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Western Demo. Conference Urges
Alaska Development In 6-Point Plan
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Russia Tells
U. S. To Deal
With E. Germans
BERLIN, UP) — The Russians
kept the Western Big Three wait
ing on the next Soviet move in
the crisis of Berlin.
The press in Communist East
Germany kept up a din for the
Americans, British and French to
get out of West Berlin, tout no
note to the three powers came
from Moscow as expected.
The official Communist news
paper Neues Deutschland de
clared the Western allies were
endangering world peace by con
tinuing their occupation in the
former German capital.
By remaining in the city, the
paper said, they are ‘flaying with
fire and thereby bringing more
than Berlin into danger.”
But West German officials ad
vocated a tough Western policy
of using tanks and fighter planes
if necessary to maintain the links
between Berlin and West Ger
many.
Berlin is 110 miles behind the
Iron Curtain. All its roads, rail,
water and air routes for supply
ing the 10,000 American, British
and French troops in West Berlin
are at the mercy of the Commu
nists.
Twelve days ago Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev said the Soviet
Union was ready £o drop out of
the four-power control of the city
that has been maintained since
World War II. He said the West
should de likewise and would have
to make arrangements with East
Germany, which the West does
not recognize, if it wanted to
maintain links with Berlin.
There was no indication when
the Soviet Union might carry out
its announced plans to turn over
to the Communist East German
government control of allied com
munications to Berlin in an effort
to force the Western powers to
abandon their position in the
former German capital.
Youngster Stirs
Radioactivity Scare
TYLER, Tex., UPl — A youth re
sponsible for a radioactivity scare
here has been released from a hos
pital as completely recovered from
radium burns on his hands.
The youth, Johnny Pierce, 19,
startled the community earlier
this month by saying he had
spilled radioactive cobalt-60 on
his hands while conducting an ex
periment. This set off a search of
the town for possible contamina
tion.
Later, Pierce admitted he was
burned while handling a radium
needle he had obtained at the
hospital where he works part time
ss an X-ray technician.
S, PHOENIX, Ariz., UR — The
executive committee of the West
ern States Democratic Conference
ended a two-day meeting today by
calling for speedy development of
Alaska.
The committeemen requested:
1. A program of development of
hydroelectric and other public
power within the new State.
2. Re-enactment of the Airport
Construction Act, vetoed by the
President during the 85th Con
gress.
3. Liberalization of laws affect
ing the public domain to promote
Alaska’s speedy settlement.
4. Legislation designed to pro
mote rapid development of oil
and gas resources.
5. Support of transportation, in
cluding a comprehensive through
way road program and support of
a railroad link with the continen
tal United States.
6. Support of immediate trans
fer of jurisdiction over commer
cial fisheries to the new State.
The Democratic leaders also an
nounced formation of three com
mittees to assure the West a fair
shake in transportation, resources
development and small business
assistance.
Recommendations from the
committees will be studied at a
second conference in Denver May
15-16. and then passed on to gov
ernors, legislators, Congress and
the Democratic National Com
mittee.
De Gaulle Gains
Support of People
By GEORGE McARTHUR
PARIS, OP)—Premier De Gaulle,
without having lifted a finger in
the campaign, won another strong
endorsement from the French
people in first-round voting yes
terday for the new national as
sembly.
With many candidates trying to
ride De Gaulle’s coattails, outright
foes of the Premier made the
poorest showing.
A strong rightist swing was ac
companied by a Communist de
cline, though the anti-Gaullist
Communists were still the" strong
est single party.
The De Gaulle tide swamped
such non-Communist foes as for
mer Premier Pierre Mendes -
France and Maurice Bourges-Mau
noury. Both lost their Assembly
seats.
HAS MAMA'S APPROVAL . . .
SHREVEPORT, La., OR — Allie
Dowden has his mother’s appro
val to be married next Wednes
day. Dowden is 77, his mother is
103.
Dowden, a carpenter, will mar
ry Mrs. Sylvester Pevytoe, 65. It
will be the second marriage for
both.
Mrs. Sarah Dowden, who was
103 last Saturday, said of the
forthcoming wedding, “I think
that’s great.”
Vote For--Elect HENRY A. BENSON
A PROVEN FRIEND, TO THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| (Pd. Political Adv.)
Holland Reporter
Visits Nome
Willy Levie, reporter from the
Dutch paper Het-Urije Volk
(meaning the Free People), who
is flying with Holland Airlines in
its Polar Flight, is including much
of Alaska in his itinerary, and had
spent all day Sunday here, learn
ing much about Alaska.
Mr. Levie, who speaks good
English, explained that in the
schools of Holland, foreign lan
guages start with French in the
sixth grades and German and
English are required in High
School.
He was amazed at the size of
Alaska, explaining that in IVz
hours a person can travel across
Holland, where there are 820
people to every square mile.
Today he left for McGrath and
Anchorage, and has been to King
Salmon. Tomorrow he will be in
Fairbanks.
Mr. Levie was not very optimis
tic on the possibility of flights
from Nome to Moscow or places
in Siberia, although Dutch planes
fly regularly to Moscow from
Holland.
i Ball Of Radium
Contaminates Home
WHEELING, W. Va., UR — Mrs.
Joheph T. Belgrade, whose house
had been contaminated by radio
active rays from a ball of radium,
says physicians have told her she
has nothing to worry about.
The widow of a Wheeling der
matologist underwent the exami
nation after physics instructors at
West Liberty State College said a
geiger counter registered 3,000
counts per minute in almost ev
ery room of the house.
Mrs. Belgrade had called the
college to see if officials were in
terested in purchasing the 10 mil
ligrams of radium, which was no
bigger than an air-gun pellet.
She said a son carried the ra
dium home in a leather box about
two years ago and it had since
been moved from place to place
in the house.
Robert W. Scramm of the West
Liberty staff said the radium had
been giving off dangerous rays
and exposiure at close range for
several hours could prove fatal.
Highway 97 Will Be
Longest In W. Hemisphere
OROVILLE, Wash., UR — The
British Columbia-Washington sec
tion of Highway 97 has been com
pletely rebuilt in the past seven
years. the Okanogan-Caribou
Trail Association was told Sat
urday.
Al Lougheed of Penticton, B. C.,
was chairman of the meeting here
of 50 association directors. The
association hopes to make High
way 97 the longest single num
bered highway in the Western
Hemisphere, stretching from
Nome to Mexico City.
The association decided to ask
the B. C. government to renovate
the Quesnel Bridge and to com
plete the paving of Highway 97
and the John Hart Highway.
END OF CAMPAIGN TRAIL PUTS
CHOICE UP TO ALASKA VOTERS
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Ike Names Men
To Study Military
Aid Program
AUGUSTA, Ga., UP> — President
Eisenhower today named a com
mittee of former government offi
cials to evaluate the U. S. military
aid program in terms of how to
strengthen national security.
He announced the appointment
of William H. Draper Jr., a Re
publican who was undersecretary
of the Army in the Truman Ad
ministration, to head the nine
member committee.
In a “Dear Bill” letter to Dra
per, the President said: “What is
needed from your committee is a
forthright evaluation of the extent
to which future military assist
ance can, by strengthening our
friends and allies, advance U. S.
national security and foreign poli
cy interests.”
Appointment of the study com
mittee comes in the midst of an
Eisenhower drive to cut govern
ment spending.
Members of the committee in
addition to Draper are:
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, Ret.,
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Ret.,
James E. Webb, John J. McCloy,
Lon Anderson, Marx Leva, and
George C. McGhee.
W. Coast Airlines
Strike Ended
SEATTLE, UPi — A four-day
strike of 86 mechanics against
West Coast Airlines ended today
after agreement was reached on a
new one-year contract granting 17
cents an hour wage increases and
other benefits.
The mechanics returned to work
at 7 a.m. and West Coast officials
said normal service would be re
stored on all routes to 41 Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho cities
within two days.
The company provided limited
service during the strike with su
pervisory personnel.
Ketchikan Woman
Sought In Seattle
SEATTLE, UP) — Friends of a
blind mother in Ketchikan, who is
in failing health, have asked the
help of the Seattle Police De
partment in finding a daughter be
lieved to be in this area.
The woman sought is Mrs. Don
ald (Helen) Jacobson, 22. She is
the daughter of Mrs. Lillian Spear
of Box 2077, Ketchikan. Mrs. Ja
cobson was last known to be in
Portland working in a box fac
tory. She is a brunette, five feet,
4 inches tall.
WEATHER FORECAST
Snow and blowing snow with
near blizzard conditions. Lowest
temperature expected tonight 25,
the high tomorrow 25-30.
JUNEAU, l/P) — Political hope
fuls in Alaska’s first State elec
tion reached the end of the cam
paign trail today.
Tomorrow, at 287 polling places
throughout the vast northern land,
an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 Alas
kans will elect for the first time
their governor.
They will choose two United
States Senators who will increase
the membership in the Upper
House of Congress to 98.
The ballots they cast will elect
one Alaskan to voting membership
in the House of Representatives.
The 20 State Senators and the
40 Representatives who will com
pose the First Alaska State Legis
lature also will be named.
The balloting will -clear the
way for the admission of Alaska
as the 49th and largest state of
the union. Actual admission will
come with a Presidential procla
mation, probably in December or
January, after the results of to
morrow’s election have been cer
tified.
On the basis of the primary re
turns, and from the possible
weight Alaska voters might give
to Democratic gains in national
voting three weeks ago, Democrats
appear to have an edge.
However, with one exception,
Republican hopes could not be
discounted in the major races.
E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, 54, was re
garded by all as a certain winner
of one of the two Senate seats.
Bartlett, a Democrat who has
served 14 years as Alaska’s non
voting Delegate to Congress, had
litle opposition from Republican
R. E. Robertson, 73, and Indepen
dent Keith Capper.
Republican Mike Stepovich, 39,
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Public Hearings
Planned For 1959
Fishing Regulations
WASHINGTON, UR — The In
terior Department announced yes
terday it has scheduled six addi
tional public hearings in Alaska
on the proposed elimination of
fish traps in the territory.
The additional hearings, sub
ject to change if adverse weather
interrupts proceedings, will be
held at Ketchikan and Kodiak on
January 6; Dillingham, January
7; Wrangell, January 8; Cordova,
January 9, and Sitka, January 12.
Earlier hearings were sched
uled to be held in Seattle Decem
ber 6; in Juneau on December 10,
11 and 12, and in Anchorage on
December 17, 18 and 19. Inter
ested parties are invited to voice
their views on proposed fishing
regulations for the 1959 season
starting about May 1.
The Department said Secretary
of Interior Fred A. Seaton, who
has been traveling throughout
Alaska, reported the keen interest
and concern shown by Alaskans
in their fishery resources had
prompted expansion of the hear
ings.