Pied Piper Named to Poison Rats in Alaskan Town
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 2 (AP)
The Koyukuk Kid became the town's official Pied Piper without a pipe After gas attacks on Fairbank's frisky rat population failed, the city council officially designated the Koyukuk Kid, whose legal name is V. B. Wakefield, to take charge. Wakefield said he would poison the rats in their principal stronghold, the city garbage dump. Rats have become so numerous, health authorities urged their extermination as a public health measure.