Two Polar Bear
Hunters Safe; Pair
Still Missing
ANCHORAGE, UR — Two men
whose plane made an emergency
landing on an ice floe in the Arc
tic Ocean last Friday were safe
in Kotzebue yesterday.
An Air Force helicopter picked
u p Gordon Eastman, Omak,
Wash., and Warren Johnson of
Anchorage, Monday from the ice
off Point Hope, about 300 miles
north of Nome.
The men and two companions
in a separtate plane were on a
polarbear hunting expedition.
Still missing in the same gen
eral area were Leroy Holden, An
chorage and George Baumann of
Nevada, Mo.
Johnson said the two planes
overshot Point Hope and were
forced to land when they ran low
on fuel. He said he watched Hol
den and Baumann’s plane land
safely nearby and the two men
moving around. Both planes soon
sank through the ice.
Meanwhile, the Alaskan Air
Command called off the search for
two other hunters killed in the
crash of their light plane on an
ice floe Feb. 19.
An intensive aerial search re
vealed no trace of Ward Carroll
and G. R. Gordon, officials said.
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Man Who Started The
Cranberry Fuss Drinks
Juice For Breakfast
MEXICO CITY, GTI —The man
who started all the fuss about
tainted cranberries says he feels
so sorry for the growers “I now
drink cranberry juice for break
fast instead of tomato juice.”
Dr. B. T. Shaw of the U. S.
Agriculture Department disclosed
this at a reception last night
where he was honor guest It was
Shaw who first noted that parts
of the 1959 cranberry crop from
Oregon and Washington were
contaminated by a weed killer
that can produce cancer in rats.
Shaw said there was no doubt
the weed killer was being used
improperly but he did not be
lieve it was dangerous.
“Tests proved that a person
would have had to eat 350,000
pounds of cranberries a day to
endanger himself to cancer,” he
said.
Fisheries Vessel En Route
To Study of Fur Seal and
Whales in Alaska Waters
SEATTLE, UP) — The 67-foot
purse seiner Tacoma sailed Mon
day for Sitka on a three-month
research voyage in Alaska waters
to check habits of fur seals and
killer whales.
The U. S. Bureau of Commer
cial Fisheries, which chartered the
vessel, said the work will be done
for the North Pacific Fur Seal
Commission representing the
United States, Canada, Japan and
Russia.
Biologists hope to harpoon
killer whales to examine their
stomachs and find out if they
prey on fur seals. The studies of
tur seals will be to learn their
habits, distribution, reproduction
and degree of mixing with seals
of Asian stock.
The Tacoma is scheduled to re
turn here in mid-June.
Shattering Earthquakes Wreck Port
City in Morocco Kingdom; 1,000 Dead
CASABLANCA, Morocco, W) —
Two massive earthquakes, fire
and a tidal wave wrecked the
Moroccan port city of Agadir yes
terday, killing 1,000 persons and
injuring an equal number, officals
back from the scene reported.
The number of injured may
reach several thousand when res
cue workers are able to make an
accurate tally, the officials said.
The reports were made after
the return from Agadir of Crown
Prince Mohammed V to the
stricken city.
The king ordered a special com
mand post set up outside the city
to direct relief work.
‘‘The new city of Agadir as
well as the Casbah (Moroccan
section) are destroyed and a mass
of ruins,” said one returning eye
witness. “Rescue parties are re
moving the dead and injured.
Most buildings are at least par
tially destroyed.
“In places beds have tumbled
into the streets from apartments.
“I could hear buried children
screaming from piles of rubble.
It is destruction everywhere.
There is blood on the walls and
on the streets.”
U. S. and French armed forces
joined in relief efforts for the
city of 40,000 on the Atlantic
about 340 miles south of Casa
blanca.
Planes flew in doctors and med
ical supplies. The powerful U S
6th Fleet in the Mediterranean
was alerted to send units to
Agadir at full speed if the need
arose.
The earthquakes an hour and 22
minutes apart were of such mag
nitude that measuring instru
ments in the Casablanca observa
tory were damaged. The first
came at 11:41 p.m. Monday, the
second at 1:03 am. Fires broke
out while rescue work was in
progress.
The tidal wave apparently
dashed 300 yards into the city
through the harbor, guarded by a
massive citadel atop a 720-foot
rock. A Spanish ship, the Avelino
Correa, radioed that the dock was
cut in two and all the loading
cranes collapsed.
Morocco’s health minister, Dr.
Youssef Ben Abbes, took to the
Rabat radio to appeal for blood
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donors. He asked full support
from the people “in this terrible
catastrophe.”
Morocco has been an indepen
dent kingdom since 1956. Both
French and U. S. forces, however,
retain bases there. The United
States has five bases, air and
naval, which it expects to give
up in the next couple of years.
The French hold bases they built
up while this Northwest African
territory was divided into French
and Spanish protectorates and the
Tangier international zone.
About 5,000 of Agadir’s resi
dents are of European extraction.
Hotels of the town, a favored
tourist spot, were booked heavily
last weekend.
TUESDAY BASKETBALL
ENDS SEASON PLAY
The Town Women’s Team, the
Alaskans, eked out a win over
the High School Huskies in the
final minutes of play last night.
The series was brought to an
end, with the final score 22 to 21.
The Alaskans were victorious in
two out of the three games played.
The nightcap, played between
the All Stars and the National
Guard, proved to be another
thriller in the final minutes of
play. Only in the last quarter, the
All Stars overtook and moved out
in front. As the final horn sounded
the scoreboard read 44 to 43 in
favor of the All Stars.
The contest made a fitting end
to the basketball season. Fans
were well satisfied with having
seen a fine exhibtion by a group
of top performers.
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Japanese Reject Russian
Protest of U.S. Treaty
TOKYO, 141 — The Japanese
government yesterday rejected a
Soviet protest against the new
Japan-U. S. security pact and
simultaneously approved an
agreement for more than 400 mil
lion dollars worth of trade with
the Russians.
In a note handed to Soviet Am
bassador Nicolai Fedorenko, Pre
mier Nobusuki Kishi’s government
said the Soviet Union has nothing
to fear from the security treaty.
Russia’s insistence that the pact
is aggressive is “not conducive
toward contributing to the main
tenance of world peace,” the note
asserted.
On Oct. 25, 1916, the keel was
laid for the USS California at
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, the
first battleship to be built on the
West Coast.
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State School Board
Pres. Post Filled;
Is Reply to Nome
JUNEAjU, — Alaskans had a
new president of the State Board
of Education before they knew
they’d lost the old one.
It was revealed Monday that
George E. Smith of Palmer had
succeeded Robert Baldwin of
Nome, as president of the new
school board created by the 1959
Legislature.
Governor Egan said the fact
there was no previous announce
ment of the resignation was an
oversight and that he had thought
the matter had been made public.
He said he accepted the resig
tion with regret.
Baldwin submitted his resigna
tion in mid-January, citing the
press of private business.
The change in president came
to light when a telegram was read
to the Senate Monday. The tele
gram was from the Nome School
Board and it endorsed Mrs. Maur
ice Kelliher of Nome, as a suc
cessor to Baldwin. George A.
Bayer, president of the Nome
board, said Mrs. Kelliher was the
group’s unanimous choice to fill
the vacancy.
Governor Egan said Mrs. Kel
liher had been among those un
der consideration for appointment
to succeed Baldwin. He did not
indicate how many others were
considered.
Dr. Theo Norby, State Commis
sioner of Education, said Smith
was elected the new president of
the six-member board at a meet
ing last week.
Air Force Rescue Service
Asked by Bartlett
WASHINGTON, W) — A bill
to establish an Air Force air
rescue service was introduced
this week by Senator Bartlett.
Bartlett, joined by 14 co-spon
sores, said he offered the bill to
forestall a series of cutbacks in
rescue strength recently an
nounced by the Air Force.
The bill would establish an Air
Force mission to “rescue and aid
persons who are in distress as the
result of military and non-mil
tary aircraft accidents” to the ex
tent the defense mission permits.
Under present law, Bartlett
said, the Air Force is not respon
sible for rescue of civilian crash
victims but it has traditionally of
fered assistance to search and
rescue efforts.
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