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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA —MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIX No. 126 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1957 Per Copy—15*
Eisenhower’s Talks to Nation Will
Reflect His Faith in Free World
Predominating Over Communism
U.S. Accused of
Sending Planes
Over Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria, UP—Maj.
Gen. Afif Bizry claimed today un
identified reconnaissance planes
fly deep over Syria almost daily
and expressed belief they were
American.
The Syrian army chief of staff
told a news conference:
“We believe planes are not
coming from Turkey, but from
the (U.S.) Sixth Fleet in the Medi
terranean because this fleet is
working together with the mass
ing of Turkish troops on the Syr
ian border.”
He said Turkish troop concen
trations began after U.S. Under
secretary of State Loy Hender
son’s visit to the Middle East. He
added he believed the Turks are
massed for “offensive purposes.”
The Syrian government also an
nounced it had ruled out media
tion with Turkey on the 'border
crisis because this might hamper
Syria’s case before the United
Nations.
An official statement last night
—attempting to clarify confusion
over a reported mediation offer
by Saudi Arabia’s King Saud—
said Syria is determined to follow
up its complaint in the U.N. Gen
eral Assembly and rule out every
thing that might restrict the Unit
ed Nations in handling this case.
Constellation Motor Quits
But 104 Land Safely
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif., 'UP—A four-engine Constel
lation with 104 persons aboard
■landed safely last night after fly
ing the last 850 miles from Hawaii
on three engines.
A Coast Guard seaplane met
the Constellation and escorted it
back to a safe landing.
The plane was operated by the
Flying Tiger Line under contract
to the Military Air Transport
Service.
Mayor for 47 Years
Retires at Age of 92
BEREA, Ky., UPl^John L. Gay
believes 47 years is long enough
for him to serve as mayor. So at
the age of 92, he has announced
he won’t seek re-election in the
November election.
Gay, the only mayor Berea ever
had, believes he is “getting about
old enough to step down.”
The city was governed by a
board of trustees before Gay be
came mayor on Jan. 1, 1910. He
earlier had served as a magistrate,
city clerk and police judge.
For all girls interested in being
Girl Scouts this year
INTERMEDIATE
GIRL SCOUT PARTY
7:30 Friday evening, Oct. 25
For girls 5th thru 8th grades
At the Boy Scout Hall
» NEW YORK, (ff)—President Ei
senhower will go directly to the
American people in a series of
talks to proclaim anew his faith
that the free world will prevail
against Communism in this outer
space age.
The President’s plans for per
haps a half dozen speeches in
various sections of the country in
the next few weeks were disclosed
as he told a nationwide radio
| audience last night he intends to
i seek opportunities to set forth
' his views in these critical times.
I
Speaking before 1,500 applaud
ing guests at a Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel dinner sponsored by the
National Fund for Medical Educa
tion, Eisenhower dealt mainly
with a need for money to train
more doctors and other medical
personnel and to expand health
facilities.
He Revised his prepared text
shortly before he spoke to assert
solemnly that he also had other
problems on his mind, and he
plans to discuss them in the weeks
ahead.
He put it this way against the
background of Russia’s progress
in the satellite and the long-range
ballistic missile fields:
“They include the continuing
endeavor of our people in the
fields of scientific achievement—
and the methods for attaining
even greater achievements—our
responsibilities and our opportu
nities abroad, the strength of our
domestic economy, the character
and power of our defense pro
grams, and the right of our people
to confidence in these strengths.”
“I have unshakable faith in the
capacity of informed, free citizens
to solve every problem involved,”
the President said.
City Ordinance Code
Read and Approved
By Nome City Council
City Council members have
had several special sessions proof
reading the new City Ordinances
Code which is being prepared for
compiling. Monday evening they
completed this chore and the cor
rected copy approved.
The Council also authorized the
City Clerk to make application
for a notary seal so that all city
business requiring notraizing can
be completed without cost to the
taxpayer. This applies to the no
torizing of quarterly sales tax
returns which is required.
Alaska Steam
Freight Rates
Upped 15 Percent
SEATTLE, UP—Freight rates m
the Alaska trade will be increased
15 percent effective Dec. 2, the
Pacific Coast-Alaska Freight Con
ference announced today.
Conference officials said in
creases in operating costs since
the last general freight rate in
| crease in 1954 have required the
new raise. Officials said lines in
the Alaska trade have attempted
to “hold the line on freight rates”
by meeting increased costs with
increased efficiency, but said the
extent of the cost increases has
made it impossible to continue
operation under present rates.
Tariff supplements naming the
15 percent surcharge will be filed
with the Federal Maritime Board
Nov. 1 with an effective date of
Dec. 2.
Members of the conference are
the Alaska Steamship Co. and
the Coastwise Line.
Alaska Steam operates exclu
sively out of Seattle. Coastwise
operates out of San Francisco,
Portland, San Pedro and Seattle.
SUCCESSFUL TEST MADE OF
ARMY’S 1,500-MILE -RANGE
JUPITER ROCKET MISSILE
MISSILE TESTING CENTER/
Cape Canaveral, Fla., (#>—A Jupi
ter rocket soared skyward last
night in a spectacular and suc
cessful test of the Army’s inter
mediate range ballistic missile.
The missile, designed to travel
1,500 miles, was reported official
ly to have taken its prescribed
course and landed in its pre
selected target area.
It was the first time the Defense
Department had identified a mis
sile fired from here or had given
an immediate report on the out
come of a test.
The Pentagon, however, would
not reveal how far the Jupiter
had traveled.
The mighty missile trailed a
long oval flame which lighted up
the Cape Canaveral area. Min
utes after the launching the Mi
ami Hedald, 200 miles to the
south, was flooded with calls
from residents who said they saw
it pass overhead.
^There still was no word on
when the scheduled test of the
Navy’s Vanguard missile will take
place. The three-stage rocket, in
tended to carry a U.S. earth sat
ellite into space, is due for a try
out on its first stage engine.
Yesterday’s Jupiter test was the
second of the day. A small missile
was launched during daylight. It
began wobbling soon after take
off and apparently fell into the
Atlantic.
Indications that the huge Jupi
ter was to be launched became
apparent around nightfall. A red
warning signal glowed atop a tall
pole and crash boats put out to
warn shipping from the area.
Then searchlights shone bright
ly on the missile. Seconds later it
began a slow ascent, gathered
speed, vanished momentarily in a
cloud bank, then reappeared. It
could be seen for about 2Vz min
utes before it disappeared to the
southeast.
»
MacMillan Arrives
For Talks With
Eisenhower
WASHINGTON, L*)—£ r i t i s h
Prime Minister Harold MacMillan
came here today to appeal to
President Eisenhower for restora
tion of the American-British
partnership in scientific research.
He said his single purpose is to
I “improve friendship and extend
cooperation” between the two
countries.
MacMillan’s plane landed after
an overnight fligl^ from London.
He was met by Secretary of
State Dulles, who said while the
Communist world is “held togeth
er by force” the free world is
united by “understanding.”
“We must never take that un
derstanding for granted,” Dulles
said in his greeting.
The broad purpose of the three
day talks, said Dulles, is to “help
all nations which need to cooper
ate ahd work together to wage
peace successfully.”
MacMillan recalled he met with
Eisenhower at Bermuda in March
but said that “a good deal has
happened” since then and another
meeting was indicated. The two
developments obviously were the
Launching of the Russian satellite
and her announcement earlier of
having fired intercontinental mis
siles.
Time Bombs
Injure 13 GIs
In South Viet Nam
SAIGON, UR—Strongly rein
forced police took a firm grip on
Saigon today, guarding Americans
and delegates to a 21-nation Asian
aid conference against further
terrorist bombings.
Time bombs yesterday injured
■ 13 U.S. servicemen and 5 Asians
and blew a hole in the U.S. Infor
mation Agency (USIA) library.
The police force—usually about
8,000 men—was increased to
14,000.
All major intersections and res
idential areas w^re under guard.
Armed escorts accompanied each
ranking delegate to the Colombo
PLan conference, which has drawn
more than 200 foreign representa
tives to Saigon.
President Ngo Dinh Diem’s
anti-Communist South Viet Nam
government reacted swiftly to the
bombings which diplomatic sourc
es said apparently were intended
to embarrass him. Suspects were
rounded up es Diem expressed re
grets for the violence.
For all girls interested in being
Brownie Scouts this year.
BROWNIE SCOUT PARTY
Soturday afternoon. 3 o'clock
For girls in 2rd, 3rd & 4th grades.
Boy Scout Half
Stewart French, Chief Counsel For Senate Insular
Affairs Committee, ‘More For Statehood Than Ever’
By FRANK W. VAILLE
(AP Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, Iff)—The chief
counsel of the Senate’s Insular
Affairs Committee, back from his
first trip to Alaska, said Tuesday
he’s “more for statehood than
ever before.”
“I believe they can handle it
now and they have lots of poten
tialities for the future,” said
Stewart French, chief legal aide
to the Senate committee which
handles legislation on statehood,
land transfers, minerals and other
Alaskan matters.
His Beliefs Confirmed
His recent trip, which extend
ed over several weeks, was
French’s first to Alaska, ’ altho
he has been writing legislative
reports on territorial matters for
some nine years.
“It’s good to have my beliefs
confirmed,” he said.
French said he went to Alaska
largely in connection with two
issues:
J—To find out what Alaskans
think about proposals now under
consideration to rescind Public
Land Order 82 and open a vast
arctic region to private develop
ment of its oil, gas and mineral
potential, and
2—To found out the reaction of
Nome residents to its being the
only major city included in the
special defense area in which ad-»
ministration statehood proposals
would permit the President to
create military reservations.
Nome Seems Willing
He said he returned convinced
the long-standing land order
should be rescinded, and he had
found no one in Nome “unhappy”
over that city’s status under the
statehood bill.
French, who said he plans to
write a report for chairman Mur
ray HD-Mont) on his trip, said he
believes the committee should
give Alaska “every possible op
portunity in making land selec
tions to select mineral lands as
well as non-mineral.”
Mineral Value Only
Unlike the states where surface
rights generally have some value,
French said surface rights to
much Alaskan land would be
worthless without the minerals
under the land.
He said he believed also the
committee should keep on eye on
future withdrawals of Alaskan
land from public use by govern
ment agencies such as the Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Benefits of such withdrawals,
he said, could be outweighed by
their action as a deterrent to Al
askan development.