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Alg iers Rebels
Fighting French,
Four Beheaded
ALGIERS, UP) — Rebel bombs
accounted for at least a score of
deaths across Algeria during the
weekend. About 100 persons were
hospitalized, 30 of them in serious
-condition.
French forces claimed they had
killed “more than 200 rebels” in
scattered fighting with National
ist bands. Most of the fighting
was in southern Algeria and in
the eastern part of the Constan
tine area, near Tunisia.
The French admitted five sol
diers were killed . and two ser
iously wounded when a half-track
vehicle hit a mine.
Four convicted terrorists, in
cluding one Frenchman, went to
the guillotine in Algiers jail at
dawn. The Frenchman was Fer
nand Yveton, 30-year-old member
of a Communist action cell.
Yveton was found guilty of
placing a time bomb in a closet
at the Algiers Gas Works. A fore
man saw him leave a bag con
taining the bomb and it was dis
mantled before it exploded.
In the bombings, 12 Frenchmen
and Arabs were killed in Algiers
Saturday and Sunday, the capital
city’s bloodiest weekend of the
rebellion.
Twelve were killed by bombs
set off in two of the city’s crowd
ed football stadiums. Three more
were fatally injured when a
bomb was thrown into a busy
cafe.
Infuriated crowds attacked and
nearly lynched Moslems they sus
pected of being responsible.
11-Year-Old Hits Stock
Market Quiz Jackpot
Again for $64,000
NEW YORK, UP — Lenny Ross,
11-year-old financial wizard from
Tujunga, Calif., has become tele
vision’s top money winner.
The boy won $64,000 an “The
$64,000 Challenge” last night
over the CBS network by cor
rectly answering stock market
questions, 'the same subject on
which he won $100,000 on the
NBC TV program “The Big Sur
prise” last April.
Lenny’s losing opponent last
night was Mrs. Alice Morgan, 71,
of Briston, R. I.
Sees Sunrise Three Times
In 45-hr. World Flight
DENVER, Iff) — When time
hangs heavy and you want to
enliven a group discussion, try
this one:
If a man flies around the world
in 45 hours and 19 minutes, yet
watches the sun rise and set three
times in that period, is he two
or three days older.
Maj. Gen. Archie J. Old Jr.,
commander of the 15th Air Force,
confesses that’s got him a little
puzzled. And he has reason to
mull it over because he led the
three Air Force B52 jet bombers
making a nonstop flight around
the globe last month.
Hft- was here to tell Air Force
Academy cadets about the flight
yesterday.
FULL WEEK OF EVENTS
This is a full week of civic
and social events, some of which
are listed below:
Monday evening the City Coun
cil holds its regular meeting and
the Kegoayah Kozga its regular
Library meeting and annual Val
entine party; Tuesday evening
the Chamber of Commerce will
hold its annual dinner honoring
the new officers and outgoing
officers; Wednesday evening the
Pioneers of Alaska are celebrating
thir 50 th Anniversary with a
Smorgasbord; Thursday the Boy
Scouts entertain their parents and
leaders with a dinner; Friday is
the Sweetheart Ball by the Nome
High School: Saturday evening
the Pioneers will have their sec
ond whist party.
Tuesday evening the Home Arts
Club, Women’s Federation Club
holds its reguar monthly meeting
at the home of Mrs. Ash Kraft at
8 o’clock.
An interesting meeting is
scheduled with a survey on hous
ing getting organized by this ac
tive organization, stated president
Susie Herman.
Th Beta Sigma Phy formal din
ner scheduled for Thursday has
been postponed until next week.
Govt. Grubstakes Pay Off
WASHINGTON, UP)—M iners
using federal grubstakes in a
nationwide hunt for defense min
erals are beginning to hit pay
dirt.
The Defense Minerals Explora
tion estimates ore reserves worth
at least 295 million dollars have
been found during the first 5 Vz
years of the partnership prospect
ing program.
It says production of minerals
found through vOO joint venture
projects is valued at $31,658,320
and has yielded $1,582,416 in roy
alties to the government.
'the search is centered in the
west.
Eisenhower to Meet with
MacMillan and with Mollet
THOMASVILLE, Ga., iff) —
President Eisenhower’s headquar
ters announced today he will
meet is Bermuda March 21-24
with Prime Minister Harold Mac
Millan of Great Britain. The Pres
ident also will confer in Wash
ington Feb. 26-27 with French
Premier Guy Mollet.
Eisenhower arrived here Last
Friday for about 10 days of quail
hunting and golf. Formal an
nouncement of the conferences,
forecast some time ago, came as
efforts continued to get Israel to
| withdraw its troops from Egypt.
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It’s Not Too Late
To Get Reservations
For Chamber Dinner
If you have not made your
reservation for the Chamber of
Commerce Dinner scheduled
for tomorrow evening at 7:30,
by the time you read this no
lice, pick up your telephone—
Call Ruth McLain. Do it NOW!
Three Billions
Lost Supporting
Farm Prices
WASHINGTON, UP> — The gov
ernment has lost nearly three
billion dollars supporting farm
prices during the four years of
'the Eisenhower Administration.
A Commodity Credit Corp.
(CCC) report disclosed yesterday
the total has mounted to $2,894,
000,000. The net loss for the 20
preceding years wais $1,111,000,
putting the total loss since 1933
at $4,005,000,000.
Total losses in the earlier years
were reduced by wartime de
mands which permitted the CCC
to sell at a profit many of the
surplus crops it held during that
period.
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Liberace’s Brother
Slugged, Robbed
CHICAGO, (If — Bandleader
George Libera ce was slugged and
robbed early today while return
ing to a near North Side hotel
from the night club where he is
appearing with his pianist
brother.
The 43-year-old musician was
taken to Wesley Memorial Hos
pital where 16 stitches were re
quired to close three deep lacera
tions in the back of his head.
He was reported in good con
dition and physicians sid he prob
ably would be released later
today.
The robbers took his violin
which is insured for $25,000, $50
in cash and a diamond studded
ring shaped like a violin and val
ued at $1,500, Liberace said.
He told police two Negroes
jumped from behind a parked
car and attacked him as he
walked toward the St. Clair Ho
tel. One of the men shouted “give
me your money or we’ll kill you,”
Liberace said.
Rift Rumors of
Britain’s Royalty
J j
"Quite Untrue’
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WINDSOR, England, (Eh — ]
Queen Elizabeth II went to the j
races Saturday with her mother
and sister Princes Margaret.
The young queen showed no
concern over reports published
abroad saying there were rumors
here of a “rift” between her and
her husband, the Duke of Edin
burgh. Cmdr. Richard Colville,
press officer at Buckingham Pal
ace in London, said last night the
rumors were “quite untrue.”
The rumor story first appeared
in the Baltimore Sun. There have
been whispered rumors for two
yars about discord in the royal
household, but never any tangible
evidence to support the rumors.
The Duke now is nearing the
end of a four-month, round-the
world tour on the royal yacht
Britannia. The royal couple are
to be reunited next weekend in
Lisbon at the start of an offi
cial visit to Portugal.
Hammarskjold Asks UN for Guidance
In Complicated Middle East Problems
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| Aiken Says Public
| Behind Ike In
New GOP Policy
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, UPl — Sen.
Aiken (R-Vt.) said today he
thinks the voting public supports
President Eisenhower’s efforts to
“modernize” the Republican Par
ty even if some GOP members
don’t. !
The conflicting views were set
forth during the weekend at a
meeting of party conservatives in
Chicago, and at a Lincoln Day
dinner in Kansas City where the
speaker was Meade Alcorn, new
chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee.
“The voting public is behind
Eisenhower’s ‘modern Repub
licanism’ if an election majority
of nine million votes means any
thing,” Aiken said. “Some people
in the party seem to overlook
that mandate.”
rolicy Change To Be
Voted on by U.S. Reds
NEW YORK, UP) — The Amer
ican Communist Party worked
in convention on future policy
questions today after rejecting
proposals that it reorganize into
a “nan-party” political action
group.
The final form of a policy reso
lution to be voted upon before
the conclave ends tomorrow is
expected to determine whether
the party will continue to follow
the Moscow Marxist-Leninist line
or adopt a more independent
“American road to Socialism.”
While the convention was tak
ing this action, Hungarian pickets i
marched for an hour outside the
chateau gradens, on the lower
East Side, where the convention
is bing held. Some of the pickets
threw eggs that splashed against
the front doors to the hall.
The pickets, described as in
cluding some recent refugees from
Hungary, carried placards with
slogans such as “USSR, you are
guilty of mass murder,” and “Stop
killing our people.”
‘Running Backwards’ Suit
Wins Briton 7,000 Pounds
LONDON, UP! — A British court
today awarded 7,000 pounds ($10,
600) damages to a woman who
suffered a brain injury in an auto
accident and now suffers at.acks
in which she can’t stop running
backwards.
The court was told Mrs. Myrtle
Burwood, 43, had not been af
fected mentally by the crash but
because of brain injury had the
occasional attacks.
“Does it come in bouts?” asked
the judge.
“Mrs. Burwood can never tell
when she is about to have an at
tack!” replied her lawyer. “Her
injury is remarkable. I have
never heard of one like it before.”
* UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., lff»—
' Secretary General Dag Hammar
skjold warned today that any
U.N. steps to punish Israel at this
time might complicate the Middle
East situation.
In a special report to the Gen
eral Assembly, Hammarskjold
said he bad made no progress in
getting Israel to withdraw from
Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
He asked for guidance as to
what he should do next.
He had no suggestions on this
beyond a continuation of his con
tacts with Israeli and Egyptian
officials.
He did take note, however, of
moves to impose sanctions on Is
rael by pointing out the Assem
bly could only make recommen
dations. He then questioned as to
whether this would not serve only
to introduce “new elements of
conflict.”
The report was issued as dele
gates continued intense private
talks as to whet action the As
sembly should take.
The 27-nation Asian-African
bloc, which is considering a de
mand for economic, military and
financial restrictions against Is
rael, called a meeting for this
afternoon.
Hammarskj old’s report made
the point that Israel had failed
to make clear whether it would
pull its civil administration, as
well as its troops, out of the Gaza
Strip, if the U.N. found ways to
safeguard Israel’s interests.
Israel also had not answered
his question as to whether U.N.
forces would be permitted on the
Israeli side of the border.
Blackfish ‘Suicide’
\
On Florida Beach
MIAMI, Fla., UPl — More than
50 hulking blackfish slithered up
on Key Colony Beach mud flats
yesterday and flopped there, help
less amid rocks and mud in water
too shallow for them to swim.
State conservation men at
tempted towing the 7-to-15-foot
sea mammals into deep water,
but the bottle-shaped creatures,
which resemble miniature whales,
returned to the shallows.
Only about half of them were
still alive 12 hours after their
appearance tied up auto traffic
and reminded fishermen of pre
vious mass landings by black
fish. None could remember an
incident involving so many.
No one knows why blackfish.
schools or “pods” periodically
run agrurnd.
One theory is that they’re com
mitting suicide because of in
stincts that tell them they are ap
proaching the end of their allotted
life span, or that their species
is overbred.
Another speculation is that the
200 to 1,600-pound blackfish are
trying to migrate along ancient
routes and find land barriers
where their ancestors found open
water.