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VOlTlX No. 84 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1958 Per Copy—15^
Military Coup Ousts King of Iraq And
Proclaims Pro-Nasser Government
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Iff)—A mili-s
tary coup ousted the pro-West
regime today in Iraq, keystone
of the Baghdad Pact, and pro- j
claimed a pro-Nasser government.
Baghdad radio said King Faisal
had been overthrown an a repub
lic established.
The broadcast said crown
prince Abdul Ilah, Faisal’s uncle
and former regent, was beaten to
death by a mob and his body
dismembered and burned in the
streets.
Reports from Cairo, capitol of
Nasser’s United Arab Republic
of Egypt and Syria, said Premier
Nuri Said, the pro-Western strong
man of Iraq, also had been killed
by a mob.
There was no direct word of
23-year-old Faisal, who also- is
Chief of State of the new Iraq
Jordon Federation formed Feb.
14, 1958, to counter Nasser’s
U.A.R., organized two weeks be
fore. The Communist radio in
Budapest said he had been ar
rested by the Army.
The Jordan embassy in London
announced, however, that 23
year-old King Hussein of Jordan,
Faisal’s Hashemite cousin, was
undertaking to re-establish “pub
lic security and order on both
sides of the union.”
There were no reports to bear
out Cairo claims that the revolt
has spread to Jordan, and there
was no clear-cut indication
whether the rebel leaders had es
tablished effective control
throughout Iraq. *
All that was known for certain
was that the Baghdad radio was
in the hands of the revolutionary
leaders. ,
The coup, if successful, would
be a stunning blow to the West.
It would knock a king pin—Iraq—
out of the anti-Communist Bagh
dad Pact in the Middle East.
Iraq is one of the Middle East’s
richest oil countries. The Brit
ish-■controlled Iraqi Petroleum
Co., produces most of Iraq’s oil.
The Baghdad broadcasts were
greeted with jubilation in Cairo,
Daihascus, Moscow and East Eur
opean satellite capitols.
Here in Beirut, rent for more
than two months by a revolt
against pro-Western President
Camille Chamoun, rebels in the ■
Moslem quarter celebrated with j
a wild firing of guns.
King of Jordan
Proclaims Self
Head of Iraq
AMMAN, Jordan, UP) — King
Hussein proclaimed himself head
of the Arab Union of Jordan and
Iraq today.
A communique issue by the
royal palace said that according
to the Arab Union constitution
and due to the absence of King
Faisal of Iraq, Hussein has taken
over powers as head cjf the Arab
Union as from todas*.
The communique said Hussein
also has taken over as commander
in chief of the Arab army and all
armed forces of the Arab Union.
Hussein, addressing his people
by radio, asked that reports con
cerning the fate of certain mem
bers of the royal family in Iraq
be treated with reservation.
There was no clear word here as
to the fate of Faisal.
President Calls
Bipartisan Meet
To Discuss Action
WASHINGTON, UR — Presi
dent Eisenhower summoned a
group of Congressional Demo
crats and Republicans to an
emergency White House meeting
today to discuss the turbulent
Middle Eastern situation.
The urgent summons was
touched off by the overthrow of
King Faisal’s pro-Western gov
enrment in Iraq amidst demands i
in Congress for a reappraisal of
U.S. policy in the Mideast.
The White House announced
the meeting after Eisenhower
conferred for more than an hour
and a half with Secretary of
State Dulles and Vice President
Nixon on the Iraq coup.
Eisenhower left a meeting of
the National Security Council for
his talk with Dulles and Nixon.
This, and the sudden summoning
of a bipartisan meeting, indicated
the administration takes a very
grave view of the Iraq develop
ment.
The Iraq coup appeared to
have caught the Eisenhower ad
ministration by surprise. Intel
ligence1* reports had indicated
anti-government plotting, but
authorities acknowledged that
none predicted the fury or timing
of the revolt.
The uprising was viewed as a
carefully-concocted secret plot
with many young junior Iraqi of
ficers involved.
Shocked State Department of
ficials feared that the coup
might set off similar pro-Egyp
tian uprisings in Jordan and pos
sibly Saudi Arabia.
Gov. Stepovich To Issue Proclamation
for Special Session of the Legislature
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Nations Economy
Likened To Man
Who Ate Too Much
LOS ANGELES, UP> — J. Wilson
Newman, president of Dun &
Bradstreet, sees a parallel be
tween the nation’s economy and
the man who ate too much.
“When he sits down to his next
meal, his appetite will be a little
less keen. But if you wait a few
hours you will find him hungry
again.”
The nation similarly has dis
counted its prospects a little too
rapidly, the head of the credit
rating firm said.
Newman spoke yesterday to
delegates attending a meeting of
credit bureaus and collection ser
vices in this country and Canada.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
National League
San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 5
Chicago 3-2, Philadelphia 2-1
Pittsburgh 10-8, St. Louis 8-6
Los Angeles 3-3, Cincinnati 0-2
American League
Chicago 7-4, New York 4-5
Cleveland 9, Boston 4
Detroit 6-5, Baltimore 5-3
Washington 2-4, Kansas City 0-2
Pacific Coasi League
San Diego 4-3, Vancouver 3-7
Seattle 10-0, Sacramento 9-1
Salt Lake City 4-7, Portland 3-4
Phoenix 8, Spokane 0
Texans Plan
Extravaganza To
Honor Alaska
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Texans
in the nation’s capitol, just to
show they hold no grudge against
Alaskans, plan to honor 'the 49th
state at a “Texalaska” get-togeth
er July 27.
The Texas State Society calls
its forthcoming picnic at Carter
Barron Amphitheater “the en
tertainment extravaganza of the
year.” A letter to members,
signed by Mrs. W. Harvey Young
as president, and Rep. Olin
Teague as entertainment chair
man, adds:
“The party will be a special
event, too, in honoring that bright
new star in the constellation of
Old Glory, and may good folks
from Juneau-way will be on
hand.”
f Master of ceremonies will be
Rep. Walter Rogers, who was a
leading Congressional foe of
Alaskan statehood.
“Zsa Zsa Slept Here”
Painted In Red
On Trujillo Yacht
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Iff) — In
red paint on the white hull of
the luxurious yacht of the Domin
ican Republic’s playboy General
Rafael Trujillo Jr. appeared to
day these words:
“Zsa Zsa slept here.”
The words apparently were
painted on last night. With the
dawn, riders on the ferry to Ter
minal Island were first to spot
it.
Aboard the yacht Trujillo and
crew were not to be seen. They
like to sleep late and were seem
ingly1 unaware of the sign.
Trujillo came to Southern Cali
fornia to have some fun. A
friend who introduced him to
a number of his Hollywood play
mates is actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
> PORTLAND, (/Pi — The gover
nor of the “almost” 49th state
said Friday night not all Alaska’s
problems would be solved bp
statehood, but “we feel the solu
tions will be easier now.”
Mike Stepovich, his wife and
their eight children flew here
Friday for a weekend visit with
the governor’s mother, Mrs. Olga
Fabianich, and his wife’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C.
Baricevic, all of Portland.
Stepovich predicted swift ap
proval of the new Congressional
statehood action, the only thing
between territory and state status
for Alaska. “I have no doubt
the people will vote to accept
the statehood law by a substantial
majority,” he said.
The governor said he would
prepare proclamations calling a
special session of the territorial
legislature to vote funds and ap
prove elections of two senators
and one representative, and
would1 issue the proclamation on
his return to Alaska Wednesday.
,“We want to be on hand to oc
cupy our seats in the new ses
sion of Congress the first of the
year,” he said.
Stepovich said he has not yet
decided whether to seek the elec
tive post of governor in the new
state. A Republican, he was ap
pointed by President Eisenhower
to head the predominately Demo
cratic territory.
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Gruenmg Announces Candidacy For
U.S. Senate; Rivers To Run For House
WASHINGTON, UPi — Ernest
Gruening, former Alaska gover
nor and meipber of the terri
tory’s unofficial Congressional
delegation, announced formally
today his candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination to seek one
of the new state’s two Senate
seats.
“It is my belief that based up
on my experience and my for
tunate opportunities for first
hand familiarity with men and
events, I can best serve my fel
low Alaskans as one of their
United States senators,” he de
clared.
Coincident with Gruening’s an
nouncement “Rep.” Ralph Riv
ers ofv Fairbanks issued a formal
statement of intent to seek the
Democratic nomination for Alas
ka’s one House seat.
“My many years of law prac
tice and governmental experience
in Alaska combined with nearly
two years of contact with mem
bers of Congress as repesentative
elect under the Alaska Tennes
see plan should add up to the
necessary qualifications,” Rivers
said.
The Gruening-Rivers announce
ments left unannounced only the
political plans of Delegate E. L.
Bartlett among Alaska’s official
and unofficial delegation. “Sen”
William A. Egan, the third mem
ber of the unofficial group sent
here two years ago to push for
statehood, announced last week
his intention to seek the Demo
cratic nomination for a Senate.
Except for Bartlett, the* three
were elected by Alaskans two
year ago in an adaptation of the
the plan first used by Tennessee
to send a delegation to Washing
ton for the purpose of seeking
admission as a state.
Under the plan, dubbed the
Alaska-Tennessee plan, it was
proposed that the trio be seated
in Congress upon Alaska’s ad
mission. Inasmuch as all three
are Democrats, however, this
idea was dropped in a bid to ob
tain Republican backing for the
Alaska bill.
Gruening said that “having
served the people of Alaska for.
many years in office and out I
propose continuing to do so ~
^Whether in office or not, and to
play whatever part I may in
helping to achieve our destiny
as citizens of what I know can
become one of our greatest states
and the happiest place under the
flag.”
Hungarians Picket
Soviet Headquarters
At United Nations
NEW YORK, UP> — Hungarian
pickets marched noisily around
the Soviet headquarters at the
United Nations yesterday, shout
ing intermittently “Drop dead
Khrushchev,” “Red murderers”
and “We love Hungary.”
New York City police mindful
of a recent violent demonstra
tion by Hungarians outside the
offices, took extra precautions.
There were about 250 march
ers yesterday and 147 uniformed
policemen and 35 detectives
around the Manhattan Molding.
Other officers were in reserve a
few blocks away.
The leadef of the latest demon
stration, the Rev. Imre Kovacs,
pastor of the First Hungarian Re
formed Church in Manhattan,
asked the picketers to return
every day this week through
Saturday.
President Reiterates
Faith In Adams
WASHINGTON, UPl — Presi
dent Eisenhower made a new
gesture today to indicate his re
gard for Sherman Adams, the
President’s chief assistant who
has been under fire in Congress.
Eisenhower had Adams read a
citation accompanying an award
of the Medal of Freedom to Lewis
L. Strauss, retiring chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission.
News cameras recorded the
scene and it was witnessed by a
crowd of dignitaries including
Vice President Nixon and Secre
tary of State Dulles.
Secretary Benson Cancells
Proposed Visit To Russia
WASHINGTON, (#>—Secretary
of Agriculture Benson today an
nounced indefinite postponement
of plans to visit the Soviet Union
and other North European coun
tries this summer. He gave the
pressure of legislative and ad
ministrative matters as his reason.
Sec. Seaton Is
GOP Choice As
Adams Successor
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secre
tary of Interior Fred Seaton ap
parently is the overwhelming
choice of Congressional Repub
licans to succeed Sherman Adams
—if Adams should quit his Presi
dential assistant’s job.
GOP members of Congress don’t
expect to have much, if any, in
fluence in the matter, but a
sounding of senjiment indicates
most of them hope that if there
is a change, Seaton will move in
as chief of the White House staff.
Seaton himself says the ques
tion of a successor to Adams is
purely academic. “I don’t ex
pect to see Mr. Adams leave,” he
i newsmen in Minneapolis.
n his cabinet job Seaton has
been highly cooperative with ,
Senators and House members
where it was possible for him to
help out with their problems. t
He also has the reputation of
being able to say “no”—when
he has to—in soft language that
turns away their wrath.
Adams, on the other hand, has
been known as a rather flinty
“no” man. And that obviously
has contributed to the unwilling
ness of many Republicans to de
fend the Presidential aide in this
controversy over his acceptance
of expensive favors from Bernard
Goldfine.
The Detroit News, quoting un
named top-ranking Republican
sources, said Sunday that Adams
plans to quit during the Labor
Day weekend. Its copywrighted
story said the decision to quit,
is Adams’ own, not that of Pres
ident Eisenhower.
The paper said details of
Adams’ reported plans to leave
are still being worked out. It
noted that the timing it gave
would be after Congress adjourns
but still two months before the
November elections.