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VOL. LXI No. 58 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1959Per Copy—15^
Air Force Ready to
Of Nuclear -
By VERN HAUGLAND
A-P Aviation Writer
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Air
Force said today it has hurdled
the last major obstacle to devel
opment o fa nuclear powered air
plane, that of efficient shielding
from radiation.
•Lt. Gen. Roscoe C. Wilson, dep
uty chief of staff for development,
told the Aviation Writers Associa
tion that “We therefore now em
barked” on a program to produce
a subsonic nuclear powered air
plane which will be the prototype
of a future weapons system.”
Wilson did not say when such
a prototype, or experimental mod
el actually would be built and
ready for testing. Development of
a new plane normally takes a
number of years.
“The shielding problem for nu
clear airplanes has been solved.
We know how to design effective
airborne shields and how to pre
dict their performance.”
Wilson said a nuclear airplane
would not necessarily be any
larger than the current B-52 heavy
jet bomber. It also will be de
signed to operate off the same
runway length as the B-52.
He said a nuclear bomber
would be able to cruise anywhere
in the world, and would be capable
of launching long-range ballistic
missiles as well as handling nu
clear bombs and short-range mis
siles.
Wilson said two types of nu
clear power plants are being de
veloped, the direct air cycle and
the indirect liquid meta'cycle.
HO* SEAT . . .
LEXINGTON, Ky., (#)—’The fife
in the back seat of Arch Rainey’s
car is out — finally.
Firemen doused a small blaze
after he discovered it Wednesday
night.
Thursday morning police spotted
the fire again as they cruised past
the parked car. They put it out
again.
Later Rainey went for a dam
age estimate and when garage
workers pulled the seat out —
they found the fire still going.
They put it out again.
N. Y. Backer for
Statehood Honored
At U.-A. Exercises
WASHINGTON, UP) — Repre
sentative Leo O’Brien is on his
'way to the 49th state to receive
an honorary degree from the Uni
versity of Alaska.
While in Alaska he also will get
some ammunition to push Con
gressional approval of the Alaska
omnibus bill.
O’Brien, as chairman of the
House Territories subcommittee,
was floor manager for both the
Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood
bills when they were passed by
the House.
He is to receive an honorary
Doctor of Laws degree Monday at
the first University of Alaska
commencement since the terri
tory became the 49th state last
January 3.
O’Brien will visit airports in the
Anchorage and Fairbanks areas
and has scheduled talks with Gov
ernor William Egan.
The omnibus bill is designed to
ease Alaska’s switch from a terri
tory to a state.
Build Prototype
Powered Airplane
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Commerce Dept.
Statistician Will
Collect Data Here
SEATTLE, UP) — First steps to
bring Alaska into the sisterhood
of states in Commerce Department
statistics will be launched next
week.
Robert E. Graham Jr., who
heads the Commerce Department
team which compiles the annual
statistics of income for the United
States, today is in Seattle, Alaska
bound.
When income statistics for 1958
are issued in August this year,
they will report on income for 49
states, assuming Hawaii has sur
mounted all remaining hurdles.
But Alaska, the 49th state, won’t
be included.
Graham explained that several
years ago, when both Alaska and
Hawaii were territories, the Com
merce Department hacl enough
money for economic studies in one
I or the other, but not both. Hawaii
got the cash.
“Now my task is to launch the
Alaska study so that all 50 states
can be brought in,” Graham said.
“This involves arrangements for
future economic information from
all available sources.
“Some of the information, deal
ing with military expenditures,
unemployment and social-security
payments, and the like, we will get
from Washington, D. C., or
through business sources in what
Alaskans call ‘the smaller states.’
But some we can get only from
Alaska.”
William H. Flood, director of
the Seattle office of the Com
merce Department, will accom
pany Graham to Alaska. Both plan
to attend the All-Alaska Chamber
of Commerce meeting in Nome and
to meet Alaska-based government
and business leaders.
Alaska Postmaster Appointments
Confirmed by Senate
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower’s nominations of Cor
rine M. Thompson and Harold B.
Lie to be postmaters at Hoonah
and Kotzebue, respectively, have
been confirmed by the Senate.
! BPR Delays Commitment
On Kougarok Road Work
The NWA Chamber of Com
merce has begun an investiga
tion into the matter of why no
bids have been advertised for road
work in this area. Time is running
short for supplies and equipment
to be readied. This is a serious
matter that, if delayed, will result
in no road work this sumrper.
Representative Bob Blodgett
telephoned Gov. Egan, and re
ceived the following reply by
mail:
“Since your phone call, I have
been in touch with the BPR, and
have* been advised that certain
city street paving and airport serv
icing has already been let. Rock
work near Council is in prospect,
and the Nome-Teller work won’t
be advertised until July or Aug
ust. As to the last portion of the
Nome-Kougarok road, the BPR has
learned that further engineering
may be required and, according
ly, cannot give firm estimate in
that respect now.”
The letter was signed by Gov
ernor Egan.
Gromyko Dumps
Same Old Onion
Into Geneva Pot
GENEVA, W) — Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko intro
duced into the Big Four confer
ence today the Soviet Union’s pro
posed peace treaty for divided
Germany.
The treaty as published by
Moscow in its original -form last
January would force West Ger
many to sever its ties with the
Western powers.
The United States, Britain and
France months ago rejected this
whole approach to the problem of
a German peace settlement.
Western informants said after
a quick examination of the ver
sion presented by Gromyko at
today’s conference session that
it apparently contained no sub
stantial changes.
Premier Khrushchev said in a
speech in Russia Thursday that
peace must be made “with the two
actually existing German states.”
The Soviet plan is completely
at loggerheads with the Western
' proposal which calls for a peace
I treaty with a unified Germany.
REP. LEO W. O'BRIEN of New York, who will be honored
wilh a degree by fhe University of Alaska at the 37th Annual
Commencement. May 18. He will receive a doctor of laws
degree for the part he played in the achievement of statehood
for Alaska. O'Brien introduced the Alaska statehood bill in the
House of Representatives and has been dubbed by his colleagues
as the "Quarterback of the Alaska Bill."
S. E. Alaska Civil Defense Volunteers
Resent Legislature Criticism of Plans
ANCHORAGE, UR — Shelter for
more than 35,000 persons is avail
able in Palmer and Seward if
the Greater Anchorage area resi
dents have to be evacuated in the
event of an enemy attack.
This statement came yesterday
from directors of the two cities
in reply to criticism levelled Wed
nesday by two legislative commit
tees that Alaska has no workable
civil defense plan.
“Today we are operational and
geared to take care of 10,000 evac
uees from Anchorage.” A1 Hagen,
Greater Palmer area C-D director
said.
“As volunteers, the life or death
of people is placed in our hands
but, on the other hand, we are
asked to practically financially
support the state government on
civil defense activities.
“On this casual handling of
property (which was claimed by
the committees), in the past we
have not only given rent-free stor
age for civil defense supplies and
materials, we have paid for put
ting the equipment in operational
shape out of private funds.”
Mildred Kirkpatrick, Seward
director, said:
“I don’t see how they can say
it can’t work so long as it has
never been tried.
Official Bible Presented
To Two Newest States
NEW YORK, UR — The two
newest states received bibles yes
terday for official swearing-in
ceremonies.
Bound in red morocco, the
Bibles were presented to the rep
resentatives of Alaska and Ha
waii at the 143rd annual conven
tion of the American Bible So
ciety.
-Dr. Erl Jackman, secretary for
Alaska of the Board of National
Missions of the United Presby
terian Church, U. S. A., accepted
for Governor William Egan of
Alaska; Kei Yamato, president of
Orchids of Hawaii. Inc., for Gov
ernor William F. Quinn of Hawaii.
The society also presented, for
the libraries of each state, scrip
tures translated in the principal
languages used in each: English,
Barrow Eskimo, Kuskokwim Es
kimo and Russian for Alaska;
Hawaiian, English, Japanese, Ko
rean, Portuguese, Spanish, Can
tonese Chinese and Kyoyu Chi
nese for Hawaii.
Democrats Pledge Further
Fight for Military Funds
WASHINGTON, UR — Senate
Democrats have lost the latest
round in their fight to beef up
the Army and Marines. But they
pledged today they would renew
their battle with more support.
The 45-33 setback came Thurs
day night in a Senate vote not to
fight further with the House over
two items involving Army and
Marine strengths in a $2,764,500,
380 supplemental money bill.
The effect of the- vote was to
send the compromise measure to
President Eisenhower.
It contains 150 million dollars of
the 225 million asked by the Pres
ident for his development loan
fund to build up living standards
in economically backward na
tions.
Dozens of other items in the
measure will enable various gov
ernment agencies to meet expenses
in the six weeks remaining in the
current fiscal year.
“Based on a house to house sur
vey, we know we can shelter a
minimum of 25,000 people, that is
allowing 20 square feet of space
per person in a heated shelter with
utilities available.
“I might add that this work has
been done on a voluntary basis
and very little civil defense money
has been spent i nthis area. In
fact, we have not been able to get
funds for' a booklet such as the
one distributed in the Anchorage
area.”
“Of more than 17 legislators in
vited to last Saturday’s civl de
fense exercise in Seward, one
showed up.” the Greater Seward
C-D director said.
“The legislators have failed to
meet with the federal people who
have requested a meeting. It (the
attack) is a lack of knowledge on
the legislators’ part.
“As to criticism of storage and
handling materials, they (the legis
lators) haven’t supplied funds for
a supply officer to check on stor
age, the Air Force is well satis
fied with the storage of supplies
here in Seward.
“Civil defense is everyone’s
business. That should include the
legislators. Instead of seeking
faults, they should see what they
can do to help,” Lowell said.
Federal Aid Is
Proposed for Giant
Atom - Buster
NEW YORK, UR — President
Eisenhower, stressing the need for
basic nuclear research to keep
America strong, says he will seek
federal funds to build a two-mile
long atom smasher at Stanford
University.
The President made a whirl
wind visit Thursday to Manhat
tan, breaking ground for an art
center, visiting an international
trade fair, and speaking at a din
■ ner attended by the nation’s top
scientists.
Eisenhower’s stay also included
a private talk with United Steel
workers president David J. Mc
Donald.
The President addressed about
500 scientists assembled at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a sym
posium on basic reearch.
He told the gathering the pro
posed new atom smasher, to cost
100 million dollars, would be “by
far the largest of its kind ever
built.” It would take six years to
complete.
The proposed nuclear unit
would be roughly 50 times the
length, 220 feet, of the one now
at Stanford. Details were an
nounced by the university a year
ago. The school then said it was
hopeful of obtaining federal funds
for its construction.
Although emphasizing that the
main balance for scientific re
search and development must rest
with private organizations, Eisen
hower said aid in building the new
unit is one of the ways .in which
it is appropriate for the federal
government to cooperate.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
SEATS ALLOCATED
WASHINGTON, UP) — Washing
ton State will be allowed 24 dele
gates, Oregon 18, Idaho 14 and
Alaska 6 under a tentative appor
tionment for the 1960 Republican
National Convention announced
Friday.