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Tundra times., 1963-06-03

We are thinking about moving our village of Koyukuk nine miles down the Yukon to higher ground" said Mrs. Eliza Jones, wife of the chief, shortly before her departure from Fairbanks Friday.
 "The move is not definite; there are some for it and some against it. The council will decide" she said.
 Koyukuk was one of the villages hit hardest in the recent floods.
 Mrs. Jones went on to describe the speed and drama of the flood
 On the 18th, she said the water was 3 feet from the top of its banks at the village and she was worried Everybody spent the day putting things of value up high in case of flood. My husband and our chil- dren went to bed but I couldn't sleep"
 She said she got up and went out side about 5 am. on the 18th and found the water was a few inches from the top of the bank. She then rushed to awaken her neighbors and her children so they could move to the school building.
 In very short time she said the village was a beehive of activity Men built rafts and put their dogs and valuables on them. Some put their. valuables in boats.
 By am. the water was spilling over it's banks into the village and some women who were late had to wade through water with their chil- dren to the school house.
 She said her husband tried to get through message to Galena asking for evacuation of the children but was unsuccessful. He went back to move the dogs to the dance hall roof
 Later she said message was got
Tundra times., 1963-06-03
Koyukuk Villagers Consider Moving to Higher Ground

ten through but that Galena said that there were no helicopters available, that they had gone to Nulato. By the time a helicopter was sent, she said there was just little island where they could land on the other end of the vil- lage from the school
 The women and children went to the island in boats. The chopper took one load of about ten and while the others waited the water filled with large chunks of ice began to come up more.
 Some became frightened and went back to the school.
 "A teenager was minding my little 3-year-old girl and without my knowing it she went back to the school My siX-year-old daughter went back in another boat.'
 When the helicopters came and We climbed inside, I found two of my children missing" Mrs. Jones said. q was worried until they were brought out later"
 Evacuated to Fairbanks. Mrs. Jones said that the people had been able to communicate with the men left in the village by ham radio once or twice day.
 Many of the houses have been moved and are now piled together
 "The Women's Club building is now on the edge of the river bank. The dance hall is back in the bushes, she said.
 She said Civil Defense and Red Cross officials were going to visit the village and talk to the people and the council.
 They are going to send tractor to help us, understand, either to straighten up our village or help us move to the new location.
 Either way We have lot of work ahead of us" she added.
Tundra times., 1963-06-03
By Martha Teeluk Formerly of Kwiguk, Alaska

The Tundra Times has been receiUing many letters from the loaoer states asking questions from the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce. Each letter is per- sonally anSauered by an Eskimo or Indian, and some of the queS- ton and dnS,UerS are chosen for this column. Anyone aDho has O question about AldSkd IS asked to aurite: The Great Land, Ques- ton Bor, Tundra Times, Boz 1287, Fairbanks, Alaska. In to- day's columns questions are dn- sa1ered from school children in White Plains, NY.
 How cold and how warm does the temperature get in Alaska? - Charles Bare, "A HazeltOn Drive.
 The lowest temperature reported was in Tanana on January, 1886,
Tundra times., 1963-06-03
Two Alaskans Attend Baha'i Congress in London, England

Recently returned from the First International Baha'i Congress in London, England, are two Alas kan Natives, Rita Blumenstein of Nome and Jim Walton of Sitka.
 The meetings which they attend ed at the Royal Albert Hall. com- memorated the Tooth anniversary of the Declaration of Baha-u-llah - declaration that He. Baha-u- llah, was the latest Manifestation or Messenger of God to mankind.
 Reports presented at the Congress stressed the rapid development of the Baha'i Faith during the past 100 years; expansion of the Faith from representation in almost 260 coun- tries and dependencies: translation of literature into over 200 languages: erection of Baha'i temples on five continents: and development of the Faith from obscurity to worldwide recognition as an independent re- igion.
 During this 100 year period, 56 National Spiritual Assemblies have been established, which formed the
Tundra times., 1963-06-03
Flood Victim:
 I Saw the Dance Hall Float Down Main Street
By Claire Fejes

ny SidIIt TcJcS
 T saw the dance hall float down Main Street.
 This is how one of the women evacuated to Fairbanks from the village of Koyukuk last week de- scribed the flood that struck her village.
 The woman and about 12 other mothers and 93 children were in an American Red Cross shelter at Fair banks Barnett School On May 21, flood waters rose IS feet in the vil- lage and caused homes to be moved around like match boxes.
 When We took off in the heli- copter We could see the log cabins and outhouses floating in the river" said Mrs Tecla Malemute, a grand mother of Koyukuk.
 T put as many things as I could on top of our house in boxes"
 Men in motor boats kept the houses from floating too far by now. The able bodied men and some women remained at the will age to care for dogs and possessions. Self Educated
 According to Mrs. Eliza Jones. health aid in charge of medicine at the village. there are f35 people with families averaging about 5 people at Koyukuk. Some have eleven members in the family.
 In her work Mrs. Jones keeps in contact with the doctors at the Alaska Native Service hospital at Panama by radio. Her responsibilitv is to make sick calls. give out medi- cine, She also acts as midwife Most of the women can act as midwives If necessary. she said.
 Mrs. Jones is a tiny woman, sparkling eyed, and a mother of 5 children. She is 25 years old and Self-educated She started going to school at koyukuk and went 3 years. She has educated herself by reading. T read all the time." she said. She is hoping that the little library they have at the village is not ruined by the flood. Her hus- band, Benedict. is Chief of Koyu- kuk.
 A number of people, first to be evacuated, became worried about the people left at their village but heard rumors that flood waters had dropped. Since then, 50 more people have been evacuated and stayed at the Hunter school Red Cross shelter
 Caches Knocked Down
 Before the flood. people of Koyu- kuk stored food and possessions in caches on stilts and on rafts. They were knocked down by large, cur reat-driven chunks of ice. One moose was seen scrambling desper- ately on moving ice.
Tundra times., 1963-06-03

speaking English There are only four or five people over 50 years old in the village. Pretty soon there won't be anything Indian left in Koyukuk."
 Kriska is the father of Leo Kris ka, one time sled dog racing cham pion on the North American Sled Dog Championship. Leo ruined his race team rescuing a seriously ill woman near Koyukuk this year. Leo's wife died last year and Grand father Kriska has been helping to take care of his grandchildren while his son workss He stayed w i h his other son, Ralph Perdue, Fair banks jeweler, while he is in Fair banks.
 New Experiences
 Many of the Koyukuk children had their first plane rides when they were taken to Fairbanks. Some became sick. They enjoyed the mo- velty of running water and plumb ing for the first time. Some tasted new foods like bananas They had fun playing with new toys.
 The children were quiet and we'll behaved even though there were 93 of them in one big room. They seemed contented under the cir cumstances.
 Anita Seibel, in charge of the Red Cross Shelter that cared for the flood victims, said, "The teenagers of the Koyukuk people were great help to us. They helped with all the chores, peeling potatoes. doing dishes, hopping floors, and doing other things.
 "The people of Fairbanks have really gone all out for the villagers. They contributed large amounts of clothing, food and other supplies needed There was a lot of volun- teers that helped. One laundry own- CT came down in person and col lected all the clothes to be laun- dered and returned them clean and dry" she said.
 TGil Ahead
 All the village women of Kovu- kuk agree that there will be lot of work when they get back home
 "We don't know if our things are all right, if our meat is spoiled, ii our dogs are alive, or if our house is still there," one of the womer said
 Many wondered if all the fooc was ruined and labels soaked off ill Vernetti's Trading Store. They said they will have to take theil things and dry them. When the land is dry enough, they will plant their little gardens as soon as pos. sible because "We barely have enough warm season to grow car. rots." Some said they'll go to thei, spring camps to fish for whitefisf and pike.
 1 "We'll manage somehow" one woman said.
Tundra times., 1963-06-03
Caches Knocked Down

Before the flood, people of Koyu- kuk stored food and possessions in caches on stilts and on rafts. They were knocked down by large, cur reat-driven chunks of ice. One moose was seen scrambling desper- ately on moving ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-10
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NEW YORK, N. Y. = undisputed
belle of the ball is the long evening gown.
The rotio of more long than short
is striking one os this weeks New
York Couture Group designer collections
indicate.
7 Not only are out-to-dinner cos
tunes long, many ot-hone clothes
meant for the entertaining hostess who
believes in serving dromotic fashions
along with fabulous gourmet foods and
wines, are fioor-Ienoth.
The fIotteY is unmistokobIe. The
compliments? Sure to come, as women
seek out evening fashions for Washing
tons numerous occasions where they can
be seen and appreciated.
For fashion really to Swing" as
the Bluffs would soy, fashion must have
its. proper setting. Woshington's fo-
nous private dinner parties, eoIos, and
White House entertainments are known
throughout the world.
Our formal season is just thot.
What's more, Washington has set the
formal poce for the Nation. New York
designers have followed through with
some Of the most exciting fuII-lenoth
evening fashions thot II has been our
pleasure to see.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-10

New York Couture Group Photos
Evening star., 1963-01-25
$1,000 GIFTS
TO BE ASKED
FOR CENTER

An intensive drive for
special gifts of $1,000 or
more for the National Cul-
tural Center building fund
will begin in the near
future, Mrs, Hugh D.
Auchincloss, general chair
man of the local commit
tee for the center, an
nounced today.
She said the was most
enthusiastic" about the
plans made by the Special
Gifts Committee headed
by Robert c. Baker. pres
ident of the American
Security g. Trust Co.
Working with Mr.. Raker
in the plan for making
personal calls upon pro-
spective donors are A.
Murray Preston, vice pres
ident Of American Security
& Trust, and David w. K.
Peacock. jr., assistant vice
president.
A goal Of SIS million
has been set for the
Washington Metropolitan
Area, Of which more than
So million has already
been raised, Mrs. Auchin-
Gloss said.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
Maryland U.
sksCompus
In Baltimore
BY a Star staff Writer


BALTIMORE. January 25.-
The University OF Maryland
Board Of Regents today an
nounced II will build a new
undergraduate campus in Bal
timore County TO relieve an
ticipated enrolment increases
at College Park.
Gov. Tawes will be asked to
request the Maryland General
Assembly for a supplemental
appropriation during its cur
rent session TO launch the prof.
ect, according 10 Edward F.
Hotter, chairman OF the regents
expansion committee.
"We1l need at least 200 acres
but there's no sense trying 10
negotiate an option without
money" Mr.. Hotter said.
Plans for the new campus
we're prompted by university
statistics showing the College
Park enrolment has Jumped
s6 per cent in eight years, Mr.,
Hotter said.
The campus ultimate ca
pacity Of $4,000 students is ex-
pected TO be reached within
five years. officials said.
The new campus would pri-
marily accommodate Baltimore
City, Anne Arundel. Carroll,
Hartford, Howard and Balti-
more County full-time under
graduates who now make up 35
per cent Of the l2.925 full-time
enrolment now at College
Park.
Evening star., 1963-01-25

Of many of the major develop
ers met and formed an organi-
zation with William Shannon
of Shannon g. Lucks, the real
estate firm, as chairman,
Another meeting was held on
December IL to which Mr.
Washington and other housing
officials, fourth precinct police
Capt. Norman Richardson and
Mr.. Horsky were among those
invited.
At this meeting there was
further discussion of the COM
munity organization idea, which
would ring in welfare, employ
ment, police, boys club. public
housing and other concerns OF
the neighborhood.
Officials invited to this aft
ernoon's meeting in Mr.. Hor-
sky's office include School Supt
Carl F. Hansen, Police Chief
Robert v. Murray, Recreation
Supt. Milo F. christensen
Public Health Director Murray
Grant and Commissioner Wal
ter N. Tobriner; also, Fred z
Hetzel, director of the United
States Employment office in
the District; Redevelopment
Land Agency Director Philip
Doyle: Isadore Seeman, direc-
tor of the Health and Welfare
Council Of the National Capital
Area; c. Yates Cooke of the
Federal City Council, Capt
Richardson, Mr.. Shannon, Mr.
Washington and Mr.. Downing
Evening star., 1963-01-25
Insonity Acquits Man
Of Rope, Not Of Assault

of the crime and if the disease
or defect was a cause of the
crime.
Court officials said the split
verdict was the first under the
Durham decision in which a
jury has convicted a defend
ant of one felony but acquitted
him Of another when an indict-
ment stated that both felonies
were committed against the
same person, in the same loca-
ton and within a short period
of time.
Ricks, %, of the 100 block
of Seventh street NE, was
sent to st. Elizabeths Hospital
by District Court Judge George
L. Hart, jr., who tried the case.
May Be Jailed Later
Court officials said that he
will remain there until he is
no longer dangerous to himself
or society. Any prison sentence
handed out as a result of the
convictions will be shortened
to the extent of his time in the
hospital. the officials said.
Under District law, a de-
fendant who is acquitted on a
felony charge for reason Of
insanity is mandatorily COM
mitted to st. Elizabeths.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
JOIN SENATE STUDY
Alaska Pupils Find 1t Nippy Here
SENATE STUDY

Two Alaskan teen-agers shiv-
cred on the runway at National
Airport this morning and
thought somewhat ruefully that
home was never like this.
They we're the first Of 100
student leaders across the land
TO arrive for next weeks United
States Senate Youth Program.
designed TO give them an in
sight into the Nations legis-
lative process.
Michael Courtenage held his
coat collar at the neck posed
for a picture and said. Its
much warmer back home. usu-
ally 35 degrees above. All we
get is rain. About 100 inches
Of that each year"
Michael. l6, and vice presi-
dent Of his high school senior
class at Ketchikan says he is
thinking about going into poll
tics. He had good training for
campaigning at least for he
had been airborne nearly "a
hours. Michael started out at
noon yesterday with an am
phibious plane which took him
TO Annette Island. There he
caught @plane 70 Seattle. Port
land, Chicago and finally
Washington. At these stops.
all Michael had time TO see
was airports.
Sharing most OF this trip was
Mira Ann Mihelich, l6. a senior
and student council leader at
Juneau High. Mira. who plans
10 teach handicapped children.
says she wants 10 attend college
outside Alaska. one reason for
this is Fairbanks is where I
would have 10 90 in Alaska and
10 gets 70 below there and I'm
just not up 10 that"
Michael and Mira will meet
with 90 teen-agers from the
other 40 States and the two
District representatives. Joyce
NeSmith Of li0l Trenton place
Sc, and Melvin Boozer Of lll2I
Third street NE. on Monday.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
CEREMONY AT LIBRARY
Plaque to Cite Noyes
For Long Vote Drive

worlds greatest representative
republic"
Although District residents
will have the right to vote for
President in 1864, this is only
the first step in the hopes that
Mr.. Noyes had for national
representation.
The Twenty-third Amend
ment was a compromise that
omitted representation in Con-
gress for District voters. The
next step could well be repre-
sentation in the House of Rep
reSentatives, and then finally
in the Senate.
Mr.. Noyes began advocating
the amendment as far back as
1888 as a compromise between
the Illustration of having no
vote at all and actual self
government, which would in
volve surrender by the Nation
of control over its Capital.
The first of more than SIS
propose amendments was
made in 1890. Only 10 ever
reached the hearing stage; only
five produced committee re-
ports. The 86th Congress fl
nally came through in 1861.
Thus" the new plaque
states, "the legislation for
which Theodore VILLA m S
Noyes fought so persistently
and courageously in his writ
ings, his speeches and the pleas
to Congress during his lifetime
became a reality. :"
Copies of a book of Mr..
Noyes' speeches and writings,
together with his own brief
history Of the fight for repre-
sentation. entitled "Our Ma
tional Capital and It's Un-
Americanized Americans" are
available in the library's Theo-
dore w. Noyes Room.
Evening star., 1963-01-25
MIR. RAGLAND SUPPLIED

MIR. RAGLAND SUPPLIED
The Rambler with a book
called Tobacco and Amer
leans" by Robert X. Hell
mann.
1t notes the following:
Gen. George Washington,
in the Revolution, told Amer
leans: IF you can't send
money, send tobacco"
Gen. John j. Pershing,
commanding American Ex'
peditionary Forces, said You
ask me what we need to win
this war. I answer tobacco
as much as bullets"
John L. Sullivan, the box
er, did not approve Of men
smoking cigarettes. James J.
Gentleman Jim" Corbett
did. Corbett knocked out Sui
Ivan.
No one seems to know why
people have a need TO smoke.
When The Rambler was
smoking with Mr.. Ragland,
his smaller blood vessels we're
probably contracting while
his larger, inner blood YES
sells we're dilating. So were
Mr.. Ragland's.
Some doctors think that
smoking might act as a
stimulant as well as a seda-
tive.
The Rambler, who barely
could make out Mr.. Ragland
through the haze, bid him
good-by and wished him luck
in the next crisis which,
apparently, will be along
shortly.
Wonder how you stop
smoking2
Evening star., 1963-01-25

California and then the weeks
round Of meetings. luncheons
and Senator-watching will be-
gin.
In addition 10 viewing their
respective Senator's on the floor
and in committee meetings, the
Evening star., 1963-01-25

the redeveloping community,
which ranges from low-income
citizens in public housing to
luxury-dwelling residents, and
deal with some Of the current
problems.
1t is understood the idea has
roots in a suggestion last fall
by william E. Finley, former
executive director of the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission, that developer and
public housing leaders get to-
gether on some current prob
lens such as vandalism and
normal frictions between low
and high income development.
The leaders who met in
November were Walter Wash
ington, executive director of
the National Capital Housing
Authority, and c. M. Downing,
jr., vice president Of Webb g.
Knapp, a major Southwest
developer.
Mr.. Washington and Mr..
Downing, it was learned, de-
cided the problem could use
a larger perspective, and felt
that little had been done thus
far to pull the Southwest into
one cohesive community.
Mr.. Downing then proposed
to draw the Southwest de-
velopers into an organization
that would help to support a
community cohesion group as
well as deal with their own
concerns as developers.
Subsequently, representatives
Evening star., 1963-01-25

Once each election year for
"a years beginning in 1920, The
Star reprinted a black -bordered
editorial by the late Star Edi-
tor Theodore w. Noyes which
drew comparisons between the
voteleSs District of Columbia
and those voting States with
smaller population.
The editorial was symbolic
of his lifelong struggle to gain
national representation for Dis
trict residents. At a small cere-
mony at 2:30 pm. tomorrow,
a plaque in honor of this strug-
gle will be presented to the
central branch of the District
Public Library at Eighth and
K streets NV. by his daugh-
ters, Mrs. Smith Hempstone
and Mrs. Luther Sheldon, jr.
The plaque will be presented
to DR.. Albert w. Atwood, presi-
dent of the library board of
trustees, and Harry N. Peter
son, District librarian, in the
Theodore w. Noyes Room,
which contains the library's
Washingtoniana collection and
was dedicated to him in 1855.
The Twenty third Amend
ment to the Constitution which
gives District voters the right
to vote in presidential elections,
is inscribed on the plaque. The
amendment was passed IA years
after the death Of Mr.. Noyes in
I948.
He left a trust fund in his
will to continue the fight for
representation in which he
wrote this message, which also
appears on the plaque:
Il foresee for the fine strong
population of greater WASH
ington a glorious future with
all the prestige and power and
loyal devotion to American
principles Of an active integral
unit IN the makeup Of the
Evening star., 1963-01-25
Diplomat to Speak

The Second Secretary Of the
Embassy Of Ireland, John F.
Campbell, will address the
Banshees, Irish Literary Group
of Washington, at $3.50 tomor-
row evening on the poets of
18th and goth century Ireland.
He entities his subject THE
Hidden and the Seekers"
Evening star., 1963-01-25
The
Rambler
On q
Burning Issue
By John McKELWAY

Smoking the "bewitching
vegetable" The Rambler
wondered how the tobacco
people were getting along
with all the doctors who
have tried to prove the
cigarette is a deadly weed.
He paid a visit to the To-.
baceo Institute, Inc, at 808
Seventeenth street NV. and
engaged Edward F. Ragland,
vice president and secretary,
in conversation.
Mr.. Ragland is a mild Vir-
ginia gentleman who smokes
about one cigarette to The
Rambler's two.
1t was in the early 1950s
that several respected ply
Sicans began linking smoking
up to lung cancer and the
industry was faced with an
other in a long line of crises.
But the jury is still out on
that one and rooms across
the country are smoke-filled
once again.
The institute was born in
those days to provide the in
dustry with a voice and to
help spread the word that
cancer might be caused by
a number of other things.
Also established was the
Tobacco Industry Research
Committee which began
pouring millions into re-
search on lung cancer.
Today, the cigarette is
still suspected along with air
pollutants, genetic factors,
stress, diet and viruseS. And
cigarette production is
around 500 billion.
Mr.. Ragland was immedi-
ately struck by the Ram
bler's lack of knowledge of
tobacco and pointed out if
the Virginia colonists hadn't
developed it I'VE might be
talking Spanish across this
desk today"