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VOL. LXI No. 75 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1959_Per Copy—15^
Herter’s No-Appeasement Stand Is .
Lauded by Both Parties in Congress
WASHINGTON, — Senate
leaders of both parties pledged
support today to Secretary of
State Christian Herter in his Ber
lin policies.
Democratic Leader Lyndon
Johnson of Texas told the Senate
that the country is behind Herter
in his firm stand against sacri
ficing the freedom of the people
of West Berlin in any agreement
with the Russians.
Republican Leader Everett Dirk
sen of Illinois said he was “never
so propd of our Secretary of State
as I was last night,” when Herter
reported to the nation on the Ge
neva conference.
Senator Mike Mansfield of Mon
tana, assistant Democratic leader,
said the statements of Johnson
and Dirksen “once again indicated
to the world that Congress, re
gardless of party, is behind Sec
retary Herter.
Herter’s stand drew similar ex
pressions of support from House
members.
S.E. Salmon Season
Opens — Sans
Trap Operations
JUNEAU, — Seine nets
dipped into the salmon waters of
Southeastern Alaska today as the
fishing season opened for 1959 in
the northern portion of the Alaska
Panhandle.
Fishing began on a curious note
for those Alaskans who had op
posed operation of fish traps and
had pledged none would be in
use when first the season opened
under statehood.
Temporarily, at least, the traps
of Southeastern Alaska were idle.
It was the first time since salmon
became a recognized Alaska in
dustry over a half century ago
that no trap was in operation.
The ban’s full effectiveness, for
a portion of the only 11 traps that
might later have a chance to op
erate this year, rested with the
district court at Juneau.
Judge Raymond J. Kelly yes
terday set Monday to hear argu
ments on a request for a tempo
rary injunction that would pre
vent the state from enforcing anti
trap laws against two Indian vil
lages. ,
The villages, Kake and Angoon,
were denied a temporary restrain
ing order yesterday that would
have allowed them to start fishing
this week.
Flying Doctors Visiting
In Nome This Afternoon
Sixty Flying Doctors are sched
uled to arrive here this afternoon
at about 3:30 p.m. on a chartered
Reeve Aleutian Airways plane.
They will remain here for about
' two hours, and take a special
tour, guided by Don Perkins of
Wien’s and John McNees. They
will then travel on to Kotzebue
and the Diomede Islands. In Kot
zebue they will tour courtesy of
Wien Airlines. They will return
to Anchorage via Mt. McKinley.
The first arrival, of this group,
Dr. Harkness, was here for the
Midnight Sun Festival last week.
He returned to Anchorage for a
convention on Monday.
U. S. diplomats hoped the evi
dence of solid Congressional back
ing in both parties would help im
press in Communist minds the
need for a change, in Moscow’s
policy if there is ever to be a
peaceful solution to -the German
crisis.
Herter spoke grimly in report
ing to the American people on the
six weeks of deadlock at the Ge
neva foreign ministers conference
on Germany. The negotiations re
cessed last Saturday until July 13.
In a 15-minute radio-TV speech,
the \mericao foreign affairs chief
called on the Soviets to abandon
their drive “to add more than
two million free West Berliners
to the captive peoples of Eastern
Europe.”
“This is the critical question,”
he said. “If the Soviets do not hold
to this annexationist design, we
should be able to reach agree
ments on Berlin consistent with
the honor and interest of all our
countries.”
Algerian Rebels Force
French Units To Give
ALGIERS, UR — Algerian rebels
thrust a determined column of uni
formed soldiers into the outskirts
of Bone today in their first military
assault of a major Algerian city.
The attack before dawn brought
on a stand-up battle with thous
ands of French soldiers, armored
units and planes which was still
raging at noon, eight hours after
it started.
The rebel group had overrun
two French Army posts and was
infiltrating the east Algerian city
before the French recovered from
their surprise. Then warplanes
swooped on the rebels with straf
ing runs and incendiary bombs.
Unofficial sources at Bone said
the rebel troops were heavily
armed and apparently were under
orders to penetrate into Bone
itself.
AEC EMPLOYS SKILLS OF MANY
EXPERTS IN “PROJECT CHARIOT”.
Rodney L. Southwick of the
Operation Plowshare Information
Office in Oakland, Calif., is sched
uled to arrive here on Sunday,
June 27, with Wien Airlines, and
will overnight in Nome. During
his stay he will be happy to an
swer questions concerning Project
Chariot, whioh is the proposed ex
cavation project at Ogotoruk
Creek below Cape Thompson.
Studies and surveys being con
ducted this summer and in I960,
will have several organizations
participating. On the basis ofxlata
obtained from the studies, the
Atomic Energy Commission will
decide whether it is safe to pro
ceed with the experiment; and
will determine the best time to
conduct it.
Most of the personnel involved
in the surveys will be based at
the camp site, as well as on two
marine research vessels — The
Brown Bear, operated by the Uni
versity of Washington, and the
John Cobb, operated by the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Commissioner will review
preliminary results of the work
Council Will Hear
Bid for Telephone
Rate Changes
Nome Telephone Company sub
mitted a new telephone ordinance
and also asked for a rate increase
at the City Council meeting on
Monday evening. The hearing has
been set for July 9.
Merrill Chitty and son, the only
certified appraisers in Alaska, it
is reported, talked to the Nome
Council on the re-evaluation of
property in the city. He has been
doing this work in other commu
nities in Alaska.
Clean-Up Campaign Ended
It was announced at the Council
meeting that the rl mn-up cam
paign is complete as far as city
free pickup is concerned. How
ever, many property owners are
urged to finish tidying up their
property at their own expense,
for a cleaner, safer Nome.
Jim West was awarded the
contract for painting the City Hall
and Fire Station for the sum of
$750.
In order to straighten out prop
erty lines, the Council will move
the residence of Willie Senunge
tuk on Warren Place.
Three cable lines from the old
Federal Building were accepted
by the City from A.C.S., and are
to be left in place and a use per
mit drawn up, for their use by
the Nome Telephone Company.
New Light Rates July I
Ordinance 397 was passed, set
ting July 1 as the effective date
for the new Nome Power and
Light Company rates.
The City received a letter from
Alaska Public Works, informing
that the estimates on the street
paving project. were increased,'
bringing the City’s share to $15,
500, instead of the $13,300 orig
inally proposed.
The Council approved payment
of grave care for the burial place
of Dr. Hill, as requested in the
will of “Cappy” MacDougall, and
for which purpose funds were
provided. The graves of his aunt,
early next year, to determine
whether the studies should be con
tinued. If the 1959 and 1960 stu
dies prove the safety and prac
ticability of the experiment, it
could be conducted in 1961.
I — ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
University of Alaska — Will
conduct botanical, mammalian,
sea-bird, cliff, and human ecolo
gical investigations. Botanical in
vestigations will be under Dr. Al
bert W. Johnson and Leslie A. Vie
reck and two assistants.
The mammalian studies will be
conducted by Dr. William O. Pruitt
with three assistants and will in
clude studies of weasels, foxes,
wolves and the migration of cari
bou in the region.
Dr. L. Gerard Schwartz will be
in charge of the sea-bird cliff in
vestigations, studying their feed
ing habits, migration patterns and
their role as a biotic link betwen
sea and land communities.
Dr. Brina Kessel, head of the
Department of Biological Science,
is general supervisor for the Uni
versity of the AEC project.
‘Every Alaska Community’ is Official
Site for July 4 Flag-Raising Ceremony
JUNEAU, W) — Aerial bombs
will burst in the twilight sky at
midnight here on July 4 to signal
the addition of a 49th star to the
nation’s flag.
Midnight fireworks displays are
traditional Independence Day fea
tures at Juneau, capitol of the
new state.
But this year’s celebration will
be bigger than ever, not only here
but in virtually every community
from the Southeastern Alaska Is
land Panhandle to the Arctic Coast
at Point Barrow.
The day ibefore the Fourth, the
new state will be six months old.
When the- new 49-star flag be
comes official on the next day,
Alaskans look forward to a whole
year of distinction for their Land
of the Midnight Sun.
The 49-star flag will fly offi
cially only until July 4 of next
year, when a new 50-star banner
will reflect Hawai’s admission as
a state.
“Every community in Alaska
that raises the new flag with ap
propriate ceremonies this July 4
RIVERS VOTED IN FAVOR
OF HOUSING MEASURE
WASHINGTON, UP) — Represen
tative Ralph Rivers was recorded
as voting in favor when the House
passed the $1,375,000,000 compro
mise housing bill Tuesday. The
vote was 241-177.
Cecelia Walsh and of his father,
are also located at Belmont
Point Cemetary, and were put into
presentable condition. This work
liquidated the fund provided by
Mr. MacDougall.
New Fire Truck
An agreement was signed with
W. S. Darley Company of Chicago
for the new fire truck. The City
will make a $3,000 down payment,
and the balance is to be paid off
in two yearly installments, with
interest at 6 per cent.
University of Washington—The
Department of Oceanography in
cooperation with the Laboratory
of Radiation Biology and the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Bur
eau of Commercial Fisheries at
Seattle, has a program designed
to produce basic marine ecologi
cal information to assist in estab
lishing characteristics of the area
from Bering Straits to Cape Lis
boume out to 169 degrees West
Longitude. This research will be
under direction of Dr. Richard
H. Fleming Department of Ocean
ography, and will be conducted
aboard their oceanographic ves
sel, Brown Bear. The studies will
be designed to determine the
probable dispersal of radioisotopes
in the sea, if any, the size and
nature of any surface wave that
might be created by such a deto
nation, the best time of year for
conducting the project and the ex
isting levels of radiation in or
ganisms and sediment.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,
Seattle, Wash. — The John N.
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will be recognized as the site of
an offical state celebration,” said
Governor Egan.
His statement, well in advance
of Independence Day, settled what
appeared to be growing friction,
among Alaska cities to claim hon
ors as the scene of the official
celebrations.
The 44-year-old Democratic
Chief Executive will participate
at two of the official flag-raising
ceremonies — at Juneau and Sit
ka, where the biggest celebrations
are scheduled.
Sitka, about 100 air miles from.
Juneau, was the old Russian capi
of Alaska and the first territorial
capitol after purchase of the vast
area by the United States.
In the morning ceremonies at
Sitka on Independence Day, the
Governor will help raise the new
flag above Castle Hill, where the
last Russian flag to fly over Alas
ka was lowered in 1867.
Egan will return to Juneau for
an afternoon flag-raising cere
mony in this city that has been,
the Alaska capitol for the past
half-century.
Bereaved Son Spots
Parent’s Murderer
YAKIMA, Wash., UP* — A griev
ing son enroute to identify his
murdered father’s body spotted the
family car pass by at dusk yester
day. His alertness paid off when
a husky mental patient, sought
in the killing, was captured —
asleep in the slain man’s car.
The manhunt ended in a road
side clump of bushes near Cle
Elm, where John Bernhard Doyle,
22, was found in the car. The cap
ture came only hours after the
body of Vivian Meagher, 56, Se
attle salesman, was found shot and
bludgeoned in desolate hill coun
try, 45 miles southwest of here.
Doyle, who escaped from North
ern State Hospital July 9, was
also wanted in connection with the
pistol-whipping of a student nurse
in Seattle Monday night. Frances /
Mullin, 22, identified Doyle as /
the man who attacked her. /
The climax to the search came
as John Meagher, 24, spotted the
car on the busy east-west high
way. He had taken his eyes off the
doad for a moment in the gather
ing dusk and then got a Hash of
recognition as the other car passed
by, going the opposite direction.
Meagher and his uncle swung
their car about and followed the
other vehicle cautiously. After
three or four miles the other car
pulled off the road and Meagher
drove for help.
Doyle had a record of three
commitments, two paroles and
three escapes from the mental
hospital.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES
Pacific Coast League
Phoenix 5, Vancouver 0.
Sacramento 2, Spokane 1.
Salt Lake City 3, Portland 2.
American League
Baltimore 5, Cleveland 1.
Chicago 4, Washington 1.
Boston 10, Detroit 4.
New York 10, Kansas City 2.
National League
Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 5.
Los Angeles 4, Philadelphia 3.
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 1. '
Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 1.