Boating Tragedy
Claims Three
Sitka Men’s Lives
JUNEAU <01 — The lone sur
vivor of a boating tragedy which
claimed the lives of three pro
minent Sitka men told today of
fighting huge waves for almost
an hour in his bid for life.
‘Robert Wyman, of Sitka, bat
tled his way to the 'beach at Mud
Bay Wednesday, clinging to a gas
can, after a skiff carrying four
men swamped about a half mile
offshore.
The other three men, Ben Rig
ling, Stanley Westover and Leon
ard Peterson, drowned. Their
bodies were recovered yesterday.
The four men were in a party
of eight Sitka men who started
a prolonged hunting trip Sunday
in Peterson’s 56-foot fishing boat,
the Janette.
Peterson anochored the Janette
off Mud Bay Wednesday and took
Wyman, Westover and Rigling to
one shdoting spot in the skiff.
Peterson returned to the Janette.
Wednesday evening, Peterson
picked them up.
“About a half mile off the
beach, a bi^ breaker suddenly
formed and when it hit us it fill
ed the skiff, a 16-foot aluminum
boat, about half full of water.
“The next wave filled it.
“The boat went under with the
exception of the watertight bow,
and everyone 'grabbed at that
piece of aluminum.
“I saw a small gas can float
by and got my hands On it, then
drifted free of the boat The others
just held on to the nose of the
boat
“I saw the bow of the boat in
the water as I started kicking for
shoro. Evidently the big breakers
had pulled them loose, because
there wasn’t anyone on the boat
then. .1
“When I reached shore, I rest
ed for a while and then walked
to a fire, about a mile, we had
built earlier in the day.
Other members of the party
found me the next morning, after
they had started to search for us.
The bodies of two of the vic
tims were found on the beach and
the third was spotted in the water.
Cubans Accuse U.S.
Of Murdering Worker
HAVANA UP) — Several thou
sand Cubans shouting “Yankee
murderers” today attended the fu
neral of a Cuban worker said by
the Castro press to have been
tortured to death at the U. S.
Naval Base at Gunatanamc.
The funeral for the worker,
Ruben Lopez, was held at the
town of Guantanamo outside the
base.
The press reports said Lopez
a worker at the base, was arrest
ted <by U.S. agents Sept. 30. US.
authorities first denied stories
that Lopez had been killed, Cuban
news stories said, and told his
wife they knew nothing about
him. The press charged that later
tile Americans delivered his mu
tilated. body to his widow.
Justice Douglas Says
U.S. Behind in Aid to
Underprivileged Nations
PATTERSON, N.J. UP) — Jus
tice William Douglas of the U.S.
Supreme Court says American aid
to underprivileged nations is far
behind that of the Soviet Union.
Douglas, who recently returned
from an extensive tour of Asia and
th Soviet Union, told the Bank
Business Management Conference
Thursday night that corrective
measures must be taken immedi
ately.
“We should be exporting more
talent, not dollars,” the Justice
added. “This is a contest for the
hearts and minds of the peoples
of the world. The question is not
how far the Russians are behind
us but how far ahead Russia is
of the nations that are looking
up to her for help.”
Soviets Have 9,716,000
Card-Carrying Members
•MOSCOW UP) — Vitaly Titov of
the Credentials Committee of the
22nd Soviet Party Congress, re
ported today the Soviet Party has
9,716,000 card-carrying members.
Membership has grown by about
2Vfe million since the 20th Con
gress in 1956, at which Premier
Khrushchev denounced Stalin,
Titov reported. He added there
are 296,000 party organizations
in the country. The Soviet Union
has a population of about 216
million.
Russia Fires No. 21 . . .
WASHINGTON UP) — Russia
fired off another nuclear test to
day, the 21st to ibe announced by
the Atomic Energy Commission.
The AEC anouncement said the
test blast had a force of several
megatons.
The brief announcement said
the newest blast was set off in
the vicinity of Novaya Zemlya,
in the Arctic.
Three Earthquakes
Shake Los Angeles
(LOS ANGELES <*> — Three
earthquakes centered southeast of
this city and jolted Los Angeles
and Orange Counties within 31
minutes today.
Office workers said the third
swayed the City Hall Tower, the
Federal Bldg, and County Court
house in Los Angeles’ civic cen
ter.
The quakes hit at 11:19, 11:45
and ill :50 am.
The last was large enough to
cause some structural damage,
said Dr. Charles Richter of the
California Institute of Technol
ogy Seismology Laboratory in
Pasadena. But no damage-was re
ported.
Storms Batter
Western Europe
LONDON Ufl — Gales, floods
and a freak tornado battered
Western Europe today. The death
toll reached 16.
Possibly hardest hit was Italy.
Seven persons were killed in a
tornado on the big island of
Sicily. A child drowned in a flood
near Naples and a woman tourist
perished when swept to sea by
a huge wave at Amalfi.
Gales played havoc at sea,
where seven seamen drowned and
at least two small ships with an
undetermined number of others
aboard are missing. . A -
Gales that have lashed Western
Europe for several days were
slackening somewhat but contin
| ued strong off Scotland and
! Northern 'Ireland.
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Fairbanks Merchant Shot
In Face by Teenager
FAIRBANKS UP> — A promi
nent Fairbanks merchant was shot
in the face last night by a youth,
but was only hospitalized for a
short while and then released.
Robert Claus, owner of Pinska’s
Outdoorsman, a clothing store
here, went into the back room
of his store at 6:45 p.m. last night
to answer the telephone.
As he picked up the phone he
saw a youth, estimated to 'be in
his “teens” crouched in a corner
pointing a gun at him. Claus
opened his mouth to tell the
youngster to put the gun away
but was shot before he could
say a word. In fact neither per
son said a thing during the whole
affair.
The bullet struck Claus’ chin
and traveled up tne jawbone
along the side of his face and
exited.
The doctor that treated Claus
said if the bullet had of 'been a
half inch up or down Claus would
be a dead man today.
After the shooting Claus went
into the store to get a gun but
the youth had disappeared when
he returned.
State Chamber Assured
False Advertising on Jobs
In Alaska Will Cease
JUNEAU — Three eastern
advertising executives have as
sured the State Chamber of Com
merce they will cooperate in pre
venting further false advertising
about Alaska job opportunities.
The Chamber had written the
trio after advertising appeared in
the New York Joumal-American
and the Elks magazine which in
dicated that jobs paying $1,215 a
month were available in Alaska
for common laborers.
The ads were inserted by a New
Jersey firm which suggested po
tential Alaska job-seekers obtain
a booklet published by the firm,
at a cost of $1.
On Oct. 9, Gov. Wm. Egan dis
closed he had asked the Attor
ney General of New Jersey and
New York to help stamp out false
advertising indicating that high
paying jobs were easy to obtain
in Alaska.
Don Dickey, general manager of
the State Chamber, said today he
had received assurances of co
operation from Monroe Gcnsler,
advertising director of the Jour
nal-American; Charles Lipscomb
Jr., president of the American
Newspaper Publishers Assn.’s Bu
reau of Advertising; and James
Nicholson, general manager of the
Elks magazine.
Ford Motor Co.-UAW
Wrap Up 3-Year Contract
DETROIT UP) — The threat of
a new shutdown gone, Ford Motor
Co. got into high-gear production
of 1962 models today under a
newly wrapped up three-year con
tract with the United Auto
Workers Union.
The last of 85 at-the-plant
working agreements, which sup
plement the UAW-Ford national
contract, was reached last night.
Ford got (back into production
only this week, after a general
strike called Oct. 3 by the UAW
in support of its national contract
demands.
The company and union agreed
on a new national package of
wages and fringe benefits a week
ago yesterday, but the UAW au
thorized a score of local unions
of
40-Members
Appointed to Governor’s
Advisory Committee
JUNEAjU Iff) — The appointment
of a 40-member Governor’s Ad
visory Committe on economic de
velopment was announced today
by Gov. Wm. Egan.
At the same time, Egan an
nounced that the committee would
have its first meeting at Anchor
age Oct. 27, in the Carpenters
Hall.
The 1962 Legislature will be
asked to recognize the committee
and to set forth its purpose and
functions in law, Egan said.
In letters to members of the
committee, Egan outlined its pur
pose as two-fold:
1. To serve in a permanent ad
visory capacity to the state in
establishing long-range goals and
projects for economic develop
ment of Alaska.
2. To coordinate the work of
local economic development
groups being formed under the
new Federal Area Redevelopment
program and to serve as liasoon
between local committees and the
state.
Egan said he would attend the
Anchorage session along with
State Planning Director George ]
Nichols and Tom Current of the
j Area Redevolpment Administra
tion’s Portland, Ore., office.
Named to. the committee from
Northwest Alaska Were:
Charles Fagerstrom, C. S. Gla
vinovich, Name; Frank Degnan,
Unalakleet; Tom Brower, Bar
row; and John Cross, Kotzebue.
Ed Locken, Petersburg; John
Schnabel, Haines; Frank Heintzle
man, Juneau; Bill Feero, Skag
way; Homer Thompson, Homer;
Merle Smith, Cordova; Joseph M.
iRibar, Fairbanks; Bemardus
Smit, Bethel.
Kennedy Starts a
Muscle Building Program
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy has begun a muscle
building program to get back in
shape for golf and other strenu
ous activities he has avoided since
straining his back last May.
White House olficials said that
Dr. Hans Kraus of New York
spent 15 minutes yesterday with
Kennedy and will work with him
three times a week.
The treatment is principally ex
ercises to be taken under the doc
tor’s supervision.
Officials said the President’s
back is in good condition now
but some muscle strengthening is
considered advisable.
The President was understood
to have swung at golf balls a
couple of times in recent weeks.
But he has not played since he
injured his back during a tree
planting ceremony last spring.
Wall-to-Wall Carpeting
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. UF) —
Traffic .through the new home of
Mrs. Melba Mitchell hasn’t worn
out her wall-to-wall carpeting.
The rug is on the living room
ceiling.
It doesn’t get soiled there, and
Mrs. Mitchell can sit in her chair,
look up and enjoy it.
Mrs. Mitchell says she always
has wanted wall-to-wall carpet
ing but with five sons and a
daughter the traffic in and out of
the house would wreck a good
rug in no time.
Workmen applied a heavy ad
hesive to the e-rili tig and rolled
the carpet in pi.ice in three-foot
widths.
Soviet - Chinese
Rift Over Albania
Is Rocking the Boat
MOSCOW tifi-An open rift
over Albania is rocking the So
viet-Chinese boat, but it has little
or no chance of capsizing it.
That was the diplomatic assess
ment here today after the start
ling disclosure that Red Chinese
Premier Chou En-Lai in a speech
to the 22nd Soviet Communist
Party Congress yesterday had
severly criticized Premier Khrush
chev’s condemnation of the tiny
Communist nation on the Adri
atic.
The Albanian regime sides with
the Chinese Communists in their
contention that war i3 still a legi
timate weapon to spread Com
munism In what Western ob
servers considered an implied
criticism of Peiping’s rulers,
Khrushchev, in opening the Party
Coungress Tuesday, had accused
Premier Enver Hoxha and other
Alasbanian Communist leaders of
failing to support his policy of
peaceful oo-existence with the
non-Communist world and of try
ing to lead their country back to
an era of Stalinist repression.
Chou did not name names, but
Khrushchev was plainly his target
when he declared: “Any public
one-sided censure of any fraternal
■party does not help unity and is
not helpful to resolving prob
lems.
“To lay bare a dispute between
fraternal parties or fraternal
countries openly in the face of
the enemy cannot be regarded as
a serious Marxist-Leninist atti
tude.
“We socialist countries and we
Communist parties of all coun
tries support and cooperate with
each other in a brotherly way, on
the basis of independence and
full equality.”
Chou said disputes and differ
ences between Communist parties
or governments “should 'be re
solved patiently in the spirit of
proleteria internationalism and on
the principles of equality and
unanimity through consultation.”
Chou’s defense of Albania did
not extend to Yugoslavia, whose
Communist leadership Khrush
chev also had attacked Tuesday.
Bashir’s Dream Comes
True — Meets President
WASHINGTON M — The
smiling camel driver from Pakis
tan had his big dream come true
today, he saw America’s “King”
—President Kennedy.
“I have met the man of the
world,” Bashir Ahmad said as
he emerged from Kennedy’s
White House office.
Although the meeting with the
President had not been arranged
in advance, Bashir had hoped that
he would get to see Kennedy.
The grinning Pakistani was
taken to the President’s office
after a half-hour tour of the
White House with Mrs. Lyndon
Johnson, wife of the Vice Presi
dent.
“What will you tell your neigh
bors about the President?” a re
porter asked the 48-year-old
camel driver as he stood on the
White House steps in his black
fur hat, long black frock coat,
and baggy white trousers.
“So far over there, we’ve just
been hearing about him. Now I
have met the man of the world,”
he said.