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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20

lean Federation of Teachers convention
in Philadelphia.
The future of our country and, in.
deed. of what we call Western Civil.
cation, is in the hands of educators
1t is teachers who shall give to the
future it's leaders, its scientists, en-
gineers, doctors, scholars, its intel
lectuals in all aspects of our life.
So. / salute the American Fedora
ton of Teachers. l trust you will be
aggressive, not timid, in behalf of
education. hope you will find ways
to organize your respective commun-
titles in behalf of it.
Education, with the great increase
in school population ahead of us
the thunder, not patter, of little feet
and thump sOf well-shod college
feet, may not be dismissed as imagi-
nary, or as something to be met by
halfway measures.
The education we seek is the mo-
tivation of the truly civilized man. 1t
will not, because it cannot, make all
men wise, but it can enable them to
value wisdom. 1t will not make us all
scientists, or electronic wizards, but
it can make us value objective, scien-
tific research. 1t cannot abolish war,
but it can inspire us to seek an equit-
able and honorable international un-
derstanding, knowing full well that
the alternative is nuclear war.
We are not doing enough. We
must do more. And suppose this
is the time for me to say that l
believe that the educational in
equities of our nation are a nation
al responsibility
Let us consider the story of Major
Gherman S. Titov, whose name and |
exploits have so recently filled so
many columns of our newspapers
and the broadcast time of television
commentators. The 26-year-old Soviet
man in space was born of peasant
stock in remote, tiny, unknown vii
[age in the Altai region of southern
1900 miles east of Moscow.
This tiny town is in the Kuznetsk
Basin, which is said to contain coal
amounting to 900 billion
,ons There are also vast amounts of
zinc. Chemical industries abound.
At the age of eight, the young Titov
attended collective farm school.
After the war, the family moved to :
! larger village. The young mans '
alents were observed. His mathe-
natics and science teachers recon-
nended him. He chose aeronautical !
cience. He has become, since his %
lours in orbit around the earth, one :
f the major performing and propa-
.anada assets of communism.
/ MORAL FOR AMERICANS '
There is a moral in this story for
ur free society.
America already has lost, in bygone
ears, thousands of potential Cher
IAN Stepanovich Titovs. Even now, :
re have no way to be sure the abili-
les and talents of thousands of
oungsters now moving toward, or
/, secondary schools, will become a :
ational asset.
Major Titov is, like Major Yuri Il
Gagarin, a product of the Soviet |,
Unions strongest weapon-an edu- q
system which recognizes f,
ability and sends it on to the in m
'titutes of higher learning. III
The Soviet Union wants to train el
ch talents to strengthen the objec- sc
yes of communism. Russia's COM hi
unist leaders have never been so a
reless as to ignore the value of m
aimed mind. When they discover Ell
fled young men and women they he
e careful not TIC waste them. hi
This, in sense, is their one great
tin
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20
A RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE

So, I am for an equitable system OF
federal add believe that every
American boy and girl-in the remote
villages of the Dakotas, in the slums
of this or any other city, in the poorer
rural areas of the South-wherever
they may be-are responsibility of
the whole people.
Education is our most powerful
weapon. would say to the Congress,
now concerned with the undenied ne
cessity of strengthening our military
muscle, that they will fail themselves
and all of us if they do not adequate
ly bolster the educational muscle of
this country. Without that we cannot
maintain superiority of weapons,
mind, spirit, or the strong commit
ments to the principles of freedom
on which this country was founded.
Give us enough weapons and
enough money for school rooms,
books, and teachers-let us do
without some of the fat and luxu-
ries. Let us be sure that all our
talented young men and women
have equal opportunity to develop
their skiIIs, abilities and gifts to
serve our kind Of freedom-our
kind of civilization. The Gagarins
and the Titovs in orbit about our
earth surely must have taught us
that.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20
BY RALPH McGILL

Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution
in an address at the 18th annual Amer
lean Federation of Teachers convention
in Philadelphia
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20

1
is nothing secret about 1T.
In this country a shocking percent
age of our high school graduates
who are in the top 10 per cent o
their class, do not go to college. q
is by no means the loafers and tn
one who just scraped through VIII
drop out of school) Reasons for tn
loss of many of the best of our youn,
men and women are varied. Their
often is parental insistance that the,
go to work.
Now and then, there is a famil,
need which indicates to such higl
school graduates that they must sacri
flee their desire to train for some
profession to support their parents
AS often as not, the family back
ground is pathetic. There is no urg
ing or encouragement of the talented
graduate to go ahead with education
Or, college is too expensive. 1t is be-
coming more so.
Whatever the reasons, the harsh
fact is that the United States each
year is deprived of several thou
sand of it's more talented young
people, its more gifted minds.
No one suggests we initiate the
Soviet educational system as a sys-
tenn. But we most assuredly are re-
quired, by conscience and the de-
mands of national security, to assume
a federal responsibility for an edu-
cational system in which no Ameri-
can boy or girl shall lack opportunity
to have all the education they are
able and willing to take.
This especially is true of those ele-
and secondary pupils whose
work and tests have revealed excep-
5ional abilities.
Wherever they are, in whatever
remote village of our country, these
students must be recognized and
given opportunity. To do less is to
deprive ourselves of one of society's
scarcer assets-excellence.
The fact that so many of our rural
chools, and some of our city ones,
ffer no advanced mathematics, no
econdary school chemistry or phys
cs, and inadequate preparation in
'eneral science, is harsh Indictment |
f our educational system. There are
tates which are offering inferior
ducation because they can't pay for
:. Some are unwilling to do so.
Is this what we may mean by the |
romise of America?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20
from page

Smith now has until Monday, October
%, to get his final reply brief to
Massman's latest into the clerks
hands, for final determination of the
jurisdictional question by the Court.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20
TITOV KNEW WHAT HE
WAS DOING. AND WHY


mirable and magnificent. Many per-
sons were at least mildly repealed by
the stilted, careful phrasing of his
comments from outer space-the
| careful praise of the party, the Of
ficials, ct cetera. Yet, this man knew
what he was doing-and why. He
was the product of system which
trains it's talented persons to serve
it's detectives.
Congratulations have an inevitable
content of error. And this will be true
of the comparative use of another
story.
Francis Powers is in the second
year of a 10-year sentence in Mos
cow prison. Most Americans have for
gotten him. He was not in the tradi-
ton of young Nathan Hale, of revo-
lutionary days, or Sam Davis of 1868
and the Confederacy, who, at 10, re-
fused to reveal any facts or ask for
mercy and was, therefore, hanged by
his Union captors. And perhaps Pow
ers had no reason so to consider HIM
self. He was, as he insisted, just q
hired hand-a getting $4,000
a year to fly dangerous intelligence
missions. There was a quiet, fright
ened valor in him, but no hint that
he regarded himself as representing
his country's interests.
But what really troubled us at the |
lime of his trial was that much of |
contemporary America was revealed !
n Powers at his trial. That our news
'apers daily report evidences of this
anne aspect of our country is no
mere coincidence.
Against the harsh possibilities of
his dilemma he could use only that
which had been absorbed by mind
and spirit in the whole of his 81 !,
years as a young American. He
testified that he had never paid
any attention to politics in Amer
in fact, never voted"
He knew little of the meaning of
his country.
He said, too, he had never had any
lterest in learning anything about
lie Soviet Union, save to read in the
apers about its scientific achieve
ents.
Asked if he were mentally pre-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-20
BOARD USURPED
LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION

Massman, in his brief, charges that
the board admits having gone beyond
its authority in ruling the A " per
cent tax applicable to overpayments.
In substantiation, he cites from board
counsePs supplemental brief pre-
sented to the court October 8, where
in board counsel stated that board
members 'swere acting within their
authority in promulgating regula-
tions, being in the nature of legisla-
ton on the administrative level and
not quasi-judiciaf'' The co-op's at
torney then ocaIgd the courts atten-
ton to the fact that the Supreme
Court has many times upheld the
separation of powers provided for
under the Constitution, governing au-
thority reserved for either the legis-
lative, executive or judicial branches
of government.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
Nome Liquor Store
 Sets Up Service Center

A job of modernization has been going forward recently at the Nome Liquor Store with the in- stallation of a walk-in size cooler for storing potables.
 The sales room has also been converted to a service center for the purveying of bottled goods.
 The walk in cooler has four doors with the beer, wine, and pop placed for easy access. Filing of the racks is done from inside the cooler.
 Owner Tom Martin says all the beverages are thermostatically kept at their best temperatures and he invites the public in to look over the service center"
 Work is not yet completed on the store, with a new interior scheme in the works.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
Big Crowd Turns Out For Cancer Fund Show

A large and responsive audi ence at the Nome School Audi torium enjoyed the Magic, Mel ody and Mirth" show performed by Maj. Faulkner, magician, and the Farthest North Air Force Band presented through the courtesy of It. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, Alaskan Command Commander, for the Cancer Fund Drive.
 Maj. Faulkner, who made his first appearance here two years ago on an Armed Forces Day pro- gram was given hearty welcome for his return performance and had many new tricks for the de- light of both young and old.
 A real musical treat included selections on the piano by A/3C Gilbert Martin, talented musi- clan who returns to the concert stage after his tour of duty with the USAF and violin selections by CWO Sanger with "Tico Tico" and "Jaulousie' which were ac- companied by Martin.
 Also featured was S/Sgt. Charles Jones and his saxaphone. Jones was band leader here two years ago at the Armed Forces Day program.
 Following the hour and half show a second showing was given at the Nomerama for those at tending other meetings in town and who were unable to attend the early show.
 About $2O0 was collected for the Cancer Fund at the two shows stated Lucille Gilbert, who heads the Cancer Committee and through whose efforts the show was made possible.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
MRS. PALMER FRENCH
 CELEBRATES l0lST BIRTHDAY

Mrs. H. Palmer French, who assisted in the hospital in Nome sometime in the 1920's celebrated her 101st birthday in Seattle on June g. She was featured on June 6 on television as she Weaves several hours a day on her loom although she is crippled with arthritis and has such poor eye sight that she cannot see what she Weaves.
 Her weaving was shown on the TV show to illustrate that weaving is a hobby that can be enjoyed by the elderly and handi- capped.
 She produces about eight yards Of material in three days and her daughter cuts the material into dozen towels which are sold in craft shops.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
NOME SCHOOL FACILITIES TO BE CLOSED FOR
 BALANCE OF THE SUMMER

Conrad Potter, superintendent of Nome School, has announced that the auditorium and the multi purpose room will not be available for public use for the balance of the summer.
 This restriction is due to altera- tions being made to the school as result of the inspection made by the state fire inspector this week.
 He also stated there will be no smoking allowed at any time in the future in either the original school building or the annex due to combustible nature of the buildings.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
SGT. GENE MORRIS
 BIDS HIS FAREWELL

Sgt. Gene Morris of the State Highway Police has been saying goodbye to his many friends of the past two years while making Nome his headquarters. He ex- presses his appreciation for the cooperation and friendliness of the community and his reluctance to leave. However, he has always been interested in traffic and is pleased to now be assigned to that phase of work in Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
Tug Genevieve
 Goes Up For Sale

In today's paper there is no- tice of sale for the MY Gene vieve by the Lomen Commercial Co. This tug played an important part in Nome's history and was for many years the staunchest tug on the Nome coastWise service. It has Weathered many storms out on Norton Sound and sought shelter behind Sledge Island with barges in tow As far as is known it was built for the Sessnon Go. and named for the daughter of the manager, Genevieve Kellogg, and acquired by the Lomen Go. when they bought out the tug and barge service, many years ago.
 Thousands of people who came ashore by barge and tug will re- member the Genevieve when pas senger boats were the only mode of transportation.
 Now, like the old Donaldson, which was the mail boat for many years. now on it's side in the Snake River Harbor, it has finish ed it's work.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
COUNSELLOR NEEDED FOR
 GIRL SCOUT ENCAMPMENT

A counsellor is urgently needed for the Girl Scout encampment at Dexter from June "A to June 29 for the Intermediate troops.
 Three Senior Girl Scouts will assist the counsellor, stated Ellen Jones and unless one is found the will have to be can- celled. Anyone who would be in- terested is asked to contact Mrs. Jones immediately.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Edith Iyatunguk, Az nes Sebwenna, Jeanette Scott, Hans Jemewouk, Esther Aukon- guk, Mike and Hazel Koweluk, and Betty Jean Olanna.
 Discharged: Mike Ahnangnato- guk, Janet Caldwell and infant, Herb Jenks, Fred EningoWuk, James Aningayou and Wagner Wongittelin.
 MT. and Mrs. Martin Aukon- gak are the parents of a daugh- ter born on June 10.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
lo6 DEGREES AT KUzATRIN

Axel Edman, contractor at the Kuzatrin reports that the tenn perature yesterday at the Kuza- trin was 106 degrees and at Cof- fee Creek 105 degrees.
 He states it was even too hot for the mosquitoes during the day.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12

Sieve Andersen. deputy tax commissioner for Nome, leaves this week for a couple of weeks work for the Dept. of Revenue in Bristol Bay where the fishermen are busy.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12

Lee Mccoy. for many years cashier for the Miners and Mer- chants Bank is reported to have passed away at his home in Seat tie on May 23. He was a member of Anvil Lodge F & AM No. 40.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
pr. Roberto Labalan.

is preparing to leave next week take his state exams after
 .h.ch he will pick up his family d return to Nome. He expects to be gone about two weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12

Mrs. Jim Casey has been ap- pointed acting probation officer for this area, taking over the duties of Bon Davis who resigned recently.
The Nome nugget., 1961-07-12
FORD FOUNDATION GRANTS U OF ALASKA Sl5,000

Ford Foundation has granted the University of Alaska $15,000 for a statewide continuing educa- ton study.
 This study will be conducted sometime in October and a visit to Nome is planned in the itin- erary it was learned yesterday.
, 1961-05-01
EDITORIAL
ANOTHER HISTORIC SITE

ANOTHER HISTORIC SITE
THE NAMING Of Fort Christian as the St. Thomas Ma
tonal Historic Site is another step in setting aside areas IN
these Islands which have particular historic significance, and
which should be preserved for posterty. This fort, built N
1861 may WILL be the Oldest building in the Virgin Islands,
and what is equally important is the fact that it is today al
most as it was 800 years ago, having undergone little change.
IT rs FORTUNATE indeed that these sites of historical
significance have been set aside, a fact for which Islands owe
much gratitude to Winthrop Rockefeller, who started the
ball rolling with the purchase and grant OF land in St John
as a park. 1t took an act Of Congress to incorporate these sites
into the National Park Service, thus msuring not only recog-
milton, but proper administration. !
THESE ISLANDS have quite a history. Il is therefore a
matter Of regret that so much Of it, along with the traditions,
customs, and the ike, have been allowed to 60, as It were, BY
default. Our local music, folk lore, dances, and the like were
somehow lost along the way, 50 that today there is little that
is truly identifable as purely Virgin Island.
THERE R ALSO other sites which might well be con-
Sidered, either for setting aside, or maintenance BY private
effort. Such spots as the one on which the local emancipation
proclamation was read, the spot where Columbus landed, and
others would make excellent show places, and provide con
slant reminder of our history.
ST. THOMAS AND Christiansted have Sites These in
clude structures builtAby early Danish settlers. In the Fred
eriksted area there IS the foTts also an early structure. i must
be remembered that the fire burn started in that area, and
that it was to throw OFF the yoke Of those who did not give
meaning and effect to the earlier proclamation. These are the
events which make history.
WE ARE HAPPY for the naming Of these Sites and feel
a sense Of pride and satisfaction that there IS at least physi
cal Identification with the past. These are indeed not only
beautiful spots, but one which ties Us with the past and gives
meaning to the present because Of that past.
BrOdhursts Prntery offers
FINE QUALITY PRINTING
~ tho gnost Reasonable Price
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Picture on Page D.

Hoevenberg course with two
heats. It winds up Sunday with
the final two runs.
The Belgian, Baron John de
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Crusher Will Get
Shot at Conqueror

The Crusher will get another
crack at Johnny Valentine on
next Thursday nights wrestling
program at Capitol Arena, Pro-
moter Vince Mcmahon an
nounced today.
The Crusher was disqualified
after % minutes against Valen-
tine last night at Capitol and
Mcmahon decided to give him
another shot at Johnny.
In other bouts last night,
Chief Big Eagle made his debut
a successful one by defeating
Tony Altimore, Mark Levin
and Don Curtis whipped Miguel
Torres and Lou Albano, Buddy
Mature Boy) Rogers won over
Billy Darnell, Hans Schmidt
defeated Vic Christy and Taro
Sakuro whipped Arnold Skoa-
land.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
SENATORS

Continued From Page D.1
Senators will help the Twins
open April 81.
Stevens will bring very ex-
citing credentials with him to
spring training at Pomnano
Beach. The 26-year -old raped
out 81 homers and drove in 1O9
runs while hitting .287 for Salt
Lake City last season In the
Pacific Coast League.
The lefthanded hitter from
Moultrie, Ga, came to the
Senators in the December trade
with Pittsburgh. In that trade,
the first for the new club,
Washington parted with Pitcher
Bobby Shantz in return for
Stevens, Infielder Harry Bright,
a teammate Of Stevens at Salt
Lake City. and Pitcher Bennie
Daniels.
Pitcher McClain. acquired in
the minor league draft from
the Twins, posted an lila
record last season with Charles
ton, w. Va. The 27-year-old
Highlander had o 3.25 earned
run average.
There are seven players left
to be signed and two, Dale Long
and Marion zipfel, represent
Stevens competition for the
first-base job. The others still
not signed are Daniels. Pitchers
Rudy Hernandez, Hector Macs
tri and Dave Sisler and Out
fielder Joe Hicks.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
ONE OF PRO FOOTBALLS BEST
Clifford Quits Giants
For Sportscoster Job

was the Giants No. / draft
choice in 1852. He missed the
last four games Of the 1860
season after suffering a serious
head injury when tackled by
Chuck Bednarik of the Phila-
delphia Eagles. This, Clifford
said, had nothing to do with
his decision to retire.
Holder Of q number Of New
York club records, Clifford car
ried the bail n times last year.
gained 232 yards and scored
four touchdowns. He also
caught "a passes for 344 yards
and three touchdowns. He
threw six passes, completing
three, for "a yards. He was
pure rhythm in motion and a
fine competitor, respected by
all opponents throughout the
league.
In 1856, when the Giants
won the championship, Gif-
ford was named the most val
liable player in the league. For
six years he was named on the
Eastern Pro Bowl squad and
was the only man to be used
as both an offensive and de-
fensive back.
He lives with his wife Maxine,
a former use campus queen,
and their two sons and one
daughter at New Rochelle,
N. Y.
Clifford, who will be 81 in
August. may be able to con-
tinue with the Giants as a
scout or adviser, but that is
indefinite.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
NEW YORK. Feb

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (AP)-
Frank Clifford, glamour boy Of
the New York Giants and one
Of the best all-around backs In
the National Football League,
will call the shots from behind
a microphone next season in
stead Of on the playing field.
The handsome, 6-foot-200-
FOUNDER, announced his retire.
ment yesterday to accept what
he described as "a long-term
contract at a very generous
salary" as q sportscaster. He
will be heard over the Columbia
Broadcasting Systems webs
In New York.
It is the second time the
former Southern California ALI
American has retired. He re-
turned to the Giants for his
ninth season Of pro football
last year after earlier deciding
to quit for q TV program. The
pilot series didn't click and Gif-
ford had to postpone his de-
parture from the gridiron.
Clifford said he expects to
start broadcasting a sports pro-
gram six nights weekly in the
spring. The fact that his new
job will be on q year-around
basis forced him to make q
choice between broadcasting
and football.
A triple-threater, Clifford
Evening star., 1961-02-10
SIGNINGS
Continued From Page D-1

Continued From Page D.1
handler. was signed by the
Orioles June 26, 1858, after he
was graduated from q Detroit
high school. He pitched only
II innings in the minor leagues.
After q 1910 record in his
first full American League sea-
son in 1858. Pappas upped his
mark to 15-9 in 1859 and 1911
last year. He won IL Of his
last 10 decisions in 1860 to fin
iSh with q 2.48 earned run
average.
Pappas. whose 40 victories in
three seasons ranks him second
to Hal Brown (45) as the win
ningest Oriole pitcher since the
club returned to the major
leagues in 1854, is believed to
have signed for an estimated
$4,000 to $20,000-a raise OF
about $4,000.
Foiles, 81, drafted from De-
troit'S Denver roster last No
vember, has seen service with
five major league clubs. He
batted .282 last season while
playing with Kansas City,
Cleveland and Detroit.
Farrell, who pitched in 90
games which the Phillies won
last season, had a 1876 record,
He also was credited with IS
saves.