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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LX No. 47 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1958 Per Copy 15^
Del. Bartlett Protests Rep. Pillion’s
Anti-Statehood Broadcast Over CBS
WASHINGTON, Ufi—Del. Bart
lett today iprotested a decision
by the Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS) to permit an anti
statehood presentation on its tele
vision network as one which
“will stand against the reputa
tion of CBS for integrety.”
He made the statement in a
letter to Frank Stanton, network
president, after CBS officials de
clined a request by William
Egan and Ernest Gruening, Alas
ka’s unofficial Senators, that
statehood proponents be per
mitted to reply to anti-statehood
arguments by Rep. Pillion (R-NY).
The network has said it grant
ed Pillion time to answer a re
cent statehood program presented
by Edward S. Murrow, which
Pillion felt had not given suf
ficient emphasis to arguments
of the opposition.
Bartlett said he did not know
whether statehood advocates or
opponents had received more
time on the Murrow show, but
“so far as Alaska is concerned
it is perfectly clear that oppon
ents were given every opportun
ity to state their case.
Included among these, he said
were an Alaska attorney “former
ly for statehood and now for
i ‘commonwealth,’ whatever that
! is; “the managing director of the
! Alaska Salmon Industry Inc.,
which he identified as the prin
cipal organized industry opposed
to statehood, and the “principal
opponent on the Senate commit
tee which considered the state
hood bill,” Sen. Malone (R-Nev).
“It is not only that Mr. Pil
lion was granted 15 minutes at a
most favorable time on a day
when the TV audience is large;
it is that he made fantastic
charges relating to Communism
which were heard throughout the
land' and which, away to a head
start can never be caught by
truth; it, is that the CBS pres
entation was altogether weighted
against statehood,” Bartlett wrote.
“Sorry as I am that you have
decided not to allow the state
hood side to be heard now, I am
sorrier still that your decesion
was to allow /Mr. Pillion to be
sorrier still thaa your decision!
against the reputation of CBS j
for integrity.”
Chrysler Cars
Win Mobilgas
Economy Run
GALVESTON, Tex.,UPC-Chry
sler cars took the honors in the j
annual Mobilgas economy run, a |
five-day test over 1,883.2 miles j
from Los Angeles to Galveston, j
A Chrysler Imperial Crown, j
driven by Mel Asbury, Jr., took j
sweepstakes honors with a ton- I
mile rating of 62.7188, while
George Asbury, Mel’s younger
brother, in a Chrysler New York
er, had a ton-mile rating of
58.4928, and led the field of 29
autos with an actual mileage of
21.0217 miles per gallon.
Pierce Venagle, driving a Ply
month Belvedere, took first in!
the low-price field with a rating
of 48.3264.
Protests against the Chrysler
entries held up the announce
ment of the final results.
Ford, Lincoln, Chevrolet and
Oldsmobile entries protested that
the Chrysler entries were not
using standard equipment.
The ton-mile rating was de
vised to allow larger and small
er cars to compete on equal foot
ing. It is derived by multiply
ing miles ‘ per gallon by tons of
automobile.
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League
New-York 3, Boston 1
Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2
Chicago 4, Detroit 3
Baltimore 4, Washington 0
National League
Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 1
San Francisco 7, Los Angeles 4
Chicago 4, St. Louis 3
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 6, Phoenix 4
Vancouver 7-10, Salt Lake City 2-9 j
Portland 9, Sacramento 1 !
Solon Charges
Racketeering
In Boxing
WASHINGTON, UP — Rep. He
bert (D-Fla), following up his
charge, of racketeering in the
prizefight business, said today he
would urge Congress to act on
boxing while clearing up the
legal status of other sports.
Hebert said he plans an at
tempt to broaden anti-trust leg
islation affecting professional team
sports to include boxing. He
said he would make the attempt
when the bill reaches the House.
The House Judiciary Commit
tee yesterday approved the mea
sure to exempt “reasonably nec
essary” practices of baseball,
football, basketball and hockey
from Federal Anti-trust regula
tion. It would place strictly
commercial aspects to pro sports
under such regulation.
In a House speech later, Hebert
delivered a fresh attack on the
prizefight industry, and the In
ternational Boxing Club (IBC) in
particular.'
Hebert said racketeers have
muscled into fighter’s earnings
and he asserted that the manager
of Ralph Dupas, a lightweight
contender from Louisiana, ob
tained a title match for Dupas
only after yielding to a shake
down. Dupas and champion Joe
Brown meet in Houston May 1.
Demanding Congressional action
Hebert declared:
“It smells to' high heaven.”
The IBC already has been or
dered to dissolve. The order
was issued by a New York Fed
eral District Judge who said it
had monopolized championship
fights. But the Supreme Court
has agreed to hear the IBC’s
appeal.
GROMYKO SEEKS TO CHARGE U.S. BEFORE
! U. N. SECURITY COUNCIL WITH SENDING OF
NUCLEAR-ARMED PLANES TOWARD RUSSIA
White House
Brands Russian
Charge “Untrue”
WASHINGTON, UP)—The White
House today put a “not true”
brand on a Soviet charge the
United States sent pjanes armed
with atomic and H-bombs across
the polar area toward Russia.
“Mr. Gromyko’s statements are
not true,” White House press
secretary James C. Hagerty said
in reply to newsmen’s inquiries, i
President Eisenhower, inform
ed of the Gromyko charge, dis
cussed the matter with deputy
secretary of Defense Donald
Quarles and under secretary of
State Christian Herter.
Herter and Quarles were sit
ting in for Secretary of State
Dulles and Secretary of Defense
McElroy, both of whom are away
from Washington.
There was some speculation in
diplomatic quarters that one
purse of Gromyko’s charges was
to try to put the United States
on the defensive at the start of
summit conference negotiations
with the West.
CAB Holds Private!
Conference Instead
of Public Hearings
The CAB hearing announced
for 1:30 yesterday afternoon at
the City Hall was cancelled due
to the late arrival of the party.
Late in the afternoon several
of the local bush pilots and pri
vate plane operators were called
into conference instead on pro
posed rules and regulations for
operation by* pilot owner opera
tors.
Pilots interviewed were Art
Johnson and Neil Foster of Alas
ka Airlines, A1 Moseley and Mar
tin Olson of Munz Airways, Dick
Gallagher of Northern Aviation,
and Lester Bronson.
The CAB-CAA party leave, to
day for Kotzebue where the next
hearing is scheduled and ex
pect to also have a hearing in
McGrath today. Tomorrow their
schedule includes Bethel followed
by Dillingham and King Salmon. |
The CAB group included Ward
Masden, chief of the Air Carrier
Safety Division of CAB, Jack
Quinn, Robert Burbick all of
Washington, D. C. and from CAA
were Merritt Boyle, B. S. Sel
tenreich, A. N. Tibbs, Don Gret
zer, J. A. McPeeke, Allen Hulen,
Charles Planck.
KHRUSHCHEV 64 YESTERDAY
MOSCOW, UPV—Nikita Khrush
chev was 64 Thursday but the
Soviet press made no fuss about
it. None of Moscow’s leading
morning papers commented on
the Soviet Premier’s anniversary. I
P MOSCOW, m — The Soviet
Union announced today it will
seek to haul the United States
before the U. N. Security Council
on charges of sending planes
armed with nuclear bombs to
ward the U. S. S. R.
Soviet Foreign Minister Grom
yko made the accusation in a
news conference summoned sud
denly at the outset of ground
work talks on the possibility of
a summit meeting.
Gromyko accused U. S. mili
tary men of taking risks “un
heard of in times of peace” to in
timidate the Soviet people.
He said the Kremlin demands
and immediate end to such “pro
vocative” flights to avoid the dan
ger of a global atomic war.
“The Soviet government would
not like to believe that these ac
tions of the American Air Force ;
lb
, have been sanctioned by the
I United States government and by
j President Eisenhower personally,”
! Gromyko said, “but none has
I made any statements to the con
trary, either.”
“The situation in the world to
day is such that an atomic war
can befall the people as a result
of the smallest error of an Amer
ican technician, lack of atten
tion, miscalculation or miscon
clusion of an American officer.
Russians Not Frightened
“The Soviet people are deeply
indignant over the provocative
actions of the American Air
Force. If such steps of the United
States are meant to frighten the
U. S. S. R., then this is a vain
effort. The Soviet people have
sufficiently strong nerves and
Continued on Page Three
Alaska Freight Lines
Starts Barge Service
San Francisco-Alaska
SAN FRANCISCO UP)—Direct 1
van-barge freight service by the
Alaska Freight Co. between San
Francisco and Anchorage is sched
uled to get under way today.
A bottle of champagne was
smashed across the bow of the
1,200 ton barge, AFL 153, yes
terday, preliminary to the open
ing of the service. The barge
will leave with 13 loaded trailer
vans and a partial load of am
munition, pulled by tug. The
company has 17 barges and 10
tugs for the service gnd is char
tering two more tugs.
The 204-foot barges will re
quire 11 days for the trip. The
service will be once a month.
New Zealand Ice
To Be Used At
N. Y. Cocktail Party
NEW YORK, UP) — If health |
authorities approve, chunks of
ice thousands of years old will
chill cocktails at a dinner here j
next Monday.
The 180 pounds of the frozen
stuff, cut from a New Zealand
glacier dating back to prehisoric
time, were flown here this week
from the Tasman glacier on
Mount Cook.
Bacteriologists began a study
yesterday to find out if the an
cient ice is hyg^nic. If so, it
will be served in drinks at a din
ner to be given by Sir Leslie |
Munro, New Zealand’s ambas
sador.
If not pronounced safe, the ice
will be used to cool the cham
pagne.
CHENA ICE WENT OUTSAT
ABOUT 2 THIS MORNING
Word was received here today j
that the Chena ice at Fairbanks
went out at about 2 p.m. this
morning. Unofficial sources said
that a Mr. Bogner was the lucky
guesser.
If the Chena goes out, can the
Tanana be far behind?
Alaska Miner
Calls For Increase
In Price of Gold
FAIRBANKS, UP* — There's
still lots of gold in Alaska but a
price increase is needed to boost
j production, mining company ex
i ecutive Hugh Matheson said to
I day.
Matheson, head of the Chan
dalar Mining Co. of Fairbanks,
commented in a talk prepared for
the Mining, Minerals and Petro
leum Conference here.
“The known gold deposits in
Alaska are far from being mined
out,” Matheson said, “and many
undiscovered ore deposits exist_
The obvious requirement for a
healthy gold economy is an in
crease in the price of gold. Leg
islation on the territorial level
cannot appreciably change con
ditions.
“There must be national legis
lation, and the increase in the
price of gold must be a substan
tial one.”
Matheson said future economic
expansion in Alaska “is depen
dent to a large degree upon min
eral development.”
“The most effective means of
getting prospectors into the field,”
he said, “is to develop a healthy
gold economy.”
The decline in gold mining, he
added, is due to the fixed price
of gold and the “inflationary
trend of the past 20 years.”
Death Takes Democrat Senator
BURLINGTON, N. C., UP>—U. S.
Sen. W. Kerr Scott died in a hos
pital here Wednesday.
Scott, who would have been
62 Thursday, suffered a coronary
attack a week ago.
His death reduced the Demo
cratic majority in the Senate to
one, 48-47, and made 34 Senate
seats up for election in Novem
ber. Gov. Luther H. Hodges, a
Democrat will appoint a successor
to serve until the November gen
eral election.
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