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and towns to hold a civilian de- fenSe conference. This conference was held Nov. 19 from 8:45 am. until pm. at Cudd Hall with 39 in attendance. It was conducted by Mir. William A. SWick, Co., ordinator, University of Alaska Civilian Defense Education pro- gram, and MT. James Messick, training and education officer from the State Division of Civil Defense, Anchorage. The Univer- sity of Alaska is under contract with the Dept. of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, to hold confer ences for local government off cials and other influenttia persons in 19 Alaska cities and towns. The purpose of these conferences are to stress the continuing need of Civil Defense, to reacquaint the participants with current prepared ness programs, to re-emphaSize the local responsibilities for sur vival measures and to timulate To- ca reparedness programs. It was very interesting and enlighten- ing conference, and enjoyed by all the participants. Those attending the conference from the outlying villages were Tommy Sheldon, vice president Village Council, Kiana; Fred N. Jackson, secretary, Will lage Council, Kiana; Helen Ka- goona, president, Village Council Noorvik; Levi Cleveland, repre- senting Village Council, Shung- nak; Ralph Ballot, assistant sec retary, Village Council, SelaWik Amos Lane, Councilman, Poin
 Hope, and Rev. Dwain Mckenzie representing Village Council, Poin
 Hope These seven village dele
 gates met with the Kotzebue Vii
 lage Council in an executive com
 mittee meeting Tuesday evening
 November 19 to discuss variou
 village problems.
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of the explosives to prevent dam age to persons or proerty. No damages occurred and the neces- sary earth was removed to permit burial of the infant on Nov. &.
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-22

Letter- size and Legal File Folders
 For Sale ali the Nugget
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The City Council is taking ap- plications for the position of city patrolman. The position has been vacant since last Thursday when Mike Viveiros left for National Guard training in the lower 48
 MT. Tiffany, BIA principal, re- ported that Arthur Jones has been appointed to fill the new position of Warehouseman at the BIA school.
 Mrs. Horace Schnare is going to be the additional elementary teacher it is planned, and Mrs. McClain will teach in split shifts so that none of the elementary casses vii have more than 31 pupils per class. No replacement has been appointed as yet to take Mrs. Schnare's present position of school secretary.
 Ella Martin, PI1S lab technician, is terminating, and plans to leave Kotzebue November 25 for her home in San Francisco. We will all miss those famous pizzas and Chinese dinners she is so well noted for.
 The frozen ground in Kotzebue cemetery resulted in an almost two week delay in the burial of an infant who had died in the hospital here. After several days of labor with digging tools, labor CTS had managed only to remove loose rock from the surface of the ground. Upon requet of a local
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-22

Norma Dallas, hospital house. keeper, is making some beautiful candles this week which she is donating to the bake sale. What diversified talent one finds in KotZebue,
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-22

Kotzebue was one of 19 cities
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-22

A coffee and baby shower were gwen Nov. Is for Mrs. William Mentzer and baby son. Hostess was Mrs. Tom Harrison.
The Nome nugget., 1963-11-22

Dr, Harrison, MOO at the PITS Hospital and PHN Nurse Frar Pagenkopf, went to Kiana Novem Der 18 for field clinic and plar to return November P.
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

new chief the Mlodletown
Transcript says: 'Mr. Cochran
has had considerable exper-
ience as a private detective and
assistant to Chief Hilyard of
Middletown, and possesses all
of the qualities to perform his
new duties. If the people of
Smyrna will stand back of him
we feel confident that in a few
months he will demonstrate to
them that he is competent to
handle the rough element and
eliminate their speakeasies. I"
Reports from postmasters in
Delaware received by Post
master General Hitchcock show
that the recently instituted
parcel post system is providing
popular and successful in this
state. A report of the first
seven days. operation of the
system, which is reality was
hardly more than five days, be-
cause one day was New Years,
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

a legal holiday and another
Sunday, when the offices we're
closed, shows that business far
exceeded expectations. During
that period there was handled
at the office in Wilmington A.
343 packages; at Dover, 8l2
packages, and at Milford, 2o5
packages. Reports from other
towns in the State indicate also
that the new system in highly
appreciated.
Delaware is one of the few
States In the Union to be al
lowed the full amount asked
for in the rivers and harbors
appropriation bill just reported
to the House of Representatives.
Not one cent was deducted from
the amount which the Secretary
of War recommended be al
lowed. Consequently, If the bill
passes, Delaware will receive
from the Federal Government
for work of improving andmain-
tanning its rivers and harbors,
the total amount of $ll6, 725.
Seventeen year -old George
Smith rushed to the defense of
his mother when she called for
help and shot and almost in
stantly killed John Belts in
Milford, Del. who was choking
and beating Mrs. Smith.
The tragedy occurred in the
Belts home near Marshall's
mill, on the Sussex County side
of the town. Mrs. Smith has
been the housekeeper of Belts
for several years. 1t is alleged
that Belts in recent years has
been abusive to the woman in
many ways and of late, she says,
the abuse has grown almost
unbearable, resulting in blows,
kicks and curses.
1t was during one of these
abusive turns that Mrs. Smith
believing her life in jeopardy,
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Delaware Park will not be
open this year unless the plea
sure driving ban is lifted. Dom
aid P. Ross, member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Del
aware Steeplechase and Race
Association, has announced. No
definite decision to call off
the meet has been made as yet
and officials are waiting to see
if there is any change in the
transportation situation. How
ever, it was pointed out that
the track cannot expect salts
factory attendance unless large
numbers of fans can drive to the
Stanton grounds. "We want to
rum" Mr.. Ross said, "and
we will do everything in our
power to state a meeting if fpub-
lie sentiment favors it. But
don't see how we can in the
face of the gas ban.
"We had every intention of
holding a meeting until the OPA
ruling. But now we are up In
the air. We will have to wait
and see what happens from day
to day." Mr.. Ross said that
the association will apply for
a 30-day meet from May 29
through July 5. The track is
on the route of the Wilmington
Newark bus line, but no large
numbers of customers could get
to the track by bus without the
use of many specials.
Travel by train is also an
inadequate solution under pres :
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

Alderman Bower and entered
$4,000 bail each to await the
action of the Lehigh country
grand jury.
Sinclair is a state highway
inspector whose home is al
Kennett Square. Starr, who lives
in Philadelphia, is his nephew,
Sinclair has exonerated Starr
from all completely in the affair
but he will be held equally re-
sponsible for the present. Sin
clair was In love with Miss
Steckel and attempted to carry
her off In motor car, but the
chauffeur called a policeman
and the men we're arrested.
Sinclair has focused the brunt
of the charge upon himself and
he will do everything it is said,
to absolve young Starr from
blame.
In the meantime Allentown is
hearing conflicting stories from
both sides in the case. In an
swer to the Sinclair statement
saying that the kidnapping"
was prearranged with the girls
knowledge, the Steckel family
said that prior to the attempt
to carry off Miss Steckel in a
motor car the girl and Sinclair
had not seen each other since
October.
MIR. and Mrs. Cummins E.
Speakman we're entertained
Wednesday evening by MIR. and
Mrs. Rodney Sharp at the open
ing of the Hotel dupont in VIII
mington.
Mrs. Reuben E. Denney and
little Miss Mary Denney of
Ogontz, Pa. and Mrs. Charles
E. Moore of Phila. have been
entertained by MIR. and Mrs.
John A. Hoffecker.
Judge Joseph B. Handy of
West Brighton, Staten Island,
MY. is being entertained by
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

mentary grades of the John
Bassett Moore School have
brought in thousands of tin cans.
Today an assembly will be held
at which the boys and girls viii
be given recognition for their
efforts. The school is working
on a scrap book which will
contain pictures and narrative
material concerning this
schools part In the war effort.
Mrs. Kathryn Bailey and Mrs.
Grace Spencer of Smyrna and
Mrs. Henry Ennis of Clayton
were among the class ofnurses
aids who received their caps
at the ceremonies held for Kent
County women at the Dover Cen
Jury Club last Thursday night.
They have completed the Red
Cross course and have served
in the Kent General Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F.
Peitsch and Miss Nancy Peitsch
of White Plains, N. Y, and Sergt.
Bayard Coulter spent the week
end in Smyrna. MIR. Peitsch has
purchased the Erwin Dick farm
and is now redecorating the
home.
Capt. Jack Arbogast, US.
Army and Mrs. Arbogast of
Washington, Dc, we're guests
over the weekend of Miss Eliz-
abeth Wilson.
Pvt. Lee Slaughter, Camp
Edison, Sea Girt, NJ, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Harry
Slaughter.
Mrs. Creadick Ennis has
received work from her brother,
Bill Deakyne, announcing his
safe arrival In the south Pacific
area.
DR.. C. ]. Prickett, who suf-
fered an heart attack about
three months ago, confining him
to his room, has recovered suf-
ficiently to resume his office
practice.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Earl T. Poole
and daughter Mimi of Lewes,
we're guests over the weekend
of DR.. and Mrs. E. P. Collins.
Mr.. Benz. F. Ely is spending
several days with his son VIII
liam Ely and family at Drexel
Hill, Pennsylvania.
Capt. Richard Comegys of
Camp Meade, Md, spent the
weekend with his family.
Miss Betty Eichholz of Wash
ington, is spending several days
with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
George Eichholz.
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

Belts having knocked her down
and choked her, called for help.
Her cries we're heard by her
seventeen year -old son,
George, who rushed into the
room in time TO see his mother
lying on the floor and at the
mercy of Belts.
When the young man entered
the room Belts released his
hold on the woman andmade for
young Smith with a chair, raised
as if to strike him. The lad,
realizing the danger he and his
mother both were in. picked up
a revolver lying on table in the
room and fired at Belts, the
shot mortally wounding the man
from which he soon died.
The circumstances sur
rounding the shooting has
created sympathy for young
Smith.
While playing with 22-
calibre air rifle in Middletown
Saturday, Clarence Webber, age
Is years, son of Mrs. Louise
Webber, accidentally shot Har-
ris Berkman, the l2-year-old
son of Joseph Berkman, amer
chant, in the left eye. The
wounded child was taken to the
Jefferson Hospital, Philadel-
phia, where he will be operated
on. 1t is understood that the
child will lose the eye, as the
bullet entered the eye ball. The
accident is the outcome of the
craze for air rifles among boys,
and town authorities may put a
ban on them in Middletown In
the future.
Samuel Sinclair, 4th and R.
Walter Starr, Jr., accused of
assault and battery and of at
tempting to kidnap Miss Anne
E. Steckel from her home in
Allentown, Pa, last Saturday
have waived a hearing before
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

Smyrna's Chief of Police, Lee
Cochran, of Middletown, took
hold of his new position here
last Wednesday, following his
election by Town Council and
his mere presence has had a
beneficial effect. The order, es-
pecially on Saturday night was
decidedly noticeable and while
no arrests have been necessary,
citizens in general feel that the
new police regulations of Town
Council will go long way to-
ward better order on our
streets. Chief Cochran is get
ting more vigilant work out of
his assistants, Policemen Tur-
ner and Wick and altogether
law and order is being enforced
In a manner that has not been
the case for years. Drunkenness
and disorder is no longer al
lowed on the streets and the new
chief is on the lookout for speak
easies. In speaking of Smyrna's
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ent conditions, since the main
line of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road does not 60 through the
park, and it is necessary TO use
spur. This involves special
trains, which have been ruled
out. Last year the local track
had its biggest season in spite
of last summers variety OF
gasoline rationing and the fact
that its railroad service was
limited. The ODT could bring
in trains from the south while
the Pennsylvania was limited
to traffic from the north. How
ever, since contracts were
signed before June is, the dead
line for sports specials, the
park was allotted race trains
last year.
All teachers in the Smyrna
area have acclaimed the action
of the Delaware State Education
Association in presenting TO the
public today program designed
to save the schools further SER
ious loss of personnel through
meeting the needs of the teach
ers by Legislative action, and
have gone on record through
their local associations as sup
porting in full every item of
the program.
During a series of local teach
er meetings held since Monday,
the unanimous action of the
members of the faculty club
of the John Bassett Moore
School was taken in passing a
resolution of unqualified and
undertaking support" of the
state association program,
which calls for a is per cent
cost-of-living payment to all
employees ofpublic schools, the
maintenance of the principle of
professions increments, and
the establishment of Legislation
looking toward an adequate
teacher-retirement system.
Up to late Tuesday in a pre-
liminary canvassing of public
opinion as represented by par
ents of school children, over
$50 citizens of Smyrna informed
members of the John Bassett
Moore School faculty that they
we're in favor of the program
in full. The club will meet later
this week as a committee to
receive and tabulate the cou-
pons, and to record the stand
taken by members of the state
legislature.
Ell young HlSn VI OIIlyrna
and Clayton are among those
who passed their physical ex-
animation last Monday, andwill
leave for service with the US.
Army next Tuesday. The young
men, all recent graduates of the
John Bassett Moore School, are
as follows: Rodney Schuman,
Charles Hufschmidt, Clarence
Garis, Allan Robinson, James
Gooding, Harold Hopkins, VIII
liam Pusey, William Palmer,
Fred Harris, and Fred Stew
enson.
During the past week the ele-
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WEEK OF JANUARY 28 to
FEBRUARY l, 1868

WEEK OF JANUARY 28 to
FEBRUARY l, 1868
East Smyrna Elementary School
Monday: Meat Loaf, Oven
Brown Potatoes, Beets, Apple
Sauce, Bread, butter, milk.
Tuesday: Baked Macaroni &
Cheese, Tossed Salad, Stewed
Tomatoes, Cake, Bread, butter,
and milk.
Wednesday: Bar-B-Q Pork on
Roll, Bean Soup, Jello, milk.
Thursday: Ham Salad, Scall-
oped Potatoes, Peas, Plums,
Bread, Butter, and Milk.
Friday: Egg Salad Sandwich,
Tomato Soup, Potato Chips,
Chocolate Pudding, Milk.
Clayton Elementary School
Monday: Open Face Hot Pork
Sandwich, Buttered Whole
Kernal Corn, Orange Juice,
Purple Plums, and Milk.
Tuesday: Bologna Sandwich,
Bean Soup & Saltines, Gran
berry & Orange Salad, Ginger
bread, Milk.
Wednesday: Tukey & Gravy,
Mashed Potatoes, Buttered
Peas, Cranberry Sauce, Jello,
Bread, butter, milk.
Thursday: Oven Fried Chick
en-, Glazed Sweet Potatoes,
Green Beans, Apricots, Bread,
butter, and milk.
Friday: Tuna Sandwich, To-
mato Soup & Saltines, Salad,
Mixed Fruit and Milk.
John Bassett Moore High School
Monday: Meat Pie, Mashed
Potatoes, Lima Beans & Corn,
Fruit Jello, Bread, butter, and
Milk.
Tuesday: Spaghetti & Ham
burg, String Beans, Cheese
Sticks, Peaches, Bread, butter,
and milk.
Wednesday: Toasted Cheese
Sandwich, Vegetable Soup, Pie,
and Milk.
Thursday: Turkey Salad,
French Fries, Peas, Cranberry
Cake, Bread, butter, and milk.
Friday: Fish Sticks, Potato
Chips, Cole Slaw, Rice Pud-
ding, Hot Biscuits, Butter and
milk.
Smyrna Elementary School
Monday: Sandwiches, Vege-
table Soup, Jello, Cookies, and
milk.
Tuesday: Chile -Con-Carne,
Cheese Sticks, Buttered Corn,
Apple Sauce, bread, butter, and
milk.
Wednesday: Meat Loaf, Can
Idied Sweet Potatoes, Green
Beans, Donut, Bread, butter and
milk.
Thursday: Turkey Salad,
French Fries, Peas, Cranberry
Betty, Rolls, butter, milk.
Friday: Toasted Cheese
Sandwich, Tomato Soup, Pie,
milk.
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24
PreSChOOIerS' Enrolment Youth Center

Community Pre-schoolers' Class will accept
enrolment Of four and five years old children for
semester starting February i at the Youth
Center, Frazier Street
Mid-semester reports being prepared for
present pupils. Interested parents may call Mrs.
Helen Zippe, 653-7676 and visit the class in
sion.
Four years old children will attend morning
sessions and five years old children will attend
afternoon sessions with attendance conforming
to the public school year.
Smyrna times., 1963-01-24

former Congressman and Mrs.
L. Irving Handy.
Mr.. Harry P. Shapley of the
Delaware State Grange, this
town, left this morning TO attend
the big automobile shows in
Philadelphia and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Jef-
ferson were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Hudson, Jr., last
week.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
FOur-POWer Pact Protects Seals for Six More Years

WASHINGTON R-The United States, the Soviet Union, Canada and Japan signed Tuesday an agreement extending for six more years restrictions on hunting fur seals in the North Pacific Ocean.
 Under the treaty, fishing for fur seals on the high seas is prohib- tied. The United States and the So- viet Union agreed to give Is per cent of their catch of the fur seals to Japan and a similar amount to Canada.
 The hunting of fur seals is strictly limited to the Pribilof Is- lands, owned by the United States, and to the Komandorsky and Ro- ben Islands, owned by the Soviet Union.
 The fur seal pact was signed by Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin, Canadian Ambassador Charles s. A. Richie, Japanese Ambassador Ryhuji Takeuchi, and U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Under secretary of State for Political Affairs
 After the signing ceremony, Johnson expressed the hope that the four nations could "get together on other things as well as we can on seals
 The prohibition against fur sealing on the open seas dates back to 1911, and is one of the oldest treaties to have endured among the four nations. There was break during World War II, but the conservation pact was revived after the war
 Under the terms of the new agreement, an investigation will be made in 1858 to determine whe- ther the herds of fur seals have in- creased sufficiently in size to per init the resumption of sealing on the open seas.
 The State Department said the protocol is designed to insure the maximum sustainable productivity of the fur seal resources of the North Pacific Ocean,"
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
$1-Million Galena Airport Contract In Army Plans

Sealed bids are requested for a project at Galena airport having an approximate value of S1 ,OOO, ,OOO.
 The erosion control project will provide bank stabilization with barrels and rock, and sheet steel piling. It also calls for freeze probes; these to be completed by December IS; the remainder of the work by April 1, 1864.
 Prospective bidders can obtain additional information from: US. Army Engineer District, Alaska, 20. Box 7002, Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
von Braun Warns $ Cut Punctures Moon Dreams

WASHINGON R - Missile ex- pert Wernher von Braun says a S250-million cut in the nations space budget this year could mean defeat for the announced US. in tention of putting a man on the moon before the 1970s.
 The German-born scientist, head of the Marshall Space Flight Gen. ter at Huntsville, Ala, expressed his views in a letter to a member of the House Appropriations Com mittee which approved a $5.1 bil- lion budget for the National Aero nautics and Space Administration in 1864.
 The House earlier had author ized maximum of $5,350,000,00O. The money must be provided in a separate appropriations measure which comes up in the House Thursday.
 Rep. George w. Andrews, D. Ala, who received the letter from von Braun, said he will read it to the House at that time.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09

JUNEAU R - Alaska'S unem- ployment compensation fund had a balance of S6,618,O0O on Sept. 30, up $1,596,000 from the balance on the same day last year, Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson said today.
 Johnson said S157OOO was paid out in current benefits during the month of September, compared with S113,000 in September of 1862.
 The fund balance does not re- fleet debts exceeding S9 million to two f ederal unemployment funds.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
Kennedy OK Sends Wheat to Russia

WASHINGTON R - President Kennedy told Congressional lead CTS today he has decided to ap- prove the sale of $250 million in American wheat to the Soviet Union.
 Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana told re- porter after a White House meet ing that Secretary of the Treas ury Douglas Dillon had assured leaders of both parties that pri- vate sale of the wheat would be made on the basis of cash or com mercial credit.
 ''The meeting was entirely har- monlouS," Mansfield said.
 There has been some criticism in Congress of the proposal to furnish grain to the Russians but supporters of the move have con- tended the Soviets could get the wheat elsewhere if it were not sold to them by the United States.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
Experts Point Out Value Of World Remote Areas

COLUMBUS, Ohio R - Speak CTS at the National Security Semi mar yesterday devoted their eff forts to explaining the strategic importance to the United States of the Middle East, Canada and the Arctic, the Far East and free Europe.
 Navy Capt. C. F. Pfeiffer noted that Arctic and Canada are not only strategically important to us because they are in direct line of air attack across the North Pole, but also because of their economic potential.
 Oil and lumber products devel- opment in Alaska have shown real promise and ''our dependence upon Canada as a source of raw materials being depleted in the US. makes this country vitally inn portant," Pfeiffer declared. These sources of materials, of course, would be particularly vital in case of war, he said.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
WASHINGTON LR

WASHINGTON tR - The h. terior Department reported Tues day a sharp reduction last month in the number of Soviet fishing ves- sels on and near Georges Bank in the Northwest Atlantic.
 It estimated about 100 vessels were in the area at the end of September, compared with about 200 throughout the summer and until August.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-09
Dulles Airport Now
 Sports Wishing Fountain

WASHINGTON R Coins tossed into a sunken pool at Dulles International Airport at the rate of $200 month soon may aid troubled travellers.
 Travellers and visitors to the plush new facility near here have been throwing pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters into the foun- tain.
 The House Appropriations Com mittee today approved a proposal to permit turning over the money to the local Travellers Aid So- ciety.
 Last year a record 49,8OO,OOO Americans were incapacitated day or more by accidents. A daily average of more than 135,O00 injured