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VOlTlX No7l9 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1958Per Copy—15?
Sen. Knowland Makes Clear He Has No
Wish to Combine Two Statehood Bills
WASHINGTON, UP — Senator |
Knowland made clear in the Sen
ate yesterday he has no wish to
combine the Alaska and Hawaii
statehood bills for Senate consid
eration.
In an exchange with Sen. Mur
ray (D-Mont), the Senate Repub
lican leader said:
“ . . . I hope very much the
leadership in the Senate and the
majority policy committee will
not only schedule for considera
tion by the Senate the bill to
grant statehood to Alaska, but,
when the Senate has acted upon
that bill, I hope they will im
mediately thereafter schedule for
consideration the bill to grant
statehood to Hawaii, for action
by the Senate, to at least give the
Senate of the United States an
opportunity to again pass upon
these great public policy ques
tions relating to statehood for
both Alaska and Hawaii.”
Knowland earlier created some
apprehension in the ranks of
statehood supporters when he dis
closed he had advised Sen. John
son, Senate Democratic leader,
that unless assurance could be
given that the Hawaii bill would
be considered immediately after
the Alaska bill, a move undoubt
edly would be made to combine
the two bills.
Supporters of statehood fear
that combining the two bills
would lessen statehood chances
for either territory.
Murray, chairman of the Sen
ate Insular Affairs Committee,
assured Knowland that he in
tends to go forward with support
of statehood for Hawaii “after we
succeed ' in securing passage of
the Alaska bill.”
Murray added: “I am sure the
Senator will agree with me that
the likelihood of getting a bill
through for Hawaii statehood im
mediately is not very favorable.
As soon as the circumstances are
propitious, I am willing to sup
port it.”
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Statehood Subject
Of Ed Murrow
Show on March 2
NEW YORK, I#)—Should Alaska '
and Hawaii be granted statehood? i
Edward R. Murrow’s “See It
Now” program on March 2 wiR!
examine this question while en
tertaining viewers also with a
travelogue of the territories.
Reporters and film camera
crews spent six weeks each in
Alaska and Hawaii to prepare
the program. It will be shown on
CBS-TV from 5 to 6 p.m. EST.
In Alaska, government and ed
ucation leaders were interviewed.
So were Eskimos. The camera
tour of the territory will include
the mountain and river country
and Alaska’s five cities.
In Hawaii, among those ques
tioned were industrialist Henry
J. Kaiser and Harry Bridges, head
of the ILWU. The camera tour of
Hawaii will include sugar cane
and pineapple plantations and a
hula contest.
Seattle and Anchorage
Exchange Invitations To
Seafair and Rendezvous
SEATTLE, lJO—Formal invita
tions to celebrations, scheduled for
Seattle and Anchorage were ex
changed here yesterday on behalf
of their respective cities by two
comely young women.
Involved in the invitational
were Betty Watson, official rep
resentative of the Anchorage Fur
Rendezvous, and Sandra Marie
Teslow, Seattle Seafair Queen of
the Seas.
The two girls extended the “be
sure to visit us” invitations to
one and all.
The Alaska event will be held
February 18-23. Seattle’s Seafair
will run August 1 through 10.
Galena Hits Submerged
Object in S.E. Narrows
SEATTLE, UP> — The Alaska
Steamship Co. motorship Galana
was proceeding to Skagway today
after striking a submerged object
yesterday in Wrangell Narrows.
The ship put into Juneau where
steamship inspectors checked her
bottom and allowed her to go on
to Skagway.
From Skagway, the Galena will
return to Seattle for more com
plete inspection and repairs.
Juneau inspectors said only
the skin of the hull appeared to
be broken.
Two-Headed Counterfeit
Silver Dollars Make
Appearance in Fairbanks,
FAIRBANKS —Counterfeit sil
ver dollars — made out of some
other metal—began popping up in
Fairbanks tills this week. Each
coin had two heads.
Agents of the Treasury Depart
ment have been notified in An
chorage.
Some of the counterfeit coins
appear to be made of lead, have
a dull finish and make an equal
ly dull thud when dropped. These
are about half again as thick as
a real dollar and, of course, much
heavier. They are crude in ap
pearance.
Others are of unkonwn com
position, are shiny, much too light
in weight and make a hollow
metallic ring when dropped. They
resemble real coins in thickness
and appearance.
But all of the counterfeit coins
thus far turned in to authorities
here have two heads. Dates are
either 1922 or 1923—or both.
Basketball Games To Be
Played Thursday Night
A change in the scheduled Fri
day night basketball game has
been made so that the Valentine
Dance may be held on Friday,
Feb. 14. The games will be played
on Thursday, the 13th.
The first game at 7:30 will be
between the Polar Hornets and
the Air Force Panthers and the
second game at 8:45 will be be
tween the High School Nanooks
and the ACS Wamcats.
This will be the last full night
of play in the men’s league so
don’t miss it.
The league championship
trophy and the individual sports
manship trophy will be displayed
at the Drug Store this week.
Tunisia Declares France Must
Withdraw All Of Her Forces
By DAVID MASON
PARIS, U?i — Tunisia declared
today France must pull all her
troops out of Tunisia before any
friendly relations can be restored.
The Tunisian demand came in
the wake of a thumping 339-179
vote of support in the French Na
tional Assembly for Premier Felix
Gaillard after he defended last
Saturday’s bombing of the Tun
isian village as a “legitimate de
fense” against Algerian rebels.
In Tunisia, neophyte Tunisian
troops blockaded 15 to 20,000
French troops in an effort to
starve the French out of their
former North African colony.
The French flew in supplies by
helicopter in defiance of the Tun
isian blockade.
Tunisian President Habib Bour
guiba told newsmen in Tunis
after a meeting with a string of
foreign diplomats that his pri
mary goal is the removal of
French troops. Tunisia was ex
pected to ask for a meeting of
the U.N. Security Council on the
bombing, which Tunisia says left
68 dead, 84 wounded and 10 miss
ing.
Bolstered by the overwhelming
support in the National Assem
bly the French government rush
ed to the permanent NATO coun
cil in Paris its own report on
the bombing. The step was taken
before any other of France’s dis
turbed allies could bring up the
incident.
In London, a British foreign
office spokesman said that for
eign diplomats who visited the
bombed village had formed the
impression that Tunisian ac
counts were generally correct.
The Tunisians claimed a school,
homes and two Red Cross ve
hicles were hit by bombs and that
women and school children were
among the dead. The French said
their attack was limited to mili
tary installations manned by Al
gerian rebels.
Eisenhower Will Ask $2 Billion Public
Works To Help Ease Unemployment
WASHINGTON, UP) —President,
Eisenhower expressed confid
ence today the economic down
trend is about over.
He said March should see the
start of a raise in employment
and “the beginning of the end” of
the downturn.
Eisenhower appended to his
statement a summary of steps al
ready taken by the administra
tion with the aim of combatting
the recession.
He did not set out any new
measures, but said other steps
will be taken if it develops that
they are needed.
In that connection, ,he noted
that from time to time the ad
ministration has been engaged “in
systematic and comprehensive
planning for expansion and mod
ernization of public works and
buildings.
The President’s objective — to
inspire confidence and avert any
development of hysteria — was
underscored by his decision to re
cord his statement on film for
television and theater newsreels.
Eisenhower’s survey of the ec
onomic situation came less than
24 hours after:
1. The government reported
joblessness last month increased
1,120,000 — the biggest monthly
rise since the depression of the
1930s—to a total of nearly 4Vfe
million.
2. Eisenhower followed up
swiftly with announcement he is
asking Congress to authorize a
two-)billion-dollar program of
modernization of post offices and
postal services over three to five
years.
9-Year-Old Boy Awarded
Boy Scout Medal of Merit
For Drowning Rescue
SEATTLE, UP) — A 9-year-old
boy received an unusual Boy
Scout honor last night for his
part in rescuing his mother and
sister from drowning near Ketch
ikan last summer.
Russell Lee Kish, son of Mrs. L.
D. Kish of Seattle, received the
National Council of Boy Scouts
Medal of Merit award—the first
time it had been given here in
more than ten years.
The Kish boy was honored for
his actions in a boating accident
near Ketchikan last July 2 in
which his father was drowned.
The family, then living in
Ketchikan, was vacationing on a
cabin cruiser. Russell’s sister,
Betty Lynn, 6, fell overboard.
The father dove in after her
but was overcome by a cramp
and sank. Mrs. Kish also jumped
in and reached the girl.
Meantime Russell got the boat
started, helped his mother and
sister aboard and steered the
cruiser until another vessel came
to their aid.
The Weaker Sex
LOS ANGELES, WV-“Actually
men are the weaker sex,” a Brit
ish surgeon says.
Dr. W.C.W. Nixon, professor of
obstetrics stnd gynecology at the
University of Lonodn, said more
than 15 per cent of English fath
ers insist on being in delivery
rooms with their wives.
“One father fainted dead away
while watching his child being
delivered,” Dr. Nixon said. “He
smashed to the floor and was
knocked for six (knocked out).
“When we could get around to
him, we discovered he had a bro
ken jaw. His wife went home
with the baby in four days, but
he spent six weeks in our hos
pital.”
City Sales Tax
Collections Are
Highest Since 1952
At City Council meeting Mon
day night City Clerk Bob Scott
presented statistics showing that
sales tax collections in 1957 were
50 per cent higher than in any
year since 19®2.
The report showed that Nome
is now doing one and a quarter
million dollars more business than
| in any of the past six years.
The council was told the atomic
energy exhibit which will tour
Alaska will be in Nome for about
two weeks. The time selected has
not been decided but will be an
nounced soon.
The Philleo Engineering report
on the sewerage and water sys
tem has been accepted by the
City and is now in the hands of
Alaska Public Works. The cost of
preparing the report and all the
necessary work involved is close
to $19,000.
The City Clerk requested a re
survey of city liability insurance
so the city could be fully in
sured in case of accident of any
kind.
Pearse Walsh of the Nome Ut
ility Board told the Council that
the Utility Board was looking for
new office quarters. They now
share an office with the Alaska
Telephone Co., as they have for
the past 50 years.
Seaton Thinks Both
Will Get Statehood
PORTLAND, UR — Secretary of
the Interior Seaton said last night
he thinks Congress at this session
will pass a bill granting state
hood to Alaska.
“And I think Hawaii won’t be
far behind,” Seaton said. “I’m in
favor of both of them.”
Seaton will address J wo Repub
lican fund raising linners in
Portland tonight.
w Y 1 • Friday, February 14, 8 to 12 p.m. — School Gym '
1 / m 1 4r^ ,-r^ I R *■% v r I 1 n ^"V Sponsored by Junior Class of Nome High School
V dlcnililc LJdLV i/dllvC Semi-Formal
Admission $1 Single Door Prize