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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
August Il, 1861

Eight pilots from the Kenai Civil Air Patrol participated in the recent rescue search for two fliers whose Beechcraft Bonanza disappeared on flight from Homer to Dillingham; on July z6.
 Major Glenn Kipp, head of the Kenai CAP, was miss.an eom- mander. Other local CAP mem- bers accompanied the pilots as observers. The group put in total Of 52 hours and 5 minutes flying time over a period of four days in making the search
 The plane, piloted by Cyril Wood of Homer and supposedly going through Lake Clark pass from Homer to Iliamna, was forced down at Twin Lakes, about 150 miles west of Anchor age, due to bad weather and the Bonanza's propeller which start ed to run away The nose wheel of the wheeled aircraft was dam aged in the mishap.
 Walter Beatty of Eagle River, a salesman for K and L Distrib- utors of Anchorage, sustained a slight cut on his nose in the landing. Wood, partner in Alaskan, an air taxi operation out of Homer, was uninjured. The pair subsisted on emergency rations until rescued four days later
 Pilot Mason LaZelle of the Palmer CAP flying out of the Kenai squadron with Frank Smith of Kenai as observer sighted the plane on July 30. The men were
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
EVERGREEN HOMES
Packaged or Erected
 on Your Lot

FABRICATED TO FILA SPECIFICATIONS
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
kenai CAP Rescues Two Flyers in 4-Day Search

picked up by float plane and airlifted by Homer CAP Pilot Dana Brown to search base camp on Tanalian Point in Lake Clark. From there they were flown to Homer by ]. Vic Brown of the Anchorage CAP.
 Kenai CAP pilots participating in the search included Major Kipp, Carl Swanson, Dick Amer inc, Sam Henley, Jerry Willetts and Harold MeGrady. Lazelle, a member of the Palmer squadron, flew with the Kenai CAP under direction of mission commander Major Kipp. Some of the same pilots also doubled as observers on flights with other pilots.
 Additional observers were Mrs. Glenn tClariee) Kipp, Mrs. Jim {Doris) Gibson, William McDer- mott, Wayne Morgan, Frank Smith and observers Slagg and Riley.
 Bud Lofsted, local commercial pilot, also joined the search in his own plane.
 The disabled Bonanza is to be repaired and put into service again.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
Permanent Office

Dr. R. L. sedlock, optometrist from Anchorage, is establishing a permanent office in Kenai in the Kenai Trades Building, above the City National Bank. He will be available to those seeking vis- ual examinations on the first Wednesday and Thursday of each month at the above address.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
She Taught Here

MT. and Mrs. Don Thomas and sons of Fairbanks, newly back from trip Outside, visited friends in the Kenai area last weekend. Mrs. Thomas formerly was teacher in Kenai schools and now is instructor of physical education at the University of Alaska at College. Thomas. also a former resident, has an insur- ance office in Fairbanks.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
MinorS Surgery

Florence Rusty Lancashire of Kenai returned Thursday night from Anchorage where she un- derwent a minor operation on her nose. Doctors found allergy to dust had been a cause of her discomfort.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1961-08-11
Navy Bound

Jim Pope, 17-year-oId son of Riley and Betty Pope of Kehai. left on August } for Kodiak Q enter service with the U. s. Navy. He is being sent for train- ing at the Naval base there.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Airline Suspends.
Strands Britons

LONDON, Aug. IS (AP).-A
private British airline an
nounced today it had gone
broke and was Suspending op-
erations, leaving 5000 vacation
ing BritonS on the continent
with worthless return tickets.
The airline was Overseas
Aviation and its chairman,
Ronald Myhill, a 42-year-old
World War II pilot, said the
firm was nearly So million in
the red. It's 20 planes were
grounded yesterday after the
British Petroleum Co. cut off
gasoline supplies because Of
100000 in unpaid fuel bills.
The State-owned British Eu-
ropean Airways said it would
put on extra flights for the
stranded vacationers but they
would have to buy new tickets
for the trip home.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Market Blow
ToU. 5. Seen

The United States Citizens
Commission on NATO is in
general agreement that devel-
opment of the European com.
mon market will in the end be
disadvantageous to United
States exports"
Former Secretary Of State
Christian A. Herter and former
Undersecretary of State Will
liam L. Clayton, co-chairmen
Of the commission, said this
was the view of most of the
groups 20 members at the start
of a two-day closed meeting at
the Capitol.
They added, however, that
members expressed great sat-
isfaction" that Great Britain
especially has shown willing
ness to join the ECM. They
described this as a fortunate
development" because it could
lessen the danger of sharp
economic and political differ
ences between Western Euro
pean countries.
The commission met to plan
for its part in an October meet
ing to be held in London BY
the International Preparatory
Committee that will arrange
for an Atlantic Convention o1
NATO nations. About 100 rep.
resentatives Of NATO nation.
are to attend the London meet.
ing. The United States Com.
mission Of 20 will be the largest
delegation.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
u. S. Fears Red Success
At British Guiana Polls

high United States authorities
also said:
Nicaragua is showing prog
ress toward democracy with
the governments announce
ment that free elections will
be held and no close relation
of the ruling Somoza family
will be allowed to run for office
Haiti's Francois Duvalier is
a dictator, but United States
aid to Haiti is continuing be-
cause no satisfactory alterna-
tive to the dictatorship Is in
sight.
The Bolivian government Is
beginning to tackle the com-
try's economic problems on a
more systematic and rational
basis than before. I'd
Washington authorities be-
I.lieve Brazil's President jamie
Quadros will try to prevent
the Communists from getting
any significant control in his
country.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
MONKS LEARN
CREDIT CARDS
CONE IN HANDY

LORETTO, Pa. (AP).-
Canadian members OF the
Franciscan Order are car
rying credit cards these.
days. But they've got more
reason than most folks.
When one enters the or
der, he takes a vow of pow
erty and, an official ex-.
plains, isn't supposed to
handle money.
The Rev. Irenaeus Her.
scher, o. F. M, treasurer
of the Franciscan Educa-
ton Conference, disclosed
the north Of border
development here.
Will Franciscans in the
United States start using
credit cards?
"They afford a certain
convenience" he said, "but
we don't seem to need
them yet"
Evening star., 1961-08-15
By the Associated Press

United States officials ex-
press fear that a party which
they regard as Communist
dominated will win in elections
to be held in British Guiana
next Monday.
Unhappily for Washington
there is little the United State:
Government can do to change
the expected result.
However; authorities noted
yesterday that Britain, while
progressively giving greater
self-government to the colony
still retains control over foreign
policy and defense for tht
small territory on the northeast
coast Of, South America.
United States predictions o.
a victory for the. Peoples Pro-
gressive Party in the forthcom'
ing election is based on an esti'
mate that the two other mair
political parties. the People
National Congress and tn
United Front, will not unit
and will cost each other votes,
The. Peoples Progressive
Party is. headed by DR.. Chedd
B. Jagan. DR.. Jagan and hi
wife are described by Unite'
States officials as Communists
Commenting on other as
poets of the hemisphere scene
Evening star., 1961-08-15

days when he was the only Bri-
tish chaplain for the 1st United
States Ranger Battalion, the
famed "Darby's Rangers" of
World War II.
II was a chaplain with the
British Commanders" he ex-
planned. I'VE (the BritiShO had
been in the commando business
for three years, so it was us
who trained the American
units. We wanted to make sure
that no ordinary group adopted
the name commando so we
really gave it to them.
TOUCHES and Selected
"Of the 1000 volunteers from
the 34th Division, we cut them
down to about 500 men. These
were the very toughest men
we could get. You couldn't dc
anything to them. You could
MT scare them. You could
barely kill them"
AS Father Basil went on re-
calling the war days, some
dozen or so other ex-Rangers
at the table at Blackie's House
Of Beef would ask him ques-
tions about men whose names
they had forgotten over the
years. The proprietor, Ulysse:
(Blackie) Anger, was himself
one of Father BaSil's Rangers
Although Father Basil hadn't
seen any of them since 1914;
after the African campaign
ended, remembered most ot
the names.
THE Americans were billet
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Streetcur Death
Ruled Accidental

A District coroner's Jury yes
terday returned a verdict of
unavoidable accident in the
death of an 81-year-old Dis
trict woman who stepped in
front Of a streetcar at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Fourth street
Sc.
The woman, Mrs. Anna
Ringeisen Of 226 Fifth street
Sc, was killed when she walked
against the light into the path
of a westbound streetcar last
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Stubbing Marks
Fete in Korea

SEOUL, Aug. IS (AP).-A
young engineer trying to ap-
proach the leader Of South
Korea's ruling junta stabbed
himself today when seized by
bodyguards.
1t. Gen. Park Chung-hee
and other government leaders
were attending a ceremony In
Seoul Municipal Stadium mark
ing the anniversary Of the
World War II liberation OF
Korea.
Officials said the youth, 81
year-old Park Wong-bong, ap-
parently wanted to present a
petition to the junta chief and
was not trying to assassinate
him. When bodyguards grab
bed him, he slashed himself
across the stomach.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Six Priests
Named for
Latin School

Six priests were named to-
day to the faculty of the Ca
thedral Latin School, to be
opened next year, by the Most
Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Cath
olic Archbishop of Washing
ton.
Those appointed are the Very
Rev. Msgr. Martin w. Chris
topher, archdiocesan director
of the Society for the Propa-
CATION of the Faith; the Rev.
Joseph E. Norton of st. James
Parish, Mount Rainier, Md;
the Rev. Francis j. Murphy Of
st. Anthony's Parish; the Rev.
Vincent D. Donovan Of st.
Johns Parish, Silver Spring;
the Rev. John T. Dewan OF
Our Lady of Victory Parish,
and the Rev. Joseph A. Rain
ieri Of St. Jerome's Parish,
Hyattsville, Md.
Archbishop O'Boyle previ-
ously had announced that the
Very Rev. MSgr. D. Joseph
Corbett, his secretary, would
serve as rector Of the new
seminary.
Cathedral Latin School, q
four-year preparatory day SEM
mary, will be housed at 2200
California street N. W., pres
emily occupied by st. AIMS
Infant Home.
The latter will move into its
new $2.5 million building in
Avondale, Md, about Decem-
ber /. Remodeltng of the pres
ent structure for the Cathedral
Latin School is expected to be-
gin after the first Of the year,
with occupancy Of the rem
ovated building for the SEM
mary set for September, 1862.
The seminary. the first OF
its kind in the archdiocese,
will have a student enrolment
of ESQ. 1t will have a strictly
academic curriculum, with the
principal emphasis on classical
and modern languages, phys
ical and social sciences, and
English.
The school will be affiliated
with the Middle Atlantic AS
sociation Of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools ana with Cath
Ollie University.
Evening star., 1961-08-15

TOKYO, Aug. IS (AP).-So-
Wet First Deputy Premier Anas-
tas Mikoyan charged today the
Western powers are afraid Of
economic competition with
Russia and prefer to grid for
war.
They are afraid this kind
Of race will mean their de-
struction." he told a group OF
Japanese and foreign dignita-
ries in a 30-minute speech
opening the first Soviet trade
fair in Japan.
Lets stop polishing our
swords, |" said the No. 2 man in
the Soviet government. Lets
stop waving atomic weapons
at each other. Let's produce
food, clothing and housing SO
Evening star., 1961-08-15

Industries. The talks were de-
scribed as informal discussions
and not negotiations.
Mr.. Sato said Mr.. Mikoyan
urged the japanese to buy more
Soviet goods but showed little
interest in buying japanese
goods, which is what most
Japanese businessmen are in
terested in. Mr.. Mikoyan
claimed japanese prices are too
high and there is too much
red tape involved in trading
with Japan. These are the
identical charges japanese
businessmen level at the So
viets.
Mr.. Mikoyan's first "a hours
Evening star., 1961-08-15

ed in homes in Dundee, Scot
land. I was told to take care
of the Americans" he went on
to say. Then one day we were
all ordered into camp. I
thought it might have been
just a tip-and-run job along
tn coast and we'd be coming
back in. But we ended up in
North Africa and I stayed with
the Rangers until 1t was all
over in Africa"
Long Gap
Father Basil then was at
tached to the British 9th Com
mando. With the exception of
a short visit with the Ameri-
cans just before Anzio landing.
he had seen none of the Rang
ers since, until last week.
I'VE went off to do a few
jobs in Albania and Greece
then" he continued. "but ]
came down with a bad bit OF
malaria and was sent home
just in time for Christmas, the
first I'd spent at home in 20
years" .as
Father Basil, who. was the
only British chaplain to be
awarded the American Silver
Star for valor in combat, is ir
the United States for a con-
vention of the Ranger Battal-
ion Association, held last week
end in Baltimore. He leaves
Washington today and will sal.
for England on August % from
New York.
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Mikoyon Jobs at West
In Bid for japan Trode

that all the people Of the world
can live better.
II call on the worlds capi-
talist countries-let us COM
pete economically and on a
platform of peace" he said.
Shortly after his arrival yes
terday Mr.. Mikoyan met with
Foreign Minister Zentaro Ko-
saka and Eisaku Sato, Minis
ter of International Trade and
Evening star., 1961-08-15
U. S. Adds SIS Billion
To Food for Peace
By the Associated Press

by the associated ereSS
The United States committed
$2,549.0 100000 in surplus agri-
cultural commodities to its
Food for Peace" pragram dur
ing the first six months Of the
year, the White House reported
yesterday.
The amount raised to $14,-
900, 100000 the total value OF
commodities marked for use in
a food plan that originated with
the 1854 law authorizing the
United States to sell surplus
farm goods in exchange fol
foreign currencies.
Evening star., 1961-08-15

in Japan passed without vio-
lence despite expectations Of
trouble from ultra-rightists.
Some 1000 police were mo-
bilized to clear the visitors
routes, surround the various
Evening star., 1961-08-15
Commanders Chaplain
Joins Boys Again

The Rev Albert Edward Basil is mild-mannered English
Catholic priest captain at the College of Advanced Tech
noogy in Loughbrough, England The boys he works
With he describes inelectuals" engroSsed in the lofty
theoremS of nuclear physics. But it wasn't always
Last night the 54year-old priest reminced about the
Evening star., 1961-05-28
BY DICK SLAY
Star staff Writer

Jim O'Neil and Mike Burt
failed to retain their champion
ships, but Montgomery Blair
High School doubled its num-
ber of first places just the same
and won the Maryland State
track title in the new Class AA
grouping yesterday at cold,
windy Byrd Stadium.
Blair, which won just two
events last year in taking the
old Class A crown, won four
this time and totaled a lofty
80 points. Walter johnson and
Bethesda Chevy Chase took
three events each on the way
to second and third places with
69la and SO points, respectively.
Northwestern was fourth with
AZ.
Bel Air High School ran up
lit points in a slim field of II
schools to win the Glass A meet
held concurrently. Fort Hill Of
Cumberland faded in the last
three events and grabbed Sec
Dnd with 90, neighbor Allegany
was third with go and Fairmont
Heights fourth with 81.
O'Neill, upset in defending
his low hurdles championship
by Kenwood's Ed Bury, who
Eon by a whisker by coming
from behind, nevertheless won
Evening star., 1961-05-28
WeII-BoIonced Blair
Wins New AA Title

the high hurdles in State rec
ord time of IS seconds flat,
with teammate AL Caron about
five yards behind in second
place. That gave Blair 18
points and put the Blazers in
front to stay after five events.
Favored Bob Windsor gave
Blair a first in the discus. Its
other two firstS were scored by
Chuck O'Reilly, the only dou-
BILE winner in Glass AA, who
upset two Walter johnson ath-
letes-Dick Dunlap in the 100
yard dash and defending
champion Bill Hayden in the
broad jump.
Rick Hartley Of Walter
johnson reciprocated by de-
throning Burt in the 220-yard
dash in the next-to-last event,
but by then the damage was
done.
Among six State records
broken and another tied, were
Pete Dalton Of High Points
1900 in the mile, which beat
the favored Irv Hook Of Dun
dalk; the 49.9 clocking by
Ramsey Thomas Of Catonsville
in the 440, the 6-foot-3 effort
by Suitland's Tom Scherer in
the high jump and the 52-foot-
71a shot put by John Murdock
of Walter johnson, who sur
passed his own State mark.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Rosi Defeats
Len Matthews

NEW YORK, May 81 (AP)
-Paolo Rosi, a balding, 33-
year-old New. Yorker, scored
an emphatic upset over young
Len Matthews of Philadelphia
in Madison Square Garden to-
night and probably jumped
right back into the top 10 in
the lightweight division.
The cut-prone Rosi, who has
been on the downgrade since
he was stopped by Champion
Joe Brown in a title fight two
years ago, was in command all
the way.
His main weapon was a
jolting right uppercut that he
used time and time again to
Stagger the 22-year-old Mat
thewS. Rosi and Matthews
both weighed 1856 for the ma
tionally televised fight (ABC) {.
Both judges, Johnny Grand
and Dick Gamboli, and Ref
cree Jim Devlin gave all 10
rounds to Rosi.
No matter what Matthews
tried, he was frustrated by the
experienced Rosi, who entered
the ring a 1875 urderdog.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Camden Won
By Pied Dor

CAMDEN, N. j., May 81 (AP)
- Calumet Farms Pied Dor,
under brisk handling by Steve
Brooks captured the goth run
ming of the Camden Handicap
at Garden State Park today.
Jimmy Jones was on hand to
saddle the son of Nasrullah,
who engaged Mrs. @. A. S. Nc
Kean's Polylad in a spirited
stretch run. Polylad, the New
Englander, finished second fol-
lowed by the favorite, Don Pog-
gio, who came from last place.
The winning margin was three
parts of a length.
Pied Dor negotiated the mile
and a furlong in 1:50Ks over a
strip which turned muddy after
the early races were contested
on a sloppy strip.
Those in the crowd of 34,094
who backed the winner received
$40, $500 and $3.50. Polylad re-
turned IS and $3.50 and Don
Poggio brought back $3.40.
AS was expected. the speedy
Gulio Cesere went out to set the
pace with Air Pilot endeavoring
to match strides. Brooks held
Pied Dor in third place back
Of the dueling pair and when
the field swung for home the
winner and Polylad hooked up
in their stretch battle.
Evening star., 1961-05-28

ASHEvILLE, N. c., May q
(AP). Polly Riley defeated
young Sherry Wheeler, Cup,
today to win her sixth South
ern amateur golf championship.
Miss Wheeler, 20. a rising
senior at Arizona State Univer-
sity, needed seven puts on the
last two holes Of the 36-hole
finals match, losing both after
she had squared the match by
winning the 32d and 33d holes.
The victory gave Miss Riley
a record of six Southern titles
since 1948. Her last previous
crown was won in 1854.
Neither ever held more than
a Cup advantage in a match
that began with the tempera-
ture at 40 degrees and a biting
wind sweeping the 6,000-yard
Biltmore Forest Country Club
course. The temperature rose to
go degrees for the afternoon
round and the wind abated
some.
Miss Riley had medal scores
Of 37-44 in the morning and
37-38 in the afternoon. Miss
Wheeler had rounds of $40
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Campbell, Wild
WestIund Beaten
At Pennington

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
May q (AP) Bill Campbell
of Huntington, w. Va, the for
mer Walker Cup star, was up
set in the quarterfinalS of the
Kenridge Invitational Golf
Tournament here today, 2 and
/, by Fendall Carter of the
host Pennington Country Club.
Buddy Loving, another
Charlottesville player who has
won this tournament four
times, also advanced to tomor-
rows semifinals with an easy
5-and-4 triumph over Jordan
Ball of Richmond.
Also moving up were Ned
Baber of Richmond, the 1860
State amateur champion, who
posted a 3-and-2 victory over
Jack Westland, the Congress-
man from Everett, Wash, and
George Fulton of Roanoke, who
edged Claude Wild of Wash
ington, 2 and /,
Evening star., 1961-05-28
MeIbroke Beuts
Tokeonip for
Connecticut Cup

PURCHASE, N. Y, May q
(AP).-Samuel r. Fry's Mel
broke, ridden by Eugene Wey-
mouth, won the Connecticut
Cup race at the Adjacent Hunts
Race Meeting today on the
soggy turf course of the Blind
Brook Polo Club. The race was
about three miles over II tim
ber barriers.
Melbroke took the lead as he
passed the grandstand the sec
ond time around the course.
He went on to win by three
quarters Of a length over John
K. Jenney's Takeanip with
Paddy Smithwick up. Third,
far behind the two leaders, was
Jr. Jim.
Melbroke, running as an entry
with Sugar Tree Farms Flying
Cottage, returned $3.50 for So.
The time over the rain
drenched course was a poor
6:392s.
One of the six starters in the
22nd renewal of the Connecticut
Cup, Glendower. fell and lost
his rider, Billy Turner, going
into the stretch turn on the
second lap. He failed to finish.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Co|orfu| History Of 800
Filled With Thrills, Spills

Fifty-three persons have died
at the speedway, including pre-
500 races in 1a09-10, but
spectators generally have suf-
fered nothing worse than SUM-
burn and upset stomachs.
Thirty drivers have been killed,
along with IA mechanics and
9 spectators.
Tony Bettenhausen, twice
national big car champion and
starter on IA Memorial Day
races, became the speedway's
SD victim May IL when a
mechanical defect caused a car
to crash on a test run.
Bettenhausen's death was a
reminder that a 800" victory,
and the $10O,00O-plus that
goes with it, is one of the
most elusive prizes in sports.
Bettenhausen never won.
Jim RaCnmann won last
year in his 18th start and had
to set a record average of
138.767 miles an hour. Rodger
Ward won tie year before on
his ninth attempt, Jimmy
Bryan in 1858 on his seventh,
Sam Hanks in 1857 on his 18th
and Pat Flaheity in 1856 on
his fifth.
Ever. body Has FavOrite
The golden anniversary has
set AUTO racing buffs to argu-
ing about the greatest drivers
among more than 300 who
have shared in 81 million of
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Nutcrucker
Takes 7st at
Fox Den Farm

Two ponies from the thinner
man family farm near JeSsup,
Md, yesterday won two major
awards in the Fox Den Farm
Junior horse show near Poto-
mac, for the benefit of Our
Lady of Mercy School library
fund.
Nutcracker, ridden by Donald
Zimmerman, took the medium
pony championship, while Zim'S
Bug, ridden by Zimmerman'S
brother, Ira, was reserve in
the small pony division behind
Karen Burrows Sunny.
Patricia Gorrell, from Bel
Air, Md, captured the large
pony title with Chase Me, who
earned 13 points. Reserve went
to Bobbie Coleman's Farnley
Syrian, with seven points.
Robin Hughes, teen age
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
J. Hughes, scored Is points on
her fathers mare, Hi Lo, to
win the local junior champion
ship. Reserve went to Clifford
Little's Miss Morgill, with five
points.