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VOL. LXII No. 139 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1960Per Copy 15<
Big Alaska Road ;
Building Project j
Starts In Spring
JUNEAU, UPt— A spring high
way construction program “un
equalled in Alaska’s history will
be under way next year, A. G.
Gardener, assistant Highway En
gineer, said today.
Gardner said the State High
way Division had contracts for
road work amounting to more
than 14 million dollars outstand
ing as of the first of this week.
About half of the work now
under contract, he said, will be
completed by the U.S. Bureau of
Public Roads as the state’s con
tractor. After that, the Bureau
will supervise directly only forest
highway and park service proj
ects.
In addition to projects now
under contract, Gardner said, the
division has many projects in the
final stages of design and right
of way acquisition.
Moscow Tells
Red Chinese
Who’s Boss
MOSCOW, OP) — The Soviet
Union sharply informed Red
China today that the Kremlin’s
views on peaceful coexistence re
main the controlling factor of
Communist world policy.
The tough rejoinder to Premier
Khrushchev’s critics in the world
Communism leadership was pub
lished in Pravda. It indicates
stubborn debate and the toughest
sort of bargaining has been going
on over the past two weeks in a
world Communist summit meet
ing in Moscow.
Although some sort of com
promise may be worked out,
to present to the outside world as
a show of Soviet-Chinese unity,
there seemed little doubt the So
viets were telling Peiping that
Moscow intends to continue Pre
mier Khrushchev’s policies. These
are keyed to his demands for
banishment of nuclear weapons,
disarmament and what Moscow
calls “peaceful coexistence.”
Only two days ago the official
People’s Daily of Peiping, in an
evident attack on Soviet Premier
Khrushchev’s theories of peaceful
coexistence and the possibility
that World War III may not be
inevitable, declared it was an il
lusion to think Communism can
get along with imperialism.
Test Pilot “Opens Up”
Most Powerful Engine
For Four Seconds
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif., MV-Test pilot Scott Cross
field opened wide the throttle of
the United States’ most powerful
aircraft engine—and whispered:
“Oh, Baby.”
It was the first time the X15
rocket ship’s 57,000-pound thrust
engine had been given its head.
Crossfield kept the craft wide
open for about four seconds be
fore he eased back to half throt
tle. He had bolted to 1,800 mph.
Crossf dd also stopped the en
gine in lid-air for the first time
and res rted it. North American
Aviatioi officials said there were
no hitches.
The flight yesterday lasted nine
minutes after the XI5 launched
from its B51 mother ship at 45,000
feet.
Engstrom Will Request |
Recount of 2,764-2,763 j
Race with Sen. Stewart
JUNEAU, —Republican Elton j
E. Engstrom, defeated by only one
/ote in his bid to unseat State
Sen. Thomas B. Stewart for Ste
wart’s District D Senate seat, said
yesterday he will ask for a re
;ount.
After all regular ballots and
absentee ballots had been count
ed in the district, Stewart led
Engstrom 2,764 to 2,763.
Engstrom, who was defeated by
Stewart by less than 200 votes in
1958, said he will file his request]
for a recount after the vote has 1
been certified by the State Can
vassing Board.
Engstrom must pay $50 a pre
cinct for the recount. If the re
count is 4 per cent or more in
excess of the vote reported by the :
official state count for the can
didate making the recount request
the amount he paid is returned
by the state.
District D is composed of 12
precincts in the 5th district and
12 precincts in the 6th district.
Pollster Says Kennedy’s
Religion Hurt Him In
The Presidential Election
NEW YORK, UP) — A political j
pollster, who did pre - election
surveys for President-elect John
F. Kennedy, says Kennedy was
hurt by the religious issue and
would have won more strongly if
he had not been a Roman Cath
olic.
Louis Harris, marketing re
searcher, said in an interview and
a talk to the Democratic West
Side Club, that the Democratic
presidential candidate ran 7 per
cent behind the Democratic con
gressional nominees across the
country largely because he was as
much as 22 to 23 per cent behind
in the heavily Protestant South.
Harris attributed the Kennedy
victory largely to the senator’s
ability to restore traditional big
city Democratic majorities.
Second Anchorage
Nike Missile
Firing Goes Awry
ANCHORAGE, UP)—The second
firing of a Nike-Hercules missile
from the Anchorage area was un
successful Tuesday.
An Army spokesman said the
missile destroyed itself shortly
after leaving the launching pad
at nine minute before noon.
The spokesman said the booster
rocket broke up on launching be
fore separating from the missile.
This caused the missile to auto
matically destroy itself, he said.
The exlosion and flash on take
off was clearly visible from the
downtown Anchorage area.
Failure of Tuesday’s launching
was a complete reversal from the
initial firing Monday, which was
described as highly successful.
Monday’s missile, which inter
cepted a drone plane target 80
miles east of Anchorage about 90
seconds after takeoff, was the
first to be launched close to a
metropolitan area.
Six more missiles will be fired
from the site, seven airline miles
from downtown Anchorage, on
Mondays and Tuesdays through
Dec. 13.
America Observes
Thanksgiving
Day Tomorrow
Bu The Associated Press
Millions of Americans will cele
brate Thanksgiving tomorrow
with church, special holiday ob
servances, traditional turkey din
ners, and college and professional
football games.
Many city dwellers plan to go
elsewhere for the holiday and
airline, bus and train travel is
expected to be extremely heavy—
particularly to Florida and Carib
bean vacation spots.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
will observe the last Thanksgiv
ing of his administration with a
quiet turkey dinner at the White
House. The President’s son, John,
and his family, who usually join
in the family party, will have
their own turkey dinner at
Gettysburg, Pa.
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy will also be in Washington
to have Thanksgiving dinner with
his wife and daughter Caroline.
Caroline will be 3 Sunday but the
celebration of her birthday is
being moved up so her father can
take part. Kennedy plans to fly
back to his Palm Beach, Fla., va
cation-work headquarters tomor
row night.
For the 2,502,145 men and
women in Uncle Sam’s armed
forces there will be plenty of tur
key—nearly a pound per person—
and the usual trimmings.
The townspeople of Plymouth,
Mass., the birthplace of Thanks
giving, will celebrate the holiday
with appropriate ceremonies. The
high point is re-enactment of the
procession of Pilgrims from a spot
near the graves of those who died
in the first rugged winter of
1620-21 to the first church for a
memorial service. Participants
will be garbed in authentic cos
tumes.
U.S.-West German Talks
End Without Agreement
On Foreign Aid Increase
BONN, Germany, Ufi — United
States - West German financial
talks have broken up without full
agreement being reached, a joint
communique disclosed today.
But the communique said ar
rangements have been made for
continuing discussions aimed at
defending U.S. gold reserves by
having Germany contribute more
to Western defense and foreign
aid spending.
The discussions between West
German leaders and U.S. Trea
sury Secretary Robert B. Ander
son and U.S. Undersecretary of
State Douglas Dillon deadlocked
last night when the Bonn gov
ernment said it could not put up
$600 million in 1961 as an im
mediate relief for U.S. balance of
payment difficulties.
The communique did not men
tion the $600 million, which
caused the most serious disagree
ment.
The United States wanted West
Germany to make that sum avail
able in 1961 to offset the $700 mil
lion it spends on maintaining U.S.
troops in West Germany.
The communique said West
Germany decided to embark on a
new foreign aid program by mak
ing available next year between
$720 and $958 million.
Anderson and Dillon “warmly
welcomed” the decision.
Rep. John Hellenthal
Gets 8th Anchorage House
Seats In Absentee Duel
ANCHORAGE, (ffl —Rep. John
Hellenthal used a flood of ab
sentee votes to outscramble fel
lew Democrat Warren Colver for
the eighth and last district 10
House seat.
With counting completed Mon
day, Hellenthal had picked up a
total of 9,366 votes to 9,340 for
Colver—a spread of 26. Until the
absentees were counted, Hellen
thal trailed by 56 votes. But he
outraced Colver 495 - 413 in ab
sentees.
The two had been tied going
into the last day of counting.
Republican Bennie Leonard
wrapped up the seventh spot with
a total of 9,446. The top six posi
tions also went to Republicans.
Egan Will Name Beltz’s
Successor In The Senate
Before Legislature Meets
JUNEAU, (fl —Gov. William A.
Egan said today he hopes to name
a new senator for District N at
least a month in advance of the
opening of the 1961 legislature,
next Jan. 23.
One of the District’s two seats
was left vacant Monday by the
death in Anchorage of Sen. Wil
liam E. Beltz, who was president
of the Senate.
Beltz’s term ran until January,
1963.
“I am making some contacts in
the Northwest area today,” Egan
said, “to see who the people of
the district want to have repre
sent them in the Senate.”
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Gaffney
Observe 59th Wedding
Anniversary In Seattle
SEATTLE, (yf) — Mr. and Mrs.
James C. Gaffney, formerly of
Nome, will be honored on their
59th wedding anniversary at a
reception at the New Horizon
Club at 5:30 this afternoon.
The New Horizon Club, where
the Gaffneys live, is a residence
for senior citizens in the Frye
Hotel. The Gaffneys were mar
ried Thanksgiving eve in Nome,
where Gaffney was manager of a
general merchandise store.
Gaffney, 86, was born in Iowa.
His wife, 82, was born in Illinois.
They met in Minot, N.D., in 1896.
The Gaffneys came to Seattle in
1909. He operated two clothing
stores in Seattle until 1914.
The Gaffneys lived in the east
about 26 years, returning to Seat
tle in 1943. Health permitting,
they hope to spend their 60th an
niversary in their first home in
Nome, now being used as an of
fice by the Alaska Steamship Co.
“There will never be another
Nome,” Gaffney said. “I’m sorry
we ever left.”
Gaffney was elected Arctic
Chief and Grand Arctic Chief of
the Arctic Brotherhood. He was a
charter member of the Arctic
Club here and remained active
until 1953. He is president of
the Nome Club.
EXPLORER SCOUTS WILL
AGAIN SELL XMAS TREES
Explorer Scouts have announ
ced that they will again be sell
ing Christmas trees during the
holidays as they have in the
past.
This active group of boys will
announce soon where orders will
be taken so that those who have
orders in may have theirs deliv
ered as soon as they arrive.
William Beltz
Buried Today
ANCHORAGE, UPl — Funeral
services for State Senate Presi
dent William E. Beltz will be held
here today.
Beltz, 48, died Monday of a
malignant brain tumor that de
fied the efforts of doctors and
two operations to cure.
Death came at 8:45 p.m. at the
Alaska Native Hospital here with
his wife and a daughter, Mrs.
State Sen. William E. Belli
Carolyn Dorn of Anchorage, pre
sent at the bedside.
He was born April 17, 1912 in
I Haycock.
Survivors include his wife,
Arne, 1226 I St., Anchorage, and
four children, Mark, 5, Billy 4,
Kathy 2, and Axel, three months.
He had three other children
from a former marriage. They are
George Beltz of Ketchikan, Mrs.
Dorn and Mrs. Wanda Collins of
Darby, Pa.
Four brothers are surviving.
These include John and Bert of
Kotzebue and Tom, presently
working in Hawaii, and Harry of
Mt. View.
Two sisters include Mrs. Laura
Wright and Mrs. Hazel Money
maker, both of Fairbanks.
His mother, Mrs. Suzie Beltz,
is still living. She is in the Native
Hospital here.
Beltz at one time was state
president of the Carpenters Union
and held other important labor
positions in Alaska.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. at Trinity United Presby
terian Church in Spenard. Private
interment will follow aft the
Anchorage City Cemetery.
The family has reqeusted that,
if desired, donations be sent to
the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Assn.
Active pallbearers are: Tom
Moore, Bruce Kendall, John E.
Ryan, Gerald R. Roguska, Col.
M. R. Marsden, and Henry Ben
son.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Cyril Zuboff, Eben Hopson, Frank
Ryan, Clinton Gray, George Lock
wood, Sen. Ernest Gruening, Gov.
William A. Egan, and Frank Per
atrovich.
BOWLING MEETING SUNDAY
AT 2 P.M. AT CITY HALL
There will be a meeting at the
City Hall on Sunday at 2 p.m. for
all persons interested in League
Bowling and the organization of
city associations. This is of im
portance to all bowlers as indivi
dual leagues may also be planned.
All bowlers are urged to be pre
sent.