Catholic Says Man
Has a Right to
Protect His Shelter
NEW YORK UP) — A Roman
Catholic priest believes that man
has a moral right to use violence
to keep his unprepared neighbors
from entering the family fallout
shelter after a nuclear attack.
Writing in this week’s issue of
the Jesuit magazine “America,”
the Rev. L. C. McHugh, an asso
ciate editor of the periodical, said
in an atomic bombing that pos
session of a fallout shelter is like
ly to be equivalent to life itself.
So, he said, if a neighbor de
prived a family of its shelter, or
forced his way in to use up food
and facilities sufficient for the
family alone, it would mean that
some members of the family might
have to die.
“Nowhere in traditional Catho
lic morality,” Father McHugh
• wrote, “does one read that Christ,
in counseling nonresistance to
evil, rescinded the right of self
defense which is granted by na
ture and recognized in the legal
systems of all nations.”
A Jewish bibical scholar said
Judaic Law would permit a man
to defend the lives of his family,
but he asserted that any prepara
tions for an atomic war—includ
ing fallout shelters—were im
moral.
Rabbi Herbert Brichto, Profes
sor of Bible at the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re
ligion, commenting on the article,
said he did not think any creed,
except pacifism, would deny a
man the right to protect himself
and his famly.
“But my own approach,” he
said, "is that preparation for an
atomic war, such as building fall
out shelters, is immoral. The
moral thing is not to prepare for
the survival of a fraction of the
human race, but to put all our
efforts into avoiding such a catas
trophe.”
A noted Protestant theologian
said he would not want to com
ment for attribution on the idea
until he had seen the magazine
article in full, but added, “it seems
wrong to me.”
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Ketchikan Voters to
Elect 5 Councilmen
And Mayor on Tuesday
KETCHIKAN UFi — Ketchikan
voters will elect five councilmen
and a mayor when they go to the
polls Tuesday.
There are 14 candidates for the
council posts, seeking three-year,
one-year and two-year terms,
Only one present councilman de
cided not seek re-election.
Cmdr. Louis G1 a t z (Coast
Guard ret.) will be unopposed
for mayor. Mayor Richard Hard
castle two weeks ago announced
his intention not to seek return
to the office after two years in the
post and four years on the old
Ketchikan Public Utilities Board.
There are three candidates for
the single five-year term on the
Ketchikan Independent District
School Board.
Step Made Toward
Development of Halibut
Bering Sea Fishery ,
A tentative step toward devel
opment of the Bering Sea halibut
fishery was made last Sunday
morning when Gov. Egan, Sen.
Gruening and Ray Peterson, presi
dent of Northern Consolidated
Airlines, visiieu the Nunivak Is
land village of Mekoryuk.
Mr. Peterson met with the vil
lage council and asked them if
their village had the capability of
catching, cleaning, icing and stor
ing 3 Vi to 4 tons of halibut during
the times that their cold-storage
was not filled with reindeer meat.
Mr. Peterson said that his air
line could economically handle
such units of fish as a back haul
operation since they return empty
to Anchorage and Fairbanks
from the area around Bethel.
Gov. Egan and Sen. Gruening
pledged all possible state and fed
eral aid to develop this new fish
ery operation.
54 ICBMS are Due
On the Firing Line
WASHINGTON UP) — A total of
54 <U.S. intercontinental ballistic
missiles are due on the firing line
within the next three months.
The first squadron of nine Titan
missiles in underground silos is
expected to become operational
before next year at Lowry Air
Force Base near Denver, Colo. Air
Force officials said they expect
the schedule to hold despite labor
troubles.
Launch bases for two more
squadrons, of nine Atlas missiles
each, are rounding into shape at
Fairchild Air Force Base, Spo
kane, Wn., and Forbes Air Force
Base, Topeka, Kan.
Together with 27 other Atlases
already in place elsewhere, this
will bring the total of combat
ready Atlas missiles to 54.
All 54 US. ICMBS mount
thermonuclear warheads packing
an explosive punch of between
two and three million tons of
TNT
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Century 21 Wants to
Cash in on Maris’
Home Run Binge
SEATTLE UR — The Seattle
World’s Fair would like to cash
in on Roger Maris’ home run
binge.
Leaders disclosed this plan Wed
nesday:
The fan who catches the New
York Yankee hitter’s 61st home
run—if and when it is hit—will
get a chance at $1,000 here.
He will have to catch a ball
dropped from the 600-foot high
space needle during next year’s
fair.
Several similar catches have
been made from the Washington
Monument, 555 feet high.
A spokesman said the New York
Yankees’ management had agreed
to let the hitting star come here
if he makes it 61. Maris would
be presented the ball dropped
here.
!Lily Pons Name
Missing from Met’s
Opera Roster for First Time
NEW YORK UR — For the first
time in 30 years, Lily Pons’ name
is missing from the roster of the
Metropolitan Opera.
The petite, French coloratura
last sang at the Met on Dec. 12,
1960, when she closed a gala bene
fit show by singing “Caro Nome”
from “Rigoletto.”
The Met’s annual roster was
announced Wednesday.
The lovely singer’s 30-year
reign is a house record for a
soprano, although in recent years
she has given but one perform
ance a season. In 1959 she missed
even one performance because of
illness. ,
Miss Pons’* manager says she’ll
continue to sing “now and then,
at something that appeals to her*
She will take part in a San Fran
cisco operetta next week.
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