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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 27 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1961_Per Copy 15<
Scouts Leave
For Encampment
Alaska National Guard, 1st
Scout Battalion, Co. A, C and D
numbering about 400 men are in
the process of leaving for a two
weeks encampment at Camp De
nali at Ft. Richardson.
Guardsmen are coming in by
commercial transportation v i a
Wien Airlines, Alaska Airlines
and Munz Airways from Gambell,
Savoonga, Teller, Teller Mission,
Diomede, Wales, Shishmaref,
Deering and a flight is echeduled
to King Island for Co. A.
In Co. C, which is known as
the Kotzebue group there will be
guardsmen from Kotzebue, Noor
vick, Kiana, Selawik, Shungnak,
Noatak, Kivalina and Pt. Hope.
Co. D is from Barrow, Wain
wright and Barter Island.
Co. B will not be participating,
as they took part in the recent
Willow Freeze maneuvers.
The advance training will end
on March 26. During the encamp
ment the Gen. A. Noyes coveted
award will be presented to the
most outstanding soldier with
each battalion.
The entire Nome staff will take
part, stated Capt. Bill Caldwell,
with only Mr. McCracken left here
in charge of the ANG Building.
Turn Thumbs Down on
Bill Which Would Outlaw
Present Bounty System
JUNEAU (J*> — The majority
of the members of the House
Natural Resources Committee
turned thumbs down today on a
bill which would outlaw the
present state bounty system on
wolves, wolverines, coyotes and
hair seals.
The bounty bill, introduced by
Rep. Jim Binkley of Fairbanks by
request, was reported out of com
mittee with a “do not pass”
recommendation by Reps. An
drew Hope, committee chairman,
Raymond Christiansen, Jacob
Stalker, Alfred Widmark and
Arthur Harris.
Reps. Forbes Baker and John
Longworth said they did not con
cur with the majority report
against the bill.
20 Presbyterian
Ministers on Preaching
Mission in Alaska
SEATTLE UP> — Twenty Pres
byterian ministers left Friday on
a preaching mission to Alaska —
a mission that is aimed at both
sides of the pulpit.
The ministers are from through
out the states. The mission will
end March 12.
The Rev. Dr. A. Paul Noble,
N. Y., and the Rev. Roland S.
Fredericks, Amsterdam, N. Y.,
said they will attempt to sti
mulate church attendance, reac
tivate members not now active and
seek new members.
Gov. Egan Signs Three
More Bills Into Law
JUNEAU (J’l — A bill which
would prohibit the state from
discrimination on the basis of age
in the hiring of employes was
signed by Gov. Egan today.
The governor also penned his
name to two other minor bills,
bringing to 15 the number of new
laws placed on the state’s books
since the 1961 legislative session
began.
House Passes Borough
System of Local
Government in Alaska
JUNEAU UP) — The House of
Representatives today passed by
a vote of 29-9 a bill which would
permit the establishment of a
borough system of local govern
ment in Alaska.
The bill, a substitute version
prepared by the Local Govern
ment Committee, passed the low
er chamber after a half hour of
debate.
Voting against the measure were
Reps. Robert Blodgett <D-Teller),
Donald Harris (R-McGrath), Bruce
Kendall (R-Anchorage>, Jalmar
Kerttula (D-Palmer), John Long
worth (R-Petersburg), John Nu
sunginya (D-Barrow), Henry Pratt
(R-Anchorage), William Sanders
(R-Anchorage) and R. W. Stratton
(R-Spenard).
Before final passage, commit
tee members summarized argu
ments which were presented to the
House as a committee of the whole
last Saturday that the bill was “a
mandate of the State Constitu
tion.”
Freight Rates to
Alaska Jump 56.4%
In Past Ten Years
WASHINGTON UP* — Sen.
Ernest Gruening said today water
freight rates to Alaska have in
creased 56.4 per cent during the
past 10 years and have become
intolerable.
His statement was made at a
Senate Interstate Commerce sub
committee hearing into the im
pact of rising ocean transporta
tion costs on Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
He suggested a specific defini
tion in law of the standards to be
applied in determining just and
reasonable rates. The Maritime
Board, he said, now has inconsist
ent duties to regulate the maritime
industry and at the same time
promote its development.
Gruening urged that Maritime
Board proceedings be speeded up
and that authority to suspend pro
posed rate increases be increased
beyond the present four-month
period.
He urged also that the carriers
be required to maintain efficient
fleets.
French Police Round Up
Six in Leads to
Peugeot Kidnaping Case
NANCY, France. UPl — Police
today questioned a beauty queen,
j a strip-tease dancer, and four
| others for a lead in the year-old
kidnaping case of auto heir Eric
Peugeot.
The police rounded up the six
almost exactly 11 months after
4-year-old Eric was taken in Paris
and returned to his parents for
a 50 million franc ($100,000> ran
som. No charges have been filed.
Among those questioned is a
man identified as Roland De Beau
fort. Police said he admitted hav
ing once owned the typewriter
used for the Peugeot ransom notes.
Police questioned 20-year-old
Lise Bodin, the blonde runner-up
in the 1961 Miss Denmark con
test and later Miss World candi
date, who came to France only
last November and has since been
working as cover girl and model.
Police would give few details
of the questioning but said they
hoped to announce a break in the
Peugeot case as a result.
Employers Must
Hire Workers from
Surplus Areas
JUNEAU (A*>—Legislation which
would require most employers to
hire workers from areas of labor
surplus in the state was intro
duced in the Senate Today.
Under the provisions of the bill,
the Commissioner of Labor would
be required to designate areas of
labor surplus where (1) unem
ployment exists in excess of 5
per cent of the labor force or (21
chronic unemployment exists.
Every employer, other than the
federal government and certain
other employers, would be re
quired to recruit his labor from
those areas, “up to at least 80
per cent of its total complement
of employes in Alaska, until all
qualified resident persons active
ly seeking work are employed.”
The act would not apply to em
ployers having pre-hire contracts
with unions holding jurisdiction
over the work.
The bill was introduced by
Sens. A1 Owen, George McNabb,
Eben Hopson and Elton Engstrom.
Max Conrad On
Next-to-the Last Lap
For Light Plane Record
DAKAR, Senegal, (ff)—Max Con
rad flew westward across the At
lantic today on the next-to-last
lap of his attempt to set a new
round-the-world record for light
planes.
Conrad hoped to reach the
Caribbean island of Trinidad this
afternoon after a 17V£-hour flight
from Dakar.
The flying grandfather planned
to fly from Trinidad to Miami,
Fla., where he started his trip last
Monday. The present record for
light planes is 29 days.
Conrad landed his two-engine
Piper Aztec in Dakar after an un
eventful trip from Lagos, Nigeria,
and slept several hours before re
suming his journey.
New Judgeships
Passed by Senate
In Jig Time
WASHINGTON Iff — A bill cre
ating 73 new federal judgeships,
passed by the Senate in jig time,
appeared to be heading for slower
action in the House.
Alaska would have one new fed
eral judge under the bill.
The measure provides for 14
more judges than President Ken
nedy requested to help reduce
delays in handling federal court
cases. It would create 63 new
district court jcdgeships and add
10 judges to Circuit Courts of Ap
peals.
The Senate passed the bill Fri
day by voice vote after rejecting
a Republican motion to defer ac
tion until March 16, two days
after the judicial conference meets
here to make recommendations on
the needs of the judiciary.
However, at the conclusion of
a House Judiciary Subscommit
tee’s hearings on a companion bill
Thursday, Chairman Emanuel Cel
ler, D-N. Y., said the record would
be kept open for the submission
of statements for 10 days.
Adherence to this timetable
would virtually preclude any
chance of House action on the
legislation until after the meeting
of the judicial conference, com
posed of senior judges of the Fed
eral Circuit and District Courts.
Ferry Bond Bill Is Out
Urge Its Passage
JUNEAU UP) — The $23 million
ferry bond bill was reported out
of the House Finance Committee
today with a majority of the com- ;
mittee recommending that it pass '
the lower chamber.
The bill, a substitute for one of
fered by the administration, would
implement the $23 million ferry
bond proposal approved by the
voters last Nov. 8.
With the committee report
came recommended amendments
which would require that the $5
million earmarked in the original
bond proposal for highways and
roads be used only as state match- j
ing funds for federal road con- j
struction moneys.
The recommended amendment
would limit road construction to
highways connecting cities not in
cluded in the ferry program and
not connected by the present
1 State Highway System.
Recommending that the bill “do
pass” were Reps. Frank Chapados
(D-Fairbanks), Committee Chair
man; Robert Blodgett (D-Teller),
Morgan Reed (D-Skagway) and
Walter Kubley (R-Ketchikan).
Recommending that it do not
pass were Reps. Jalmer Kerttula
(D-Palmer), Harold Strandberg
(R-Anchorage) and Donald Harris
(R-McGrath).
The bill was sent to the Rules
Committee for placement on the
House calendar.
Foreign Cars No
Longer Tax-Free
For Servicemen
WASHINGTON UP) — Service
men overseas can no longer buy
foreign cars tax-free and ship
them home duty-free with the
government paying the freight.
The new order was given Sun
day by the Kennedy Administra
tion as part of the effort to cut
down the outflow of gold and
dollars from the United States.
Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara previously had indi
cated such a step would be taken.
That was after President Kennedy
rescinded the controversial order
of the previous administration
cutting the number of families of
servicemen allowed to stay with
them abroad.
The foreign car order goes into
effect immediately. On June 30 the
administration said it intends to
let a law lapse that allows service
men to send $50 worth of gifts
home duty free. When the law
expires the limit would revert to
$10 per shipment — the amount
now applicable to tourists.
This action is separated from
Kennedy’s request to Congress to
cut from $500 to $100 the amount
of foreign goods U. S. tourists can
bring back home without paying
customs duties.
The administration hopes to
bring about a spending reduction
of $75 to $110 a year for each
serviceman abroad. This would
save $75 million to $110 million
a year in foreign spending of dol
lars.
Names of 25 Appointees for
Tourism Board Sent to Legislature
JUNEAU OP) — Gov. Egan today
sent the names of 25 persons to
the Legislature for confirmation
as appointees to the State Tourism
Advisory Board. The 25 were the
same persons appointed to the
board on an interim basis last
fall.
Dial Telephones
Will Be Installed
About July 1st
With the coming of dial tele
phone service, the Nome Tele
phone Co. is offering subscribers
a choice of colored phones. The
various colored instruments are
on display at the Alaska Airlines
window on Front Street.
On or about July 1st, the com
pany will start installing the new
dial phones. Ninety-eight percent
of the old phones will be replaced
with the new instruments. The
standard phone will be black in
either desk or wall type. Should
the subscriber desire color, the
cost will be slightly more than the
black type.
The new “Starlight” phone is
primarily an extension phone,
with lighted dial and its compact
ness the main feature. This phone
can also be installed as a primary
phone with the addition of a
ringer box the same color as the
telephone.
The tentative cut-over date to
dial operation is now scheduled
for August 26. At that time, there
will be representatives from all
over Alaska and from the lower
48 to take part in the event. Plans
are now being formulated to give
these people a Nome welcome and
a program of events will be an
nounced later.
U. S. Navy Task Force
Heads Back to
I Congolese Waters
WASHINGTON UP) — A U. S.
Navy task force has been turned
back from a goodwill voyage and
sent back to Congolese waters to
be available in case the United
Nations needs help there, the State
Department said today.
The department confirmed the
move in response to queries about
a dispatch from Capetown, South
Africa, reporting the change of
plans. The vessels, two destroyers,
two landing ships and an oiler,
were due in Capetown Wednes
day.
The move obviously was related
to the situation in the supply
port of Matadi where Congolese
troops fought pitched battles with
U. N. forces over the weekend
and took control.
The ships, department spokes
man Lincoln White said, are
available for the United Nations
if the world organization needs
them.
Would be More Difficult
To Place Referendum
Or Initiative on the Ballot
JUNEAU UP) — A proposed state
constitutional amendment which
would make it more difficult to
place a referendum or initiative
on the ballot was introduced in
the Senate Saturday.
Under the terms of the pro
posal, offered by Sen. Les Bron
son, sponsors of a proposed
amendment to the State Consti
tution would be required to ob
tain supporting signatures from 20
per cent of the voters who cast
ballots in the preceeding general
election in each of the four ma
jor senatorial districts.
Under the terms of the Con
stitution as now written, the sig
natures of 10 per cent of the vot
ers who cast ballots in the pre
ceding general election and resi
dents in at least two-thirds of the
election districts of the state.