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ISRAEL AGREES TO
GET OUT OF EGYPT
By WILLIAM N. OTIS 1
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., LW—
Israeli agreement to pull its troops
out of Egypt and Britain’s an
nouncement that it is withdraw
ing some military units from the
east Mediterranean spurred ef
forts today to rush a U.N. police
force to the Middle East.
Prime Minister Eden told the
House of Commons that many
Royal Air Force squadrons would
be pulled out of Cyprus at once.
Eden also said British assault
troops—paratroop and commando
groups—will be moved out of
Egypt’s Port Said. He said they
will be replaced by infantry units
until the U.N. police force moves
into Egypt.
A dispatch from Famagusta.
Cyprus, said a contingent of
British paratroops already had
returned there after spending
three days on the Port Said
beachhead.
President Nasser said at Cairo
his Arab allies had been “ready
to fight” but that he turned down
their aid because he did not want
the United States and Russia
“were with us” when Egypt was
attacked and denied that his air
force had been destroyed.
Eden said RAF ground units
would remain on Cyprus, but it
"will now be possible for many
squadrons to fly home."
"In an emergency," he added,
"with the ground organisation
in existence, they can be rede
ployed in Cyprus and Malta
within a matter of hours."
Quiet was reported on the Suez
Canal battlefront as U.N. officials
worked at top speed to mobilize
the international police force.
Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold hinted that the first
units of the U.N. force would
reach Egypt “very shortly.”
Informed sources said plans call
for getting two teams of about 40
men each on the scene as soon as
possible, and to follow up with a
final force expected to number
from 2,500 to 5,000 men or more.
Seventeen U.N. members have
volunteered to contribute to the
police organization. The big
powers are excluded from ser
vice with the force.
The 17 volunteers are Aus
talin. Brazil. Burma, Canada,
Ceylon, Colombia. Cxechoslav
akia. Denmark, Finland, India,
Indonesia. New Zealand, Nor
way, Pakistan, Romania, Swe
den and Yugoslavia.
Israel's agreement to withdraw
its troops represented an over
night change of policy after a
strong appeal from President Ei
senhower. Israel Premier David
Ben-Gurion told his Parliament
Wednesday Israel would not yield
any Israeli or Israeli-occupied ter
ritory to any foreign force, whatr
ever it was called.
Britain and France agreed
earlier to turn their military
positions in the canal zone over
to the U.N. forces. Egypt had
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Congress Leaders
Express Some
Optimism in Crisis
WASHINGTON. President
Eisenhower and congressional
leaders discussed the tense world
situation for 2 Vi hours today.
The legislators left the White
House using such terms as "grave"
and “serious” but there were ex
pressions also of optimism.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyn
don Johnson of Texas told report
ers he thought the discussion had
been “very fruitful and helpful.”
“It’s obvious that it is a very
serious situation," Johnson said.
House Republican Leader Jo
seph W. Martin said “of course it
is a grave situation but I am still
optimistic about a settlement in
the Middle East.”
Altogether, 23 Democratic and
Republican leaders of the Senate
and the House met with the Pres
I
ident and his advisers to review
the situations in eastern Europe
and the Middle East.
Eisenhower was quoted by some
as saying that no one could fore
cast what might happen in the
troubled Middle East but as be
lieving that the peak of the crisis
there may have passed.
Several conferees said there
was extended discussion of the
possibility that Soviet Russia
might intervene either directly or
indirectly Ito support Egypt
against Britain, France and Is
rael.
The weight of administration
opinion was said to be that Russia
probably will not intervene.
Chairman George (D-Ga) of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee said after the conference
he does not believe there is any
thing in the situation “to be
alarmed about unduly."
Several business houses have
announced that they will be
closed all day Monday in ob
servance of Armistice Day.
Council Will Apply For
Water and Sewer System
An open meeting to discuss the
proposed water and sewerage sys
tem for Nome was held Wednes
day evening at the City Hall.
Mayor Andersen summed up
the matter with the statement:
“I can’t visualize anyone opposed
to the project. Financially sound,
with no increase in taxes, with
additional fire protection, lower
fire rates, lower water and scav
enger rates, health protection, it
is almost too good to t>e true.”
The meeting was held at this
Construction
On Dredge No. 6
Halted Til Spring
Construction on Dredge No. 6,
of the U.S. Smelting Co., which
has been under way since early
spring by the Yuba Construction
Co. with a crew of about 70 men,
has been closed down until spring,
at which time some minor work
will be completed before actual
operation starts, stated Manager
Carl Glavinovich. The last of the
construction crew were scheduled
to,leave today.
The dredge, which has been re
built from parts of Dredge No. 3
which capsized two years ago
with added new equipment, will
be the most modem dredge in the
area using jigs instead of riffles
in its gold-saving machinery. The
boat has been under construction
at the end of the east-west run
way of Nome Field and is planned
to mine the well-known Subma
rine area.
The early-day claims of this
area produced much gold by small
operator miners who spent the
winter taking out their dumps
and sluiced them down in the
spring.
Dredge No. 5 closed down this
morning for the season. Some sea
sons this dredge has been able to
operate until December.
The U.S. Smelting will be op
erating three dredges next sum
mer: No. 1, No. 5 and No.6.
time to acquaint the public with
the project as it stands and to
give the taxpayers a chance to
ask questions. The questions were
readily answered by Joe Cremehs,
water and sewerage engineer for
Alaska Public Works.
Application to APW
It was announced at the meet
ing that the formal application to
APW will be completed Monday
evening at the regular session of
the City Council.
Through the Housing and Home
Finance Assn., funds are available
for the engineering of the project
which is required before APW
can approve the loan.
Financially Sound Project
Mr. Cremens assured those
present that the project was fi
nancially sound at an estimated
cost of $8 per family per month
and that it would encompass prac
tically all of the community or
an estimated 80 percent of the
residents. He stated:
“Financially speaking, Nome
will have no trouble paying for
any system and the plant will be
capable of taking care of a larger
Nome as the population increas
es.”
Councilman Stan Morgan called
attention to the fact that FHA for
home loans and improvement
loans for small homeowners can
not assist Nome now, and until
the community has water and
sewerage this service could not
Dr. Cumming’s Dental
Office To Be Open
Evenings and Saturday
Dr. J. R. Cumming’s private
dental office is located tempor
arily in what was the Record
Shop, next to the Breaker’s Bar.
His permanent office will be
upstairs in the North Star Bakery
building as soon as that space is
available.
Office hours will be evenings
during the week and all day Sat
urday. Appointments may be
made by calling Black 141 in the
evenings or on Saturday or Sun
day. Until Monday call Red 10.
CHOAS IN HUNGARY AS REBELS FIGHT ON
VIENNA, UP>—Bitter new street
fighting broke out in Budapest
today and the Rttssian-supported
Hungarian government ordered
new measures to combat the dog
gedly resisting rebels.
Russia served notice she would
brook no interference from the
outside world in her fight to crush
Hungary’s 'bid for freedom.
Premier Bulgani$i told Presi
dent Eisenhower in a note that
the question of Soviet troop with
drawals from Hungary was “com
pletely and entirely” between the
Russian and Hungarian govern
ments.
The Red Hungarian regime's
Budapest radio said that Soviet
troops and police forces were
unable to quell shooting in Ak
acia Street, in Budapest's 7th
District.
The broadcast said "armed
gangs" were breaking into fac
tories and others were attack
ing food trains enroule to Bu
dapest and carrying off the food
in trucks.
Budapest radio sent out urgent
appeals for food transport work
ers to go back on the job as the
capital and other parts of Hun
gary verged on starvation.
Reports from refugees crossing
the Austrian frontier said a gen
eral strike still is in force and the
nation’s railroads are paralyzed.
Lack of coal, shortage of elec
tric power, lack of clothing and
a severe food shortage are head
ing the country toward more
chaos.
Neither Soviet troops nor the
government they installed have
seemed able to keep the situa
tion from worsening.
But the appeals seemed to have
little effect on a stubborn popula
tion. Reports reaching Vienna
said freedom fighters appeared to
be maintaining a firm position in
the ruined old castle at Buda,
overlooking the capital, and at
several other strong points thru
out the city.
Two more of the city’s best
hotels went up in flames. Heavy
rebel fire prevented fire brigades
from getting to the blazing build
ings, Budapest radio said.
be extended here.
Councilman Keith Hedreen
confirmed this by interviews he
had recently with Anchorage
bankers.
Lower Insurance Rates
Grant Nelson inquired how ex
tensive the plant would be. He
was advised that the mains would
be directly to the property own
ers’ lots, ready for private instal
lation as needed.
Police Chief Carl Webb stated
that the continuous flow of water
would meet important require
ments in fire protection and raise
Nome’s fire rating sufficiently to
substantially lower the fire insur
ance rates.
John MacNees, whose home is
on one of the fringe areas, stated
that he would work hard for the
proposition when it comes to a
vote although he knew that he
would not immediately benefit di
rectly.
Increase of Hepatitis
The alarming increase of hepa
titis in the community was laid
directly to the present toilet con
ditions by Charles Mitchell of the
Sanitation Department of the De
partment of Health.
Mr. Mitchell cautioned that in
a community of this size and type
of population that hepatitis is
only one of the diseases that can
strike unless steps are taken for
sanitation. He urged the council
to take the necessary step ntrw
while matching funds were still
available. He stated Nome is out
standingly behind in its preven
tive health program.
E Street to Steadman
A preliminary sketch takes in
the entire community from E
Street to Steadman and as far
north as the hospital. It was ex
plained that those outside this
area are not excluded but will be
hooked on to the system as fast
as the project will be built.
When questioned about the
system freezing, Cremens assured
that there is no problem at all
to be concerned about. Modern
engineering has eliminated all the
risks and it is a safe and sound
system that will not freeze.
Four Girls Register
For Queen Contest
Four candidates have been reg
istered so far in the queen con
test being staged as a part of
the Youth Center benefit dance
to be held the evening of Thurs
day, Nov. 22.
They are: Suzanne Fagerstrom,
aged 16, sponsored by the North
Star Bakery;
Alice Glavinovich, aged 15,
sponsored by Nome Hardware
and the U.S. Merc;
Madeline Mogg, 17, Nome Taxi;
Sandra Lou Steele, 13, Wallace
Hotel.
Registration will remain open
until Monday and may be made
with Chief. Webb at the City Hall.
All contestants must register in
order to enter the contest.