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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

erick w. Mallon, the required
improvements we're made In
80 per cent of the building;
which failed the initial in
spection.
Spot checks in the four areas
however. indicate a 10 per CEN
slip-back rate to substandarC
levels.
According to Mr.. Mallon'i
figures:
All but $50 Of the 2,73s
residential buildings In North
east / have been inspected. o
these 1855, all but 3S6 failed
to meet the sweeping housing
code requirements.
OF the 2.249 which failed in.
spection. all but 236, or 80 pei
cent, were Shored up to comply
with the minimum standards.
The figures are less impress
sive in the Southeast's Mar
shall Heights area, where the
area program also is about
completed. Here, the compli-
ance rate comes out to 40 per
cent.
To explain this difference,
officials said that Marshall
Heights, unlike the Northeast
section. sprang up with make
shift dwellings during the de-
preston days of the 1930s.
Finance Troubles
Residents of this area, To-
Gated on the District line below
East Capitol street east Of
Forty-ninth street, also have
had trouble in obtaining f.
nancing for the improvements
This impaSSe is one of the ma
jor headaches in carrying out
the Districts housing goals.
In the matter of financing
another major problem has
been the fact that the Federal
Housing Administrations min
imum standards are higher
than the Districts. Efforts are
being made to bring the two
levels together.
Inspectors moved into Mar.
shall Heights and two othel
areas-Northeast 2, which Dor.
ders the initial pilot area, anc
Cardozo in Northwestern Oc.
tober, 1857.
In all four Of the areas, about
SO per cent Of the houses are
below the Districts standards
officials expect to begin the en-.
forement work in two of the
remaining sections this month
Barry Farms in the South.
east and Brentwood in the
Northeast. Spot inspections are
made throughout the city.
The program, which follow.
up the systematic approach
with a field review effort, has
been carried out with a velvet
glove approach.
When necessary, the prop
erty owners are taken to court.
But, said Mr.. ngenfritz, the
goal is housing improvements
and not enforcement fines
With the retroactive require
ments of the code adding to
the problem, the approach
has been to give the property
owner the widest possible lee
way in time and tolerance, he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02
Esther Williams
Husband Arrested
SANTA MONICA, cain. Aug

SANTA MONICA. Calf, Aug
! (AP). - Ben Gage, a.
estranged husband of actress
Esther Williams. was arrested
today on suspicion of drunk
driving.
Policeman Bert Simonton
said Mr.. Gage, a real estate
operator, drove his car half a
mile down a grass-covered
parkway which divides a street
The policeman said Mr.. Gage
fiunked q field sobriety test
after saying: II can't pass that
test. My feet are too big"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

coff and his firm set at $500
each.
Mr.. Goracoff said later:
I'VE are clean dealers. We
have been bucking a monopolis-
tic practice in Washington.
am innocent" He added that
he had tried ito pass new mod
ell Cadillacs on to the public at
savings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

Since then, a block block
enforcement program of the
Districts housing code has
moved according TO schedule
into three other areas.
Windup Readied
\ Now. the city is preparing to
Wind up the systematic effort
N the initial Northeast section,
and in a smaller Southeast de-
velopment.
After falling the costs and
gains, officials this week said
the program has been a COM
parative bargain in the Stun
prevention market.
Supervisors Of the program
concede that the results are
far from perfect. Several major
problems still are unsolved and
the matter of how long the
housing improvements will be
maintained is an open ques-
ton.
Also there is the real estate
mans point Of view to be
considered. Complaints have
come in from owners of rental
property, who say they are
caught in the middle. Costly
improvements melt away, and
must then be repeated, be-
cause Of irresponsible tenants.
City'S Key Problem
However, while acknowledge
ing these points, the director
Of the Department Of Licenses
and Inspections. Joseph j.
Ilgenfritz, said the answer is
this: The city simply cannot
stand by and watch its neigh
borhoods sink into blighted
areas.
And, Mr.. Ilgenfritz said, the
progress report figures show
the District is getting more for
its dollars than it could with
any other approach to curing
the housing ills.
The entire project so far has
cost the city about 100000 in
personnel salaries and admins
trative overhead, according to
S. Tudor Strang, assistant SUI
perintendent of the depart
ment'S housing division.
The figure probably will rise
to about 81 million under the
10-year work schedule, he said.
Completion Set
The four-year, door-to-d door
enforcement phase in the pilot
Section-Northeast will be
completed by the end of next
month. This area is bounded
by F street, Maryland avenue,
Thirteenth. D and Sixteenth
streets and Constitution ave-
nue..
According to the housing
division superintendent, Fred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02
Stun Prevention Work
Held Comparative Gain

Four the District sent team Of workers into
Northeast residential to begin l0year experiment in
wiping out substandard living conditions.
It the first toward lifting housing standards to a
decent level marked municipal yardstck in 10 sections
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
Egan Recovering

Juneau R. Gov. William A. Egan was reported Thursday as making a rapid recovery from a four-hour gall-bladder operation which he underwent Tuesday.
 Doctors said Egan's tempera- ture was reported normal on Thursday.
 The statement issued by Egan's doctors said extensive laboratery and X-ray examinations had shown the governor to be suffering from obstructive jaundice, caused bE 3 solitary stone of the common bile duct with chronic inflammation .of, the gall bladder and bile passagea
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
Fishermen Oppose August 7 Closure As Proposed by Fisheries Bureau

a regulation the past several years, came in for criticism by those present. Many wanted it abolish
 )41 ! Dyson cal-ed 1t a great guessing game. "You have to be a good guesser to come out ahead with such a regulation" he stated. I'm not a good guesser." He thought a fisherman with poor luck in one area should be able to move on to better fishing grounds. Baltzo stated in reply that the area licensing hadn't proved successful, but it was planned to leave it in the regulations during the 1859 season.
 Cichoski stated he thought gear should be limited. Baltzo replied that his department was unable to regulate amount of gear. we are
 Continued on Page 9
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
Owners of Dogs ! Warned by Police

Chief of Police Roland Vickery issued warning this week to all dog owners that a drive is now in force to destroy all dogs running loose without tags.
 Numerous complaints have been received by the department of packs of dogs running loose, es- pecially in the Mission Road area. These dogs could have caused a lot of trouble, the Chief stated, had they gotten out of control. We are going to enforce the ordinance which clearly states that regardless of the fact that a dog has 8 license or not, it must be tied up all times, or on leash. and under control of the owner" !" the Chief said. We cannot have any child hurt by a pack of dogs"
 The dog catcher has been in- structed to shoot all strays running loose that do not have tags on them. The owners of dogs with tags that are running loose will be notified, and warned. On the second apprehension of the dog,  the owner will be brought to court.
 Vickery also warned especially that female dogs in heat should not be allowed to roam as this causes the most trouble. Tt is my last resort toshoot a dog" he said, because I like them as we'll as anyone. But ne have no. other al- ternstive than to dsstroy all dogs running loese and causing q nut saace ',-4ss-i-fs '.aa1z- A14lz-ts'sss'ssz-s
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10

The August ? closure for fish, ing as proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Service in this area was generally opposed by fishermen attending the fisheries hearing held here Tuesday evening. The meeting was held in the Federal courtroom and was attended by an overflow crowd. Howard Baltzo, Assistant Regional Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, presided. Several speakers urged the con- tinuation of the August 13 closure date. Main argument voiced was that they would be unable to take advantage of a late run of fish, should there be one. "The field representative can close the sea- son as hs sees fit, anyway-so what's the advntage?" This argu- ment was given by Lloyd Swan, 'Tiny" Cichoski and others. The speakers voiced the sentiment that once the proposed closure date is in the regulations, it would take an act of Congress to change it.
 The fishermen did, however, favor a fnid-season closure, which they said was advantageous to future fishing.
 Pete Olson, a fisherman, oppos- cd the closure of Cordova to fish ing this year. He. said it would bring many boats from that area to Kodiak. Baltzo countered by stating that the fishermen would be moving out of the Cordova area in any case this year, since n0> fish is anticipated. He said most of them would go to the Copper River area.
 Area licensing, which has been
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
Eisenhower Signs. Statehood for AIosko Reality
Anchorage Hotel DesS oyeGi by Fire

Anchorage R. Flames that roared out of control for more than two hours in zero weather destroyed a two-story hotel in downtown en la Thursday.
 Wa tIrued to ice as every availal'e city fire fighting unit and fire control teams from near by military bases battled the blaze Several business establish ments, night club, bar and restau- ant in the hotel building was ap- parently destroyed. No estimate of the damage was immediately available.
 Some nearby stores and busi- nesses vacated but flames were confined to the hotel building. The cause was not immediately determined. *s
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
To Film King Crab Fishing industry

The GO Ahead" signal was given to the proposed filming of the king crab industry and opera tion, at the meeting of the Cham Der of Commerce Tuesday.
 Chamber members voted to underwrite the filming, which will cost approximately $220O. Alp proximately $17O0 has already been raised. Additional solicita- tions will be made from business men and firms directly benefitting from king crab processing.
 The actual filming will be done by professional photographer, in conjunction with the Alaska De pertinent of Fish and Game. Film ing will take place at the fishing grounds and in the various pro- cessing plants.
 Roy Hickey, agent here for the department, has been working several months in an effort to raise the necessary funds. Suf- ficient funds were not forth coming, hence the Chambers move to underwrite the project. Actual filming will take place during this years fishing season.
 In other business to come before the Chamber, plans are underfoot to have a reporting service on meetings of the State legislature, which would include actions taken and proposed bills. The board of directors in a meeting Monday
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
Statehood" First Of 10 Top Stories

Top Alaska news story for 1858 was the passage of the statehood bill. At 8 o'clock on the night of Monday, June 30, the United States Senate in Washington voted 64-2O for passage of the Alaska State hood bill.
 It was midafternoon in Alaska when the bill was passed. and joyous celebrations erupte q throughout the territory.
 This event was voted the num- Der one news story of 1858 in Alaska by the editors of the various daily and weekly newspapers and radio news directors, throughout the new state, in the third annual Associated Press poll,
 Events surrounding House and Senate approval of the statehood bill dominated this years ballot. ing in the annual poll.
 The political developments that occupied Alaskans in the wake of the congressional action were in volved in half of the news stories that finished among the top % in the tabulations.
 Only one of the ballots cast Jailed to place the congressional approval of statehood ,at the head
 'i1csaassA { sH Rses e)
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
inauguration Date Postponed Again

Inauguration ceremonies for Gov. William Egan have been post poned to a later date.
 Originally scheduled for January n, the date now is February l. according to word received here. The change in date is due to the illness of Gov.sEaan. ..';;s-s.aa.. !...se.es:, z
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10

will take action to implement the service. r- -..-,-, "a. -s A report was given on an earlier action to have king crab stickers printed publcizing Kodiak as the king crab capital of the world. The group authorized the printing of the labels. Harry Shuh2rt was a guest at the
  meeting.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
New Flag Design; Seat Delegation

President Eisenhower proclaim ed statehood for the vast territory of Alaska, Saturday, January 3.
 In separate act, Eisenhower cA~2..o-. tile esign of the national lag to provide for the 49th state. re nyw flag becomes official next July 4, and will have seven stag gered rows of seven stars each. The present flag has six rows of eight stars each.
 The signing of the proclamation took place in brief historic cere- mony starting at noon EST, in the White House cabinet room. Feder- al and Alaska. officials watched the drama unfold. Eisenhower signed the one page proclamation saying the requirements imposed by Congress entitling: Alaska ad- mission to the. Union were compli- ed with in all respects. <.- sas
 The proclamation said the ad- mission of the state of Alaska in- to the Union on equal footing. with other states in the Union is now accomplished.
 BARTLETT SENIOR SENATOR Sen. E. L. Bartlett won the dis tinction of being called Alaska's senior senator.
 \ Sen. Ernest Gruening won the right to draw first on Wednesday to determine the length of their Senate terms. The question was decided at coin Tipping ceremony in Sen. Gruening's office after Senate officials left the decisions to Them. Decided first was which senator would draw first in the following days ceremony. Bartlett,
 
 who called first toss, said heads. It came up tails. .Gruening then called the flip to determine who would be called senior senator. Again the call was heads, but it came up tails.
 The coin used was a 1923 silver dollar. The drawing was done by Frank w. Vaille, AP correspon- dent for Alaska.
 VOTING DELEGATION SEATED
 Alaska gained full voice in national affairs with the seating of its first voting delegation to congress. Senators Bartlett and took oaths of office simultaneously at 12:39 pm, EST, Tuesday, as other senators stood and applauded. Rep. Rivers be- came member of the House.
 Then III drawing of slips of paper to decide the length of the terms, Sen Gruening drew first and won a term of four years, Jan. 2, 1863; Sen. Bartlett drew second and won term of two years ending Jan. 2, 1861.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10
Along The Waterfront

The fishery hearing held here Tuesday evening brought a few visitors connected with the can ming industry, as we'll as a fe1* fishermen from around the island lt.
 Among those in town were Vern Hilliker, Superintendent at inc Alaska Packers: Pete Marinko- vich, assistant Superintendent Alaska Packers; Wayne Axelsan Pacific American; Chuck Turner; Kadiak Fisheries; Bob Springhih. Libby's cannery at Moser Bay and Eric Bulmer, Superintendent of the Ouzinkie Packing Co. ~ V Some of the fishermen from out of town, but by no means alls of them at the hearing, were Lloyd Swan, Alex Brown and Jacob L.ak- tenen, the latter two from Karlak.
 
 Verne Hilliker stated his com paRy is. going to install four shrimp peelers at .Larsen'S Bay, Work may begin in April.
 Pat Cannon and Tiny CichoskS were apparently 'gunning" fer a certain stream guard they have run into for the past two seasazS- The guard, from their accoU11ss. had a nasty habit of sighting iR his scope equipped rifle with tBe barrel pointed their way. It can readily be seen how disconcerting this would be. They said he had several other bad habits, one of which was playing fayorite among the fishermen, and moving sae marker in order to give certain ones an advantage.
 FWS officials, of course, were receptive to their suggestions that the man not appear on that partie- ular bay next fishing season.
 Ii was also brought out at inc hearing that the Canadian Fraser River red salmon run was not af-
 
 fected. by the Japanese. The pink salmon originating in the Kodiak area apparently are not believed caught by the Japanese
 The majority of the fishermen did not favor changing the closing date of August 13, but did Bet seem to particularly object to ar earlier closure if condition war rants.
 There was complete silence on the subject of traps.
 t
 Elsewhere, they are not so silent. Sec.-Treas. George Joban- sen of the Alaska Fishermen's Union called Thursday for q period of orderly transition in abolishing of fish traps in Alaska waters.
 He estimated between 1,50O and 2,000 union members were invOfv- ed in work from pile driving .o@ trap watchmen who would be af- fected. "TO afbitrarilycthrowthese men out of work; without giving them time t0look for other joas. Z is not right" Johansen, said. .~1Ie said he did not think fishtraps were harmful eo salmon conserya- ton s@< ss5 .. . tcen'iapea ss psss la,
Kodiak mirror., 1959-01-10

President Eisenhower proclaim ed statehood for the vast territory of Alaska, Saturday, January 3.
 In a separate act, Eisenhower
The Sidney herald., 1959-04-29
Announce 1859
Dry Bean Support

Prices for 1959-crop dry beans
will be supported at a national
average of $685. PER hundred
weight, Leo S. Kolstad, State ASC
Administrative officer has an
nounced. The supported classes
Of beans produced in 1859 include
pinto and great northern varieties
produced in Montana as well as
pea, medium white, small white
and flat small white, red kidney,
pink small red, large lima and
baby lima beans produced on
other areas of the country.
The support rate for pinto beans
in Montana will be $4.73 per
hundredweight while great nor
thern varieties will be supported
at $5.43 per hundredweight. The
support levels are approximately
60% of the February parity price
for beans and will be IA cents
per hundredweight less than the
1858 rate for these classes. Sup
port rates given are for u. S. No.
l grade cleaned and bagged beans
with all charges, except receiving
and loading out, paid through the
April 80, 1860 maturity date. Pre-
miums for u. S. Choice Hand
Picked and U. S. Extra No. l
grade beans will be 10 cents per
hundredweight and the discount
for u. S. No. 2 grade will be rs
cents per hundredweight. The
price support program will be
carried out through loans and
purchase agreements which will
be available from harvest through
January 81, 1860.
From the 1858 dry bean crop,
Montana producers put 1880
hundredweight of beans under
support. National figures show
80 million hundredweight of
beans under the 1858 support
program. Total supplies of dry
beans for the 1858 marketing year
are estimated at about 1873 mil
lion hundredweight compared
with about 17.2 million hundred
weight for 1857.
The Sidney herald., 1959-04-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Miller were
Sidney callers Friday and enjoyed
lunch at the Glen Stones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Voorhees, and
children were Poplar callers Fri
day and visited Mr.. and Mrs. w,
L. Voorhees,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Knight were
Wolf Point Callers Friday.
The school board met at the
School house Saturday evening.
Mrs. George Milne, Georgia,
Sara called on Mrs. Thieshia
Winhofer Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. X. Widman
were Poplar callers Saturday and
Mrs. Widman called on w. L.
Voorhees,.
Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Widman
enjoyed Sunday dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Miller.
Sunday dinner guests at the
George Milne home were Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Winhofer and
George, Earl and Eugene Clinging-
smith called in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Johnston
and family of Richey enjoyed
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
ME Johnston and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Wick and
of Wolf Point called at
the E. K. Widman, Sunday we
ming.
Mr.. Allan Peterson teacher of
the Highland School, McCone
County visited with Rolf Ralfsen
Sunday. Mr.. Peterson will be
teaching in this vicinity next
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Diedrick
OF E. Redwater called on Mr.. and
Mrs. E. K. Widman Tuesday.
Mrs. Johnnie Johnston was a
Richey caller Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Giddley of
Richey are spending some time
at the Johnnie Johnston home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Barnes,
George Miner were Richey call
ers Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Peters and
their daughter Linda and Eddie
Schlepp were dinner guests at
and Mrs. James Fredrick-
son. Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Fredrickson had dinner
at the James Fredicksons Wednes-
day.
The Sidney herald., 1959-04-29

Approximately 40 Standard
dealers, agents and sales repre-
sentatives attended the Stan
dard Oil Spring Conference at
the Lalonde Hotel, Sidney, April
%.
Theme for the conference was
"Sen the Line in 49,, accord
ing to A. G. Martin, manager OF
the company's Montana sales dis
trict.
This conference enabled deal
ers, agents, and sales represen-
tatives to get together and learn
more about the quality products
available for their customers. It
gave them an opportunity to
learn how to attract more Gus
The Sidney herald., 1959-04-29
Standard Oil Agents and Sales
Representatives Hold Conference

toners, increase their sales, anc
conduct their business on a sound
basis" Martin said.
A highlight of the meeting was
a film that showed how sensible
driving, proper maintenance, and
quality products, affected auto
mobile mileage.
If anyone is crazy enough, he
can go 81 miles in an automobile
on one gallon Of gasoline the
way Norm Esau, test driver, did
in the film" Martin said. but
nobody in his right mind should
want to do it.
"In this test, Standard wanted
to see just exactly how far a
new economy a would travel on
a gallon of quality gasoline if all
the fuel had to do was power
the engine to drive the wheels"
Martin said. 1.-THE result was 81
miles on a gallon of our Com
pany's regular gasoline"
To demonstrate the real econ
omy of the gasoline, every pow
er-robbing, comfort giving, and
styling accessory, and safety de-
vice was stripped from the Lark.
Friction drag was cut by sealing
door and window cracks and
blocking the air flow through the
radiator opening. Tread was
shaved from the tires except at
the crown and the tires over-in-
flated to 8 pounds pressure. The
a was driven at a speed of Is
to so miles per hour.
mo motorist would want to
operate his automobile under
these conditions Martin said.
But if he did, he could get 81
on a gallon of Red Crown
gasoline the way Esau did"
Plans for a new travel service
for motorists was outlined during
the conference. LAS you Travel
Ask Us" will be the theme Of a
new advertising campaign for
Standard during the last half of
1859. More than $1,500, 900 will
be spent to feature Standard
dealers as travel experts and to
encourage the motoring public to
travel the United States.
Each independent dealer learned
how he can provide ION the
spot" travel information and Sc
cure road routings for his Gus
toners.
Another film produced for
Standard Oil starred former foot
ball player and coach of the
Chicago Cardinals, Jimmie Con-
zelman, and showed the value of
sales training and proper sales
methods. 1t compared the train
ing of athletes and their winning
performance with profitable sales