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VOL. LX I No. 78 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959_ Per Copy—15*
Proposed Arctic Wildlife Refuge Not
Needed in Alaska, Says Sen. Gruening
By FRITZ WITTI
WASHINGTON, UP\ — A bill to
establish art eight million acre
Arctic Wildlife Range in North
eastern Alaska got a thorough
going over yesterday with the
new state’s two senators playing
major parts.
Senator Bob Bartlett, presiding
at a hearing before a Senate Fish
eries subcommittee questioned
witnesses closely on. the measure.
Senator Ernest Gruenihg, em
phasizing that he is a fervent con
servationist, vigorously opposed
the proposal.
The Interior Department testi
mony termed the vast area a
wilderness “not duplicated ielse
where in our country” and cited
unique characteristics it believes
should be maintained in virgin
condition.
Ross L. Leffler, Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior for Fish and
WiLdlife, referred to Alaska’s fu
ture importance as a tourist and
recreation area and said the state’s
Kremlin Official
Confers with Ike
On Berlin Impasse
WASHINGTON, UP — President
Eisenhower and the Soviet Union’s
First Deputy Premier Frol R. Koz
lov discussed the East-West dead
lock over Berlin in a 70-minute
conference today.
Kozlov was grinning broadly
when he came out of the Presi
dent’s office. He said their meet
ing was “wonderful.”
Waving his arms, he said in a
booming voice to some 100 news
men in the White House lobby:
‘Thope peace will prevail through
out th£ world.”
He said “The cardinal question
is the question of peace.”
Then, speaking outside the
White House before newsreel and
television cameras, Kozlov de
scribed his conference with Eis
enhower as wonderful.
Renewing his peace theme, he
added that he hoped the peace he
has in mind “will be a strong,
secure peace.”
Before the session with Kozlov,
Eisenhower called for the Soviets
to demonstrate by deeds that they
want a summit conference which
would ease world tensions.
Eisenhower again served notice
at his news conference that the
United States would not, in his
words, recede from basic prin
ciple to reach an agreement on
Berlin.
Sunny Cal — No Myth
LOS ANGELES, UP — Sunny
Southern California ended its sun
niest year on record yesterday.
The weatherman says it was the
driest 12 months since he began
keeping records in 1877.
Only 5.58 inches of rain fell.
Normal is 14.54 inches. The pre
vious low was 5.59 in 1898-99.
A high pressure area kept the
track of winter storms to the
north. Rainfall was below normal
during every one of the 12 months.
The heaviest fall was 3.32 inches
in February. In five months, no
measurable rain fell.
The rainfall measurement year
runs from July 1 through June 30.
outdoor recreation resources may
some day contribute more revenue
than any other industry.
“It is clear that the only eco
nomically feasible opportunity
for maintaining a wilderness fron
tier large enough for the caribou,
the grizzly bear, the dall sheep,
the wolverine, the wolf, and the
polar bear — all of which require
a sizeable unrestricted range —
lies in this northeastern Arctic
region of Alaska,” Leffler said.
Bartlett did not specifically ex
press his views on the bill, but
questioned the witnesses inten
sively. He has said that all pro
posals to withdraw land from the
public domain should be given
very careful consideration.
25 Per Cent Already In Reserve
Currently, almost 92 million
acres, or 25 per cent of Alaska’s
365 million acres, is reserved pub
lic land and the proposed reserve
north of the Arctic Circle would
withdraw another 8,800,000 acres.
(Continued on Page Two)
Child Found Dead In
Automatic Clothes Dryer
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP) — Did
curiosity lead a 7-year-old boy to a
tragic death inside of an auto
matic clothes dryer?
Detective E. B. Meals says that
probably was the reason Jerome
Brown crawled into the coin
operated machine early Tuesday.
His body, mangled badly, was
found about an hour and a half
later by two women who were
the first customers at the laundro
mat, which is unattended. ‘
The youngster was identified by
teeth and clothing.
Meals said the machine started
after the boy closed its door.
Housewives of the area had been
using the dryer free because a
coin had stuck in the starting
mechanism. They operated it by
merely closing and opening the
door.
Adenauer's Choice Wins
Presidency of W. Germany
BERLIN, UP>—Heinrich Leubke,
64, Agriculture Minister, was
elected President of West Germany
today.
Luebke was the candidate of
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s
Christian Democratic Party.
He defeated Carlo Schmid, the
Socialist candidate, and Max
Becker, who was the choice of the
Liberal Free Democratic Party.
Luebke won on the second bal
lot with 526 votes in the 1,038
member electoral college. This
was six more votes than needed.
Fishermen’s Union
Threatens Strike
SEATTLE, UR — A possible
strike of Alaska’s salmon industry
was staved off Monday by fed
eral mediation.
Federal Mediator Barney Toner
called Alaska Salmon Industry,
Inc., and the Alaska Fishermen’s
Union into session after union and
employers had been unable to
reach agreement on a new con
tract.
Another mediation session is
set, and Steele Culberston, assist
ant manager of the Alaska sal
mon industry, said he hopes for
a settlement.
Parade, Sports,
Prizes to Highlight
July 4th Holidy
Plans for Nome’s 4th of July
celebration are going foreward
with Keith Hedreen at the helm,
representing the City Council.
Ladies of Rotary are making
collection of contributions which
pay for the prizes given in the
sports events and parade prizes.
These women, in teams of two,
are armed with “official” docu
ments and lapel pins. They are:
Mae Hedreen, Lorena Gray, Janet
Caldwell, Dorothy Grant, “Scotty”
Rhode, and Rose Bronson.
There will be a parade with
band, color guard, floats and cos
tumed performers. Mike Vivieros
is parade marshal.
Anyone contemplating entering
a float in the parade are request
ed to notify Clint Gray at the
Nugget.
Judges for costumes and floats
will be selected from out-of-town
visitors.
The sports events are again
being supervised by the Ameri
can Legion with Bob Emmons as
chairman. The outboard boat race
in Snake River will be supervised
by Barrow Morgan, and John Mc
nees.is chairman of the Eskimo
sports and dancing competition.
There will be a USO Show at
the School gym in the evening to
be followed by a dance sponsored
by the American Legion at which
music will be furnished by the
School Band and “Benny.”
The patriotic program will be
presented by local men of promi
nence, since invitations for “out
side” speakers were not answered.
Included will be a 49-star flag
raising ceremony.
With sunny skies in prospect,
the town in a holiday mood, many
visitors expected, Nome is look
ing forward to a happy 4th of
July celebration.
State Planning Comm.
Chairman Appointed
JUNEAU, UP) — An Anchorage
engineer, Charles Tryck, has been
named chairman of the State Plan
ning Commission. The appoint
ment was announced yesterday by
Governor William A. Egan.
The five-man commission was
created by the first State Legis
lature to recommend possible
long-term capital improvement
and construction programs for
Alaska.
Other members of the commis
sion are Bjarne Olsen of Juneau,
Pearse Walsh of Nome, John
Shaw of Palmer and Walter Welch
of Fairbanks. The commission is
scheduled to meet at Juneau on
July 13.
VALUE OF COFFEE-BREAK
NEWARK, UP) — Just after sev
eral dozen men working on a pier
left for a coffee -break, a 65-ton
pile driver crashed through the
structure Tuesday. The accident
injured two men.
Friday Is State Holiday
JUNEAU, UP) — Governor Egan
today proclaimed Friday, July 3,
a legal holiday in Alaska, in view
of weekend festivities over Inde
pendence Day.
In Nome, Federal and State
offices and the bank will be closed
on Friday, in observance of the
holiday.
State Fish Trap Laws Upheld In District
Court Ruling Against Indian Villages
JUNEAU, Uft — Laws abolishing
fish traps from Alaska salmon
waters were upheld today in a
district court decision that denied
three Indian villages the right to
use the prohibited gear. The rul
ing by Judge Raymond Kelly was
delivered from the bench in a dra
matic 30 minute court session. It
struck down a section of the 1959
Federal Fishing Regulations is
sued by Interior Secretary Fred
Seaton. The judge held Seaton was
without authority to except In
dian villages of Metlakatla, An
goon and Kake from a general
ban against traps.
Attorneys for the three South
eastern communities who had
claimed irreparable harm would
result to economies of the villages
if the trap ban extended to their
fishing operations, filed notice of
appeal directly to the U. S. Su
preme Court.
The villages had petitioned
Inflation Will Be
GOP Presklential
Campaign Issue
WASHINGTON, UPi — President
Eisenhower said today the matter
of inflation will be one of the
main issues of the 1960 Presiden
tial campaign - »— *
The President also told a news
conference that he not only looks
for a balanced budget in the new
fiscal year starting today — he
expects a start on paying off the
286^billion-dollar national debt.
And, he said, he believes the
Democratic - controlled Congress
also expects the Administration
to start paying off the debt during
the next 12 months.
He noted that Congress has just
approved legislation — which he
signed Tuesday — providing for a
new permanent debt ceiling of 285
billion dollars.
The legislation also sets a tem
porary limit of 295 billion.
Final figures have not been re
leased on the government’s defi
cit in the fiscal year which has
just closed. But it is in the neigh
borhood of 13 billion dollars.
Eisenhower was asked whether
he believes inflation will be the
main issue in next year’s Presi
dential campaign. He replied it
certainly will be one of the prin
cipal issues.
Then he added that he had
thought this in the 1958 elections,
but the outcome of the Congres
sional campaign did not lead him
to believe the people were as
greatly concerned as he had
expected.
Maurice Kelliher Named
To Hire, Purchasing Board
JUNEAU, tP — Maurice Kelli
her of Wien Alaska Airlines,
Nome, was named today as one
of the eight members of the Gov
ernor’s Committee on Local Hire
and Purchasing.
The group was created by the
1959 Legislature. It also includes
Harry Oliver, Anchorage; Lew
Williams Jr., Petersburg; John
Alcmantra, Spenard, Tom Cana
fax, Fairbanks, Jesse L. Carr, An
chorage, Senator Howard Brad
shaw, Sitka, and Represenatrfre
Richard Greuel Fairbanks.
Judge Kelly for injunctions re
straining the state from enforce
ment of an Alaska Constitutional
ordinance banning traps, and from
criminal statutes making use of
the gear a misdemeanor.
Federal regulations authorized
Kake to operate four traps, Angoon
three and Metlakatla four. In ef
fect, he said the case represented
the majesty of the United States
as opposed to the sovereignty of
the state. In the middle, he de
clared, were the three villages. He
held that among other findings,
the White Act does not permit the
Secretary to grant exclusive rights
to a favored few.
Federal regulations were issued
under the authority of the Whit&
Act. Judge Kelly held that federal
law had .Kvn amended by the
statehood act and the Alaska Con
stitution, which prohibit taking of
salmon with traps in all coastal
waters of Alaska.
Pilot Absolved from Blame
For Okinawa School Crash
NAHA, Okinawa, (J*) — The pilot
of a U. S. jet fighter that crashed
into an Okinawa schoolhouse
Tuesday did everything humanly
possible to prevent his burning
plane from falling into an inhab
ited area, the Air Force said today.
The crippled F-100 Super Sabre
jet crashed in flames id th’fe little
Okinawa city of Ishikawa, killing
16 persons, wounding 112 and
making more than 200 homeless.
The pilot, Capt. John G. Schmitt
Jr., parachuted to safety. Brig.
Gen. Dale O. Smith said Schmitt
could not have brought the plane
under control even if he had re
mained with it.
It was one of the Air Force’s
worst air disasters in the Far East
since World War II.
The Air Force said that 10 of the
dead and 102 of the iiijured were
pupils of the primary school the
plane struck in its fiery fall.
After hitting a corner of the
school, the disintegrating plane
leap-frogged over a 10-block resi
dential area, setting fire to more
than JO houses.
Former Nome Miner
Dies in- Seattle
SEATTLE, UP) — Funeral serv
ices were held Tuesday for Ervin
D. Bellows, 64, former owner of
the North Pole Bakery and mining
operator at Nome. He died Sun
day at a hospital after a heart
attack.
He and his wife, Emma G., who
survives, had lived at Bellevue,
across Lake Washington, for sev
eral years. They had no children.
He was a Mason and member
of the Elks.
TUESDAY BASEBALL SCORES.
(Bi/ The Associated Press)
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 6, Vancouver 5.
Spokane 5, Portland 0.
Phoenix 11, San Diego 5.
American League
Cleveland 3, Chicago 1.
New York 4, Baltimore 1.
Detroit 4, Kansas City 0.
Washington 6, Boston 1.
National League
San Francisco 2, Los Angeles 0.
Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 5.
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3
| St. Louis 4, Chicago 1.