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VOL. LXII No. 58 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1960 Per Copy 15*
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Soviet Air Force Chief Postpones Visit
To U. S. Until ‘More Suitable Time’
WASHINGTON, (#> — Soviet
Russia, continuing its jabs at the
United States because of the
American spy plane incident, to
day-called off a visit to this coun
try by its air force chief.
Chief Air Marshal K. A. Vershi
nin, who was due to arrive tomor
row to be a guest at U. S. mili
tary demonstrations, informed the
Pentagon that “it would be more
appropriate to postpone my visit
to the United States until a more
suitable time.”
This raised new doubts here as
to whether President Eisenhower
would be welcome in Russia on his
proposed good will mission there
in June. However, diplomatic
authorities said it was not neces
sarily a sign that Premier Khrush
chev would ask Eisenhower to
delay or cancel his journey.
Khrushchev might have post
poned the Soviet air marshal’s
trip because it would have been
embarrassing domestically, it was
said. Soviet authorities would
have had to explain why their top
air force man was talking in
friendly fashion with American
military chiefs who were involved
in sending spy flights over the So
viet Union.
Expect Much Propaganda
Some diplomats expect Khrush
chev to milk all the propaganda
he can from the espionage plane
incident but to stop short of asking
Eisenhower to put off his trip.
The U. S. Air Force had planned
a welcome for Vershinin commen
surate with his high rank.
In another development today,
Norway formally protested to the
United States against pilot Powers’
reported plan to land his plane in
Norway after flying across Russia.
The Russians have alleged that
was the pilot’s intention, but offi
cials have cast doubt on that with
out saying where the pilot was
supposed to land.
Pakistan disclosed plans to
lodge a protest with this country
if it confirms Russian reports that
the plane took off from a base
in Pakistan.
These developments raised
doubts as to how far the United
States would be able to go through I
with its announced plans to con
tinue intelligence flights over So
viet territory.
It was not known immediately,
however, how far Norway and
Pakistan might be just going
through a formal process of de
claring their innocence.
President Eisenhower has de
clared that intelligence activities
are distasteful but necessary with
the world as it is. He has stated
the United States must not open
itself to the possibility of another
Pearl Harbor.
Were To See U.S. Weapons
The Soviet group had been in
vited to attend a demonstration
of U. S. military power at an
Armed Forces Day exhibit at An
drews Air Force Base near Wash
ington. Thereafter, they were to
have toured several important
U. S. Air Force centers.
The Soviet air chief and nine
other Soviet air officers were to
have been guests of U. S. Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. Thomas
D. White.
The invitation was in return
for the courtesies extended Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, then Air Force
Chief, on a visit to the Soviet
Union in 1956. Twining is now
chairman of the U. S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
The case of the spy flight seems
certain to figure importantly in
the summit conference opening in
Paris Monday. It is believed here
that Soviet Premier Khrushchev
may likely demand that the'
United States promise to stop its
spy flights over Russia.
Report Pilot
Powers Was “Sold
Out” to Russians
NEW YORK, UB — The New
York Daily News said in a copy
righted story today that American
pilot Francis Powers was “sold
out” and that a manhunt has been
launched for the agent who did it.
The News said Powers was a
sitting duck from the time he left
his home base in Turkey and that
Soviet radar tracked him all the
way.
The article said that Powers
had an engine flameout above
70,000 feet and descended to 37,000
feet in an effort to restart the
engine.
But Powers was unable to re
start it and was instructed by
radio to bail out and blow up the
aircraft. Obviously, said the News,
these orders either were not re
ceived or were disregarded.
In Washington today, the State
Department and Central Intelli
gence Agency declined official
comment, but authorities said
there was no reason to believe
that Powers had been sold out or
that his flight had been tipped
off to the Soviets by an agent or
in any other way.
Concerning the flameout re
port, they said this was one of
several theories of what happened.
They refused to say what the other
theories were.
Aly Khan, Playboy
Prince, Killed in Car Crash
By HARVEY HUDSON
PARIS ,lff>—Prince Aly Khan —
playboy, sportsman, lover of beau
tiful women and apprentice dip
lomat — was killed last night at
the wheel o fa sorts car.
After an afternoon at Long
champs Race Track outside Paris,
the 48-year-old prince was driving
to St. Cloud for a dinner party
when his Lancia coupe and a light
sedan collided headon.
The wealthy prince met -death
in a dinner jacket with a beau
tiful woman by his side.
Bettina, former French model
who has been his constant com
panion in Europe in recent years,
suffered a face cut and blood
poured over her green silk evening
gown. She was given first aid
treatment at a hospital and re
leased.
The fun-loving Prince, who
turned to sober diplomacy in 1958
as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the
United Nations, was rushed to a
hospital but died in an elevator
on the way to the operating room.
Hospital attaches said he suf
fered a fractured skull, broken
legs, and perhaps a broken neck.
The driver of the other car es
caped with minor injuries.
Bettina, whose real name is
Simone Bodin, told investigators
Aly — a racing driver in his youth
— was not driving fast at the time
of the accident.
Nome to Observe j
Armed Forces Day |
Next Wednesday
Plans for the big celebration on
Armed Forces Day are progress
ing in a big way, starting with a
Proclamation by Mayor Andersen
requesting citizens to lay aside
their every-day work and to take
part in the ceremonies.
There will be at least 60 mili
tary guests in town that day, and
the hospitality of the community
will include providing meals on
Wednesday. The women of Nome
have organized to serve luncheon
at the Pioneer Igloo; the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Rotary
Club are providing dinner for the
group Wednesday evening, and
the Junior Chamber — the Jay
cees — will see that the enter
tainers who are remaining over
night to put on a show at the
School, will be billeted and given
breakfast.
Wien Airlines is furnishing bus
service, and will give all of the
visitors who desire a guided tour.
School will be dismissed at noon
on Wednesday, so that the stu
dents may view the parade or
participate.
Bureau of Public Roads person
nel will take time off for the
afternoon parade and other special
events. »
The Girl Scouts are planning
to serve light refreshments at the
airport.
Major Flanagan states that two
large planes have been assigned to
bring the military persons and in
struments and special display in
on Wednesday, at which time the
speaker for the day, General Gor
don Austin, will arrive.
The program will start early in
the afternoon, and listing of events
will be published in Monday’s
edition of The Nugget.
Limits May be
Lifted on Parcel
Post to New States
WASHINGTON — Legislation
to restore the size and weight lim
itations on parcel post packages
mailed to or from Alaska and Ha
waii which existed when they
were territories received initial
approval when the Post Office
Subcommittee this week voted to
send the measure to the full Sen
ate Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service.
The bill, introduced by Senator
Long of Hawaii and co-sponsored
by Senators Johnston, Fong,
Gruening and Bartlett, was ap
proved by the subcommittee when
general legislation to raise the
size and weight limitations
throughout the country failed of
approval. The size and weight
limitations of 100 inches in length
and girth combined and 70 pounds
in weight were permitted for par
cel post packages to and from the
territories but with Statehood,
the shipments were cut to the size
applying to the 48 states, namely,
72 inches in length and girth com
bined and 20 pounds in weight
for packages mailed to and from
any first-class office in the new
states for delivery to another first
class post office, or mailed from
any first-class post office for de
livery to a first-class post office
in Alaska and Hawaii.
Two Seal Hunters Are
Missing At Kotzebue
ANCHORAGE, 1*1 — An Alas
kan Air Command spokesman said
today that the Civil Air Patrol at
Kotzebue is looking for two miss
ing seal hunters in the Kotzebue
area.
Three other hunters who were
stranded with the men when a
section of ice broke off from along
the shore made their way to safe
ty when the floe drifted back
against shore ice, the spokesman
said.
But the other two — Noah Jes
sup and York Wilson — are un
reported. /
The three who made their way
to one of the shore camps near
Cape Espenberg are Paul Willock,
Enoch Howart and Lee Ferris.
An Air Force life raft, flown to
Kotzebue last night from Ladd
Air Force Base, is available for
use should the missing pair be
spotted in the sound.
It is presumed at this time that
they made shore but have not yet
reported into one of several shore
hunting camps.
Eisenhower Vetoes Bill to
Aid Depressed Areas
WASHINGTON, (*> — President
Eisenhower today vetoed the 25,1
million-dollar depressed areas bill.
The Democratic-sponsored bill
would have set up a program of
federal loans and grants to help
communities with economic prob
lems such as mining towns or
abandoned railroad centers.
There appeared to be little
chance the veto — Eisenhower’s
161st — could be overridden.
Neither the House nor Senate
passed the bill by anything like
a two-thirds margin.
Only one Eisenhower veto has
been overridden in his more than
seven years in office. That was on
a measure containing funds for
flood control, rivers and harbors
and various other public works
projects last year.
U. S. Fails To Orbit
Giant ‘Echo’ Balloon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., —
The 'United States tried but ap
parently failed today in an effort
to sail a giant balloon satellite
into orbit around the earth as a
reflector f or long-range radio
waves.
The experiment, called Project
Echo, will be tried again later
this year. Its ultimate aim is a pro
cession of 100-foot aluminum
coated plastic spheres circling the
planet as dependable backboards
for world-wide communication
signals.
Today’s balloon, collapsed in
side a 26V4-inch magnesium ball,
got off to an apparently good start
from this missile test station on
the nose of a towering Thor
Delta rocket. The aim was to eject
the balloon and inflate it at orbit
level.
Ground observers saw the sec
ond stage rocket take over in the
sky some three minutes later but
contact was soon lost.
EGAN TO ATTEND
SEATTLE GOVERNORS' TALKS
JUNEAU, Ufi — Gov. William A.
Egan leaves here tomorrow for
Seattle and a meeting of the West
ern State Governors. The session
is scheduled at Seattle from Sun
day- through Wednesday.
On Thursday, the Governor is
scheduled to serve as grand mar
shal at the Spokane Lilac Festival.
He plans to return to Juneau the
following day.
Anti-American
Feeling Runs
High In Havana
By RICHARD VALERIANI
HAVANA, (*l — Shouts of “Get
out! Get out!” greeted every men
tion of U. S. Ambassador Philip
Bonsai at a hysterical five-hour
anti-American rally at Havana
University that carried into the
early hours today.
More than 15,000 students,
workers and civilian militiamen
were whipped into a frenzy by
student and union leaders rant
ing against “Yankee Imperialism,”
and charging repeatedly that the
United States is preparing an in
vasion of Cuba.
The anti-American tempers
were fanned by the killing of an
American civilian pilot, Matthews
Edward Duke, 45, outside Havana.
Officials said he was trying to fly
out Cubans branded by the Castro
regime as war criminals. The gov
ernment said he landed on the
highway, saw an ambush was
waiting for him, and was shot as
he tried to take off again.
Extra details of Cuban police
stood guard outside the glass
walled U. S. Embassy, about a
mile from the University demon
stration. The demonstrators made
no attempt to attack he Embassy,
however.
Juneau Girl Goes
On For Star In
‘Sound of Music’
NEW YORK, UP) — Renee Guer
in, a beauteous Alaskan newcomer
to Broadway, filled in for Mary
Martin last night in the star role
in the play, “The Sound of
Music,” and won prolonged plau
dits from the audience.
Miss Martin was unable to ap
pear because of a touch of influ- ..
enza. Miss Guerin, 23, ordinarily i,
plays the part of a posulant, or %
candidate for a religious order, in r \
the show.
“I was one numb nun the first
few minutes on stage,” she said
after last night’s performance op
posite leading man Theodore
Nikel.
“But after that I got over my
nervousness.”
Miss Guerin, who comes from
Juneau, attracted Miss Martin’s
attention in Los Angeles in 1957
when Miss Martin was playing
there in “Annie Get Your Gun.’’
Miss Guerin had a part in that
show, and was the second person
engaged — after Miss Martin —
for a part in “The Sound of
Music.”
Miss Guerin said she didn’t
mind that Miss Martin soon will
be back in the role.
“Once you’ve gone on and done
it twice in a row, I mean, well,
that’s it,” she said. “There’s noth
ing more to do.”
She said the play’s authors,
Russel Crouse and Howard Lind
say, had given her encourage
ment backstage last night and
that she asked Crouse “When are
you going to do a play about
Alaska?”
“He asked me why,” she said,
“and I told him ‘Because I’m big
in Alaska.’ ”
WEATHER FORECAST
Decreasing cloudiness and part
ly cloudy tonight and Satur
day. Lowest temp, expected to
night 35-40, high tomorrow 40-45.