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VOL. LXII No7l34 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1960 _Per Copy 15.
Allegations of Election Irregularities
Cause GOP Leaders to Check Returns
WASHINGTON, UPi — The Re
publican National Committee to
day asked party officials in 11
states to start legal action that
might lead to a recount of votes
in the presidential election.
The committee said it was act
ing on the basis of thousands of
complaints of fraud in the ballot
ing in the states that gave Sen.
Kennedy a narrow victory over
Vice President Nixon on the basis
of unofficial returns.
A committee aide said Nixon
and Committee Chairman Thrus
ton B. Morton conferred at length
this morning before deciding to
act on the complaints.
Telegrams were sent to state
and county chairman in Delaware,
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina and Texas. These states
have a total of 161 electoral votes.
Word of the 11-state move came
out after Morton himself had told
a reporter about it in lesser de
tail. He put his stress on Illinois
and Texas.
Morton said chairmen had been
asked to make a recheck because
he believes there is “a chance for
human error in such an election.”
Republican state officials were
asked “to take an necessary action
to determine specific complaints
and file them with the local U.S.
Attorney’s Office so that we can
proceed with the investigation of
these reports.”
The Democratic National Chair
man, Sen. Henry M. Jackson of
Washington, said the Republican
action “appears to be based mere
ly on the fact that they’ve lost a
close election. It would be helpful
to have a detailed bill of parti
culars rather than a presentation
of what appears to be a fishing
expedition on a grand scale.”
State laws covering recount
procedures vary, but no recount
can be ordered except on the
basis of a specific complaint, the
committee explained.
An official said the Republican
organization in Cook County, 111.,
has already $25,000 to cover the
cost of recounting 5,000 Chicago
precincts that gave Kennedy a big
majority. Kennedy only carried
the state by about 5,000 votes of
the 4Vfe million cast.
A close political associate of
Nixon said the Nixon camp recog
nizes it is “not living in the age
of mircles.”
Morton said he had been told
that in Waco, Tex., about 39,000
votes had been cast on a local
bond issue proposal. He said only
35,000 votes'were cast in the pre
sidential election.
“It doesn’t stand to reason that
more people would vote on a
bond issue than the presidency,”
he said.
The New York Herald Tribune
said allegations of election irreg
ularities in several states caused
Republican leaders to check all
returns—and wonder if their con
cession of victory to Kennedy
might have been premature.
Leonard W. Hall, chairman of
the Nixon campaign, said a mass
of reports from “almost a dozen
states” indicated there had been
serious irregularities — especially
in Texas and Illinois. But he said
his offhand view was that it may
be too late to “catch enough of
ft” to switch the election result.
Kennedy Will Have
Republicans In
National Security Roles
SEATTLE, UP) — Highly-placed
Republicans will have important
national security roles in Presi
dent-elect Kennedy’s administra
tion, the Democratic National
chairman said today.
Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash.,
declined to speculate on individ
uals, but he added in an inter
view:
“Mr. Kennedy’s whole approach
in national security will be to
keep partisan politics out and
make appointments on the basis
of ability.”
The Washington senator said
last night he will stay on as the
party’s national chairman until
spring.
Jackson was elected chairman
after the party’s national conven
tion in Los Angeles in July. He
said then he hoped to resign be
fore Congress reconvened in Jan
uary.
He has changed his mind, he
said, because of a campaign de
ficit which he said might run as
high as $2 million.
Jackson also said he wants to
remain in the Senate, but might
just possibly accept a cabinet post
if it were offered. He added that
it hasn’t been.
220 Persons Die Climbing
Alps This Year
ROME, UP)—A total of 220 per
sons died in mountain climbing
accidents in the Alps this year, a
survey in the fiye Alpine nations
of Italy, Switzerland, Austria,
Germany and France showed to
day. The toll last year was 281.
Mississippi Electors Will
Withhold Votes From
Two Major Candidates
JACKSON, Miss., UP)—Gov. Ross
Barnett said today Mississippi’s
eight presidential electors agreed
to withhold their votes from the
two major candidates.
“This means that we shall not
vote for either candidate of the
major parties with their present
platforms,” Barnett said in a
statement after a meeting with
the electors.
“We will vote for an outstand
ing American who is faithful and
true to the traditions and prin
ciples of the founding fathers and
the way of life which they en
trusted to us,” he said.
Barnett did not specify the
name of the man who will get
the state’s electoral votes.
State-Wide Returns
JUNEAU, UP) — Unofficial re
turns from 248 of 300 precincts
in Alaska in Tuesday’s general
election give:
For President—
Nixon 27,286
Kennedy 26,711
For U.S. Senate—
Bartlett (D) 33,696
McKinley (R) 19,521
For U.S. House—
Rivers (D) 28,720
Rettig (R> 23,438
Bonding Propositions—
No. 1: Yes—18,335; No—28,087
No. 2: Yes—23,539; No—22,930
No. 3: Yes—28,469; No—16,665
No. 4: Yes—32,383; No—13,193
No. 5: Yes—33,164; No—12,745
No. 6: Yes—28,752; No—15,988
Tragic Mixup
Aftermath Of
Traffic Smash
NEW YORK, (if)—How did the
body of the “wrong” airline stew
ardess get into a coffin scheduled
for burial in the Bronx?
Who, then was the unconscious
girl in a California hospital?
A tragic case of mistaken iden
tity, a coroner explained yester
day.
The announcement brought
crushing despair to the family of
one girl and joyous hope to an
other.
Last Monday, four stewardesses
were in a head-on traffic crash
while riding in a taxicab near
the San Francisco airport. They
were taken to Peninsula Hospital
in Burlingame. One stewardess
died. And on the basis of a few
scattered personal papers found
at the scene she was identified as
Mary Hawthorne, 26, a tall blonde
from New York City.
The survivors underwent sur
gery. One girl, her face bandaged,
remained unconscious. She was
identified as Joan Frost, 26, of
New York City.
But the identifications were
wrong and the body of Miss Frost
was shipped to New York for
burial.
The coroner at San Mateo said
identification was made on the
basis of the purse and personal
effects arriving at Penisula Hos
pital.
“Here you have the situation—
four girls arriving at the hospital
[ all in the same uniforms. All with
I the same hairdos, and all with
! the same type of attire,” he said.
The bandaged girl regained con
sciousness yesterday and mur
mured: “Pm Mary Hawthorne.”
The correct identification came
as a shock to Thomas Frost, father
of the dead girl. When told, he
collapsed.
Mary Hawthorne still is in
I grave condition, but her family
| has hope.
Sharp Increase In
ESC Rate Announced
JUNEAU, UP — Another sharp
increase in Alaska’s insured un
employment rate last week was
announced today by the State
Employment Security Division.
Director Merrill Weir said the
unemployment rate for the week
was 7.9 per cent of the 30,743
workers covered by the unem
ployment insurance program.
The rate compared with a rate
of 8.4 per cent for the same week
last year and 7.1 per cent for
the week ending last Oct. 29.
Weir said there was an in
crease in new claims filed in the
Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau
areas and a decrease in the num
ber of new filings in the Peters
burg and Ketchikan areas.
Former Anchorage FBI Agent
Named Chief of Chicago Office
CHICAGO, UP—James H. Gale,
39, a veteran of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation, will become
chief of the FBI Chicago office on
Nov. 23.
Gale, now in charge of the FBI
Field Office in Washington, D.C.,
will succeed Julius Lopez, who is
resigning to go into private in
dustry.
Gale started with the FBI as a
clerk in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1943
after his graduation from West
ern Reserve University. At one
time he was assigned to Anchor
age, Alaska.
Marilyn Monroe and
Husband to Divorce
NEW YORK, UP) — After four
years, the marriage of sexy film
star Marilyn Monroe and play
wright Arthur Miller is to end in
divorce.
A spokesman for the pair an
nounced their separation today
and told of their plans to dissolve
their marriage.
The split, widely rumored in
show world as impending for the
past several months, was attrib
uted by a friend, James Proctor,
to clashing career needs.
“She is not just a star, she is
an institution and must constant
ly be in the center of excitement
and activity,” he said. “The na
ture of Miller’s work requires him
to be frequently alone and away
from the stresses of show busi
ness.”
Both Miss Monroe and her hus
band were reported in New York
but neither could be reached im
mediately for comment.
Miss Monroe was said to be
“resting at home after a year of
film-making, and will not discuss
her personal life.”
The couple’s parting was said
to have been amicable.
The actress returned here a few
days ago from California, where
she co-starred with Clark Gable
in “The Misfits,” which Miller
wrote for her.
Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright, has achieved world
wide success with his dramas.
The curvaceous film star and
Miller were married in White
Plains, N.Y., June 29, 1956. It was
Miss Monroe’s third marriage,
and Miller’s second. She had
three miscarriages during their
marriage.
No third party is said to be
involved in the breakup of the
marriage. Miss Monroe is 34,
Miller is 10 years older.
Gov. Egan Makes Keynote
Address at 10th Annual
Convention Alaskan Cities
SITKA, lfl’1 —Seventy delegates
and guests from 15 Alaska cities
heard Gov. William Egan deliver
the keynote address at the open
ing session of the League of Al
askan Cities yesterday afternoon
at their tenth annual convention.
Following the opening session
called to order by League Presi
dent Steffen Andersen, mayor of
Nome, the governor expressed
pleasure at seeing all of Alaska
represented in the League in 1960.
“Here is proof that all Alaskans
can work together,” he said, ’’here
is tangible evidence of common
cause and common purpose, not
withstanding geographic distance.”
The keynote speaker also dis
cussed reapportionment, imple
mentation of the borough and the
functions of the Local Affairs
Agency as set forth in the con
stitution and the state organiza
tion act.
Willie Foster Named
Director of Air Commerce
JUNEAU, Wi — Chairman
Charles F. Herbert of the Public
Service Commission today an
nounced the appointment of Neal
W. Foster of Nome as Director of
Air Commerce and William F.
Meehan Jr., of Anchorage as Di
rector of Motor Transportation.
Foster, a member of the Terri
torial Senate in 1955 and 1957, has
long been a commercial pilot.
Meehan now is district supervisor
for the Bureau of Motor Car
riers for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Anchorage.
Tuesday’s Election
Scored Many Firsts
In Alaska’s History
By WARD SIMS
JUNEAU, UP) — The ownership
tag on Alaska’s three electoral
votes was still blurred today as
the state’s electorate found out it
had chalked up a pair of firsts in
Tuesday’s record-smashing turn
out.
For the first time in Alaska’s
history, according to veteran
statehouse political figures, the
voters had selected a member of
the state legislature by the write
in method.
And they did it not only once
this election year, they did it
twice.
And, also for the first time in
Alaska’s history in the memory
of longtime political observers
here, a member of the clergy was
elected to the legislature.
Last Tuesday’s presidential
vote, with about a sixth of the
state’s 300 precincts still to be
counted, had stacked up to almost
54.000 today, far above the record
50,343 votes cast in the 1958 gen
eral election.
In addition, there are some
4.000 or more absentee ballots yet
to be counted.
Sen. Kennedy and Vice Presi
dent Nixon were fighting down
to the wire for Alaska’s three
electoral votes.
With about a sixth of the pre
cincts still to be counted, plus
the absentee ballots, Nixon was
holding a slight edge in what was
shaping up as a major Republican
victory in a state which has
aligned itself with the Democratic
party year after year.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett and Rep.
Ralph Rivers, a pair of Democrats
seeking re-election, were both
successful, but Rivers found the
going a bit sticky in beating back
Republican R. L. Rettig, an An
chorage accountant.
Rettign picked up great support
in Anchorage area, which turned
to the Republicans in general in
a surprise shift of allegiance, but
Rivers carried the other three
election areas, Southeast, North
west and Central Alaska.
The Republicans made their
greatest gains in the state legis
lature, where they were on the
short end of an 18-2 count in the
Senate and a 34-6 count in the
House during the first state legis
lature.
On the basis of returns from al
most 250 of the state’s 300 pre
cincts, the GOP stood an excel
lent chance of picking up four
additional seats in the Senate and
12 more chairs in the House.
Of six general obligation bond
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Ingemar Prefers L.A. or Miami
For His Return Match
GENEVA, Switzerland, UP)—In
gemar Johansson said he prefers
Los Angeles or Miami for his
third meeting with heavyweight
champion Floyd Patterson, and
he hopes the bout will be held
between January and March. The
ex - champion has been training
here.
On Strike—For Conjugal Rights
MERELLIN, Colombia, UP)—-One
thousand prisoners went on a
hunger strike today in protest
against a ban on visits by wives
and sweethearts for conjugal pur
poses — a standard practice in
Latin American jails. Officials of
La Ladera prison called the visits
immoral.