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• VOL. LX No. 92 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1958 Per Copy—I V
Ghanioun Says Lebanon Will Continue
Cooperate with the West Under Sheliab
BEIRUT, lift — President Ca
mille Chamoun said today he
believes Lebanon will continue
friendly cooperation with the
West under Gen. Fuad Shehab,
the president-elect.
Chamoun spoke with Shehab
at his side as the cabinet rAet and
withheld a decision on whether
to resign. A cabinet resignation
had been expected since Premier
Sami Solh bitterly opposed par
liament’s election of Shehab, a
political foe.
Shehab declined all comment
on his future course. The army
commander, elected yesterday as
a compromise candidate said “I’m
still a military man.”
More American troops began
arriving at a time when the
rebels were calling for swift
withdrawal of 10,000 U.S. Ma
rines and paratroops brought in
July 15 at Chamoun’s request.
This is one of their major de
mands for ending the 84-day-old
rebellion.
A transport bringing support
units for the troops already here
arrived at Beirut. A U.S. em
bassy spokesman said the support
units will continue to arrive for
several days.
Rebels backed up their as
sertion that the uprising was not
over by touching off a blast last
night that wrecked two stores
behind the central post office.
While they back Shehab, the
rebels in'the capitol warned the
fight will go on until Chamoun
resigns and U.S. troops leave.
Cairo’s government-controlled
newspapers praised Shehab’s
election and predicted he soon
would ask U.S. forces to pull out.
They claimed Chamoun would
leave soon for the United States,
clearing the way for the general
to take over.
But Chamoun declared once
more that he will serve out his
term ending Sept. 23 and She
hab indicated he will not try to
take office before then.
Cloudy Weather
Brings Lightning
To BC Forest Fires
VANCOUVER, UPI — Cloudy
weather which foresters hoped
would help them in their battle
against thousands of acres of
burning timber in British Colum
bia’s woodlands brought only
lightning today—and 53 new
fires to be fought.
With more than 360 blazes
facing the province’s army of
3,500 firefighters, men in com
mand of the grim battle to save
the timberlands looked hopefully
today to a storm over the Pacific
Ocean.
Weathermen plotted the rain
bearing clouds, about 800 miles
off the B.C. coast, hoping they
would move eastwards and bring
the deluge which alone could
stop the advanced flames. They
said another 24 hours would de
cide the future path of the storm.
The work of arsonists added to
the problems of firefighters
Thursday in the Kootenay area of
Southeastern B.C., long the scene
of terrorist activities. The Forest
Service asked for RCMP help
after a series of deliberately-lit
fires were discovered near Nelson.
Thursday also saw the death
toll in the grim battle against
the flames increase to four when
firefighter Richard F. i George,
39, of Chilliwack was killed by a
hilling fir.
Rock Island Executive
Named As Manager
Of Alaska Railroad
WASHINGTON, UP> — Robert
iH. Anderson, general superinten
dent of transportation for the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad, Chicago, today was ap
pointed general manager of the
Alaska Railroad.
Secretary of the Interioar
Seaton said Anderson will take
over Aug. 15 to succeed John H.
Uoyd, who will return to an
executive post with the Rock
Island. Lloyd has managed the
government-owned railroad since
Aug. 15, 1956, on leave from his
regular job.
Seaton said he regretted the
loss of Lloyd’s managerial talent
but was fortunate in being able
to replace him with a manager of
Anderson’s extensive experience.
Beech Bonanza
Sets Single Engine
Distance Record
SEATTLE, DR — Distance flier
Pat Boling was encountering
weariness and engine trouble to
day after establishing a new
nonstop solo flight from Manila.
He planned to land short of his
Boise, Idaho, destination.
A spokesman for Northwest
Orient Airlines said the hardy
airline pilot radioed at 6:02 a m.
that his single-engine Beech
craft Bonanza had a “rough en
gine" and was forced to change
course.
Boling was reported heading
inland to land at Seattle. He
did not elaborate on the engine
trouble but said his altitude was
4,000 feet, He had been flying
at 10,000 feet.
He was being escorted by an
RCAF plane which was sent
aloft after he reported the en
gine trouble.
The 43-year-old Palo Alto,
Calif., airman shattered the old
nonstop flight record for single
engine aircraft late last night as
his plane cruised steadily through
the black night high above the
Gulf of Alaska 76 miles east of
Cold Bay, at the base of the
Aleutian Islands.
Boling’s flight was backed by
the Beech Aircraft Corp. The
company promised to pay him
$1,000 for breaking the record,
and an extra $10 a mile for
every mile he flys past Seattle.
Boling said he will give his
money to his Baptist Church.
Boling broke the 4,927-mile
record set in 1949 by the late
Capt. William Odom from Hono
lulu to Teterboro, N.J. Odom
also was flying a Beechcraft
Bananza.
Republic Steel Corp.
Boosts More Prices
PITTSBURGH, (R — Republic
Steel Corp. today boosted more
steel prices, in the wake of a
selective increase by the industry
yesterday.
Republic announced in Cleve
land an increase of approximately
three per cent in prices of bars,
rod, pipe and wire.
Increases announced earlier
this week, and now posted by
every major producer, had af
fected only flat rolled products.
Missiles Explodes
Atomic Warhead at
100 Miles Altitude
HONOLULU, OH — A missile
with an atomic warhead was
fired into the Pacific skies from
Johnston Island today. The test
shot illuminated the heavens and
was seen brightly by thousands
in Hawaii, 700 miles to the
northeast.
The spectacular test blast, on
the fringes of space, apparently
was part of the effort to de
velop an ' anti-missile missile.
Two airline pilots on a flight
from Honolulu saw the explosion
which may have occurred at an
altitude of 100 miles.
Capt. Jack Urner and co-pilot
Eugene Wolf said the sky ap
peared to erupt at 12:52 a.m., as a
flash efit through the darkness in
the southwest.
It appeared to them as a
towering kind of cloud which
climbed swiftly and was topped
off by nother mushroom cloud
that increased in height and
width.
At that height the blast pos
sibly was on the fringe of space.
Urner said: “It was of great
magnitude with a beautiful red
glow which slowly dissipated in
to a white glow.”
All shipping and air traffic
had been warned yesterday to
stay clear of Johnston Island.
The "stand clear” order em
braced an area with a radius of
550 miles from the island.
Several hours after the test
shot, the Atomio. Energy Com
mission in Honolulu announced
that a nuclear warhead missile
had been fired from Johnston
Island.
There was speculation in Wash
ington that the nuclear warhead
was whipped into the sky by an
Army Redstone ballistic mis
sile. It has a normal horizontal
range of about 200 miles. Fired
straight up, the Redstone prob
ably could gain a height of 100
miles. The Redstone now is
standard equipment for the
Army. It is a surface bombard
ment type missile.
Warm-Water Barracuda
Netted In North Pacific
SEATTLE, M — The Washing
ton State Fisheries Department
said today that a barracuda, a
species of fish completely foreign
to the North Pacific, was netted
this week off Whidbey Island, in
Puget Sound 20 miles north of
Seattle.
The 30-inch barracuda was
taken in a purse seine haul ac
cording to department biologist
Heater Heyamoto.
He said the barracuda weighed
just under five pounds.
Heyamoto attributed the far
north wanderings of the barra
cuda to the prescence of abnor
mally warm ocean waters off
the northwest coast. The barra
cuda’s normal range lies well
south of San Francisco.
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Detroit 3, Boston 2
New York 8, Kansas City 3
National League
Milwaukee 4, Los Angeles 1
Philadelphia 4, St Louis 3
Cincinnati 10, Sat) Francisco 8
Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 4
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 2-10, Salt Lake City 1-3
Spokane 6, Vancouver 1
Portland 3, San Diego 2
Phoenix 4, Sacramento 2
Eisenhower Commits Himself to High
Level Meeting on Mid East Situation
WASHINGTON, Ufl— President
Eisenhower today proposed a
Middle East summit conference
within the United Nations about
Aug. 12.
In a new letter to Soviet
Premier Khrushchev, Eisenhower
for the first time committed him
self flatly to the idea of a top
level meeting, and called on
Khrushchev to join him there.
At the same time Eisenhower
named the threat of “further in
direct aggression" in the Middle
East as the real issue for a meet
ing of chiefs of government, re
jecting the Moscow contention
that the trouble stems from “Ag
gression" by the United States
in Lebanon.
And he turned down in sharp
language the idea of any such
session outside of the U.N. He
told Khrushchev that would
amount to an effort to set up a
big power dictation such as “you
imposed in Eastern Europe.”
Eisenhower advised Khrushchev
he is seeking arrangement of a
special Security Council session
through Henry Cabot Lodge,
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., and
that it can be held in New York
or some other city—but not
Moscow.
"If such a meeting is arranged,”
Eisenhower wrote, “I expect to
attend and participate and i
hope that you would do like
wise."
The letter put Eisenhower
squarely behind British Prime
Minister MacMillan’s summit
proposal of yesterday — ani
squarely against French Premier
de Gaulle’s proposition. Mac
Millan called for a Security
Council meeting Aug. 12 whil >
de Gaulle wanted a session out
side the United Nations to be- ,
gin Aug. 18.
Mike Resigns As
Governor To Run
For U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, W> — Mike
Stepovich resigned today as gov
ernor of Alaska because of his
candidacy for senator from the
49th state.
In his letter to President Eisen
hower mailed from Juneau Mon
day, Stepovich said: “Because of
my desire to remove myself
completely from having any of
ficial act of mine interpreted as
an effort to affect the result of
the forthcoming election, I am
hereby submitting to my resigna
tion as governor of the territory
of Alaska."
In accepting the resignation,
Eisenhower wrote Stepovich: “I
know that whatever challenges
may face you In the future, you
will approach them with the
same energy, humility and un
selfish dedication to purpose
that has marked your public and
private career thus far. Your
proven ability to work for the
good of all Alaskans and our
nation has been amply demon
strated during your service in
our armed forces, as a member
of the territorial House and
Senate and as governor. As gov
ernor you have earned the sup
port of a great majority of the
people of Alaska and will long
be remembered as a prime force
in achieving statehood."
U.S. Must Raise
The Price of Gold
LONDON, — Gold mining
most likely will become less
profitable unless the United
States raises the buying price,
according to Petroleum Press
Service.
Reviewing expansion problems
in South Africa, the authorita
tive oil industry newsletter said
that “while there seems little
doubt that South Africa’s pros
perity (and its petroleum con
sumption) will continue to grow,
there may be some slowing down
in the pace of advance in the
years ahead.”
As long as the price of gold for
monetary purposes remains un
changed the value of gold in
real terms is bound to decline as
the purchasing power of the dol
lar fails with inflation, it said.
Iraqi Troops
Arrest 2 Marines
BAGHDAD, Iraq, UP) — Two
U.S. Marines from the American
embassy guard were arrested yes
terday by Iraqi troops. They
were caught up in roundup af
ter a roaring fire broke out et
the government-owned Baghdad
petroleum depot.
F'riends said the marines, both
off duty, had gone to watch th »
fire at the edge of Baghdad an 1
were seized by troops blockin
off the area. They apparentl
were picked up by chance as
soldiers moved in to keep thr
crowds under control.
In Washington, the State De
partment officials identified the
men as Sgt. George C. Hamilto
of Century, Fla., and 'Phillip C.
Smith of West Palm Beach, FI i.
The U.S. embassy said it was
told toy an Iraqi liaison officer
the Marines were unharmed an i
would be set free soon.
The fire, still burning out o'
control had aroused the passions
of a mob. Some apparentl
thought the fire in the British
owned oil compound was aimed
at the new republic.
Pat Fawcett Takes
Own Life Yesterday
Patricia F'uwcett, night lo :
distance operator for ACS, was
found dead yesterday a^terno >n
at her home in the Wallace co
tage.
At the inquest this morning it
was learned that Miss Fawcett
had failed to report for work at
midnight Wednesday and when
roused by one of the ACS toovs
and taxi driver about one o’clock
Thursday had stated she was not
going to work.
She was found dead in her be 1
with a revolver near her hand
and one shot fired through her
chest yesterday afternoon by
friends who broke in when they
became alarmed about her non
appearance.
Miss Ftawcett had been in Nome
about a year and was 29 years of
age. Her mother’s home is in
Oregon.
The jury composed of Steve
Andersen, R. Walker, Ernie Gus
tafson, Bob Cannon Stan Mor
gan and H. D. Cherry brought in
a verdict of death from a bullet
wound, self-inflicted.