Russia Renews
Dispute With U.S.
Over Incidents
WASHINGTON, (ff)—Russia was
disclosed this week to have re
newed its long-standing dispute
with the United States over blame
for three Far Eastern incidents
involving planes of the two coun
tries.
Informed officials said Soviet
notes delivered to the U.S. em
bassy at Moscow on New Year’s
Day reaffirmed the Russian view
point on these incidents.
1. The shooting down by Sov’et
aircraft on July 29, 1953, of an
American RB-50 plane over the
Sea of Japan, with the loss of 15
crew members.
2. The shooting down two days
earlier of a Russian IL-12 airplane
with 20 aboard by a U.S. Air
Force fighter plane on a combat
mission in Korea. At the time,
this country expressed regret over
loss of the Russian airmen, but
said the Soviet plane had no busi
ness being where it was.
3. The shooting down of a U.S.
Air Force plane, with the loss of
its eight-man crew, by Soviet
fighters off northern Japan on
Oct. 7, 1952.
These incidents have been the
subject of a continuing crossfire
of American and Soviet diplomat
ic correspondence.
Each government blames the
other.
Amputation of Toes Is
Result When Dog Opens
Cabin Door During Night
FAIRBANKS, (ff)—Because his j
dog left the door open, Phillip
Gleason, 35, was hospitalized here
yesterday with severely frozen
toes. •
Gleason, a carpenter, said it all
happened while he was minding
his own business asleep in his
cabin 16 miles south of here.
During the night, his dog push
ed open the door and entered the
cabin to escape the 42 degree
below zero' cold. The dog neglect
ed to close the door.
Gleason said he awoke in the
morning with all his toes frozen.
His physician said they probably
will have to be amputated.
BUT PROBLEM WAS SOLVED
SHIMANE, Japan, (ff)—Shinobu
Kuto, 29, proposed triple suicide
as the solution to his bigamy prob
lem. With his two wives, aged
19 and 39, he set off a stick of
dynamite.
Kuto died; the women lived.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S
STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
.. By Marvin L. Arrowsmilh
WASHINGTON, (i?v—President
Eisenhower appealed Thursday
for bipartisan harmony and told
the new 84th Congress both par
ties are “on trial” in the free
world’s struggle to win enduring
peace and prevent an atomic
“holocaust.”
In a State of the Union message
noting the shift in control of Con
gress from Republicans to Demo
crats, the President declared Am
erica’s prosperity outlook “is
good”—“business activity now
surges with new strength” and
personal income after taxes is “at
a record level.”
International Progress
As for the international situa
tion, the chief executive said dur
ing the last year “there has been
progress justifying hope, both for
continuing peace and for the ulti
mate rule of freedom and justice
in the world.”
“But sobering problems remain
ahead” and they require contin
ued heavy spending—two thirds
of the entire federal budget ex
pected to run about 64 billion dol
lars—to buttress the free nations
against any Communist aggres
sion, Eisenhower told the law
makers. He added:
“The massive military machines
and ambitions of the Soviet Com
munist bloc still create uneasiness
in the world. All of us are aware
of the continuing reliance of the
Soviet Communists on military
force, of the power of their weap
ons, of their present resistance to
realistic armament limitation, of
their continuing effort to domi
nate or intimidate free nations on
their periphery.”
No Surprises
The President’s message con
tained no real surprises. Much of
the legislative program he out-1
lined for the year ahead already j
had been announced by the White ;
House or disclosed by other sourc- ;
es. Much of it was a renewal of ;
previous requests not granted by j
Congress.
Eisenhower held out no hope for
tax cuts this year and repeated he
wants postponement of excise and j
corporation tax reductions now j
scheduled for April 1. They total j
about three billion dollars yearly 1
and both Democratic and Repub- j
lican leaders have predicted Con- j
gress will vote a postponement, j
.Emphasis on Air Power
He called for emphasis on mod
ern airpower in readying the na- j
f
tion for any attack, and for “re
duction of forces in certain cate
gories”—an obvious reference to
the cuts planned in Army, Navy
and Marine manpower.
The President spoke of the free
nations being “collectively strong
er than at any time in recent
years.”
He mentioned the new eight
nation Southeast Asia security
treaty and said it—together with
other United States pacts with
Australia, New Zealand, the Phil
ippines, Korea and Japan and
“our prospective treaty” with Na
tionalist China—stands “as sol
! emn warning that future military
; aggression and subversion against
! the free nations of Asia will meet
! united response.”
And, alluding indirectly to re
cent French Assembly approval of
West German rearmament, Eisen
hower said “the defense of the
west appears likely at last to in
clude a free, democratic Germany
participating as an equal in the
S councils of NATO.”
Minimum Wage Hike Asked
On the domestic front, there
was a formal call for hiking the
75-cent minimum wage to 90 cents
an hour. That would mean a pay
raise for 1,300,000 workers now
covered by the Minimum Wage
Act who currently are earning be
tween 75 and 90 cents an hour.
And Eisenhower called for ac
tion in these fields:
Foreign Trade—A gradual re
i duction of “certain tariff obstacles
to trade,” by the United States as
well as other nations, to “assure
broad benefits to our own and
other peoples.”
Foreign Aid—Without any spec
ific mention of plans to call for
economic aid to free nations of
Asia to help thwart the threat of
Communist aggression, Eisenhow
er said “there is a growing will to
improve the living standards of
all men.” Such aid, he said,
“promises us allies who are strong
and self-reliant . . .”
National Defense—Eisenhower
said the United States must main
tain powerful military forces be
cause “there is no present alter
native.” He added that those forc
es are designed for defensive and
deterrent purposes alone and “are
able instantly to strike back with
destructive power in response to
an attack.”
He cautioned against placing
too much reliance on any one kind
of weapon, and against prepartion
for only one kind of warfare.
That, he said, simply invites an
enemy to resort to other methods.
Japanese Firm Claims
It Has Found Way To
Cultivate Pearls Cheaply
KUSHIRO, Japan, Uft—A Jap
anese firm claims it has found a
way to cultivate pearls in cheap,
fresh-water mussels instead of
oysters, Kyodo News Agency said
Wednesday.
The Hokkaido Pearl Co., in Sap
poro, plans to raise pearls in
about 10 places throughout Hok
kaido following the spring thaws,
and it intends to use the mussel.
The abundant mussel sells for
about 1 /400th the price of an oy
ster.
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SPECIAL MEXICAN DINNER I
$3.50 Sunday, Jan. 16 $3.50 1
5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Assorted Relish Dish
Tropical Fruit Cup Guacamole Salad
Top Sirloin Steak a la Salinas
Enchiladas Tinea Poblana (Tacos)
Frijoles Con Queso Mexican Rice
Ice Cream Coffee or Tea
Call For Reservations Any Time During the Week
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN SUNDAY
BERING SEA CLUB |
Mrs. Kennison in Traffic Accident
' FAIRBANKS — Mrs. Mary Lee !
Kennison, a secretary in a Fair- |
banks lawyer’s office, was charg-1
ed Monday with operating a ^
motor vehicle while under the in-;
fluence of an intoxicating bever
age, as the result of a three-car
wreck on the Richardson highway
south of Fairbanks.
Mrs. Kennison’s car struck a
taxi which had stopped on the
highway in front of her and then
continued onward and struck a
Ladd Field air police jeep in the
opposite traffic lane.
CAB CLOSES FAIRBANKS
BUSH AIRLINES OFFICE
The Bush Airlines office of
Fairbanks, has been closed by
order of the Civil Aeronautics
Board. . ?.
According to CAB regulation^,
it is illegal for more than one
pilot to operate commercially as
only one concern, under one title.
Bush Airlines began operation
last spring. The pilots comprising
the organization were Don Fer
guson, Bob Dyment, Bob Rice',
Marvin Jones and, for a time,
Clarence Loesche.
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DAILY FLIGHTS
( Except Sunday )
TO SEATTLE
r,re $115
DIRECT CONNECTIONS IN
ANCHORAGE WITH NORTHWEST
AND PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES
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