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VOL. LX No. 116 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1958 '_Per Copy—15/
Supreme Court Rules States
Cannot Resort to Evasive Schemes
To Continue School Segregation
WASHINGTON, UR — The Su-<
preme Court declared today states
cannot resort to “evasive schemes”
to continue racial segregation in
schools. Thus it dealt a blow to
such plans as those calling for
leasing public schools to private
groups.
The unanimous opinion of the
high tribunal was handed down
shortly after a plan to lease four
closed high schools to private or
ganizations was set afoot in Little
Rock, Ark., where Gov. Orval
Faubus has been opposing imme
diate racial integration at Cen
tral High School.
Today’s opinion elaborated on
the court’s Sept. 11 decision that
de-segregation must proceed
forthwith at Central High. It went
further and aimed blows at what
it termed schemes to get around
its stand that racial segregation
in schols is unconstitutional.
The rights of children to be
free of discrimination in admis-1
sion to schools “can neither be
nullified openly and directly by
state legislators or state execu
tive or judicial officers, nor nul
lified indirectly by them through
evasive schemes for segregation
whether attempted ingeniously or
ingeniously,” said the opinion read
by Chief Justice Warren. s
Without naming names, the
opinion also declared that no
state official “can war against the
Constitution without violating his
undertaking to support it.”
Racial segregation in schools
was first outlawed in 1954, and
in 1955 the court declared it must
be ended with “all deliberate
speed.”
Today it spelled out, to a cer
tain degree, what it means by
deliberate speed. In effect, it
sanctioned delay in some cases,
provided local authorities devel
op good faith plans to put inte
gration into effect as early as
possible.
IDeGaulle Wins Most Sweeping
Referendum In French History
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I To Start For
ks, and Warren
hn For Braves
rw tfORK, UP) — Manager
e y Stengel today named
ipaw Whitey Ford as his
er for the New York Yank
n Wednesday’s opening game
le World Series against the
es in Milwaukee,
e naming of Ford was no
rise. It had been expected
y would go to the 29-year old
lander after he turned up
three brilliant efforts in the
two weeks.
thered by 9 sore elbow that
?d when he threw a Curve
Ford was out of action from
29 to Sept. 14. A trial spin
Kansas City and another at
more preceded a fine per
ance against Baltimore last
iy night.
;ngel has called on Ford to
the last three series —
ist Brooklyn in 1955 and 1956
against Milwaukee last year,
won in ’55, lost to Sal Ma
in ’56, and beat Warren
n last fall in the first game
ankee Stadium. He has a 5-3
lost record in series com
on.
LWAUKEE, OF) — Warren
n, the Milwaukee Braves’
y, 37-year-old left-hander,
r drew Wednesday’s opening
pitching assignment against
New York Yankees in the
d Series.
wn Dead Reach
Caused By
hoQn Ida in Japan
>KYO, UP) — Relief workers
■ered the bodies of 200 more
ns of Typhoon Ida today
the mud and debris of rav
Izu peninsula, 70 miles
iwest of Tokyo,
is brought the number of
rn dead from the weekend
l reported by the national
e to 540.
lice said 976 persons still are
& By GEORGE MacARTHUR
! PARIS, UP — Premier De Gaulle
has won his fight. Returns from
the most sweeping referendum
in French history today gave him
a resounding personal triumph
and a strong constitution for a
new Fifth Republic.
The Fifth Republic will be pro
claimed in the official Journal
next Sunday. And France will en
ter into a new, more powerful
system of government so daring
that many Frenchmen gasped at
the conception while they voted
their approval by a landslide
Sunday.
Voters of continental France ap
proved the new constitution by a
margin of almost 4-1.
Complete official tabulations in
France showed 17,166,828 “yes”
votes and 4,624,475 “no” votes.
There was a record turnout of
84.9 per cent of France’s regis
tered voters. Counting all those
who went to the polls, including
some who cast blank ballots, the
new constitution was approved by
78.5 per cent.
The landslide raised the pros
pect that De Gaulle, the 67-year
old World War II hero restored
to leadership in a Rightist upris
ing last May, can almost write his
own ticket to cure the sickness
of this long ailing country. Chief
of these is the four-year-old Al
gerian rebellion.
De Gaulle probably will become
president, with powers that no
French chief of state has enjoyed
since Emeror Napoleon III was
over thrown in 1870.
In the interval, France has de
liberately maintained a strong
Legislature and a weak executive.
De Gaulle’s dramatic victory
was the worst electorial black eye
the Communists have suffered in
postwar France. The Communists
formed the largest bloc campaign
ing against De Gaulle‘’s constitu
tion. They said it would open the
way to dictatorship.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair today and tonight. Cloudy
Tuesday. East winds, 15 to 35
miles per hour. Low tonight, 30;
high tomorrow, 38.
TOURISTS
IN ALASKA
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Another ‘Small’
A-Bomb Exploded
In Nevada Desert
ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev.. UP)
— A nuclear test weapon ex
ploded with shattering impact
today over {he atom-blasted sands
of the Nevada Proving Ground.
The device, packing half the
power of the A-bomb that leveled
Hiroshima in World War II, was
detonated while hanging from a
balloon 1,500 feet in the air.
The explosion outshone the ris
ing sun, and sent a heavy shock
wave rumbling across the desert.
Newsmen clustered on a hill 10
miles away felt the jolt.
Light winds carried the fallout
from the mushroom cloud direct
ly toward the observer’s post.
Forecasters had warned of this.
The test was the second in the
current series being conducted by
the Atomic Energy Commission.
It. has been postponed twice.
The devices being tested are
small as atom bombs go. Today’s
was rated at 10 kilotons. The em
phasis on smaller devices is seen
as. an attempt to develop nuclear
weapons with a wider range of
military uses.
The test site is 90 miles from
Las Vegas.
St. Louis Boys
Launch, Retrieve
Mouse In Space
ST. LOUIS, Mo., UO — Five St.
Louis boys launched a mouse into
the wild blue yonder Saturday
and then recovered it — a feat
tried unsuccessfully by the U. S.
Air Force.
The pet white mouse was alive
and healthy after a four-mile trip
in a handkerchief gondola slung
under seven helium-filled bal
loons.
The airborne mouse went out
of sight of the launching pad be
fore the youngsters could scramble
to their bicycles and trail it. A
householder in whose yard the
mouse descended — after two of
the balloons popped — notified
a radio station. ,
A “missing mouse” bulletin was
put .on the air, and the boys
promptly claimed it.
The pet mouse ic ■ the property
of Ed Gruenenfelder, 12. Ed’s col
leagues at the launching pad in
a city park were Jack Julius, 12,
Jim Peehling, 12, Terry Becker
man, 11, and Steve Schoenbeck,
11.
SATURDAY'S BIG LEAGUE
BASEBALL RESULTS
(By The Associated Press)
American League
Boston 9, Washington 5.
Detroit 5, Cleveland 1.
Kansas City 2, Chicago 1.
National League
Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 1.
Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 3.
Chicago 7, Los Angeles 4.
St. Louis 11, San Francisco 7.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
American League
New York 7-6, Baltimor 0-3.
Cleveland 6, Detroit 2.
oBston 6, Washington 4.
Chicago 11, Kansas City 4.
National League
Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4.
Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 0.
San Francisco 7, St. Louis 2.
SPENT $96 Mil l.IONS
TRAVEL THIS YEAR
RA. “DUTCH” DERR, managing director of AVA,
' announced the results of a two-months tourist
survey which indicated revealing trends. He pointed
out that Alaska tourism is now the leading source of
income — a $96 million industry in 1958; that there
was a shortage of 1,915 visitor*
sleeping units daily during the
season; that visitors spent an av
erage of 15.9 days in Alaska.
According to his figures, 32 per
cent of each tourist dollar went
for food; 25.4 per cent for lodg
ing, 10.7 per cent for souvenirs
and gifts, 10.1 per cent for cloth
ing, 6.8 per cent for beverages,
4.5 per cent or intra-Alaska
transportation, 3.6 per cent for
ground transportation, 3.5 per
cent for personal care and cos
metics, 2 per cent for photogra
phy, 1.2 per cent to tour agents,
and .2 per cent for miscellaneous.
Positive Action
Positive action To meet the an
ticipated heavy flow of visitors to
Alaska next year was taken by
the board of directors while they
The board’s actions:
1. Endorsed a crash program for
the construction of hotels and al
lied visitors facilities in Alaska.
2. Worked toward getting a
guaranteed loan arrangement to
implement such a program.
3. Passed a resolution to get
Alaska declared a resort area to
make certain suitable Federal
Housing Administration housing
available for transients this com
ing 1959 season.
4. Planned to promote more
Alaska Highway traffic, and
5. Request a $250,000 legisla
tive appropriation on the usual
two-to-one matching basis by pri
vate funds, to meet vastly in
creased load that the association
has been meeting during the past
five months, and will continue to
meet.
Executive Committee Created
In order to expedite business
and policy decisions between
board meetings, an executive
committee of seven members was
created. Charles B. West of Alaska
and Seattle, and Ben Crawford of
^ ■
Anchorage were named in addi
tion to the regular officers—pres
ident Everett W. Patton, Fair
banks; first vice president Frank
G. Downey, Skagway and Van
couver, B. C.; second vice presi
dent Robert Ellis, Ketchikan;
treasurer O. F. Benecke, Juneau,
and Jerry Gerardy, Anchorage.
The board faced the fact that
unless enlarged and improved vis
itor facilities were promoted
quickly, that Alaska tourism
would hit a slump in 1960.
In order to justify added fa
cilities during off-season periods,
there was discussion of a conven
tion bureau to attract national
conventions of suitable numbers
during these periods.
Another immediate problem
taken up was that of immediate
fund-raising to meet the current
and growing demands upon the
association.
George Burns, field representa
tive for the American Automo
bile Association from Washington,
D. C., spoke briefly. He told of the
tremendous interest by motor
travelers planning trips to Alas
ka. Inquiries have been swamp
ing the association’s 720 offices.
He suggested that campground
facilities could -take some of the
strain off the existing accommo
dations.
“All of us are interested in co
operating toward getting the en
tire Alaska Highway paved as
soon as possible,” he said.
A. B. “Cot” Hayes of Anchor
age, former board member, was
given a plaque of appreciation for
his service on the board and O. F.
Benecke, of Alaska Coastal Air
lines, was presented with a gift
for his faithful service as long
time treasurer of the association.
The next meeting of the board
will take place in Juneau, March
2, 1959.
Producers Request
Government To Buy
New Gold and Silver
SAN FRANCISCO, (*> — The
American Mining Congress yes
terday asked the government to
buy all newly mined gold and
silver offered by producers and
recommended that it be used only
for monetary purposes1.
Increased gold backing for the
dollar would help to stay the de
cline in value of the dollar, said a
resolution adopted by the Con
gress. It pointed to Canada’s bonus
payments for newly mined gold as
a recognition of the importance
of gold reserves. The Canadian
dollar now commands a premium
over the U. S. dollar.
The resolution also asked abo
lition of restrictions on the pur
chase and ownership of gold and
silver by U. S. citizens. It rec
ommended that the U. S. treas
ury drop its seigniorage on sil
ver, so that producers would re
ceive $1.29 an ounce for the metal
instead of the current 90V£ cents.
Restoration of the gold stan
dard also was recommended. The
resolution said Congress should
fix the ratio at which the dollar
and gold would be convertible.
Shooting Breaks Out
In Lebanon Again
BEIRUT, Lebanon, UPl — Shoot
ing broke out in Beirut today for
the second successive day.
The firing opened at dawn and
consisted mainly of shooting in
the air in an effort to intimidate
shopkeepers.
The militant Phalange Party,
which is opposing the new Leb
anese government of Premier Ra
shid Karami, is attempting to
force a city-wide strike.
The shooting is aimed at the
next meeting of Parliament when
the Karami government will ask
for a vote of confidence. The
meeting is scheduled for Tues- .
day, but it might be postponed.
Dick Greuel Will
Replace Frank Wirth
On 4th Div. Ballot
FAIRBANKS — Richard J.
Greuel, who was defeated in his
bid for secretary of state, will
run for the Alaska House of Rep
resentatives.
Greuel was named last week
to fill a vacancy left by the resig
nation of Francis X. Wirth. The
action was taken by the divisional
Democratic committee.
Greuel also is candidate for the
Fairbanks City Council.