Russian-Red China Offer
To ‘Protect’ Middle East
Proves a Point—Nixon
WASHINGTON, 05V-Vice Pres
ident Nixon said Saturday a Rus
sian-Red China offer to “protect”
Middle East nations “dramatic
ally illustrates why the free world
must not leave a military or eco
nomic vacuum in the area.
Nixon said the joint declara
tion of the two Communist na
tions in Moscow Friday “under
lines the necessity for a com
bined program” of military and
economic aid now under study
by Congress.
In a statement given newsmen
in response to questions, the vice
president made it clear the Eisen
hower Administration is remain
ing firm in its position that mili
tary and economic aid must not
be separated.
President Eisenhower has re
quested Congress to give him
standby authority to use troops,
if necessary, to counter any mili
tary aggression in the Middle East
toy Communist dominated coun
tries. He also asked for authority
■to use up to $200 million in pres
ently available funds for econom
ic assistance in the area. He has
2 Naval Reserve Pilots
Killed When Their
Planes Lock Wings
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., UR—
Two Naval Reserve pilots were
killed here yesterday when their
planes locked wings, plunged to
the ground and burned.
Killed were Lt. Cmdr. Charles
R. Walton, 38, Wheaton, HI., and
Lt. Jerome H. Fishel, 33, Urbana,
Illinois. Walton was commanding
officer of Attack Squadron 722
stationed near Chicago and held
the Navy Cross for World W&r II
action.
—
AGREEMENT WITH ACTION
EL PASO, Texas, UR—A panel
• discussion at the New Mexico
Press Assn, here Friday decided
that editorial workers on news
papers should earn more money.
After the discussion? publisher
Dorrance Roderick of the El Paso
Times staff told the delegates he
agreed. He announced that, ef
fective Saturday, each editorial
member of the Times staff will
receive a $5 a week raise.
proposed additional expenditures
for the next two fiscal years.
WEATHER F(\Rp!CAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Wea'.her Bureau
Continued cloudy tonight and
tomorrow. Fog and occasional
light snow and occasional freez
ing drizzle. Little change in tem
perature.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
19, low 15. Max. wind 7 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 9:17
a.m., sunset at 3:09 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high -12, low -26. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 35 in
1929, lowest -32 in 1919.
Other Stations as of 7 a.m. Today
Barrow -29 Clear
Kotzebue 9 light snow
Wales 22 Part cloudy
Nome 15 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 15 Snow grains
Bethel -8 Clear
McGrath -1 Light snow
Anchorage 6 Light snow
Fairbanks 10 Light snow
Whitehorse -4 Part cloudy
Edmonton -3 Part cloudy
Juneau 7 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 25 Clear
Seattle 31 Part cloudy
San Francisco 49 Clear
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Five Men Trapped in Coal Mine
Explosion in Jonesville, Alaska
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Netherlands Expels
Soviet Press Attache
For Attempted Bribe i
THE HAGUE, (ff>—The Nether- |
lands government has expelled1
Soviet press attache V. D. Dran-j:
kow for trying to bribe a Dutch 1
civil servant into giving him mil- :
itary data.
Foreign Ministry communique
said the government informed
Russian Ambassador S. P. Kirsa
nov on Saturday that Drankow
was considered “persona non
grata.”
Drankow left by train for Brus
sels within 48 hours, the commu
nique said. He was expected to go
on to the Soviet Union.
ANCHORAGE, \m—Rescuers
iave recovered four 'bodies from
i Jonesville coal mine where five
nen were trapped Friday after
m explosion. The man still miss
ng is Phillip V. Doherty.
The mid-morning blast trapped
;he miners approximately 1,000
feet from the portals of the inde
jendently operated mine 61 miles
lortheast of here.
A sixth memoer of the crew
survived. Merrit Long had left
she main shaft on a routine chore
i few moments before the explo
sion. He helped direct the rescu
srs toward the place he left his
comrades.
The big blast, believed caused
by explosion of methane gas or
coal dust in the tunnel, shook a
35-foot mass of rock, dirt and tim
ber into the shaft 300 feet from
tjie mine entrance. This was 700
feet above the point where the
men were trapped.
The rescue diggers worked in
four-hour shifts of six men each.
Their work was hampered by the
narrow working space and venti
lation problems.
The disaster is the worst in an
Evan-Jones property since 17
men were killed in a blast at
Jonesville, Alaska, works in 1937.
The men trapped have been
identified as:
Philip V. Doherty, 38, Glenn
Highway, married and the father
of three children; John E. Fowler,
Palmer^ Sam Kwandahl, 56, also
of Palmer; Nick Uzelac, 41, Butte,
Alaska, married and the father of
two children; Glen R. Vore, 41,
Sutton, Alaska. Fowler, Kwan
dahl and Vore are single.
Inaugural Address
Opened With Plea for
Favor of God
WASHINGTON, President
Eisenhower opened his second in
augural address today with a plea
for “the favor of almighty God”
on the common labor of all Amer
icans.
“And the hopes of our heart
fashion the deepest prayers of
our people,” Eisenhower said.
“May we pursue the right—
without self-righteousness.
“May we know unity—without
conformity.
“May we grow in strength—
without pride of self.
“May we, in our dealings with
all peoples of the earth, ever
speak truth and serve justice.”
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
ALASKA CHAPTER TO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Meeti 1st a 3rd Monday of each
Betty Edwards
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary