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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10
SOMETIMES THE MIGHTY

oOMG L AuGo LIE MANA1 L
FALL-Priests aren't supposed to
have wives and women, but Rev.
Thomas Connolly of Macon, ILL.,,
and Mrs. Ethel Edward Minor, a
widow, of Springfield, ILL.,, were
found dead in their night clothes
in a bed in motel in far off Her.
nando, Miss. They registered as
"the Connoly's," and were asphyx-
lated by gas from a heater in their
motel room. Father Connolly was
pastor of several churches. Each
was 45 years old. Mrs. Minor, wild
ow of a year, has 22-year-old
daughter in a convent, studying
to be a nun,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

Before putting a shirt into the
household washer, button the cuffs
to the front. This keeps the sleeves
from knotting or winding around
other clothes while they're being
swished about in the machine.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10
HITCHHIKER STABBED

Charlie Kimbrell, 46 of Whining
ton, N. C. was stabbed in Missis-
sippi when he caught a ride with
two strange men who attacked
him and threw him out of the car.
The men got in row while
drinking.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10
AID FOR ALCOHOLICS-Be

ALL TIN AASOAAOIASO- DccL
and wine dealers in Virginia are
fighting higher license fees in the
Legislature. Many license fees
would be nearly doubled, and
cents would be added to each bot
tie to pay for treatment of al
coholics.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

COLD IN EUROPE-The worst
cold weather in Europe in 100
years is reported to have killed
100 people. Temperatures fell to
five above in Paris. Palm trees on
the south coast were covered with
snow.
CABBY SHOOTS SELF - In
Charlottesville, Va. Delmar Hawk
ms, AZ, a cab driver, wounded Mrs.
Elsie Lucas, 40, shot at another
man, and then killed himself. This
followed long period Of visiting
at the Lucas home when hubby
was gone.
TROOPS AND BAYONETS-
would you use troops and bay
onets to enforce integration 2"
asked negro preacher of Adlai
Stevenson who is campaigning in
California. No doubt there are
many negroes and some of their
sponsors" who would like to see
this done. Stevenson said he is in
favor of mixing the races, but
thought it would be a few years
before we could work it out, and
advised negroes to go slowly.
MUST REGISTER-The alien
inspired Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored people which
has done so much to damage both
white and colored races in the
south is violating the law in not
properly registering in North
Carolina, rules the Attorney Cen
erai. Unless they register, showing
source Of income, their officers
and so forth, they may be prose-
cuted.
WHAT DOES GOD LOOK
LIKE?-In New York a new prob
lem has come up. The National
Council of Churches has come out
against God as "a white and
American IDOL" 1t says the white
man has no right to imagine that
God looks like himself. 1t is I'M
fair to the negro! Well, with all
the religious problems now per-
picking people, this is a corker.
Does God look like Negro or a
white man? Did he, as the Bible
says, make man in his own image,
and if so, who is Man? The
preachers in New York said 1--WE
have no right to be proud of our
skin or the purity of our
blood all red and all mixed"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10
BILLION EARNED

BILLION EARNED General
Motors reported its earnings last
year were one billion one million
dollars. Its sales were SIP, 443,-
100000. Its earnings highest on
record, its previous highest in
1850 being 1884, 044,039.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

MURDERER CAUGHT-After
10 months at large, George Reid,
1926 Id. Negro who killed Samuel
Battles in Philadelphia was caught
in Norfolk after living there a
year.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

DIAPER LOVE AFFAIRS-A
15-year-old schoolboy Wayne Sim
mons died at Kannapolis in fight
with 16-year-old Dennis JONES
over notes JONES had written a
school girl Simmons liked.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

STAYS SMALL BOY - Thos
Johnson, "a, an embalmer of Sac.
ramento, Calf, dragged a seven.
year-old boy, Ronald Winedorf into
a theatre rest room and cut his
throat; he wanted to see what the
boy would do after his throat
was cut
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

DIED OF SUFFOCATION -
Four children persisted in a fire
which destroyed a two-family
apartment in Gary, Indiana.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

N. C. TAX GAINS-Tax collec-
tons in North Carolina in January
amounted to over $14 million, or
more than 21s million over Janu-
airy 1866.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-02-10

FOR NEEDY OVERSEAS - A
goal of $1O,9O0.O00 has been set
by the Church World Service in
New York to provide aid and sal
walton for needy people overseas.
DROWN IN CAR-Five negroes
drowned in Louisiana when their
car went into a rain-filled gully,
and they were trapped inside. One
person survived.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Tennessee Plan Favored Unanimously
At Convention; Most Delegates Agree
On Nominations at Party Conventions

posed Constitution for the State
Of Alaska, calling for the immedi-
ate election of two United States
senators and one United States
representative, be adopted?'
There was no floor debate on
merits or dement's of the Tennes-
see Plan.
Feverish debate echoed through
the hall, however, regarding the
method of nomination of the three
congressional representatives.
The committees ordinance pro-
vided for nomination both by pri-
mary election and political party
convention.
But after more than an hour of
discussion, delegates voted 1914
to delete the provision for the
primary.
Arguments that led to the dele
ton included:
To be effective, the plan should
be put into effect right away. The
filing date for primary candidates
and Independents closes Feb. l.
To get around this, the Ordinance
Committee changed the date to
Feb. 20, but could offer no guar
antee this would not be ques-
toned in the courts. Certification
Continued on Page Two
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Baby Pronounced Dead
Revived at Hospital
After Freezing Ordeal

WASHINGTON, R-An infant
found in a frozen condition on a
doorstep yesterday was pro-
nounced dead at General Hospital
but later gave out few feeble
gasps and was revived.
The infant, a boy, had tenn
perature of 73 degrees and no de-
tectable heartbeat when exam
med at the hospital after being
found on a front porch in the
northeast section of the city. Doc
tors estimated he was about five
weeks old.
Artificial respiration was con-
tinued after the pronouncement
of death. When the feeble gaSps
were noted, the baby was rushed
to the operating room where oxy-
gen and adrenalin were admins
tered. In two hours the baby's
temperature had climbed to sc
degrees, only 2.6 below normal
It was 100 this morning.
Authorities had no clues to the
infants identity.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
CrOOner Nurses Cut
From Shower of Coins
At Polio Benefit Show

BURBANK, Calf. R-Crooner
Eddie Fisher nursed a slight cut
on his nose today after being lit
orally showered with coins during
a polio fund benefit show Satur-
day.
Fisher and his wife, actress
Debbie Reynolds, were among the
celebrities appearing at the pro-
gram at the Olive Recreation Gen.
ter. The program chairman or
dered the 1000 young people il
the audience to stop tossing coins
after Fisher was struck by one.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Early Hearings Promised on Alaska
Mental Health Bill by Senate Group

and disqualification of the mental
ly i'll, and it provides for trans
ferring administration of the pro-
gram from the Department of IN
terror to the territory.
A series of grants would be de-
signed to help the territory Shout
der the financial burden. It would
authorize an appropriation of S6H5
million for construction of hospit-
ais and related facilities in Alaska
and another S. million in dimin-
ishing amounts over a 10-year
period for care and treatment.
The bill also provides the ter
ritory be permitted to select a
million acres of public land from
which proceeds will 60 to the
treatment program.
Alaska's mental patients are
now treated at government ex-
pense in the Morningside SAM
forum at Portland, Ore. Commit
ment for care IS possible only
after a court HEARING.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
I'll. L. Mencken,
Author, Critic,
Dies at Is Years

BALTIMORE, R-Doubting H.
L. Mencken, whose needle-sharp
pen pricked at civilization for
nearly half a century, is dead.
And how-as he once literally in
quired-shall they stage his "in-
escapable last act?"
"The Sage of Baltimore news
man author, wit, critic, died qui-
city in his sleep early Sunday.
He was rs years old.
A doctor said a blood clot prob
ably ended Mencken's life.
His brother, August, said fu-
neral services will be private.
Mencken once wrote: Zone of
the crying needs of the time in
this incompatible republic is for
a suitable burial service for the
admittedly damned
s'What is needed, and what l
baw1 for politely, is a service that
is free from the pious but unsup-
ported asseverations that revolt
so many of our best minds, and
yet remains happily graceful and
consoling :.
"a suitable funeral for doubt
ers, full of lovely poetry, but de
void of any specific pronounce
ment on the subject of a future
life
"Such libretto for the ines
capable last act would be humane
and valuable. renew my sugges-
ton that the poets spit upon their
hands and confeet it at once"
His views were given life in
two dozen books and thousands of
essays.
1.-The American Language" a
scholarly investigation of the or
igins of our speech, is monu-
ment to his intellect. His three
days" books-"H ppy Days.
Newspaper Days. and Heather
Days"-exude his personal charm.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Eisenhower Receives
Ben Hogan Trophy
For Physical Comeback

WASHINGTON, R-President
Eisenhower Saturday received the
Ben Hogan Trophy, awarded an
nually to the golfer making the
greatest comeback from a physi-
cal disability.
The trophy is a Statuette of Ho-
gan, a champion golfer who made
a dramatic comeback himself af
ter being seriously injured in an
auto accident. The presentation
to Eisenhower was made by Rep.
Westland R-Wash), a former ma
tional amateur golf champion.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
William Judd Crosses
Atlantic i'm Small Plane;
Stops at Paris, Not Cairo

PARIS, R-William F. Judd
landed his single-engine plane
near here today, beaten by icing
conditions and fatigue in his at
tempt to fly nonstop from White
Plains, NY, to Cairo, Egypt.
Judd, 40-year-old Trans World
Airlines pilot, brought his 23O-
horsepower, Cessna 1870 in for g
smooth landing at 2:48 pm. at
Toussus-le-Noble Airfield south
west of Paris. He had been in the
air "a hours, II minutes.
Dead tired, he was greeted by
his wife, Collette, and their 312-
year-old son, Alan Patrick.
81 ran into six hours of ice be-
tween New York and Gander and
I had another six hours of instru-
ment flying in bad weather off
the coast of Europe" Judd said.
Every pilot has to know his
own limitations" he added in ex-
planning why he cut short his
flight.
He had reported earlier that he
expected to reach Rome about
$50 pm. CEST) and he would de-
eide then whether to land for re-
fueling or push on to Cairo.
Then flying over southern Ire
land he radioed his plane at up Sc
much fuel battling icing condi-
tons that he was forced to give
up the Cairo attempt.
Judd has flown the Atlantic
100 times as a pilot for TWA.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30

Norval Hegland of Teller; Tommy
Richards, Wien pilot at Kotzebue;
and also military aircraft.
These included two SA16s CAL
batross) a C54 of the Air Force,
and three A.N.G. planes, an Liz,
a CAT, and an LEO FROM Bethel.
Col. w. Coleman, senior Army
advisor, who was originally be-
lieved to have been on the plane,
arrived from Anchorage today
with 1t. Col. Bjorn Holta, inspec-
tor general of the ANG.
All three of the 1st Scout Bat
talon officers have families here.
Mrs. Kolb and two children and
Mrs. August and two children
live in Nome and Mrs. Siegwart
and six children have quarters at
Nome Field.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
By FLORENCE DoUTHIT

FAIRBANKS, RrThe Consti-
tutional Convention went on rec
ord unanimously yesterday as ia
voring the so-called Tennessee
Plan" to send Alaska congressman
to the nations capital seeking
statehood from Congress.
The vote, taken during a five
hour session, was $50.
It came before the convention
when George Mclaughlin of An
chorage moved to delete section
from the ordinance article which
contained the meat of the Tennes-
see Plan.
The article was on second read
ing when Mclaughlin, declaring
he was sin a hurry to find out
which way the wind blew" Of
fered his motion. And delegates
admitted they were surprised to
find there was not one dissenting
breeze.
The Ordinance Committee re-
port, still in the simple majority
amendatory stage, provides that
this question shall be put to AL
aska voters when they decide on
ratification of the constitution:
"Shall Ordinance No. Il (Ten-
nessee Plan) set forth in the pro-
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30

WASHINGTON R-Early hear
ings were promised today by the
chairman of the Senate Territor-
les subcommittee on a House
passed bill to modernize Alaska's
mental health program.
Sen. Jackson D-WaSh said he
plans to hold hearings in Febru-
ary with a view to completing
committee action $50 the Senate
will have ample time to consider
it."
He said hearings had been
asked by Sen. Neuberger D-Ore),
who has introduced legislation
similar to that passed by the
House. The Senate committee al
ready has taken some testimony
on the subject. Jackson said he
felt there would be no deed for
extensive hearings before the
committee is prepared to act.
The bill approved by the House
does two things. It sets up modern
legal procedures for commitment
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Russian Speed Skaters
Break Worlds Record
At Olympic Games

CORTIN D'AMPREZZO, Italy,
1.-THE powerful Russians con-
tinued their cascade of gold med
ais today when two young speed
skaters, Yury Mikhailov and Eu-
geniy Grishin, tied for the 1900
meter metric miIe) championship
in the Identical world record
breaking time of minutes, Sc
seconds.
The sensational race on the
mile-high track overshadowed the
other developments of the winter
Olympics games fourth day. Am
erica's Tenley Albright gained a
substantial lead in Women's figure
skating and Norway and Switzer-
land crashed through to their first
championships.
The us. hockey team won its
first match of the six-team final
round robin by crushing Germany
ID. The Yanks play favored Can
ada tomorrow.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Accidental EIectrOcutiOn

LOS ANGELES, R-Hector
Corral, 81, was accidentally cleo
trocuted as he dried cut flowers
with an electric fan.
His brother, 25, told sheriffs
deputies he heard Hector scream
and found him in shed next to
the house with the fan on his
stomach. He was dead on arrival
at a hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
CAREER WOMEN WANTED

TORONTO, R-Toronto police
recently placed a recruiting post
er for policewomen on sidewalk
bulletin board at headquarters.
1t listed 13 duties expected of
the lady cops. The 18th duty read:
Prostitution.
Red-faced officials today ex-
planned they meant investigation
and policing of prostitution.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Composer Lew Porter
Dead at So

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calf,
R-Lew Porter, SO, who wrote
beautiful Ohio" BY the Sea"
and many other songs, died of a
heart attack yesterday.
His real name was Lewis John
Tableporter, but he used the
shorter name professionally.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
All A.N.G. Men Found Alive

The Alaska National Guard
plane. which has been overdue
since Friday. was located at noon
today about Is miles NORTH of
Nome. The plane was found by
pilot Don Bruckner with Jim
Walsh as observer.
Shortly afterwards Rev. Bruck-
ner, flying the Covenant Mission
plane, landed at the scene and
picked up Sgt. Richard August
and brought him to town. He was
rushed to the hospital and is re
ported badly frozen and suffer-
ing from exposure.
At two o'clock Rev. Bruckner
brought in Major Siegwart, who
was Immediately hospitalized.
ReScuers have been parachuted
to the side of the hill where the
plane is located.
Gen. Moves and Maj. Kolb are
reported in serious condition and
will not be moved until a doctor
is flown to the scene to supervise
moving them.
The rescue operation is now
under the direction of Capt. Louis
Wells of Search and Rescue.
Bush planes and military air.
craft have. combed Seward Pen
insula for the AN.G. plane which
disappeared Friday afternoon in
the storm then blowing, while en-
route here from Shishmaref
Aboard the A.N.G Beaver were
Gen John Noyes, adjutant gen.
eral of the Alaska National Guard
who is on an inspection of units
of the 1st Scout Battalion; Major
Frances Siegwart, local A.N.G.
commander; Maj. Robert Kolb,
pilot of the plane, and Sgt. Rich
ard August, of the Nome A.NG.
detachment.
The plane was equipped with
regular emergency rations and
supplies and also carried three
sleeping bags.
Search planes began flying as
soon as it was light Saturday
morning and continued through
today
Assisting in the search were:
Martin Olson, Rev. Don Bruck-
ner, Howard Mays, DR.. M. Ken
nedy, Willie Foster, Bob Jacobs,
Fred Kraum, all of Nome; Rev.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-30
Radioactive Snow Falls

TOKYO, R-Radioactive snow
fell on Matsuya City on the south
west coast of Honsbu Thursday
through Saturday, Kyodo News
Service reported.
No reason was given for the
radioactivity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
TODAYS RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS
1850. WIDOW and wAsH-fm

1850. WIDOW and WASH-fm
Georgetown Unive rsity
Forum: Topic Is Current
Communist Strength"
1885, WRC-Monitor:: Aneu-
rim Bevan. Walter Eliot.
Milton Friedman and E. A.
VanSteenwyk discuss So
cialized medicine in trans
Atlantic report on New
World"
1900. WWDC-Eddie Fisher:
Washington's Betty Madi-
gan visits Eddie and sings
her latest recording,
Faithful and True"
1915. WGMS - Talks on
Books: Gilbert Highet's
topic. THE Age of Dirt and
Splendour."
l:00, WTOP - Woolworth
Hour: Georgia Gibbs, Billy
Daniels. Claramae Turner,
and the Dick Lyman Trio.
guests.
200, WMAL 49, Felix Grant
Show: Off-beat pop music
on hi-f1 records featuring
Sylvia Syms. Julie London,
and Jeri Southern.
1880, WTOP-New York Phil
harmonic Symphony: Di-
mitri Mitropoulos will con-
duct the orchestra in a
Buxtehude Ciacona in E
minor and the Bizet Wuite
"Jeux d'Enfants.' Carlos
Chavez will conduct the or
chestra in his own work,
"Sinfonia No. 3. Gina Bach
auer performs Prokofieff's
Piano Concerto No. 3.
1880, WGMS-Howard Mitchell
National Symphony conduc,
tor plays and comments OF
Beethoven, Egmont Overture
Mailer, Songs on the Deatf
OF Children; Shostakovitch
Symphony No. S.
3:l5, WIDOW AND WASH-fm-
Capital Productions: 9TH,
Significance Of the Sixth" al
original comedy drama.
$3.50, WRC-Monitor: Profile o
James Haggerty, presidential
press secretary.
sos, WTOP - Indictment: 4
new documentary series por
traying New York City's wa
against crime.
sos, WGMS - Festival o
American Orchestras: TIL
Boston Symphony Orchestr;
con Quoted, by Charlie
Muench, plays Rouse
Bacchus and Ariadne Suite
Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe.
sos, WRC - Radio Theater
THE Fall of a Tyrant." dra
ma Of a dictator whose regim
is upset by a courageou
American reporter.
$3.50, WMAL Greatest Story
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Story Of 1.-THE Good samari-

Story Of THE Good samari.
tan"
$3.50. WWDC-Harry Wismer;
Bill Dewitt Of New York
Yankees, guest.
1890. WIDOW, WASH-fm-By
the People: Civil defense
needs are outlined In story of
radio and telephone service.
soc, WMAL-Town Meeting:
Politics USA" covers 20
years and five national
elections.
$500, WGMS-National CAL
lery Concert: Janet South
wick, soprano; Gilbert Nor
wood. clarinet; Alice Wight
man. pianist; Richard
Bales. commentator: fea-
tured are songs by Mozart,
Schubert. Berlioz. Debussy.
$3.50, WRC-Monitor: Jose
Greco tells Dave Garroway
about techniques needed for
the Spanish Dance.
1905, WGMS-The Addition
Room: Mozart, Divertimen-
to No. 8 in E-flat. K. 116:
Beethoven. Septet in E-flat.
Op. 20; Villa Lobos Brazil
ian Carnival Fantasy.
II, WRC-Monitor: Michael
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
TV AND IIAH Die
RADIO WAIIDAO

D. C. area for four straight
years Should not the
word be outgassed?"
Groves, H. P
Dear Bernie:
"TV was invented for the
housewife - anyway I'm glad
I've enjoyed TV for four years.
If I did have the time. which
] don't. I would look at (say.
OF a Monday Today, Garry
Moore. Godfrey (who else?),
Warren Hull, Tennessee Ernie,
CHS Soap Opera. Jack Paar,
Robert @. Lewis lis there any
thing we can do about getting
him the full half-hour0 and
Art Linkletter. That's all.
Il enjoy your column. Why
don't you put your picture
with the column-you are very
nice looking. I've seen it only
a couple of times"
Mrs. Verona S. B.
Obviously a letter from a
lady Of impeccable taste)
y y
Dear Bernie:
I am writing you to protest
against two things.
First Of all, why Is it that
you never print letters that
are derogatory to LOCAL per-
formers? >. I'll give you an
example. :. Several weeks ago
l wrote you in reference to
Milton @. Ford and his OBJ
noxious ways. Nary a word.
=. A buddy of mine wrote a
terrific letter praising many
stars of local scene but PAN
ming Les Sand. It's strictly
a matter of opinion. but in
reference to local performers
you just won't hurt their
tender feelings. Here goes
again. Les Sands show in
this viewers opinion is terri
Bile. The local scene is just
awful with him, Milton @.
Ford and the Strongs.
Second: What is so terribly
wrong with soap operas? Just
because you don't like them.
why pan them? -.
G. and G. S.
(The answer is simple-we
Just haven't the room to print
all letters received. We're
grateful for all and I do read
every one-ofter pass along
helpful hints to local per-
formers. AS for judging local
talent evenly with network
performers. how could I hon.
estly do that? Art Linkletter
has four people whose SOLE
function it is to find interest
ing guests for his House Party.
Local performers have to do
1t themselves. When Gene
Klavan was performing solo
on WTOP. writing his own
material. getting his own
props, ETC., his shoH frankly
wasn't consistently funny. But
the potential was there. Now
that he's got partner, writ
ers, ETC.. he's making 500. 900
per year in New York. How
famous was John DAILY when
he was here? You might also
be surprised to know that
haven't had the space to print
three letters praising Les pro-
gram.
Outside Of transparent and
monotonous situations, dia-
logue that can be anticipated
and cardboard characterize
tons, I think soap operas are
fine. Why not indicate that
TV could do better?)