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VOL. LXII No. 59NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1960 Per Copy 154
Summit Talks Wrecked; Khrushchev & j
Ike Accuse Each Other of Bad Faith |
MacMillan Attempts
Arrange Further Meetings
PARIS, Id*) — British Prime Min
ister Harold MacMillan arranged
a meeting with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev tonight in a new at
tempt to get the Big Four summit
conference going.
The British Prime Minister
started a round of evening calls
on his Big Four colleagues by
seeing French President De
Gaulle and then President Eisen
hower.
MacMillan and Khrushchev
failed to arrange for a further
summit meeting of the Big Four
but the two will continue private
talks tomorrow.
Two Members of Atomic
Energy Commission Resign
WASHINGTON, UP) — Two of
the five members of the Atomic
Energy Commission are resigning,
the White House announced today.
The two men are John Williams,
who attributed his decision to “a
recent serious illness,” and John
Floberg, who said he was leaving
for a “complex of reasons, large
ly personal.”
President Eisenhower nomi
nated Loren Keith Olson of Sum
ner, Md., to serve the remainder
of Floberg’s term which expires
June 30, 1962. Olson has been gen
eral counsel of the AEC since
March, 1958.
Eisenhower did not immediately
nominate a successor for Wil
liams, whose resignation will be
come effective June 30.
YOU, TOOl
WASHINGTON, LP> — Director
Allen W. Dulles of the Central
Intelligence Agency went through
his stacks of mail on the U-2 spy
plane incident and found one let
ter with a simple message:
“Have Brownie, will travel,” it
said, x
Khrushchev Withdraws
Invitation to Eisenhower |
To Visit Soviet Union
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
PARIS, Iffl — The summit con- j
ference collapsed in its first ses
sion today, with the Soviet Union
and the United States accusing
each other of torpedoing the his
toric session called in an effort to
ease world tensions.
The meeting foundered over the
U-2 incident.
Premier Khrushchev, bitterly I
attacking U. S. policy, called for
a six-month delay and said a later
U. S. administration may under
stand the situation if the present
administration can’t. He withdrew
his invitation for President Eisen
hower to visit the Soviet Union
next month.
President Eisenhower promised
there will be no more U. S. spy
flights over the Soviet Union but
said:
“The only conclusion that can
be drawn from his (Khrushchev’s)
behavior this morning was that he
came all the way from Moscow to
Paris with the sole intention of
sabitaging the meeting on which
so much of the hopes of the world
have rested.”
Today’s 5-hour, 5-minute session
may be the last for this summit
conference. No further meetings
were scheduled.
Asked for Private Talks
Eisenhower challenged Khrush
chev to private two-way talks to
save the conference.
“We of the United States,” the
President said, “are here to con
sider in good faith the important
problems before this conference.
We are prepared either to carry
this point no further or to under
take bilateral conversations be
tween the United States and the
U.S.S.R. while the main confer
ence proceeds.”
Khrushchev repeated his state
ment that should American flights
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ARMED FORCES DAY PROGRAM
Wednesday, May 18
11:00 a:m. to 4:00 p.m. — Inspection of aircraft on
field including C123, T33, CAP plane and possibly
others.
11:30 — Luncheon at Pioneer Hall for military visitors,
sponsored by Women's organizations.
12:50 — Fly-by of eight jet planes.
1:00 p.m. — Address by Gen. Austin with introduc
tion by Mayor Steffen Andersen from reviewing
stand between Wien Airlines and Morgans.
Parade of 592nd Air Force Band (Modernaires) from
Ladd Air Force Base.
11th Air Force Division Precision Drill Team.
Alaska National Guard, Nome, Kotzebue, Unalakleet.
12:30 to 2:00 p.m. — Military displays on Front Street.
Local groups participating.
5:00 p.m. — Dinner for military at North Star Sea
view Room sponsored by Chamber of Commerce
and the Rotary Club.
7:30 p.m. — School Auditorium — Band Concert and
Magic Show (Children under 7th Grade not allowed)
(Parade groups will assemble on 1st Ave and Steadman. Parade
will be on Front St. from Steadman to B or Bering Street
as far as the Nome High School^
Precision Drill
Team Will Debut
In Nome Parade
LADD AFB — The only Air
Force precision drill team in the
history of the 11th Air Division
and Ladd AFB, will make its pub
lic debut at Armed Forces Day
activities in Nome on May 18. The
team will perform highly intricate
marching maneuvers to silent
count commands during the Nome
Armed Forces Day parade.
The 26-man unit will make its
first public appearance at Ladd
during Armed Forces Day cere
monies on Saturday, May 21. The
unit already has drawn atten
tion from the Fairbanks commu
nity, with invitations to perform
at several public events this
summer.
The idea to form a recision drill
team at Ladd was fostered by
S/Sgt. Russell Harkins Jr.
Harkins who has a long history
of association with Air Force drill
teams organized the new unit at
Ladd and is serving as its drill
master. He has commanded or
been a team member of six pre
cision drill teams in the Air Force
previous to his present attach
ment.
The Ladd team is made up en
tirely of volunteer airmen from
the 5060th Support Group, who
donate hours of their off-duty
time on weekends to rigid prac
tice of the intricate multi
maneuvers. These men have been
practicing constantly since May 1
or their Armed Forces Day debut.
Harkins himself designed the
compliment of colorful dress ac
cessories which will be worn by
the drill team members. In addi
tion to the usual Air Force blue
uniform, the drill team will be
distinguished by enamel blue hel
mets bearing the 11th Air Division
emblem, and the names of each
member, white scarves, gloves,
and web belts, and jump boots
with white laces.
The extra dress accessories for
the team were purchased from
local business establishments in
Fairbanks.
Heavy Spring Storms
Drench Western Area
By The Associated Press
Torrential rains fell in Kansas,
Nebraska and eastern Colorado
last night and early today.
Thunderstorms and hail spawned
by a clash of cold and humid air
dropped four inches of rain on
Phillpsburg in north central Kan-,
sas last night and another inch had
fallen just to the south early
today.
The turbulent, nearly station
ary storm front dumped nearly
a foot of hailstones near Pueblo,
Colo., the Weather Bureau re
ported, and a tornado touched
ground harmlessly four miles
northwest of Elkhart, Kan. An
other apparently hadmless tor
nado was reported seen southwest
of Dodge City, Kansas.
WHAT'S THE USE , . .
LONDON, UPi — President Mo
hammed Ayub Khan of Pakistan
declared today Soviet aircraft
have been flying over his country
“for some time.
Ayab Khan, homeward bound
from the British Commonwealth
Prime Ministers Conference, was
asked by reporters whether Pakis
tan had protested to Moscow.
“What would be the use?” he
said.
Egan Protests
Cutting Air Force
Strength In Alaska
JUNEAU, Wl — A formal re- j
quest for Defense Department ac
tion to revoke Air Force deactiva
tion of a fighter-interceptor squad
ron at Ladd Air Force Base has
been made by Governor Egan.
In a strongly-worded letter to
Defense Secretary Thomas S.
Gates Jr., the Alaska Governor
said the Air Force decision to
reduce strength in the 49th State
“appears foolhardy, if not irre
sponsible.”
“To contend that the role of the
Air Force can toe conducted as
well from the West Coast as from
Alaska — a theory attributed in
news reports to General Curtis
LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff
— is contrary to all reason.”
The Governor added:
“It is a far-fetched interpretation
of General LeMay’s theory to
suggest that the American people
should now prepare themselves for
word that the United States is
withdrawing its forces from West
Germany because they are too
close to East Germany, Under this
premise, could not the aerial
strength stationed throughout
Europe operate just as well from
the East Coast of the United
States ” /
“It is my understanding,” Egan
said in his letter to Gates, “that
the 449th represents more than 40
per cent of the existing fighter
strength in Alaska. With its de
parture, Alaska — the first line of
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Reds Call Dummy
Rocket Forerunner
Of Man In Space
By I. A. GOLDBERG
MOSCOW, Wl—The Soviets say
their 4Vfe-ton dummy - manned
space ship — the biggest satellite
ever launched — is whizzing
around the earth on course.
“There soon wil be a man in
space,” the Soviets said.
Dr. Viktor Bazzekin, director of
the Moscow Planetarium, con
conceded there are still problems
to be solved before sending up a
live astronaut — the main one
•being how to get him back to
earth safely.
The official news agency Tass
said no attempt will be made to
retrieve the dummy passenger
riding in a pressurized cabinet
with “all the necessary equipment
for a future manned space flight.”
Soviet scientists said the 2V4-ton
cabinet would be separated from
the satellite after the “necessary
information” is received but would
burn up in the atmosphere as it
drops.
The Soviets gave only skimpy
details Sunday in announcing
the launching of their latest space
vehicle on the eve of the Paris
summit conference.
In London, a spokesman for the
British Interplanetary Society es
timated the rocket propelling the
Soviet ship was two or three
times more powerful than the
U. S. Atlas and Titan rockets.
The rocket went into orbit ap
proximately 200 miles up and be
gan sending back beeps that
sounded like a distant train
whistle. The Sputnik is visible to
the naked eye in hours of dark
ness. It was first sighted in the
United State at 4:10 a.m. by moon
watchers in Dayton, Ohio.
‘Magical Moments’
Show & Concert to
Climax Holiday
The Armed Forces Day celebra
tion will be climaxed by a Band
Concert and a program entitled
‘‘Magical Moments” on Wednesday
evening. ,
This program is presented by
Captain Robert Falkner, an in
formation officer at Eielson AFB,
who has performed all over the
world as a magician, with such
shows as “Magic and Mirth,”
‘Sky’s the limit,’ and ‘The Poor
Man’s Blackstone.”
Outstanding as an after-dinner
speaker and magical toastmaster,
his dynamic style and keen sense
of humor have consistently made
his presentations popular as well
as commercial successful. Be
cause he has specialized in magic
in the modern manner, his suave
approach to the ancient art,
coupled with a talented pair of
hands, always insures a satirical
brand of necromancy that is re
freshingly different.
While performing his regular
combat duties as a bomber pilot
both in World War II and the
Korean conflict, his frequent
magical productions and road
shows earned him many fide com
mendations, and he was dubbed
the “Flying Sorcerer.”
His digital deception has capti
vated audiences in nearly every
state of the Union, as well as in
14 foreign countries. He has al
ready put on a show at Unalakleet
and another at Fort Yukon.
Because of the crowd antici
pated and the need of a quiet
audience, children below the
Seventh-Grade level are asked not
to attend.
Democrat Egan Meets
Hawaii’s GOP Quinn
SEATTLE, UFi — The Governors
of the nation’s two newest states,
Alaska and Hawaii, were at odds
at their first meeting Sunday —
over the Presidential race and
the summer political campaigns.
Democratic Governor William
Egan of Alaska said he was confi
dent “any of the top Democratic
Presidential candidates can carry
Alaska.”
But Governor William Quinn, of
Hawaii, a Republican, had a dif
ferent viewpoint and said he had
high hopes that Richard Nixon, as
GOP standard bearer, can win
Hawaii.
Their friendly first meeting,
with their wives joining them,
came as the Western Governors’
Conference convened. Both agreed
the change from territorial status
to full statehood had been hectic,
but they were optimistic over the
future.
The chief task in Alaska is bal
ancing the budget but the only
taxes raised so far, Egan said, have
been highway and marine gaso
line levies. However, with the
ending of numerous federal grants
on July 1, 1962, some stress may
be expected.
Egan conceded that Hawaii has
had many problems adjusting to
statehood but said he believed
Alaska’s had been greater for two
reasons, that Hawaii has a larger
population and more extensive
economy and that when both were
territories Alaska operated under
greater federal restrictions.