Merger Proposal
Rejected by
Alaska Airlines
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, CP)—Alaska Air
lines Friday rejected a proposed
merger offer by Pacific Northern
Airlines and talk between the two
Alaska carriers are off—at least
temporarily.
A. G. Woodley, Pacific presi
dent, and H. W. Robinson, chair
man of the Alaska board, told a
newsman, however, they consid
ered the do'or open for further
discussions — possibly late this
week.
Woodley, who earlier had re
jected an Alaska proposal, said he
considers the “next move” to be
Alaska’s.
“Robinson said they might think
it over and return next week,”
Woodley added.
Robinson said he feels both
sides are “really trying to reach
an agreement” and “neither side
has exhausted all the possibilities
by a long shot.”
He said:
“We made them an offer and
they rejected it; now we’ve re
jected theirs.”
Neither Robinson nor Woodley
would disclose details of the dis
cussions. Woodley said the two
carriers have “agreed to keep the
gory details out of the paper.”
The Civil Aeronautics Board
examiner has recommended that
Pacific be granted a seven-year
renewal of its authority to fly
between Seattle and Anchorage
but that renewal of Alaska’s
authority to fly from Seattle to'
Portland to Fairbanks be found
“not in the public interest.”
The examiner also said that in
tegration of the two systems
would bo in the public interest.
His recommendations are subject
to approval by the board.
London Press Strike
LONDON, CP)—A pressroom
strike touched off by an inter
union quarrel over 19 men stopped
the publication of all London’s
13 morning and evening news
papers today.
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U.S. Accuses Russia
Of Willful Lying
On Shot Down B-50
WASHINGTON, UP)—The United
States Saturday accused Russia of
having “willfully and knowing
ly” lied about the shooting down
of an American B-50 bomber over
the Sea of Japan in July, 1953. It
filed a formal damage claim for
$2,785,492.94.
At the same time the United
States challenged Russia—if the
Communists deny liabilities for
the damages—to join in taking
the dispute to the International
Court of Justice.
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen
delivered the 17-page American
not to the Soviet Foreign Office
in Moscow Saturday.
In Washington, the State De
partment made the note public
and announced that U. N. Ambas
sador Henry Cabot Dodge Jr. has
been instructed to circulate the
text among the members of the
U.N. Security Council.
It was the second time that the
12-POUND METEORITE
FALLS IN SIBERIA
LONDON, UP)—Moscow Radio
reported Saturday a meteorite
weighing around 12 pounds fell
last month near the village of
Krutinka in Omsk Province of
western Siberia. The broadcast
said a government expert had
been sent to examine the meteor
ite, the second reported in Russia
this year.
United States resorted to this ex
traordinary procedure in pressing
what is clearly a campaign to get
satisfaction from the Soviet Union
for the destruction of American
aircraft. The first instance was
two weeks ago when Washington
asked some \Vt million dollars
for a B-29 shot down off northern
Japan in October, 1952.
There have been a number of
cases where Soviet fighters at
tacked U.S. planes near Russian
borders.
The incident in Saturday’s for
mal diplomatic note occurred on
July 29 last year and resulted in
16 Americans dead or missing.
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