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The chronicle., 1963-11-28

problem is adjusting to the
strange Alice -through-the-look-
ing-glass sensation Of keeping
to the left, walking and motor
ing.
Afoot or behind the wheel on
a car, Americans find they
must reverse many traffic safe
ty habits picked up over years
Of keep to the right.
The pedestrian must remem-
Der to look to the right for on
coming traffic before stepping
off the curb instead of to the
left as he normally does at
home.
And just strolling along Re
gent Street or other main thor
OughfareS, the American begins
to feel like a salmon swimming
upstream as he bucks the tides
Of keep-to-the-left Londoners.
But it is when the visitor
from the United States slips be-
hind the wheel Of a car for the
first time that he realizes how
different things really are.
If it is car equipped for do
mestic use, everything will
S e e m to be QUE. The
steering wheel will be on the
rightSide, the gear lever will
be operated with the left hand,
the accelerator and brake ped
al with the left foot, the clutch
with the right foot.
1t takes time getting used to.
Learning how to drive such a
car in London's heavy traffic
can lead to some interesting
and exciting = experiences, ac-
cording to an American who
survived.
No Cinch
Even driving a car equipped
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

with the familiar left hand
drive, the American finds its
no cinch.
Keeping to the left side Of
the road instead of to the right
is only one problem-although
it is the most important and
the first rule to learn and re-
member, naturally.
But among other things,
American motorists will look
automatically to the right side
Of the road for international
signs and guideposts. Naturally,
in England they are posted on
the left side.
Unless he remains constantly
on the alert, the American will
find the car straying to the
right. And he almost must fight
against the habit of pulling out
Of traffic by going to the
right.
No one knows for certain how
the practice of keeping to the
right began in the United States,
which adopted many Of the GUS
toms and traditions of its left
handed parent country across
the sea.
One theory is that drivers of
Conestoga wagons rode the last
horse on the lefthand side of
the teams. Thus they would
move to the right when meet
ing other wagons to make sure
the wheels cleared.
The custom Of keeping to the
left in England, it is said,
Stemmed from the practice of
wary travellers in days Of yore
who wanted to keep the sword
or pistol arm on the side Of
action in case passing strang-
ers turned out to be enemies
or highwaymen.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Differing Effects
Seen AS Results
Of JFK's Dedth

MONTGOMERY (UPD The
leaders Of the Republican and
Democratic parties in Alabama
see differing political effects
from the death of President
Kennedy.
Judge Roy Mayhall of Jasper,
chairman Of the Democratic
Executive Committee, said the
death would "cause a complete
realignment on the part Of the
Republican party and hurt the
presidential chances Of Sen.
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz.
Republican Chairman John
Grenier of Birmingham said,
however, it would not damage
Goldwater, who has strong sup
port in Alabama.
"Some Southern Democrats
have a pipe dream about re-
gaining control Of the Demo-
cratic party, but that's just all
it is-a pipe dream" said Gren-
ier.
Msyhall said, ''It is my iudg-
ment that Lyndon B. Johnson,
being a Southerner, will mater
tally affect the prospects Of
Sen. Goldwater. /"
Mayhall said he thought john
son would be his party'S candi-
date in 1864 and that he would
find support in the South.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

Kubor tribeSmen Of New Gui-
nea regard visiting naturalists
with esteem because they them
selves are amazingly well-in-
formed about birds, insects, and
animals, the National Geograph-
ic says. But to them, outsiders
who come to scratch for gold
in stream beds are Elong-
long," or crazy.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

school was established in Bos-
ton in 1885, the first public high
school was opened here in 1921
and thre first compulsory school
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

A thought for the day-For-
mer President Thomas Jeffer-
son said: ''Never buy what you
do not want because it is cheap;
it will be dear. to you.'' ...
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
EDUCATIONAL FIRSTS

BOSTON CUPD-The state of
Massachusetts can claim a
number of ''firSts" in education.
The first American grammar
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Massachusetts in 1852, accord
attendance law was enacted by
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ing to the Encyclopedia Ameri.
cana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-19
If YOU knew
What HE KNOWS YOU'D BE DRIVING THE 1868 TOTAL PERFORMANCE FORD

He drives 1000 miles a month. The toughest kind
of day-in dayout driving there is. He's New York
City taxi driver
BY now his 63 Ford cab will have taken more
punishment than your Car is likely to receive in four
or five years of normal driving. Now is the time in a
cabs life when an owner could reasonably begin
expecting trouble. Unless his cab is tough enough
to take the stop-and-go, the quick acceIeration,
the constant shifting and Iowgear creepng-alI the
merciIess pounding of the taxi beat-the cab owner
knows he'll be paying out money for repairs, losing
more money standing still.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-19

So, he looks for rugged reliability in taxi
nothing less will do-hs living depends on it. That's
why the solid, silent Super Torque Ford taxi is so
popular This spring Ford cabs were selling faster in
New York than any other 1868 make.
But durability is only part of Fords total perform
ance story for 1863. Look at Fords astounding record
in open competition this year-in sweeping the field
in the grueling Dayona, Riverside and Atlanta 5oos
and in the demanding Pure Oil Performance Trials.
Only car with total performance best COM
bination of strength, balance, precision control,
braking power and road-cInging SUSPENSION could
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
Letter To The Editor

We would like to make some comments on the front page article, Nome Ministers Take Strong Stand Against Liquor for 19-Year- Olds," which appeared in the Feb. 13 issue of the Nome Nugget.
 Firstly, young man becomes an adult in the eyes of the law at Is years of age and therefore liable to an adult record which may tell against him in his future life. The records of the juvenile offender, however, may not be held against him. Does it not seem illogical then, that the young man of Is becomes an adult offender whose record reads, drinking while a minor when this same young man is also considered to be mature enough to die for his country, to drive an automobile on the public highway and to vote?
 Secondly, it is the responsibility of the parents, not the law, to see that either their children learn to consume liquor in a sensible and mature manner or else that they stay away from it, according to their own beliefs.
 We might also add that it is the responsibility of the parents, and not the law, to control, at all times, the activities of their off spring, even after 10 pm.
 The drinking laws and the local curfew ordinance are indictments to rebellion for young people rather than the means of prevent ing delinquency. It is time that the parents felt their responsibility instead of passing the buck" onto the law, and incidentally, their own children.
 As vehicle for the expression of the varied opinions of the people of Nome, we hope that you will have the courage to print an opin- ion disquieting to the often un- realistic and destructive views of the majority.
 Sincerely yours,
 B. E. w.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
19-YEAR-OLDS
Continued from Page D

q don't think the problem is so much that the teenagers want to drink, they just like live music and want some place to go."
 "As the law now stands, I think it's curbing teen-aged drinking. If we lower the age, it would make 1t too easy for them."
 He added that the liquor dealers in Ketchikan also were against the bill.
 Edward Hurn of Fairbanks, who said he was chairman of the Pub lie Affairs Committee of the Fair banks Ministerial Assn, also op- posed the measure.
 He said the records of the Fair banks Police Department show that arrests for drunkenness rose from GOA in 1861 to 739 in 1862, and that 68 per cent of all arrests in 1862 were hinged to some kind of liquor violation.
 Rep. Taylor said he believed lowering the legal age would bring a decrease in drinking.
 "The young people can get liquor now anyway" Taylor said, "but they get a bottle of whiskey or a case of beer and take it out in their. car. Then they drink it all because they don't want to get caught with it.
 "The legal age of majority was set at 19 by the Constitutional Convention. I believe the age of Judgment is younger in Alaska than elsewhere. At 19 they can vote, they can enter into all civil business, and they can serve in the armed forces.
 'But many of these 19-year-olds have their names on the police blotters which will be on their records forever just because they were caught with a few cans of beer in their cars."
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
NASA Advises Nations Starry Eyed Youth About
 Future In Space

WASHINGTON R = A 13-year- old boy in New York wrote the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: q would be will ing to die for NASA, my country and the seven astronauts."
 Another boy, senior in a Mich igan high school, wrote: My main goal in life is to step foot on an alien planet"
 These are but two examples found today in the letters that keep coming to NASA from young people starry-eyed about space. The boys and girls ask serious questions, such as what courses they should be taking in high school and what colleges would be best for preparation for space work.
 The NASA answers are in gen. eral terms.
 They advise the young people to talk with their high school coun- selors and science teachers and read scientific magazines and books. Plan solid general education, NASA tells them, and master the basic fundamentals of science and mathematics.
 To those wanting to be astro- nauts, NASA has written "other factors are the excellence of your academic record in high school and college and the very important qualities of physical fitness and high moral character"
 NASA also sends packets of ma terials to the space fledglings. To some it wrote that would try to get spacemobile to stop by their school.
 NASA has 12 spacemobiles in the field. They are paneled trucks carrying equipment and materials used in space science lecture demonstrations.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
Food Prices
 In Alaska Show Slight Decrease

PALMER R - Food prices ir Alaska showed a very slight de crease from September through December of last year, the Uni versity of Alaska Agricultura Extension Service reports.
 In it's quarterly report on food prices, the Extension Service said the average price for ''market basket" of 40 food items dropped from $22.41 in September to $22.37 in December. Market bas- ket at Seattle was $17.32. The na- tional average was $16.46.
 By Alaskan city food baskets, the cost was up 38 cents at Fairbanks, 28 cents at Ketchikan, 12 cents at Nome, 6 cents at Kodiak and cents at Sitka. Offsetting these rises were lower prices at Anchor age, 43 cents; Seward, B cents; Palmer, 31 cents; Petersburg, IT cents; and Juneau, 3 cents.
 Higher average prices were re- ported over Alaska for tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, lunchmeat, car rots, salad dressing, baby food, corn flakes, butter, frying chicken, sugar, evaporated milk, eggs, can- ned peas, rolled oats, bread, fresh milk and tomato soup.
 Lower prices were reported for shortening, frozen strawberries, apples, ground beef, pork chops, bananas, bacon, flour, onions, can ned orange juice, oleo, chuck roast, oranges, ice cream, potatoes, canned peaches, fruit cocktail, coffee, round steak, pork and beans and jello.
 The market basket by Alaskan cities included Ketchikan, $19.9O; Petersburg, S20.67; Sitka, S20.86; Juneau, $20.73; Kodiak, S22.76: Seward, $22.34; Anchorage, s21, ,91: Palmer, $21.52; Fairbanks, s24.55; and Nome, $28.44.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
Troop 6 Will Embark For Overnight Camp-out

Scouts of Troop 63 will embark Friday afternoon for an overnight campout, with emphasis on winter survival. The site selected is about a mile from Moonlight Springs. Scouts will be excused from school at 2 pm. Friday, Feb. g, to muster at the Scout Hall. The trip is plan ned to leave Scout Hall about 2::3O with Scoutmaster Don Bruckner in charge.
 Although the Scouts will hike to the camping spot, truck will transport tents and heavier gear from Scout Hall. The boys and ac- companying adults will sleep over night and return to Nome Satur- day afternoon, leaving camp about 2 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
Six Men Indicted On Mail Fraud Charges

WASHINGTON R - Six men. including the present Speaker and former member of the Maryland House of Delegates were indicted Tuesday on mail fraud charges in volving savings and loan associa- tion activities.
 The Justice Department an nounced the indictment was return ed by federal grand jury in Balti- more.
 The six were charged with fraud ulently misrepresenting the pro- lection provided by Security Fi- nancial Insurance Corp. as an in- surer of savings and loan associa- tion accounts, the department said.
 The department said many of the savings and loan associations insured by Security Financial later went into receivership or conser- vatorship and Security Financial itself is now in receivership.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20

Otto Schulz. local businessman, is on a business trip to Anchorage and taking in part of the Rendez- VOuS.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20
Standardized Military Equipment

CANBERRA, Australia R = Australia will participate in an agreement between the United States, Britain and Canada aimed at standardizing military proceed ures and equipment.
 The arrangement known as the A. B. c. Agreement, has been in operation since World War II.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20

John Hackett. well known old timer of this area, left yesterday to make his home in Sitka at the Pioneer Home.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20

Men have as exaggerated an ldea Of their rights as women have of their wrongs" Ed Howe.
The Nome nugget., 1963-02-20

There are at least 130 distinct breeds of dogs.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
Post Debutante Who Murdered Her Lover Gives Birth to a Girl

BOSTON R - Blonde Suzanne Gift, who shot her boy friend to death in her Beacon Hill apart ment last fall, has given birth to a girl.
 The 21-year-old post debutante, niece of actor Montgomery Gift, was admitted to Boston Lying-In Hospital Monday night and the baby was born a few minutes be- fore midnight.
 Miss Gift pleaded guilty Feb. II to manslaughter in the gunshot death of European-born Piero Brentani, 27, in her bedroom last Oct. l. She was placed on 10 years probation on the condition she undergo mental treatment.
 Miss Gift was brought to the hospital from the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston's Roxbury section, where she is re- ceiving treatment.
 Miss Gift has named Brentani the child's father.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
Gov. Egan Inspects Japanese Shipyards

KOBE, Japan R - Alaska Gov. Vim. Egan, now on a two-week visit to Japan, inspected two major Japanese shipyards yesterday.
 Kobe is the big international trade port near Osaka. The gov ernor went to see the Shin Kit subishi heavy industries company shipyards at Kobe and nearby KakogaWa.
 Gov. Egan earlier said he does not plan any negotiations during his stay here, although his state is keenly interested in expanding business relations with Japan.
 In Osaka, Egan was to inspect a plant manufacturing diesel en- zines and spend the night. He is due to return to Tokyo Thursday after a visit to atom bombed Hiro- shima, now once again an indus trial city.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
Charles StOddard Named Director of ELM

Appointment of Charles Stod- dard of Minong, Wis, as Director of the Bureau of Land Manage ment, effective June l, has been announced by Secretary of In- terior Stewart Udall. Mir. Stod- dard has headed Interiors Re- sources program staff since Febru- ary 1861.
 In his new position, Mir. Stod- dard will continue "the dynamic program of revitalization of the na- tion's AT million acres of public domain that prevailed in the Bu- reau of Land Management under it's former director, Karl Land strom,' Secretary Udall said MT. Landstrom has been named to the post of assistant to the Secretary of Land Utilization.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
DELINQUENCY OFFICER SCHEDULES HEARINGS HEAR

Mrs. Helen Sumner, consultant for the western regional office of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, is scheduled to ar rive here on July 2 and remain until July 9.
 During her stay, public hearing will be held in the Superior Court room, probably on Monday, July 8. An agenda is being formed which will include Magistrate Maurice Kelliher; a representative of the Youth and Adult Authority and others who have information on juvenile procedure problems in the Nome Area.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
Sen. Bartlett Claims
 Nurses Receive Poor Paw

WASHINGTON R - The sen ator father of student nurse ex- pressed concern yesterday over the pay of nurses.
 Sen. E. l.. Bartlett told witness before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee $22O-a-month take home pay for a graduate nurse is poor pay.
 "A girl could learn to type - without shorthand-and earn more than that" the senator told a Georgetown University surgeon
 Dr. Charles Hufnagel, professor of surgery at the university, re- piled he and other doctors "have been concerned for a long time about low pay for nurses"
 The senator's daughter, Sue, is graduating from the Nurses School at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti- more, Md, later this year.
 ''She already has a job," her proud father said.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
JAPANESE FREIGHTER SINKS OFF CALIFORNIA COAST

SAN FRANCISCO R - A hull piercing collision in dense fog Tuesday night 30 miles off the Golden Gate forced A Japanese creWmen to abandon their flooding freighter and take to heavy seas in rafts.
 An American freighter was stove in above the water line.
 By dawn, 43 of the Kokoku Maru's crew, including the cap- tain, were rescued by Coast Guard cutters after five hours of being tossed about. One seaman was reported missing.
 No injuries were reported from the inbound American freighter Asterton.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
Director of Baptist Missions To Speak in Nome

Tomorrow evening at 7:30, a special service will be held at the Bible Baptist Church. Dr. Fred s. Donnelson, missions director of the Baptist Bible Fellowship will be the speaker. All are invited and the public is welcome. Dr. Donnel-
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05


 son is the director of missions, numbering 1855 missionaries serv- ing in 24 countries. He also teaches complete three-year missions course and classes in the study of the life of Paul, in the Baptist Bible College, at Springfield, Mo-, which enrolled 700 this past year Two hundred and forty of these young people are now taking the missions course in preparation for world service The, Baptist Bible College graduated 40 students last month, prepared to begin mission ary deputation work, leaving to serve God as he leads their indi- vidual lives, pastoring churches, building new ones in America and in many other countries of the world
 Dr. Donnelson is well qualified to hold the position of missions director, along with his duties as
  lege, as both he and Mrs. Donnel- son were, themselves, very active missionaries in China for 16 years, having done extensive work in Shanghai, Hankchow and about 30 churches reaching 300 miles into the interior of China.
 During World War II, Dr. and Mrs. Donnelson and their daughter were placed in a Japanese prison camp, where they were at the mercy of the enemy for several months, enduring the many hard ships of a wartime concentration camp. But God prevailed in it all and they were finally released, being sent back to this country in 1943 on the famous Swedish ship, the Gripsholm. They soon returned to China to resume their life's work, but were forced to leave again when the Communists took over.
 Their daughter, who was with them in the Japanese prison camp in China is still an active mission ary, and is married to Rev. Bill Logan, both of whom are serving as missionaries in a fine native church in Formosa.
 Dr. and Mrs. Donnelson are pre- sently on a tour of missions in the Orient, in which they will visit Formosa, Japan, Hawaii, Philippine Islands and Alaska. Mrs. Donnel- son has flown to Formosa, where she will be joined by her husband, upon the completion of the Alaska tour. He will be visiting Bible Bap- tist churches in Anchorage, Fair banks, Wrangell, Nome and Bethel.
 Rev. Bob Leight announces that the public is welcome to the special service tomorrow evening, beginning at 7:30. If you plan to come, please come early to get seat.
 The message by Dr. Donnelson, should prove very interesting, con- sidering his experience in China, and as director of World Missions. Rev. Don White of Anchorage, al- ready known to many of Nome, will also be present for the service. Rev. White will be flying Dr. Don nelson to Bethel in their own air
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05

Express Sorrow
 WASHINGTON R - Both Sen ate and House adopted resolu- ton Tuesday expressing sorrow over the death of Pope John XXIII.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05


 ALTA WILSON, Administrative of the Estate of Alice Knox, deceased, having filed in this Court her Final Account and Petition for Discharge, praying that a day be appointed for the hearing there of, it is hereby
 ORDERED that the said Final Ac- count be heard before this Court in the Federal Building at Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of July, 1863, at the hour of 200 p.m.. when and where all persons interested in said estate may appear and show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be settled; and at said hearing the Court will determine what persons are to take the estate under the intestate laws of the State of Alaska; it is further ORDERED hat notice of said hearing shall be given by publication of a copy hereof, once week for four consecutive weeks, in the Nome Nugget, a news paper of general circulation at Nome. Alaska, and by posting copies hereof in three public places, one of which shall be posted at the United States Post Office at Kotzebue, Alaska.
 DATED at Nome, Alaska, this 16th day of May, 1863.
 /s/ Grace E.. Herman,
 Special Master of Probate Pub: May g, 29, June 5, 12. 1863.
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-05
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 61-37 ORDER FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR DISCHARGE In the Matter of the Estate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-06
May Promises
ToStudyRise
In Dividends

NEW YORK (DD.-May De-
partment Stores Co. had "a
slight increase" in sales in May
compared with the month last
year, Morton D. May, presi-
dent, said after the annual
meeting.
He declined to predict sales
and earnings for the July 81
quarter, but added, Business
so far looks at least satiSfac-
tory" The department store
chain earned $3,464, 900, or as
cents q common share, on sales
Of $l63, 344, 900 In the July
quarter last year.
The company expects some
improvement" in sales and
earnings for the year ending
January 81, 1854. Mr.. May said
but the improvement won't be
as high a rate as the rs per
cent Jump in net for the first
fiscal quarter this year against
the year-ago period" he added
In the year ended January 81
1868, May Department Stores
earned $3.40 q share on record
sales Of $709. $50, 900.
Mr.. May said directors would
consider raising the cash divi-
dend on the common IF earn
ings show a big enough increase
over o period Of time" The
company pays S. cents quar-
terly. May operates the Hechi
stores in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-06
OVER THE COUNTER QUOTATIONS.

Fellowtng prices furnished By The Ma.
donal Association Of Securities Dealers
n Washington represent ne range within
which locally active securities could have
been bought o. sold ct ! pm Thursday,
June g. it61;