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Arizona Daily Sun from Flagstaff, Arizona • 3

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Flagstaff, Arizona
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The SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona Wednesday, December 15 3 Flagstaff Mission to the Navajos Holding Christmas Party Series Arizona Labor Big Blackout Probe Opens Aide Sets '66 Monthly Visits WASHINGTON (AP)-A con-gresslonal Inquiry opens today to try to shed more light on the Big Blackout. But the Investigation of the cause and effects of the last This controversy "was coming to a head, said Rep. Walter E. Rogers, chairman of the House Interstate Commerce subcommittee which Is making the Inquiry. The blackout relatively minor blackouts the Inquiry will get to the bedrock of U.S.

power policy. Congress Is going to have to decide what the electrical energy policy for the whole country feels that If In New York Florida, so national system. I take the the blackout brought lt to public attention. Rogers said he hopes that In addition to nailing down the basic reason for the massive power failure and some other months great power failure In the Northeast probably will lead into the high-voltage field of federal regulation of electric power and how far lt should go. vance are distributed to all who with the completion of the attend along with fruit and can- series of parties the Mission dy staff, which Includes 19 full- The children, Miss Beard time employes and about ano-sald, receive baskets of toys, ther 20 volunteers, will have clothes and blankets while the entertained approximately 5,000 men receive handkerchiefs, people, gloves and scarves.

The wo- One of the largest parties mens baskets usually contain yet to come will be held at the Stolen Hopi Ritual Masks All Back atMishongnovi Christmas cheer continues to spread throughout the Navajo Reservation with the current series of Christmas parties being held by the Flagstaff Mission to the Navajos. To date 15 parties have been held throughout the central area of the Navajo Reservation, according to Katherine Beard, Mission Director, with plans calling for another 20. The parties began early this month and will continue until after the holiday due to the large number of people Involved. Record crowds were entertained at Chllchinbeto and Kay-enta, Miss Beard said, where over 2,000 people turned out for the all day program. At Kayenta, which has one of the aprons, towels, pot holders and other household Items.

Sometimes, the women also bring along huge quantities of mutton stew, turning the whole affair Into a pot luck supper, Miss Beard said. Hidden Springs mission station approximately 75 miles north of Flagstaff. Here, as in the other places, everyone in the area will gather together for the Christmas program followed by the distribution of gifts. you turn on a swnen lt would be felt In that everybodys In opposite view, that proves the need for strong regional grid systems so a blackout In New York wont spread to San Francisco. An Investigation by the FPC has Indicated that the Northeast blackout originated In Canada.

Maugham Nears Death's Door NICE, France (AP) Somerset Maughams doctors reported today that the British authors condition is deteriorating again. The doctors said the 91-year-old writers temperature had risen considerably. Dr. George Rosanoff, Maughams chief physician, said an improvement In his patients condition noted Tuesday did not continue, but that Maughams condition Is not yet catastrophic. Maugham had a stroke Saturday and has been In a coma since.

Rosanoff said Sunday that he was dying. should be, he added. This would get Into the myriad technical, legal and ratemaking problems Involved In state versus federal regulations and the highly sophisticated Interlocking electrical power network. Joseph C. Swlcfler, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, was scheduled as the first witness.

Shortly before Congress adjourned, Rogers subcommittee approved a bill to exempt from the power commissions jurisdiction rural electrification cooperatives, municipal power companies and those electrical firms defined as dealing only In Intrastate commerce. Rep. J. J. Pickle, a member of the full committee, said he expected Swidler would seek stlffer regulations as a result of the Nov.

9 failure. Pickle, who representsPresi-dent Johnsons home district In Texas, said, The commission PHOENIX (AP) Some 20,000 Arizonans exempt from military service for educational, physical, moral and mental reasons will be re-examined In an attempt to increase the pool of single eligible men. Lt. Col. Victor Anderson, director of the state Selective Service System, said Tuesday the re-screening is an attempt to avoid inducting married men.

Anderson said the mens records will be screened and the armed forces examining unit will determine who Is to be called. He said the re-examination orders will not be issued immediately. The Selective Service head said about half of the 20,000 men In the 1-Y class are over 26 and will not be Involved. He hopes to find 500 for the pool of eligible single men out of the remaining 10,000. Im totally opposed to drafting married men at this time, said Anderson.

Pathologist Father Fails In Try to Keep Son Alive MISHONGNOVI Leaders of this Hopi Indian village In northeastern Arizona are rejoicing today upon the recovery of several ceremonial masks taken from a reservation hiding place In August. The masks are Two-Horn Society masks of special significance and value to the Hopi Indians. They were stolen during the Snake Dance ceremony at this Second Mesa village. Apparently some visitors to the dance found the cave with the masks and took them. A few days later, one mysteriously reappeared.

The Indian Bureau in vited the Federal Bureau of Investigation to enter the case. The masks were traced over the country, and finally returned. One was In New York, others in Denver and Phoenix. Officials have not said whether charges will be filed. The last mask returned home Monday of this week.

Guy Kolchaftewa of this village has been In general charge of efforts to recover the valuable ceremonial masks. Officials said that those involved in the theft included some college students. Ota (Stats (ftansL! cud Coti cgtmftnR Ggbgs is uSeekp see Dr. Louis S. Smith, a pathologist, said a sixth sense caused him to check the condition of his son about 1:30 a.m.

The youth had come home from school with a cold and bronchitis. I walked Into his room, checked his pulse and his heart had stopped beating. I tried to massage It externally, but that did not bring him back. I cut his chest with a razor and took his heart In my hand. I began to massage It, Smith said.

Another son Richard, 17, gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while Mrs. Smith called for an ambulance and firemen. The massaging and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation continued during the ride to the hospital, Smith said, but he got worse during the trip. Where Santa and Sears Plan Christmas Magic for Children missions largest out stations, 750 children and 900 adults were lost the heart beat during the on hand to hear the Christmas ambulance ride, said a Dallas program and receive gifts. physician who had opened his The full program, which us- sons chest and massaged the ually begins about 10 a.m., In- youths heart back to life in a eludes the showing of a Christ- futile medical battle Tuesday, mas film and the reading of the Louis Smith, 19, a freshman Christmas story both In lan- music student at North Texas guage understandable to State University, died at a hos-children and adults.

Gifts that pital seven hours after the have been packed well in ad- emergency operation In his 'Yankee Imperialist1 Santa Won't Be Welcomed by Castro HAVANA (AP) Why wont ta Claus Is an An lerlcan and Santa Claus come this year, Fidel wont let him In the coun-Mommy? Has he forgotten us? try. "Its not that he forgotten Thus did a young Cuban us, Alfredito, but, ou see, San- mother answer her 5-year-old son asking why ho would not receive gifts on Christmas. Though Jan. 6, the Day of the Three Kings, Is the traditional time for gift-giving In Latin-Amerlcan countries, Cuban children along with other Latins have been accustomed to receiving toys from Santa Claus on Christmas, too. This year there will be a few poma lift and rope tow trails toys, and possibly a limited sup- to -house drive in lags taff dur-which are open daily, with skiing ply 0f the Cubans favorite lng today and tomorrow, accordrated good to excellent.

Christmastime dish, roastpork, jng t0 Barry Emich, Sigma Nu On the chairlift trails, open but the emphasis is onyearend pledge In charge of the project, on the weekend, skiing is rated fiestas. from Lancaster Pa. good with snow at an average Santa Claus is connected with depth of 33 inches. Yankee imperialism, there- Temperatures this morning fore no longer mentioned. Most ranged from 8 to 12 degrees, children will receive their toys and snow was falling.

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