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VOL. LXII No. 83 NOME. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1960 Per Copy 15tf
First Johnson’s Then Kennedy’s
Names Are Placed In Nomination
GOP Chairman Takes
Swat at Demo Platform
WASHINGTON, UP — The Re
publican National Chairman pre
dicted today Democrats in Con
gress will ignore their party plat
form’s stand on civil rights and
other planks he called “a glitter
ing array of promises.”
Sen. Thurston Morton, (R-Kyi
the chairman, said a key civil
rights proposal was “buried by
the Democrats” in the Senate in
1957. He scoffed at their promises
to “unearth it” in the platform
adopted at Los Angeles over
Southern protests last night.
In a statement, the GOP chair
man suggested all the platform
promises “could have been imple
mented at any time by Demo
cratic congresses since 1955—or
in the 20 years of Democratic
rule between 1932 and 1952.”
Morton said Democratic per
formance on its promises has been
“just about zero,” that the new
platform was written by Demo
crats who are not in a position
to carry it out and “the Demo
crats in Congress—as in the past
—will ignore it.”
He said the social security
based plan for medical care for
the elderly promised by the plat
form “was killed just a few weeks
ago by the Democrat House Ways
and Means Committee, along with
a far better administration plan.”
State Dept. Protests Plan
Of Japan to Send Freezer
Ship To Bristol Bay
SEATTLE, UP —The State De
partment has protested Japanese
plans to send a freezer ship to
Bristol Bay to buy red salmon,
Rep. Thomas Pelly fR-Washi said
yesterday.
Pelly asked the State Depart
ment to intervene last week when
he learned that the Japanese
ship was scheduled to buy 3,000
tons of salmon at Bristol Bay for
processing in Japan. Such a mis
sion would violate terms of the
International North Pacific Fish
eries Treaty.
The State Department notified
Pelly yesterday that it shares his
view that Japanese purchase of
red salmon from Bristol Bay
would violate the treaty. It now
is discussing the plan with Japa
nese officials in Tokyo.
Meanwhile, Pelly has wired the
United States Coast Guard and
asked it to watch American wa
ter and notify him if the Japanese
freezer ship appears off Alaska.
Mexican Students
Demonstrate Against U.S.
MEXICO CITY, UP — Mexican
students tried to burn a U.S. flag
during an anti-American demon
stration in downtown Mexico City
Tuesday night.
Police snatched the flag and dis
persed the crowd of 1,200 after a
15-minute battle.
Several demonstrators were ar
rested, but were released almost
immediately. The students had
been parading through downtown
streets carrying anti - American
signs and shouting “Cuba, yes:
Yankees. No.”
, LOS ANGELES, OPt—’The first
nominating speech at the Demo
cratic National Convention was
made in behalf of Sen. Lyndon
Johnson of Texas. House Speaker
Sam Rayburn said of the 2nd run
ner for the presidential nomina
tion:
“This man is a winner.”
Pandemonium broke loose when
Rayburn hit the end of his nomi
nating speech with those magic
words: “Lyndon B. Johnson for
President.”
The Johnson demonstration all
but raised the rafters at the Los
Angeles Sports Arena. It lasted
23 minutes, halting finally only
when most of the lights were
turned off.
Johnson’s nomination came first
because Alabama yielded its place
in the alphabet to Texas. Then
Alaska yielded to Minnesota and
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, to cheers
from the floor, took the rostrum
to announce that Gov. Orville
Freeman would nominate Sen.
John F. Kennedy.
The nominating speech touched
off a big demonstration of Ken
nedy backers, bearing signs say
ing: “Kennedy—top man on our
totem pole.”
The governor called Kennedy a
devoted liberal. The senator has
proven, he said, that he can and
will make the decisions that must
be made at this critical time.
The demonstration that follow
ed the nomination of Sen. Ken
nedy was just as wild, woolly,
and unruly as the one put on
earlier by supporters of Sen. Lyn
don Johnson. By coincidence, it
last exactly the same length of
time: 23 minutes.
The Associated Press tabulation
of committed delegate votes today
showed 777 for Kenndy, 381 for
Lyndon Johnson, 94Vi for Stuart
Symington, 84M> for Adlai Steven
son, others 96V2, and uncommit
ted 87Vfe.
Needed to elect: 761 votes.
—
National League Sweeps
1960 All-Star Series
NEW YORK, UP—The National
League has swept the 1960 All
Star series by crushing the Am
erican Leaguers in today’s second
game at New York’s Yankee Sta
dium 6 to 0.
Following the pattern they used
in taking Monday’s game at Kan
sas City, the Nats struck early—
and with power—getting homers
by Eddie Mathews in the second
inning and from hot-hitting Willie
Mays in the third. Then in the
seventh, the great Stan Musial—
appearing in his 19th interleague
classic—smashed his 6th All-Star
homer as a pinch-hitter, and Ken
Boyer homered in the 9th with
one on.
Vern Law, Johnny Podres, Stan
Williams, Larry Jackson, Bill
Henry and Lindy McDaniel com
bined in pitching the shoutout for
the National League.
Demo Platform Recognizes Alaska
LOS ANGELES, UP—The Demo
cratic platform’s natural resources
section calls for a speedup of geo
logic mapping of the nation, with
emphasis on Alaska. The plank
also pledges immediate efforts to
ward establishment of long range
minerals policy.
Northwest Airlines DC7
With 51 Passengers
Ditches Off Philippines
MANILA, liW—Northwest Orient i
Airlines says all available air j
and sea rescue agencies are j
searching for one of their planes I
—a DC"—reported down in the !
sea off the northern Philippines.
The plane had reported, first pro
pellor trouble, then an engine
fire as it neared the Philippines j
in a. flight from Okinawa to Man- I
ila. It carried 51 passengers and i
a crew of 7.
Belgian 'Troopers
Land In Congo
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo,
UPi—Belgian parachutists wrested
the Leopoldville airport from
Negro soldiers of the faltering
new Congo government in a 45
minute skirmish today.
The breakdown of the author
ity of Premier Patric Lumumba’s
13-day-old regime appeared al
most complete.
Both Lumumba and President
Joseph Kasavubu were out of
town when the Belgian units
opened their first armed action
at this capital. The Congolese
leaders — feuding with Brussels
and some of their own followers
—were not consulted by Belgian
authorities.
The parachutists freed about
200 white persons who had been
menaced by the guns of Congo
lese soldiers as they waited at
the airport for planes to fly them
out of this former Belgian colony.
Illustrating the chaotic political:
situation, Kasavubu and Lumum
ba denounced a request by their
government for military aid by
an international force as a “Bel
gian colonialist plot.”
The two apparently referred to
a call from Leopoldville yester
day, while they were off on a1
trip to secession-minded Katanga
Province, for American and Bel
gian troops to join Congolese
contingents in restoring order.
NEW SEA MONSTER
MANCHESTER. Mass., UPl —
Two fishermen, Harry and War- j
ren Heath, brothers, say they saw
a strange water animal “about 14
to 16 feet long, with a black and
white head” off Manchester today.
The Heaths said the creature
surfaced about 30 feet away as
they hauled in lobster traps near
Egg Rock. Harry said it had two
protuberant eyes and a black back
that “looked like the shallow keel
of an overturned whaleboat.”
After a few minutes, it submerged
the brothers said.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The true joy of life is not in
realization, but in authentication.
So, good man waiteth patiently
for his riches in Heaven, and the
hungry politician for a change of
administration.
B-47 EXPLODES OVER
FLORIDA, CREW SAVED
CLEWISTON, Fla., UP> — An
Air Force Stratojet bomber blew
up over the Florida Everglades
Tuesday night, disintegrated in a
ball of fire seen 90 miles away.
Its three crewmen parachuted to |
safety.
The six - engine Boeing B-47
plunged into the sawgrass country
while on a training flight from
Homestead Air Force Base, south
of Miami.
faille Hope Held That Russians
Will Release Two American Fliers
Russia Demands U.N.
Session on U.S. RB47
Plane Incident
LONDON, l/Pl — T h e Soviet
Union tonight demanded an em
ergency session of the U.N. Se
curity Council on the U.S. RB47
plane incident.
Moscow radio said Soviet For
eign Minister Gromyko had cab
led the United Nations in New
York calling for an urgent meet
ing of the Council to discuss “the
new aggressive activities of the
U.S. Air Force against the Soviet
Union.”
Gromyko described these activ
ities as “a threat to the peace of
the world.”
Russians Accuse U.S.
Of Undermining Freedom
Of New Congo Republic
MOSCOW, l/Pl — The Soviet
Union today accused the United
States of trying to undermine the
freedom of the newly independent
Congo.
A statement by Foreign Minis
ter Gromyko declared the United
States, along with Belgium and
West Germany, is committing ag
gression against the Congo. He de
manded that the United Nations
act.
The statement was delivered to
the chief diplomatic representa
tives of NATO powers.
Pilots Delay Northwest’s
Jet Service To Tokyo
SEATTLE, Ufl — Northwest Or
ient Airlines inaugurated jet ser
vice to the Far East today with
a DCS flight to Tokyo by way of
Anchorage.
The big four-engine plane, car
rying 89 passengers and a crew
of 8, reached Anchorage in two
hours 36 minutes. It continued on
to Tokyo after refueling.
The inaugural flight originally
had been scheduled for last Fri
day but was delayed by a dis
pute with the Airline Pilots Assn,
over the makeup of flight crews.
The dispute remains unsettled
but the pilots’ union was directed
to refrain from any strike action
against NWA by U. S. District
Judge Edward Devitt in St. Paul,
Minn.
A hearing is set for 10 a.m. to
morrow in St. Paul on a tempor
ary restraining order issued by
the judge.
Big Eats—Big Drinks
At Big Party
LOS ANGELES. OP)—Guess who
gave this party.
More than 7,000 Democratic
convention delegates, officials and
guests consumed 700 gallons of
coffee (it was a brunch!, 350
pounds of sausage. 1.100 dozen
eggs, 1,500 gallons of fruit juice—
and 264 bottles of liquor.
For a further hint: guest of
honor was Lyndon Johnson.
Yep, it was Perle Mesta, the
hostess with the mostest, who
shook hands personally with ev
ery delegate—and made no secret
of her choice for President. The
band played “The Eyes of Texas
Are Upon You” the moment John
son walked into the party, held
Tuesday at the famed Coeoanut
Grove.
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, UP! — U.S. of
ficials hold little hope of winning
freedom for two Air Force of
ficers held in the Soviet Union
after the shooting down of an
American reconnaissance bomber
on July 1.
The expectation here is that So
vient Premier Khrushchev will
put the two men on trial on
charges of espionage in order to
promote his campaign against
American bases in allied coun
tries.
The United States formally de
manded release of the two offi
cers Tuesday.
The note rejected Soviet
charges that the aircraft was on
a spy mission similar to that of
the U2 high-altitude jet which
went down in the Ural mountains
May 1.
The R.B47 which was accused
by the Soviet government of vio
lating its air space on July 1 in
the Arctic region of the Kola
Peninsula actually was never
closer than 30 miles to the Soviet
coast, the U.S. note declared.
“It is therefore evident,” the
note said, “that pursuant to in
structions of the Soviet govern
ment, airplanes of the Soviet air
force wantonly attacked the Am
erican airplane over international
waters with the admitted loss of
that aircraft and of the life of
at least one of the members of
its crew.
“Two other members of the
crew have, according to the So
viet note, been taken into custody
withut any legal basis and are
to be subjected to trial under
what is called ‘full severity of
Soviet law.’ The other members
of the crew remain unaccounted
for.”
750,000 Case Red Salmon
Pack Forseeen For
Bristol Bay Fishery
JUNEAU, UPt—'The Bristol Bay
red salmon pack will run to some
750.000 cases this year, Commis
sioner C. L. Anderson of the State
Department of Fish and Game
predicted today.
“The peak of the red run is
over,” Anderson said, “but the
fish will be dribbling in for some
time yet. I look for a pack of
about 750,000 reds before they’re
through.”
The department Monday gave
Bristol Bay fishermen unlimited
fishing time until further notice,
meaning there will be no restric
tions on the some 1,000 boats in
the area.
Anderson said he was advised
by department supervisors in the
field that fishermen had caught
some 9 million fish through yes
terday. This would run the Bris
tol Bay red pack to date to about
600.000 cases. Fishermen are re
ceiving about 75 cents a fish,
bringing the total value of the
catch to the fishermen to some
$750,000.
The state’s share of the catch
to date is approximately $414,000,
based on a wholesaler’s value of
$23 a case. Should Anderson’s pre
diction of a 750,000-case red sal
mon pack prove out, the state’s
share of the Bristol Bay catch
alone would amount to some
$520,000.