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The Nome nugget., 1963-03-15
Venerable "OId Lady, Comes Out Of Retirement

F'rom the National Geographic
 An 89-year-old fighting lady will soon come out of retirement for the third time.
 She is the celebrated ship Bear, heroine of Arctic ice battles and Antarctic service with the late Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
 Now docked in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the versatile bark will be restored and lowed to Philadel- phia for conversion to a maritime museum and restaurant. When the 196-foot three-master was launched in Greenock, Scot land, in 1874, sails were giving away to steam. Bear had both. For hazardous duty among ice floes, she was built of oak sheath ed with Australian ironbark, the toughest wood known. A steel plate covered the bow. She was called the "stoutest ship ever built"
 Operating out of St. Johns, New | foundland, the Bear made II an- nual trips to the icy sealing grounds of the North Atlantic. When members of the Greedy Ex- l petition were starving on ice blocked Ellesmere Island in 1883, the United States bought the Bear and sent her north on the rescue mission. After a grinding battle with the foes, she rescued the party-reduced from 25 to seven by hardship and starvation.
 The United States Revenue Ma rine, forerunner of the Coast Guard, then sent the Bear to Alas kan waters where she became a
 legend.
 She delivered mail, supplies,
 missionaries and stranded theatri-
 cal troops to isolated outposts and
 Eskimo villages. Once she trans
 ported an entire Eskimo village
 whose migrants pitched their tent: on deck.
 Over much of the Boring Sc; patrol, the Bear was the onl. 5 visible arm of the United State government. Her crew guardet
 timber, game, and the seal herd t The ships doctor served remot' z regions. Coasts were mapped. Sometimes a native boat would put out from a village flying ; 7 pair of pants and a petticoat, i; 7 signal that the captain would soor
 be called upon to perform a mar riage ceremony on the quarterback When Alaska's wild caribou suf fered complete depletion, the Beal ferried reindeer from Siberia tt found the first North American herd as substitute source O. meat and hide.
 After 40 years on the Boring Sea patrol, the Bear was decom missioned and given to the City O. Oakland, Calif., as maritime
 museum.
 |
 service, as Bear of Oakland, whe,
 Adm. Byrd needed a sturdy wood en ship for his 1883 Antarcti, expedition.
 It was a tough trip. q know sh, was never in worse ice," Byrt wrote later. Ut couldn't have beer worse"
 The Bear not only survived; sh' brought the expedition home t
 a roaring welcome in Washington DC.
 She retired again, but World
 War II called her out to patro the Atlantic. Once she lowed
 captured German supply ship t, Boston.
 By next spring, Philadelphian 1 should have their first lOolx o
The Nome nugget., 1963-03-15

the average Juror pay from Sb.UU day plus expenses to at least $10.00 daily. Many believe the fees should be upped as much as SIS, $20 or even $25. And a large legal association has opened a drive to get more businesses to pay wage earners during jury serv- ice.
 At the same time efforts are underway to make jury service easier on the more than l,O00,00O Americans who serve each year, in state and Federal courts on both civil damage and criminal cases.
The Nome nugget., 1963-03-15
Mz. John Burkhart. accompanied

MT. John Burkhart. accompanied by hls wife and son, John, arrived here this week to be attached to the BIA staff as a second social worker. Elsie Mae Smith has been the only social worker in this area for some time. The Burkharts will live in the former FAA quarters recently taken over by the BIA on B St.
The Nome nugget., 1963-03-15
Courts Aim To-
 Moke Jury Duty Easier On People

Both lawyers and administrators campaigning to make jury duty pleasanter and more profitable.
 Court administrators report study they favor tipping
The Nome nugget., 1963-03-15

America now has 500,000 per sons who keep bees for fun or pro- fit. Last year their unpaid little slaves buzzed home to hive with a record crop of 275 million pounds of honey. M
The Nome nugget., 1963-03-15

A man will cheerfully admit he is homely, but few women will.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23
May Have Found
Answer to Dying
Gold Industry

Westerners in Congress are
hoping they have found the
magic formula for reviving the
Nations dying gold mining in
dustry.
The formula has been pre-
sented to the senate minerals
subcommittee. It calls for a
government subsidy to help
meet mining production costs.
Embodied in a bill introduced
by Senator Ernest Gruening
of Alaska, it would replace
earlier proposals for paying
subsidies UP to $40 an ounce
for newly-mined domestic
gold.
Treasury officials, who fear
any tempering with the treas
ury set price of $35 an ounce
for gold will shake world con-
fidence in the dollar, have
threatened to ask for a presi-
Dental veto.
Gruening, chairman of the
subcommittee, says he hopes
the new formula, by avoiding
any reference to gold prices,
will prove acceptable to the
| treasury.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23

pale green
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23

ordered after Attorney Gener-
al Forrest Anderson asked for
a writ to force the company to
pay scales prevailing in the
Plentywood area where the
firm is building a 210-thousand
dollar flood-control dam.
Anderson's complaint was
filed in behalf of Maurice
Jones, Commissioner of Labor.
who charged Oil Field Services
with violating RIontana's pre-
vailing wage law.
Jones said the finn under
paid its workers by some IT.
thousand dollars. He charged
heavy equipment operators
have been receiving laborers'
scales and some men have been
underpaid by half the pre-
vailing scale.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23
New Supervisor
Of Welfare Here

Mrs. Irene Conroy, who has
been employed as case worker
by the Richland County We'll
fare Department since 1856,
has been appointed Supervisor.
James Spurgeon, Chairman
of the Board of Commissioners
said on Wednesday that Mrs.
Conroy will replace Charles
Walker, who has served as
supervisor since his moving
here in 1851. Before that he
was employed by the Indian
Service in South Dakota. He
has resigned to accept a SINH
lar position with the Welfare
Department in Oroville, Calf,
At present new case work.
er has not been appointed.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23
North Dakota
Firm Faces
Court Action
lUPIl

The District Court-ordered
hearing in Plentywood into
the case of a North Dakota
construction firm accused of
not paying prevailing Montana
wages has been postponed un-
til November 1st. The post
ponement of one week has been
granted by District Judge Jack
LouckS at the request of oil
field Services Company. The
company is constructing a pub
tic works project.
The hearing was to be Fri
day of this week.
The show cause hearing was
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23

Patti Price, a senior in Sid
ney Senior High School, was
crowned Fall Festival Queen
here at the football game Sat-
urday night.
Other contestants were Paul
inc FoSS, Cece Pintz, Charlene
Lund and Linda Amestoy. The
senior girls were nominated by
the football boys and voted on
by the student body. The can
didates were presented by Lee
Hansen Ash. president at
half-time during the game and
Patti was then crowned queen
to reign at the student dance.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23
All of Butte
May Undergo
TB Testing
BUTTE (UP).

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The entire population of the
city of Butte may be asked to
undergo tests to determine the
possible existence of tubercu-
losis.
John Casebolt, executive sec
retary of the Montana Tuber-
culosis Association, has termed
the health situation in the min
ing city "deplorable."
Casebolt is to have written
a letter to the democratic mem
bers of Montana's Congression-
al delegation asking for funds
to help out in the alleged situ-
alton.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-23
THE PERIDOT

The peridot was mined as
far back as 1900 BIC. and that
same mine is still a source for
this distinctive yellow-green
gem. In ancient times, only by
night and on royal authority,
could a search be made for the
one stone which combines yel-
low, the color Of heavenly
grandeur and nobility, with
pale green.
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MontgomeryFireh
Approval Is Expected

ming Board members Louis A,
Gravelle and j. Newton Brewer.
Mrs. Caroline Freeland abb
stained and the two other men,
bers were absent Friday.
In its original opposition re-
port, the technical staff said
better fire protection could be
afforded with a station west OF
Colesville road where there
would be less traffic congestion
and more flexibility in move
ment."
1.-THE staff changed its report
Friday when the fire chief told
US another station west OF
Colesville road win be built in
a reasonable time" Mrs. Free
land said.
The present fire house, Just
west Of ColeSville road, is toe
small for large equipment and
expansion, and heavy traffic
hampers fire truck maneuver-
ability.
Fire Chief David Gratz said
his staff investigated several
sites but only the one next to
st. Bernadette was deem e d
feasible, In a tentative split
vote Tuesday, the Council ap-
proved the firemen's choice.
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FIREMEN PLAN
PONY-A-YEAR
GIFT TO ORPHANS

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va,
(AP).-Some lucky orphan
age or children's home is
going to receive a pony as
a gift from the Chinco-
league volunteer fire de-
partment.
The department has de-
cided to donate a pony-a-
year to some such organi-
zation and has invited the
children of Secretary Of the
Interior Udall to select the
home to receive the first
one.
In a letter to Secretary
Udall, the department said
the annual gift will be
made in recognition of the
penny contributions from
children for restoration of
the Chincoteague pony herd
after last years storm
which destroyed $50 Of the
animals.
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Area Bike Races
Due Next Sunday

The State bicycle racing
championships for the Vir-
ginia- Washington area will be
held next Sunday at the Old
Dominion speedway in Manas-
sas, Va.
Any member Of the Amateur
Bicycle League Of America who
resides in Virginia, Wash
ington or Prince Georges or
Montgomery Counties Is ELL
gible to compete.
The winners will compete in
the national bicycle racing
championships in Northbrook,
ILL.,, August 1925.
The local event Is sponsored
by the Greater Manassas Jun
Tor Chamber of Commerce and
the Federation Of Washington
Area Cycle Clubs. Further in
formation can be obtained by
calling Ray Mathews, jr,, pres
ident of the FWACC, at Ma.
nasSas.
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Court Asked to Block
Somerset Park Plans

tween the town and Commu-
nifty Builders, developers Of
the Beredoll tract, the firm is
donating 10 acres to the town,
selling Il two more acres for
$25O,000, and setting aside an
other "a acres to be a buffer
for high rise apartments on
some 10 adjoining acres.
Somerset had opposed re-
coming Of the Bergdoll tract
for apartments until Commu-
nifty Builders agreed to the Is
acre park.
In its petition. the Dorset
Corp. charges the $l75,00C
bond sale will place an UNI
due burden upon taxpayers in
Somerset in the form of in
creased real property taxes
necessary to repay the said
bonds.
The firm contends Somerset
already has enough parklanc
for present and future needs.
Hobart Rowen, a Somerset
councilman, said yesterday the
town does not expect bonds tc
increase the tax rate which
now is IS cents per 500 asses
sed valuation. The town should
receive more tax revenue from
development Of the apartment
project plus receipts from 9
higher tex base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

Formal approval Of a con.
troversial fire house site is ex-
pected from the Montgomery
County Council tomorrow night
with the backing Of its Plan
ming Board.
Site plans for the $l45,000 fire
house at University boulevard
and st. Lawrence drive, -Four
Corners, were approved by the
Montgomery County Planning
Board after its staff on Friday
reversed an initial report OPP
posing the location.
The expected council action
will come just in time for the
Silver Spring Volunteer Fire
Department to exercise its $780,
900 option for the land, which
expires at midnight Monday
The proposed site adjoins St
Bernadette's Church and is a
few blocks east of the present
station.
A large group Of residents
opposing the action said they
will seek an Injunction blocking
council approval. Today they
plan to circulate petitions and
marshal more protests.
Vigorously opposed by more
than 100 persons at two council
public hearings, the fire house
proposal was Endorsed by Plan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

Mr. Duncan said that If such
an administrator had been
available since 1857 to oversee
the operation of the Welfare
Department, some Of the de-
partment's problems since then
might not have occurred.
He noted that delays that
cost the loss Of funds occurred
because the District had to
change some laws to be eligible
for the Federal funds.
Notes Recurring Problems
He said that the duties of the
proposed management officer
would be TO apprise the Com
missioners Of the latest meth
DDS and programs in the field
for the SO city department.
The Commissioner said such
a management officer might
have eliminated the need for q
full-scale reorganization Of the
Health Department as proposed
last week by the District health
director, DR.. Murray Grant.
This reorganization is neces-
sary, Mr., Duncan said, because
"for nearly 20 years another
problem Gin organization) would
arise every other month or SO"
Interviewed on radio station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
Chincoteogue Firemen
Set for Pony Roundup

Chincoteague (Va.) firemen,
soon to turn cowboys, are
readying their gear for the
38th annual pony penning and
auction which are expected to
draw more than $4,000 people
to their community of 5000 on
July 24-25.
The firemen will spend July
% and % rounding up the
famed herd Of small wild
ponies on Assateague Island
before swimming them across
the channel to Chincoteague
on the gath.
The swim will take place
during the low tide period
which the Coast and GeodetiC
Survey said will begin at 6:2E
am. tEDT), July "a.
After being driven dowr
Chincoteague's Main street Il
the carnival grounds, the
ponies viii be penned anc
bedded down in preparation
for auction July IS. The auc-
ton will be from 10 am. to !
pm. in. the. Old Dominion
Lodge.
Clarence Taylor Of the Chin
colleague Volunteer Fire Com
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pany said about rs ponies will
be up for sale this year - a
larger number than usual.
Festivities built around the
annual pony penning and auc-
ton began in the ocean-front
town Friday night with the
opeing of the fire company's
carnival. The carnival runs
through July 81.
Pony auction and carnival
proceeds go to the fire COM
pany, the only fire-fighting
unit within a 15-mile radius.
According to legend, the s.
football ponies are descend
ants of those which swan
ashore on AsSateague in the
1500s when a Spanish galleon
ran aground and broke up on q
sand bar during an Atlantic
storm.
To reach Chincoteague from
the Washington area, follow
Route so across the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge to Salisbury, Md;
turn right there on Route Is
and travel to the Chincoteague
turmoil about 3 miles below
! the Maryland line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

WWDC's Report to the People, =
Mr.. Duncan said that his con-
cept Of the top management
officer would go beyond the So
called inspector general" re-
quested Of Congress recently by
Walter N. Tobriner, president
Of the District Board Of Com
missioners.
Technical Skill Urged
He said he felt that the top
management officer should have
the technical knowledge to
evaluate present and future
programs.
On the medical assistance
plan, Mr.. Duncan said that it
was his understanding that the
District was now under the
Federally- assisted program.
Asked whether he thought
the civil rights march Of an
estimated 100000 persons in
Washington on August 20 would
help or hurt the Districts legis-
lative program before Congress,
Mr.. Duncan said he thought
the march was not really a local
matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

A developer has asked the
Montgomery County Circuit
Court to prohibit the Town of
Somerset from selling $175,000
in bonds to help buy two acres
of parkland.
The suite for an injunction
was filed by the Dorest Corp.
to stall Somerset's planned
100000 purchase of a portion
of the Bergdoll tract, near Dor
set and Wisconsin avenues. for
park purposes.
The Urban Renewal Admin
stration last month allocated
$4,000 in open sapce preser-
walton funds to Somerset to
help pay for the $250,000 pur-
chase.
The town proposes to develop
nearly Is acres as parkland.
Under an agreement be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
Father Campbell
Named Executive
Of Georgetown U.

The Rev.. Gerard J. Campbell
has been named executive vice
president of Georgetown Uni
versity.
A graduate of Loyola Univer-
sity, Chicago, Father Campbell
obtained his doctorate in his
tory from Princeton, and as
sociate professor of history at
Loyola College in Baltimore.
Before going to Loyola in 1857,
he taught at st. Joseph's Col
lege. Philadelphia, and at
Georgetown.
He was awarded a fellowship
by the American Council Of
Learned Societies in 1862 and
did post-doctoral research at
Princeton.
Father Campbell has been q
member Of the Society Of Jesus
since 1899 and was ordained
in 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
Merit Pow
Heads Issues
In Fuirfux
BY WALTER WURFEL
Star staff Writer

Merit pay for, teachers is
already shaping up as a major
school issue in Fairfax County
next fall.
With teachers salaries raised
in the new budget to a level
competing with those in nearby
jurisdictions, Fairfax school
officials are taking a close look
lat the thorney issue Of merit
pay. which has raised heated
debate in other northern Vir-
ginia areas.
A school board committee set
up last month to study the
question will start work at a
meeting Wednesday with Ma
tional Education Association
Officials in Washington. ~
The good and bad points of
extra pay for teachers rated as
superior was weighed for over
two years in Arlington before
the pay scale Incorporating
many features Of merit pay was
adopted this spring.
In the process Of discussion.
the term merit" was quietly
dropped when 1t became an
emotionally charged rallying
point for proponents and oppo-
nents Of the system.
Opponents Of merit pay-in-
GLIDING many teachers-say that
teacher ratings made by super
visors are open to influence by
personality clashes and can
cause friction. The hackers of
such a plan claim it is only
right to pay outstanding teach
ers better than those who only
do their jobs adequately. They
say 1t Is a key element in at
tracing and retaining above
average teachers.
In Fairfax, school board men,
bers Martha Gertwagen and
Howard e. Futch will conduct
the study with hopes Of making
a recommendation to the board
next fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
Boating Victims
Bodies Recovered

The bodies of two Virginia
men drowned in the Potomac
River Thursday when their
motorboat was swept under a
barge and tugboat near the
Woodrow Wilson Bridge we're
recovered yesterday.
The body Of Harry Dixon, SO.
Of 1919 Powahatan street, Alex
andria, was found floating
about 200 feet below the bridge
at $50 am.
The body Of william Ken
nedy, IS, of Culpeper. was re-
covered by Harbor Police at
1880 am.
Two other occupants Of the
boat were rescued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
BY JERRY KLINE
star staff Writer

A neglected 178 year old
brick building, which led the
way to the establishment Of a
free school system In Northern
Virginia is going to be put to
use again.
The three-story Alexandria
structure owes its existence to
George Washington and in
cludes Robert z. Lee and the
ancestors of numerous promi-
nent Alexandria families among
its alumni.
1t now Is being renovated for
use as offices of the Alexandria
School Administration. The
historic structure is located be-
hind the main administration
building on South Washington
street.
School Supt. John c. Albohm
ordered the renovation to re-
lieve overcrowded conditions in
the administration building.
Washington Contributed
The history Of the building
and Of the city's public school
system - can be traced to
George Washington, who con-
tributed to the structure during
his lifetime and endowed it at
his death in 1899.
The building was erected in
1T85. about five years after the
States first public school was
opened in Hampton.
The Alexandria Academy, as
1t was known, was used by chill
dren who had benefited as
much as they could from pri-
vate tutoring, said Miss Mary
Barbour, the school systems
director Of special services, q
native Alexandrian who is in
terested in historic matters.
Most Were TutOred Privately
Until the academy was
opened, most children had pri-
vate tutors or went to church
schools" Miss Barbour said.
"Our Legislature didn't believe
in public education"
Tuition at the academy was
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free, but the students parents
helped pay for wood for the
three fireplaces. books and
other supplies, Miss Barbour
said. Probably not more than
20 children were enrolled In
each Of the three classes, she
said.
Much Of the history Of the
academy is obscure. For years
it was widely believed that the
original building was demol-
ished and the old Washington
School (now the administra-
ton building) erected in its
place in 1882.
However, the late William c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
Legislators
Disagree on
Assembly Call
BY PETER MASLEY
star staff Writer

Suburban Maryland legisla-
tors have taken opposing views
on calling a special session OF
the General Assembly to work
out the Cambridge racial issue.
State Senator Gilbert GUIDE,
Republican Of M ontgom cry
County, sent a telegram to Gov,
Tawes opposing a special ses-
sion. Instead, the Senator
called for an Arbitration Com
mittee of Eastern Shore law
makers.
On the other hand, six DEM
ocratic delegates from Prince
Georges County wired the gov
ernor to call q special session
in an effort to bring perma-
nent peace in the Eastern
Shore community.
Opposed Session
The Governor called the Ma
tional Guard back to Cam
bridge three days ago to keep
an enforced peace there. He
has also stated that it would
would be "foolhardy" to call
a special legislative session.
Such O session-aimed at
working out an equal accom-
modations law that would APP
ply in all % Maryland coun-
ties-has been requested by
the NAACP.
In his telegram, Senator GUIDE
urged immediate formation OF
a committee Of political leaders
Of Eastern Shore counties to
the Cambridge issue. /"
Some Eastern Shore counties
already have worked out racial
problems. he said, and I'VE have
to realize that some Of them get
very concerned that outsiders
do their thinking for
Six From Prince Georges
However Delegate Royal
Hart, vice chairman OF the
Prince Georges County delega-
ton, said he and at least five
others are urging a SPECIAL ses-
sion.
"An early settlement Of the
dispute by the citizens Of Cam
bridge seems unlikely. of not
impossible" he wired the gov
ITO end the strife as
quickly as possible and to avoid
similar problems elsewhere ]
that you call a special
session to enact a State
wide equal accommodations
law with no part Of our State
exempted from its provisions. I"
The public accommodation
law went into effect June IA and
applies only in II counties and
Baltimore City.
Also seeking a special ses-
sion are Delegates Edward
Conroy, chairman Of the dele
cation; Raymond McDonough,
William Goodman, Dennis
Marshall and Fred Wineland.