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The Nome nugget., 1957-08-02
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION ALASKA AERONAUTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Invitation for Bids


 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT Anchorage, Alaska, TERRITORY OF ALASKA Dept of Aviation July 29, 1857
 SEALED BIDS, in duplicate copy sub ject to the conditions contained herein will be received until August Is, 1857, then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for construction of parking apron. taxiway and access road at the Ralph Wien Municipal Airport at Kotzebue, Alaska. Plans. Specifications. and Proj- ect Docunents may be obtained from the Director of Aeronautics, Alaska Aer- onautics and Communications Commis- sion, Room POP, Glover Building, An chorage, Alaska upon deposit of S25.O0. Bids will be publicly opened in the office of the Director of Aeronautics, Room POP Glover Building Anchorage, Alaska, at 800 PM, A.S.T., on August Is, 1857. Where copies of plans are re- quested, deposit of S2500 will be re- ouired to insure their return. Guarantee will be required with each bid as fol- lows: Ten Percent t10 To). See Para graph of Instuctions to Bidderl Per- formance bond will be required for an amount not less than 50 e of the con- tract Payment bond will be required for an amount not less than 5O9o of the contract Liquidated damages for delay will be as stipulated in the General Con- tract Provisions for Airport Construction Specifications. Partial payments will be
  plicable to the contract shall be as listed in the Special Contract Provisions. Bids must be submitted upon Proposal Form and the S. yccessful bidder will be re- quired to execute the Standard Form of Contract for Construction. The right is reserved. as the interest of the Territory of Alaska may require, to reject any and i all bids, to waive any informality in bids received. and to accept or reject any items of any bid. unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation. Envel- opes containing bids must be sealed, marked and addressed as follows: Bid for Ralph Wien Municipal Airport at Kotzebue.
 Project No. 9-50-009-02
 To be opened at 800 PM. -A.S.T.. Date August Is, 1857 Bidder
 Address
 By Eugene c. Roguszka Acting Director of Aeronautics Publ Aug. l, 2. IA. 1857
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COMMUNITY METHODIST

COMMUNITY METHODIST Second Accrue at West C Street. WILLARD MEcKLENBURG. PASTOR and LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER MISS ESTHER MCCOY. DIRECTOR
 SUNDAY 9:45-Sunday School Session. 11:O0-Morning Worship 3:30-Hosp1ral Service. 6:30-Methodist Youth Fellowship ZOO p.m.-Meet at church for the Church of the Tundra. Cars leave
 at 7:30 pm.
 THURSDAY to p.m.-Personal Conference Period available in parsonage study. 7:30 p-m.-Prayer Meeting
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TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
 ALASKA AERONAUTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 Invitation for Bids
 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT Anchorage, Alaska TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 tPlace) Department of Aviation
 fDate) July 8. 1857
 SEALED BIDS, in duplicate copy sub- in, will be received until August 16, 1857, then publicly opened, for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for construction of an Airport Landing Strip located near Seldov1a, Alaska.
 Plans Specifications, and Project Doc uments may be obtained from the Dl- rector of Aeronautics, Alaska Aeronad- tics and Communications Commission, Room POP, Glover Bldg, Anchorage, Alas ka, upon deposit of 5z5.o9.
 Bids will be publicly opened in the office of the Director of Aeronaut1cs, Room POP, Glover Bldg. Anchorage, Alaska, at 1O:0O AM, A.G.T., on August Is, 1857.
 Where copies of plans are requested, a deposit of S25 100 will be required to insure thei1 return.
 Guarantee will be required with each bid as follows: Ten Percent Q0@op- tSee Paragraph I of Instructions to Bidder.)
 Performance bond WILL De required for an amount not less than 50 % of the contract
 Payment bond will be required for ar amount not less than 50 % of the contract Liquidased damages for delay will be as stipulatedSin the General Contract Provisions for Airport Construction Specifications
 Partial payments will be made monthly. Minimum wage rates applicable to the contract shall be as listed in the Special Contract Provisions.
 Bids must be submitted upon Proposal Form and the successful bidder will be required to execute the Standard Form of Contract for Construction.
 The right is reserved, as the interest of the Territory of Alaska may require, to reject any and all bids. to waive any informality in bids received. and to ac- cept or reject any items of any bid, unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation
 Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked and addressed as follows: Bid for Seldovia Municipal Airport Project No. 9-5O-004-02
 To be opened at 200 PM, A.S.T.,
 Date: Aug. Is. 1857
 Bidder: "
 Address: ~ pryfl J,rIv 29 Aug. 2 $. Q. l2 l9S7
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RADIO PROGRAM ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE IVY NOME

4:05-Baseba1l 6:O0ENews
 6:15-Sports Caravan 6:30-Revenuers' Romp 7:3O--Make Way 4 Youth 8:O0-Grand Ole Opry 8:3OEJimmy Wakely 9:0O--Country Style 9:30-Dragnet 10:00-Amer.'s Pop. Music 11:00--News II: :15-Terrea Lea II: 30-Land of Dreams 12:00-Sign Off
 Sunday 7:58-Sign On
 8:00-News
 8:15-Sun. Morn. Melodies 9:00-Catholic Hour 9:30-Invitation 2 Learning 1O:0O-The 590 Club Ill: 1:00-ProteStant Hour 11:30-Negro College Choir I12:00-NewS l2.15-In the Mood 12: 30-Navy Hour 1:00-Heartbeat Theater 1:30-Portraits in Music 2:OO-Fellowship Hour 2:30-E. Power Biggs 3:00-Fort Laramie 3:30-Music Vues 4:00-News
 4:05-BaSeball 6:0O-News
 6:15-Sports Caravan
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6:30-Ed Sullivan
 7:00-Mitch Miller
 7:45-This World of Music 8:00-Family Theater
 8:3O-Our Miss Brooks
 9:00-Wings for Tomorrow 9:30Nx Minus One 10:00--Boston Symphony 1l:00ANews 11:15-Serenade in Blue II: 30-Land of Dreams 12:00-Sign Off
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This highway adage I have found Has much of wisdom in it.: If motorists would give more
 ground,
 There would be fewer in itl
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ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEARING

FINAL ACCOUNT AND REPORT Charles D. Jones, administrator of the estate of Al Carey, deceased, having this day filed in this Court and matter his First and Final Account and Report and Petition for Final Distribution and Dis charge, praying that day be appointed for the hearing thereof, it is hereby
 ORDERED that the 27th day of Sep tember, 1857, at the hour of o'clock in the afternoon of said day be- and the same hereby is, appointed and designat- ed as the time, and the office of the United States Commissioner, Ex- -Officio Probate Judge for the Cape Nome Pre- cinct, Second Division, Territory of Alaska, as the place for the hearing of objections to the said Account and Re- port. when and where all persons in- terested in said estate may appear and object to said account and where and when said account will be heard and set- tled and at said hearing the Court will determine what persons are to take the estate under the intestate laws of the Territory; it is further
 ORDERED that notice of such hearing shall be given by publication of notice of the time and place thereof, once week for four consecutive weeks in the Nome Nugget, newspaper of general circulation, published daily except Sum- days and legal holidays in Nome, Alaska, and that proof of such publication be filed herein.
 DONE IN OPEN COURT this 18th day of July, 1857.
 'Signed) HERBERT !. JENKS
 (SEAL) Probate Judge Publish July 26 Aug. 2, g, 16, 1857.
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OUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH

The White QuonSet on B Street THOMAS A. KNuDsoN. PASTOR
 PHONE RED
 FRIDAY 7:00 P.M.-Choir rehearsal 800 P.M.-Luther League SUNDAY 9:45 A.M.-Divine Worship
 with Holy Communion 1l:00 A.M.-Divine Worship
 with Holy Communion
 (Translated) 7:30 P.M.-Divine Worship
 (Translated)
 with Holy Communion
 WEDNESDAY 7:30 P.M.-Bible Study and Prayer All that the Father giueth me shall come to me; and hin, that conleth to me 1Dil in no tcise cast out. John 6:31 The public is cordially inuited
 to tcorship tDith us.
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Monday

6:58-Sign On
 7:00--NeWs
 7:15-Weather Roundup
 7:18-Rise & Shine
 8:15-Morning Devotions : 8: 8:30-Breakfast Club
 9:00-Coffee Concert 10: OO-Turn Back the Clock 10: 30-Spotlite on a Star 10: 45-Rex Koury 11:00+ Lone Mans Family H.: 1:15-Swinging thru Dixie 11:30-Make Up Your Mind 11:45-Masters of Melody 12:00-News 12:15-Behind the Story 12:30EPlatter Parade
 1:00LHillbilly Jamboree
 2:00-Robert Q. Lewis
 2:30-Music a la Carte
 4:00-News
 4:05-Baseball
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE at Third and DiUision
 EDGAR BIRB. PASTOR l0:0O m.-SUNDAY SCHOOL HOO a.m.-MORNING WORSHIP 6:30 p.m.-JUNIOR SOCIETY. 6:30 pm. YOUNG PEOPLES Society. 7:3O p.m.-Evening Worship.
 WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m--Prayer Meeting
 THE FRIENDLY CHURCH WITH THE SINGING TOWER
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NOME COVENANT CHURCH

NOME COVENANT CHURCH Front St. cnd West E REV. RoALD AN1UNDSEN, PASTOR
 SUNDAY Morning Service-10 to H.: 45 am. Evening Service-7:30 pm.
 MONDAY Covenant Navigators
 TUESDAY Cottage Prayer Service
 WEDNESDAY Phoebe Circ1e-7:30 pm.
 THURSDAY 7:30 p.m.-Prayer Service at Church
 FRIDAY Services and Songs in Eskimo Dialect SATURDAY pm.-Singspiratio
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Friday

Friday o:O0-News 6:15-Sports Caravan 6: 6:30-Revenuers' Romp ! 7:3O-Jewish Hour 8:00-Ebony & Ivory 8:30-Two for the Money 9:00-Groucho Marx 9:30-Suspense 10:O0-One Night Stand 10: 30-Martin Block 11:00-News 11:15-A Joy Forever II: 1:30-Land of Dreams 12:00-Sign Off
 Saturday 6:5S-Sign On 7.00-NeWs 7:15-Weather Roundup 7:18-Rise & Shine 8:15-Morning Devotions 8:3O-Doctor Sixgun 9:00-No School Today 1O:00-The Lone Ranger 10: 30-Galen Drake l1:00-Robert Q. Lewis 11:30-Jill Corey Sings 11:45-Guest Star f2.OO-News 12:15-Let's Go to Town 12: :30-Platter Parade 1:00-Polka Party 1:30-Hawaii Calls 2:00-Mostly Dixie 2:30-Music a la Carte 4:00-News
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD
 Third Aue West HARRIET BROWN, PASTOR
 SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.-Sunday School 11:00 a.m.-Morning Worship 7:30 p.m.-Evangelistic Service
 TUESDAY ZOO p.m.-W MIG.
 THURSDAY 7:30 p.m.-Bible study & prayer.
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NOME GOSPEL HOME

sos Front Street SATURDAY. Fellowship Evening Meet ing, zoo PM. LORDS DAY..
 Breaking of Bread HIN. 9:00 am. Family Bible Hour ...... 10:15 am. Sunday School ......... 200 pm. Gospel Meeting ..... TOO pm. MONDAY. Boys group l. TOO pm. THURSDAY ,. Children ... 3:30 pm.
 Prayer, Bible study .... FOO pm. FRIDAY. Girls Group, 400 PM. Christians gathered unto the name
 ot the Lord Jesus Christ.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, SECOND DIVISION, CAPE NOME PRECINCT In the Matter of the Estate of
 AL CAREY, Deceased
 No
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-02

Publ. July 2s. Aug. ?, 5. g. i2. 1857.
The Nome nugget., 1957-08-02

By Eugene c. Roguszka
 Acting Director of Aeronautics Publ Aug. l, 2. IA. 1857.
Evening star., 1957-12-26
WOMEN IN THE NEWS
Queen Elizabeth Wins Again
As Top Headline Personality

attic debut In Athens at Is and
became q top operate star Of
Europe before her American
debut.
EDUCATION: Mrs. L. c.
Bates Of Little Rock. Ark. who
made headlines in September
during the integration crisis in
the schools of that city. She Is
president Of the Arkansas chap
ter Of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Col
ored People. and 1t was at her
home that the nine Negro stu
dents stayed while Federal
troops guarded their right to
attend previously all-white Gen.
tral High School.
POLITICS: Margaret Chase
Smith. the Republican Senator
from Maine, still the country's
only woman Senator. and the
first TO be elected TO that ofiice
on her own record. not as an
appointee to fill vacancy. Mrs.
Smith was a Representative for
eight years before being elected
TO the Senate in l948.
PUBLIC SERVICE: Eleanor
Roosevelt. widow OF President
Franklin d. Roosevelt. still writ
Evening star., 1957-12-26
Khrushchev's Swift Rise

Then Federal troops were
rushed IN by presidential order.
While this move insured places
for the nine students In the
erstwhile white school. it also
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Sputniks Spur U. S. Rocket SpeeduE

finance the armed forces for
the IL months starting next
July /.
The new and costly accent on
missiles also sent Pentagon
planners scurrying for new
ways to save money even be-
'yond the economy measures de-
creed by former Defense Secre-
tary Charles F.. Wilson.
The new Secretary, Neil Nc
Elroy. gave the nod to the
missile speedup program. So
far. he has done nothing to
halt the cutback in manpower
and conventional weapons Or
dered by Mr.. Wilson.
The year approached the close
with the military slashing 200, :
900 men from their rolls. BY
June, the total uniformed
strength will drop to 2.6 million,
the lowest since the eve of
the Korean War.
Evening star., 1957-12-26

rector Roberto Rosselini. made
news also with her personal life
this year. when her marriage to
her "one true love" ended in q
legal separation, with divorce in
the ofnng. She is now in Eng
land, at work on q new movie.
BUSINESS: Lucille Ball, one
half Of the fantastically sue
cessful husband-and- wife team
Of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
who not only star in their own
top-rated show. but also pro-
duce a number Of other tele-
vision attractions. The ap-
parently light-headed Lucy"
Of the TV screen turns out to
have a very solid business head
on her fiippant shoulders, and
at present probably is one of
the richest women in Holly
wood.
MUSIC: Maria Callas. the
American operate soprano with
the voice Of an angel" who
has soomed to the top rank Of
stars since her debut at the
Metropolitan last fall. Maria.
now "a. was born In New York
Of Greek parents and says she
was the ugly duckling Of the
family-fat. awkward and shy.
She started studying music at
the age Of 8. went TO Athens
at 10 TO study at the Royal
Conservatory, made her oper-
Evening star., 1957-12-26

The year OF the Sputnik
pushed Americas defenders to
speed up their own pioneering
ventures into the new realm
Of outer space.
Spurred by Russias achieve
ments with rockets and satel-
lites. the United States in the
waning weeks Of 1857 declared
its readiness to meet the new
challenge by:
1. Producing two kinds Of
! i.500-mile ballistic missiles. the
Jupiter and the Thor. capable
Of hurting nuclear warheads
from Western Europe into the
heart OF the USSR.
2. Building a multi-million
dollar base near Cheyenne.
Wyo., to launch intercontinent-
al ballistic weapons still under
development.
3. Starting work on the first
Evening star., 1957-12-26

submarine designed specifically
to carry and launch the Navy's
Polaris ballistic missile.
4. Setting up new. unified
agency at the Pentagon TO
speed development Of fantastic
weapons Of the future. includ-
ing anti-ballistic missiles and
manned space platforms.
The faster American defense
leaders probed the secrets Of
space warfare the more rapidly
they became convinced that
missiles and economy won't
mix.
The rigid spending limit. i'm
posed on the military in the
months before Sputnik I. was
the first money barrier TO give
way. and the year nears its end
with the administration re-
signed TO asking Congress for
an additional 81 billion to
Evening star., 1957-12-26
By DOROTHY ROE

Associated Press Women's Editor
For the third time in q dec
ade. Queen Elizabeth II is q
Woman of the Year in Ameri-
can headlines. Women's edi-
tors of Associated Press news
papers throughout the country
voted her the top woman news
personality Of the year in their
annual poll. following the tri-
umphant visit Of Britain's
royal couple to the United
States and Canada. which pro-
duced enough news stories to
fill a library.
Previously Elizabeth was
voted Woman Of the Year In
I947. when she married Philip
Mountbatten. now Duke OF
Edinburgh. and again in the
year Of her eoronation. 1858.
Other women voted out
standing in their fields for 1887:
SPORTS: Althea Gibson. the
30-year-old tennis player from
Harlem. who this year won
practically every major cham
pionship in the world Of inter-
national tennis. The lanky.
smiling. Althea climaxed an lS-
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tournament winning streak by
taking the women's singles
championship at Wimbledon In
July, after which she won the
National women's Singles title
at Forest Hills In September.
LITERATURE: Grace Me-
talious, the New Hampshire
housewife whose first novel.
'Peyton Place." became an un-
expected runaway best-seller.
with present sales figures top
ping the three million mark.
The sensational story Of life In
a New England village so
shocked some academic circles
that her husband, George Me-
talious. lost his Job as principal
Of the Gilmanton. N. H., public
schools. and is now teaching in
Stowe, Mass. Mrs. Metalious Is
the mother Of three children.
ENTERTAINMENT: Ingrid
Bergman, winner Of an Acad-
emy Award for her work In the
motion picture version Of
"Anastasia !. The Swedia born
actress, whS Ssave up career and
family for her controversial
romance with italian movie d.
Evening star., 1957-12-26
BEST STORIES
or THE YEAR

/. Sputniks launched.
2, Little Rock story.
3. Khrushchev emerges
at top in Kremlin.
1. Teamsters Union hear
ings.
5. Middle East crisis.
9. Hurricane Audrey.
2. Eisenhower's latest i'll
ness.
9. Asian fiu.
.. Girard case.
10. Civil Rights Bill
passed.
Evening star., 1957-12-26
GREAT YEAR FOR STORIES !.
Russio's Sputniks Provided
Biggest News, Editors Say

this fall, Syria was h0llering
that Turkey and America were
about to attack her. Russia was
warning she would not stand
idly BY In any such event.
America was warning right
back against Russian interyen-
ton. There were appeals to the
United Nations. a United
States airlift Of tanks to Jor-
dan. Turkish maneuvers. an
Egyptian troop movement TO
Syria. And then Mr.. Khrush-
chev barged into q Turkish
diplomatic party and said, In
effect. to forget II. there would
be no war.
Other Big Stores
Other top stories. In the or
der the news editors placed
them:
Hurricane Audrey. Most dew
astating since the northeastern
storm of 1888. It's tidal wave
swamped the southeastern cor
ner of Louisiana. Dead and
missing numbered $50. property
loss $40 million.
The Presidents mild stroke.
This story broke after some
ballots were in the mail and
most editors had 10 assess 1t
while 1t developed. The story
caused didos in the stock
market. rs was the case in
previous presidential illnesses
IN 1856 and 1885. and smoked
up once more the issue of
establishing succession proce-
dure for an aiiine president in
case Of necessity.
Flu Struck Millions
The Asian fiu. An epidemic
which swept out Of Hong Kong
to envelop the Far East and
then America was notable for
Its low death rate. its II million
United States victims and the
fact that a vaccine was devel-
Oped and manufactured in q
matter Of months to help keep
IL under control. Still un-
answered: whether ii would
return later in more virulent
form.
The Girard case. A young IL
linois soldier In Japan. william
s. Girard. shot and killed q
japanese woman on a target
range and became an interna-
tional issue. America won good
will by turning him over to q
Japanese court which convicted
him OF manslaughteF and gave
him q suspended sentence.
Civil rights bill. The first civil
rights bill passed by the United
States Senate In 80 years. q
comparatively mild measure.
was enacted despite q one-man
filibuster by Senator Strom
Thurmond Of South Carolina.
who dragged out the fight
against the wishes Of his
Southern colleagues.
Evening star., 1957-12-26

spread bitterness through the
South and stirred up political
currents yet to be measured.
The third big story was the
swift rise Of Nikita Khrushchev
to supreme II uneasy authority
In Russia. Outpacing even
Joseph Stain in his prime. Mr.,
Khrushchev first outmaneu-
vered q cabal In the Central
Committee and banishcd such
veteran Kremlin hands as v,
NJ. Molotov and Georgi NJ. Ma
lenkov from the party's ruling
Presidium.
Dave Beck and James n.
Hoffa Of the big Teamsters'
Union starred in the congress
sionai hearings on rackets that
placed fourth among the years
top news events.
In two days Beck. the union
president. invoked the Fifth
Amendment more than 400
times under questioning on as
sertions Of irregularities. in
cluding one that he took more
than 100000 in teamster
funds.
Under indictment for income
tax evasion. he left the hear
lngs resolved to seek reelection
and vindication. but later
bowed out.
HOifa Also Appeared
His heir apparent. Hoffa. also
called before the committee.
suffered loss Of memory at crit
ical points. He admitted errine
in associating with "bums and
criminals. said he would clean
up the union when he headed
It. His election came of as
scheduled but . court order
has KEEP him out of ONCE.
As an Aftermath. the Team
sters Union was expelled in
December from the AFL-CIO
organization.
Fifth among the big stories
on the editors list was the
boiling Middle East that gen.
Grated another major crisis
when Russia expanded its in
fiuence into Syria. Suddenly.
Evening star., 1957-12-26
Ry JOE WING

Associated Press Newsfeatures EDITOR
Two metal moons lohbed
into outer space by Russia
made the biggest news Of 1857.
Their breaking of the gravity
barrier has been adjudged the
years outstanding event by
the Nations top news editors
In The Associated Press an
nuHl poll.
The Russian achievement
has had broad consequences.
While the United states tn
sisted it wasn't racing satel-
htes, the launching quickly
proved a propaganda victory
for Russia. II was even hkened
here to q second Pearl Harbor.
Soon President Eisenhower
assured America II was still
ahead in overall military
strength, appointed q science
eo-ordinator. and gave priority
10 the whole missile program.
As the realization. sank home
that the beep- beep from space
symholized vast technical de-
velopmentS IN Russia. there
was soul searching by Ameri-
cans on their educational and
military setups.
When Sputnik II stole a
second march on the world,
however. the Russians them.
selves were surprised because
the western man-on- the
street turned his attention
largely 70 the doomed dog that
Travelled the silent skies to q
lonesome death within the
half.ton sattllite.
Little Reck Second
A close second on the edi-
tors list Of biggest news
events was the Little r o c k
story.
Although a large number OF
schools were desegregated in
the South last fall in line with
the Supreme Court decision,
troubles in a few spots. and in
Little Rock most Of al, cor
nered national interest.
At Little Rock. Gov. Orval
Fauhus threw Arkansas Ma
tional Guardsmen around Gen.
tral High School to maintain
order" after q Federal court
ordered all persons to refrain
from interference with pro-
posed integration Of the school
The gtiardsmen turned away
nine Negroes scheduled to enter
the school but were withdrawn
after three weeks under court
order. When the nine did enter
school q riot occurred despite
police efforts.
Khrushchev's Swift Rise
Then Federal troops were
rushed in by presidential order.
While this move insured places
for the nine students In the
erstwhile white school, 1t also
Evening star., 1957-12-26

ing a syndicated newspaper
column and still making news
wherever she goes. Her latest
adventure was a 25-day tour
OF the Soviet Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
Spout Run Bridge
Bid Is Approved
Bv Roads Unit

The Bureau Of Public Roads
has recommended that a con-
tract for $50, 488 be awarded for
the construction of q bridge
over Spout Run along the
George Washington Memorial
Parkway in Virginia.
The low bid. one of three
submitted, came from Troitino
4 Brown, Inc. Of Asheville.
N. c. II was sent to National
Park Service officials for in
dorsement.
1.-THE other bids were S94, 049.
from the Triangle Construction
GO, Of Silver Spring, and $97.-
333 .26 from Gunnell Construc-
ton Co. Of l40l K street NV,
The Office Of H. j. Spelman,
re- ional engineer, reported the
bridge, to be a reinforced con-
crete arch span forming the
westbound lane Of the park
way, will be started as soon as
park officials give their ap-
proval.