_OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 29 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961 Per Copy 15*
Two Republicans Slam Senate Action
Of Approving Additional Jobless Pay
JUNEAU — Two Anchorage
Republicans hit hard today the
Senate’s action yesterday in ap
proving, for the second time, an
extension of the employment
security benefits period from 26
to 28 weeks.
Sens. Howard Pollock and Brad
Phillips both criticized what they
called executive interference in
the legislative process.
Both accused Gov. Egan of
using his office to influence sen
ators who had voted against the
bill when the Senate defeated
it last Tuesday to switch sides
when the upper chamber rescind
ed its action and passed the bill
yesterday.
Sen. John McNees took sharp
issue with Pollock and Phillips.
“We have done a disservice to
the people of Alaska and have
made a mockery of the term
“good business climate” to which
we apparently are only willing
to give lip service,” Pollock said.
“Some of those who spoke most
eloquently against this wasteful
and useless measure only a few
days ago apparently succumbed
to the pressure of the governor,
who himself must have been sub
jected to considerable pressure,
or who simply was misinformed.
“These same antagonists of the
bill a few days ago suddenly
changed their minds and helped
to pass the measure they once
had the courage and determina
tion to defeat.”
Pollock said the State Senate
bill was premature and uneces
sary in view of efforts on the
congressional level to provide 13
additional weeks of emergency
employment security benefits.
While the state’s businessmen
will be required to pay for the
additional two weeks provided
for in the state bill, Pollock said
the jobless worker will not re
ceive any benefits from those pay
ments because the two weeks will
be absorbed in the federal pro
gram.
Pollock said he also objected
to the state Senate bill on the
grounds that it would not help
the small wage earner, but only
those unemployed workers in the
BIA Works on Plans to
Provide 5,000 School Seats
For Indians and Eskimos
WASHINGTON — Secretary
of the Interior Udall said yester
day the Indian Bureau is already
at work on plans to provide 5,000
additional school seats for Indian
and Eskimo pupils and to correct
unsafe federal Indian school facili
ties.
He told a news conference this
was in line with an order received
from President Kennedy, who an
nounced the action at his own
news conference Wednesday.
Udall said it is expected to take
a week or 10 days to complete the
plans. A specific request then will
be submitted to Congress.
“Swift action was possible,”
Udall said, “because the Bureau
has for some time been formulat
ing long-range plans for expand
ing and modernizing its nation
wide school system for Indian
youngsters.
“The most urgent needs are in
the Navajo area of New Mexico
and Arizona where we have a
shortage of about 3,700 seats and
in Alaska where we need roughly
1,000.”
1 higher wage brackets.
Phillips agreeing with Pollock
commented:
“Politics and common sense
met headon and common sense
lost the battle.”
Phillips said the two week ex
tension of benefits would cost ap
proximately a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
“The people of this state need
roads, schools and services that
could be paid for with this one
quarter million dollars.”
Commenting on the governor’s
role in the switch of votes, Phil
lips said:
“It is indeed a sad commentary
on the Democratic process when
legislators cannot make up their
own minds on such important is
sues, but, instead, have to be sub
ject to the political pressures of
the Chief Executive.”
McNees said the bill would
benefit the small wage earner as
well as the large wage earner and
would have no adverse affect on
the state’s business community.
“Nothing but admiration can be
expressed for these members of
the Senate, who, when presented
with the facts, had the courage
to reverse their previous stand
and vote for the extension of
benefit durations,” McNees said.
“This is one more progressive
step in the field of employment
security.”
TWO U. S. ICEBREAKERS
BREAK LOSE AFTER 29 DAYS
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (/R
— Battering through thick ice,
the U. S. Icebreakers Glacier and
Staten Island have started toward
the open sea after being held fast
29 days off the coast of the Thurs
ton Peninsula in the Antarctic,
according to the New Zealand
Press Association.
The ships were caught last
month returning from a scienti
fic expedition to the Bellings
hausen Sea. On March 7, a mile
wide lead of open water appear
ed 500 yards north of the Glacier.
A decision was made to try to
reach it.
When free they will return to
the United States.
TV WILL NEVER SUPPLANT
THE PRINTED WORD
NEW YORK UP) — Television
will never supplant the printed
word in politics, says former Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
In a telegram Thursday to the
annual banquet of the Radio and
Television Executives Society,
Nixon said:
“Television is powerful but still
is an infant factor in politics. It
will never supplant the printed
word, but its full force is yet to
be seen and employed.”
THE WEATHER FORECAST
(B-r-r-r-r !)
Continued fair and cold. Low
tonight -30, high tomorrow 0 to
-5. In the last 24 hour as of 7:00
a. m. today. High of 0, Low of -30.
Sunrise at 6:38 a. m., sunset at
5:47 p. m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
High of 17, low of -5. Extremes
on this date since 1907: High of
36 in 1949, low of -30 in 1930.
Last night’s low of 30 below
zero equalled the lowest ever re
corded here on the same day—
-30 in 1930.
At Nenana today at 11 a.m. it
it was fair with a ature of!
21 above. I
IRATE FATHER BEATS
TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY
ANCHORAGE ijPi — A two
year-old boy underwent emer
i gency surgery at Providence Hos
I pital for injuries received in a
beating, police said, was admin
istered by the child’s father.
The child was reported in
critical condition, but following
an operation to check internal
bleeding is now in satisfactory
condition.
The father, Raymond Leo Mas
ters, 24, has been jailed on a
charge of assault with a danger
ous weapon.
Police were called into the case
by the Welfare Department which
took the child into protective cus
tody.
Under questioning, Masters —
who was babysitting while his
wife works — admitted beating
the child several times, including
an attack earlier this week which
resulted in severe injuries.
Police said the man could give
no reason for the beatings.
MAJOR SPACE PROBLEMS
REMAIN TO BE SOLVED
MOSCOW UP) — A Russian
scientist indicated today that
despite Soviet recovery of another
space ship with a dog inside,
major problems remain to be
solved before a Soviet man is
shot into space.
Prof. Ivan Maisky, director for
the experimental Biology Insti
tute, told the newspaper Moscow
Pravda:
“Scientists are not yet unani
mous in their conclusions on the
effect of weightlessness due to
the removal of the earth’s force
of gravity on living organisms.
It is not yet clear, either, what
stresses precisely a man can stand
during the takeoff and landing
of a space ship.”
LIZ TAYLOR BREATHES
WITHOUT OXYGEN MACHINE
LONDON UP) — Elizabeth Tay
lor breathed today without the
aid of an oxygen machine for the
first time in a week.
“The machine is still in her
room,” said Sue Cardozo, a friend
of the film star and her tem
porary press secretary, “but she’s
getting along without it right
now.”
Miss Taylor, 29, was taken off
the danger list Thursday after a
desperate battle against double
pneumonia in which the doctors
twice despaired of saving her.
Early today her pulse and tem
perature were normal and a bulle
tin said she was “further im
proved.”
EVERYBODY CELEBRATES
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
MEMPHIS, Tenn. UP) — Here’s
the scheduled program for the
Irish Society’s St. Patrick’s Day
dinner here:
Eddie Bousson, of French de
scent, and Jimmie Demopolous
• Greek) will sing Irish songs.
Louie Fherini (Italian) and his
orchestra will play. Rudy Willing,
(Jewish), will be master of cere
monies.
Resolution Passed Calling
Calling for Road to Kotzebue
JUNEAU UP) — The House yes
terday passed a measure calling
for the construction of a road
from Kotzebue to link with the
road from Salmon Lake to Nome.
The resolution was sponsored by
Jacob Stalker.
Negotiations With
State Contractors
Breaks Down
SEATTLE (JP\ — Contract nego- 1
tiations between the Alaska Chap
ter of the Associated General
Contractors and several construc
tion unions broke down Wednes
day night.
The contracts expired March 1
but a strike has not been sched
uled. Negotiations have been going
on almost continuously in An
chorage since Febraury 23.
Agreement has been reached
on only about a third of 35 issues
in contention in the Alaska dis
pute, and they are regarded as
minor. Agreement has not been
reached on any cost items.
The unions originally asked a
50 cent hourly wage increase and
other benefits, it was reported.
The negotiations opened with
participation by laborers, operat
ing engineers, plasterers, cement
masons, bricklayers, lathers, team
sters and ironworkers.
The Carpenters’ Union, which
negotiated separately, has one
more year to run on a three-year
agreement. The carpenters will
get a 23-cent-hourly wage in
crease this year.
Meteorology Classes
Will Begin Monday
Meteorology classes of the Civil
Air Patrol observor training
course will begin Monday, March
13, at 7:30 p. m. in Room 3 of
the Nome High School with Ash
Craft as instructor. The course
will be of two weeks duration
with classes held Monday and
Wednesday nights at the same
time and place.
The course is free of charge
and open to all interested per
sons. The work text is a 75-cent
handbook. Craft stated that the
course is on Aeronautical Meteor
ology for the commercial pilot
and is heavily oriented to the
Nome and Seward Peninsula area
with specific attention on weather
influence from general synoptic
situation, general trends, topo
graphy, and seasonal change.
Some of interesting weather
topics covered will be on how the
pilot can recognize the conditions
favorable to the formation of fog,
cloud formations and other flight
hazards peculiar to the Nome
area.
Craft, who has been with the
U. S. Weather Bureau for almost
20 years, has spent 9 years in
the Nome office of the Weather
Bureau. He is the supervising
forecaster and is a rated pilot.
Funeral Services Sunday
For Daniel Ahmasuk
Daniel Ahmasuk, 9-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ahma
suk, who suffered a head injury
believed to have happened while
sledding on E St., passed away
Wednesday at the hospital.
Funeral services are planned
for Sunday at the Covenant
Church. All arrangements have
not yet been completed.
Surviving are three brothers,
Harold Jr., Harrison and Wesley;
four sisters: Mrs. Gene Amaden of
Wisconsin, Mrs. Howard Slwooko
of Elim, Mrs. Arnott Castell Jr.,
and Edna Ahmasuk of Nome.
In an effort to save the boy’s
life, the Iron Lung which was
placed in the MMM Hospital by
i the National Foundation through j
the March of Dimes recently, was
used for the first time. >
JFK Urges Nikita
To Cooperate
On I ^aos Crisis
WASHINGTON itfi — President
Kennedy has strongly urged So
viet Premier Khrushchev to co
operate with the United States in
making war-torn Laos a complete
ly neutral nation, lest the con
flict there explode into a much
greater East-West clash.
Specifically, Kennedy wants
Khrushchev to choke off the pre
sently heavy flow of Soviet arms
to the pro-Communist rebels in
Northern and Eastern Laos before
the United States decides it is
compelled to launch a counter
buildup of forces under the pro
Western government of Premier
Boun Oum.
The President was reported to
day to have advised Khrushchev
that the United States is fully
prepared to submit its own mili
tary assistance to Laos of secreen
ing by a commission composed
of represenatives of neutral na
tions, assuming that Khrushchev
would agree to the same kind of
supervision over Soviet arms aid.
Kennedy’s position was made
known to Khrushchev by U. S.
Ambassador Thompson who spent
four hours with the Soviet Prem
ier in the city of Novosibirsk
Thursday, it was reported here.
Thompson immediately return
ed to his headquarters in Moscow
and set about drawing up a full
report for Kennedy and Secretary
of State Dean Rusk. He said it
would be rushed to Washington.
Administration officials declared
it would receive prompt attention
from the President.
Diplomatic authorities here said
that the Laos crisis was fore
most among many subjects which
the U. S. diplomat and the So
viet Premier discussed. Thomp
son had carried a written message
from Kennedy to Khrushchev ex
pressing hope for an improve
ment in U. S.-Soviet relations
and declaring Kennedy’s complete
confidence in Thompson.
In addition Thompson had de
tailed instructions on a wide
variety of subjects, including the
current crisis which carry the
greatest danger of direct military
clashes between American and
Soviet forces backed by thepi.
Seven Nomeites Awarded
First Aid Certificates
Duane Carriker of the Civil Air
Patrol announced that seven
Nome residents have successfully
completed the CAP Red Cross
First Aid course, held at the
Nome High School. Mr. Carriker
was assisted by Betty Shamblin,
R. N., Mrs. Caroline Reader and
Rachel Sperry. The Civil Air Pa
trol requires all rated observers
to be proficient in first aid.
Some of the subjects covered
were the treatment of wounds,
fractures, infection, shock, aspyx
ia, poisoning, frostbites, burns,
heat exhaustion, sprains and dis
locations, as well as transporta
tion and artificial respiration in
cluding the newly adopted meth
ods.
The following were awarded
Red Cross First Aid Certificates:
Dean Alexander, Dale Boehler,
Betty Diede, Robert Workman,
j David Grant, Mary Krogstad and
Mildred Workman.
It was Ernest Hemingway who
observed, (<wc all take a beating
every day, you know, one way or
another.”