62nd Year No. 98NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1961Per Copy 15^
Cuba Swaps $50,000
Patrol Boat For
$2.5 Million Plane
HAVANA OF) — Eastern Air
lines crewmen and mechanics gave
the hijacked $2.5 million Electra
passenger plane a final checkup
today before flying it back to the
United States.
A $50,000 hijacked Cuban pa
trol boat, swapped for the Electra
in a U. S.-Cuban agreement, ar
rived in Havana last night from
Key West.
A 10-man airline crew arrived
in Havana Tuesday to fly back
the Lockheed Electra hijacked to
Cuba last July 24 with 38 per
sons aboard.
The patrol boat, seized by Cu
ban refugees four days after the
plane was hijacked, left Key West.
Fla., for Cuba under a plane-for
Three Cuban sailors manned
the 38-foot craft. The Coast
Guard escorted the vessel to
America’s three-mile limit and
returned several guns that were
aboard the boat when it reached
Key West.
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Porter Lockard’s
Suspension Filed in
Pilot’s Flight Record
NOME Wl — The Federal Avia
tion Agency has ordered a 90
day retroactive suspension of the
pilot certificate of Porter Lock
ard, Wien Airlines, Fairbanks.
The suspension was made ef
fective as of last Dec. 19, the day
following a takeoff accident in
which Lockard and some of his
10 passengers were injured. Al
though the suspension period
ended last March, it now becomes
a part q£ the pilot’s flight record.
The FAA said Lockard took
off from Nome for a flight to
Northeast Cape and other Alaska
points in a Beechcraft plane with
an excessive load, and with an
improper adjustment of center
of gravity, although the required
pre-takeoff check list specifies a
check of the aircraft weights and
balances.
The agency said Lockard failed
to brief his passengers on the use
and location of survival equip
ment for an overwater flight.
Furthermore, it said, during
takeoff Lockard permitted an un
authorized person on the flight
deck, and allowed that person to
sit in the right-hand pilot’s seat
within reach of partially func
tioning dual control instruments.
12 Cases of Yellow Jaundice
Reported in Juneau Area
JUNEAU UP) — Twelve cases of
infectious hepatitis have been re
ported in the Juneau area since
July 1 according to the Aiaska
Department of Health and Wel
fare records. An outbreak of the
disease, also known as yellow
jaundice, in Hoonah and Ex
cursion Inlet was reported at its
peak last week with 00 cases re
ported, all but three of which
were children. Six of the Juneau
cases are children and six adults.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy with occasional
fog and driaale. Little change in
temperature. Low tonight 40, high
tomorrow 55. In the last 24 hours:
High of 58, .low of 36. Sunrise at
3:56 a.m-. sunset at 8:17 p. m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
High of 52, low of 36. Extremes
on this date since 1907: High of
68 in 1950, low of 24 in 1929.
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Alaska to Receive
$9,155,000 in Federal
Aid for Road Projects
WASHINGTON UPi — President
Kennedy yesterday ordered the
immediate release of more than
$81# million of federal-aid high
way funds that normally would
not have been released to the
states until Oct. 1.
The announcement said the
President’s directive will enable
states that are in a position to
do so to further expedite plan
ning and construction work on
the interstate system and other
federal aid highways*
On May 17, Kennedy took
similar action by ordering the re
lease of $818 million which was
not scheduled to be released un
til July 1.
The amounts states will re
ceive include:
Alaska, $9,155,000.
Alaska Airlines Receives
Plane Hijack Threat
SEATTLE UPi — A telephoned
threat that an Alaska Airlines
plane would be hijacked sent
sheriff’s deputies speeding to the
Seattle-Tacoma International Air
port today and alerted the FBI.
It proved to be a false alarm
and was believed to be a young
ster’s prank.
The line’s only incoming flight
arrived safely from Fairbanks and
continued on to Portland without
incident. Half a dozen deputies
were on hand when the airliner
touched down here.
Richard Gilbert, the airline’s
executive vice president, said the
caller had a youthful voice.
Yankee Relief Pitcher,
Luis Arroyo Receives
Threatening Letter
NEW YORK oe — Luis Arroyo,
star New York Yankee relief
pitcher, received a threatening
letter today in which the anony
mous writer said he would shoot
the chunky Puerto Rican “the
next time you come out a Yan
kee Stadium.” The letter was
postmarked Jersey City, N. J.
Arroyo turned the letter over
to Manager Ralph Houk, who in
turn gave it to New York police.
“I hate Puerto Ricans,” the let
ter read. “The next time you
come out at Yankee Stadium I
am going to shoot you.”
Arroyo’s most recent appear
ance was last night when he took
over in the eighth inning of a
game with Chicago after loser
Whitey Ford had been lifted for
a pinchhitter.
Kennedy Will Not Resume
Nuclear Testing This Year
WASHINGTON M — President
Kennedy is reported to have de
cided against any resumption nf
nuclear testing this year, regard
less of whether the Russians de
monstrate at Geneva they want
no foolproof agreement.
The President’s position, as out
lined to congressional leaders, is
that the United States should do
nothing to prejudice the case it
expects to make in the United
Nations that the West is ready to
accept a self-enforcing ban while
the Russians insist on an inspec
tion veto.
Kennedy is sending his chief
negotiator, Arthur H. Dean, back
to Geneva next week to find out
if the Soviet Union is still stick
ing to its Troika demand for
unanimous three-power inspection
controL If they are, he said Dean
will come home quickly. „
West Takes Slow,
Cautious Approach
To Berlin Problem
LONDON Iff) — The present
mood of the Western powers is
to take a slow, cautious approach
to the Berlin problem in the hope
the crisis won’t get worse, diplo
matic sources reported today.
“We’re not ready to climb on
to. that escalator yet,” one West
ern official in Berlin was quoted
as saying in explanation of the re
luctance to adopt any major re
prisals for the Communist block
ade in the middle of Berlin.
By climbing on the escalator
he meant a series of reprisals and
counter-reprisals that could lead
to either the East or the West
backing down — or war.
The West replied to the Com
munist ban against refugees and
commuters in Berlin by cutting
off trade with East Germany; East
Germany, with Soviet backing,
cut West Berlin’s lifelines to West
Germany; the West is left with
the choice of trying an airlift
again or shooting its way through
on the ground.
A British Foreign office spokes- I
man in London firmly denied
suggestions printed in some Wrest
German and French newspapers
that the British are weakening
in the resolve to resist Com
munist pressure.
Charles Goldstein,
Alaskan Pioneer,
Dies at the Age of 92
JUNEAU UP) — Charles Gold
stein, pioneer Alaskan, passed
away last Saturday afternoon in
his apartment in the Baranof
Hotel at the age of 92. He had
been active in his business affairs
until several weeks ago.
Born in London in H869, Gold
stein lived in Canada and Cali
fornia before coming to Juneau
in 1885 with his father.
Goldstein was active in the mer
cantile and fur business since the
early days of the Klondike gold
rush. He was most famous as a
fur buyer and covered the Yukon
and the Arctic each winter by dog
team. He was one of the first fur
buyers in Alaska to use an air
plane to reach the remote areas
of the territory.
Goldstein was a 33rd degree
Mason. In addition to other phil
anthropic efforts for Juneau, he
created and endowed the Gold
stein Educational Trust Fund for
the Masonic Lodge which each
year makes it possible for several
Juneau students to continue their
college education.
Relatives include Mrs. Belle
Simpson, a sister, of Juneau.
A REMINDER: . . .
NEW YORK UP) — Reminder:
The Internal Revenue Service has
just ordered 10,579,000 W-2 in
come tax forms from Consolidated
Business Systems, of New Bruns
wick, N. J.
Consolidated, which claims to
be the largest W-2 form producer,
also reports its sales in July were
28 per cent higher than in the
same month one year ago.
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Japan Oserves 16th Anniversary
Of Its World War II Surrender
TOKYO UP) — Japan yesterday
observed the 16th anniversary of
its World War II surrender with
Buddhist and Christian memorial
services for the war dead in many
parts of the country. There was
no official observance.
20 American Nations
Delegates Brush Aside
Cuban Proposals
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (#>
—Cuban economic czar Ernesto
Guevara tried to open the door
today to Communist advisers for
President Kennedy’s $20-billion
alliance progress but ran into a
stone wall.
Delegates from the other 20
American nations at the Inter
American Economic Conference
brushed aside Guevara’s proposals
and the committee unanimously
approved a 1,000-word “declara
tion to the peoples of America”
summing up the new program of
economic aid and self-help for
Latin America.
The declaration is an abridge
ment of the 3,000-word charter of
Punta Del Este which sets forth
the principles of the program in
detail. The shorter declaration
was drawn up with the idea that
it could be more easily under
stood by Latin America’s masses.
There was speculation whether
Guevara would sign for Cuba.
But other Latin American dele
gates said even if he did, the
U. S.-controlled agencies that will
handle the bulk of the financing
won’t advance any funds to Cuba.
Communist Police
Aim Jet Water Gun
At U.S. Gen. Clarke
BERLIN — Communist riot
police in Berlin today pointed a
jet water gun at the Commander
in-Chief of the U. S. Army in
Europe, Gen. Bruce C. Clarke.
The muzzle of the weapon men
acingly followed Clarke’s move
ments as he took a look at the
Communist barriers at the Bran
denburg Gate. The General paid
no heed.
The jets from these armored
cars are so powerful they can
knock a man off his feet and in
jure him.
Clarke, accompanied by Mayor
Willy Brandt of West Berlin, Maj.
Gen. 'Albert Watson II, the U. S.
Commandant in Berlin and the
Troop Commander; Brig. Gen.
Frederick O. IJartel, toured the
sector border fortified by the
Reds to stop East German’s es
caping to the West.
PHILLIES ALL-TIME RECORD
LOSING STREAK — 19 GAMES
CHICAGO Cfl — The Philadel
phia Phillies today backed into
the baseball record book, match
ing the all-time National League
losing streak of 19 games by bow
ing to the Chicago Cubs 9-5.
Not in the last 47 years, since
the 1914 Cincinnati Reds, has a
senior circuit club been defeated
19 times in a row. Boston first
had the dubious distinction in
1960.
EDUCATION SPECIALIST
TO ARRIVE IN NOME
Charles A. Richmond has been
promoted to the position of Edu
cational Specialist with head
quarters in the BIA Nome area
field office and will arrive within
the next few days with his family,
coming from Beaver, Alaska,
where he has been principal
teacher.
Mr. Richmond is known in the
area, having been acting principal
at Unalakleet a few years ago
from where he moved to White
Mountain as principal-teacher.
Mr. Emil Kowaiczyk has been
transferred to Kotzebue as prin
cipal and is leaving immediately
to take up his duties there.
Somber Skies
Over Berlin
(Lynn Heinzerling first
went to Berlin in 1939 to re
port the first stages of World
War II. He has spent the last
20 years in various parts of the
world, and this year won the
Pulitzer Prize for his reporting
from Africa. Now he is back in
Berlin—a far different Berlin.
This is his story of the way the
split city looks today).
By Lynn Heinzerling
BERLIN UP) — The police and
troops of Communist East Berlin
went about their somber task of
mutilating this great city today.
Dark, forbidding clouds lay
over the city. Communist tanks
and armored cars lurked behind
an arbitrary dividing line.
The people’s army, the people’s
police, the factory militia and the
railway police barred some 80,000
East Berliners' from their jobs
across the line.
On Freidrichstrasse, one of the
city’s great business arteries, the
Communists have put down what
looks like a permanent barrier.
Great slabs of concrete are laid
i across the street in five knee-high
barriers. Motorists must zigzag
through the small opening as an
obstacle race to cross the line.
Nobody in a hurry would make it.
There is an air of unreality
about this business of trying to
quarantine a major portion of a
huge, modern city. It is difficult
to believe it is happening. But
there is the barbed wire in front
of the stately Brandenburg Gate
to prove it.
Foreigners and West Germans
could still enter East Berlin to
day. The secret policeman on
Freidrichstrasse took one look at
U.S. passports and politely waved
reporters into the Communist sec
tion of the city.
Some of the people’s police are
less polite. “Where do you think
you’re going?” one inquired an
grily with the familiar worldwide
expression.
The linden trees still grace
Unter den Linden, the old im
perial and Nazi show street. But,
behind them are ruins or mostly
gray, laqkluster buildings — with
the outstanding exception the
immense Soviet Embassy.
The State Opera, where Hitler
shouted, still stands. A small
group of Communist militia was
sheltered under the portico today.
Great banners meet the eye in
East Berlin: “Not a powder keg,
but a demilitarized free city of
Berlin.” One of them waved in
the wind near Alexanderplatz,
not far from a wicked looking
lineup of tanks.
Chancellor Adenauer
Does Not Believe Berlin
Crisis Will Lead to War
BONN, Germany UR — Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer said to
night he doe? not believe that the
Berlin crisis Will lead to war.
“The present situation is only
the beginning,” the West German
leader declared in an election
speech here before a crowd of
about 6,000. "The real crisis still
is to come.”
“Khrushchev has demanded
that Berlin be turned into a free
city and separate peace treaties
be signed with both German
states. Only when the Soviet
Union attempts to realize these
demands we will have the true
crisis,” the 85-year-old Chancellor
said.