Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from Fairbanks, Alaska • Page 1

TO BAY'S RUN: 10,052 (Circuiarion Year Ago today 8,527) LATE "Amcnca't Farthest North Daily Newspaper" Member of The Associated Press II EDITION VOL XXXIII Per Copy FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1955 Fourteen 17 SCHOOL DAYS ENDING--These four class leaders of the 1955 class at Fairbanks Hieh school soon will be giving: up their responsibilities. Tomorrow night the class will receive diplomas in the annual commencement exer- Day Camp Registrations Are Accepted Registration for day camp for boys and girls is now going on at the YMCA office at 707 Cushman street. Camp will begin June 13 and continue until July 15, with boys going on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and girls attending Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The day's activities will start at 9:30 a.m. and end between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Camp is open to any boy or girl who has completed the second grade in school or who is eight years old, up to and including all boys anrt girls who have not yet started the seventh grade. Fees Listed The fee is S4 a week for members and $3 for members. This includes all swimming lessons, bus transportation, admission fees to various activities, an occasional treat of some kind, as well as some craft materials. Each camper will bring his or her own lunch. Day camp will be different each day.

The program may include hiking, swimming, visits to industries, games and contests, movies, roller skating, trips to various points of interest such as the gold dredges, the college museum and other activities for boys and girls. The YMCA has leased a school bus for use in the program and a bus pick-up service will be available to many of the areas of town for a slight extra charge. Richstad Directs Tho camp program will bo directed by Roy E. Richstad. general secretary of the YMCA.

He will be assisted by Phyllis Rich- stad, women and girls' secretary of the Sue Morton and numerous volunteers. The Rich- stads have had many years of day camp experience. All boys and girls wishing to attend camp must be registered in advance at the YMCA. Registration is accepted only upon the payment of fees, says Richstad. (News-Miner photo Wint) else, and the students will head for vacation trips, college or jobs.

The officers, left to right, are Bob Flennangh, president: Bob SJianer, vice president; Dorothy Tonseth, secretary; Jeanette Johnston, treasurer. late Spring Thaw, Rainfall Send Alaska Rivers Rising Testimony in North wind Urban Case Livens Trial Cab Driver Tells Of Transporting Victim, Accused By CHUCK HOYT The tempo of the Leon (Curly) 'rban first degree murder trial up yesterday afternoon, following the testimony of Dr. Harvey Anderson, who had been on the witness stand better than a full day. The case began Monday morning and went at a slow pace the first two and a half days. Monday and half of Tuesday were taken up with choosing a jury of 12 and two alternates.

Doctor On Stand Tuesday afternoon and all Wednesday morning Dr. Ander- 'son was on the stand testifying to the physical condition of Myrtle Patricia Cathy, whom Urban is accused of murdering by beating her January 22, ultimately causing her death January 31. A succession of six witnesses followed Dr. Anderson to the witness stand yesterday afternoon to testify for the government. Most Damaging Testimony Marvin Jennings, the last witness of the day and the first on the stand this morning, has appeared to have made the most damaging statements against the accused man.

Jennings, a cab driver for the Saves Two Seal Hunters Two seal hunters stranded on an ice pack off of Nome for four days were brought safely to shore sometime during the morning by a "miraculous" north wind. It is reported the two men traveled about 85 miles while whipped about by the Bering winds. A north wind at this time of year is very unusual, reported members of a 74th air rescue squadron search team. The hunters landed 17 miles east of Nome. Seen By Plane Wilson Bourdon and Johnny Obienna, Eskimos of Nome, started their seal hunting from a camp down the coast from Nome, Nobody worried about them until Tuesday, when a plane spotted them floating around on the Bering with no avenue of return to the shore, said Harry Anderson Wien agent in Nome.

The liunt- lers had a dog team with them, said Anderson in a phone contact with the News-Miner this morn-1 ing. "They don't usually take much equipment on those hunting trips," said Anderson, "but there's plenty of seal. They don't have to worry about eating." Police Chief Warns Against River Dangers Urgrent warnings concerning- the high water in the Chena river were issued by Chief of Police Stanley Zaverl today. High, water in the Chena and in the sloughs and inlets are a grave danger to children who might play along- the river banks, Zaverl said. "The rushing waters may at any time undercut the banks of the river and throw persons on the bank into the water," Zaverl explained.

"Children watching the water don't understand this." One boat is believed to have washed down the river when it was floated away from the place where it was stored. The police do know if it has been recovered. A car left along the river bank by a man who since has gone to Anchorage was towed out of the water and impounded by the police yesterday, Mrs. Emeline Patton, 631 Noyes street, reported, through a neighbor, to police that she thought she saw. someone fall into the swollen Noyes slough near her house.

She explained that she couldn't be sure because her eyesight is not perfect. 1 Runoff Believed at Peak Now; Ho Extensive Floods Expected Cheno Now at Top of Its Banks in Many Places; Washout at Banner Creek Repaired; Wood Jams Slough A late spring thaw coupled with heavy rains in some areas has swollen Interior Alaska rivers, but as yet only minor cases of flooding have been reported. The spring thaw, which came late this year, is now at its peak-meltihg point, and the runoff is being increased by rains which have been general over most of Alaska. The Chena river has been rising steadily for the past few days, and is now near the top of its banks in many places. However, the river has not yet reached a flood Washout Repaired On the highways, a washout at Banner creek on the Richardson was repaired Tuesday and the road has been reopened.

However the Chistochina river bridge in Valdez area is still closed due to washout conditions. The Alaska Road commission Many Tours, Excursions Are Scheduled for Interior Plans have been completed now for the numerous tours and excursions which will be available to tourists in Alaska's Interior and Arctic this summer. Pioneer and Radio Local hotels are booked up for the months of June, admitted to driving Urban and July and Au ust with tour groups and independent travel- Pat Cathey from the Player's club ers and approximately 700 photo Bob Wint) TOPS IN SCHOLARSHIP--Barbara Lyons, salutatcrian and Uayne Hanson, valedictorian, have led the 1955 class at Fairbanks HiRh school in scholastic honors. Barbara is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Lyons, 532 avenue.

Wayne is the son of Mr and Mrs. Arnold Hanson, 1032 Gilmore street. High School Exercises Scheduled Tomorrow Night to the Alibi club early on the morning of January 22. Jennings stated that Urban pulled the woman out of the club door by her hair and shoved her into his taxi. He also assumed, he said, that Urban must have struck the woman while she was in the cab as she was bleeding about the nose and there was blood on the cab after reaching their destination She wasn't bleeding when she got into the cab," Jennings said The first witness to "follow Dr' have reserved space at McKin-1 ley Park hotel at various times airline stops Such as Nome during the season.

Kiverboat Trips Riverboat travel will include a trip from Circle to Fort Yukon. C. G. Morrison, manager of the Yukon Trading company, is inaugurating the tour this year, using the riverboat "Pelican IV," which is now at Black's landing being completed. Morrison expects to have it finished this week.

The two-day trip includes an overnight stop at Fort Yukon. Jim BinWey's "Godspeed" will Mostly cloady tonight with occasional liR-ht rain. Cloudy Friday with scattered lijrht rain showers in the afternoon. The low ionifrht 37, hijrh Friday 54; low last nisht 40, hijrh yesterday 5S. Temperature at noon today 47.

Sunrise Friday, May 20, 2:28 a.m.. sunset 9:09. QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds an showing the bruises on he body. Douthit also explained pi tures taken at the Alibi club a the time Urban was arrested law enforcement officers for th alleged murder. William DeWalt, a city patrol (Continued on Page 5) The Fairbanks high school class of 1955 will be graduated tomorrow night in ceremonies which will be held in the main school auditorium.

Twenty-five of the 95 graduating students, are on the honor roll. This is the percentage of honor students for will mark the end of graduation a senior class in the school's history, said J. Elsworth McCarthy, ceremonies, principal. Brig. Gen.

T. Alan Bennett, commander of the llth Air division (defense', will address the seniors. The class valedictorian. Wayne Hanson, will be introduced," as will Barbara Lyons, salutatorian. Band to Play Honor students from the class of '55 include: Karen Joann Anderson, Philip Bruce Barber, Maurene Joanu Bauer, Elizabeth Joan 'Fanning, George Jennings Gale, Anna The program will begin with the processional.

"Pomp and Cir- cumstance." performed by the high school band "and choir. A student. George M. Landry, will deliver the invocation. I The band and choir will pre- i sent.

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic." after General I nett's address, and will be followed be awards and announcements by Murray B. Ulm, senior class advisor, Dr. James C. Ryan, superin- I tendent of schools, will formally accept the class for graduation, and Lou F. Joy.

president of the school board, will present diplomas. To Give Benediction Peter Christian Lutkin. Fairbanks high school student, will enberger. Wayne Arnold Hanson Jewell Carleen Hoeth, Eva Jeanette Johnston, Kathryn Lucille Kozloski. Jean Marie Lee, Dieter Erich yon der Lippe.

Madge Virginia McNavish, Judith Am. Reed, Helen Ross. James Dennis Ryan Robert Luther Shanef, Gail Jeanne Sharp, Marilee E. Smith Noel Ernest Smith, tlita Mae' Thomas, Joseph Emil Barbara Faye Waddell. (See complete list of inp class on Paje 2.) Anderson yesterday afternoon Jim $FFF het to the Tanana and Jim uoutnir.

who I na riyers Jn ad dition to this, Binkley is putting into service a new sternwheeler. which he is building himself at his home near Fairbanks. The Yukon river from Whitehorse to Dawson will be covered by a riverboat of the. White Pass Yukon company. This is the second year for this excursion, which goes days downriver to Dawson and 4 days back.

Wien airlines is beginning a run this season to Dawson to connect with the riverboat. The maximum number of tourists this river excursion can handle in one season is about 1.000 said Chuck West, travel official, and the tour is almost sold out now. Sightseeing- Trips The Alaska Hyway Tours will conduct sightseeing trips of Fairbanks, the university and gold- mining and scenic points of interest in the greater Fairbanks area. A wagon decked out to resemble the horse-drawn coaches of the 1906 goldmining days on the Yukon will be used to transport tourists from the Circle Hot Springs airstrip to the resort. Horses are scheduled to be trucked to Circle tomorrow night for the season's operation, said Jack Whaley, Wien airlines offi- cial.

National League MILWAUKEE, May 19 Ul iae New York Giants climbed back into second place in the National league today by nosing out the 3 2 TM the Usibelli, How many more days docs offer the benediction. that confounded Want Ad mn'" s-M i I Soelle Is Fined Lawrence Soelle, 39. a laborer was fined $25 in the U. S. commissioner's court Tuesday for disorderly conduct.

The man had The recessional, Pomp and been arrested by territorial po- Chivalry," played by the band, I lice. Mays plated the first New York run with a single in the fourth and drove in the winnel with the left field fe: Mueller's right ileia double tied the count in the fifth The triumph set New, York three percentage points above the idle Chicago Cubs and dropped Milwaukee deeper into fifth place. The Giants got full-distance hurling for the second straight time as Jim Hearn made his mark 6V2, best of the New York mound staff, with a 10 hitter Johnny Antonelli went the for the Giants as they beat the Braves, 4-2, last night One of the hits off Hearn was Hank Aaron's eighth homer of 1955, which sailed over the rieht field fence on his leadoff trip in the second and gave Milwaukee a temporary 1-0 lead. The Braves used two of their other 'nine hits run in the fourth to pull Hearn had anxious moments in the ninth when Danny O'Connell led off with a double. But Del Crandall grounded out, pinch hit ter George Crowe flied deep to.

and Billy Bruton lined Kotzebue, Point Barrow, Settles Point Hope and Fort Yukon. Chartered flights will take the tourist to such remote and little- visited settlements of Anaktuvik, Wainwright. Candle and Kavalina. There will be limousine service from McKinley park hotel to Wonder Jake, 90 miles into the park, where Camp Denali, wilderness resort, is located. There will be flights to the camp, using the Kantishna airstrip, as well as to Talkeetna.

Minto and Minchumina, said Mrs. Hawley Evans, operator of the Fairbanks Travel service. There will also be a flight to Mt. McKinley, with a stop at the hotel. First 'Universe' Aspirants Named LONG BEACH, May 19, first two entrants in the fourth annual Miss Universe beauty pageant--from Alaska and Sweden--were announced today by producer Oscar Mieinhardt.

Miss Alaska is Lorna McLeod, 21, of Fairbanks, 5-foot 3 brunette, only 114 pounds. Miss Sweden is Hillevi Rombin, 21, of Uppsala, a 5-foot 7-inch blonde weighing 130 pounds. Meinhardt said entrants are expected from 36 nations, plus every state in the United States, in the beauty pageant, scheduled for July 14 to 24. Previous winners have come from Finland, France and the U. S.

reported today that minor trouble is being experienced due to high water in Noyes slough which is causing drift wood to jam at the approaches to the bridge. Last night, crews removed some of this wood. Peak Level It is believed that the Chena is now reaching its peak water level for the spring, but officials of the municipal utilities system said today that the river is not yet threatening to develop general flood conditions. However, if rains continue and the river's rapid rise of the past few oaj's does not abate, it is possible that the Chena could go over its banks in some areas. Rains General The weather bureau reported that rains have been general in the area to the north and west of Fairbanks.

However, only light rain is predicted for tomorrow, and the weather is expected clear later this week. The Alaska road commission said that only the Steese, Livengood and Taylor highways in this area are closed, and they have not yet been declared reopened for the summer. Expected Runoff "We've been expecting this runoff for some time," William Cameron, acting ARC district engineer, said today. "We knew that there was a lot of snow to meJt, and we didn't want to open roads if there's a possibility people would go out for a weekend trip and become marooned by a wash- City News In Swimming Lessons Free swimming lessons for boys and girls eight through 12 years of age who cannot swim more than 20 feet now will be given by the YMCA June 1 through 10, except on Saturday and Sunday. Applications are now being accepted at the YMCA office, 707 Cushman street.

Register now, Roy Richstad, secretary says, as registration will be limited. Range Firing- Set There will be firing on Moose Creek dike gunnery range on May 24, 25, 26 and 27 a.m. until 6 p.m. Maximum ordinate, 3,000 feet. Again on May 31 and June 1, 2 and 3 there will be firing on the Moose Creek dike gunnery range from 7 a.m.

until 8 p.m. Maximum ordinate will be 2958 feet. Licenses Available City bicycle licenses, costing one dollar, and applications for city liquor licenses are both available at the city clerk's office, on the main floor of the city hall at Fifth avenue and Cushman street. Mercy Flight Saves Woman out." The ARC chief here expressed the belief that the spring runoff is now at its peak and rivers will soon begin to recede from the ligh levels they have now reached. President Vetoes Postal Pay Raise WASHINGTON, May 39 President Eisenhower today vetoed a bill to give pay raises to 500,000 postal workers.

He said its 8.8 per cent average increase was too big and called on congress to pass a new bill "fair" to postal workers but less burdensome to taxpayers. Senate Democratic a promptly laid plans for an attempt to override the veto next Tuesday. A great number of villages in the Interior and Arctic will be i reached this summer by sched- Home Ron-- Vfi Auron. Food Burns; Four Fire Trucks Come First Contestants Four city fire trucks and their crews rushed downtown to the Juros hotel at 527 Second avenue early this morning, when a ire was reported in the building. But they didn't use a drop of water from their hose.

John Decker, a resident of the hotel had been cooking some food in pans on a stove when he fell asleep. Smoke from the burning food caused the fire re-; Parochial School lo Graduate 20 Students at Ceremony Here The life of a woman in remote St. Michaels was saved today, when she was delivered to SL Joseph's hospital following a 475- mile mercy flight by helicopter and SA-16 of Ladd's 74th Air Rescue squadron. Mrs. Edward Tom was suffering from after-birth complications when the ARS was warned evacuation was imperative.

A helicopter took off from Ladd field early yesterday afternoon and landed about 12 hours later at St. Michaels, an isolated village on Norton Bay. The 'copter flew Mrs. Tom to Unalakleet, 40 miles distant, where the SA-16 delivered her to Fairbanks. She was admitted to St.

Joseph's shortly before noon today. It was the longest helicopter rescue flight ever made in ern Alaska, reported squadron officials. Since there is no landing strip at St. Michaels and the sandbar was too soft, helicopter was the only means of evacuation. The journey was fraught with bad weather and treacherous terrain.

The helicopter was piloted by Capt. Robert Carroll and 1st Lt. Lewis Wells. The SA-16 was piloted by Capt. Monzell Phipps and carried Capt William Hike, a doctor.

port The Immaculate Conception parochial school will graduate 2C students from the eighth grade tonight. Exercises will be held in the school building in Slatervilie at 8 p.m. Students who will receive diplomas are as follows: Mary Edith Bouquier, James Bennett, Mary Ann Bennett, James Bray, Donna Lee Dodson, Keily Downes, Patricia Fountain, Gretcnen Gibbert, Humbert Gray, Ann Gilstrap, Mary Ann Grenoc, Barbara Harrison, Paula Kristel, Lee Mathis, Erna Mainella, Bobert L. Slater, Werner Suess, Martin Slisco, Patricia Wolf and Frances Young. Harrison will be the! only damage reported was class valedictorian.

Following is Boileau, S.J.; Salute to the Flag, led by James McNealy; Valedictory, Barbara Harrison; Panis An- gelicus, 7th and 8th grade choristers. Presentation of the class. Father Boileau: Address, Courtland D. Sawtelle, Colonel, U.S.A.F., Ladd air force base. The Prayer Perfect, sung by Mrs.

Clarence Johnson; The Apple Tree, Mrs. Carl Calvin at the piano: Presentation of diplomas and Special Awards, His Excellency, Francis D. Gleeson, S.J., Vicar Apostolic of Northern Alaska. School Song, 7th and 8th Grade choristers; Prayer, the Tnp ODij 0 that done to the food. It was program schedule.

Rev Lawrence'Nevue, S.J.; Be- charred beyond use, firemen said. I Opening Prayer, Father Georgej. ception for the graduates. fa 1904, the Chena flooded my cabin. There wuz three feet of water in the kitchen.

Wife had a hard time cooking, but it wuz (or her to the dtohec.".