Syngman Rhee's
Counter-Proposal
To Truce Terms
SEOUL, UP)—President Syngman
Rhee Saturday unveiled his own
plan for Ending the fighting in
Korea. The South Korean execu
tive called it a counter-proposal
to an expected truce agreement
“unacceptable” to' his government.
Rhee said if his proposal is not
accepted “we must be allowed to
continue to fight.”
The South Korean counter-pro
posal calls for withdrawal of both
Communist and Allied troops
from Korea with the understand
ing that U.S. aid will be “auto
matic and instantaeous” in event
of an attack upon Korea.
It also asked the U.S. to' main
tain its present air and naval
forces in Korea and supply arms,
ammunition and logistical sup
port to South Korea’s armed
forces.
South Korea opposes any truce
agreement that does not provide
for unification of the nation. It
also objects to turning over to a
neutral commission 34,000 Korean
prisoners of w’ar who' refuse to
return home. Rhee wants the pri
soners freed in South Korea when
an armistice is signed.
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the belief that they would provide
servants for the dead persons in
the world to' come.
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Increased Benefits and New Rates
Slated For Alaska Subscribers To
Blue Cross Plan Medical Insurance
ETHEL MERMAN MARRIES
AIRLINES PRESIDENT
DENVER, W*)—The marriage of
Ethel Merman, stage and screen
star, and Robert F. Six, president
of Continental Air Lines, was
confirmed Saturday in a com
pany anoimcement.
They were married at Mexicali,
Mexico, March 9. Both have been
married before, with those unions
ending in divorce.
The announcement said Six,
who is 45, and his bride will make
their home in Denver, beginning
next fall.
Miss Merman.will be starred in
the motion picture, “There’s No
Business Like Show Business,”
with production beginning in
July. She and Six have been seen
frequently together during- the
last six months.
Two Dead, 75 Sick in .
Whitehorse Polio Epidemic
An outbreak of polio saddened
Coronation observances in White
hors, Yukon Territory, according
to an Associated Press dispatch
received in Juneau by radio sta
tion KINY.
At least two deaths and 75 cases
are reported by Dr. L. Bow, new
ly-arrived medical health officer
for the Yukon.
The incidence of polio in the
Yukon Territory’s cool climate
has been low in other years, with
only a few cases reported.
Public meetings and dances
were cancelled with all schools
and theatres closed. However,
churches and bars remain open
in the Alaska Highway town.
> An increase in benefits and new
rates geared to meet Alaskan eco
nomic conditions will go into ef
fect soon for several thousand
Blue Cross subscribers in the ter
ritory, George B. Douse, execu
tive director of the Washington
Hospital Service Assn., the Blue
Cross plan for this area, has an
nounced.
Blue Cross is a voluntary, pre
paid plan for hospital, medical,
and surgical protection, which
now includes more than 43,000,000
members throughout the United
States, Canada, Puerto Rico and
Alaska.
Doust will contact most Blue
Cross hospitals in Alaska this
week, and Donald W. Schloeman,
assistant enrollment manager of
Blue Cross, will visit most Blue
Cross subscribing groups in the
territory this month to discuss
the new program. This will be the
first time Blue Cross has sent a
sales representative to Alaska.
“We have tried to design a Blue
Cross plan for Alaskans,” Doust
stated. “Up to now territorial
members had to subscribe for
Washington State benefits. As
everyone knows, Washington hos
pital costs are generally lower
than those here, so that Alaskans
were not being protected as fully
as they could be.”
Doust explained that the new
plan will be important for the
protection of members, “but the
rate increase is almost entirely
the result of high hospital costs—
which is not the fault of the hos
pitals.”
The continuing inflation affects
all hospitals, and Alaskan hospi
tals must pay generally higher ex
penses than those in the States,
he pointed out.
The new program, while raising
a member’s rates about two cents
a day, will increase the basic Blue
Cross hospital room benefit from
$11.50 to $14 maximum per day,
and will allow for a professional
anesthetist when needed, among
other broader provisions.
Blue Cross will also make larg
er payments to hospitals for most
benefits which are stipulated
“paid in full” on the subscriber’s
certificate. These include all
meals, special diets, operating
room use, x-rays, electrocardio
grams, basal metabolism studies,
casts and splints, blood transfu
sions, physiotherapy, and oxygen.
Doust emphasized that one out
of every three families will be ex
pected to pay a hospital bill this
year. But hospital stays are grow
ing shorter per person than before
because of new medical discov
eries.
Blue Cross records now indicate
a substantial increase in the av
erage monthly bills paid to the
hospitals since last April, 1952.
“Our subscriber rates must obvi
ously be adequate to assure the
kind of hospital services that peo
ple want and need,” Doust said.
Most Blue Cross groups in Al
aska also carry medical and sur
gical benefits, in addition to hos
pital care. This protection will not
be affected by any changes or
rate increases.
The new benefits and rates will
go' into effect August 1, 1953, but
arrangements must be completed
before then. All territorial mem
bers of Blue Cross will receive
folders describing the new pro
gram in detail this month.
"A-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
at the Nugget
Colonel M. R. Kunitz
Named ACS Commander
Colonel M. R. Kunitz has been
assigned as Commanding Officer
of the vast Alaska Communication
System, according to news re
ceived recently. He relieves Lt.
Col. George F. Rogers, who tem
porarily commanded the system
in the interim period subsequent
to the retirement of Col. Fred P.
Andrews on Dec. 31, 1952.
Col. Rogers will remain with
the ACS in the capacity of execu
tive officer.
Col. Kunitz comes to the ACS
direct from an assignment as as
sistant chief, Army Communica
tions Service Division, Office of
the Chief Signal Officer.
The colonel is well known in
Alaskan circles as he formerly
served a tour of duty as deputy
commander with the same organi
zation from 1947 - 1949 with head
quarters in Fort Richardson.
Col. Kunitz’ permanent home
address is Sinton, Texas. He grad
uated from Texas’ A & M College
in 1928 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in electrical engineering.
During World War II the col
onel served on the staff of the
Commander, Forward Area, Asia
tic - Pacific Theater and was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
Col. Kunitz is the 23rd com
mander of the Alaska Communi
cation System, an organiation so
steeped in Alaska tradition and
achievement that it is synonymous
with the name of Alaska itself.
Only top-flight Signal Officers
are selected to command the ACS.
In parts of the Egyptian desert
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy tonight and to
morrow. Winds SW 10 mph to
night and Tuesday.
Low temperature expected to
night 35, high Tuesday 55.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
46, low 39. Max. wind 19 mph
from the west. Sunrise 1:32 a.m.,
sunset 10:31 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 47, low 35. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 76 in 1940,
low 27 in 1916.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 32 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 31 Fog
Wales 31 Fog
Gambell 36 Fog
Nome 40 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 45 Cloudy
Bethel 48 Part cloudy
McGrath 55 Cloudy
Anchorage 57 Clear
Fairbanks 66 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 67 Part cloudy
Edmonton 63 Cloudy t
Juneau 66 Cloudy
Ketchikan 55 Cloudy
Seattle 55 Cloudy
San Francisco 59 Part cloudy
SEOUL, UP — Allied fighting
men today greeted news of settle
ment of the crucial prisoner of
war issue with surprise, wonder,
and whoops of joy.
The first reaction of all sol
diers interviewed was:
“How soon can I go‘ home?”
The answer was disappointing
for all: “Not until after a peace
settlement which may be months
—could be years—away.”
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