flight.
 The program will get under way with a parade and all or ganizations are invited to make an entry. Cash prizes will be awarded the winners. Those plan ming to enter are requested to contact Smith at Ketchikan Spruce Mills and indicate the type of float they plan to enter. Those wishing information on concession space are asked to con- tach Al Hagen, The program com mittee consists of Jim Hurley, Richard Jones, and Stewart Dur rant and general questions should be directed to one of those men toned. Glen Persinger and John Weisenberger are in charge Of the popular free barbeque.
 The popular observance of the colonization of the Matanuska Valley will be pubIicized by the rlr0prara comm iffpa
The frontiersman., 1956-05-10

Several lengthy discussions ran the regular City Council meeting bit later than usual on May 8. The discussions centered around the tax rate; the fire de- partment; and street pavement.
 Fire Chief Joseph Gallant pre- sented a report on the present condition of City fire fighting equipment and requested the Council give serious considera- ion to purchasing a new fire truck. A plan was discussed by the Council whereby a new fire truck could be purchased over a period of five years on a mon thly payment basis. The City Clerk was instructed to contact the manufacturing company for complete details on their pay ment plan of acquiring fire fight ing equipment. To assist the City in bringing the fire fighting equipment up to par, Mayor Charles Wilson will invite Fire Chief Burns of Anchorage to visit the local department and suggest profitable ways in which the City will be able to get the most for their money. Fire Chief Gallant pointed out that a hose dryer is needed.
 Members of the budget commit tee stated that to date $15,883 has been spent for capital equipment this year, this includes money spent on completing the City Hall building, and the acquisition of the police car. Council mem bers expressed favor in acquir- ing a good fire truck. Present equipment is wearing out, it was brought out in the discussion.
 Reports from the budget and finance committee, coupled with reports by the tax assessor, brought out the need to increase the tax rate in the City. It was pointed out that considerable amount of money will be needed for the water system as thawing alone, this winter, has run over
The frontiersman., 1956-05-10
PUBLIC INVITED TO ELKs' MOTHERS DAY PROGRAM SUNDAY

Annual Mothers Day exercises will be held by the Palmer Elks in Elks hall Sunday afternoon at 2 pm. James Hurley will give the Mothers Day address and all members are urged to attend and take their ladies. The service will be open to the public and all in- terested persons are cordially in- vited to attend.
 Following the service at 5 pm. a pot luck lunch will be served to members and their ladies. All members are invited to attend
The frontiersman., 1956-05-10
82 Eighth Graders
 To Be Promoted in May !6 Exercise

A record class will be promot- ed from the eighth grade to first year in high school in exercises to be held at the Central School gymnasium on May 16 at 2 pm. Over 80 students will be promot- ed at that time, according to Will liam T. Zahradnicek, school sup erintendent. Because of the very large class, invited attendance at the exercises will be limited to students of the seventh grade and parents and family friends of the graduates. William Benyish, junior high school principal will present diplomas to the g. stu dents.
 The program, which will be presented by the graduates. will include three selections by the chorus group and a trumpet quar- tet presentation. Ten eighth grad CTS will be named to the high scholastic list and Commander Everett Pederson of the American Legion Post will present the cit izenship award to a student yet to be named. Winners of the Ann erican Legion Auxiliary Ameri- canisn essay contest will receive their awards.
The frontiersman., 1956-05-10
PALMER YOUTH PLACES FIRST IN CHEMISTRY
 EXAM AT UNIVERSITY

Charles Kennedy, 1855 Palmer High School graduate, yesterday placed first in the general chernls- try test at the University of All aska. Dr. William s. Wilson, head of the chemistry department, said that the civil engineering fresh- man rated 97 out of possible 100 in the nationally standardized ex- animation. Earlier this week Ken nedy received a $500 Austin E. Lathrop scholarship for 1956-57.
The frontiersman., 1956-05-10
MIA poSTPoNES BID OPENINGS TO MAY I6

Robert Partridge, MIA man. ager, said this week that bids on construction, scheduled to be op- ened yesterday, will not be open ed until Wednesday, May 16. Earl Sisk, REA field engineer from Seattle is expected in the Valley May IA and will attend the bid openings. All interested MTA members are invited to attend the openings.
The frontiersman., 1956-05-10
Palmer Youth 10 Enter Annapolis

Word was received this nor ming that Howard Esslinger, son of MT. and Mrs. Clayton Esslinger of Palmer has suc- cessfully passed his final ex- aminations for entrance to An napolis Academy. He expects to enter the Academy the lat ter part of June and plans a few days visit at home. A gra- duate of Palmer High School, class of 1855, Howard has at- tended the University of Illin- ois the past year. He was ap- pointed to the Naval Academy by Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
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and questions formed in his
mind. He decided to write a
letter.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Sakewicz, mailed the let
ter to Philadelphia's Interna-
tional Airport.
Young Wayne explained he
wanted to learn something about
the pilot of that plane.
IT like him a lot" he wrote
"and would you ask him what
bis name is, the pilot man and
his helpers. and ask him where
does he go and does he come
back before I go to bed at night
time so I can watch him come
back?
"Mommy says prayers and she
tells Jesus to make him be care
ful so I can see him tomorrow
going over my house."
The letter was passed along
TO Capt. Bart Hewitt, pilot of the
Trans-W World AirlineS plane ant
the father Of five. Capt. Hewitt
got in touch with Mr.. and Mrs
Sakewicz and invited Wayne tt
the airport Friday morning.
The boy was on hand with hi.
mother in plenty Of time to tall
70 Capt. Hewitt before takeofl
and to inspect the big airliner HI
hies. He also got a look at thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
Seven Sentenced
In Mail Freud Case

WATERLOO, Iowa, Aug, A up
Seven persons, convicted by a
jury last May in connection with
what the Government called q
million dollar mail fraud opera
ton, were sentenced today by
Federal Judge Henry N. Craven,
The seven were officers or en-
ployes OF the National Advance
Vending Co. of Dubuque, or its
'afhliates. They were indicted on
charges growing out of sales of
coffee-vending machines.
Leo P. Reistroffer, Dubuque
president of the firm, and w. L
Rogers. Granite City, Ill, ma
tional sales representative, were
sentenced to five years each.
Paul Kenneth Brown, Brock
enridge, Tex, j. w. Bramblet
Dubuque, and Marvin Norris,
Dallas. Tex, all statesmen, were
sentenced to four, three and one
year terms respectively.
Violet Sheean, East Dubuque
ILL.,, siSter-in-law of Reistroffer
and G. j. Feldman, Dubuque, an
office employe, received terms OF
one year each, but were imme-
diately placed on three-year pro-
baton.
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SO. was shot to death June s..
The widow asked $4,000 for
wrongful death. $3.50, 900 for loss
OF support. $250.00O for personal
injury and 100000 for punitive
damages.
Izzo is accused of killing Mr..
Knierim, his former business
partner. at the Cermak Plaza
shopping center in suburban
IBerWyn.
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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Consid-
cradle cloudiness today. Warmer,
with chance of scattered showers
or thunderstorms, high about "a.
Partly cloudy tomorrow, quite
warm. with scattered thunder
showers possible.
Observation-Disclosures cloud
mess today, warmer. with scat
tered showers or possibly thun-
derstorms. high 80 to SO except
rs to 30 in the mountains. Partly
cloudy tomorrow, quite warm,
with a few scattered thunder
showers.
Virginia-Considerable cloudi-
ness today. warmer and more
humid with few scattered
showers and thunderstorm. High
81 to 88 except rs to 80 in the
mountains. Partly cloudy to.
morrow and quite warm with
scattered thundershowers.
Wind-Southerly, 10 to 20
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No. | Golfer
Does a Holes
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower, still 9
convalescent. got the golf urge
yesterday and went out to Burn.
ing Tree Club for an abbreviated
game, the first since his June
abdominal operation.
He played only four holes, but
that was a greater test of his
strength than the putting ano
chipping he has been trying Out
occasionally on the White House
south grounds and at his Gettys-
burg, Pa, farm.
Returning to the White House
after a little more than two
hours, the Chief Executive was
described by Assistant Press Sec
rotary Murray Snyder as feeling
fine"
The President played with his
son, Mai. John Eisenhower,
whose family are guests at the
White House, except for son
David, who is away at summer
camp.
Photographers who followed
the President to the club in
nearby Maryland got close
enough to see at least two others
in his party before they were
stopped and asked to leave the
grounds. They said the Presi-
dents friend and farm neighbor,
George E. Allen, was a player,
and Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder,
White House physician walked
around with the golfers.
If Mr.. Eisenhower follows his
physicians orders literally he
probably will not try a full Ia
holes of golf for another couple
OF months. He told his news con-
ference last Wednesday the doc
tors advised him it would be
-four months, or sometime in
October, before he would fee,
that he would really want tc
go play golf. would really want
to do the things ! have been &C.
cuStomed to doing"
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Scorpion, which costs S287 an
hour. This $98O.O00 craft has a
crew of two and travels faster
than 600 miles an hour.
The superSonic F-1O0 Super
Sabre. first of the Century
series of fighters and which holds
the worlds official speed record
OF 822 miles an hour, costs $3.50
to operate hourly. The F-S6,
which has a speed in excess of
600 miles, costs $178 an hour.
The Air Force also has some
figures on what it costs to fiy
Its big transports. The C-97, the
military counterpart to the COM
mercial Stratocruiser, costs 1851
an hour when all the various fac
tors are added. The C-1lS, which
corresponds to the commercial
DEG, runs $273 an hour
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commissioners will be holdoverS
from the previous administra-
ton. The third commissioner
would be appointed by the Pres
iident and presumably would be
named chairman.
After two years a commission
members term would expire anC
the President would then make
his second appointment. After
four years the President woulc
make the third appointment
(there would always have to bt
,one commissioner from the othel
political party, as is now the
IcaSe).
Thus it can be seen that the
Civil Service Commission would
maintain for at least two year.
and possibly four a continuity o.
operation and a stability thai
would prove of vast reinsurance
Ito Federal employees.
Government employees will
know that the commission will
not change. its policies overnight
and that any wholesale raid OF
the merit system will be ex,
Itremely unlikely since two of thu
three members will be holdover
from the previous administration
for at least a two-year period.
BY that time things will havI
Gained down to a point wher,
no serious upheavals in meri
system policies can occur.
AS in the cases of the Gov
ernment's regulatory agencies
the President still has the powe
to remove any commissioner
But this authority would onl,
be used in cases where sufficien
cause exists-such as malfea
sance in Office or other serious
charges. But for all intents ans
purposes. the three civil servic,
commissioners will serve thei
fixed terms, regardless o
changes in administration.
Members of Congress VIII,
were instrumental in getting tn,
new law approved are confiden
that the new system will reSul
in much greater job security an,
peace of mind for Federal EN-
ployes and will benefit the entir,
merit system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05

tlOl Oh tIleSe terIIlS, tIle IuCure
appointments of all commits
sioners will be on six-year
basis.
This will be in contrast to the
present system whereby the
commissioners are appointed at
the pleasure of the President
This system has resulted in a
complete change of commission
ers whenever a new administra-
ton took over. The effects have
sometimes shaken the entire
Federal career service.
No Federal emyloye who was
here in January, 1858, when the
Eisenhower administration took
over after 20 years of Demo-
cratic rule can forget the fear
and confusion that existed
among them
The three csc commissioners
resigned as per custom and for
the commission was a
ship without a rudder, drifting
in any and all directions.
The appointment of the new
commissioners took months and
meanwhile the csc was virtually
without any power or leadership
During this period many
agencies took advantage of the
situation by taking anti-merit
personnel actions that they felt
they could get away with.
The effect on Federal employe
morale was devastating. No one
knew what was going to happen
and whether his job was safe.
1t took at least a year fol
things to calm down and even
now there are after-effects OF
that year.
MORE ASSURANCE-Under
the new system, things promise
to be different.
For one thing, there will be q
continuity of appointments. For
the first two years Of any new
Presidents term, two of the three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
India PRODUCING
Atomic Energy

BOMBAY, Aug. 4 (R.-India
started producing atomic energy
for the first time today with a
reactor in a Bombay suburb.
DR.. H. J. Bhabha, chairman
Of the Indian Atomic Energy
Commission, told a news confer
ence the reactor would be used
for training personnel for
atomic power stations. which
I'VE will have in ten years and
even possibly Ave years"
The reactor received enriched
uranium fuel elements from the
United Kingdom Atomic Energy
Authority. 1t has a capacity OF
1000 kilowatts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
Cost Of Flying
Comes High,
Air Force Shows
BY JOHN A. GILES

A giant nuclear- bomb-laden
Gig h t-jet B-52 Stratofortress
winging its way to a target or
another continent would be cost.
ing the taxpayer upwards o.
$1,000 an hour-not counting
depreciation-it was estimated
yesterday.
/ The calculation marks thu
first time the Air Force has &C.
formulated all the costs of flying
bombers and fighters - cost.
which Congressional committees
have repeatedly asked for. The
computations are being used tt
figure out just what will be nee.
essary for maintenance anc
operation of the country's huge
air fleet in the 1858 fiscal year
1t will be a month or six weeks
however. before manpowel
strengths are proposed by thu
Joint Chiefs of Staff and thu
final budget process gets under.
way.
The flying hour prices for thu
So million B-52 and the super.
sonic STA million F-10l VoodoC
fighter $500 an hour are esti.
mated as representative of tht
Icost since accurate calculations
will not be possible until more o.
them are flying. But the cost,
applied to the older models ar,
figured right down to the las
dollar.
$l,08S Per Hour
! lr cost of the 435-mile'
plus B-36 Ito be replaced by tn
B-52. which wings along at NOR
than 600 miles per hour
$1.088 an hour.
The costs cover the pay of thl
crew (six in B-52 compared
with Is in a B-36), fuel and oil
labor for the base from which
the plane operates, depot ant
contractural maintenance AM
spare parts used. The account
ants have not yet found it prac
ticable to separate the cost O
depreciation and headquarter
overhead into the flying prices.
The fact that they have beer
able to come up with so com
prehenSive a table as is nov
available is considered a feat il
military cost accountancy.
4 The BAT six-jet bomber, O
which there now are some 1,60l
costs $605 an hour to operate
It has a crew Of three, flies a
speeds in excess of 600 miles al
hour from overseas bases ant
! with refueling in midair cal
attack strategic targets at grea
distances. The BAT costs arounC
$1.3 million each.
/ The most expensive fighter t,
operate now in inventory in larg
numbers is the F-89 twin-je
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airport control tower and radar
room.
Just before Capt. Hewitt left
Ion his Chicago flight. he and
Wayne had a soft drink together
and the pilot told the little boy
he would wave red handker-
chief as he TAXED out for takeoff
Wayne stood on the parking
ramp and watched. Sure enough
the red handkerchief fluttered
from the plane cabin.
A six-year-old boy went home
with his head and his heart in
the clouds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
RESORT FORECAST

South Jersey - Showers
today high rs to 80. Chance
OF showers tomorrow,
warmer.
Upper Bay-Showers to-
day. high 80 to "a. Scat
tered thundershowers and
warmer tomorrow.
Lower Bay and Ocean
Beaches - Showers today,
high 80 TO S6. Scattered
thundershowers and warmer
tomorrow.
Skyline Drive = Showers
today. high "a to 70. Scat
tered thundershowers and
warmer tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
Staying Suspect Sued
BY Widow for $725.OOO

CHICAGO. Aug. 4 R.-Mrs
Lillian c. Knierim. widow of a
slain masonry contractor, today
filed a $4,000 suit against
Thomas A. Izzo, 43, who is ac-
cused of the Staying.
The victim, Charles Knierim,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
CSC Reorganization
Seen Job Stability Aid
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The Civil Service Commission reorganization expected
to result in stronger stability employees whenever
there is change of political administration.
Under the law the three civil service commissioners
starting in March will be placed staggered xedterm basis
The initial terms will be for Q and years compile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
Boy, 6, Writes Airline,
And Has Dream Fulfilled

PHILADELPHIA, Aug lF-The curiosity Of little boy
reached up into the skesal the to the airline pilot who
flies over the youngsters home each morning.
Sixyearod Wayne Sakewicz same plane pass
his home at Crum 1880 day after day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-Scattered showers and
thunderstorms forecast this afternoon for the Great
Lakes New England and parts Of Southwest with
isolated showers expected across the South Hot
humid weather is expected in the Middle Atlantic States
with temperatures also scheduled in the Southwest
ZAP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
capital tcurrent month to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05

RECORD Temperatures This Year
Highest. p5. on June 10.
Lowest. 20. on January "a. 2S and
February 22
Hish and Low Of Last "a Hours
High. "a, at 800 pm,
Low. 81, at 300 am.
Tide Tables
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Sunday, August 5, 1856

miles per hour today. Good visi-
bility.
River Report
From o 8. Engineers
Potomac River clear at Harper.
Ferry and Great Falls; Shenandoah clear
1T Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
READINGS washington National Airport
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-09
Storms Blamed
For Deaths

Spring S tickle weather today
served up snow and dust storms
that were blamed for at least
IA deaths.
Snow which reached depths
up to 25 inches in the Northeast
brought nine deaths and begged
traffic, A traffic mishap ir
Wyoming, which had up to IL
inches of snow. took two lives
Overnight storms. including
dust. tornadoes. hail, rain anc
light snow. dashed at Oklahoma
Crop Damage Threatened
Powerful winds swept one Of
Texas worst dust storms in his.
tory from the Panhandle area
into the South and Central por-
tons Of the State. threatening
extensive damage to crops.
Three traffic deaths were at.
tributed to poor visibility result.
ing from the swirling blacE
sand.
Edges of the dust storm
reached into New Mexico, Kan.
sas and Colorado.
In the Northeast the spring
snowfall ranged from 2.7 inches
in New York City to 25 niche;
in the Catskill Mountains north
of the metropolis.
Blanford, Mass, reported g
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-09
indiana Crash Kills
Son of A. P. Man

BEDFORD, Ind, April 9 Pr
Kent C. Hacker, son of Victor
Hacker, Associated Press gen.
eral executive, was killed early
yesterday when he was thrown
from his car after it left a high
way northeast Of here ano
plunged into a woods.
A 24-year-old law student al
Indiana University. the youth
was the son of Mr.. Hacker anc
his former wife. Mrs. Hattie
Corey, Monticello. Ind. The elder
Mr.. Hacker lives in New York
Two fellow law students riding
with young Hacker. Herbert
Douglas, 81. Valparaiso. Ind
and Donald Cantwell, %, Spen.
Ger, Ind, escaped the crash With
minor cuts.
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Warren Asks for Public
oUnderstond Parole

Gus Nation wide attention on the
Importance of parole in the con-
troll of delinquency and crime
He asked that a manual or
probation be composed by dele
gates to guide parole principles
and practices in the future.
Most PAROLES Succeed
The Attorney General also
spoke of the need OF a genera
understanding of the exact mean.
ing of parole. He said the me-
chanics of parole are frequently
not presented to the public in
manner that would inspire
public confidence in the func.
tioning of the system
The indisputable facts are,
he said. that the great majority
of PAROLES do successfully com
plete their paroles and return Il
positions of usefulness in theil
communities and 1t is only the
parole violator who hits the
headlines or attracts public no.
tice."
Delegates broke up today into
workshop sessions. Tomorrow
they will hear addresses by J
Edgar Hoover, FBI director
James V. Bennett, director. Fed.
eral Bureau of Prisons, and Chief
Judge Bolitha j. Laws of the
U. S District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-09
BY W. &. ROGERS
A ISOLATED Press Arts EDITOR

NEW YORK. April 9 P,-
The NBC Television Opera Thea.
ter wound up its 1856 season
spectacularly yesterday with a
performance Of Norman Dello
Joio's The Trial at Rouen."
With a cast of four principals
an ominous row Of inquisitors
a trio of fine voices, a chorus oil
80, and members of the sym
phony Of the air, 1t was a dra
matte and often stirring version
of the Notwithstanding story OF
Joan Of Arc.
Chief credit for the perform
ance should 90 to Elaine Malbir
as the maid 1t was an exactinp
role, II kept her most Of the
time the center OF the camera
and almost all the time the
center Of interest.
Hugh Thompson was the
legendary villain; Bishop Pierre
Cauchon. Chester Watson, FAN
Julien. and Paul Ukena, the lusty
taller Peter Herman Adler con-
Quoted Colors, sets. and cos
tunes were handsome, ano
crowds were handled expertly.
The young American com
poser, Mr. Dello Joio, who wrote
the words as we'll as the music
has been preoccupied with the
subject Of Joan for a decade. HI
has always treated it funda
mentally as theater-in his first
version for Sarah Lawrence Col.
lcpe students; in 1851 as a sym.
phony, premiered by the Louis.
Vile Symphony. for which Mar.
tina Graham was choreographet