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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03
Death OF Former
Kenai Man Told

c. C. Emmett, rs, better known
here as "Pop," died at the Fort
Miley Veterans Hospital, San
Francisco, Calf, on Oct. IA. No
tice of his death was received by
Esther Tyler in a letter f r o m
Mrs. Emmett. They had b n
neighbors before the Emmetts
left Kenai about two years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett had been
married AZ years and lived IN
Anchorage before moving to Ke-
mai. They operated the kenai
Laundry and Cleaners approx
mately two years prior to leaving
Alaska. Emmett had been critic
ally i'll for two months. Death was
attributed to lung cancer.
Mrs. Emmett is now living in
albuquerque, New Mexico with
her daughter Ellen and family.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03

merce an early reply and to per-
nit preparations to proceed if
the offer is accepted.
Pending determination of t h e
legislators reaction no direct
general approach has been made
10 Alaska industry or individuals
for financial assistance which It
IS hoped will materially assist in
reducing the need for State funds.
Despite this, Egan said assur=
ances of substantial contributions
already have been volunteered
from more than a half dozen
firms.
Egan said he would not pre-
diet, on the basis of the number
Of replies received from legislat-
ors so far, what the determine
ton of the entire membership
will be.
while the National Bank of
Commerce is definitely going a.
head with the building whether
or not its offer to Alaska is ae-
cepted,s Egan said, ut has very
generously given Alaska the in
itial invitation to share its space.
In fairness, we in turn m u S t
make up our minds soon SO that
the bank may make arrangements
with other potential exhibitors in
event the Alaska decision is not
favorable
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03
S0ldOtna Church
Halloween Party

The Halloween party at the
Seldotna church featured Biblical
characters rather than the usual
COLLINS and witches. Among those
represented were John the Bap-
tist, Joseph and Mary and the
Infant, Goliath, Peter the Fisher
man, Cornelius Ca Roman cent
turion), Rahab and many others.
The potluek dinner was attend
ed by SIS people. A hilarious skit
was written and produced by Jack
Lounsbury. Jack played the part
of the doctor and was assisted
by Pert Schultz with Esther Wei
mar as a nurse and Clinton Due
ker the patient.
Instruments used included large
butcher knives and steel, pliers,
wfenches, clamps, hand saw and
haeksaws. Also link sausage,
blown up balloons and much liquid
resembling blood. The anesthetie
was large mallet used appar-
emily on the head of the patient
who seems to be recuperating sat
isfaeterily.
The party closed with singing
of several hymns.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03
Registered Nurses
Plan Organization

An organizational meeting for
all registered nurses in the Kenai,
Soldotna, Sterling, Kasilof n d
Clam Gulch areas has been set
for 7 pm, Wednesday, Nov. s,
at the home of Shirley Mrs.
George Denison at Ridgeway. All
registered nurses in the area,
whether they are currently en-
nlayed or not, are invited to at
tend.
Purpose of the meeting is to
organize for both professional
and social reasons, says Mrs.
Denison. Mrs. Bernadine Muteh.
Anchor Point will be present to
represent the Alaska Nurses As
soeiation.
Fer those who do not know
how to reach the Denison home,
the following directions have been
given: Turn left just past Park
ers' en- the way to kenai, h n
follow signs which will be posted
along the road.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03
Kenai FL. S. Begins
Basketball Season

Kenai high school basketball
practice began last week a IN d
members of varsity and junior
varsity teams have been selected
according to Coach jim Evenson.
Tryouts for both teams were held
with ten players being chosen for
each team.
Selected for the varsity were
Ross Cooper. Charles Jackson,
Dan Sample and Nike MCGUIRE,
all members of the senior class,
and Larry Jordan. Mike Tauria-
men, Ernie Fletcher, Gary Davis,
Larry Erickson and John Monfor,
ali juniors.
The junior varsity team con-
sists Of Bob Bush and jim Brown
(iu'liorsl; Gary Martin and Den
mis- Crandall (sophomores) and
David Barksdale, Thor Evenson,
jim Hall, Kelvin Wells, Kenny
Moss and Guy Hayes (freshmen1.
First games of the season will
BE played at Kenai on Friday
anI Saturday, Nov. II and Is,
with varsity and junior varsity
teams from Wasilla high school
as opponents.
"WasilIa's varsity has all the
boys back on the team from last
year and should provide some
stiff competition. This promises
to be a good game" Evenson
aid.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03
Reaction Favorable to Seattle Banks
Offer to Furnish Building for Exhibit

Initial reaction has been high
- favorable from both legislators
and industry, Gov. William Egan
said, to an offer by the National
Bank of Commerce to provide free
space for an Alaska exhibit in
Century q.
The Seattle bank last week
invited Alaska to share space
without cost to the State in a
building which the bank is erect
iag N prominent location on
the exposition grounds. Studies
Indicate that with the banks of
fer an Alaska exhibit could be
financed at an estimated SITS, 900.
Gov. Egan said early replies
from members of Alaska's legis
1ature have been Overwhelming
i favorable" to acceptance of
the proposal.
Egan had asked legislators to
express themselves at this time
neither they would support a
request in the 1862 legislature
for supplemental appropriation
Of up to $175,000 to finance Al
aska's participation. The poll
aas neeessitated by the need to
give the National Bank of Com
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03
CAME PROTECTOR NAMED

a prominent Of c. a. "Bud'
Weberg as Director of the Di-
vision of Protection for the Alas
Ia Dept. of Fish and Came, Oct.
Is, has been announced by Walt
e. Kirkness, commissioner.
Neberg viii transfer to Juneau
from Homer where he has served
as Resident Area Biologist in the
Commercial Fisheries Division
since July, 1857.
News want ads are getting
good results at little cost.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-11-03

Read the classifieds for profit;
use them for results.
Evening star., 1961-11-30

or a 6U-year-old woman?" MIR.
Hardy demanded.
Listen, in my basic training
I didn't have any hand-to-
hand combat" replied Estep.
Did you shove a gun against
her throat?"
mo. 1 did not" Estep re-
piled. He denied that he struck
her on the chest or arms. and
also said he did not recall re-
moving the gun from his
pocket.
Margaret Johnston, a psy-
chologist, testified that she
first examined Estep because he
was "a school problem" in
1857.
She described him as "un-
happy, hostile, very immature,
and convinced that he had been
deprived of being a real boy. .
he felt he was lacking in man.
hood"
Evening star., 1961-11-30
HUME CLAIMS
HE WAS SNUBBED
BY ORGANIZATION

David Hume, Democratic
gubernatorial candidate in
Maryland, claimed last
night that he has been shut
out of Democratic organiz-
alton meetings in Prince
Georges County.
Mr.. Hume, former State
Democratic treasurer who
broke with Gov. Tawes
several months ago, said he
has mot been permitted to
appear" before organiza-
ton meetings in Prince
Georges because of oppo-
sition from county Demo-
cratic leader Lansdale G.
Sasscer, Sr.
Mr.. SaSscer denied the
charge today. Nobody has
been shut out of anything.
I've never asked anyone
not to let him speak"
Evening star., 1961-11-30
Virginia Court
To Hear Appeal
On Bond Issue

The Virginia State Supreme
Court Of Appeals has agreed to
hear a suit contesting the 1860
passage of a Falls Church S1.2
million capital Improvements
bond issue.
The bond issue provides
S875,000 for school construction,
including expansion of George
Mason Junior Senior High
School. The remaining funds
are earmarked for streets and
storm drain projects.
The Falls Church Taxpayers
League brought the suit against
the city, charging voting irreg-
ularities and illegal preSenta-
ton of the referendum. The
Fairfax Circuit Court ruled
against the league last summer.
Commenting on the Appeals
Court action. School Board
Chairman Thomas H. Lewis
said he would ask the school
board to request the city coun-
Gil for some form of emergency
financing so construction at
the high school could proceed.
The Appeals Court will not
hear the leagues case until
early next spring which would
mean projects to be financed
by the bond issue would be de-
layed at least until 1868, unless
other financing is provided,
Mr.. Lewis said.
Evening star., 1961-11-30
BurkIund
Asks Bigger
Assembly

Increased membership in the
General Assembly rather than
transfer of seats from one
area to another was proposed
last night by Fairfax Countys
Republican Delegate elect as a
means of giving Northern Vir-
ginians a greater voice in State
affairs.
Glenn A. Burklund, the
newly elected Republican, told
a G. o. P. precinct workers
dinner that he has asked for
a study and the drafting of
sample legislation enlarging the
House of Delegates to 112
members and the State Senate
to As.
The constitution now limits
membership in the House to 100
and the Senate to 40.
Mr.. Burklund noted that the
Governor commission has had
a difficult job trying to per-
suade down-State delegates and
Senators to give up their offices
in favor of Northern Virginia"
Mr.. Burklund added: Rather
than ask men to give up their
own General Assembly seats to
us, we might consider enlarg-
ing the membership of the
House of Delegates and Senate.
Many historic parliamentary
reforms have been made in
Just this way"
The chairman of the Virginia
Republican Party declared yes
terday that the States proposed
legislative redistricting plan
which he said contains "glar-
ing inequities"-could not stem
the growth of Republicanism.
The chairman, I. Lee Potter,
said the ''inequities 3D.. are more
of the same type of misdeal
that the people of this State,
particularly the Republicans.
have been getting for a long
time"
Gov. Almond, who named
the commission, will present
the report to the General As
Sembly for enactment.
Evening star., 1961-11-30
DOCTOR INDICTED
Pigsty Is Big Gun
In Housing Bottle

law. The hogs are corn fed.
There has been no infraction
of existing law as it pertains
to the farmer. The issue is
whether merely because a
housing development is put in,
nearby farmers have to forfeit
land-use rights they have en-
joyed for generations"
Because DR.. Head is a men,
ber of the bar. Fauquier Cir
cult Court Judge Ravner Snead
requested the State Supreme
Court to appoint a special
judge to hear the case.
Evening star., 1961-11-30
Youth Found Guilty,
Awaits Rape Sentence

Carl M. Estep, 18, who was
found guilty yesterday of rap
ing a 60-year-old widow last
April in Ashton. Md, may not
be sentenced until after jan
uary /.
Montgomery County Circuit
Court Judge Kathryn j. Shook
said she would defer sentencing
possibly until after the first of
the year. The maximum penalty
for the offenSe is the gas cham
Der. an dthe minimum sentence
is l8 months in jail.
EStep. who was on leave from
the Army at the time of his
arrest, was found guilty by
Judge Shook within four hours
after his trial opened. His at
torney, Barnard T. Welsh, Of
fered no defense for Estep, who
took the witness stand after he
was found guilty to provide
further information for sem
fencing.
Pistol In Pocket
Estep testified that he had
a pistol in his pocket when he
walked to the home of the
widow, about one-quarter of a
mile from his grandmother's
house, on the night of April 8.
1T seemed like I wanted
something. but I didn't know
exactly what l think 1
wanted to steal a radio, but I
don't think I had a woman in
mind" he told the judge.
The widow awoke from her
sleep while he stood in her bed
room, he testified.
"She grabbed me by my
wrists and asked me what I
was doing there" Estep said.
II had butterflies in my stom-
ach. think I bit her on the
back of her hand, and 1
brushed my hand against the
left side of her face"
Under questioning by his
own attorney, Estep admitted
the rape and said "she kept
saying prayers" States At
torney Leonard T. Hardy asked
Estep why he struck the
woman.
Il was afraid of her." the
witness replied.
Denies Striking Her
you were just out of basic
training, and you were afraid
Evening star., 1961-11-30

WARRENTON, Va, Nov. 30
(SpeciaD "A special grand jury
here has indicted DR.. Murdock
Head for maintaining a large,
filthy pigsty" on Airlie Farms
near the palatial estate devoted
to "high-level conferences on
world problems"
DR.. Head, Washington physi-
clan. lawyer, educator and tel
eviSion producer, today de-
clared that the charge threat
ems the rights of American
farmers and that he will fight
all the way to the Supreme
Court, if necessary.
The legal conflict results
from a feud that began last
year after A. Yurgaitis. jr., a
builder, put up a housing de-
velopment across the road from
Airlie Farms.
Brings On Clutter
/ Unable to block the develop
ment, DR.. Head posted a sign
near it reading: Bethel VAL
ley Hog Ranch. Mixed breeds
bought, sold and traded"
He surrounded the sign with
a secondhand clubhouse, rick
/ ETY. pigpens, couple Of junked
school busSes, and then brought
on the hogs.
Mr.. Yurgaitis angrily COM
planned that no one would
want to buy house adjacent
to a pigSty.
The 37-year-old doctor, who
brings famous scientists to the
1,200-acre Airlie for thought
seminars, agreed with the
thinking of the builder.
Obtains Indictment
Finally, Mr.. Yurgaitis and
neighbors obtained the indict-
Iment which accuses the doctor,
his wife and their company,
Pork Research, Inc" of will
fully and deliberately conduct
ing a large pigsty of unsightly
and unhealth' nature" near a
source of the Warrenton water
supply.
/ DR.. Head retorted:
! MY Pork Research. Inc, has
met all the requirements of the
Evening star., 1961-11-30
Ex-Lumbermon Rops
Army's Dam Proposal

dam site was raised by several
other questioners. One wanted
to know by how much land
values would be raised by Great
ing a reservoir there. (Answer:
Nobody knows at this time.)
Another asked how the dam
complex that would include
River Bend might help business
in Allegany and Garrett Coun-
ties. (Answer: Whatever the
so far uncalculated benefit, it
would be the same in all four
dam building plans.)
Still another wondered
whether the River Bend plan
would provide the most flood
protection throughout the
valley. (Answer: All four plans
would control floods about
equally wellD
Questions were raised con-
cerning recreation benefits that
would result from the creation
of reservoirs - although such
benefits would be only incl
dental to the main goal of pro-
viding adequate water for COM
munities and industry. Thomas
F. Giles, National Park Service
planner, said these benefits
would be very considerable"
Beall Asks Low Dams
Senator Beall, Republican of
Maryland, proposed a series OF
low dams beginning in the West
Virginia and Western Maryland
| reaches of the Potomac and
said they would be adeqate to
prevent an impending water
shortage in the Washington
area.
In a letter read at the meet
ing here, Senator Beall said
there was sufficient land in the
mountain areas of Maryland
and West Virginia to build the
dams without destroying the
fertile land in the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia. the south
branch of West Virginia and
the Middletown Valley of Mary
land"
Some residents worried about
the possibility of nuclear bomb
explosions setting off a chain
reaction" of burst dams. There
would be no chain reaction, Col.
johnson said. The dams below
the explosion points would hold.
Evening star., 1961-11-30

@@AAA@N eSA-N ~AScA -
his support belatedly to a regu-
latory measure.
When the Governor was
dragged out, he was finally
forced to do the right thing,
said Mr.. Hume.
Passage of a savings and loan
regulatory bill at the 1861 ses-
sion of the General Assembly is
one of the major plankS in Gov.
Tawes campaign for reelection.
Several savings and loan as
sociations have been closed in
recent weeks under the new law
which went into effect in June.
McKeldin Hit, Too
What is being done should
have been done years ago." Mr..
Mahoney declared. He said
former Republican Gov. Theo-
dore McKeldin, Gov. TaweS'
predecessor, sat still" while
people put their money into un-
regulated savings and loan as
sociationS.
He said the State is working
in the right direction" but it
is very, very late"
This story is Just beginning
to be told" Mr.. Hume said,
adding that one of the big
problems is to keep from dam
aging decent building associa-
tions."
Mr.. Hume suggested that
people who are losing money in
unsound savings and loan as
sociations might investigate the
possibility of suing the State for
their losses. He said they might
have legal redress for the State
not having taken steps earlier
to regulate the associations.
AdWCS draws EITC
Not only did Mr.. Hume say
that Gov. Tawes is claiming un-
due credit for the savings and
loan regulation but he also de-
clared the Governor has used
the issue to raise campaign
funds. This was an obvious ref
erence to a letter to savings and
loan officials last summer ask
ing them to buy tickets to a
TaweS' $100-a-plate testimonial
dinner. The Governor dis
claimed any connection with the
letter which praised Mr.. Tawes
for the regulatory bill being
passed.
The savings and loan discus
sion was kicked off by men,
Der of the Montgomery County
audience at Walter johnson
High School who said he had
money in one of the firms
closed recently after a State
investigation of it's operations.
Evening star., 1961-11-30
ToWes Attacked
In Loan Debate
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

Two candidates for the Democratic nomination for
Of Maryland declared last night that the State should
have moved regulate savings and loan associations
In the first debate of the gubernatora primary campaign
David Hume George p Mahoney said Gov. gave
Evening star., 1961-11-30

The savings and loan prob
lem was just one of the issues
on which Mr.. Mahoney and Mr..
Hume berated the Governor
and each other last night in a
meeting sponsored by the Po-
tomac Democratic Club of
Montgomery County. The
TENOR of the meeting indicated
that the primary campaign
likely will be a bitter one.
Both candidates blamed Gov.
Tswes for failure to get a bill
through the General Assembly
to reapportion seats in the
legislature. They said they
would press for legislation to
give the heavily populated areas
more representation in the
House of Delegates.
Mr.. Hume, who spent a good
deal of the debate in a caustic
needing of Mr.. Mahoney, asked
Mr.. Mahoney where he had
been for the past 10 years while
reapportionment mas been a
major issue.
Mr.. Hume challenged Gov.
Tawes and Mr.. Mahoney to
debate the reapportionment is
sue on the Eastern Shore and
in Southern Maryland where
the feeling against taking away
power from the rural coun-
ties is strongest.
Irritated by Mr.. Hume'S barbs.
Mr.. Mahoney replied he would
conduct his campaign "as I
see fit" and suggested that Mr..
Hume do the same.
Slots Debated
Gov. Tawes, who was attend
ing a Governors conference in
Louisville, KY, sent a letter to
the club declaring his support
for reapportionment along the
lines of the Pine-Northrop bill
which failed at the last legis-
lative session.
On slot machines, Mr.. Hume
said he favored outlawing
them. Mr.. Mahoney said it
would not be easy to get a bill
banning the machines through
the General Assembly, and in
dicated he favored State polic-
ing of slot operations rather
than trying to get rid of them.
Mr.. Hume declared that slot
machines are in operation be
cause there is political pay
Off" He said that when slot
money stops going to politicians
the slots will 60"
Both candidates said they
favor enactment of a bill to bar
racial discrimination in hotels
an restaurants.
Evening star., 1961-11-30
Buzuor at Center

A bazaar featuring the work
Of pupils at the George Mason
Occupational Training Center
will be held tomorrow from 5 to
8 pm. at the center, North
Nineteenth street and George
Mason drive, Arlington.
Evening star., 1961-11-30
Tuwes Will Head
Christmas Parade

Maryland Gov. Tawes will be
grand marshal Of the ninth
annual Bethesda Christmas
Parade, to be held Sunday
under the sponsorship of the
Bethesda Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
The parade will begin at 2
pm. at Bethesda and Wisconsin
avenues and proceed north
along Wisconsin to Cheltenham
street.
Evening star., 1961-11-30

CUMBERLAND, Md. Nov. 80
(SpeciaD "A retired Pennsyl-
vania lumberman devoted to
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
which ends here. berated the
Army Engineer Corps last night
for proposing any dam-build-
ing program that would sub
merge the historic structure.
1T would be an outrage, t"
asserted John j. Foley, of
nearby ConnellSville. why
don't you use intelligence in
stead of starting a great big
dam program?" he demanded.
Mr.. Foley explained he is
especially partial to the 35-
mile stretch of the canal that
would be flooded by a dam at
River Bend, Just above Great
Falls.
Asks Upstream Dams
Il love that section" he tx
planned. The idea of destroy
ing it just to have water to
flush a lot of sewerage out of
Washington kills me-"
He said he favor suggestions
by the Co-ordinating Commit
tee of the Potomac River Valley
to build a limited number OF
upstream dams to meet water
supply needs of the immediate
future. The more distant fu-
ture problems, he said, could be
met by developing new processes
for purifying sewage and salt
water for human consumption
Aside from Mr.. Foley's blast,
the engineers tentative pro-
posal for supplying adequate
fresh water to Potomac COM
munities through 2010 AID. re-
ceived a mild reception.
River Bend Queries
Nearly 200 residents of the
Cumberland region heard Fed
eral agency spokesmen, led by
Col. Warren r. johnson, chief
of the Baltimore Engineer Dis
trict, explain their findings for
four alternatives dam building
plans. The 3-hour session. one
of series throughout the Po-
tomac Valley. was sponsored
last night by the Upper Potomac
Industrial Development Co.
The controversial River Bend
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-05-26
Were Stockmen SIickered
BY Railroad Lobbyists?

Stockgrowers for over 20 years.
He said he was unable to par
ticipate in the convention be-
cause of attendance at the gas
rate hearing in Helena.
eff the association was
genuinely interested in the
facts of the merger, it should
h ave invited opposition
spokesman so that both sides
could have been heard" he
said.
"Ranchers should be in
formed of the adverse effect
the merger would have upon
the service they receive in
shipping livestock. They should
be told that railroad officials
have conceded that rail service
will be curtailed at many Mon
tana points. They also should
be aware of the detrimental
impact this merger would have
upon Montana's economy and
tax structure.
Il am sure that if the stock
growers had heard the full
facts they would have rejected
the resolution" said Smith. Gas
a member of the Montana
Stockgrowers, I feel this UNI
informed action should be re-
considered"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-05-26
PUBS Pay l
Dividends

CLATSKANIE, Ore.-Of-
ficia1s of Clatskanie Peoples
Utility District voted to cam
eel all residential bills for the
month of April-the sixth
time in the last six years that
the District has taken this
method of distributing the
benefits of public power to
its customers Total free
electric service In the 6 years
has amounted to $1O2, 900,
with the latest bonus worth
an estimated $4,000
Residential consumers al
ready enjoy rates among the
lowest in the nation, averag-
ing less than 8 mills per XVIII,
as compared with Montana
Powers average residential
rate of 1873 cents per kwr.