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Iraq Unsettled In j
Military Revolt
By TOM MASTERSON
BEIRUT, Lebanon, \Sh — Iraqi
nationalist rebels claimed today
their army is marching on Bagh
dad to crush the Communist-in
fluenced government of Premier
Abdel Karim Kassem.
Kassem’s warplanes bombed
Mosul, a major oil center 200 miles
northeast of Baghdad that is the
seat of a revolt led by Col. Abdel
Wahab Shawaf, apparently with
out decisive effect.
A war of words raged between
Radio Mosul and Radio Baghdad.
The smokescreen of propaganda
veiled military movements, but
showed bitterly the antagonisms
between leftist followers of Kas
sem and military men who lean
toward U.A.R. President Nasser’s
brand of Arab nationalism.
Simmering unrest had broken
into open rebellion less than eight
months after Kassem led the
bloody coup that killed King Fai
sal and destroyed his pro-Western
monarchy July 14, 1958.
Conflicting claims and counter
claims alternated as the day ad
vanced.
Radio Baghdad declared at one
time Shawaf was fleeing toward
the Syrian border and oered $28,
000 for him, dead or alive.
Later it reported he had been
killed by his own men. This pur
ported news, obviously aimed to
dismay Shawaf’s followers, was
accompanied by the reading of
hundreds of messages pledging
allegiance to Kassem.
Shawaf himself spoke over Ra
dio Monsul to deny he was either
fleeing or dead. He taunted the
government in a voice strained
and at times almost hysterical.
“We will keep fighting to the
end, until we wipe out the corrupt
regime and victory will be ours,”
he pledged.
He told the people not to be
misled by Radio Baghdad’s pro
duction of pro-Kassem messages
and brushed off the air raid on
Mosul.
“The government felt that the
end is near.” the colonel said.
“That is why it tried, as a last
measure, to bomb Mosul with the
few planes whose pilots are still
loyal to the government. All this
proves that the government is
dying and using its last weapon.”
Alaska Aviation Comm.
Asked for In State Senate
JUNEAU, UP) — A five-man
Alaska Aviation Commission was
called for in a bill introduced
Saturday in the State Senate.
The measure was put in foy the
■ Commerce and Labor Committee,
which is considering a separate
bill to establish a rate-regulating
Public Service Commission.
Alaska air operators last week
asked the committee to remove
aviation control from the pro
posed PSC bill, and to permit reg
ulation of air carriers under an
other measure.
The bill to provide the avia
tion commission was given the
title of the Alaska Air Commerce
Act of 1959.
In effect, the proposed commis
sion would act within the state
in much the same fashion as does
the Civil Aeronautics Board for
interstate aviation matters.
The commission, appointed by
the Governor, would have authori
ty over both regular certified air
lines and Alaska’s air taxi op
erators.
| Nome Beauty Places 4th
In Southern Contest Held
For Jr. Miss America
MOBILE, Ala., MP) — Diane Lee,
17, of Nome, placed fourth yester
! day in the second America’s Ju
nior Miss contest. She was awarded
a $500 scholarship and plans to at
tend Mt. Mary in Milwaukee.
The winner, who receives a
$5,000 "scholarship, was Miss Judi
Humphrey of Lewistown, Pa.
Technical Amendments
Tacked To Judiciary Bill
Receive House Approval
JUNEAU, OP) — The amended
bill setting up Alaska’s first state
court system was turned over to
the Senate Friday, where it was
expected to be sent to the Senate
Judiciary Committee for a quick
review.
The House tacked more than
three dozen amendments to the
measure which already had been
approved by both chambers. The
amendments, however, were minor
or of a technical nature and little
opposition to them is expected.
No changes were made in the
basic proposals — establishment
of a three-man supreme court and
an eight-judge superior court —
nor in the pay scale which would
give the chief justice of the su
preme court $23,500 annually.
The bill provides for operation
of the court system by January
3, 1962.
On the lighter side, senators
continued to banter about renam
ing Alaskan cities. A resolution
was introduced to rename what
was described as a village located
at the head of Cook Inlet. The vil
lage, known as Anchorage, should
be called “Coopersville,” in honor
of its Democratic Senator J. Earl
Cooper.
The resolution was offered by
R. J. McNealy, Fairbanks Demo
crat, in a friendly about-face.
Earlier this week Cooper spon
sored a measure to change the
name of Fairbanks to Barnette’s
Cache.
Both measures were shuffled
'into committees to die quietly.
Requirement for Public
Hearing Notice Passes
House With One Dissent
JUNEAU, UP) — A bill to estab
lish uniform administrative pro
cedures in the Alaska government
was given virtual unanimous en
dorsement by the House of Rep
resentatives Saturday.
Only Rep. Bruce Kendall <R
Valdez) voted against the measure.
Kendall said he was not convinced
the bill could be put into effect
without increasing the cost of gov
ernent.
Its proponents, chiefly Rep.
John Hellenthal (D-Anchorage),
maintained it would not increase
government spending. Hellenthal
co-sponsored the bill with Rep.
Warren Taylor (D-Fairbanks).
The measure generally was en
dorsed at public hearings by offi
cials of the state government. Hel
lenthal called the bill “a corner
stone of Democracy.”
“It will ensure due process of
law to all of our citizens,” he
added.
The bill, which now goes to the
Senate, would require state and
local rule making and regulatory
agencies to give notice of hearings.
It would, Hellenthal said, as
sure proper publicity of adminis
istrative rules and generally pro
hibit secret meetings of public
agencies at all levels of govern
ment.
Executive Salary
Fight Renewed In
New Senate Offers
JUNEAU, (if)—A group of Dem
ocratic legislators introduced
companion bills Saturday to pro
vide an annual salary of $30,000
for the Governor of Alaska and
pay of $20,000 a year for the Sec
retary of Stater
The action came after the House
rejected 21-19 a conference com
mittee report that recommended
$25,000 for the Governor and $18,
500 for the Secretary.
The new bills separated the
proposed pay for the Governor
and Secretary of State into dif
ferent measures. The two offi
cials have been without salaries
since they took office January 3.
The conference report was the
second on the executive pay ques
tion. The House and Senate re
jected the first committee’s re
port earlier this week. Rejection
of the second committee’s report
killed the original House bill —
which called for salaries of $24,
000 for the Governor and $17,500
for the Secretary. Alaska’s terri
torial Governor had been paid
$19,000 a year.
Senate disagreement with the
original House figures resulted in
the bill being thrown into confer
ence two weeks ago.
The second conference commit
tee report was acted on in the
midst of a controversy. The House
members of the six-man commit
tee contended the group had not
actually met.
At first the House voted 22-18
to accept the report. Later, on re
consideration asked by Dora Swee
ney of Juneau, it killed the pay
bill by a 2-vote margin.
Fed. Aviation Agency
Asked To Fix
Aircraft Speed Limit
WASHINGTON, UR — The Air
craft Owners and Pilots Associa
tion has asked the Federal Avia
tion Agency to set a speed limit
of 180 miles an hour for aircraft
flying less than 2,000 feet above
the ground.
The proposed speed limit would
apply to all aircraft except mili
tary planes operating under cer
tain conditions. The military air
craft would be exempted only
when within a restricted zone, or
where radar facilities provide ef
fective traffic control.
The 75,000 member AOPA also
urged the aviation agency to con
sider the desirability of a speed
limit at higher altitudes, from
2,000 to 15,000 feet.
It suggested a 350-mile-andiour
limit for these altitudes. This
would mean that high flying, high
speed jets would have to slow
down upon entering the lower al
titudes.
Pony Tail Pangs . . .
POCATELLO, Idaho, UR — A
beauty expert says the pony tail
hairdo may be on the way out —
by handfuls.
Iris Eales, cosmetology instruc
tor at Idaho State College, says
it is one of several close-to-the
head styles that place continued
tension on the hair follicles or
socket.
Enough of the tension, she
says, and traction alopecia can
result. She explains this is a con
dition that causes the hair to
fall out.
But don’t flip your wigs, girls
— there is hope: Mrs. Eales says
prompt treatment by a beautician
generally heads off the trouble.
Mothers, Teachers, Fathers, Has - Beens
All Play Ball In Friday’s Band Benefit
Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. the
Frolicsome Fraus (mothers will
meet the Tantalizing Teachers
(female teachers, including some
has-beens) in a basketball game
for the benefit of the Nome Band
Festival Fund.
Coach for the mothers’ team,
Charlotte Hungerford, has re
cruited the following players:
Edith Arnold, Bev Blanning, Ag
nes Walsh, Peggy Kelliher, Lois
Mclver, Doris Wilke, Joyce Tuck
er, Carolyn Reader, Arlene Strand,
Martha Craft, and a substitute’s
substitute, Dorothy Grant.
Coach for the teachers is Nelda
Leibig, with team members Evelyn
Langhus, Jane Perkins, Mary El
len Walsh, Beth McCray, Beverly
Bixby, Marilyn Owens, Alice Os
borne, Ann Snyder, Vesta Sund
strom, and Eunice Bergland. _
The first game of the evening
will be between the Dizzy Dads
(fathers) and the Terrifying Tu
tors (male teachers).
Coach for the fathers’ team is
Bob Emmons, with Jim Blanning,
Charles West, Bob Herman, Ros
coe Wilke, Sam Mogg, Tom John
son, Maurice Kelliher, Gerald
McCray, Wm. Woodcock, Tom
Martin, Ash Craft, Harry Johnsen,
Mike Vivieros, Wallace Mclver,
John Willoya, Don Hungerford,
Larry Minnix, and Virgil Warneke
comprising the fathers’ team.
Coach for the teachers is John
Woodiel. Players are Don Per
kins, Bill Ullrich, Frank Denny,
Clarence Stenbeck, Wm. Bixby,
John Rauch, Luther Dunbar, Earl
Owens, Pete Hahn, Wm. Angell,
and Olaf Halvorson.
It was announced that Paul
Mandeville would referee the
games, assisted by a teacher and
a mother. *
Due to the limited seating capa
city, a pre-sale of tickets will be
held, starting Wednesday, with
tickets available at the Nome
Hardware, North Star Bakery, and
Dorothy’s.
Anyone wishing to play who has
not volunteered to date, on the
women’s teams, may meet with
the teams at 4 p.m. on Tuesday
at the school gym for a prelim
inary caucus.
A doctor, a nurse and a stretcher
have been arranged for, as well as
other special features.
Bob Emmons stated his team is
in training, and will, or have been,
to the Red Hangar and back.
It promises to be an evening full
of surprises for fans.
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By FRANK W. VAILLE
<AP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaska
has taken its place in the Nation
al Archives’ Hall of States.
The historic array of docu
ments, highlighting the history of
each state, lines the semi-circular
hallway surrounding the Archives’
display of the U. S. Constitution
and Bill of Rights.
One of the two cases allotted to
Alaska shows the ornate Russian
original of the treaty of cession
by which the United States ac
quired Alaska in 1867.
The second case contains two
more recent documents: the first
and signature page of the Alaska
Statehood Act signed by Presi
dent Eisenhower, Vice President
Nixon and House Speaker Sam
Rayburn, and the two-page pro
clamation formally admitting
Alaska as the 49th state.
The allowance of two cases to
Alaska reduced Oklahoma and
New Mexico to a single display
case each, at least temporarily.
But Hawaii’s admission could re
duce Alaska to a single case in
the resulting realignment.
* • •
Alaska’s Senators Bob Bartlett
and Ernest Gruening have enlisted
in a Congressional move to en
courage domestic production of
flourspar.
They were among 11 senators
joining in co-sponsorship oi a
bill to divide the present domestic
consumption of fluorspar on a 50
50 basis with foreign producers
and to establish a stockpile pro
gram.
Bartlett told the Senate Alaska
has rich resources in fluorspar,
adding:
“In fact, I am informed that
the tailings of a tin operation in
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59ers Scatter After Road
Troubles, Hope To Gather
Later This Week
ST. PAUL, Minn., UPl — The
59ers inched closer toward Alaska
today, but their motor caravan
had broken into at least three seg
ments, with hundreds of miles be
tween.
The modern pioneers left De
troit Thursday, planning to home
stead farms in Alaska’s Kenai
Peninsula. The obstacles, also of
modern design, included tire
troubles.
Young Ron Jacobowitz, the
dance studio manager turned wa
gon master, spent the night here
with the largest band, camped in
a trailer park.
Three men, a woman and a
baby were front-runners, in Fer
gus Falls, a western Minnesota
city 190 miles west of here.
The stragglers presumably were
somewhere in Wisconsin. They
hoped to overtake the others in
North Dakota Tuesday.
Two blowouts on a 1934 moving
van halted the largest group here,
further delaying the trek which
had been slowed by snow in Wis
consin.
Most of those here said a dis
taste for city life and the lure of
adventure prompted them to join
the Alaska-bound caravan.
Hostess Survivor of East
River Crash Flies To R. I.
Home For Convalescence
PROVIDENCE, R. I., UFi — Joan
Zeller, 21, American Airlines
stewardess injured in a plane
crash which killed 65 persons,
made good her word that she’d fly
again.
She was discharged from Flush
ing Hospital, New York, and flew
with her mother to Providence to
continue her convalescence at
home.
Miss Zeller’s Chicago to New
York flight, carrying 73 persons,
crashed into the East River Feb
ruary 4.
Still walking with two canes,
she vowed she’ll go back to work
as a stewardess.