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U.S. Demands
Return Of Two
American Fliers
WASHINGTON, UPI — The
United States today formally ac
cused the Soviet Union of illegal
ly detaining two American sur
vivors of the July 1 Russian at
tack on an RB47 reconnaissance
plane.
The Russians claim the plane
violated Soviet air space. The
United States contends it was on
a mapping mission over interna
tional waters.
In a stiffly worded note deliv
ered to the Soviet Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the United States
demanded release of the two air
men. The note further demanded
that a representative of the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow be permitted
to see them without delay.
The new U. S. note said the
United States welcomes the op
portunity presented by the forth
coming meeting of the United Na
tions Security Council “to make
clear to world opinion the illegal
ity and recklessness of Soviet be
havior with regard to the down
ing of the RB47 aircraft with the
known loss of life of at least one
member of its crew and the ar
bitrary detention of the two U.S.
Air Force officers. . .”
Tlie note replied to a Soviet
note of July 15 regarding the
shooting down of the Air Force
plane.
The United States said the So
viet note failed to contribute any
thing new and simply reasserted
allegations “which must be known
to the ministry to be wholly in
accurate and incorrect.”
The two survivors whose release
was demanded are Lt. John R.
McKone and Lt. F. B. Olmstead.
Catholic Anti-Communist
Demonstration In Havana
Broken Up By Gunfire
HAVANA, i/fi—Police used gun
fire today to break up another
Roman Catholic anti-Communist
demonstration in Havana follow
ing a mass for "victims of the
Communists.”
The incident followed by 24
hours a similar manifestation be
fore Havana's cathedral, during
which crowds shouted “Cuba Si,
Russia No” in the most spectac
ular anti-Red demonstration since
Fidel Castro’s regime turned to
ward the left.
Congo Soldiers and U.N.
Moroccan Troops Fight
BRUSSELS, Belgium, (#1 — Af
rican soldiers fired on Moroccan
troops in the Congo today and
killed several, the Belgian radio!
said. The incident was in Thys-!
ville.
The Moroccan troops, part of a I
U.N. contingent, were sent there
by train in an effort to pacify
the area. African troops have re
portedly murdered several Euro
peans there.
Thysville has the big military
camp where the whole Congo
army revolt started.
Judge Fitzgerald Rules
No Jury Trials For
City Court Appeals
ANCHORAGE—Superior Court
Judge James Fitzgerald has ruled
that persons appealing convictions
under city ordinances to the high
er state court are not entitled to
jury trials. His decision opens the
way for an appeal to the Alaska
Supreme Court.
Three attorneys had argued be
fore the superior court that their
clients, appealing city misde
meanor convictions, were entitled
to trial by jury. A city attorney
countered that they were not.
Constitutional grounds were
cited by both sides in pressing
their arguments.
Says Soviet Rocket
Threat Saved Cuba
From the U.S.
UNITED NATIONS, UP — Cuba
told the U.N. Security Council to
day the United States provoked a
Soviet warning of rocket attack
when it “exhumed” the Monroe
Doctrine to dominate the Ameri
cas.
U. S. Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge replied that “the principles
of the Monroe Doctrine . . . are
fully alive and will be vigorous
ly defended by the United States”
to keep alien powers out of the
Western Hemisphere, as agreed in
inter-American treaties
The Council was debating a
Cuban complaint of United States
“economic aggression.” Argen
tina and Brazil were ready to in
troduce a resolution that would
have the Council stand by while
the Organization of American
States deals with the issue.
Raul Roa, Cuban foreign min
ister, said the Soviet Union saved
Cuba “from the Anglo-American
petroleum blockade” and the re
sulting exasperation led the U.S.
government “to declare economic
war on the revolutionary govern
ment” of Cuba.
The United States also was led,
he said, to “exhume” the Monroe
Doctrine “and to take such a belli
cose tone in its attitude that it
provoked the paralyzing warning
of the Soviet Union.”
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IT. N. Troops Have
“Salutary Effect”
In Strife-Torn Congo
UNITED NATIONS, (^—Secre
tary General Dag Hammarskjold
reported today the arrival of U.N.
troops in the strife - torn Congo
has had a “salutary effect.” He
said Belgium had agreed to limit
Belgian troops activities and ne
gotiations on their withdrawal are
continuing.
Hammarskjold’s report called
for an early meeting of the 11
nation Security Council to discuss
it. The meeting is expected to be
held tomorrow afternoon.
The secretary-general said 3,000
U.N. troops are now on the soil
of the new African country and
others are moving in as rapidly
as possible
City Police Will
Enforce State Laws
Outside of Cities
PETERSBURG — Police Chief
H. D. “Speed” Hoff and his of
ficers are authorized to enforce
state laws outside the corporate
limits of the Town of Petersburg,
it was ascertained recently. In ;
fact, they can enforce the law any :
place in Alaska.
When the Petersburg Council
requested the Department of Pub
lic Safety to deputize Hoff to
make his authority more definite
in coping with law enforcement
problems — particularly juvenile
liquor problems—outside the city
limits, a return letter pointed out
that he already had unquestioned
authority to make arrests and to
enforce state laws outside of the
area of municipal limits.
(1) He has the authority as aj
citizen.
(21 He has the authority of a
peace officer as defined in the j
State Rules of Criminal Proced
ure.
These rules authorize any peace
officer (which by definition in
cludes police officers appointed
by municipal authorities! to make
arrests and serve criminal process
issued by the state court system
anywhere in Alaska.
The letter from the office of
Commissioner Martin Underwood
further stated that “Our law is
unusual in this respect and un
doubtedly was founded on the
premise, extremely valid in the
past and only slightly less so at
the present time, that there are
not enough policemen to go
around."
Commenting on the above,
Petersburg Mayor Lew Williams
added that this does not mean
that the Petersburg police depart
ment is doing to do exensive pat
rol outside town. “The primary
mission of the city police depart
ment is to protect the lives and
property of the taxpayers of the
city. However, in the past it has
become necessary for Police Chief
Hoff to go outside town to make
arrests or secure information to
more effectively protect the lives
and property of city taxpayers.
It may be necessary to do it again
on occasions.”
Satellite Radio Tracking
Station to be Built
Near Fairbanks
WASHINGTON, W) — The Na
tional Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration proposes to build a
$2,970,000 radio receiving station
near Fairbanks, in connection
with a satellite launching pro
gram, Sen. E. L. Bartlett was in
formed today.
The Senate Space Committee
advised Bartlett that the high al
titude, sensitive receiver would be
located on a 30-acre site at Gil
more Creek, outside Fairbanks.
It will be one of the tracking
stations receiving messages from
the Nimbus Meteorological satel
lite now under development and
expected to be launched next
year.
Air Force Confirms
Decision to Inactivate
Fairbanks Fighter Group
WASHINGTON, IIP — The Air |
Force today reaffirmed an earlier [
decision to inactivate the 449lh
Fighter - Interceptor Squadron at
Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks.
Sen. E.L. Bartlett was informed
that the number of F102 super
sonic jet fighters at Elmendorf
Air Force Base, Anchorage, will
be increased from 33 to 40.
The Air Force, the senator’s
aides said, is working on a plan
to provide fighter cover for the
Fairbanks area by rotating small
groups of fighters from Elmen
dorf. The location of the Fair
banks unit has not been deter
mined, they said.
GOP Chairman Not In
Accord With “Draft
Rockefeller” Movement
CHICAGO, l/P—’The Republican |
National Chairman said today
that “Outside of New York, I
haven’t seen very much strength
for drafting Rockefeller.”
The chairman, Sen. Thruston R.
Morton of Kentucky, commented
as the Republican party swung
into the final week of preparation
for its national convention, which
will open July 25.
Morton had been asked lor his
views on Sunday’s statement by
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New
York that he would accept a “gen
uine draft” as GOP presidential
candidate.
Every current sign points to the
nomination of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon by acclamation.
Rockefeller refused to second
the nomination of Nixon.
Morton declined to comment on
this refusal. The chairman said
he had no details about it ex
cept brief accounts he had read.
U.S. Says Cuba Arbitrary.
And Confiscatory
WASHINGTON, Ijfi — The'
United States, protesting the new j
Cuban nationalization law, ae- I
cused Cuba Saturday of “econ
omic and political aggression ag
ainst the United States.”
The protest to the Foreign Of
fice in Havana also denounced the
Castro government’s treatment of
U.S. news correspondents. It cited
several instances of newsmen be
ing held without charges or ex
pelled without explanation.
The note attacking Cuba’s na
tionalization law of July 6 brand
ed it as “discriminatory, arbitrary
and confiscatory.”
Congo Opposed to Lumumba's
Call For Soviet Intervention
BRUSSELS, Belgium, lift — The
Belgian radio said the Congo
state adopted a resolution today
opposing Premier Patrice Lum
umba’s call for Soviet interven
tion if Belgian troops refuse to
get out of the country.
The radio reported the Senate
also adopted a resolution to recall
Lumumba to Leopoldville from
the northeast city of Stanleyville,
where he has been for several
days.
Kennedy Accepts
Offer of CIA
Briefings from Ike
HYANNIS PORT, Miss., (At —
President Eisenhower today of
fered to provide secret intelli
gence briefings to both Sen. John
F. Kennedy and Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson, members of the Demo
cratic presidential ticket.
Sen. Kennedy received the of
fer in a telegram from the Presi
dent which said director Allen
Dulles of the Central Intelligence
Agency already has been request
ed to arrange details for the brief
ings.
"Because of the secret char
acter of the information that
would be furnished you, it would
be excusively for your personal
knowledge,” the President said in
his telegram to Kennedy.
“Otherwise, however, the re
ceipt of such information w-ould
impose no restriction on full and
free discussion,” it said.
The president said he assumed
Kennedy desired similar briefings
for Sen. Johnson, his vice presi
dential running mate. He invited
Johnson by telegram to take part
and the briefings will go forward
“unless you advise of any view
to the contrary that you might
have.”
Sen Kennedy accepted Presi
dent Eisenhowers’ offer today for
himself and Sen. Johnson.
Pierre Salinger, Kennedy’s
press secretary, said he had talked
to presidential press secretary
James Hagerty and that it is ag
reed “the giving of the informa
tion does not preclude in any way
a full and frank discussion of for
eign policy” in the campaign
ahead.
No Sweat
VALDOSA, Ga.. Uft — A pilot
stayed with his crippled Air Force
C47 plane until six others got
out, then leaped to safety today.
Maj. Joe C. Price of Lenoir,
N. C, landed near his baggage
which he had thrown out, picked
up his suitcase and walked to his
home in a nearby residential area
to pick up a new hat before re
porting back to Moody Air Force
Base.
The only casualty was W. M.
Morton of Valdosa, Moody
Ground Safety Director, who
broke an arm in his parachute
leap.
The ancient C47 developed
trouble in its right engine soon
after takeoff from Moody for the
Air Training Command Center at
Randolph AFB, Texas. With
flames spurting from an engine,
Price managed to get the plane
over a swampy section. He circled
it three times while the others
parachuted.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued fair but with con
siderable low clouds tonight and
tomorrow. Low temperature ex
pected tonight 50, the high to
morrow 60.
Young Democrats Meeting
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 8 P.M. — CITY Hall — ALL YOUNG PEOPLE 1(> TO 19 YEARS OF AGE