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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 56 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAR 12, 1961 Per Copy 15^
STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION HOLD
SESSIONS HERE
The State Board of Education
is now in session in the Grand
Jury Room of the Federal Build
ing with all members present ex
cept Hunt Gruening, who was un
able to attend.
The session started yesterday
morning at 9 o’clock. Today’s
agenda included a review of leg
islation, and an evaluation of vo
cational rehabilitation; certifica
tion of professional workers, state
support of district schools, tuition
rate formula, and the reading of
certain important communica
tions; transportation regulations,
educational accomplishments, and
a study of the organization of the
State Department of Education.
Board members present are G.
E. Smith of Palmer, Wm. Boggess
of Fairbanks, Marcella Buckalew
of Anchorage, Wm. Moran of Ket
chikan, and Peggy Kelliher of
Nome.
Also attending is Dr. Theo J.
Norby, Commissioner of Educa
tion; Carol Fador, acting direc
tor of vocational education; Carrol
Craft, acting director of vocation
al rehabilitation, and D’Ann Lis
ter, recorder of the session.
This evening there is a no-host
dinner at eight o’clock at the
Seaview Room sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce.
The sessions will be completed
tomorrow.
Two Maritime Unions
Agree on Assistance Pact
With Teamsters Union
WASHINGTON UP) — Two AFL
CIO Maritime Unions agreed today
to enter a permanent mutual as
sistance pact with the Teamsters
Union.
The agreement was reached at
a meeting of Presidents Joseph
Curran of the National Maritime
Union, and William V. Bradley
of the International Longshore
men’s Assn., both affiliated with
the AFL-CIO, and James R. Hoffa
of the Teamsters.
The Teamsters were ousted from
the AFL-CIO more than three
years ago n grounds of alleged
corrupt domination. Since then
the AFL-CIO has forbidden its
affiliates to enter into mutual aid
pacts with the Teamsters such
as was agreed upon by the Mari
time Unions today.
Hoffa and Bradley pledged full
support to Curran in the National
Maritime Union’s current contract
negotiations with shipping firms.
The three unions also agreed
to “formally enter a mutual as
sistance pact aimed at promoting
long-term stability and progress in
the maritime segment of the trans
portation industry.
Japanese Lobster
Processing Ship
Heading for Bering Sea
TOKYO UP) — A 7,482 Japanese
lobster processing ship — claimed
to be the first of its kind in the
world — sailed from Tokyo for
the Bering Sea yesterday at the
head of a 14-vessel fleet.
The Innu Maru, owned by the
Taiyo Fisheries Co., reportedly is
capable of processing and canning
1,000 24-can cases of lobster a
day.
The fleet is scheduled to remain
in the fishing area until late Sep
tember. By that time the Innu
Maru is scheduled to have readied
some 1.2 million cases which will
be exported chiefly to the United
States.
BLM to Receive Over
$3 Billion from Mineral
Leasing in 52-Year Period
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP) — The Bureau of
Land Management has estimated
that it will receive $3,221,305,000
from its mineral leasing acti
vities in Alaska during the 52
year period between 1961 and
2012.
Alaska’s share will be 90 per
cent, under the present formula.
The estimate is included in a
comprehensive survey of BLM
operations throughout the nation.
The survey, entitled “Project
Twenty-Twelve,” has just been re- i
ceived by state officials.
Total receipts from BLM opera
tors in Alaska are estimated at
$3,290,831,000 during the 52-year
period. The BLM has jurisdiction
over 299,431,839 of Alaska’s 365
million acres of federal land.
BLM receipts come from five
major sources within Alaska —
sales of public lands and materi
als, fees and commissions, mineral
leasing, grazing fees and timber
sales.
A sixth source of income in
Alaska is forecast starting 2012.
That will be mineral leasing of
outer continental shelf areas.
John Nuveen & Co.
Retained as Advisor for
Issuing Obligation Bonds
JUNEAU (iP> — Chairman A. H.
Romiek of the State Bond Com
mittee said yesterday the Chicago
firm of John Nuveen & Co. had
been retained as fiscal advisor
for the issuance of $22,275,000 of
general obligation bonds this sum
mer.
| Romiek, State Commissioner of
Commerce, said the company
would arrange and conduct in
formation meetings in Chicago
I and New York in advance of the
bond sales, to acquaint repre
sentatives of banks and investment
firms with the issue.
The 1981 Legislature authorized
the sale of $22,275,000 in general
obligation bonds to provide money
for a Marine Highway System,
bush airfields, hospital construc
tion and equipment, a Vocational
Education School and a new gym
nasium and improvements to the
water system at the University
of Alaska.
Romiek said approximately $15
million of the bonds would be
floated this summer, with addi
tional bonds to be sold as funds
are needed. He said this would
hold interest charges to the min
imum.
Top Ten Tunes . . .
For the 4th week in a row, Del
Shannon’s recording of “Run
away” is the nation’s top jukebox
favorite as indicated by Cash Box
magazine’s latest survey.
Here are the Top 10 tunes in
order:
1. Runaway, Del Sahnnon.
2. Mother-In-Law, Ernie K-Doe.
3. 100 Pounds of Clay, Gene
MicDaniels.
4. Blue Moon, Marcels.
5. I’ve Told Every Little Star,
Linda Scott.
6. But I Do, Clarence Frogman
Henry.
7. Daddy’s Home, Shep and the
Limeliters.
8. You can Depend on Me,
Brenda Lee.
9. Breaking In a Brand New
Broken Heart, Connie Francis.
10. On the Rebound, Floyd
Cramer.
British and Soviets
Postpone Formal Opening
Of Geneva Conference
By Carl Hartman
GENEVA (4*) — Foreign minis
ters of Britain and the Soviet Un
ion failed today to agree on ar
rangements for a 14-nation parley
on the future of Laos and decided
to postpone formal opening of the
conference it had been scheduled
to start today.
Britain and the Soviet Union—
co-chairmen of the conference—
were unable to reach an agree
ment on which delegation should
represent Laos at the table. The
United States had refused to sit
down for the talks unless this
question was settled.
The United States had accepted
a report from the Truce Com
mission in Laos that a cease-fire
exists.
A spokesman for the British
delegation said he still hoped the
conference could start Saturday—
but even that is not certain. The
official spoke after British Foreign
Secretary Lord Home held an
hour-long conference with Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko.
When the conference was call
ed, Britain had said Laos would
be represented by a coalition
formed by the Western-backed
Royal Government in Vientiane,
the pro-Communist Pathet Lao
guerrillas, and Prince Souvanna
Phouma, considered by the Com
munist bloc countries as the legal
premier.
Since the cease-fire was pro
claimed last week, however, the
Vientiane government and the
rebels have been unable to agree
even on a place to discuss for
mation of a coalition.
Notorious Prohibition-Era
Mobster Basil Banghart
Granted Parole
SPRINGFIELD, 111. UP! — Basil
(The Owl) Banghart, 60, notorious
prohibition-era mobster, mail
robber and kidnaper, today was
granted parole from Stateville
Penitentiary.
The gangster, once known as
one of the nation’s toughest, has
served nearly 30 years for the
1933 kidnaping of John (Jake the
Barber) Factor in Chicago. His
99-year sentence later was com
muted to 45 years, making parole
possible now.
The Illinois Parole and Pardon
Board said Banghart would be
released from prison when there
is satisfactory evidence he has
made arrangements for employ
ment and a suitable home. A
board spokesman said this prob
ably would take about a week.
Banghart has said he would
like to live the rest of his days
in Port Angeles, Wash., with his
wife, Mae, 49. The Parole Board
said it would not object to his
leaving the state with the board’s
approval.
Banghart was chief lieutenant
of the late Roger Toughy, Chicago
gang leader also sent to prison
for the Factor kidnaping. Paroled I
in 1959, Toughy was shot down
in front of his Chicago residence
just 25 days after leaving State
ville. His slayers were never
caught.
Special Badge for Cosmonauts
MOSCOW UP) — Soviet space
fliers are to be given a special
badge on their appointment to the
duties of “pilot-cosmonaut,” the
Soviet Defense Ministry an
nounced yesterday.
Sen. Curtis Demands
Investigation of $100
Tickets for JFK’s Birthday
WASHINGTON UP» — Sen. Carl
Curtis, 'R-Neb.», demanded an in
vestigation today of what he
termed “a most shocking and
glaring” effort to get Civil Serv
ice workers to buy $100 tickets to
the political birthday dinner for
President Kennedy May 27.
Curtis said Atty. Gen. Robert
Kennedy, the President’s brother,
should investigate published re
ports which indicate violations
of the Hatch Clean politics law.
Three Democratic senators at
a hearing on bills proposing re
forms in federal election and cam- j
paign laws questioned the basis
for the Curtis blasts.
Sen. Howard Cannon, <D-Nev.), ;
Chairman of the Privileges and
Elections subcommittee which was
holding the hearing, said there
was no violation of the Hatch
Act if officials sending out let
ters to Civil Service workers were
not themselves government offi
cials.
Sen. Claiborne Pell. (D-R.I.),
told Curtis the names of the gov
ernment workers could have been
obtained from the federal registry
which lists most top officials.
Sen. Maurine Neuberger, (D
Ore.), who was testifying at the
time in behalf of her “fair elec
tion finance” bill, said Curtis had
just made “one of the best argu
ments” for it.
Mrs. Neuberger said Curtis and
I all other participants in politics
j well know that Republicans and
I Democrats alike resort to “box
| lunches and dinners for $100” to
j pay off campaign costs.
She urged legislation which
would permit the federal govern
ment to pay up to half the multi
million-dollar costs for both pri
mary and general elections of
members of Congress and for
j Presidential primary campaigns.
Castro's Militia Halts
All Automobile Traffic
Into U.S. Naval Base
WASHINGTON UP* — The Navy
disclosed today that Prime Minis- i
ter Fidel Castro’s militia has halt- !
ed all Cuban automobile and bus
traffic into the U. S. Naval Base
at Guantanamo Bay.
Most of the 3,200 Cuban workers
on the base have reached their
jobs in the past by commercial
bus and through car pools.
The object of the traffic cut
off last Monday apparently was
to harass American occupancy of
the 45-acre base.
As soon as the Navy learned
that vehicular traffic had been
stopped, all base buses were press
ed into service and the workers!
were met at the main northeast1
gate and then hauled to work.
The Navy said all work on the
base was proceeding normally.
B-58 BOMBER SETS CLOSED
COURSE SPEED RECORD
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. UP* — A four-jet B58 bomb
er has set a sustained speed
closed-course record of 1,302
miles an hour around a 670-mile
rectangle, the Air Force yester
day.
The Delta-winger bomber, pi
loted by Maj. Elmer E. Murphy
of Poseyville, Ind., made the
flight Wednesday.
Taking off from this test cen- j
ter, the B-58 took only 30 min- j
utes and 45 seconds to streak over
the course, the corners of which |
were near Needles, Calif.. King- :
man, Ariz., Mormon Mesa, Nev., j
and Lone Pine, Calif.
Veteran Auto Racer
Tony Bettenhausen Killed
At Indianapolis Speedway
INDIANAPOLIS UP — Tony
Bettenhausen, champion American
auto racer was killed today in a
crash on the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
The 44-year-old Tinley Park,
111., driver crashed into the main
stretch retaining wall. His car
was upside down on the wall
across from the pit area.
Only Thursday Bettenhausen
had turned the fastest practice
lap ever recorded on the speed
way, over 149 miles an hour.
Bettenhausen, veteran of 14
Indianapolis 500-Mile races and
23 years of racing starts, was dead
when guards fought their way
through screaming fans to lift the
battered car off a retaining wall.
Bettenhausen died in his 29th
wreck.
He was making a test run in a
car assigned to his old friend,
Paul Russo, with whom he shared
second place in the 1957 speed
way classic.
Something went wrong as the
car came out of the northwest
turn. The car leaped into a guard
fence, wrapped itself in wire, and
caught fire as it finally came
to a stop atop the main straight
away’s outside wall.
He was national champion on
the AAA (now USAC) big car
circuit in 1951 and 1958. He had
| won more races on that circuit,
I 21, than any other driver.
Tony said he would quit for
j sure if he ever won the rich
■ Memorial Day race, but he never
did.
The veteran driver is survived
by his widow and four children.
Bettenhausen’s death was the
53rd at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway since it opened in 1909.
The toll, including deaths before
the first 500-Mile race in 1911,
included 30 drivers, 14 mechanics
and 9 spectators.
U.S. Will Financially Aid
South Viet Nam to Meet
Growing Guerrilla Attacks
By Spencer Davis
SAIGON, South Viet Nam —
Vice President Lyndon Johnson
said today he had reached com
plete agreement with President
Ngo Dinh Diem on how the Unit
ed States can help South Viet
Nam meet growing Communist
guerrilla attacks.
The program includes increasing
;he 150,000-man Vietnamese army
and bolstering it and civil defense
forces with additional U. S. mili
tary advisers, but sources said no
American troops are to be sent
to this southeast Asian battle
ground for combat duty.
Johnson refused at a news con
ference to discuss figures or costs.
But earlier it was reported the
United States was prepared to of
fer Diem $40 million more a year
in arms aid to increase his army
by 20,000 men.
Johnson met with Diem for
nearly three hours this morning.
He then went before the National
Assembly to pledge U. S. support
in helping this pro-Western Asian
ally carry the load of an addi
tional defense burden to combat
Communist subversion.
Johnson also gave assurances
that President Kennedy is ready
to help South Viet Nam move for
ward to meet the needs of its 22.6
million people in education, rural
development, new industry and
long-range economic progress.