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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 59 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1961 Per Copy 15^
Pres. Yun of
So. Korea Resigns
In Favor of Junta
By Gene Kramer
SEOUL, Korea »VP> — President
Yun Po-Sun gave his 'blessing to
South Korea’s new military rulers
and announced his resignation in
a humbly worded statement to
day. The grip of martial law
tightened.
The military chiefs pushed a
crackdown that included the ar
rest of almost 3,500 persons. Of
ficial announcements said pri
soners included 2,500 hoodlums
and 930 Leftists considered po
tential Communist suspects. A
security decree set up severe pen
alties for membership in what it
broadly termed anti-state organi
zations.
By accident or design, Yun’s
announced resignation clouded
diplomatic relations between
South Korea and its friends
abroad, including the United
States. Foreign envoys here have
been accredited to Yun rather
than to the fallen government of
Premier John M. Chang.
Both American and British of
ficials had said their recognition
of the military takeover would be
automatic because Yun remained
chief of state.
Now Korea’s allies may face the
legal puzzle of whether to recog
nize Lt. Gen. Chang Do-Young,
38-year-old chief of the junta
that calls itself “the Supreme
Council for National Reconstruc
tion.” U. S. spokesmen here op
posed the coup.
Gen. Chang was seen entering
the Presidential Palace, report
edly to try to persuade Yun to
reconsider.
Man Lives Through
3,000-Foot Fall
Down Mt. Susitna
ANCHORAGE UP) — A 46-year
old communications worker mir
aculously escaped serious injury
when he fell at least 500 feet and
plunged another 3,000 feet in a
roaring avalanche down the
slopes of Mt. Susitna, 35 miles
from here, yesterday.
As he rested in Providence Hos
pital today, apparently' suffering
only a stiff back and right heel
injury, Willard A. (Bill) Watson,
said “Next time I go to empty
the garbage, I’ll wear a para
chute.” He was brought to the
hospital by helicopter after being
picked up on the side of the
mountain.
Watson, who with his wife, tend
a telephone relay station atop the
4,320-foot peak, said he was em
ptying a 30-gallon garage can
near the couple’s quarters when
his fall began.
Watson had gone to the edge
of a snow and ice cornice over
hanging by 35 feet a saddle be
tween the mountain’s north and
south peaks.
“I heard a crack and the whole
cornice gave ’way,” Watson re
counted. “I fell though the air 500
to 1,000 feet, then rode the ava
lanche down an 80 per cent grade
for another 3,000 feet.
“It was quite a jar when I
landed on the slope,” Watson un
der stated. “I then bounced and
ricocheted down the slope. For
tunately, the avalanche was most
ly ahead of me.
As he fell, Watson said, he
fought the garbage can to escape
injury.
JFK and Nikita
To Discuss Cold
War Issues in June
By John M. Hightower
WASHINGTON W — President
Kennedy and Soviet Premier
Khrushchev' will meet in Vienna
June 3 and 4 for their “first
personal contact” and a “general|
exchange of views” on critical j
cold war issues.
The meeting was announced si
multaneously in Moscow and
Washington. The White House also
announced that, in addition to con
ferring with French President
De Gaulle prior to the Vienna
sessions, Kennedy will return
from Vienna by way of London
and confer with British Prime
Minister MacMillan.
Mrs. Kennedy will accompany
the President on his trips, and in
London it was announced the Ken
nedys will dine with Queen Eliz
abeth June 5.
It is possible the President
may make a report to the Ameri
can people June 7 on his talks
with the Soviet leader. Kennedy
is to speak that day at commence
ment exercises at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md„ an oc
I casion that will afford opportunity
I for a report.
The official description of the
Kennedy-Khrushchev talks as
constituting a “first personal con
tact” suggests the possibility both
men envision further meetings.
Authorities here said no further
meetings are specifically planned,
but that it is normal — or should
be — for an American President
to talk with the Soviet Premier.
The formal announcement ruled
out Kennedy-Khrushchev nego
tiations or agreements on “major
international problems” in which
other countries have direct in
terest. But it left no doubt that
all those problems will be dis
cussed as either Kennedy or
Khrushchev wishes to raise them.
Vice Pres. Johnson Gives
Rural India Example of
U.S. Politician in Action
By Spencer Davis
GRA, India UP> — U. S. Vice
President Lyndon Johnson gave
rural India an example of an
American politician in action to
day as he shook hands through
villages and assured them the
people of the United States are
interested in their welfare.
Johnson and his wife also
visited the beautiful Taj Mahal,
shimmering white in 106-degree
heat. Johnson took a long look
and called it “the greatest monu
ment to love and a woman.” It
was built by Shah Jahan in the
17th Century as a tomb for his
wife.
Inside the domed central room
a guide called a Moslem prayer
for the visitors to hear a 15-second
echo around the high circular ceil
ings of the elaborately inlaid mar
ble.
Johnson let out a Texan “whoo
hop” but its echo was lost in
laughter.
While he was here, a joint com
munique was issued in New Delhi
in the names of Johnson and
Prime Minister Nehru calling on
all mankind to join in the attack
on ignorance, poverty and dis
ease.
“The conquest of these every
where is the first step to the as- i
surance of peace and freedom,” ‘
the communique said in a resume |
of the tw'o days of talks by the j
two men.
CIA and Pentagon
Must Share Blame
For Cuban Fiasco
WASHINGTON UP — Sen.
Frank Church, (D-Idaho>, said to
day the Central Intelligence ;
Agency and the Pentagon must |
share blame for the Cuban in- \
vasion disaster because “both j
advised the President that the
plan was feasible.’’
Church gave a handwritten
statement to reporters as he came
out of a closed hearing at which
Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer. chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
was questioned about the role of
the Joint Chiefs in the incident.
But Church did not join Sen.
Albert Gore, (D-Tenn.), who said
“we direly need a new chairman
and members” of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
Two Republican members of
Senate Latin-American Affairs
subcommittee disagreed with Gore
in talking with reporters outside
the hearing room.
So did Sen. Wayne Morse, <D
OreJ, chairman of the subcom
mittee. Informed of Gore’s views,
Morse told reporters: “I have com- ^
plete confidence in the Joint !
Chiefs of Staff.” White House I
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger
said there would be no comment
on Gore’s statement.
Sen. Homer E. Capehart, <R
Ind.), said “I didn’t hear anything
in there that suggests we need
to replace Gen. Lemnitzer any
J more than we need to replace the
President or anybody else.”
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper,
I (R-Iowa), said “I have no feeling
that we ought to discharge the
Joint Chiefs.”
Saying he is not ready to point
| the finger of blame, Hickenlooper
i .said it appears to him there were
I “some mistakes here, there and !
every place.”
He said there may have been !
faults in political judgment, in
basic information and military as
sumptions.
In his statement, Church said:
“The question is not whether CIA
or the Pentagon was to blame.
Both advised the President that
the plan was feasible. Both must
share in the blame, even though
the President rightfully assumed
full responsibility.”
Screen Star Jeff Chandler
In Critical Condition from 1
Abdominal Hemorrhage
CULVER CITY, Calif. UP) — 1
Screen star Jeff Chandler rallied
slightly today but remained in 1
critical condition from a severe
abdominal hemorrhage.
Physicians gave him 55 pints
of blood in a 7t^-hour operation 1
to save his life. 1
A spokesman said the next 48 1
hours are crucial in Chandler’s
fight to survive. <
The husky, white-haired actor i
is 42. He was admitted to Culver ]
City Hospital for an operation on <
a slipped spinal disc. The abdom
inal bleeding followed the back <
surgery. d
Chandler — who hitchhiked to 1
Hollywood to fulfill a boyhood
dream of movie stardom — suf
fered the slipped disc while film
inga war movie, “The Maraud- ]
ers,” last month in the Philippine i
Islands.
The 6-foot-4, 200-pound actor 1
finished the picture despite the :
painful injury'. He was given a
series of injections to deaden -
nerves and lessen the pressure <
w'hile filming was completed.
Oil Refinery
To Be Built On
Kenai Peninsula
ANCHORAGE (if) — A 20,000
barrel refinerv will be built on
the Kenai Peninsula, probably
near Nikiski some 10 miles north
of the city of Kenai, Standard
Oil Co. of California announced
today.
H. G. Vesper, president of
Standard’s Western Operations,
Inc., made the announcement. He
said the company is negotiating
for the purchase of several hun
dred acres on the Peninsula for
the refinery site.
The refinery will be designed
to permit ready expansion when
that is justified by growth in
Alaska’s oil consumption,” he
added.
Local officials said the plant
would be a “full refinery” aimed
at the Alaskan market and pos
sible sales to military in the state.
Automobile gasoline, jet fuel,
fuel oils and heavy fuels will be
produced, along with possibly
aviation gasoline, they said.
The refinery is still in the plan
ing stage and the date of begin
ning construction has not yet
been determined.
Local labor and suppliers will
be “utilized to the fullest extent
posible,” Vesper added.
The Kenai Peninsula oil fields
lie about 25 air miles northeast of
Kenai. Twenty-nine producing
oil wells have been completed
and are flowing some 14,000 bar
rels of oil a day to Nikiski, the
tidewater terminus 19-mile pipe
line from the fields.
\t Nikiski the oil is presently
picked up by tankers and shipped
to the West Coast. Once the re
finery- is completed, the products
will be shipped largely by barge |
and tanker to Alaskan ports.
The announcement of the re
finery is the latest in a fast- |
breaking series of advances in the
peninsula oil fields. The discovery j
well was drilled by Richfield Oil j
Corp. less than four years ago.
JAYWALKER CONVICTED
OF MANSLAUGHTER
CAEN, France UP* — A pedes- j
trian who was hit by a motor- j
cycle was convicted of man
slaughter yesterday.
The cyclist, M. Leloup, was
thrown to the pavement and kill
ed. The court fined the pedestrian,
Eugene Bourcier, 200 francs ($40*
and gave him a three-months sus
pended jail sentence because he
was walking in the middle of the
road.
NINE DOGS DESTROYED
The Police Department reports
that in the past week nine dogs
having distemper symptoms have
been destroyed.
Chief Bob Oliver again cautions
owners to keep their dogs tied
up and to report any dogs dis
playing the symptoms of the dis
ease.
Best recognizable symptoms of
distemper are running noses, in
fected eyes and paralysis of the
hind quarters.
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with occasional
light rain tonight. Little change
in temperature.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 40, lowest 33. Sunrise at j
2:29 a m., sunset at 9:29 p.m.
A year ago today: highest temp.
47, lowest 33. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 61 in
1953, lowest 16 in 1926.
Twenty Students
Receive Diplomas
At Graduation
The Class of 1961 was gradu
ated Wednesday evening from
the Nome High School with
twenty students receiving their
diplomas.
Dr. Theo Norby, Commissioner
of Education, in the main address
called attention to the fact that
to graduate this class with 12
years of study behind them has
cost approximately $200,000. He
urged them to explore space, but
not necessarily outer space as
there is much space in Alaska
which has not yet been explored.
Because it is a big state he urged
these young Alaskans to think
big and act big, because there are
undeveloped parts of the state
which could grow into things no
one has even dreamed about yet.
Its resources, said Norby could
not only house Alaskans, but feed
and clothe them. He referred to
the Rampart Dam stating that
someone was thinking big when
the idea originated.
Several special awards were
made to graduates. Pearse Walsh
presented the American Legion
award plaque and $10 for scholar
ship, citizenship and an “everlast
ing smile” to Clarice Hardy.
Peggy Kelliher, for the State
Board of Education, presented an
award to Frank Denny who is
retiring after 25 years of teach
ing in Alaska schools.
Ash Craft presented the Rotary
j Scholarship award of $500 to
Mary Jean Longley, daughter of
Frances Longley, to used at
either Alaska universities.
Conrad Potter presented the
State free room award for two
years at the U of A to Douglas
Lee, son of Richard E. Lee; the
Sears Roebuck award to the
U of A for $300 to Grant Doyle,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Doyle; and
the Glavinovich Memorial Schol
arship of $250 to Dean Alexander,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Houston
Alexander.
Wallace Mclver presented the
Halverson Memorial award to the
school which will be a plaque
in the Halverson Memorial part
of the library. The PTA has pro
vided permanent covers for sci
entific publications honoring this
teacher, Olaf Halverson whose
main interest was science and
sports. Also in the Halverson
Memorial was started a plaque on
which will be inscribed the name
>f the most valued athlete in the
senior class. The first name was
announced to be Gordon Brown,
son of Willis Brown.
Valedictorian was Ruth Towner
and Salutatorian was Douglas Lee.
Congratulatory messages were
read from John Rauch, former
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CAB Grants Alaska Airlines
585,000 Boost in Mail Pay
WASHINGTON UP) — The Civil
Aeronautics Board today granted
Alaska Airlines an $85,000 boost
in mail pay.
The CAB ruled Alaska Airlines
was entitled to $5,285,000 in mail
pay for the period from Jan. 1,
1947, through Sept. 30, 1952, in
stead of the $5,200,000 previously
awarded.
Would-Be-Smugglers Beware . . .
NEW YORK UP) — A warning to
would-be smugglers at New York’s
International Airport: Big Brother
is watching you — on TV. The
Customs Service has installed
three giant closcd-cirhuit tele
vision cameras at the field.