Rivers Reverses
Efforts to Stimulate
Gold Production
WASHINGTON til1)—Rep. Ralph
Rivers has decided to change
directions in his efforts to stimu
late domestic gold production be
cause of administration opposi
tion to an increase in the price of
the metal.
Rivers said he will not press
his bill that would have raised
from $35 an ounce to $70 the price
of newly-minted gold.
He now plans to introduce a
bill that would provide an in
centive bonus or subsidy for new
gold production to be adminis
tered by the Interior Department.
This, he said, would leave the
regular $35 an ounce unchanged
and the Treasury divorced from
participation in such an incentive
program.
Rivers was encouraged after
talking over his new ideas with
C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of
the Treasury.
He said Dillon stated, in effect,
“he would welcome an increase
in newly minted gold to strength
en our gold reserve and not op
pose appropriate incentives pro
viding they are so devised as not
to disturb the international mone
tary situation.
“Accordingly, I am making
every effort to couch my bill in
terms of a purely domestic effort
to solve a purely domestic prob
lem,” Rivers said.
Patterson Hopes to Defend
Title Again This Summer
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. UP) —
Heavyweight Champion Floyd
Patterson, wearing a patch over
his left eye, said he hoped to de
fend his title again this sum
mer.
“This once-a-year routine is for
the birds,” the Rockville Center,
N. Y., fighter told a press confer
ence. “I feel better when I am
fighting more.
“Regardless of the income tax
situation, I want to fight again
this year. There are several good
contenders. I don’t know which
one I would fight.”
He told the press conference
that Henry Cooper, the British
champion, was high on the list of
contenders who deserved a shot
at the title.
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO
WASHINGTON UP) — The Alas
ka Steamship Co. was given until
April 24 to answer briefs oppos
ing its request for a 10 per cent
Alaska freight rate increase.
At the company’s request, the
Federal Maritime Board extend
ed from March 22 to April 24
deadline for filing its answer.
The State of Alaska, the Gen
eral Services Administration and
the Board’s public counsel have
contended the increase is unwar
ranted.
The Board granted the increase
in January, 1960, subject to re
fund if it decides the raise is un
warranted after an investigation
and hearing.
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SURVEY OF BREAKWATERS
FOR THREE ALASKA SITES
I WASHINGTON UP) — Sen. E. L.
j Bartlett said the Senate Public
Works Committee approved a
resolution directing the Army En
gineers to determine the feasi
bility surveys of breakwaters at
three Alaska locations.
The breakwaters would be at
Kotzebue, Shaktolik and Unalak
leet to provide protective basins
for fishing operations.
Bartlett submitted the resolu
tion at the request of the Alas
ka State Senate.
U. S. FORCES PUT ON ALERT
WASHINGTON UP) — U. S.
forces around the world were put
on a routine readiness alert yes
terday, the Pentagon said.
A Defenst Department spokes
man said the alert would be of
short duration and was not re
lated to any special situation.
He said such drills are called
periodically, without advance
notice.
TOP SCORERS FOR
WHIST PARTY SERIES
i Winners of the fourth game in
I the series of six Whist Parties
I which was held last Saturday
| evening at the Pioneer Igloo un
der the auspices of Pioneer Ig
loo No. 1 were Opal Buchanan
with a score of 119 and Walter
Glavinovich with a score of 121.
Second place went to Ruth Reed
with 119 and Bill Ullrich with
120. Low scores were held by
Violet and Clyde Glass with 85
and 87 respectively.
High place on the tournament
scores, which are cumulative will
be announced next week before
the fifth game.
Hosts for the evening were pio
neers Axel Edman and Stan Mor
gan and their wives.
MESSENGER FOR BIA
Morris Kiyutelluk of Shish
maref is in Washington, D. C. this
week where he will be a messen
ger for the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs.
Ae rcss Belinda Lee
Killed in Auto Accident
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. UP>
— A skidding, somersaulting auto
mobile flung British actress Be
linda Lee 63 feet to her death
Monday and injured three Italian
movie-makers including her
fiance.
The beautiful box-office star
was returning to Hollywood fi'om
a scene-scouting trip to Las
Vegas, Nev.
The station wagon, estimated
by a witness to be going more
than 100 miles an hour, blew its
left rear tire, skidded 1,100 feet,
leaped a ditch and crashed upside
down, the highway patrol said.
Miss Lee, unconscious, lived 15
or 20 minutes.
The young beauty was voted
one of the top British money
making stars in the 1957 Motion
Picture Herald-Fame Poll conduct
| ed by the movie magazine.
i Fireworks Bill Buried
In Senate Committees
JUNEAU W5! — The .Senate yes
i terday gave the scaltergun treat
ment to a bill which would pro
hibit the public sale of fireworks
throughout the state.
The measure, which passed the
House after prolonged debate last
week, came up for committee as
signment in the Senate yesterday
morning.
It was assigned, in order, to the
committees on State Affairs, Fed
eral Relations, Commerce and
Labor, Judiciary, Health, Welfare
and Education, Local Government
and Finance.
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