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VOL. LXII No. 91 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1960 Per Copy 15<r
Rep. Van Zant
Spends Night
At Nome
U.S. Rep. James E. Van Zalit,
with a 44-year U.S. Navy back
ground, from Pennsylvania, said
at breakfast this morning at the
North Star, “America can win the
next war — We are part of the
greatest government in this world
—Let us preserve- it” He told the
chamber members that the Com
munist challenge to the free
world has made a divided world
and we must resist if we would
stay free and that the U.S. armed
forces are adequate to meet the
challenge. He stressed the im
portance of the Chamber of Com
merce in a community as the
strength of the communities in a
state makes a strong state and
strong states make up the gov
ernment of the nation.
Van Zant told of the predica
ment of Pennsylvania which is a
coal mining state running out of
coal and how through the Cham
bers of Comerce new industry has
been brought in to rehabilitate
the economic condition which had
a chronic unemployment of over
10,000 people. In his part of the
state he cited how bringing in
industry has now provided 3,900
steady jobs for the people who
were idle, with a payroll of mil
lions.
He explained the use of atomic
reactors which have been pro
vided for Antarctica where oil
costs $10 per gallon.
During his overnight stay in
Nome as a member of the Armed
Forces Committee he observed a
“terrific potential and strategic
location” and urged the Chamber
to ask help of its congressional
representatives and senators to
make a study to establish industry
in this area.
On this trip he is also making
a survey and study for the need
of nuclear power for Alaska..
His remarks were both educa
tional and stimulating to the
Chamber, showing how another
of the states is helping itself be
come self-sufficient.
He was accompanied by Ed
ward Bowzer, a consultant with
the Atomic Energy Committee,
Col. Chitty and Col: Judy of the
Alaskan Command, and Major
Hansen and Capt. Schroeder from
Washington, D.C.
Rep. Van Zant is a member of
House Armed Forces Committee
and of the Joint Atomic Energy
Committee.
Two All-Star Games Again In '61
NEW YORK, tP — Baseball
Commissioner Ford Frick today
announced the majors will again
play two All-Star games, next
year.
In the 1962 season and there
after the leagues will revert to
the traditional one game. The
1961 games will be a month apart.
The first game in the 196! sea
son will be played in Candle
stick Park, home of- the San Fran
cisco Giants in July. The second
will be in an eastern American
League city, exact site to be de
termined.
Speeding in the Park One Day
PHILADELPHIA, tP — Fair
mount Park police arrested three
young men Sunday for speeding.
They said the three were riding
horses at slightly more than seven
miles an hour, the limit on the
park’s bridal paths.
State Dept. Again Accuses
Russia of Irresponsibility
In Congo Pronouncements
WASHINGTON, UP—1The State
Department again accused the So
viet Union of reckless irrespon
sibility for Moscow’s threat to
take separate action in the Congo, j
State Dept. Press Officer Lin
coln White, reacting sharply to a
statement by Tass, said:
“The Soviet Union apparently
arrogates to itself the right to
judge whether the United Na
tions is acting with sufficient
speed in the extremely difficult
situation in the Congo.
“The Soviet leaders must be
aware this kind of public state
ment can only add to the prob
lems of those who are seriously
trying to establish peace and or
der in the Congo.”
The Tass statement accused the
NATO powers of encouraging Bel
gian intervention in the Congo.
Tass said that if the so-called
aggression against the Congo is
continued, the Russian govern
ment “will not hestitate to take
resolute measures to rebuff the
aggressors . . .”
Racing Car Flips End
Over End At Over
300 Miles An Hour
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah, (IP)—The 3,000 horsepower
City of Salt Lake race car, driven
by 36-year-old mechanic Athol
Graham, flipped end-over-end for
three quarters of a mile today on
the salt flats of western Utah. The
low-slung racer landed on its top
with Graham still in the cockpit.
He was critically injured and
was flown to Salt Lake City.
The car which carried 18 gal
lons of 145-octane gasoline, did
not burn.
Graham was attempting to set
a new world land speed record
of 400 miles an hour. The acci
f dent was on his first run through
[ a measured mile. It was not
1 known how fast the car was
traveling but observers said it
must have been at least 300 miles
per hour.
Graham was the first of four
racers scheduled to try for a new
land speed mark on the salt flats
this month. The record of 394.196
mph was set here in 1947 by the
late Sir John Copb of England.
The others scheduled to try for
the new mark are Donald Camp
bell of London, England, who has
a three million dollar gas turbine
auto, Mickey Thompson of El
Monte, Calif-., and Dr. Nathan
’ Ostich of Los Angeles.
Heavyweight Contender
Pat McMurty Retires
After Brain Injury
TACOMA, (IP) — Brain damage
forced the retirement of Irish Pat
McMurty from the ring Saturday.
McMurty, who is 28, once was
ranked among the top 10 con
tenders in the heavyweight divi
sion. He turned professional in
1954. Of his 38 matches, he won
25 by knockout, 8 by decision and
lost 4. He had one draw.
McMurty said Chicago special
ists old him there was some evi
dence of torn tissue on the right
side of the temple. McMurty said
they told him the damage pro
bably would clear up within a
year, but that he had decided to
retire.
Union Leader Sure;
Labor will Support
Sen. Kennedy
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By G. MILTON KELLY
HYANNIS PORT, Mass'., UP> —
David J. McDonald, president of
the United Steelworkers Union,
told Sen. John F. Kennedy today
he is sure organized labor will
support the Kennedy - Johnson
ticket in November.
McDonald, after a visit with
Kennedy at the senator’s summer
home, told a news conference he
believes labor will support Sen.
Johnson, Kennedy’s choice for
Vice President, as strongly as it
supports Kennedy.
Kennedy said he had invited
the union leader here to discuss
the slump in steel production and
its effects on workers as well as
on industry.
McDonald said he had urged
Kennedy to implement the Full
Employment Act, a law passed in
1946 which directs the govern
ment to take appropriate steps,
particularly in times of adversity
to assure full employment.
McDonald said the steel indus
try is operating at 5.3 per cent of
capacity with prospects that it
will not reach more than 70 per
cent of capacity in the fall.
Kennedy was asked what spe
cial action Congress might take
at the session opening next Mon
day to help the steel industry and
others for which it is a bell
wether.
Kenendy said the enactment of
housing legislation and a school
construction aid bill would be
helpful and that so would easing
of interest rates and “tight money
policy.”
Kennedy attended services Sun
day at St. Francis Xavier Roman
Catholic Church. He sent word to
reporters that he claims the right
to “go to church in private.”
Four U.S. Military Planes Will
Track Rocket From African Bases
PRETORIA, South Africa, UP1—
The U.S. Embassy said today four
military planes are arriving in
South Africa to help track a long
range rocket to be fired from
Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday.
The Embassy said the planes
will fly from South African bases
to an area in the Atlantic where
the missile is expected to re
enter the atmosphere.
POLLING PLACES
The. polling place for Nome in
the Primary Election on Aug. 8
is the City Hall.
The Nome Precinct is described
as all that area comprising the
city limits of the Township of
Nome.
All other voters in the immedi
ate vicinity of Nome, outside of
the city limits, will vote at the
BPR headquarter's at Center
Creek.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy with occasional
rain showers. Little change in
temperature. Lowest expected to
night 48, the high tomorrow 60.
In the past 24 hours highest
temp. 59, lowest 47. Sunrise at
3:08 a.m, sunset at 9:09 p.m.
A year ago today, high temp.
64, low 45. Extremes on this date
since 1907: highest 69 in 1932,
lowest 35 in 1938.
San Francisco was cloudy to
day with a high of 60 and a low
of 52. Seattle had rain with a
range of 71 and 54.
Ryan Blasts Rettig For
Capital Move Stand
JUNEAU, —Jack Ryan, can-I
didate for the Republican nomi- j
nation for the U.S. House, last i
night accused one of his oppon
ents, R. L. Rettig, of trying to
walk both sides of the street in
the capital move fight.
Ryan, a Fairbanks newspaper
man, told a Juneau radio and
television audience that Rettig, an
Anchorage accountant, apparent
ly had convinced voters in south
east Alaska he was. against Init
iative No. 11, and voters in the
Anchorage area he was for the
capital shift.
“He is a man who must be
ranked as the greatest fence- \
straddler in the history of Alaska
politics,” said Ryan, who placed
himself on record against Initia
tive No. 1 without qualification.
Ryan said Rettig, in a speech
here last month, declared that he
was against the capital move on
constitutional grounds, then said
he would be for the capital shift
if Juneau could be idemnified for
the loss of its major industry.
Two days later, Ryan said, Ret
tig told the Anchorage Daily
Times in a telephone interview he
had not stated a preference either
for or against moving the capital.
Ryan challenged Rettig to come
to Juneau and “tell the people
of southeast Alaska which story
is correct.”
Ryan said Rettig’s Juneau
speech, made July 18, was “the
most ambiguous statement I have
ever read.”
Ryan said he was the “only
statewide candidate who has gone
before the people of Anchorage
and fought this foolish proposal”
to move the state capital.
Nixon will Insist Kennedy
And Johnson Attend Any
Saturday Sessions
WASHINGTON, UP)—Sen. Ever
ett Dirksen (R-Ill) said today
Vice President Nixon will insist
that the Democratic candidates at
tend any Saturday session of the
Senate that the Democratic maj
ority calls.
Dirksen, the Senate Minority
Leader, made this announcement
after a conference with Nixon.
Dirksen quoted Nixon as saying
he would be only too happy to
see the session work diligently,
including Saturdays.
But, Dirksen added, Nixon be
lieves everyone should be on
hand—including Sens. John Ken
nedy. the Democratic presidential
nominee, and Lyndon Johnson,
the Majority Leader and vice
presidential candidate
Dirksen said Nixon’s view is
that if the Democratic majority
feels that it would like to take
some Saturday out for candidates
to fulfill speaking engagements,
that would be satisfactory to him.
Jayne Mansfield Has 3rd Child
SANTA MONICA, Calif., UP) —
Jayne Mansfield gave birth to her
third child—a 5-pound, 1-ounce
boy—at St. John’s hospital Friday.
The doctor said the blonde act
ress was doing fine although the
baby was a month premature.
Polaris Veers, is Destroyed
CAPE CANAVERAL, UPI — A
Polaris missile veered off course
and was destroyed by the range
safety officer today 47 seconds
after it was launched from a sub
merged submarine. This was the
first failure in four underwater
launchings for the missile.
Fidel Castro Must
Retire From
(luban Government
HAVANA, W» — One of Fidel
Castro’s doctors said today the
ailing prime minister needs “ab
solute rest — both physical and
mental.”
The statement by Maj. Raul
Trillo, an Army doctor treating
Castro, was published in the semi
official newspaper Revolucion.
It reported Castro is convalescing
but said “now we have to build
him up after his illness.”
Castro’s continuing illness has
generated growing speculation
that he may yield control of his
government—at least temporarily
— to his Yankee-hating brother
Raul, once described by Fidel as
even more radical than himself.
Government - controlled radio
stations broke their ban on Sun
day newscasts to report that the
prime minister — only 13 days
away from his 34th birthday—is
“still convalescing” despite of
ficial reports two weeks ago that
he had recovered fully.
The surprise announcement
said Castro now is “improving
satisfactorily.” It did not say
what he was suffering from.
WASHINGTON, —Announce
ment in Havana that Fidel Castro
needs absolute rest was inter
preted in some Latin American
quarters here as designed to pre
pare Cubans for his indefinite dis
appearance from public life.
Specialists in Cuban affairs
said the reference to mental rest
amounted to advice not to expect
any statements or messages from
Castro.
In diplomatic and other circles
here there has been some skepti
cism about the earlier official an
nouncement that Castro was suf
fering from pneumonia. This was
based on the theory that doctors
now have drugs which usually
knock out pneumonia promptly.
Some Latin Americans arriving
here from Cuba said Cubans told
them the last time they saw Cas
tro he appeared to be having great
discomfort in walking.
There were also rumors of in
ternal hemorrhages and incoher
ence in speaking.
Nevada Gambler’s “Take”
$45 Million In 3 Months
CARSON CITY, Nev., —
Nevada’s legal gamblers scooped
up more than 45 million dollars
gross profits in the first three
months of 1960 the State Gaming
Commission reported. It is a first
quarter record.
The gross was some 7>/i> million
dollars more than the correspond
ing 1959 period.
As usual, Las Vegas gamblers
handled the most money—425 mil
lion dollars.
That’s more than half the state
total four years ago.
Hey, Doc — Birdies, Not Babies
JOLIET, 111., OP* —Dr. William
Wilson started his qualifying
round of the Will County Public
Links Golf Tournament at 8 a.m.
Sunday. Eight hours and two
babies later, he finished.
Twice the doctor was called
from the course to deliver a baby.
The first call came at the sixth
hole. It was a boy. At the eighth
hole, he was summoned to deliver
a girl. The doctor qualified with
at 37-41—78.