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Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-06-20
News Notes From The
POLICE BL0TTER
By Colin Mick

reported to City Police on June 1e
that vandals had broken the mirrors
on several of his trucks, let the air
out of the truck tires, broken head
lights, and broken Windshields. He
estimated that total damage was
about $500.
STOLEN CAR
On June II Hil1arie A. Hoetfner
of FIT. Wainwright reported that a
1861 Buick belonging to Burke E.
Longley had been stolen from 521
Gaffney.
BOAT PUNCTURED
Mrs. Walter Sherrod Of 943 Gil
more reported to City Police on
June II that someone had punctured
the bottom of their aluminium boat.
Mrs. Sherrod said that the boat
had been in good condition the
previous day; however. when per-
son interested in purchasing the
boat came over on the 18th. check
revealed the punctures City Police
officers stated that there were three
V-shaped punctures in the bottom
of the boat.
ROCK THROWN
Mrs. Arnold Bettner, 1874 10th
complained to City Police en- June
II that someone had thrown rock
through one OF the front windows
in her home.
ROBBERY VICTIM
On June Is Friedrich L. Kunzel-
man of l03 Charles complained that
a total of $40 and transistor ra-
do had been stolen from his home
on different occasions.
vANDALIZE CADILLAC
Dick Thurman Of the Swiss Inn
reported TO City Police on June 7
that someone had vandalHed his car
while it was parked on Turner He
said the vandals had cut the belt
on the power steering mechanism.
cut the wires to the generator and
cut the vacuum hose for the wind
shield wipers on his 1860 Cadillac
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-06-20

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Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-06-20
ROBBERY VICTIM

On June Is Friedrich L. Kunzel-
man of l03 Charles complained that
a total of $40 and a transistor ra-
dio had been stolen from his home
on different occasions.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-06-20
ROCK THROWN

Mrs. Arnold Bettner, 1914 10th
complained to City Police en- June
II that someone had thrown rock
through one OF the f-ont windows
in her home
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Ghonoions in Togo

The Associated Press arti-
Gle of Jan. 7 headed Chan
aians Flee Nkrumah Rule"
eXaggerateS in what amounts
to counting every Ghanaian
in the Republic Of Togo as a
political refugee. 1t is a fact
that large communities of
Ghanaians have lived along
the whole littoral of West At
rica for several decades past.
A large number of West At
ricans have also lived in
Ghana for very many years.
This is true of Ghanaian and
TogoleSe communities in the
two countries. One fact which
explains this is that the Eve
tribe lives both in the Repub-
lie of Togo and in Ghana.
In order to arrive at q fig
ure of 5000 Ghanaian refu-
gees in Togo, therefore, it will
be necessary to count every
single Ghanaian living in the
Republic Of Togo. For, popu-
lation-wise a figure of 5000
in West Africa is very high
indeed. One country has less
than a million people. To do
this will ignore the fact that
those Ghanaians (who will
be included in the number Of
refugees) have been living in
Togo for several years.
Nevertheless if it were true
that there were 5000 refugees
living in Togo and who had
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Preliminary Step

President Kennedy'S appointment
Of a committee to review and evaluate"
military pay is good news to members
Of the armed services, although the
move presumably will delay any over
all action by Congress for another year.
There is no reason, however, why Con-
gress should postpone correcting gross
inequity of the 1858 Military Pay Act
--one that has resulted in a division of
retired Servicemen into two groups, the
"preferred" and the inferior" retired
veterans.
The retirees on the preferential list
are those who retired after June /,
1858, the date when the last pay act
became effective. They receive pay
under a century-old formula relating
retirement pay to active duty pay. The
inferior" retireeS-mostly combat vet
Grams of World War II and the Korean
WARFARE men who happened to retire
before that date. For the first time in
military annals the formula was changed
by the 1858 law so that members of
this group now receive less retirement
pay than all those who retired since 1858.
The House last year voted unani-
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Crimes Fountoinheod

I There are some who may wonder
why Attorney General Robert Kennedy
isEdevoting so much time and energy
tofthe slot-machine and other gambling
racketS when there are other more
serious crimes demanding attention.
The Attorney General has given a per-
Suasive explanation of his concern over
big-time gambling operations. It is
simply this: BY attacking gambling
of interstate proportions he is under
mining the chief spawning ground of
such more vicious crimes as narcotics,
PROSTITUTION, extortion, bribery and
other types of syndicate lawlessnesS.
And these graver rackets often are
marked by violence and murder.
Mr.. Kennedy, in asking for legis-
lation to plug loopholes in the anti
gambling laws passed last year, told
the House Commerce Committee that
Federal and local investigators have
found that profits from the so-called
one-arm bandits and other slot ma
chimes for wagering have built power
full criminal syndicateS which seek to
corrupt police, legislators and other
authorities. The profits run into "hun-
dredS of millions" every year, he de-
clared-and some of this money goes
for protection" There has been COL
lusion between some public officials
and these SyndicateS," he said.
The Department of Justice head
has urged Congress to include certain
types of pay-off pinball machines in
the Government restrictions on inter-
state shipment of gambling parapher-
MALTA. The present laws do not cover
pinball machines, so there has been a
substantial increase in syndicate oper-
ations in the pinball field. Pinball
machines which are used only for fun,
not for gambling, would be exempted
from the ban. The legislation was ap-
proved by the Senate last year. We
hope the House will join in authorizing
use of this additional weapon against
crime
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Not Now TO Moscow

1t probably is just as well that
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
has declined the informal Soviet in
vitation to stop off in Moscow during
his trip next month to parts of Asia,
the Middle East and Europe He has
done so on the ground that his travel
plans are already completed and that
he will not be able to alter them at
this time, though he looks forward to
visiting the USSR in the future. 1t
seems safe to assume, however, that
this is not the only consideration that
has led the Presidents brother to de-
eide as he has. The President himself,
together with Secretary of State Rusk,
undoubtedly has weighed the pros and
cons of the idea and concluded that
such trip-though it might serve
good and useful purpose at some later
date-would be ill-adviSed now, not
only because of the way it might be
misinterpreted at home and abroad,
but also because of it's possible effect
on proper diplomatic procedure il con-
nection with critical issues like Berlin.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
At the Summit in Loqos

For the next ten days or so Lagos,
the flourishing capital of Nigeria, will
be the scene Of the biggest summit
conference" of it's kind in history. De-
signed to promote mutual cooperation
for mutual progress, the gathering will
be made up of the heads of govern
ment of about 20 African states, most
of them newly independent.
These states, the majority Of whose
leaders met for the first time in Lii
beria'S capital last May, have come to
be known as the Monrovia group, and
they are generally regarded as being
relatively moderate" in both domestic
and foreign policies. In that respect
they differ from the militant" Casa
blanca bloc, which is made up princi-
pally OF Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Mali
and Morocco, and which apparently is
going to boycott the Lagos meeting.
Despite being linked together, how
ever, these boycotting countries disagree
with one another on more than a few
matters of substance. Morocco, for ex-
ample, does not practice the pro-Soviet
''neutralism" of Mali, Guinea and Ghana.
And Egyptian President NasSer GER
tainly does not have liking for Cha
neSe President Nkrumah's pretentious
demands for the immediate" merger
of all the lands of Africa, black and
Arab alike, into a single, monolithic
Pan-African Union-a union in which
he seems already to have elected him
self to be the lord and master.
1t need hardly be added, of course,
that the nations of Africa have so
many racial, tribal, cultural, religious,
political, economic and other variations
and differences that Mr.. Nkrumah's
position is absurd in the extreme, as
far as the foreseeable future is con-
cerned That is why the Lagos con-
fereeS are planning to confine their
efforts to much more modest and down.
to-earth objectives, such as the formu-
lation of cooperative programs in the
fields of trade, communications and
education.
Undertakings of this sort may be
considerably less spectacular than Mr.
NkrumahS Pan-African monolith, but
they are far more sensible and real
iStic. Certainly, if they are effectively
launched at Lagos, the summitry there
will have been we'll worth while.
Evening star., 1962-01-24

mously to end this grossly unfair and
senseless discrimination by re-establish-
ing for all retirees the traditional rela-
tionship between active duty and retired
pay scales, The legislation was begged
down in Senate subcommittee, however
Whatever the new study by the presi-
Dental committee may produce in the
way of pay reform-and the President
specifically directed that retirement pay
be reviewed-Congress in the meantime
ought to correct its 1858 mistake by
aboliShing the inferior" retired scale
and putting all retired servicemen on
the same pay basis.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Indians PHqht

I heartily agree with James
S. Wills view in his letter
Rights for Indians" I lived
in the Southwest, including
Oklahoma, for years, and as I
recall, the Indians we're not
permitted to attend schools
with whites, could not eat in
public cafes, stay in hotels,
or attend public schools.
They were really segregated.
Reservations" arid lands,
were provided by our Govern
ment which said in effect
This far and no further. "
They lived in hogans, made
with hides, made a bare liv-
ing weaving wool into blan-
ketS, assembling baskets,
formed kinds of pottery and
maintained miserable little
gardens. Schools were pro-
vided, such as they were.
We stole his land, killed off
the buffalo, his food sup
ply and raiment and penned
him up and left him to
rot.
Our first duty is to our
American Indian. They are
the ones long overdue for
first-class citizenship, and I
am surprised that Secretary
Udall isn't doing something
about it, or is he too busy
climbing mountains, hiking
along a canal, getting out Of
a Kansas wheat field or set
ting himself up as a critic
of Washington's statuary?
Fred. A. Brock.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Reminder to the Street

Keith Funston, president Of the
New York Stock Exchange, selected a
good point for emphasis when he told
a Washington meeting of the AsSocia-
tion of Stock Exchange Member Firms
that tough Self-regulation and rigid
enforcement provide the most practical
means for policing all Segments of the
securities industry"
For, on the face of recent COM
plants by the Securities and Exchange
Commission against the American Stock
Exchange, the basic Shortcoming was
that the Self-regulation was not tough"
and the enforcement of the exchanges
own rules was not rigid" The blame
for this may be, and in fact has been,
directed primarily at the top echelon
of the AMEX officials. To a degree,
however, it filters down to all members
of the exchange in question, and even
to others in the securities trading COM
munity, who are guilty Of paying too
little attention to too much that is
going on.
It would be extreme, perhaps, to
suggest that every member in the fl
nancial community-in wall Street."
to use the familiar Identification
should become a Self-appointed police
man. On the other hand, no member
of the Wall Street community can be
completely unaffected by showings of
irregularity in the operations of the
exchanges. AS it happens, "Wall Street"
is highly important component in
the complex mechanism of our capital
istic system. 1t is through wall Street"
that much of American industry finds
it's necessary financing, and that mil
lions of investors find outlets for their
funds. Any serious doubts about the
streets" integrity-though these are
not warranted by the AMEX case at
this point-Would be harmful to much
more than a single exchange or even
to the securities brokerage business
alone. Tough and rigid self-policing
is good foundation for the first line
of defense against any such doubts.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Parking Figures Lie?

Ihe announcement that
some 57,859 persons" 1000
more than last year, attended
the Auto Show at the Armory
is significant because of what
it does not say. A better
measure of the pub,ic'S &C.
ceptance of the 81 parking
fee at the Armory would be
the number of paid admis-
Sions.
1t is common practice to
make attendance figures i'm
pressive by issuing free passes
or reduced price tickets. The
Automotive Trade ASsocia-
ton, sponsor of the Auto
Show, could well afford to is
sue passes, since the show
is little more than an adver-
tisement of wares to be sold.
The practice was employed
extensively at the recent
United States Bowl football
game, where a combination
of excessive admission price
and parking fee served to
keep football fans away in
droveS. The passes attracted
hordes of otherwise disinter-
ested freeloaders who made
a presentable crowd for the
television cameras, but whose
antics in attempts at self
amusement were an annoy
ance to paying fans who were
interested in the game.
The fact that the an
nounced attendance at the
Auto Show only slightly ex-
ceeded last years attendance
is in itself an indication of
the public's distaste for the
81 parking fee. Last years at
tendance was held down Sc
verely by the ice, snow, and
cold that were prevalent at
the time.
If the Auto, Flower or
Home Shows are presented at
the Armory again next year,
it is a safe prediction that
guests will be charged some
thing less than 81 to park.
The very definite change of
mind by Auto Show Chair
man Maurice J. Murphy will
not change the more stable
attitude of the public.
Samuel Shapiro.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Zoo Bypass

The National Park Services re-
quest for $2.8 million for Zoo by
pass capable of carrying Rock Creek
Parkway traffic northward in all kinds
of weather would meet a long-felt
need. Controversies in the past over
whether the bypass should be sur
face highway or tunnel finally have
been resolved by Zoo and Park Serv-
lee authorities-in favor of a tunnel.
Either plan would do away with bother
some bottleneckS created by Rock
Greek fords, which become impossible
in flood time.
Original proposals for Handicapped
roadway skirting the Zoo and con-
Meeting with Colorado avenue and
10Th street were opposed by the Smith
sonian Institution, which controls the
Zoo, on the ground that the traffic
noises would disturb the animals. After
a series of conferences the tunnel
plan was approved. 1t would carry
traffic for a distance of 800 feet un-
der the Zoo grounds, linking the Rock
Greek Parkway with Beach drive, in
the park. This shortcut, free of flood
threats, would greatly facilitate the
flow of traffic between downtown Wash
hgton and the far northwest area. The
tunnel plan, while expensive, would be
a compromise satisfactory to all con-
eerned-the Zoo, the Park Service and
the motorists,
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Pedestrians Riqhts

DIX DlSCTlCC residents QleO
of traffic injuries in the first
two weeks of January. All but
one were pedestrians, ranging
in age from a man of II to
a boy of nine. All but one
were killed chiefly because
the driver did not respect the
law. That one was killed run
ming against the red traffic
light attempting to catch a
bus.
The other four were cross
ing in the crosswalk where
pedestrians are supposed to
cross the street and where
motorists are expected to
yield them the right-of-way.
In every case, the motorist
ignored the pedestrians
rights. In every case, the
motorist was driving at a
speed too fast for conditions.
And in at least two cases, the
driver had been drinking.
The District Commissioners
have expressed serious con-
Germ about these pedestrian
killings. They have instructed
the Police Department to give
special attention to motorists
who exceed the speed limit
or who fail to respect pedes-
trian rights.
Obviously, this is a time to
remind drivers that pedes-
trians, too, have rights in
traffic. The law specifically
provides that at uncontrolled
intersections, the driver shall
yield the right-of-way to a
pedestrian crossing in a cross
walk, when the pedestrian Is
upon the half of the roadway
upon which the vehicle is
travelling, or even when the
pedestrian is approaching so
closely from the other half
of the roadway as to be a
danger.
The law provides that when
any vehicle has stopped at a
crosswalk to permit a pedes-
trian to cross, the driver of
any other vehicle approach
ing from the rear shall not
pass such stopped vehicle.
Only two persons can pre-
vent the death OF a pedes-
trian: the pedestrian himself
and the motorist. The pedes-
trian should bear in mind
that no amount of legal or
moral rights will stop two
tons of powered automobile
from crushing the life out of
him. It's the alert, not the
moralizing pedestrian, who
will survive. It's no disgrace
to step back on the curb and
allow a motorist to usurp his
rights. It's only common
sense.
The motorist should bear
in mind that a pedestrian
who starts across an intersec-
ton on a green signal has no
way of stopping the light
from turning red when he is
half way across. He should
be given a chance to reach
the curb before he is pun
ished by death or injury for
being the weaker of the two
traffic opponents.
It's up to motorist and pc
destrian alike to prevent pc
deStrian rights from turning
into rites.
G. A. England,
Director of Motor Vehicles,
District Government.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Our Laws Medieval?

The tragic death of a young
Wet NameSe student and the
equally unfortunate involve
ment Of a Fairfax physician
point to the great need for
the medical profession, the
courts, the clergy, and the
public, to reconsider certain
aspects Of this problem.
Inhumane and unwise reg
ulationS force individuals in
desperation to seek for illegal
and inadequate solutions.
Thus, the Harrison Narcotic
Act, for instance, has given
rise to widespread bootleg
ging and gangsterism, when
all of this could be avoided
by the simple expedient, as is
done in England, of giving
narcotic addicts their neces-
sary amount of opiate un-
der the control of a proper
health clinic, where they also
could receive treatment.
Similarly, as regards pros
titution, Government licensed
and official medical control
of such practice, such as in
France, proved to be far more
satisfactory in preventing
venereal disease, etc.
1t is high time that we
relinquished our medieval at
titude toward abortion and
that, if such is indicated as
necessary in order to preserve
the life, physical health and
mental health of a person,
that qualified physicians be
enabled to take the necessary
preventive measures in prop
erly supervised hospitals.
Upon reflection, it is clear
that those responsible for the
legal regulations which make
it difficult to help such unfor-
tunates, are far more to
blame even than DR.. Bois-
clair.
Michael M. Miller, MD.
Evening star., 1962-01-24

@. Why does a voice carry
so well through a speaking
tube? A. K.
A. Decrease in intensity of
sound is very slight when the
sound is carried by air con-
fined in a tube, because the
amount of air set in motion
by the vibration does not in
crease as the sound travels.
In open (unconfined) air, the
sound waves spread out from
their source in all directions.
A megaphone is another ex-
ample of controlled sound:
the tube keeps the sound
waves from spreading at
their source and sends them
in one direction.
@. Can marine sponges
live out Of water? E. w.
A. No. The sponge has
been called a living filter. 1t
feeds on tiny organisms
which it strains out from the
stream of water that is con-
Stantly entering its body
through its surface pores. It
soon dies if exposed to air.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Small Fry Write 1900 Penn. Ave
BY DONALD MINTZ

to be a president just like
you. I will help all the boys
and girls that write to me" I"
OR THIS: II am a boy 10
years old and would like to
go to military school but
don't know how to get in the
school. Will you please help
me. I don't have any money
to pay. My mother she is a
widow" Then comes a line
that will be life itself to anna
teur analysts: II would also
like to be a Catholic"
Little as one may like to
build world-shaking general
1zationS on the contents of a
book like this, it is most diff
tlcult to escape the conclu-
sion that those child psychol-
ogists who seem to amuse
themselves by crying disaster
are right about at least one
thing: the thought of war is
very much with our children.
Some take a stern view of
what they think are the real
tiles: MY problem is about
these little wars between little
nations, I think myself that
we should not help them un-
less they write down in paper
that they would help us when
or if we have a war against
Russia or some other nation"
(Surely this is the work of
an older child.)
But most are morally Of
Tended or simply afraid: IT
want to stop all wars but I
can't because I'm too little.
I'm 71a years old. I don't like
wars. I think its stupid and
nobody can make me change
my mind"
"Krushev wants the whole
world. The only way he can
have it is if we have a war.
That would cause world de-
struction. I think that both
of you should think twice"
Another: "All I'm asking
for is please think before you
press the button, please"
And finally: II am too
young to die"
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Riddle of Foreign Aid

I am trying to understand
the riddle of our foreign pol
icy, but it becomes more Won
drouS with each crisis. What
puzzles me most is how our
Government decides which
are the good guys and which
are the bad guys among the
dictatorS. I have just about
decided that if a dictator is
Communist OF pro-Commu-
mist, he must be a good guy;
and if he is anti Communist,
he must be a bad guy. Our
, policy seems to bear this out.
We help Communists Co
mulka and Tito with our for
eign aid program; we are 60
ing to build a dam for Nkhru-
nah; we would never dare
cut off aid to Nehru. Il know
that some would argue that
Nehru is not a dictator, but
that is merely a technical
point.D On the other hand,
we are prepared to ALLEVIATE
NATO partner Salazar with
our U. N. votes.
I used to naively think that
all relationships were bad
and should be replaced by
democracy as soon as a
change could be effected
without destroying the coun-
try in question. However, now
I see I have been guilty of
wrong-thinking, and that, ac-
cording to right thinking,
Communist relationships are
the acceptable ones, anti
Communist relationships are
the only really bad ones.
Violet Palmer.
+ \ Il
George F. Kennan, Ambas-
Sador to Yugoslavia, recently
defended our aid to Yngo-
slavia and declared that the
aid to Yugoslavia could be
better understood by our peo-
pie if they knew the situa-
ton. He certainly did not
contribute to better under
standing because his pleas
for aid were given to the
House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee behind closed doors.
In a recently published
book DR.. c. Zalar quotes sew
eral examples of how the Red
government of Yugoslavia
helps the surge Of commu-
nism abroad, among the neu-
trails, with the money received
as aid from the United
States. No wonder, all neu-
trails followed the Soviet line
in their meeting last Septem-
ber in Belgrade. c. ]. Mejac.