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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LXI No. 53 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1959 Per Copy—154
Congress Takes Up
Last of Alaska
Transition Work
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UP) — House
and Senate committees this week
take up a bill designed to com
plete Alaska’s transition from a
Territory to a State.
Two-day sessions are scheduled
before the House Territories Sub
committee starting today and the
full Senate Insular Affairs Com
mittee later in the week.
Major provisions of the bill in
clude authority for a five year
program of grants totaling 27V£
million dollars; admission of Alas
ka to full participation in the Fed
eral Aid Highway Program, and
the transfer to Alaska of federal
ly owned airports at Anchorage
and Fairbanks.
The bill would also terminate
various federal programs enjoyed
by Alaska as a territory.
Considering the complexity of
the bill — each of its 45 sections
deals with a different subject —
relatively few amendments are
expected.
One major change which may go
before the committees would pro
vide for Alaska’s participation in
the Federal Highway Aid Pro
gram on a reduced basis in return
for using federal highway money
for maintenance.
Alaska now receives about 14
million dollars yearly in federal
highway money for which it must
provide 10 per cent in matching
funds. Unlike other states, how
ever, the 49th state can use these
funds for highway maintenance.
The Administration proposal
would put Alaska on the same
basis as other states, thereby
boosting its entitlement under the
program to about 36 million dol
lars but raising matching require
ments to 13 per cent and requiring
state financing of maintenance
programs.
The possible compromise is
based on the belief that the new
■ state could not afford to take
over the maintenance program —
roughly a million dollars a year
— and still finance needed con
■ struction.
G.O.P. Offers Hot Issues
For 1960 Campaign — If
Funds Are Forthcoming !
BOSTON, UP) — The Repub
licans’ new national chairman said
today the GOP has the issues for
the 1960 campaign but that it
needs campaign funds to bring
them home to the people.
Sen. Thurston Morton (R-Ky)
told a breakfast meeting of the
Massachusetts Republican State
Committee and finance chairmen
of city and town committees that
there are two big issues.
“The big one is the fact that
Communism hasn’t spread in the
wortcl in the last six and a half
years,” he said.
“The other is we are out of the
recession, we have more families
with incomes of more than $6,000
a year and more with incomes of
$10,000 than ever before in our
history.”
Morton said a comparatively
small shift in voting patterns
from 1958 to 1960 would bring
a Republican victory in the next
national election.
Morton, on arriving here Sun
day, said effective control of
union racketeering will be a top
• • issue for Republicans next year.
! Capitol Dedication of
National Guard Building
Attended by Local Men
WASHINGTON, Ut) — An eight
man color guard represented Alas
ka in yesterday’s dedication of a
new National Guard Association
headquarters.
The Alaskan unit of Army and
Air National Guardsmen was sta
tioned along the approach used
by former President Harry S.
Truman, the dedicatiqp speaker,
in walking to the review plat
form.
The unit was led by M/Sgt.
Alfred Sahlin of Nome, a mem
ber of the 1st Scout Battalion of
the 297th Infantry.
Morrison-Knudsen Co.
Awarded Armory Contract
Morrison-Knudsen Co., of An
chorage today was awarded the
$441,837 contract for construction
of the new National Guard Ar
mory at Nome. Morrison-Knudsen
was low among the'11 bids opened
a week ago. The contract award,
calling for start of work this
summer, was made by the State
Highway and Public Works
Department.
Truman ‘Regrets’
Meet Ike Invitation
To Churchill Fete
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower invited former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman to a White
House stag dinner for Sir Winston
Churchill Wednesday evening but
Truman has sent regrets.
Announcing this today, Presi
dential Press Secretary James C
Hagerty said Truman informed
Eisenhower that he has a New
York engagement that evening.
Relations between Eisenhower
and Truman have been strained
since the 1952 campaign. Political
charges then ended the friendly
relation which had existed pre
viously.
Last May, Eisenhower invited
Truman to accompany him to
Memorial Day services at Arling
ton National Cemetery. Truman
declined that invitation, saying
he would be unable to...come to
Washington.
I Say . . . Charles !
L.ONDON, UP) — A boy of lu
can be an awful pest even if he
happens to be the future King
of England.
His mother can also get annoyed
at his behavior even if she hap
pens to be the Queen of England.
This was demonstrated Sunday
at a polo game between Ascot
and Windsor Park, led by Prince
Charles’ father, Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a
green raincoat, scarf and low
heeled shoes, drove to the game
from Windsor Castle. Accompan
ied by Charles and his 8-year-old
sister, Anne, she went to a canvas
roofed canopy because it was
raining.
The roof sagged from the weight
of pools of water on either side
of the center pole. Suddenly
Charles punched the canvas, caus
ing water to splash on his mother’s
stockings. Mother frowned.
Charles repeated the maneuver
against the other bulge.
As 4,000 spectators watched, the
queen’s high girlish voice was
heard saying:
“Charles! Sit down!’’
Charles sat down.
Philip’s team won, 4 goals to
ZVz.
Health Inspectors
Can Enter Homes,
Rules High Court
WASHINGTON, UP — The Su
preme Court today approved
searches of private homes by
health inspectors without war
rants.
The court split 5-4 in ruling
on the case of a Baltimore resident
who had been fined $20 for re
fusing to admit to his home a city
health inspector who had no i
search warrant.
Justice Frankfurter wrote the
majority opinion which said, “In
light of the long history of this
kind of inspection and of mod
ern needs, we cannot say that the
carefully circumscribed demand
which Maryland here makes on
appelant’s (the Baltimore home
owner) freedom has deprived him
of due process of law.”
Justice Douglas said in his dis
sent that “the decision today great
ly dilutes the right of privacy
which every home owner had the
right to believe was part of our
American heritage.”
“We witness indeed an inquest
over a substantial part of the
fourth amendment,” Douglas
wrote.
Hunt On Again For
Missing Fairbanks Area
Plane Ci^sh Survivor
FAIRBANKS, (ft — The wreck
age of a light plane missing near
ly a month was found in moun
tainous country 240 miles north
east of here Saturday and word
was flashed that one of the two
men aboard survived the crash.
The Federal Aviation Agency
office here said that a body found
in the plane was that of Jim Falls.
Falls, a former Minnesotan, and
Tom Delack disappeared on a wolf
hunting flight that left Beetles,
April 3.
The pilot at the wreck scene
indicated the plane’s survivor had
pitched a tent at the scene and
then apparently decided to try to
walk out.
An intensive search of the area,
called off two weeks ago, was
resumed Friday, apparently at the
request of Sen. Hubert Hum
phrey (D-Minn).
Hawaiian Island Alert
For Tidal Wave Called Off
HONOLULU, (ft— A tidal wave
alarm was sounded early today
because of an earthquake north
of Japan, but was called off an
hour and 35 minutes later.
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey cancelled the alert after
Wake Island and Midway re
ported no unusual wave activity.
Wake and Midway would have
been hit first had a tidal wave
swept toward the islands from an
earthquake believed to have hit
the Kamchatka Peninsula region
of Siberia.
SUNDAY RESULTS
Detroit 4-8, New York 1-2.
Cleveland 5-1, Washington 0-3.
Baltimore 5, Chicago 2.
National League
Kansas City 7, Boston 3.
Cincinnati 6-1, Los Angeles 3-7.
Chicago 4-4, Philadelphia 3-5.
Pittsburgh 4-1, St. Louis 3-2.
Milwaukee 9, San Francisco 4.
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 3-2, Vaucouver 2-3.
Seattle 3-2, Salt Lake City 2-6.
Portland 3, San Diego 2.
Phoenix 7-4, Spokane 6-2.
Governor Vetoes Bill
Providing Dedicated Funds
JUNEAU, (£) — Governor Egan
today vetoed a bill to reserve rev
enue from one million acres of
public lands to provide addition
al general support for the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Egan called the bill “wrong in
principle, inconsistent with con
stitutional concepts and not in the
public interest.” He said it would
be a “distinct step backward”
from provisions of the state con
stitution which call for reduction
in dedicated funds.
The governor said the Univer
sity will be much better off fin
ancially to rely on general appro
priations by the legislature and
approved bonding programs.
In other actions the governor
signed the new state land act set
ting regulations for leasing of gas
and oil and other mineral land of
the state.
Egan also signed1 a new mini
mum wage law in Alaska raising
the lowest legal hourly pay to
$1.50 from the previous $1.25.
There was no indication on how
Egan will act on Workmen’s Com
pensation or the proposed amend
ment to the Employment Secur
ity Act. The deadline for action
in Workmen’s Compensation is
Thursday and Saturday is the
deadline for action on the ESC.
Only 2,000 ‘Love Lucy’
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., UP) —
•Flame-haired Lucille Ball, tele
vision and movie comedienne, says
she’ll return to talk on juvenile
delinquency, but only if an ade
quate crowd can be assembled.
Lucy left in a huff for Holly
wood/Sunday after a look at the
2,000 persons, mostly youngsters,
who turned up for a Kiwanis Club
youth rally in 12,000-seat Taft
Stadium.
She was slated to run through
a comedy routihe and give a talk
on delinquency. Instead she caught
the first flight back to Hollywood.
“I didn’t go on because of the
small crowd,” she told reporters.
“I believe in youth rallies but
there weren’t enough people here
to do any good.
“I’d like to return if they can
assemble an adequate crowd.”
In Los Angeles the actress said
“When they don’t care enough to
publicize the affair, it’s high time
they stopped asking people to go
thousands of miles to perform.”
POWER ASSOCIATION MEET
WILL HEAR BARTLETT TALK
ON POWER PROSPERITY
SEATTLE, UP) — Alaska Senator
Bob Bartlett has been selected to
keynote a convention of the Amer
ican Power- Association here May
26-28.
Bartlett’s address will be en
titled “Low-Cost Power for Pros
perity.”
Other speakers scheduled in
clude Adm. Hyman Rickover, Sen.
Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash), Un
der Secretary of Interior Elmer
F. Bennett, Governor Rosellini,
and George Dempster, past presi
dent, Citizens for Tennessee Val
ley Authority, Inc.
KHRUSHCHEV ESCORTED BY
U. S. ENVOY ON TOUR OF
AMERICAN EXPOSITION SITE
LONDON, UP) — Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev toured
the site of the American Exposi
tion in Moscow today. The show
opens in July. U. S. Ambassador
Llewellyn Thomason served as
guide for Khrushchev and a group
of Soviet engineers, Moscow Ra
dio said.
Appeals Court To
Judge Arguments
On Fish Trap Ban
WASHINGTON, UF> — The U. S.
Court of Appeals today called for
oral arguments in the Alaska
fishing industry’s fight against a
ban on fishtraps in Alaskan
waters.
The case went to the court on
appeal from a ruling by District
Court Judge John J. Sirica that
the industry failed to prove that
relief should be granted.
The ban on traps was ordered
by Secretary of the Interior Sea
ton for the 1959 commercial fish
ing season in Alaska.
Throughout the court maneuv
ering, government attorneys have
contended Seaton was required to
eliminate traps by terms of the
Alaska statehood bill which he
said forced action in compliance
with the state’s Constitution.
Industry attorneys, however, ar
gued that Seaton’s action went
against the intent of Congress in
adopting the Westland amendment
to the statehood bill.
The Westland amendment pro
vided for administration of Alas
ka’s fisheries by the Secretary
“under existing law” until the
new state demonstrated its ability
to take over.
By “existing law” they said
Congress meant the law in exist
ence when the bill passed and not
the state Constitution which be
came effective only with Alaska’s
formal admission to statehood six
months later.
(Seaton last week told Congress
Alaska’s Legislature had demon
strated the state’s ability to ad
minister the resource. By terms
of the Westland amendment, the
certification must remain before
Congress for 90 legislative days.
Alaska then would assume juris
diction on the next January 1.) '
The industry said the trap ban
would require the closing of at
least six salmon canneries, would
make a 16 million dollar invest
ment useless and result in loss of
jobs for 2,200 workers.
Columbia River Yields
Child’s Body, A Member
Of Missing Oregon Family
VANCOUVER, Wash., UP — The
body of a little girl, found bob
bing in a Columbia River slough,
provided a probable solution to
day to the baffling mystery of
the missing Ken Martin family
of Portland.
The body, found Sunday and
identified as that of 11-year-old
Susan Martin, had been in the
water for a considerable time,
said Coroner Paul Mylan. It may
have been submerged since the
December 7 disappearance of Ken
Martin, 54, his wife, 48, and their
three pretty young daughters —
Barbara, 14, Virginia 13 and
Susan.
Police, who have run down
scores of clues in the five-months
old case, believe the Martin car
plunged off a highway into the
Columbia River or one of its tri
butaries. The body of Susan ap
parently floated free of the wreck
age in the spring current and
was washed to a backwater slough
near Camas, a few miles east of
this lower Columbia River city.
Dr. E. A. Waterman, the Mar
tins’ dentist, examined th? body
and s^id he was certain it was
that of the missing girl.