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VOL. LIX No. 116 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1957 _ Per Copy—15^
All Three Aboard Survive Crash
Of Plane Enroute Galena-Fairbanks
The passengers aboard the<
special Chamber of Commerce
Wien flight from Fairbanks this
morning participated in a search
for a plane, missing since last
evening on a flight from Fair
banks to Galena.
Wien pilots Capt. George Stin
ton and co-pilot Tony Schultz,
with many years experience in
rescue work, first spotted a flare
sent up by the downed plane,
36 miles southwest of Tanana.
They notified other searching
planes, the nearest of which was
Donald Stickman of Ruby, and
also notified the search and res
cue helicopter at Tanana. The
Wien plane circled the stricken
craft until the rescue planes ar
rived at the scene.
The plane, a Beechcraft Bon
anza, is owned by a Mr. Hopkins
of Fairbanks, who is a subcon
tractor for Peter Keiwitt Co.
One wing was damaged, the pilot
of the plane reported, and one of
the two passengers suffered a
back injury in the crash, which
occurred in a timbered area.
U.S. Satellites
May Reach
2,000 Miles
WASHINGTON, LTV—A research
er said today American earth sat
ellites may soar as high as 2,000
miles above the earth—500 miles
higher than the previous maxi
mum estimate.
Richard Tousey of the U.S. Na
val Research Laboratory gave the
new altitude estimate in a report
prepared for an international con
ference designed to summarize
and coordinate the rocket and
earth satellite programs of vari
ous nations for the International
Geophysical Year.
Attending the six-day parley
opening today were delegates
from 12 nations, including the
United States and Russia, which
are the only two nations planning
to launch satellites.
Tousey mentioned only casual
ly that “perhaps” the American
satellites might attain a height of
2,000 miles in their oval-shaped
orbits.
Six of the satellites are to be
launched before the end of IGY
in December 1958, but no dates
have yet been announced.
Eisenhower Urges
Community Chest Support
NEWPORT, R.I., OP)—President
Eisenhower urged Americans last
night to support the United Fund
and Community Chest campaigns
this fall.
His statement was broadcast on
all radio and TV networks on be
half of the more than 2,000 com
munities conducting drives to
raise more than $400 million for
health and welfare services.
The money raised, he said, “will
be our stockpile to help bring
health and healing to the sick—to
help troubled families—to offer
new hope to the crippled and
handicapped.”
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Teamsters to See
Evidence Against
Some Delegates
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., The
scandal-rocked Teamsters Union
today received and accepted a bid
from the Senate Rackets Commit
tee in Washington to inspect evi
dence in committee files challeng
ing qualifications of some Team
sters convention delegates.
Dave Beck, Teamster president,
revealed an exchange of tele
grams with committee Chairman
McClellan (D-Ark) as the Team
sters opened thir fateful conven
tion with* a roaring ovation for
Beck.
“The information you have may
be helpful even at this late date,”
Beck said he wired McClellan.
More than 100 of the conven
tion’s 1,929 delegates have been
formally challenged before the
Credentials Committee.
Among those challenged were
delegates from Local 183 in Fair
banks, Local 959 in Anchorage.
Balloting for the union presi
dency has been scheduled for this
coming Thursday.
When Beck enterel the packed
Municipal Auditorium, the dele
gates gave him a resounding ova
[ tion. He and James R. Hoffa, mid
west Teamster boss and leading
candidate to succeed the retiring
Beck as union president, posed
together waving at the delegates.
One of Hoffa’s four announced
rivals for the presidency, Thomas
L. Hickey of New York, like Hof
fa a Teamster vice president, was
roundly booed when he entered
the convention.
Alaska Maker
Of Artificial Limbs
Tells Unique Problems
WASHINGTON, UP)—The prob
lems of an artificial limb maker
in Alaska are sometimes almost
insurmountable, says Alpha Ome
ga Rogers, 38, of Anchorage.
Getting supplies and covering a
huge territory are only some of
them. There are also such things
as what to do for a polar bear
hunter who suffers sharply from
cold in the stump of his right arm.
Rogers, who is himself minus a
left foot, arrived Sunday to dis
. cuss some of his problems with
| colleagues at the national assem
j bly of the artificial limb and
I brace profession.
As the only limb maker in Alas
j ka, he was the center of attention,
i Rogers, like most Alaskan resi
dents, loves the territory and did
a little politicking for statehood.
He brought with him gold nug
gets, walrus tusk bracelets, and
his fur parka made from the pelts
of 11 different kinds of animals.
Rogers moved to Alaska five
years ago from California. He
said it took him 10 years to talk
his wife into it but now she wonld
not leave.
Pan Am Local
Votes for Strike
If Demands Not Met
SAN FRANCISCO, UP!—T h e
Transport Workers Union Local
505 says around 1,200 of its mem
bers employed by Pan American
Airways in its Pacific-Alaska di
vision have voted “overwhelm
ingly” in support of a strike.
The local’s representatives are
in New York negotiating a new
contract to replace the one which
expires midnight Monday night.
Wally Norden, vice president of
the local, said “more than 99 per
cent” of the union’s members in
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seat
tle, Honolulu and Tokyo voted for
a strike if contract demands are
not met.
The majority of the union’s
members are mechanics, Norden
said. They are asking a 42-cents
an-hour increase—pared down
from 50 cents—over their present
average hourly pay of $2.1314.
The company has offered eight
cents, Norden said.
Season’s Flashiest
Nuclear Test Shot
Seen at 400 Miles
ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev., (A
—The season’s flashiest nuclear
test shot burst over the desert
Saturday with enough brilliance,
to be seen thru a drizzle 400 miles
away in San Francisco.
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion said the blast packed less of
a wallop than had been predicted.
But a newsman watching from
Las Vegas, 75 miles away, said
the flash was the brightest he’d
seen during the summer and fall
series.
Saturday’s shot, code-named
Charleston, was the 23rd and next
to the last of the series. The AEC
said the final shot, called Morgan,
may ready for firing next Friday.
A spokesman of the test organi
zation said the Charleston was
“highly experimental . . . with
a wide range of yield possible.”
He said the yield was actually
below normal, and not above what
was considered possible.
A nominal shot has the power
of 20,000 tons of TNT.
Wildlife Refuges Get
High Priority in
Proposed Legislation
MINNEAPOLIS, UPL-Secretary
of Interior Fred A. Seaton said
Saturday his. department soon
will anouce a new'set of regula
tions forbidding, with one excep
tion, &11 oil and gas leasing on
federal wildlife refuges.
Leasing would be allowed, he
said, if it is shown to be absolute
ly necessary to keep oil and gas
under government lands from be
ing drained off by drilling in ad
jacent areas.
Seaton declared the prospective
tighter curb on leasing “shows
the value which we believe ought
to be placed on our country’s
wildlife resources.”
Seaton said the nation’s recre
ation areas, already bursting at
the seams, face an added impact
from the rapidly growing popula
tion and increased leisure hours. I
Chamber and Pioneer Delegates
Return From Gala Two Days as
Guests of Fairbanks Members
Gov. Stepovich
Credits Pioneers for
Development of Alaska
Pioneer Grand Igloo delegates
returned this morning from Fair
banks following a three-day meet
ing which culminated in a ban
quet last evening at the Elks Hall
at which about 500 people were
guests.
Speakers at the historic event
included the new president, Bob
DeArmond of Juneau; former
Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman, Uni
versity of Alaska President Dr.
Ernest Patty. Speaking in behalf
of Igloo No. 1 were Walter H.
Hodge and Lester Gore.
Keynote speaker during the
convention was Gov. Mike Stepo
vich, who gave the Pioneers much
credit for development of the ter
ritory thru the 56 years of its or
ganization. In his inspiring ad
dress he urged the Pioneers not
to rest on the laurels of the past
but participate in the develop
ment of the new state soon to
come.
The Anchorage Auxiliary pre
sented the University of Alaska
with $1,000 for their student loan
fund. President Patty stated the
college now has over $1,000,000
in endowments and scholarships.
Among the officers elected was
Charles Jones as one of the trus
tees and former Second Division
Judge Lester Gore as chaplain.
Installing officer was Dr. Will
Chase of Cordova, historian for
many yeqrs and one of the older
past Grand Presidents.
The convention included many
interesting events in addition to
the meetings such as side trips
and tours, outstanding of which
was a luncheon at Constitution
Hall and a tour of the University
of Alaska campus.
Returning Pioneers on the spe
cial courtesy Wien flight this
morning included Mr. and Mrs.
James Walsh, Ellen Waldheim,
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Sipprell, Albin
Poison, Edith Arnold, Russell
Hermann, Emily Boucher, Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Walsh, and Pio
neer President Frank Morris.
Remaining in Fairbanks were
Christie Waldheim, Vallie Scott
and Charles Jones.
Delegate M. J. Walsh stated an
overwhelming number of dele
gates demand that Nome soon be
host to the Grand Igloo. Next year
the meeting will be in Juneau.
Trans World Airlines
Starts Transpolar Flights
LOS ANGELES, —Trans
World Airlines yesterday inaugu
rated transpolar air service link
ing Los Angeles with London,
Paris and Rome. TWA’s 1649A
Jetstream took off for London
with a group of Los Angeles and
Hollywood dignitaries. Regular
service will begin Wednesday.
U. of Alaska President
Thanks Nome for
Support of University
Members returned this morn
ing following two days packed
full of interesting events planned
by the Fairbanks Chamber of
Commerce.
The group was met at the plane
Saturday noon and taken directly
to Constitution Hall, where they
were welcomed by their hosts,
the Fairbanks Chamber and rep
resentatives of Wien Airlines.
At the luncheon all members
were introduced and Welcomed
by Fairbanks Chamber President
Jerry Nerland.
University of Alaska President
Ernest Patty expressed apprecia
tion to Nome for its staunch sup
port in all matters concerning the
university, stating that he “could
always count on the Second Divi
sion legislative members to work
for the good of the school.
A tour of the new women’s dor
mitory, called Wickersham Hall,
and the Union Building was fol
lowed by a preview showing of a
20-minute film about the univer
sity at the mines building.
The delegation was greatly im
pressed with a short lecture by
Dr. Elvey on the meaning of the
International Geophysical Year
now in progress and the impor
tant part the University of Alaska
is playing.
One phase of the IGY program
is the study of the aurora borealis
being made all over the world.
After a year the University of
Alaska will be one of three de
positories in the world to house
the films which will be studied
for many years to come.
The delegatipn enjoyed a warm
welcome at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Rusing later Saturday,
after which a banquet was given
at Travelers Inn.
Under the chairmanship of Mil
dred Webb an interesting pro
gram was presented with trees
brought in for the benefit of the
Nome guests.
The toastmaster was Jerry Ner
land and the main speakers were
Ada Wien, James Walsh and H.
W. Johanson, Fourth Division
engineer of the Bureau of Public
Roads.
The Nome group were guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Nerland at their beautiful new
home on Steese Highway.
In the party leaving Fairbanks
at 6 a.m. this morning were Nome
Chamber President James Walsh
and his wife; Dorothy Young, Mr.
and .Mrs. James von der Heydt,
Emily Boucher, Edith Arnold,
Johnnie Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Gooc_*ich, Jerry Manning,
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bachelder,
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Sipprell, Eu- *
nice Berglund, Russell Hermann,
Frank Morris, Rose Bronson, Lor
en a Gray and Dick Miller.
All expressed a wonderful time
at the other end of the arctic sec
tion of Highway 97.