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_ OLDEST NEWSPAPER
62nd Year No. 104 " lit NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1961Per Copy 15^
^ Sen. Walsh Sums
Up Defense Need j
5 To Gen. Taylor
Sen. Pearse Walsh talked by
^ . .s phone with Gen. Maxwell Tay
l||| lor, military advisor to President
Kennedy yesterday, advising him
MSff of the apprehension felt here over
the lack of any regular aerial
patrol of waters in this part of
||j| the world although foreign ships
are reported from time to time
within sight of St. Lawrence
a , Island and even close to the shores
‘ of that American outpost. He ex
pressed the feelings of Americans
; , in this part of the globe at the
lack of interest shown by the mili
tary. Although the military
strength is continually increased
within the state it is confined to
the central part of Alaska with
absolutely nothing oh the coast to
X support the Alaska National
Guard, he advised Taylor. 1
He explained how bush pilots
and Eskimos report these sight
ings, but nothing is done to im
prove the situation. When asked
y Gen. Taylor what he would
recommend, Walsh urged that a
unit, nothing less than a battalion,
be based here to maintain a patrol
and study first hand the terrain
and coastline, rather than confine
their training to the interior Where
there are no intruders and where
the Weather conditions and other
factors are entirely different than
the coastal area. Walsh suggest
ed that research work done here
would be most valuable in time
of trouble.
Gen. Taylor assured Sen. Walsh
that this matter would be taken
up with the Secretary of Defense
Ttobert McNamara immediately
and expressed much interest in
the suggestions made..
Soviets Blame
U.S. for Current
World Tension
MOSCOW irn — Again blaming
the United States and its allies for
the current world tension, the So
viet government says it has stop
ped returning servicemen to civil
ian life and warned that aggres
sors will be wiped out “once and
for all” if war starts.
A statement issued Tuesday
night by the Communist party
Central Committee and the Soviet
Cabinet said Marshal Rodion
Malinovsky, the Soviet Defense
Minister, had been ordered to
hold up demobilization of military
personnel whose service would
normally end this year “until the
conclusion of a peace treaty with
Germany.”
The number of men involved
was not announced, but Soviet
Premier Khrushchev said July 8
that a military cutback of 1.2 mil
lion men which began last year
was being halted because of the
Western attitude on Berlin. Stow
far the cutback had gone was
never announced.
Khrushchev on Aug. 7 warned
that Soviet troop strength might
have to be boosted even further.
He accused the West of pushing
the world “to a dangerous brink”
in the conflict over Berlin, which
stems from Khrushchev’s pledge
to sign a peace treaty with East
Germany’s Communist regime by
the end of the year. The Com
.unists contend a treaty would
East Germany control over
estern access routes to West
Berlin. "
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I Four Companys Submit
Bids for Propulsion Units
On Alaska’s Three Ferries
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JUNEAU UFi — Four companies
today submitted a total of 23
prices, ranging from $1,615,000 to
$2,238,222, for supplying the pro
pulsion units for the three state
ferries to be operated in South
east Alaska.
The State Department of Pub
lic Works offered six separate al
ternates for bid and the bidders
were permitted to offer addition
al arrangements on two of the al
ternates, so long as the specifica
tions were met.
The four firms bidding on the
propulsion systems were Cooper
Bessemer of Mount Vernon, Ohio;
Fairbanks-Morse and Co., Port
land, Ore.; The Enterprise Di
vision of General Metals Corp.,
Oakland, Calif.; and Nordberg
Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee,
Wis.
This was the second opening
of bids on the propulsion units.
All bids submitted at the first
opening Aug. 9 were rejected.
Rescue Workers Remove
81 Sightseers from
Dangling Cable Cars
CHAMONIX, France W —
Rescuers today completed removal
of 81 sightseers who spent hours
of terror in tiny cable cars stalled
high above an Alpine glacier by
a freak accident that killed six
: others.
“We’ve had an awful time and
we’re glad it’s over;” was the
comment of a Briton numbed by
a night of little leg room and
freezoing cold on the slopes of
Mont Blanc.
Helicopters ferried the last sur
viors back to the warmth of their
Chamonix hotels.
Some of them had spent near
ly 20 hours suspended hundreds
of feet in the air while workers
slowly wound in the broken trac
tion cable.
The cable was snapped Tuesday
by a French Air Force jet com
bat plane flying low through the
valley between Mont Blanc and
Aiguillie du Midi.
The lift runs along a three-inch
thick traction cable strung for
more than three miles from the
Aiguillie du Mdi to the French
Italian border.
A German family of four and
an Italian man and his son were
killed when their cabins jumped
the cable and plunged 700 feet
to the glacier below.
More than 25 other cable cars
were left hanging high above the
Alps. A winch was hurried into
place and Alpine rescuers inched
their way out on the support
cable to attach cables to pull the
cars to safety.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON <** — The State
Department reported tonight in
tercepting a Tass news agency
broadcast in Russia stating that
the Soviet government has made
a decision “on carrying out ex
perimental explosions of nuclear
arms.”
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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy. Low tonight 45,
high tomorrow 55. In the last 24
hours: High of 57, low of 40. Sun
rise at 4:36 a. m., sunset at 7:20
p. m. Temperatures a year ago:
High of 51, low of 38. Extremes
on this date since 1907: High of
67 in 1941, low of 23 in 1913.
JFK Describes
Berlin Situation As
Fraught With Peril
WASHINGTON W) — President
Kennedy today described the situ
ation in Berlin as “fraught with
peril.” He said the United States
is determined to convince Russia
that the West means to defend
its rights there.
Kennedy, at a news conference,
announced these measures for
dealing with the crisis in Berlin:
1. A meeting of the Western Big
Four foreign ministers to begin in
Washington Sept. 14. He said this
would represent a further step in
the process of continuing consul
tation among the Big Four “in
light of the Soviet challenge.”
2. The appointment of retired
Gen. Lucius Clay as his personal
representative in Berlin. He called
Clay, who masterminded the
1948-49 airlift which thwarted the
Communists’ ground blofckade of
Berlin, a man of outstanding
ability and experience.
Kennedy reiterated that the
United States would use all avail
able channels to ascertain if a
peaceful settlement can be reach
ed on the problems of Europe and
particularly Germany.
In these days of massive forces
and weapons, the President de
clared, the future of the human
race requires that a peaceful so
lution be sought.
“Neither side should attempt tc
impose its will by brute force be
; cause in that case it would be un
successful and disaster would be
the common result,” Kennedy
I said.
J This was Kennedy’s 15th news
conference in Washington and a
record audience of 437 — includ
ing some guests — turned up at
the State Department Auditorium
to hear the President.
A newsman told him that for
mer Vice President Nixon had
termed Kennedy’s dispatch of
1,500 additional troops to West
Berlin a useless gesture, and, the
newsman said, Rep. William Mil
ler, the Republican National
Chairman, had charged the Ken
nedy Administration with an atti
tude of appeasment.
Kennedy replied he would not
comment on those particular re
marks. He said the situation in
Germany is fraught with peril and
suggested that anyone aware of
the destructive, power available
to both sides in the dispute
should “be careful in attempting
to take any political advantage
out of our present difficulty.”
Predict Outbreaks of
Influenza to Hit U.S.
This Fall and Winter
WASHINGTON W — Outbreaks
of influenza are likely to hit the
United States this fall and winter,
the U. S. Public Health Service
predicted today.
Dr. Luther L. Terry, Surgeon
General, urged immediate vacci
nation of:
People with heart disease,
pulmonary disease, diabetes and
other chronic illnesses; persons
over 65, and pregnant women.
These groups accounted for
most of the 86,000 flu-triggered
deaths between September, 1057,
and March 1960.
“We are probably due for some
Asian flu outbreaks, since they
come in two to three year cycles,” j
Terry’s statement said, “and we
are overdue for Type B flu out
breaks, which come in four to
six year cycles.”
Brazil’s Ministers Agree !
To Accept Joao Goulart
As Figurehead President
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil UR —
Brazil’s three military ministers
today agreed to accept Joao Gou
lart as a figurehead president with
a prime minister to be appointed
by congress until 1963, a govern
ment sources said.
The decision by the three top
military chiefs was reached here
and a government source said it
already has been transmitted to
Brasilia, the inland capital.
If acceptable to congress and
government political leaders in
Brasilia, it might end the serious
crisis, which has been rocking the
country since Janio Quadros re
signed as president last Friday.
Previously the three military
leaders had opposed having Gou
lart even as a figurehead presi
dent.
The formula proposed by the
military chiefs differed consider
ably from the recommendations
presented to the National Con
gress earlier today by a congres
sional committee.
The important difference is that
congress rather than the president
would chose the prime minister. |
The prime minister would have
the power to run the country—the
same powers previous Brazilian
| presidents have held.
Goulart would hold little more
than a decorative job.
Under the formula proposed by
> the military chiefs—War Minister
Marshal Odylio Deny, Navy Min
ister Adm. Silvio Heckel and Air
Minister Brig. Gran Moss — Gou
lart and a prime minister would,
I serve until 1963, when an election
I would be held.
Reds Will Destroy
Intruders in Their
(Territorial Waters
MOSCOW — Charging that
foreign submarines have slipped
into Soviet territorial waters to
spy and maneuver, the Soviet
Union has warned that its armed
forces will destroy any such in
truders discovered in the future.
No dates, locations or nation
alities of the underwater tres
passer were given in a statement
published Monday night by the
Soviet News Agency Tass.
The. statement said foreign sub
marines must have permission to
enter Soviet territorial waters and
even then must cruise on the sur
face. The Soviet Union has ex
tended the area over which it
claims sovereignty to 12 miles
from shore, and farther in the
case of some bays. The United
States recognizes the old three
mile limit.
U. S. nuclear submarines have
been cruising submerged off Eu
rope since early this year, but
they are believed to be operating
generally in the Atlantic where
their Polaris missiles are still
within range of Sovietj targets.
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MAILMAN WANTS REPRIEVE
FOR HEAVY WEATHER
BUFFALO, N. Y. UP) — After
years of wading through every
thing from blizzards to hailstones,
the mailman has asked for a re
prieve from heavy weather.
The State Association of Letter
Carriers Tuesday adopted resolu
tions urging laws that would sus
pend mail delivery in weather
emergencies and cut the mailman’s
day from eight to six hours when
the temperature climbs above 80
or drops below 10.
Japanese Industry
In Need of Alaska’s
Raw Materials
JUNEAU Uf) — Japanese in
dustry* is keenly aware of the raw
materials available in Alaska,
Natural Resources Commissioner
Phil Holdsworth said today on his
return from a 10-day visit to the
Far East country.
During his visit to Japan, Holds
worth said he met with officials
of 14 leading Japanese industrial
concerns, with five government
agencies and with several indus
trial organizations.
Holdsworth said he found the
Japanese generally unaware of
Alaska’s corporation, industrial
tax incentive and mining license
tax laws.
“Our natural resources must be
.placed on the market competitive
ly, however, or Japanese indus
try will be forced to turn to their
other close neighbor, Russia, for
needed raw materials. Japan very
clearly prefers to deal with us.”
The most critically needed raw
material in Japan at this time,
Holdsworth said, is timber. Japan
ese imports of timber, he said,
amount to 3 Vi billion board feet
a year.
Alaska's interior fotest^Holds
worth said, have an estimated net
yearly growth of 4 billion board
feet.
“It would appear that if Alaska
can place this resource on the
market competitively, it could
well meet Japan’s entire import
needs for forest products,” Holds
worth said.
In the minerals field, Holds
worth said those of major interest
to Japanese industry, in the order
of importance, were iron, copper,
nickel, lead, zinc and antimony.
Holdsworth said the Japanese
were also very interested in Alas
ka petroleum products, including
liquified natural gas. He said Ja
pan is now constructing especially
designed vessels for the transport
of liquified natural gas produced
by Japanese industry in the Mid
dle East.
Again, Holdsworth said, Alas
ka’s proximity to Japan makes
this particular product extreme
ly attractive to Japanese con
sumers.
Holdsworth said another Alas
ka product in which Japanese in
terest was expressed was reindeer
meat. An expansion of present
operations could place reindeer
meat on the Japanese market at
a good price, Holdsworth said.
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17 Bison Taken by
Hunters as Season
Gets Underway
JUNEAU UP — Hunters parti
cipating' in the special bison sea
son inWthe Delta Junction area
apparently have been extremely
successful, State Game Director
Jim Brooks said today.
Of the 20 hunters who were,
permitted to start hunting on Sat-!
urday and Sunday, all 17. who
checked in with the department
as required said they had killed a
bison, Brooks said.
Brooks said each hunter has 48
hours in which to report to the
Fish and Game Department.
The state’s game chief said there
was a good chance that a world’s
record bison might be taken in
the area before the special per
mit hunt has been completed.
Fifty hunters who drew per
mits in a drawing at Delta Junc
tion last month are taking part
in the special hunt.