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VOL. LXI No. 76 ~ NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1959Per Copy—15^
Louisiana’s Gov.
Long Released by
State Court Order
COVINGTON, La., UP) — A state
court today ordered Governor Earl
Long of Louisiana released from
the Southeast Louisiana mental
hospital at Mandeville. Long is
now free to resume his duties as
Governor.
Judge Robert Jones of the 22nd
Judical District signed a dismissal
of the order committing Long to
the hospital.
Jones took the action after Joe
Arthur Sims, ramrod of the 63
year-old Governor’s 11-man'legal
staff, told the court the state
hospital board dismissed officials
opposing Long’s release.
The board met in an emergency
session on Long’s order before the
hearing and voted the removal of
state hospital director Jesse Bank
ston and Dr. Charles Belcher, act
ing superintendent at the hospital.
The ruling ended 27 days of con
finement for the Governor in two
mental hospitals. His family had
him flown to Galveston, Tex., on
May 30, against the Governor’s
will, after he profanely laced poli
tical foes during legislative
hearings.
Long zipped away from the
school house where the hearings
were held less than three minutes
after Jones freed him.
A crowd jammed outside to
cheer as Long entered the sleek
limousine and apparently headed
for his Governor’s chair in the
state capitol at Baton Rouge.
Neither Mrs. Long, from whom
the Governor asked the court for
a separation, nor any other mem
ber of the Long family was
present.
Flying 49ers
Making Progress
f In Heavy Weather
EDMONTON, UP) — The 49ers
Air Cruise Association moved into
the north country Thursday en
route to Alaska after having been
held up a half day here because
of poor flying conditions.
Officials at the Edmonton Mu
nicipal Airport said all 22 planes
in the group, including four which
were forced to spend Wednesday
night at Calgary because of poor
weather, left in the early after
noon.
The planes, carrying 60 persons,
are heading for Fairbanks to take
part in statehood dedication cere
monies July 5.
They are following the 49er
Airway, a new map-marked air
route between Miami, Fla., and
Fairbanks, said to be the longest
such airway in the world.
The 49ers left Miami last Fri
day and expect to reach Fair
banks Saturday. Following the
dedication ceremonies, they will
break up and return on their own.
Four planes started at Miami,
with the others joining in as they
progressed along the airway north
and west to Canada.
Airport officials here said the
planes would encounter thunder
stotms along the 681-mile route
to Fort Nelson, in northeastern
British Columbia, the longest one
day hop they have to make.
Friday they expect to fly on to
Whitehorse in the Yukon and
make Fairbanks the next day.
Steelworkers Want
To Bargain With
Top Executives
Bjr NORMAN WALKER
NEW YORK, m — The United
Steelworkers Union refused today
to hold further meetings with the
steel industry’s bargaining team.
The union, instead, invited direct
talks tonight with steel company
executives.
David J. McDonald, the union’s
president, said there was no point
in continuing what he called “a
farcical filibuster” 'with the in
dustry’s four - man bargaining
team.
He said two union settlement
offers have been made and re
jected, but that the four-man in
dustry team had refused to make
any contract-gain proposal of any
character.
The industry said earlier that
the union broke off negotiations
after a two-hour morning session.
“We're trying to get real nego
tiations started,” McDonald told
a news conference. “We’ve had
no negotiations yet.”
McDonald said that the last
steel labor settlement, reached in
1956, was made as a result of di
rect conferences with steel indus
try executives.
Present steel contracts expire
Tuesday. The possibility of a strike
beginning Wednesday of 500,000
steelworkers seemed to be in
creasing.
McDonald disclosed the union
had dispatched strike instructions
to locals throughout the nation
Thursday, but he declared he still
is ready to engage in meaningful
talks with top company executives
in an effort to avoid a walkout.
McDonald sent telegrams to
presidents or board chairmen of
the dozen leading steel firms in
viting them to meet with him
tonight.
Rocket’s Failure Puzzles
Air Force Launchers
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calif., UP) — The Air Force
says its latest Discoverer satellite
rocket, loaded with secret gear,
failed to go into orbit.
Experts were trying to learn
why.
The weight of the rocket’s space
capsule — more than 300 pounds
— caused speculation that it might
contain some type of scanning
equipment. The Air Force was,
silent on this.
The rocket was fired at 3:49
p.m. in a test of complex equip
ment which will carry monkeys
into space this fall. There was no
life aboard the fourth Discoverer
rocket.
Marilyn Feeling Fine
NEW YORK, UP) — Marilyn
Monroe, smiling and appearing
well, was discharged today from
Lenox Hill Hospital where she
underwent surgery Tuesday.
“I feel fine, thank you, the
b’onde actress told newsmen in
a pleasant, cheery voice. She was
dressed in beige, with no hat.
She was accompanied from the
hospital by her husband, play
wright Arthur Miller. They drove
to their New York City apart
ment.
Miss Mcnroe entered the hos
pital Monday for the surgery, de
scribed as of a gynecological
nature.
Research Launch
To be Christened
Midnight Sun Festival Queen
AliceGlavinovich will christen
the “Natchuk” this afternoon in
Nome harbor.
The “Natchuk,” meaning com
mon seal in the Barrow Eskimo
dialect, is the 38 - foot research
vessel which was launched from
the SS Talkeetna yesterday.
The launch was specially con
structed and equipped for oceano
graphic work to be done here and
at Kotzebue and Cape Thompson
by the Arctic Research Labora
tory. The vesel is to be operated
by Dr. Allan Beale, scientist of
the University of California, who
is heading the project, assisted by
one scientist from California and
two from the Arctic Research La
boratory out^of the University of
Alaska.
The Natchuk, according to Dr.
Beale, is unique in that there are
probably only four of its kind in
existence. It is sheathed in iron
bark and has bronze armor for
ice protection in the Arctic. It
has a range of 1,500 miles and
contains a laboratory finished in
stainless steel. Some of its other
features include: 110-volt elec
tric power, automatic pilot, radio
direction finder, a winch aboard
carried two miles of wire, and an
A-frame on the stern for handling
underwater and depth equipment.
The vessel was built by the Vic,
Frank Boat Co. of Seattle at 2
cost of $60,000. It will be beached
here for the winter.
The Arctic Research Lab has
another smaller vessel based at
Barrow, stated Beale, and the
Natchuk will be used in the Bar
row area next year.
Four Northwest Senators
Vote for Repeal of
Credit Dividend
WASHINGTON, UR—Four sen
ators from the Pacific Northwest
and Alaska voted on the prevail
ing side Thursday when the Sen
ate approved 47-31, a proposal to
repeal most of the benefits of the
1954 dividend credit provision.
Voting for the proposal were
Democratic Senators Bob Bart
lett, Henry M. Jackson and War
ren G. Magnuson of Washington,
and Richard Neuberger of Oregon.
Not listed in the vote were Sen
ators Ernest Gruening, Wayne
Morse of Oregon, Frank Church
of Idaho, all Democrats, and Hen
ry Dworshak (R-Idaho).
ALL THOSE CAVE MEN !
KANSAS CITY, Mo., W — Jane
Hudley, 12, returned from her
swimming class, her brown hair
a mass of tangles.
Questioning brought out the
reason. »
“I’m the only girl in the swim
ming class and all the boys have
crew cuts. I’m the only one they
can practice the hair-carry on in
our life-saving lessons.”
CHINA'S FLOODS RECEDING
TOKYO, (/Pi — Flood-swollen
rivers receded slowly at Canton
today, Peiping Radio said.
Peiping credited “millions of
heroic people of Kwantung Prov
ince,” mobilized to raise the dikes
IVi to 3 feet, with saving the city
of IVi million from one of South
China’s worst floods.
However, some parts of the city
were reported still under water
and the situation in the Pearl Ri
ver Delta was described as tense.
Eisenhower Dedicates St. Lawrence
Seaway With Britain’s Elizabeth II
By RELMAN MORIN
MONTREAL, UP — President
Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth
II today dedicated the St. Law
rence Seaway to the common good
of their nations, and ceremonially
opened the mighty inland ship
channel with a cruise along its
first 31 miles.
The President, flying in from
Washington, proceeded with the
Queen to the St. Lamber Lock, at
Montreal’s doorstep, the seaway’s
eastern*gate. There they mounted
a 35-foot-high dais for dedicatory
speeches.
The President, who got St. Law
rence Seaway legislation through
Congress after other presidents
had failed, called the project a
technical and commercial triumph.
Seated on the platform were
Canadian officials and members
of the President’s cabinet who
flew to Canada from Washington.
Among them was Lewis L.
Strauss, serving out the last days
of his interim appointment as
Secretary of Commerce.
More than 20,000 people massed
in a 30-acre area around the
platform.
The Queen spoke first. She
traced the century of planning
Plowshare Official
Will Speak Here
Dr. Rodney Southwick, public
information officer for Operation
Plowshare, from the University of
California Radiation Laboratory,
and Dr. Edward Teller, father of
the “A” bomb, will be arriving in
Nome Saturday morning at 10
a.m. on Wien plane. Mrs. Teller
is accompanying her husband.
Dr. Teller and Dr. Southwick
will address the public at 2 p.m.
Saturday in the District Court
room about the project at Cape
Thompson. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend and learn
more about the atomic age from
two of the world’s foremost
atomic scientists.
Collision In Lake Huron
Sinks Liberian Freighter
ULPENA, Mich., UP> — The col
lision^battered freighter Monrovia
today went down in fog-covered
Lake Huron.
The Coast Guard reported that
the freighter Norman W. Foy lost
radar contact with the doomed Li
berian ship at 1:15 a.m., more
than 11 hours after it collided
with the Canadian freighter Roy
alton in heavy fog Thursday.
The Foy backed into the colli
sion area after losing contact and
reported heavy debris in the
water. There was no sign of the
Monrovia.
The collision, off Thunder Bay
Island in northern Lake Huron
was the first major shipping acci
dent in the Great Lakes since the
opening of the St. Lawrence Sea
way. ■
Fast action by the Foy resulted
in the rescue of the Monrovia’s
crew some 60 minutes after an
order to abandon ship was flashed.
The Royalton suffered only mi
nor damage in the collision. Cause
of the collision has not been de
termined.
The 417-foot Monrovia was car
rying a cargo of steel from
Antwerp.
and effort to build the seaway,
noted that it was created jointly*
by the United States and Canada,
and said both nations will benefit
from its operations.
Eisenhower touched on the note?
of world peace, saying:
“May this example never be for
gotten by us, may it never be ig
nored by others. For in the reas
onable resolution of the acute in
ternational problems of our time
rests the single hope for world
prosperity and happiness in peace,
with justice for all.”
It was a warm day. The skiess
were overcast by a haze hanging
over the St. Lawrence River.
The President delivered “at
single halting sentence of my west
ern prairie brand” of French. It
was a gesture to the many French
speaking residents of Canada.
The party motored to the
Queen’s sleek yacht Britannia and
were piped aboard.
The yacht moved out to begirs
a five hour cruise. After that the
President was to return to Wash
ington. The Queen will continue in
her yacht to the area of Cornwall,
Ontario, and Massena, where Sat
urday she will meet Vice Presi
dent Nixon for ceremonies at the?
seaway’s main power project.
Senate Office Payrolls
To Be Made Public
WASHINGTON, UR — The Sen
ate voted today to push aside the
secrecy that has surrounded office*
payrolls of its members. It agreed
to publish the names and salaries
of all Senate employes within
three months.
Office payrolls of indivduat
senators have been kept secret
since October, 1958. Membersi
could make public their own pay
rolls if they wished.
Demands for opening the pay
rolls to public inspection arose
earlier in the year after newspa
per stories about House members
with relatives working for them.
In the House, payroll records are
available for examination.
THURSDAY BASEBALL SCORES
(By The Associated Press)
Pacific Coast League
Phoenix 8, Vancouver 3.
Portland 1, Salt Lake City 0.
Seattle 5, San Diego 1.
Sacramento 5, Spokane 4.
American League
Cleveland 3, Baltimore 2.
Chicago 4, Washington 1.
Detroit 10, Boston 5.
New York 5, Kansas City 4.
National League
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2.
Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 1.
Chicago 6, Cincinnati 2.
Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 2.
PRESBYTERIAN STUDENTS
WILL BROADCAST DOCTRINE
FROM KSEW IN SITKA
SEATTLE, WP> — Nine Presby
terian college students from var
ious parts of the country will leave
Seattle this morning for Sitka,
where they will begin a five
week broadcasting adventure ast
part of a study seminar on Chris
tian communications.
They will discuss the philoso
phy, purpose and techniques of
educational and religous broad
casting, and test their ideas with,
programs they will prepare and.
produce over KSEW, Presbyterian.
National Missions radio station.