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VOL. LXI No. 130 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1959 . Per Copy—15tf
New Meetings Are
Set in Steel Fight
WASHINGTON, OP — Federal
mediators met separately with
•both sides in the 111-day old
steel strike for 75 minutes today
with no indication a settlement
was near.
Federal conciliator Joseph Fin
negan set further meetings for
10:30 a.m. with management ne
gotiators and 1 p.m. with nego
tiators for the striking United
Steelworkers Union.
Finnegan showed no particular
optimism. David McDonald, Steel
workers president, had only a
glum appraisal of settlement
prospects.
California Forest Fires
Blacken Vast Acreage
(By The Associated Press)
Five forest fires in northern
California crackled out of control
early today while a small army
tried to contain the three most
serious.
By late Sunday flames had
blackened more than 40,000 acres
mostly in El Dorado and Tahoe
National Forests west and south
west of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra
Nevada. Forest Service officials
estimated 10 million dollars dam
age to timber and watersheds
from those three fires.
The two other uncontrolled fires
were in Sonoma County, and in
Humboldt County, north of San
Francisco.
Ike Calls for Flood of
Mail to Demand Sound
Federal Economy
WASHINGTON, UR — President
Eisenhower today urged the pub
lic to flood Congress and his office
with demands that America’s
economy be kept sound.
Eisenhower, warning against
the dangers of inflation, called
for the demonstration of support
in an informal talk at a confer
ence designed to promote eco
nomic growth and stabilize living
costs.
| He told the conference spon
sors that one of the greatest helps
that the President and Congress
get in the handling of great prob
j lems is millions of letters and
j other communications from the
public.
Eisenhower called on the spon
sors to promote a flood of such
communications in the interest of
a sound dollar.
That, he added, would be “one
of the greatest services you can
accomplish for the United States
of America.”
N. Y. FACES BIG HIKE IN
PUBLIC EDUCATION COSTS
ALBANY, N. Y., UR — Public
education costs will rise one bil
lion dollars in New York State
during the next four years, the
board of regents estimates. Cur
rent costs are estimated at $1,600,
000,000. The regents said school
enrollment was climbing at a rate
of 100,000 pupils a year.
Van Doren Admits TV Wizardry Was
Rigged by Advance Script Coaching
WASHINGTON, Of) — Charles
Van Doren, his boyish face drawn
I and his eyes bloodshot, confessed
today he followed script in giving
the apparently impromptu an
swers which made him a TV quiz
show celebrity.
He also confessed he gave false
testimony to a New York Grand
Jury investigating the quiz shows.
The youthful professor, intellec
tual scion of a noted literary fam
ily, admitted he had given the
wrong answers in denying pre
, viously that the show on which
he won $129,000 was rigged in
his favor.
Van Doren’s .appearance before
the House subcommittee conduct
ing its own quiz into TV ques
tion and answer programs was as
dramatic as his weekly displays
of mental wizardry on the since
abolished “Twenty-One” show.
Only those who could squeeze
into the chamber were able to
see Van Doren relate the details
of a personal ordeal in which he
wrestled wj.th his conscience and
finally bowed to a producer’s urg
ing that Ihe rehearse the baffling
questions and answers which made
him famous.
The hearing, under House rules,
was neither televised nor broad
cast.
Admitted He Was Coached
He followed a script, admitted
the young professor who became
the best known of all big money
winners in the heyday of quiz
shows.
He was coached on mannerisms.
He was cautioned against spill
ing out the anwers.
He hesitated and grimaced be
fore the cameras, he said, to
build up suspense.
Van Doren said he' is now
aggrieved that he gave in to the
persuasive arguments of Albert
Freedman, a producer of the show
—that, after all, it was only en
tertainment for the millions of
TV viewers.
“I learned a lot about good and
evil,” Van Doren said, “and I
learned that things are not always
the way they appear to be.”
Producer Wanted Cut of Winnings
Answering questions posed this
time by the Congressional inves
tigators, Van Doren later testi
fied that in late January, 1957,
while he still was with “Twenty
One,” Freedman demanded $5,000
of his potential winnings.
The incident occurred, Van Dor
en related, when Freedman ap
proached him one night “and told
me I was to be the first contestant
to win more than $100,000.”
“I think these are his exact !
words,” Van Doren said:
“ ‘Charlie, I think I ought to have
$5,000 of that money.’ ”
Tears welled noticeably in Van
Doren’s eyes as he related the
incident.
Freedman “never repeated it,” j
V^in Doren said, adding:
“No arrangements of any kind
were ever made between me and
Mr. Freedman.”
Van Doren kept his emotions
in check as he read his prepared
statement. He read rapidly, how
ever, and it was obvious that
he was undergoing turmoil.
Reporting his reactions after re
ceiving the subcommittee’s invi
tation to testify last month, he
said:
“I knew I could not lie any
more.”
He said he became aware he
had been running away from him
self. But he said he couldn’t bring
himself to face the situation at
that time.
New ‘Nugget*
Flights Portend
Asian Air Traffic
Senator Ernest Gruening pro
phesied this noon at the Cham
ber meeting that before too long
Nome could be the port of entry
to Asia by way of the Siberian
capitol city of Irkutsk.
Senator Gruening, accompanied
by Mrs. Gruening, who was on
her first visit to Nome, were
guests of Alaska Airlines on the
company’s inaugural flight of reg
ular DC-6C Golden Nugget serv
ice today.
Gruening also told something
of the importance of the Rampart
Dam project to Nome, stating that
the dam would produce 4% mil
lion kilowatts at a 2-mill rate, and
would be the biggest dam in the
world, giving power to all of
northern Alaska.
Charles Willis, president of
Alaska Airlines, who was accom
panied by Mrs. Willis, also pro
claimed the near possibility of
the Irkutsk route via Nome, and
also painted a bright picture for
increased tours through Nom£
next summer.
Other guests on the Alaska Air
lines flight were Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Atwood of Anchorage, Sen
ator William Beltz of Unalakleet,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Miller of Anchor
age Alaska Airlines, Mrs. Landry,
wife of the president of the An
chorage Chamber; Calire Banks,
manager of the Anchorage Cham
ber; Ed Rusing, president of the
M and'M Bank; Clyde Rowan of
Greater Anchorage Association;
Dick Gilbert, vice president of
Alaska Airlines, and Muktuk
Marston.
Guests at the Chamber meet
ing were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fisher
of Alaska Airlines, Conrad Potter
Superintendent of Nome School,
L. Mitchell, and Jeanne Lawrence
of Anchorage.
Now Nome passengers can fly
to Anchorage on Alaska Airlines’
“Golden Nugget” pressurized DC
6C airliners, announces Joe Fish
er, Nome station manager. Nome
will be served by the new “Gol
den Nugget” flights four days
weekly.
With the inauguration of the
new service, new schedules will
be in effect. On Monday, Tuesday,
Thursay an Friay, the DC-6C
airliners will leave Nome at
11:30 a.m., arriving in Anchorage
at 3:40 p,m. Return trips will
leave Anchorage at 8 a.m. and
arrive in Nome at 10:25 a.m,
local times, on the same days of
the week.
McGrath and Unalakleet will
continue to remain as regularly
scheduled stops on the north
bound Anchorage-to-Noipe flights.
On southbound flights, McGrath
will be served regularly and Una
lakleet will remain a flag stop.
Nehru Promises Red
Challenge Will Be Met
NEW DELHI, India. UP1 — Prime
Minister Nehru says his govern
ment is taking all necessary steps
to meet the Chinese threat along
the border. He rejects suggestions
India change its neutralist foreign
policy.
“China may be a big country
but India is not small,” he told
50,000 followers at a rally of his
ruling Congress Party Sunday.
“We are not afraid. We are not
weak. If our national security is
challenged, it (the challenge) will
be met.”
Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Subject
To New Uniform State Code Today
JUNEAU, UP) — New uniform
hours for the sale of whiskey and
beer throughout Alaska were in
effect today, as scheduled.
The new hours — ending an
era of 24-hour operations for
establishments outside of city lim
its — went into effect as moves
failed late yesterday at Fair
banks to delay enforcement of
the regulations.
Two lawyers representing an
organization of bar, tavern and
package store owners were denied
a request for a temporary injunc
tion against the new hours.
The request — before Judge
Vernon Forbes in U. S. District
Court — was opposed by Alaska
Attorney General John Rader,
who supported the regulations or
dered a month ago by the State
Alcoholic . Beverage .Control
Board.
At first, Judge Forbes simply
said he Would refuse to act on
the preliminary injunction re
quested by lawyers Wendell Kay
of Anchorage and Warren Taylor
of Fairbanks on behalf of the
Alaska Licensed Beverage Asso
ciation. The judge set November
13tih for a second hearing, at
which time he said he would ac
cept arguments on the issue.
Attorneys for the ALBA urged
no change in operating hours
pending the second hearing later
this month. But Attorney Gen
eral Rader said enforcement of the
new hours would be carried out,
effective immediaetely.
As a result, no liquor may be
sold in Alaska after 3 a.m. on
weekdays and 4 a.m. on holidays
and Sundays. No establishment
may open for business before 8
a.m. on weekdays and holidays,
2 p.m. on Sundays.
In some cities, further restric
tions on hours for sale are in
effect — based on local muni
cipal ordinances within the hours
allowed by the ABC on a state
wide basis.
Don Pruhs, president of the
Alaska Licensed Beverage Asso
ciation, called the new regulations
“the most drastic regulatory ac
tion taken since .the repeal of
■ prohibition in 1933.”
Lone Survivor
Describes Virginia
Skyline Crash
WAYNESBORO, Va., UPi —
“Things were all quiet, no moans,
no groans.”
This was the way a 33-year-old
union official described the after
math of a crunching impact
against a Virginia mountainside
in which 26 persons aboard a
twin-engine airliner lost their
lives. He alone survived.
“I yelled to see if anyone else
was alive, tout no one answered,”
said E. Phil Bradley of Clifton
Forge, Va., as he told of his 36
hour ordeal in the wilderness fol
lowing the crash of the Piedmont
Airlines DC-3 Friday night.
He suffered a dislocated hip
and minor cuts.
Within a few hours after Brad
ley was taken to a Charlottesville
hospital Sunday, 26 bodies
wrapped in tarpaulins, were la
i boriously carried to the summit of
Bucks Elbow Mountain near Vir
ginia’s famed Skyline Drive.
The plane, en route from Wash
ington to Roanoke, Va., was last
heard from at 8:24 p.m. Friday,
when the pilot requested landing
instructions at Charlottesville.
The wreckage 18 miles west of
Charlottesville was not sighted
until 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Bradley said the pilot never
gave any indication there was
anything wrong.
On the actual crash, it “sounded
like the roaring of an ocean,”
he said. “The only-sensation was
the wings cutting the tops of
trees.”
Thomas H. David, president of
Piedmont Airlines, which, until
Friday, had flown 667 million
passenger miles without a crash
fatality, said “several weeks will
perhaps be required” to finish an
exhaustive investigation.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Low
tonight 5, high tomorrow 20.
Nome Data Last 24 Hours
Temperatures: highest 22, lowest
14. Max. wind 23 mph. from the
NNE. Sunrise 7:51; sunset at 3:39.
December 19 Date
Set for Paris Meet
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower and the heads of
Britain, France and West Ger
many will meet in Paris Decem
ber 19 to work out a solid West
ern stand for talks with the So
viet Union.
Agreement on the date and
place of the meeting was an
nounced in the four capitols
Sunday. The White House said
Eisenhower will return here in
time to spend Christmas with his
family.
Prime subjects for discussion at
the Paii-is meeting appeared to be:
1. When do the leaders meet
with Soviet Premier Khrushchev
in a summit conference?
2. On what issues, if any, will
they compromise in negotiations
with him?
Reports from London said that
Prime Minister MacMillan will
go to Paris determined that the *
summij: conference with Khrush
chev be held in January or Feb
ruary. President De Gaulle of
France has insisted that the con
ference be delayed until spring,
at the earliest. It is believed Eis
enhower leans toward MacMil
lan’s position.
On the second question, ob
servers believe MacMillan is will
ing to make concessions to
Khrushchev, settling the Berlin
issue before reaching an agree
ment on German unity. But De
Gaulle feels that the Soviets are
responsible for the crises in the
world. He believes that if there
are concessions to be made, the
Soviets must make them. Past
statements of Eisenhower indicate
he tends to agree with De Gaullte
on this issue.
The fourth leader, Chancellor
Adenauer of West Germany, will
not attend the summit conference
with Khrushchev.
The Western summit meeting
will follow by only a couple of
days a meeting of the North At
lantic Treaty Council, December
15 to 17.