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CITY NEWS BRIEF Expedition Plan Stands Nenana Theft A Nenana service station attendant reported the theft of $160 from his cash register last night. According to Alaska State Troopers, the attendent at Mercer Service Station went out for a minute and returned to find the cash register open and $160 missing. The money was in two $20 bills and $5 and $10 bills. Boucher Greeting Mayor H.A. Boucher will officially welcome the Fairbanks Jaycees to Alaskaland at a luncheon Wednesday on the Riverboar Nenana.

The Jaycees are the first local group to use Alaskaland for a meeting place. Clapp Funeral Funeral services for John Clapp, 55, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Chimes with the Rev. William Warren officiating. Mr.

Clapp, a resident of 707 Seventh died Friday. Interment will be at Birch Hill Cemetery. Senior Citizens The regular meeting of the senior citizens group has been postponed until after the holidays. The meeting was set for tomorrow afternoon. A new date will be announced.

Watson Death The body of Meridith Watson, 49, will be sent to Austin, Texas, for last rites and burial. Mr. Watson died at Eielson Air Force Base Nov. 15. He is survived by a sister, Mrs.

Gloria Alexander of Austin. Women Moose Meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. Women of the Moose will hold a meeting at the Moose Lodge. Alt officers and co-workers are urged to attend. University Women Meet The University Women's Association will meet in the Commons Lounge Wednesday, Dec.

4 at 8 p.m. Greeta Brown and the Madrigal Singers will present a program of Christmas music. Mrs. Harkabus Died Mrs. Phyllis Harkabus died Sunday at her home in the Polaris Apartments.

She is survived by her husband Edward J. Harkabus. Funeral arrangements are pending. Cloudy Water Water in Fairbanks faucets may be cloudy for a day or two starting Tuesday, William H.Joy, distribution superintendent, announced today. The city will start up its circulating pumps at 8 a.m.

Tuesday to keep water moving to prevent freezeups. While the water may be cloudy for a day or two, it will not affect the quality of the water, he said. Navy Visitor Chief Petty Officer James D. Ball of the U.S. Navy will visit Fairbanks Friday to give information on the educational and vocational opportunities offered by the Navy.

He will be in the USD Building, telephone 456-4522. Hunter PTA The Hunter Parent-Teachers Association will meet today, 8 p.m. in the Hunter multipurpose room. Dr. Ancel Earp will present a film with a discussion period following.

This will be a very important meeting to build attendance for the PTA program. Emblem Club Fairbanks Emblem Club No. 109 will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Motorist Injured An early morning, one car accident caused an estimated $500 damage today, but there were no injuries.

Norman Arthur Bailey of 719 Moore Hall, University of Alaska, told Troopers that he drove off the right side of the road to avoid a head-on collision with a car coming at him on the wrong side of the road. Bailey, driving a car belonging to Howard C. Shore, hit a tree about 15 feet off the road. The accident happened at 240 College Road about 2:15 a.m. Juveniles Stopped Twelve juveniles were picked up for truancy last Friday, and Harry Ketzter, 19, was arrested for loitering on school grounds, when he tried to drive away with six of them.

According to city police, Ketzler and seven youths were driving out of the south parking lot of Lathrop High School when they were stopped. One of the juveniles had dropped out of school last year and was turned over to his parents; the other six were released to custody of high school authorities. The other six were picked up at Ter Pool Hall on Second Avenue between 2 and 3 p.m. The six were taken to the police station and then released to the high school. BvMIKEDALTON Staff filer (Second Of Two Articles) H.H.

(Wally) Herbert and his three companions presently camped near the North Pole, expect to reach Spitzbergen, Norway, by early summer and thus be the first men to cross the Arctic Ocean by dog team. The four men and their four dog teams are presently sitting out the long winter night in temporary lodgings dropped to them by support aircraft flying out of Ottawa, Canada. They hope to teach Norway over the frozen ocean ice, or if that proves impossible, they will rendevouz in the Atlantic with a British ship, the HMS Endurance. The idea of making a sled journey across the Arctic Ocean first came to Herbert in 1963, he writes in the March 1968 "True" magazine. An explorer and geographer by profession, Herbert had participated in expeditions to both the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Recent scientific studies had determined that two principal paths were followed by ice in the Arctic Ocean, Herbert said. From Alaska to the Pole, there; seemed to be a current which, drifted clockwise. Further north another current--a faster moving one--flowed over the North Pole' and out of the Arctic Ocean between Spitzbergen a northeast Greenland. Herbert's path was plotted with these two currents in mind. On Sept.

1 Herbert and his party reported their position as 85 degrees 4 minutes north 161 degrees 30 minutes west. On Nov. 8 they reported their position at 85 degrees 42 minutes north, 158 degrees 42 minutes west. They are moving, but the party is in the same camp they occupied during the summer months when it was too slushy and too dangerous to travel. Alan Gill, one of the party, fell into a hole and wrenched his back on Sept, 8.

The injury was such that the party had to stop while he recovered. During this interval it was decided to return to the spot they had occupied for the summer. Polar bears have bothered the dogs, sporadically, but the Trans Arctic Expedition is still intact and will proceed' when the sunlight returns (probably late February). The Trans Arctic Expedition is supported by the Royal Geographic Society. His Royal Highness Prince.Phillip, Duke of i honored the expedition with his patronage, Herbert writes.

On Sept. 26, after a second air drop by C-130's, the expedition collected the parachuted goods and their hut and set up camp for the winter. On Sept. 30 the hut was erected and equipped with a stove. The expedition's report on Oct.

11 reads as follows: "All well, we have shortwave receiver and can listen to daily BBC newscasts and entertainment." On 1 a i i Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) agent a a i correspondent landed at Ice Island T-3 and tried to fly to the expedition camp. Radio blackout and poor weather prevented the landing. On Oct. 2 Herbert's report to his radio man, Fred Church, at Barrow read, "Ice conditions around winter camp almost certainly impossible for wheel landing." The next day he reported, "Phipps abandoned landing plan.

BBC and Sunday Times parties returning to Bawow tomorrow, weather permitting." On Oct. 4 the weekly reports read "BBC and London Times parties arrived Barrow Oct. 4 after overflying party at position 84 degress 20 minutes 162 degress west. Weather poor and photography difficult in icing conditions." On Oct. 20 the ice floe the- comfortable winter camp was.

'located on began to break up. "Preparations are being made to is not in danger," Herbert reported, An open lead of water 30 yards "from the hut on Oct. 23 was reported by Herbert's party by radio to Barrow. The week of Nov. 1 began with the party busy dismantling the hut and moving the camp to a new site about miles away.

The daily radio contacts with Barrow continue throughout the Ipng, dark Arctic winter. A FRANC DISCUSSION-French Premier Maurice Couve de Murville is surrounded by newsmen as he leaves Elysee Palace in Paris after a cabinet meeting on the franc devaluation. President Charles de Gaulle declared he will not devalue the franc. (APWirephoto) De Gaulle Buying Time PARIS (AP) President Charles de Gaulle is playing for time in a hope that the current crisis of the franc will force the Western world to remake its monetary system the way he wants it. In the radio speech Sunday night in which he announced austerity measures to defend the franc, De Gaulle said: "We are finally seeing the day when the whole world will agree to establish an impartial and reasonable monetary system putting each country--when it needs it-Hn a place protected from sudden and absurd speculative movements." De Gaulle's ideas on reform, high French officials explain, include a worldwide readjustment of currency parities within a return to the gold standard.

This would mean a rise in the official price of gold--in other words devaluaton of the dollar --and an end to the dollar's role as the chief reserve currency. The political consequences of such a reform would be limitation of U.S. influence abroad, giving De Gaulle a more domi- Two Big Airliners HiiacHfed To Cuba Over the Weekend MIAMI, Fla. (AP)-Two planeloads of travelers, forced to Cuba at gunpoint by separate teams of hijackers, returned to the United States with strikingly similar stories of the latest acts of air piracy. A Pan American Airways jet, commandeered by three gunman over the Atlantic Ocean after leaving New York for San Juan, P.R.

landed in Havana Sunday minutes after the first hijack victims of the weekend were flown to freedom. An Eastern airliner en route to Miami from Chicago was taken over Saturday night by a team of five men who forced their way into the cockpit at TOCKMARKET NEW YORK (AP)- The New York Stock Market closed higher today, in active trading. Wall Street little reaction to the international money crisis, and the list gathered even more strength in late dealings today. The Dow Jones closing stock averages: 30 Industrials 971.35 up 4.29, 20 Rails 273.27 up 0.81, 15 Utilities 140.66 up 0.32, and 65 Stocks 348.02 lip 1.25. NEWYORK(AP) Cont 7 A Marathn Com Pd Cowles 15V4-- VI Martin Crow Col 3JV4--IVi McDon 64 CrownZe Merck MH-- VI Curtits 32Vi- Minn 111 1 Deere Co Vi Mobil Del Mnte DftRGW MontDU Vi Disney 80 MorttPw --IVi Dow Chm SOVk- Mt St TT MH Dress Ind NatCash du Pont 170V- Nat Dry 43V4- East Air Nat Dist NewYorkStockExi change prices: Close Chg.

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The 78 Eastern passengers were returned to the United States in a plane chartered by the U.S. State Department. Cuban authorities released the stolen jetliners and crews a few hours later. The same charter plane was dispatched back to the Communist island and retrieved the Pan American passengers early today. Both captains said they learned their crafts had been hijacked when gun-waving men entered the cockpits shouting identical Cuba! Cuba!" Pan American Capt.

Alvin Walker said, "It didn't take us long to decide. I told him, 'Don't shoot. Sit down. We go to Eastern pilot Robert Silver said that when his abductor pointed a pistol and ordered the new destination, "I looked at him and smiled and said, 'That's no problem. We're on the After initial tensions eased, passengers on both planes reported their kidnapings took on an almost restive atmosphere.

Eastern stewardess Nancy Corson said one of the hijackers gave her $20 and insisted that she serve the passengers a round of drinks. VAN (Continued From Page 1) hotel and motel rooms by 1975. Fairbanks has 880 hotel and motel rooms now, he said, but fully 30 per cent of those rooms are considered unsuitable for tourist use by comparison with standards In the rest of the United States. Another 40 per cent of those 880 rooms would be acceptable only to tourists with limited means or as second choice if nothing better is available. Officers of the Alaska Hotel-Motel Association elected Saturday are Fred Van Horn, Sitka, president; Al Parrish, Fairbanks, first vice-president; Jack Dallas, Fairbanks, second vice-president; Allen Woodrow, Juneau, secretary; Barbara Bennett, Ketchikan, treasurer; and trustee! Mis.

Foster Slrnnu, a i a Anchorage; Bill Mueller, Anchorage; and Dick Lowe, Anchorage. nant place Europe, French sources say. Hints that this basic French aim is -being maintained emerged from accounts of the cabinet discussion' Saturday when De Gaulle surpringly decided not to devalue the franc. Informed sources said Foreign Minister ii.ichel iiebre dominated the debate. A fervent a i a i Debre argued against the kind of devaluation that would leave most other currencies untouched, that is a drop of less than 10 per cent in the franc's parity.

Debre proposed that the franc be defended. But if it must be devalued, he said, then it should fall far enough to bring other major Western currencies with it--the pound and perhaps the dollar. Debre was said to have declared that France was isolated, despite the pledge of $2 billion in credit, most of it from West Germany and the United States. He was said to have been irritated at the conduct of U.S. and British officials at the monetary meeting in Bonn last week.

The sources said Debre reported the United States and Britain at' first supported France in ing the Germans to revalue the mark but later abandoned the fight. Debre was said to have considered this a maneuver to bring France into the "dollar zone," adding "there can be no question of that." Despite their apparent economic weakness, the French still retain a weapon to force consideration of De Gaulle's ideas for world monetary reform--the threat of a massive devaluation which could bring down the currency of De Gaulle's rivals. De Gaulle's deflationary rec- Oil Boat Sinks SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP)--The coast guard in California says a 170-foot oil company boat capsized suddenly and sake early today in the Santa Barbara Channel. The accident dumped between 25 and 30 workmen into the waters.

There are 16 known survivors in the all-male working crew. All were taken to three hospitals. ipe to restore trust in the franc was a familiar one. It included reduced public spending, tighter credit, price and wage freezes, export subsidies and the promise of international credits. Nothing in De Gaulle's program forecast a quick change in the fundamental cause of the present crisis--the strength of the German mark and the relative weakness of the franc.

This basic imbalance was behind the persistent flow of capital out of France and French francs into West Germany. Because the West Germans have refused to raise the mark's value and De Gaulle has refused to devalue the franc, ordinary Frenchmen are being asked to tighten their belts. De Gaulle also promised exchange controls to stop the rush of capital abroad, but that is locking the door after an estimated billion dollars worth has fled. He also promised speculators who might repatriate then- capital a general tightening of the tax collection system, but that hardly seems like an in-' ducement to bring the money home. Recount Begins On Several Races JUNEAU (AP) Recounting of more than 31,000 ballots cast in House District 8 began here today to determine the winner of the last of the Anchorage area's 14 seats in the state House of Representatives.

Mallott has posted the $250 deposit required for a district recount in cases where the margin of victory was more than 10 votes and more than .5 per cent of the vote cast for both candidates. The State Office of Elections Recounts also were planned for District 1, where Democrat Frank Peratrovich of Klawock edged Republican incumbent Pete Cessnun of Ketchikan by 32 votes, and in District 5, where Republican Henry of Haines defeated Democrat Byron Mallott of Yakutat by 23 votes. said Cessnun also has indicated his intentions to do so. Today was the last day for recount requests to be filed. Pellet Gun Vandals Back on the Prowl A rash of broken car windows--apparently caused by a BB or pellet gun--has been reported by the city police.

A total of six complaints were made over the weenend about such vandalism; in all cases the windows were broken on Saturday. Edwin William Wescott, 1382 6th Ave. told police that he parked his car in front of and Disco early Saturday afternoon. He returned to find a hole in the middle of it, caused by a BB or pellet gun. When he shut the door, the whole window fell out.

Estimate of damage was $50. Chancey Coleman, of Davis Road said that he noticed something his windshield as he was driving down Lathrop Street. He continued to 2nd, he GARAGE FIRE An overheated stove pipe was the cause of a garage fire at 2038 Airport Way Saturday. According to the Fairbanks Fire Department, the pipe got too hot and ignited the ceiling of the garage at the David Wagner home. There was no estimate on the amount of damage.

(News-Miner Staff Photo) when something again struck the windshield. He reported that he then got out and investigated, finding marks that seemed to have been made by a BB gun. Damage to the windshield totaled $150. Another incident was reported by Linda Badten, 202 Craig, who told police that she found the left front window of her car shattered. The car had been parked in the 200 block of Turner.

The amount of damage was $75. Mary Mitchell, 30418th, found the rear window of her car shattered. It had been parked in Penney's parking lot. Damage was $150. The front and left rear windows of Pamela Craft on's car were shattered while it was parked in the 600 block of 4th Ave.

She lives at 1151 Sunset. George H. dandy, 4125 8th, who had left his vehicle in the 200 block of Turner, came back to find the left front window broken out. Pioneer Walter Jewell Dies Walter Jewell, a pioneer in Alaskan freighting, died at his home Sunday of an apparent heart attack. Born 'Nov.

4, 1904 in Washington, Jewell was brought to Fab-banks by his parents when he was 18 months old. He had lived in the Interior all his life. Jewell Is survived by his wife Ida R. Jewell of 416 Second Ave. in Graehl and by a brother Wilbur in Central.

Three daughters and nine grandchildren also survive him in Fairbanks. His daughters are Mrs. Nancy De Water, Mrs. Judy Taggart, and Mrs. Geraldlne Uzotte.

Before the days of airplanes, Jewell and his brother delivered mall to the Circle country by dog team. In later years he freighted to the same country over the Steese Highway. He retired in 1959 from the trucking business and has operated some rental units since then. Funeral services for Mr. Jewell will be at 10 a.m.

Wednesday at the Chapel of Chimes. Foirbonkt Doily KtowvMinaf, Mcndcy, November 25, 1968--3 The Off Beat With Chuck Hoyt ONE OF the most refreshing people in Alaska passed through town Friday night on his way from Whitehorse. He is Bill Barrett, well-known, retired mixologist from Anchorage who has dispensed his own brand of humor from many of the bistros of that Cook Inlet city. Barrett, a member of the State Athletic Commission, and other members were at Whitehorse conferring with the Canadians on the proposed Arctic Winter Games, which are to be held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territory, in 1970 if the world lasts that long. BILL, WHO has put on a little weight from his svelte 225 pounds on a 5-foot-nine frame of 10 years ago dreams up funny things like dead fish draw flies, and is also a writer of renown.

To read one of his letters is a distinct pleasure. Following is a letter that Bill wrote this writer when the writer was information officer for the Department of Public Works and part-time trouble-shooter for the Division of Anchorage when they got in trouble in Anchorage--which was often. THIS LETTER came about when Walter J. Hickel was running for governor two years ago and in the manner of all the "outs," criticized everything the "in" administration has done--good or bad. In this case, Hickel found fault with a new hexagonal terminal buUt at the Anchorage International Airport to service the internttional air carriers and the newspapers throughout Alaska were taking his remarks seriously--not as the political ammunition intended.

Since the Governor-to-be dwelled on the facilities, this is Bill's letter on the matter, cleaned up slightly for public consumption: Dear Chuck: You have to get back here as soon as possible. All hell has broken out at the air Air France, Japan Air Lines all claim that they cannot find the toilets. It is really had taken five years to break our son of the habit of wetting his pante and finally he stopped it. Then we took him to the airport and he had to go, so I searched for the toilet to no avail, and I told the boy to just go in his pants. he said, "Make up your mind." I have an idea for you, Chuck.

The state holds a contest for a brand new mobile find a slogan for "take the bowl right to the hole," or with thermopane glass around the mobile toilet we could say, "leak while you peek." Another idea in case you do not like that one is to have something quaint. 1 likes something 707 jet can pull off the runway into the weeds and trees which surround the place and allow all passengers to go into a 300-seat outhouse with parcel delivery on a motor scooter taking Sears catalogues right to each hole. We were in the lobby yesterday when a Lufthansa flight arrived and a little girl asked her mother, "1st das nicht ein pee place?" The mother answered, "Nein, das ist ein phone booth." "1st das nicht ein pee pee place?" "Nein, das ist ein Zonta booth." "Ist verboten ein pee pee. Ist verboten ein poo poo." Israel Air said, "Oi If Senator McCarran was alive we would not have all this trouble as he would not let anyone in. If you need more help let us know.

THE UPSHOT of the whole thing was ttiat this; writer did go to Anchorage to straighten out the facilities. But he was too late. A radio commentator of national proportions made a fast trip through Anchorage after a two-week stay in! Vietnam and went back to New York, deploring the: conditions of the Anchorage International Airport on his very first broadcast to the nation. Which either proves the facilities were awfully bad, or he never got out of the officer's club in Saigon. BUT WHICHEVER the case, Governor Hickel got elected on a really "out" issue, which to this day hasn't improved one bit other than putting the signs in German, French, Japanese and all the other lingos of the world so none of the world travelers are left out in the cold.

In fact, maybe the new president-elect of the United'. States got elected because of the facilities at the Anchorage International Airport, because if Hickel hadn't become Governor of Alaska, he wouldn't have been called on to provide his speech-making services on Richard Nixon's behalf. Taxpayers Croup to Seek Delay in Bond Election a i a postponement of the Jan. 19 school bond election will be made by the Real Property Taxpayers Association in the hope the 1969 Legislature will do something about the state's tax program. This action was taken by resolution of the association at its annual meeting.

The association elected William Waugaman, Stanley Davis, Paul Gapen, Joseph Volger and John Eubank to three-year terms on the board of directors, and Martin Ott to a one-year term to fill a vacancy. The directors, in a meeting Thursday, elected Robert Clause, president, William Waugaman, vice president, Jan Mtckowiak, secretary-treasurer and Donald Gilbert and Stanley Davis, memben-at-large. By resolution, the association acknowledged the need for additional schools in the North Star Borough, but opposed the Jessen's Back On the Street Jeswn's Daily, suspended since Internal Revenue Service padlocked the building for tax delinquency September 6, resumed publication this morning. Publisher E.F. Jessen said the reorganized paper will publish, daily Monday through Saturday under new management.

Shine O'Neill is no editor and Twry Brady is business manager. funding of any bond issues by the ad valorem property tax as the sole source of revenue. The directors said they believed the $8.3 million school bond election should be held over until the legislature "has had an opportunity to convene and study the overall tax program of the state, and any amendments to the borough powers which may be suggested to alleviate the problem on a local level." A committee also was appointed to study and report back with recommendations for action on the proposed Fairbanks city budget. The committee also will review further budgets of the North Star Borough School Board and the North Star Borough. Wien Traffic Beats Record Wien Consolidated Airlines passenger traffic was up 49.2 per cent in October over the same month a year ago, A.E.

(Bud) a i president-marketing, announced today. Hagberg said the increase is due to the introduction of Wien'snew Boeing 737 passenger jet service Anchorage and Fairbanks and the increasing activity on the North Slope for passenger and freight services. During the same period, mail increased 22.6 per cent and freight was up 34.6 per cent..