ETHIOPIAN TROOPS TAKE
OVER MUTINOUS TOWN
UBOPOLDVTLLE, The Congo US
— The United Nations today an
nounced its Ethiopian troops have
taken control of the mutinous
town of Kindu, where Congolese
troops slaughtered 13 Italian
U-N. airmen.
No details of the takeover were
announced except that the Eu
ropean population — estimated at
SI — is well and safe.
Since the massacre two weeks
ago, U.N. forces had been con
fined to the airport, with only
occasional reconnaissance forays
into the town controlled by the
Congolese troops.
RUTH CHARTTERTON
RENOWNED ACTRESS PASSES
NORWALK, Conn. Iff) — Ruth
Chartterton, who took a dare at
the age of 14 and went on to gain
renown on the stage, screen and
as a novelist, died in a hospital
Friday. She was 67.
Miss Chartterton was hospital
ized Tuesday after being stricken
with a cerebral hemorrhage as
she entertained friends in the
large old farmhouse at nearby
Redding, Conn., that had been her
home for several years.
She had lived alone since the
death of her third husband, Barry
niompsen.
—
Christopher Columbus discov
ered not only America, but also
the cacao bean . . . and Spain
kept the art of making chocolate
a secret from the rest of Europe
for nearly IOC yean. Aa choco
late sold for more than $3 a
pound, only the aristocracy could
, afford to drink it.
;
Finnish President Claims
He Made No Secret Deals
With Premier Khrushchev
HELSINKI, Finland If* — Presi
dent Kekkonen says he made no
secret deals with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev to secure suspension
of his demand for Soviet-FInnish
defense talks.
“There are no secret conditions
of any kind and no secret agree
ments between Finland and the
Soviet Union,” Kekkonen assured
the anxious Finnish people Sun
day on his return from his week
end meeting with Khrushchev.
A cheering crowd of 15,000 wel
comed the Finnish president back
from his successful mission to get
Khrushchev to put off demands
for military talks that would bring
Finland into the cold war.
Moscow had called for military
I consultations to combat what the
Soviets described as a rising West
German military threat in the
Baltic area.
NO ANSWER . . .
SAN FRANCISCO If) — There’s
a telephone strike going on here
which hasn’t yet interrupted the
largely automatic service but does
have some odd side effects.
For instance, you dial informa
tion and a man’s bass voice takes
your inquiry.
A caller who asked for infor
mation in a nearby town got a
halting reply: “Please dial
405551212 and you will reach
information.”
“4085551212 did you say?”
“Yes, 4085551212.”
There was no answer at
4085551212.
Sen. Styles Bridges,
Senior GOP Member
Of Senate, Passes Sunday
CONCORD, N.H. — A fu
neral service at the New Hamp
shire State House at noon Wed
nesday is planned for Sen. Styles
Bridges, S3, senior Republican
member of the Senate, who died
Sunday.
President Kennedy led the tri
butes to the Senator, Chairman
of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, ranking member of
the powerful Appropriations Com
mittee and second ranking Re
publican on the Armed Services
Committee., :
Many political observers in tra
ditionally Republican New Hamp
shire believed Republican Gov.
Wesley Powell, a graduate of
Bridges’ staff, would be appointed
to succeed him, although some
other reports mentioned Bridges’
widow.
The appointment will hold the
seat only until die 1962 election,
when the voters wil choose a
senator to complete the balance
of Bridges’ term, which expires in
1966.
Powell can not appoint himself.
He would have to resign as gov
ernor and be appointed by his
successor, the president of the
State Senate, Samuel Green, a
Manchester Republican.
NOME SANITARY
SERVICE 1
Dial 2671
P.O. Box 460
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Newspaper Columnist
Found Beaten to Death
TIJUANA, Mexico — The
political columnist of the morning
daily newspaper Notidas was
beaten to death early today.
He was Carlos Estrada Sastre,
36.
Jose Garduno, publisher of
Notidas, said it was the fourth
time in the last three months that
newspapermen critical of the state
government of Gov. Eligio Es
quivel had been beaten.
The political editor was found
lying in a pool of blood on the
floor of his hotel room. Police
said his skull had been fractured,
probably by blows from an auto
mobile tire iron.
MORE REFUGEES
FLEE FROM RED RULE
BERLIN UP) — West Berlin po
lice reported; 22 refugees from
Red-ruled East Germany arrived
in tire 24 hours up to 7 a.m. to
day.
Many got through the wall and
fences around West Berlin in a
heavy fog. Air traffic in and out
of Berlin, halted over the week
end by fog, has resumed despite
heavy rain and heavy overcast.
West and Eaat Berlin police
fought a noisy duel of tear gas
grenades, rocks and bottles across
the wall dividing the city Sun
day but there were no reports
of any casualties.
SEATTLE UP) — Dorothy Les
chander Beck, 67, wife of Dave
Bede, Sr., former president of
the Teamsters Union, died Fri
day of a heart ailment. She was
i born in New York City.
Navy Claims World’s
Jet Speed Record
Set at 1,650 mph
WASHINGTON l*> —The Navy,
claiming i world’s jet apeed rec
ord of <1,603.34 miles an hour
for its F4H Phantom II fighter,
decorated its pilot Saturday with
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Marine Lt. Col. (Robert Robin
son, 38, of Downey, Calif., piloted
the Phantom in the record hop
Wednesday from Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif.
For his flight, Robinson was
to receive the Cross from Secre
tary of the Navy John Connally
during a ceremony commissioning
the nuclear-powered aircraft car
rier, the Enterprise, at Newport
News, Va.
Robinson's Phantom blasted
Friday to a top speed of 1,650
miles per hour — 2 Vi times the
speed of sound.
The old record of 1,526.96 mph
was set by Air Force Maj. Jbseph
Rogers in a F106 Interceptor Feb.
15, 1959.
Union Membership
Falls Off Slightly
Throughout Nation
WASHINGTON m — Union
membership fell off slightly in
1960, the Labor Department says.
A report issued Friday also
found that a small but steady de
cline in the percentage of the
labor force belonging to unions
continued.
There were 17,049,000 Ameri
cans in unions in I960, a decrease
of 08,000 from 1959 but an in
crease of 36,000 since 1958, said
the department.
The union membership repre
sents 23.3 per cent of die total
labor force of 73,126,000 in 1960.
In 1959 it was 2S.8 per cent and
in IMS it was 23.9 per cent.
In 1653 the 16,948,000 union
members represented 25.2 per
cent of the total labor force.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Tuesday. Nov. 29 — Aim vs.
High School 7:30 pm
ACS vs. Jaycees 9:00 pm.
Friday. Dec. 1 — Jaycees vs.
Polar 7:30 pm.
ANB vs. Merchants 9:00 pm.
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meet* Every Monday Noon ad
Worth Star Dining Room
Don Hoover, Ficsidant
ALASKA CHAPTER HO.
Order of Eastern Star
Kg Barbara Martin
y5>y Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
V Secretary
Meet* Pint and Third Monday*
Anvil Lodge*
No. 140
A. B. BOBBER. W. M.
Ihwln W. Latvia. Sac.