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GOP Should
Drop Nixon, Says
ADA Chairman
By the Associated Press
Prospects for the Republican
presidential nomination figured in
political talk yesterday as Demo
crats continued to hammer at
what they say are the bad farm
policies of the Eisenhower Admin
istration.
And “advice” to both parties
came from Chairman Joseph L.
Rauh Jr. of Americans for Demo
cratic Action, a political action
group espousing New Deal and
“Fair Deal” principles. Rauh told
a New Jersey state ADA conven
tion:
Republicans should “drop” Vice
President Nixon as a 1956 presi
dential possibility because, Rauh
said, the independent voter will
“never swallow him.” And
Democrats should remember that
they are the “party of liberalism,
and compromise and timidity
have never won elections for them
in the past, any more than they
will in 1956.”
Nixon’s name cropped up in
New York with the arrival of Cal
ifornia’s Gov. Goodwin J. Knight
for a series of speeches at GOP
meetings. Knight had been criti
cized by Nixon supporters in Cali
fornia for his announced plan to
lead the state’s big delegation to
the Republican national conven
tion next year as a nominal candi
date for president, even if that
pitted him against a Nixon
pledged state.
Knight said “I’m not a candi
date for President even if Presi
dent Eisenhower doesn’t seek re
election, and “Nixon is all right
with me if he’s nominated. It de
pends on what the President’s
wishes are.”
Asked about reports that he op
posed Nixon, Knight said the gov
ernor traditionally heads Califor
nia’s delegation to the national
convention and “I want to keep
the delegation open and free.”
Harold E. Stassen, the Presi
dent’s special assistant on disarm
ament, said on a separate TV pro
gram that “I do not consider my
self a candidate” even if Eisen
hower doesn’t run. A former Min
nesota governor who has sought
the GOP nomination in past years,
Stassen said he has “given no one
any go-ahead” to promote him as
a candidate.
Oil Field Explosion Kills
Three Well Shooters
WILSON, Okla., UP)—A bomb
like oil field explosion, common in
the boom days more than 25 years
ago but rare now, killed three
Oklahoma City oil well shooters
and injured six others near here
Saturday night.
The three men were blown to
bits when 100 quarts of nitro
glycerine exploded with the force
of a 5,080-pound bomb as they
prepared to loosen underground
oil sand from the well.
What caused the explosion will
probably never be known. Police
think the nitro, a jelly-like sub
stance, was detonated when wires
accidentally touched it.
Pacific Western Airlines
Approved as Prime Mover
For DEW Line in Arctic
VANCOUVER, B. C., UP>—‘The
Canadian government has ap
proved Pacific Western Airlines
as the prime mover in construc
tion of the Distant Early Warning
radar line in the central Arctic.
Company head Russ Baker ar
rived back here from the East
with Air Transport Board approv
al of his freighting contract.
PWA was asked to take over
air freighting for DEW construc
tion when Associated Airways of
Edmonton quit Oct. 4 after a
string of six crashes along the air
line route.
Federal government authorities
banned flying along a direct route
to ahe Arctic, where Associated
Airlines’ six planes crashed, until
three radio beacons were installed.
Baker said the main beacon has
been installed and work is pro
ceeding on the other two.
He said his planes, which have
been flying a dog-leg route north,
will be flying direct between Ak
lavik and Cambridge Bay “within
a week or so. •
Salisburys Go to Seattle
After Busy Weeks in
Fairbanks and Anchorage
Mr. and Mrs? Harold Salisbury,
who left here a couple of weeks
ago, state that life has been a busy
whirl of TV shows and autograph
parties and interviews since they
left and they have had quite a
time in both Anchorage and Fair
banks.
In Anchorage, Salisbury not
only had much publicity because
of his poetry but also had a show
ing of his paintings which have
been exhibited here and some of
which are still at Polet’s.
The Salisburys are now on their
way to Seattle to continue their
vacation.-They send greetings to
their friends in Nome.
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Final Official
Tabulation Of
Delegate Votes
Following are the final official
returns from the constitutional
convention election held on Sep
tember 13:
In Election District No. 7, the
Cape Nome and Wade Hampton
Recording Districts—
W. W. Laws .357
Arthur D. Johnson .233
James von der Heydt .161
Father Paul O’Connor .148
Frank Degnan .105
John Cross, who ran unopposed
in the District No. 8, received 325
votes.
In Election District 9, the Sec
ond Judicial Division—
Howard Lyng .987
Peter L. Reader .913
John A. McNees .888
Maynard Londborg .881
For the delegates from the ter
ritory-at-large—
Ralph J. Rivers . 7005
Mildred R. Hermann .5527
Katherine D. Nordale .5223
Steve McCutcheon ..:.4890
Warren A. Taylor .4453
George Sundborg .4354
R. Rolland Armstrong ....4257
Eisenhower to Meet
With Defense Chiefs
DENVER, (£>—Recuperating
President Eisenhower takes a look
today at how things are going in
the national defense field after
passing a few more important
milestones toward recovery over
the weekend.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
and Adm. Arthur W. Radford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, were flying out from Wash
ington for a military affairs con
ference with the President at Fitz
simmons Army Hospital.
Big Rainstorm in Northeast Leaves
Death Toll 38, Millions in Damage
By the Associated Press
A three-day battle of the ele
ments eight miles high rained
death and property destruction of
many millions on six northeastern
states over the weekend.
The toll of persons known or
presumed dead rose to 38.
The sun broke through leaden
clouds in New York City and oth
er areas today and the New York
Weather Bureau said the worst
was over.
From his sickbed in Denver,
President Eisenhower issued as
surances of aid to the storm
stricken sectors.
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Civil
Defense units, police and firemen
toiled throughout the weekend in
rescue and salvage efforts, but
their work is far from done.
The American Red Cross said
about 6,900 families have been af
fected in the storm areas—3,200 in
Connecticut, 1,500 each in New
York and New Jersey, and 700 in
Pennsylvania.
Dozens of bridges and roads
were washed out, rail transporta
tion is snarled or suspended, pow
er lines are down, and struggling
citizens in many communities face
the danger of contaminated drink
ing water.
The three days of rainfall
ranged from 3.7Jx in New York
City to more than 11 inches in
Danbury, Conn.
Officials said deaths and prop
erty damage would be far below
that caused by hurricane Diane.
Diane produced flash floods that
caught communities unprepared.
In the latest storm, residents
had time to make preparations
which saved lives and property.
Disaster teams, tested by Diane,
swung into immediate action this
time.
The storm blewr up in the vicin
ity of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Friday.
By night it had centered over the
New York metropolitan area. It
paused there, pinned down by a
high pressure center over north
ern New England.
As a result, there has been a
continuous feed of rain-bearing
southeasterly winds over the
1 Northeast.
North Star Bakery to Open Tuesday
With All New, Modern Equipment
The North Star Bakery official
ly -opens tomorrow after being
out of business for two years fol
lowing a disastrous fire on Octo
ber 27, 1954.
At that time the bakery was in
the process of remodeling and ex
panding its facilities.
Owners Ernie Gustafson and
Bob Renshaw have reason to be
mighty proud of the new bakery,
which has all new, modern equip
ment. The bake shop, which is in
the basement, has an oven that
can bake 200 loaves of bread at a
time. Another special machine
automatically weighs and shapes
the loaves for baking at the rate
of 220 loaves per minute.
There are special mixers of sev
eral sizes for both breads, pastry
and frostings and special pans for
each kind of bread made.
The pans have an interesting
feature, Gustafson pointed out, in
somuch as they are permanently
glazed and do not need greasing.
A special controlled heated room
called the proof box takes care of
all breads during the raising stage.
These are only some of the new
features of the downstairs bake
shop.
For several months the commu
nity has been peeking through
the windows at the rose-tinted
ceiling of the restaurant with its
special wallpaper of pastry de
signs, and red leather upholstered *
stools and .booths. Phillipine ma
hogany woodword and a glass
brick entrance completes a very
modern interior.
Ed Carney, baker from Seattle
who has been with the Olympic
Hotel and Brenner Bros. Bakery,
arrived last week and Jerry
Stoopes, well-known Alaskan bak
er, are both busy baking for the
needs of the community and sup
plying out-of-town orders.
The restaurant will not open
immediately until the bakery part
of the plant is in full operation,
but starting tomorrow momng
there wll be counter service for
coffee and bakery products. Retail
sales of bakery goods will also be
available.
“Spike” Nakayama, who was
cooking for the North Star at the
time of the fire, prepared the first
dinner in the new kitchtn Satur
day evening when a pre-opening
party was given by personell of
Nome Field for a group of invited
guests.
The opening of the restaurant
will be announced at a later date.
Princess Margaret Spends
Weekend in Country
With Peter Townsend
LONON, Ut)—Princess Margaret
returned to London today from a
weekend in the country with Peter
Townsend amid reports of in
creasing opposition to their mar
riage in royal circles and some
sections of the Church of, England.
Hundreds of Londoners assem
bled at the gate got only a fleeting
glimpse of the princess as she
drove through the Clarence House
gates in a Rolls-Royce, accompan
ied by her lady in waiting, Lady
Iris Peake, and her bodyguard,
detective Fred Crocker. Only a
few minutes earlier, the Queen
Mother had returned from Wind
sor Castle.
Townsend returned later in the
day to the home of the Marquis
of Abergavenny where he is a
guest during his leave from his
post in Belgium.
There still was no official word
on whether the Queen’s sister and
the handsome air force hero will
marry—although millions of Brit
ons are convinced they will.
Individual and Business
Earnings Set New High
WASHINGTON UH—A new high
rate of $321 billion a year was set
by earnings of individuals and
businesses from April thru June.
The Commerce Department, re
porting this yesterday, said the
figure was 3 percent above that
for the first quarter of the year
and about 7 percent above the ap
proximately $300 billion of na
tional income reported for last
year.
Jet Stratocruiser
Sets Round-Trip
Record of 8 Hours
SEATTLE, </T>—Boeing's 707
Stratoliner flew round-trip across
the country yesterday in less time
than it takes conventional air lines
to cross the nation one way.
The 707 took 3 hoors 58 minutes
to fly from Seattle to Washington,
D C., at an average speed of 592
miles per hour.
After a brief stopover in the
national capital, the first Ameri
can commercial jet air transport
flew back to Seattle in 4 hours
8 minutes at an average speed of
570 miles an hour.
This means it took 8 hours 6
minutes of elapsed flying time at
an average of 581 miles per hour
for the transcontinental round
trip.
The Boeing test pilot, A. M.
“Tex” Johnston, 42, who hails
from Emporia, Kan., called it an
“uneventful” flight in the four-jet
job. He predicted it will be com
mon in three years.
The route home, 2,340 miles,
was described as being north of
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Billings, Mont., Lewiston, Idaho,
and thence directly to Seattle.
After his 8 hour 6 minute trans
continental round-trip hop, pilot
Johnston boarded a conventional
transport from Seattle to New
York, where he’s going to school
a month with the American Man
| agement Assn. And that one-way
trip was to take him at least two
hours longer than his record
breaking 707 performance of a
few hours earlier.