THE NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL'. LX No. 147 NOMeTaLASKaTWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1958_Per Copy—15r
Defiance by Registration Officials
Is Termed ‘Reprehensible’ by Ike
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Iff) — President
Eisenhower today called it repre
hensible for public officials to re
fuse to produce evidence about
Negro voter registration.
At a news conference the Pres
ident dealt specifically with such
defiance in Alabama and also
with defiance of the law generally.
At his first meeting with re
porters since November 5, Eisen
hower also said he knows of no
reason to question reports that the
Soviet Union has developed an in
tercontinental ballistic missile
capable of delivering a warhead
almost 3,700 miles.
As for published reports the So
viet Union has test flown an atom
powertc plane, Eisenhower said
this government has received no
intelligence — no reliable infor
mation — that they have flown
such a plane.
Eisenhower was asked for com
ment on the refusal by Alabama
public officials to supply Negro
voter registration data to the fed
eral Civil Rights Commission.
In the light of that develop
ment, the" Commission Tuesday
started legal action to compel the
officials to produce such data.
The President remarked that he
doesn’t feel very well about the
defiance in Alabama.
He said he picked the commis
sion very carefully, making sure
that some southerners were in
cluded on it.
It is a rather sad sort of thing,
Eisenhower went on, when such
defiance develops. He said all
around the country we are run
ning into refusals to comply with
the basic laws of the land that
have been upheld as toeing legal
and proper.
The news conference also dealt
with these other matters:
Berlin — Eisenhower said that
in the current crisis there the
United States will continue to
stand for unification of all Ger
many — and against any move
toy Russia to strike at the free
dom and security of West Berlin.
Truman — With a show of irri
tation, Eisenhower said he has a
little too much sense to get mad
at anyone. This was in comment
on former President Truman’s re
mark Mondy that Eisenhower has
been mad at him since the 1952
campaign. Truman further said:
“I don’t give a damn.”
Democrats — Commenting on
the legislative program recom
mended toy the Democratic Ad
visory Council, Eisenhower won
dered how the opposition party
expects to raise enough tax money
to pay for such a program.
Ty Power’s Estate
Will Go To His Family
LOS ANGELES, UF> — Most of
Tyrone Power’s estate will go to
his widow, children, mother and
sister.
His will did not mention his two
previous wives, actress Annabel
la and Linda Christian.
Power, 45, died November 15
in Spain. ^
Value of the estate was not dis
closed when his will was filed for
probate Monday. The will directs
that the estate be divided into
trust funds for his widow Debor
ah and their unborn child; his
daughter, Romina, 7, and Taryn,
5, by Miss Christian; his mother
Mrs. Patia Power and his sister
Mrs. Anne Hardertberg.
Portland Family of Five
Vanishes While On Hunt
For Christmas Tree
PORTLAND, Ore., UP) — A Port
land family of five vanished after
setting out to hunt a Christmas
tree Sunday.
Sheriff’s deputies say their best
lead placed Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Martin and their three daughters
on Larch Mountain Sunday after
noon.
The 4,000-foot high mountain,
at the west end of the Columbia
River Gorge, was searched inten
sively Tuesday.
The search began when Martin,
54, an employe of an electric com
pany here, failed to report to work
on Monday.
Bomb Explosion Kills Six Persons
In Headquarters of California Cult
CHATS WORTH, Calif, UP) — A
bomb blew up headquarters of the
Fountain of the World religious
cult today, killing at least six per
sons.
Six bodies were recovered, two
persons are missing.
One body was identified as 11
month-old Elwin J. Shanafelt,
one of 14 children asleep in the
building.
The cult leader, Krishna Venta,
bearded, barefoot mystic in flow
ing robes who frequently led his
similarly garbed followers to aid
in earthquake, fire or flood dis
asters, was tentatively identified
as one who perished.
Police and sheriff’s officers of
Los Angeles and neighboring Ven
tura County believe the infernal
device that blasted in darkness
about 2 a.m. was brought to the
headquarters in a canvas bag by
a man.
The FBI entered the case, of
fering its investigation and lab
ratory facilities to local authori
ties.
Venta has called himself the
master of the WKFL Fountain of
the World. The initials stand for
the aims of the sect — Wisdom,
Knowledge, Faith and Love.
He has described himself as
having a “lifelong dedication to
God.” Each Easter it has been the
practice of the cult to portray a
crucifixion scene, with Venta in
the role of Christ. This year Venta
was out of the state at the time
and did not take his usual role.
The bombing was the latest in
a series to hit religious groups
throughout the ountry.
Five Jewish structures have
been damaged by bombs in three
southern states this year.
.- A
PRIVILEGED DUCK . . .
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. (iP) — The
State Conservation Department
received word today of the mi
gration of one of the mallard
ducks banded in the Willow
Slough State Game Preserve in
northwest Indiana September 28.
The department reported the
duck fell before a hunter’s shot
gun blast at Cedar Point Club near
Toledo, Ohio, November, 7.
The hunter: President Eisen
hower.
Nome Prepares
For Christmas
With onlv 12 shopping days left,
Nome is taking on a most holiday
atmosphere. The Volunteer Fire
Department has lined the business
district with hundreds of colored
lights. There is music in the air
from two business houses.
All stores hve put on extra
clerks and have wonderful dis
plays of interesting merchandise
from which to choose gifts which
are gift wrapped upon request or
held for Christmas delivery.
The Community Christmas cele
bration is slated for Friday, De
cember 19th, when folks will ga
ther at the Schdol Auditorium for
a program prepared by the stu
dents of Nome Public Schol and
the School Band.
Funds being raised voluntarily
for this annual celebrtion are
being collected by Grace Her
man, Everett Bachelder, Clem
Boucher, Bill Caldwell, Bob Em
mons, Don Perkins, Allen Doyle,
Francis Roth, Nels Swanberg and
the whole program has been spear
headed by Mary Andersen, who
has given her time for many years.
Contribution jars have been
prepared and placed in business
houses and voluntary contributions
can be left with the City Clerk
or the N. C. Cat Shop.
Santa will be at the School on
the afternoon of December 20th
with socks full of goodies for the
small fry. Mrs. Bronson is chair
man, with members of the Aurora
Circle filling the stockings fo
Santa.
Olaf Hlvorson has charge of the
big community tree, and will
choose his decorating committee
from the students of Nome High.
The big tree is being flown in by
Alaska Airlines.
Christmas cheer baskets are
being prepared, and nyone who
knows of a needy family should
call the City Clerk or Mary An
dersen.
The more contributions received,
the more baskets there will be.
Be a Santa’s helper, and give gen
erously !
•President Eisenhower Will Not Visit
The 49th State During the Winter
WASHINGTON, UPI — President
Eisenhower left open today the
question whether he may visit
Alaska when it formally becomes
the 49th State.
Asked at his news conference
about the possibility of a visit by
him and Mrs. Eisenhower, the
President said he would like to
give some thought to the idea.
Then he added with a grin that
he didn’t much like to consider
going there in the winter time.
The mechanics are that Eisen
hower must issue a proclamtion
after formal certification of the
vote in the Alaskan election. The
certification is expected the latter
part of this month.
Even aS Eisenhower was hold
ing his news conference, an Alas
ka-sized birthday cake — 40 inches
wide, 54 inches long and eight
inches high — was being presented
Secretary Seaton at the Interior
Department by the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce.
The cake weighed 265 pounds
crated. It was the largest sized
cake that could be shipped from
Fairbanks by plane — tailored
to the measurements of the plane’s
door openings.
Seaton also was presented a
plaque of honorary lifetime mem
bership in the Fairbanks Chamber
and describing him as Alask’s
best friend.
The cake was decorated in the
motif of an open book. “This is
the history of a brand new state,”
it was inscribed. Then some ma
jor events in Alaska’s history
were noted, starting with the pur
chase from Russia October 18,
1867.
The last inscription said: “My
stars were both 49. Happy birth
day — Fred Seaton, from the
heart of your ‘New State’.”
The Fairbanks Chamber last
year also sent Seaton a mammoth
birthday cake.
The Secretary said he will agin
present the cake to Childrens Hos
pital here after it has been on dis
play in the Interior Department.
Fred Mosquito Killed
In Anchorage Mishap
ANCHORAGE — One of Alas
ka’s few remaining igloo builders,
Fred Mosquito, lost his life last
Thursday night when struck by a
skidding car.
Mosquito, who came to Anchor
age from Mary’s Igloo, a village
north of Nome, was fatally in
jured when struck by a car driven
by M/Sgt. William J. Kuhlman
of Elmendorf AFB.
Plan Proposes 11 Executive Depts.
In Alaska’s New State Government
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Federal and State
In Test of Strength
In Alabama Today
MONTGOMERY, Ala., iff) — An
explosive new test of strength be
tween the state and federal gov
ernments — unequalled since
Little Rock — boiled up in Ala
bama today over the issue of Ne
gro voting.
State and county officials who
defied the U. S. Civil Rights Com
mission’s first attempt to investi
gate complaints of racial discri
mination stood their ground in the
face of threatened federal court
action.
The Justice Department in
Washington, acting at the Com
mission’s request, started proceed
ings Tuesday to ask for a court
order to compel voter registration
officials to produce their records
and answer questions about the
conduct of their offices.
U. S. District Attorney Hart
well Davis in Montgomery said a
short time later his office was
“working on” a petition to be filed
with District Judge Frank M.
Johnson Jr. but declined to say
when the action might be taken.
Refusal to obey a federal court
order, if Johnson issues one, could
bring jail sentences for contempt.
In the two-day hearing, which
came to an abrupt halt Tuesday,
six voter registrars refused to be
questioned about registration of
voters.
WEATHER FORECAST
Colder with north winds. Wind
40 to 60 m.p.h. Thursday, Contin
ued cold, winds 20 to 30 m.p.h.
Low tonight -5, high tomorrow 0.
Maximum winds during last
night’s storm reach a velocity of
57 m.p.h., coming from the NE.
Temperatures: Highest 27, low
est 9. Sunrise at 9:47 a.m., sunset
at 2:01 p.m.
1 JUNEAU, — A proposal call
ing for ll executive departments
within the new Alaska State gov
ernment was made public today.
The agencies would include a
combined Department of Health
and Welfare and a Department of
Education headed by a commis
sioner appointed by the Governor.
The recommendation was con
tained in a summary report pre
pared by Public Administration
Service (PAS) for the Alaska
Statehood Committee.
Copies of the report were sent
to Governor-elect William Egan,
all members of the first State
Legislature, Alaska’s Congres
sional Delegation-elect, and to
Territorial and federal officials.
The report is designed to serve
as a guide to the Governor and
members of the Legislature when
they take up consideration of the
organization of the new State
government.
PAS said a detailed report on
its proposed organization of the
new State’s executive, branch
would be issued within the nex*
few weeks.
Other studies to be made pub
lic at about the same time include
reports on proposed orgai-izatic 1
ot the rew State’s nidicial sys
tem, on personnel administra .ion
and on local government itad -r
the Alaska Constitution.
The outline of the executive
branch proposal notes that the
State Constitution provides for a
maximum of 20 departments with
in the Alaska government.
“This report recommends that
■ all administrative functions be as
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Ralph Rivers Gets
Quarters In New
House Office Bldg.
WASHINGTON, UP) — Represen
tative-elect Ralph Rivers, soon
to be Alaska’s first voting House
member, has one less problem to
face than his two Senate col
leagues, Senators-elect E. L. Bart
lett and Ernest Gruening.
Rivers already knows where he
will be housed officially when the
session begins. It’s Suite 1540, a
two-room office on the fifth flpor
of the new House Office Building.
It was chosen for him by proxy
by Mary Lee Council, chief aide
to Bartlett, at a drawing held for
new members to determine their
priority in the selection of office
space. Although her draw gave her
only 43rd choice, she still was able
to claim one of the five offices
an earlier scouting trip had con
vinced her offered the best
choices.
Bartlett and Gruening, howev
er, still haven’t been advised
where they will be quartered when
Congress convenes. Because the
new Senate Office building will
not be available for occupancy
until possibly' March, new sena
tors will be moving into the of
fices of their predecessors. Neither
of Alaska’s first time Senators, nat
urally, had a predecessor.
This has prompted some wags to
suggest they might keep the flavor
of the northland by setting up
shop originally beneath the spread
ing boughs of the Christmas tree
in the building’s rotunda.
While no definite decision has
been reached, Bartlett aides re
port official assurances that suit
able quarters will be found by
the time Congress convenes.