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VOL. LXII No. 102_ NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960_Per Copy 15<
Second Capital
Move Drive Started
ANCHORAGE, UP — A second
drive to have the state capital
moved from Juneau to western or
interior Alaska has swung into
high gear here.
The Capital Information Com
mittee Wednesday night tenta
tively approved a rough - draft
initiative which would limit the
area in which the new capital
would be located.
The group said sites should be
within two large areas. These are
(1) a strip five miles on either
side of the present main line of
the Alaska Railroad from Mata
nuska Station north to Fairbanks
and <2> the Kenai Peninsula.
The group also made plans to
make the capital move fight a
state-wide, rather than primarily
Southcentral District, project.
The committee plans to redraft
the proposals and submit them to
groups in Nome, Fairbanks,
Homer, Seward and other areas
throughout the state — including
southeast. Those groups will be
asked for their suggestions and
proposals. These may be incor
porated into the final draft.
Hawaii and Alaska Postal
Limitation Exemption Bill
Is Cleared For Passage
WASHINGTON, (if)—A bill to
allow Alaska and Hawaii larger
weight and size limitations than
mainland states on fourth class
mail cleared a subcommittee to
day of the House Post Office
Committee.
The measure, sponsored by
Reps. Ralph Rivers (D-Alaska)
and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii),
would restore the limitations that
existed when the two states were
territories—70 pounds and a total
length and girth measurement of
100 inches.
Upon achieving statehood Al
aska and Hawaii were automatic
ally brought under regulations
limiting fourth class packages to
40 pounds and 72 inches.
The Senate already passed a
bill to restore the larger limits.
Sen. Hiram L. Fong (R-Hawaii)
called on the House yesterday to
approve the bill.
Legion Commander Says
Gary Powers Is “More
Mercenary Than Patriot”
BUFFALO, N.Y., UP)—Martin B.
McKneally, national commander
of the American Legion, said to
day U2 pilot Francis Gary Pow
ers had served his country badly
in last week’s Moscow spy trial.
McKneally said Powers was a
“weak American” who “allowed
himself to be taken, disowned his
mission and revealed facts that
are prejudicial to the best in
terests of the United States.”
“The essential result of the
Moscow' trial is that Francis Gary
Powers served his country badly,”
he told a Buffalo Evening News
reporter.
McKneally said the testimony
of the Moscow trial indicated that
the pilot did not believe in the
mission of his country.
“Powers was not convince what
he was doing was right, but was
willing to do it for the pay in
volved,” the commander said,
“and we are left with the impres
sion that there was more of the
mercenary in him that the pat
riot.”
Congress Rejects Ike’s
Manuver For More
Foreign Aid Funds
WASHINGTON, (fl’l— President
Eisenhower told Congress today
the $3,722,350,000 in its foreign
aid bill is too little. He said the
cuts from his requests “will jeop
ardize the security of the coun
try.”
The House promptly shouted
down the request.
Then in quick order the House
formally passed the bill without
change nailing down the rejection
of the White House plea.
Now the bill goes to the Senate
which is expected to approve the
compromise and complete the re
buke to the President.
In an unusual action, Eisen
hower asked that Congress reject
the report of Senate-House nego
tiators who settled on that figure
in compromising differences be
tween separate bills passed by the
two branches.
The unusual move tossed up a
block for the legislators barrel
ing toward adjournment in the
middle of next week.
In a statement issued at the
White House, Eisenhower noted
that he had repeatedly stated that
the full $4,086,000,000 he asked
for foreign aid was vitally needed.
House Medical Care Bill
Expected To Pass
Senate Promptly
WASHINGTON, OP*—The House
today passed a limited health care
bill for the aged. It increases
federal grants to the states to
help pay medical bills for needy
elderly persons.
The Senate was expected to
promptly follow suit, sending the
measure to President Eisenhower.
A committee of the two bodies
put the measure in its final shape
Thursday, making compromises
on various modifications in the
Social Security laws, including
the health provisions. This part
is new law.
The vote on passage was 368-17.
Danish Cyclist Dies After
Competing In Time Trials
At Rome Olympic Games
ROME, Iff) — Knud Jensen, 23
year-old Danish cyclist, died to
day after he had competed in the
100 - kilometer (62-mile) time
trials. He was the first fatality
of the 1960 Olympic Games.
Sant Eugenio Hospital author
ities said the young athlete died
after a hemorrhage of the brain.
He had been overcome by the
sun.
He spent two hours in a coma
at the hospital and had a tem
perature of 105.8 degrees. He
never regained consciousness.
After his death the entire Dan
ish cycling team withdrew from
competition.
WASHINGTON, (ffi— President
Eisenhower today called upon the
American people to observe Nov.
11 as Veterans Day. He said it
shoud be an occasion for “re
dedication to the cause of peace
with honor throughout the
world.”
In his annual proclamation,
Eisenhower said the men and
women who have served in the
armed forces have contributed
immeasurably to the preservation
of America’s freedom and the ad
vancement of world peace, and
the nation is eternally grateful to
them.
US Ends Relations]
With Dominican
R e p n h 1 i e
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
United States broke relations to
day with the Dominican Republic.
An announcement by the State
Department said the United
States diplomatic mission at Cui
dad, Trujillo, is being withdrawn.
The Dominican government was
requested to recall its mission
here.
“This action,” the announce
ment said, “is in consonance with
the decisions taken at the sixth
meeting of consultation of Ameri
can foreign ministers in San Jose,
Costa Rica.”
U.S. Secretary of State Herter
and other Western Hemisphere
foreign ministers voted political
and economic sanctions against
the Caribbean nation last Satur
day.
State Department officials said
U.S. businesses operating in the
Dominican Republic need not
necessarily be affected by the
closing of the embassy.
The fate of a missile tracking
station situated in Dominican ter
ritory is uncertain, but authori
ties here expect the U.S. will be
forced to close it. It is one of a
chain which tracks the flight of
missiles from Cape Canaveral,
Fla.
The State Department announ
ced that “a friendly power” has
been asked to represent the U.S.
at Cuidad, Trujillo.
The official announcement said
that consular functions are ex
pecte to continue.
Soviets Still Owe Hotel
$1,000 From Khrushchev’s
Visit Last September
PITTSBURGH, UP!—Officials of
a Pittsburgh hotel are waiting
patiently for the Soviet Union to
pay a $1,000 bill.
Manager John Penn of the
Carlton House Hotel said the bill
was incurred by Soviet newsmen
during Premier Khrushchev’s
visit to Pittsburgh last September.
According to Penn, the hotel
sent a discreet inquiry to the So
viet embassy in Washington about
the bill. The Soviet Union claimed
it paid the bill in February, Penn
said.
But, he added, the check never
arrived and the Reds have pro
mised to send another.
Judge Denies Appeal by Goldfine
To be Released From Prison
BOSTON, UP) — Bernard Gold
fine, Boston textile magnate,
pleaded by letter today with U.S.
Judge Charles Wyzanski for re
lease from Danbury, Conn., fed
eral correctional institution.
The plea was rejected.
Goldfine is serving a 90 days
sentence for contempt of court. It
started July 5. He is due to be
released Oct. 2.
He told Judge Wyzanski in the
letter, sent from the prison hos
pital, that he is 70 years old, suf
fers from a prostate condition and
has other health problems.
Oldest Airman To Retire
AUSTIN, Tex., UP! — M/Sgt.
George J. (Pop) Hunt. 72, oldest
man in the Air Force, will be re
tired Aug. 31, Bergstrom Air
Force Base announced. Hunt, vet
eran of both World Wars, first
saw action on the Mexican border
against Pancho Villa.
Barbara Powers Enroute
Home From Moscow
Without Seeing Mr. K.
PARIS, Ufl — Barbara Powers,
wife of convicted U2 pilot Francis
Gary Powers, arrived in Paris to
day enroute from Moscow to the
United States.
She failed in an attempt to
gain an interview with Soviet
Premier Khrushchev to plead for
clemency for her husband, who
got a ten-year sentence.
She was accompanied by her
mother, the family doctor and two
lawyers who were with her dur
ing the three-day spy trial last
week of her 31-year-old husband.
Their plane arrived in Paris from
Brussels, where it was delayed
by mechanical trouble.
She refused to say anything to
newsmen at the airport in Paris.
Solemn and silent, she had on
the same black dress and black
velvet hat she wore on her way
to Moscow two weeks ago for her
husband’s trials. She avoided
newsmen at the Brussels airport.
Leaving Moscow, Mrs. Powers,
25, had made only one comment
to newsmen: “All I hope is that
they get Gary out”
Liiniun; !ki Reversesj
Himself Again
LEOPOLDVILLE, W» —Premier
Patrice Lumumba whose govern
ment only Monday dropped its
demand for revision of United
Nations operations in the Congo,
declared today U.N. forces should
get out when Belgium’s soldiers
leave.
“We will assure order with our
own troops and police,” Lum
umba told a hastily called news
conference. “We don’t want to re
place the Belgian military occu
pation with a United Nations oc
cupation.”
According to a timetable sub
mitted by Secretary-General Dag
Hammarskjold, the last of the
Belgian soldiers should be with
drawn by next Monday. /
Lumumba called for simultan
eous withdrawal of the U. N. j
forces now totaling 17,000 men. |
The statement represents an- j
other sharp reversal in Lumum-1
ba’s position.
It was made in the wake of I
bitter antigovernment rioting on j
Thursday in front of the modern- j
istic Palace of Culture where, at j
Lumumba’s invitation delegates of'
12 African nations were meeting. '
The Congolese leader’s bid for
prestige among his African neigh
bors was seized upon by his pol
itical opponents for a demonstra
tion Thursday that shocked visit
ing delegates.
Lumumba’s steel-helmeted po
lice and soldiers fired shots over
mobs shouting “Death to Lum
umba,” clubbed demonstrators
and beat up foreign newsmen and
photographers covering the riots.
Turmoil raged outside the Pal
ace of Culture, where the con
ference met, as Lumumba stuck
to his prepared keynote address:
“Gentlemen, you are making
contact with Congolese reality . . . j
There is no compromise between
liberty and slavery.”
Inside the palace, the grim I
delegates applauded politely.
WASHINGTON. (A>)—Sen. E. L.
Bartlett said he has accepted an
invitation to accompany Sen, |
John F. Kennedy, the Democratic ,
presidential nominee, on his cam
paign trip to Anchorage Sept. 3.1
AFL-CIO Board
Endorsed The
Democratic* Ticket
WASHINGTON, Wl—The AFL
CIO General Board composed of
representatives of all the Federa
tion’s 135 unions today endorsed
the Democratic ticket as the best
for the United States and the
labor movement.
The board overwhelmingly ap
proved a recommendation made
earlier by the 29-man AFL-CIO
Executive Council.
Only 18 members of the Coun
cil were present for the endorse
ment action.
One dissenting vote was cast
by A. Philip Randolph, president
of the Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters.
The Negro union chief had said
earlier there “was not enough
difference between Democratic
presidential nominee John Ken
nedy and Republican nominee
Richard Nixon to justify choos
ing between them.
Prior to the meeting, a sugges
tion of something less than en
thusiastic solidarity came from
Joseph Curran, president of the
National Maritime Union, when
reporters asked how he feels
about Kennedy.
“I am not pleased with him,”
Curran replied. “I never have
been pleased with him, and I
doubt I will ever be pleased with
him.”
Then, referring to Nixon, tl e
Republican choice, Curran added:
“I am even less pleased with the
other guy.”
Wife Hears From
Crewman of RB47
In Soviet Prison
TOPEKA, Kan., UP)—The wife
of captured Air Force Cept. John
R. McKone says her husband has
written to her from a Soviet pri
son.
Mrs. McKone said yesterday
she had received a letter but she
refused to divulge its contents.
Mrs. McKone said the letter
came direct to her. She has per
mitted Air Force officials to read
it.
McKone was one of two Air
Force officers who survived when
the Soviets shot down an RB47
reconnaissance plane. One crew
man was killed and five others
are missing.
Tin Returned To
Free World Market
LONDON, (UP) — Tin is to be
freed from export controls on
Oct. 1.
The International Tin Council
today announced the return to a
free market in the metal for the
first time since 1957.
NIXON "INVADES" SOUTH
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, UP)—Vice
President Richard M. Nixon ar
rived by plane today on the first
stop of a one-day Dixie tour.
In an airport statement he
noted that the only presidential
candidate to visit Alabama in 25
years aside from himself was
President Eisenhower in 1952.
Noting the shortage of presi
dential campaigning in the South,
he said: “I believe that the voters
will agree with me when I say
that this kind of situation is not
good. It is time for a change in
this practice.”
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