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Moscow Warns Britain
U. S. Warplanes Will
Be Menace to Air Safety
MOSCOW, lff> — Moscow Radio
said today the recent crash of a
U. S. jet fighter on Okinawa
should be a warning to Britain
against basing more American
warplanes on its territory.
• The transfer to Britain of some
of the 200 U. S. fighter-bombers
toeing removed from France can
only lead to more collisions in
Britain’s crowded air space, said
a radio commentator.
The broadcast said the U. S.'
fighter on Okinawa hit a school
and more than 150 were killed
or injured.
The official toll in the crash at
Ishikawa, Okinawa, June 30, is
16 dead and 121 injured.
The official news agency Tass,
the Communist party newspaper
Pravda and the government news
paper Izvestia also commented on
the U. S. decision, announced this
week, to transfer the 1 fighter
bombers to Britain and West Ger
many. The decision was based on
Trench refusal to permit storing
of nuclear weapons in France un
less they were under French
control.
Tass said in a dispatch from its
London correspondent that Brit
ish public opinion could not be
reassured by statements that any
use of U. S. nuclear bombers
based in Britain will be preceded
by consultations between the two
governments.
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Deadlocked Jury Is
Dismissed in Miami T-V •
Conspiracy Trial
WASHINGTON, UP>—’The three
months trial of the Richard A.
Mack-Thurman Whiteside conspir
acy case wound up today with a
hung jury in an 11-1 division.
There was no official report in
the courtroom as to how the jur
ors were divided as to conviction
or acquittal. But three members,
refusing to permit use of their
names, told newsmen that the 11
were for conviction. One said the
11-1 deadlock had existed since
last Tuesday.
The jurors had deliberated for
more than 30 hours when dis
charged. Judge Burnita Matthews
decided to discharge them on' re
ceiving a note from foreman Rob
ert A. Burner which said the jury
stood 11-1.
Mack, former member of the
Federal Communications Commis
sion, and Whiteside, -a Miami law
yer, were accused of conspiring
to rig award of Miami T-V Chan
nel 10 to Public Service Televi
sion, Inc.
The foreman asked for further
instructions from the judge. In
stead of giving them, the judge
called the jurors into the court
room, thanked them, and ercused
them from further deliberations.
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Egan Asked to
Reconsider Protest
Of Wildlife Range
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secretary
of Interior Seaton Called on Gover
nor Egan of Alaska Wednesday to
reconsider his objections to a pro
posed Arctic wildlife range in the
new state.
“The proposed range will be
one of the world’s great wildlife
areas,” Seaton said in a letter to
Egan.
The Secretary’s remarks came
in reply to an earlier letter from
Egan in which the Governor ex
pressed opposition to the pro
posed withdrawal of nine million i
acres in Northeast Alaska for the
wildlife area.
Egan said the proposed project
would retard other essential state
programs. He also pointed out
Ibat about 92V£ million acres in
Alaska presently are included in
federal withdrawals and reserva
tions.
“Each withdrawal of land by
the federal government reduces
the area of the federal public do
main,” Egan wrote, “and operates
to increase the percentage of high
way matching funds required by
the state.”
Seaton said the Arctic range
“will in no way reduce the amount
to which the state is entitled un
der the federal highway program.”
The Secretary said about five
million acres of the proposed
range already are withdrawn un
der a 1953 order. He said Alaska
would be entitled to about 37
million dollars for highway con- j
struction under an omnibus bill!
providing the state puts up $5,
600,000.
“This would indicate that the
sum Alaska would have to furnish
for entitlement to the 37 million
do^ars would be $5,875,000 rather
than $5,600,000,” Seaton said.
Unless the state furnishes funds
to match the total entitlement of
37 million dollars, the additional
obligation would be proportionate
ly less than $275,000.”
Seaton also said the Department
is proceeding as rapidly as pos
sible with a program to restore
to the public domain lands now
in withdrawn status which he said
are not absolutely necessary for
essential federal activities in
Alaska.
“As this program continues” he
said, “the withdrawals restored
will no doubt completely offset
the effect of the additional lands
withdrawn by the Arctic Wildlife
Range so far as road funds re- j
quirements are concerned.”
Seaton also said the area would j
be available for full development J
of mineral, oil and gas potentials
and would be open to hunting and
fishing under Alaska laws.
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Wild Ducks On Increase
In Canadian Parklands
WINNIPEG, Alta. UR — Im
proved prospects for wild duck
production were reported today
by Ducks Unlimited, conservation
organization, in a press release
that a late hatch is appearing in
daily increasing numbers in park
lands which lie between the agri
cultural prairies and a line run
ning from northwest Saskatche
wan to southeast Manitoba.
While prospects have improved
since last month and promise to
be better than ever, they still are
below those of recent years.
While prospects have improved
since last month and promise to
be better than ever, they still are
below those of recent years.
Heavy rains on the prairies have
broken the drought and in some
districts the run-off has started.
Evaporation losses have been
checked, many sloughs and pot
holes refilled and many broods
that would have died through lack
of water have been saved.
Widespread flocks of birds of
mixed gender which apparently
did not breed had been reported
and now are dispersing to the
moulting areas, the report said.
Canada geese have done well on
irrigation projects and continue to
extend their range to other safe
waters. Their young were pro
duced at expected times and their
broods are of normal size.
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53 Die In Burning
Of Crowded Danish
Picnic Boat
HADERSLEV, Denmark, (/PI —
The Danish shipping inspection
board said yesterday the pleasure
boat ^Damende was “loaded far
beyond her capacity” when she
exploded and burned, killing at
least 53 persons.
As frogmen searched for more
bodies in the waters of a park
lake where the disaster struck
Wednesday, the government agen
cy in its first findings said the
45-foot excursion boat carried only
37 lifebelts.
The agency said the Damende’s
capacity limit recently was re
duced to 35 from its original li
mit of 75. Officials believe at
least 94 passengers were aboard.
A gasoline line used to connect
the Damende’s engine with a re
serve tank was found in the
wreckage. The agency said this
was a makeshift hookup and that
some gasoline may have seeped
and started the fire.
The skipper-owner of the boat
was in a hospital, critically
burned, and could not be reached
for comment.
Panic was blamed for increas
ing the death toll among the gay
picknickers returning from an out
ing at this southern Denmark
resort.
Some victims died in water so
shallow that adults could have
waded ashore.
It was Denmark’s second mari
time disaster within six months
In January the Danish passen
ger-cargo liner Hans Hedtoft hit
an iceberg south of Greenland and
vanished without a trace. Ninety
five persons perished.
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