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Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-02
UBu SEES THREAT TO COAL MINING INDUSTRY

I'm addition to getting cheaper
power, you in Alaska should realize
the Importance of bolstering your
own economy-and utilize your own
natural resources.
Rampant is no dream. One of
these days you will all in this
area enjoy cheap power from that
huge power installation on the Yu-
kon River-but what of the imme-
diate future?
do you still want to pay two or
three times as much for power as
you should?
IF you have any chance what
ever of utilizing your own natural
resources to produce poverty all
means do So" said Umbenhauer.
Gruening for Resources
Senator Ernest Gruening has en-
phatically gone all out for using our
own natural resources in producing
power-whether it be coal or hydro
electric.
He has pointed out that if we put
in atomic plants we add very little
to our economy.
Being in the experimental stage
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-02

Mineral resources are the back
bone of your Alaskan economy.
Actually, as we know it now,
there are no known deposits of
uranium in Alaska.
Gold mining is on a decline.
Alaska has some of the largest
fuel reserves which exist anywhere
in the world. Why not use them?
According to the Bureau of
Mines there are 81 billion tons of
coal available in Alaska-which is
enough coal to last for five or six
hundred years.
Even in the states where atomic
power is now available, it is not
competitive with mine-mouth plants
No Need to Worry
What the future will hold-no
one knows, but why should you
folks in Alaska worry about what
to use when you are sitting on a
coal mine. Eastern states, like Mas
sachusetts, would welcome the op-
portunity you folks have Next to
you Alaskans, they pay the highest
cost for power-and ship their coal
hundreds of miles by railroad.
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-02
By Paul Opp Lien


One of Alaska's basic indus
tries, coal mining, faces dim
future according to William
Waugaman, general manager of
Usibelli Coal Mines, Inc, who
just returned from a trip to
Washington, DC. on company
business.
Although our own mines at Healy
showed an increase, producing over
100000 tons of coal last year, we are
now in a position where we could
be wiped out overnight" said
Waugeman.
This marks the end of mining
minerals as we know it in Alaska
Gold mining has dwindled down
to practically nothing.
THE Matanuska coal fields are
facing a dilemma at the moment
with the military authorities con-
sidering converting coal-fired power
plants to gas on both FIT Richardson
and Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Could Mean End
This could mean the end of coal
mining in that area, and whether
this is an advantage remains to be
SEEN" said Waugaman.
In reference to the coal mines at
Healy, Waugeman had this to say:
I'VE now have a payroll of over
million dollars yearly.
Gross from this industry at Healy
amounts to over $3,90O,000 each year.
cover two million of this goes to
the Alaska Railroad for transporta-
ton alone. The remainder goes to
other supporting misunderstanding
ment dealers and merchandising
firms in the Fairbanks area" said
Waugaman.
Power Expert
M. S. (Sam) Umbenhauer, chief
of the power division for the Ralph
M Parsons Co., and rated as one
of the leading power experts in the
world, in a recent interview gave
this information:
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-02

Cleanup, Paint-Up and Keep 1t
Up, is the theme of the 1862 greater
Fairbanks Cleanup campaign now
getting underway. Wally Burnett,
Dick Garvin and Bernie Miller,
representing a group of Fairbanks
area business men, are heading the
cleanup program this year.
Their total plans are to be re-
vealed in the near future.
One thing they have made clear
If we are to attract our share of
tourists and tour dollars coming
into Alaska this year we must pre-
sent a clean. attractive community.
Cleanup, they say, should not be
a one-shot deal. 1t should start now
and continue until snow flies next
fall E. Mr. and Mrs. Greater Fair
banks: Will You Cooperate? ??
TELEVISION: Community Clean
Up viii be the subject of the Fair
banks Health and Safety Council
telecast at 8 pm. Thursday, May 5,
on KTVF. Jim Couch will inter-
view Wilbur Bill" Green, State
Sanitarian for the Northern Region,
and general plans for the greater
Fairbanks area cleanup will be dis
cussed.
The advent of the open season,
with bare roads and the reactiva-
tion of bicycles. tricycles, pedal
scooters and coaster carts by the
younger generation poses greater
responsibilities for the operators of
motor vehicles Particularly is this
so in the urban completes of Fair
banks and suburbia, such as Island
Homes-Where care are allowed to
be parked on both sides of the
streets and little feet can pedal
bike or scooter into the middle of
the pavement from between parked
cars in a lot less time than even a
very careful driver can brake down
to avoid a tragedy.
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-02
Sammy
Safety
Sez:
6
6g;!l;Y

Courtesy.
Fairbanks Health and Safety Council
With Spring bustir's out all
oUer - REMEMBER, SAFETY
is ALWAYS IN SEASON!
Evening star., 1962-10-05

time. II he can't, an election
will come a little later"
Mr.. Thompson said earlier
his party would wait to see what
specific measures the Conserva-
tives proposed to solve Canada's s
economic problems before de-
Gliding whether to join the other
parties in efforts to unseat the
government and force new elec-
tions.
This indicated that the Social
Credit Party again would joir
the Conservatives next Thurs
day, when the government asks
for approval of its policies out
lined in general terms in the
Evening star., 1962-10-05

challenge by 100 Liberals and
18 New Democrats.
Robert Thompson, Social
credit leader, insisted, however
his party backed Mr.. Diefen-
baker only because it believed
another election this winter
would be a bad thing. The Con-
servatives lost their majority
in the June elections.
Election May Come
"If Prime Minister Diefen-
baker can produce positive leg
islation," Mr.. Thompson said
then I can see the minority
government lasting for some
Evening star., 1962-10-05

The New Democratic motion
assailed the Liberals as well,
saying the Conservatives had
only continued Liberal policy
on taking over in 1857. The
Liberals voted for it anyway.
Evening star., 1962-10-05

throne speech that opened Par
lament last week.
Lost Own Motion
The Social Credit Party lost
its own no-confidence motion
Tuesday, 233-30, with only its
own members voting for it
Liberals and New Democrats
complained the motion was
framed to indorse Social Credit
policies, making it impossible
for them to support it.
The Liberal Party's motion
said simply that the minority
government lacked the conf
Idence of Parliament.
Evening star., 1962-10-05
Diefenboker Survives
2 Tests in Parliament

the major opposition Liberal
Party and the small, socialistic
New Democratic Party were
beaten in the House Of Com
mons by identical votes Of
140-118.
The Social Credit Party, it.
self Conservative, added q
votes to the lis Conservatives
in the House to beat off the
Evening star., 1962-10-05

OTTAWA. Oct. 5 (AP).-
Prime Minister John Diefen-
bakers minority Conservative
government last night survived
two stiff challenges in Parlia-
ment by 22-vote margins with
the help Of a restive minority
party.
Motions of no confidence by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-22

A beoreot for work -feo-
turing two automatic
action cars: Tie-Jector
and, Hoy-Jector die
cast switcher with Pull
Nor power and gear
drive | omp. power
pack with Ac-DC out
put. Just let your eyes
glide over the intricate
valve geor and other de-
toll and you'll agree
this number hos few
peers in HO!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-22

A real freishter with sieom loco. slope
back tender, cop 6 hobo cor. borrel
romp cor. work eeboose. Troeks. As
wott transformer
Evening star., 1962-12-16

Name aH possible Rses for:
A Common Red Brick A Rnbber Tire
A Painting BrHsh "a Wooden Ruler
A Class Ash Frey A Wire Coat Hanger
Sample Of possible uses for common red
brick: .. As paper weight. a. For book
ends. >. To sprinkle on icy walks when
ground up. .. For lawn markers. q. As in
sulatOr under hot dishes. o. To use as pig
ment for paint when ground up. ,. As prop
for logs in fireplace, or under wood-plank
sidewalks. o. As lamp base. o. In lieu of
hot water bottle on cold night. 20. As a
fOOtrest. %. As foOt-warmer. "a. To
anchor magazines and newspapers on a
newsstand. -. As base for clay model.
-. To heat some water in a cOntainer that
cannot be placed over a fame. 10. To
carve into objects Of art. 20. As hammer.
Evening star., 1962-12-16

WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL j you could
SOlve all your problems this sUeek9 Maybe,
but The trouble is, neat ,Oeek sUOuI1 present
you sUih completely nesU SCI. To function
effectively in 'Odcy's ssGft,POced 'OOrld you
hare an increasing need fOT nesU ideas "a
need 10 sharpen your mental PO'Uvs.
This can be done. The first step is 10
recognize the enemies Of effective thinking,
hePyehOIOgioOlt tOcsOrs ah0t prevent US from
sOlOing problems. Most people simply don't
turn on dheir minds" fully. They suffer
from mental rigidiy, PrecOncephOns, and
The tendency TO cling TO familiar, routine
sUcys Of thinking.
Making your mind Jreer
Inae1ible habits don't dissolve overnight
it takes effort to get rid Of dLem. Recent
psychological tests hare revealed technique
that cun help anyone free his mental POsOers
from the drug Of hObit.
Here's hOsU IFS done: take an object and
see hO'U many uses you can think cf, or take
Hypothetical situation and figure Oui all
The possible results (see samples at rghD.
You can make q game of it. The one shO
Evening star., 1962-12-16

WhSs wOSId hePpeR IT,.
We could read each others minds?
Everyone said everything fhaG came inGo
kis nsiad?
ORe did net have 20 eat?
Au money vss OHfIawed?
There were no pOIieenses?
AHGhe printing presses were desEeyedp
Sample Of possible answers to e.. il we
could read each Others minds:
g. Many human relationships would fall
apar, when people found out what others
really thought Of them. Eventually, how.
ever, all relationships among people would
be based on honesty and frankness.
Evening star., 1962-12-16

TINS WEEK Asss.In. ! o.ss~bss IS. ips7
Evening star., 1962-12-16

1Od"ys world pal" premium mental ability Here's
IL could N IRss J6I
PuNsms this nudGM
Evening star., 1962-11-27
Gold in Your Attic
Poor Richard Always Popular

All the Benjamin Franklin
imprints are in the category
Of collectors items, and the
Poor Richard" almanac Sc
ries is always popular because
of the scarcity of the In
dividual numbers.
The first of these famous
almanacS was issued in Phil
adelphia in 1882 and is usual
ly quoted at $500 or more.
There were other issues.
; worth varying amounts, un-
til 1866. A typical example
is the almanac foE 1740, the
title page of which reads, in
part, as follows:
POOR RICHARD, 174O. AN
Almanack For the Year Of
Christ 1740, Being LEAP
YEAR. BY RICHARD
SAUNDERS, Philom.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed
and sold by B. FRANKLIN,
at the New Printing Office
near the Market.
A defective copy Of this
number brought $3.50 at auc-
ton in 1854.
Evening star., 1962-11-27

way to tell a dear friend,
without hurting her, that I
do not wish to talk to her
child on the telephone? I
seldom call her for that
reason. But she calls me often
and puts the child on the
telephone the moment I say
Hello"
1 cannot understand the
child and it is extremely
exaSperating. How can ] let
my friend know that her
child is not as interesting
to others as she is to her2
DAILY READER.
If you value her friend
ship-say nothing. The child
viii not be . child forever,
and q good friend is hard
to find.
DEAR ABBY: My wife's
aunt came to spend a few
days with us. She used the
guest room which we recently
redecorated. The new wall
paper has a lovely lifelike
strawberry pattern all over
it. The next morning the
Evening star., 1962-11-27
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: Every night
after school land on Satur-
days. I work in my fathers
bakery shop. Lately I have
started to eat everything in
sight. I know I am gaining
weight, but I can't stop eat
ing. I suppose I eat so much
because it is free. I am Is
and have never had a date.
Do you think my weight has
something to do with it? I
know chocolate makes my
skin break out. but I can't
leave that alone, either.
Please scold me or some
thing. / have
NO WILLPOwER.
I could scOld you, but IL
wouldn't help. You need to
Scold yourself. Writing to me
was the first step. It proves
that you are unhappy with
yourself. The bakery goods
are not 'free"-y0u are pay
ing for them in the most
expensive way: Popularity,
good looks and self-apprOvaI,
Lay off!
=
DEAR ABBY: Is there q
Evening star., 1962-11-27
FAMOUS FABLES
BY e. z. EDGAR
INSTRUMENT,

INSTRUMENT: French
author Alexandra Dumas was
a prolific writer who turned
out a mountain Of material.
His output was so tremen-
dous that his rivals could not
believe he wrote all Of it him
self. At one time, one of his
contemporaries accused him
Of lifting whole passag g e S
from the works of Shake
speare. He asserted that Du-
mas needed only a pair Of
scissors to write his novels.
Dumas was too familiar
with this type of accusation
to bother refuting it. He an
swered the attack by sending
the man q pair Of scissors
the following day. Attached
was q note which read:
Perhaps you'd like to try
your hand with these"
Evening star., 1962-11-27
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

price span is much greater
than in others. An example:
In 1860 a fine tom Sawyer"
first in original binding
brought $1,500; that same
year, a rebound copy sold for
SIS.
Mrs. B. M. Y: Your Henry
w a dsworth Longfellow's
"The Song Of Hiaw a t h a."
(Boston, 1891), one Of $50
copies in vellum with the
Frederic Remington illustra-
tionS, is q scarce and collect
ed item. The usual retail
price for a fine copy is
around $50.
Miss l.. L.: There were two
issues of r. T. Haines Hal
sey's Pictures of Early New
York on Dark Blue Stafford
shire Pottery" (New York,
1890. The first, 286 copies
in buckram in handmade pa
per, sells in the $50 to $85
range, according to my rec
ords. A more elaborate 80
Evening star., 1962-11-27
MASON ON EDUCATION
Bad Reactions Seen
In Honor Grouping

(2) convince the school that
he should be moved up to
a higher classification.
Fortunately we were sue
cessful and now as a senior
he is in all honors classes
and doing outstanding work.
We couldn't be more pleased
with his progress nor with
the quality Of the instruc-
ton he is receiving.
But we were in contact
with the lower groups long
enough to realize that the
students there are generally
discouraged, which keeps
them from doing as good
work as they might. They
lack the stimulation of bright
students in the classes, and
they do not get as good
teachers, on the whole, as
the honors groups. They are
SO far behind the leading
groups in their studies that
I do not see how they can
enter college on q compare
BILE basis.
"I think there is a lot of
prating about helping bright
students that Is not backed
UP by results when one con-
siders the overall welfare of
the student body. Moreover
many parents are not aware
OF the system or what it is
doing to their own children.
II they ever find out, there
will be a bigger fuss than
there has been over racial
segregation" ."-J. B., Long Is
land, N. Y.
This is not an isolated
case. I am constantly called
upon for advice by students
who have far too low an
opinion of their own abilities.
These procedures have proved
successful in practice:
o The teachers who handle
segregated groups should
watch for improperly classi-
fled students and request
both re-testing and recon-
sideration of their claSsifica-
ton.
Q Parents should encourage
their children to make an
effort on their own part to
demonstrate their ability to
do the higher quality work.
CAUTION: Parental en-
couragement, when the stu
dent lacks the know-h o W,
quickly becomes pressure and
often has a negative effect.
In such cases it is advisable
to consult an expert.
II you haze q question,
l0rite to DR.. Mason In care of
The Evening Star. He tDiH
discuss TN his column those
OF most general interest.
Thursday: Ready for test?
Evening star., 1962-11-27

Have Buerger's?
Don't Smoke!
vy DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
35 and have Buerger's dis
ease. My problem Is this: I
smoke at least a pack q day.
I can't seem to stop. Is to-
bacco really bad for those
with Buerger's?-Mr. Y.
FOR THOSE who don't
know, Buerger's disease is q
condition which involves the
blood circulation in the ex-
tremities (mostly in the
legs). 1t is a thromboangitis
inflammation and throm-
bosis) in the arteries which
interfereS with the blood
supply. When it occurs in the
legs, the patient complains Of
difficulty in walking because
of the pain. Later on, the
pain persists even at rest.
Ulcers Of the legs are a
common complication. We
don't know the actual cause.
Lately some doctors have
tried to put the disease in
the same category as athero-
sclerosis, but the majority
opinion is that Buerger's is q
distinct entity.
We doctors have the un-
enviable reputation of being
equivocal gents. When you
ask US q question and we
have no specific answer we
are inclined to say Eyes and
no." This is necessary be-
cause there are so many un-
answered questions in medi-
cine.
For example, If two chill
dren have an attack of rheu-
matte fever, we can't tell you
definitely which one will have
heart complications and
which one win escape.
But not so with tobacco
and Buerger's. I don't know
of one doctor who will. hem
and haw here. He will come
right out with it: "If you
continue to smoke cigarettes
you will never get well. In
fact you will surely get worse.
Probably come to amputa-
ton"
And that is my answer.
Mr.. Y. Tobacco and Bher-
gers don't mix. To be brupt::
Tobacco is actual poison for
Buerger's. Please don't wait
for New Years eve to make
a resolution to quit smoking
Do it today.
"a =
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
Evening star., 1962-11-27
SILENT SPRINGS ~
Farm Sprays Linked With Pollution

public watersf In lakes and
streams everywhere, in the
presence of catalyzing air and
sunlight, what dangerous sub
stances may be born Of parent
chemicals labeled harmless?
Concer Link Feared
1t is, of course, not only the
groundwaters that are becotn-
ling contaminated, but surface
moving waters as well-strean1s,
rivers, irrigation waters. As
ground and surface waters are
contaminated with pesticides
and other chemicals, there Is
danger that not only poisonous
but also cancer-producing sub
stances are being introduced
into public water supplies.
DR.. w. c. Hueper Of the Ma
tional Cancer Institute has
warned that "the danger Of
cancer hazards from the con-
sumption of contaminated
drinking water will grow con-
siderably within the foreseeable
future" And indeed a study
made in Holland in the early
1950's provides support for the
view that polluted waterways
may carry a cancer hazard.
Cities receiving their drinking
water from rivers had a higher
death rate from cancer than
did those whose water came
from sources presumably less
susceptible to pollution such as
wells.
Arsenic, the environmental
substance most clearly estab-
lished as causing cancer in man.
is involved in two historic cases
in which polluted water sup
plies caused widespread occur
renee of cancer. In one case
the arsenic came from the Stag
heaps of mining operations, in
the other from rock with a high
natural content Of arsenic
These conditions may easily be
duplicated as a result of heavy
applications of arsenical insec-
ticides. The soil in such areas
!, becomes poisoned. Rains then
carry part of the arsenic into
+. streams, rivers and reservoirs
as well as into the vast SUBJ
terranean seas Of ground
water. Here again we are re-
minded that in nature nothing
exists alone. To understand
!. more clearly how the pollution
of our world is happening, we
must now look at another OF
the earth's basic resources, the
soil.
Copyright. 1862, by Rachel Carson
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co
: Tomorrow: ReoIWs of the soil. t
Evening star., 1962-11-27
By LESLIE ]. MASON
Professor Of Education,
IInivarsitv of Southern California

The practice Of grouping
students according to what
the school feels to be their
abilities has side effects that
deserve serious attention.
What Of those who are not
placed in the top group?
The following letter relates
such a problem in detail and
reflects the concern of at
least one parent on the Seri-
business of the problem:
Dear DR.. Mason:
with all this talk about
integration in the schools,
most people are unaware Of
q type of scholastic segrega-
ton that is causing more
grief in some families than
racial segregation. I am talk
ing about segregation accord
ing to supposed ability.
"In theory no doubt it's
fine. 1t gives smart young
sters a chance to go ahead
at their own pace, leaving
the average and slower stu
dents to tag along as best
they can without being over
awed by their brighter con-
temporaries.
But how does it work out
in practice?
First, for a perfect system
you have to see to it that
students are segregated ac-
cording to their actual abili-
ties. Also they should have
a fair chance to move up on
the ladder if they prove that
the first judgment by the
authorities is wrong.
I'm the case Of my son.
who had previously shown
himself a very bright boy,
he was classified as he en-
tered Junior high school
solely on the basis Of a single
reading test. He is an ex-
cellent reader and likes to
read, but somehow he fouled
up the test. Thereupon he
was placed in a lower group,
which had never happened to
him before.
This was such a shock
to him and hurt his pride
so badly that he began to
question his own abilities. 1t
developed moreover that the
school officials took a very
dim view of any doubt being
cast on their judgment. AS
one teacher told us privately,
the school could not admit
an error. The result Of all
this was that we had a ma
jor campaign on our hands
to Cd convince our son he
could do top level work and
Evening star., 1962-11-27
Have q Question?

G. c.: Your three-volume
Worlds Columbian Exposi-
ton Illustrated" Chicago,
l894) is common and is typi-
cal of several collections deal
ing with the fair. Dealers tell
me there is little commercial
demand for them. I recently
saw your set listed by q deal
er at $40 retail.
H. r. L.: Collectors always
prefer books in original bind
ing. The difference in price
between an original and q
special binding depends upon
many things. especially the
scarcity of and demand for
the book. Each case is diff
ferent, but in some cases the