Alaska Guardsmen
Gather In Nome
From Remote Villages •
Between 150 and 175 Alaska
National Guardsmen will be pass
ing through Nome en route to Ft.
Richardson for a three-week an
nual encampment.
Those passing through Nome
will be coming, or. have arrived
from St. Lawrence Island King
Island, Diomede, Wales, Shish
maref, Teller and Teller Mission,
Elim and White Mountain.
Officers attending the encamp
ment from this city are Major
O’Rourke, Capt. R. Steele, George
Bell. Lt. R. Caldwell has already
left with the advance group. Chap
lain Father Nevue will also at
tend the encampment. Cordova
Airlines will be transporting the
Guardsmen.
Pentagon Officials
Overnight Here
Brigadier General T. J. Gent,
with a party of 20 officials from
the Pentagon spent the night in
Nome while on a tour of military
installations in this area.
They were guests at the North
Star Hotel, and were pleasantly
surprised with the accommoda
tions available in Northwestern
Alaska. They left his morning for
King Salmon, flying a C-54 plane.
WIEN AIRLINE TRAFFIC
Departing for Fairbanks this
morning were David Nease, Jens
Forshaug and Mr. Palmer; also
servicemen Duncan, Young, Sher
fy, McDaniel, Uselman, and Har
riet Wongitillian.
Arriving from Fairbanks were
John Osborne, Paul Brendal, Wal
ly Parker and Chaplain Deery.
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Western Maritime Nations
Suffer Setback At Geneva
GENEVA, UP) — Western mari
time powers suffered defeat in a
vote on a significant procedural
matter in the 84-nation Law-of
the-Sea Conference today. Latin
American, Asian - African and
Communist delegations lined up
against them.
The vote on the second day of
the conference may have a de
cisive effect on negotiation of a
new universal limit of territorial
waters and coastal fishing rights.
The conference decided 41-30
that discussion of a proposal or
amendment which has once been
voted on may be taken up again
only if two-thirds of the delegates
agree. There were seven absten
tions.
U.S. Ambassador Arthur Dean,
Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice of Britain,
and George Drew of Canada led
the fight against the change, pro
posed by Mexico’s Alfonso Garcia
Robles.
The old maritime nations favor
a six-mile limit for the territorial
sea. An apparent majority group
seeks international recognition for
a minimum of 12 miles.
Marie Mathews, age 16, of 821
North 23rd St., Richmond, Va.,
would like a Nome pen pal of her
own age, who is interested in me
dicine as a career; either boy
or girl.
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Exceptionally ‘Bright’ 8
Year-Old Kills His Mother
WENATCHEE, Wash., OP) — An
8-year-old boy with a near-genius
I. Q., has admitted killing his
mother because she made him go
to bed early, Chelan County Sher
iff Dick Nickell said yesterday.
Laverne Schwalb, 38, was shot
with a .22 caliber pistol Feb. 29
as she lay in her twin bed. Her
husband, Norman, former deputy
county prosecutor, was asleep in
the other bed nearby in their
Leavenworth home.
Schwalb told a coroner’s jury
he heard nothing. Superior Court
Judge Lawrence Leahy said
Schwalb had admitted he was ly
ing to cover up for his son, Ste
ven.
The third grader, whose school
records indicate he has an intelli
gence quotient of 135, is being
cared for at the Wenatchee Youth
Center. Nickell said he talked
freely about the shooting during
a long inerview there.
The sheriff quoted the boy as
saying he and his mother argued
and she sent him to bed.
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New Kenai Oil
May Pave Way for
Cook Inlet Pipeline
WASHINGTON, UP> — Sen.
Warren Magnuson (D-Wash) says
discovery of a new oil field on
Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula holds
tremendous promise for the eco
nomic future of the new state.
A new well, which, when
brought in, produced at a rate of
1,870 barrels daily, Magnuson
said, will contribute significantly
toward a goal of 3,000 barrels a
day from Kenai’s wells.
A daily total of that volume is
considered necessary to justify a
pipeline to a port on Cook Inlet,
he added.
“I think the outlook for prof
itable production looks very
good now,” Magnuson said.
“The new well represents the
seventh producer in the 10 tries
made in two fields which are in
close proximity to each other.”
He referred to six wells pre
viously brought in on the Swan
son River area and the new well
on Soldotna Creek.
Magnuson predicted a ready
market for Alaska’s oil when a
pipeline is built. “West Coast re
quirements for petroleum pro
ducts have exceeded California
crude production rates for a num
ber of years,” he said.
Alaskan Mountains Named
To Honor Early Day
Congressional Delegates
WASHINGTON, W) — Two
mountains in Alaska have been
officially named to honor two
early Alaskan leaders.
The board on. geographical
names in the Interior Department
announced it had approved the
designations at the request of Sen.
Bob Bartlett and Secretary of the
Interior Fred Seaton.
Mount Wickersham honors
James Wickersham (1857-1939), an
attorney who was district judge
and Territorial delegate to Con
gress. It is a mountain of about
7,000 feet elevation, south of the
Mezanuska River, on the west
edge of Matanuska Glacier and
about 80 miles northeast of An
chorage.
Mount Dimond was named for
Joseph Dimond (1881-1953), who
was a Territorial senator, delegate
to Congress and district judge. It,
too, is about 7,000 feet high, and
is south of the Tsina River, about
26 miles east-northeast of Valdez.
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