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G.O.P. Committee
Resolves To Push
Hawaii Statehood
DES MOINES, Iowa, (#) — The
Republican National Committee
unanimously endorsed Hawaii’s
bid for statehood yesterday.
The action was taken on a voice
vote after Herbert M. Richards,
national committeeman from the
islands, had told his colleagues he
was “disturbed over reports that
no action is contemplated on Ha
waiian statehood by the Demo
cratic leadership in Congress.”
In its resolution, the national
committee said it believes Hawaii
is qualified for statehood.
“The thousands of loyal, patrio
tic Americans in Hawaii who suf
fered the ravages of World War
II with us and who experienced
that first disastrous attack upon
Pearl Harbor must not be for
gotten,” the resolution said.
Fortunately for the barefoot
boy of poetic memory, he flour
ished in the days before every
country lane was lined with
empty beer cans and broken
whisky bottles.
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Nighttime Jailed Driver
Commutes By Plane
MINNEAPOLIS, 0P> — With his
auto driver’s license suspended,
William G. Hopp is commuting by
plane to the Minneapolis work
house to serve a 30-day sentence
which permits him daytime free
dom.
Hopp works near his home in
suburban Robbinsdale. He takes
a cab to a nearby airport each
evening. There he climbs into his
65-hoursepower plane and, in
four minutes lands on the ice of
Parkers Lake, where the work
house is located. Mornings, he re
verses the procedure.
“It’s okay with us,” said Rolf
Stageberg, workhouse superinten
dent. “It appears to be perfectly
legal.”
Hopp drew the term on January
13 for driving after his license
was suspended.
Chinese Red Reporter
Defects To South Korea
SEOUL, Korea, iJPi — A North
Korean reporter for the Soviet
Communist Party newspaper
Pravda defected to South Korea
yesterday during a meeting of the
Military Armistice Commission at
Panmunjom. He said he feared the
Communists would execute him
as a reactionary;
Lee Dong Joon, 30, expressed
concern for his wife and 2-month
old daughter, still in the Commu
nist North Korean capitol of
Pyongyang.
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Krushchev Says
Soviets ‘Stand At
Head of Progress’
MOSCOW, CP) — The Soviet
Union has started serial produc
tion of intercontinental ballistic
missiles, Premier Nikita Khrush
chov declared yesterday.
“If the Soviet Union can launch
a rocket hundreds of thousands of
kilometers into, outer space, it can
launch powerful rockets with pin
point accuracy to any part of the
globe,” he said.
He did not elaborate on what
he meant by serial production.
Opening the 21st Congress of
the Soviet Communist Party in
the Great Hall of the Kremlin,
the party chieftain and premier
said the Communist countries now
“stand at the head of all prog
ress.”
On a review of Soviet achieve
ments in sciences, including jet
aviation and rocketry, Khrush
chev declared:
“The Soviet Union has started
the serial production of intercon
tinental ballistic missiles.”
More than 1,5^0 delegates from
throughout the Soviet Union and
Communist Parties in’ 70 other
countries applauded vigorously.
■U. S. Defense Secretary Neil H.
McElroy said on January 22 that
he Defense Department does not
believe the Soviet Union has an
ICBM capable of operating against
the United States. He also dis
j counted reports the Soviet Union
would have 300 of the interconti
nental missiles by 1960.
After McElroy’s statement, U. S.
Senator Stuart Symington (D-Mo)
said that the United* States had
successfully test-fired ICBMs but
was not going into full produc
tion of them because the Eisen
hower Administration would not
spend the necessary funds.
On the international front,
Khrushchev termed nuclear dis
armament the “task of tasks,” and
said the Soviet Union would con
tinue to work for a summit con
ference.
“It is essential to learn to solve
] contentious problems by peaceful
talks,” he said. “It is time to un
derstand that threats are a hope
les business when they refer to the
Soviet Union.”
He said Monday night at a dip
lomatic reception that “we want
a thaw — to thaw out the cold
war.” He added that Deputy Pre
mier Mikoyan’s visit to the United
States may have helped.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerty Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbai
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
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HERB JENKS, W.M.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Jim Blanning
President
** 'K Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheor
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
ROSCOE WILKIE. President
MARY DIEDE. Secretary.
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