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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LVIII No. 107 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1956 Per Copy—154
Marian McKnight
Of S. Carolina Is
New Miss America
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Wt—A
drawling southern girl who likes
to take life easy is off to a flying
start in her hectic one-year reign
as Miss America.
Marian McKnight of South Car
olina had only two hours sleep
after winning the coveted title
late Saturday night when she was
routed out of bed yesterday to
face the press and photographers.
Then she took off for New York
for three television appearances.
Sipping an orange juice, the
19-year-old blonde showed a sense
of humor and calm self-assurance
in cataloging her likes and dis
likes.
“I like to go to bed late and to
sleep late,” Miss McKnight said.
Miss McKnight was a favorite
of audience and judges alike dur
ing the week-long pageant. A 5
foot-5 120-pounder, she paraded
her 35-23-35 form in a slick, black
swimsuit during one phase of the
preliminary judging and did a
hip-swinging takeoff of Marilyn
Monroe as her talent specialty.
Other top finishers in the famed
contest were Miss District of Col
umbia, Margo Lucey, 20, first
runnerup, who gets a $3,000
scholarship; and Miss Alabama,
Anne Ariail, 19, of Birmingham,
second runnerup, who will get a
$2,500 scholarship.
TRIPLET GIRLS BORN
IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES UP)—“Mommy’s
got triplets! Mommy’s got trip
lets!”
That’s what 2Vi-year-old Bruno
Ve Sota sang thru the neighbor
hood yesterday. He said they’d
been named Davy Crockett, the
Lone Ranger and Tonto.
But at the hospital where the
triplets were born to Mrs. Gene
vieve Ve Sota, 30, mommy said
the names would be Marie Grace,
Grace Marie, and Mary Elinore.
The arrivals weighted 6 pounds
4 ounces, 5 pounds 1 ounce, and
5 pounds 7 ounces.
The family will now have to
move out of its one-bedroom
apartment, the mother added.
Highway Patrolman Kills 2 AWOL
Marines Before Dying of Shot in Back
WILLOWS, Calif. 1*1—Highway
Patrolman Charles Smith, shot
three times in the back, clung to
life long enough to kill his slayer
and a second man last night.
Smith, 26, had halted a car
driven by Kenneth J. Nelson, 20,
of Martinez, Calif., and Everett
Lee Harkey, 23, of Oakland, Calif,
as passenger. The highway patrol
identified Nelson and Harkey as
marines absent without leave.
Mrs. Dixie Lee White, who saw
the gun battle from her home on
Highway 99, West told the patrol:
Smith halted the car and talked
with Harkey, who got out.
• Nelson suddenly got out also
and fired fivf times at Smith,
three shots hitting Smith in the
back.
Sihith staggered but managed
to get off three shots as the car
started. Nelson was killed instant
ly. Harkey, hit between the eyes,
died in a hospital. Smith was dead
on arrival there.
Smith leaves a widow and two
children, one bom only last
month.
Harkey, a First Division ma
rine, was wanted by the Marine
Corps for drunk driving. Nelson
was sought for armed robberies
in Pleasant Hill and Antioch,
California.
Officers said the car was stolen.
Nome W as Host
Today to German
Ambassador
Mayor Steve Andersen was host
this morning to his excellency the
German ambassador to the United
States, M. Krekeler, who was on
a tour of the Arctic. He was ac
companied by his assistant, Otto
Axelherbst, and Major Grum
halgh of the 5004th Squadron,
USAF.
They enjoyed being taken on
the large No. 5 dredge of the U.S.
Smelting Co. and they also made
a tour of the city before departing
by Air Force plane.
They had planned an overnight
stop here but due to an accident
to their plane at Kotzebue their
arrival here was delayed.
Terri. Road Board
Meeting Here Now
The Board of Road Commis
sioners opened their meeting this
morning in the City Hall with
Irving Reed, Territorial Highway
Engineer, presiding.
In attendance were: A1 See
linger, Ken Sheppard, Pete Mc
Cormick, Dewey Goodrich, and
secretary Thelma Zenger.
The new Federal Highway Act
and how, it applies to Alaska was
under study today with an audi
ence of interested citizens.
FIRE DESTROYS
SITKA BUILDINGS
SITKA, —A fire which for a
time threatened the heart of the
Sitka business district destroyed
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
club building, a restaurant and a
liquor store Friday.
Several firemen were overcome
by smoke and residents of the
Alaskan hotel were forced to
evacuate their rooms.
The fire was believed to have
started from a leaky oil tank in
the VFW quarters.
All the city’s Are fighting equip
ment was in use, aided by volun
teer fighters and the Coast Guard
cutter Sorrell.
The hotel was saved altho only
six feet from the main blaze.
16 Airmen Missing
In Weather Plane
TOKYO, MV-A U. S. RB-50
weather reeonaissance plane with
16 crewmen aboard was reported
missing tonight. It failed to return
from a typhoon-splitting mission
in the Japan Sea between Japan
and Russia, the Air Force said.
The plane was last heard from
200 miles northwest of Nigata,
Japan.
The big four-engine weather
version of the B-50 bomber car
ried six officers and 10 airmen on
its mission to assist in gathering
data on typhoon Emma. The ty
phoon late today headed up the
east coast of Siberia.
Dulles Voices Deep
Disappointment at
Failure of Suez Talks
WASHINGTON, UP>— Secretary
of State Dulles today voiced his
deep disappointment at failure of
the Cairo conference and declared
the rights of the Suez Treaty sig
natory nations “should be pur
sued.”
He hinted that the next step in
attempting to solve the Suez Ca
nal crisis might be referral of the
dispute to the United Nations.
In asserting that the rights of
the canal-using nations should be
pursued, he declared this should
be done “consistently with the
spirit of the U.N. charter.
Soviets Make Prompt Announcement
Of Fourth in Series of Atomic Tests
MOSCOW, Uf)—Soviet Russia
announced the explosion today of
another of her nuclear weapons,
the fourth in a series of atomic
tests that started August 24.
The announcement, unprece
dented for its promptness, finally
beat the United States in disclos
ing the testing of one of the So
viet Union’s own atomic devices.
Tass, the official Soviet news
agency, distributed the announce
ment at 6 a.m. (4 p.m., Bering
Salvage Ship Will
Recover $600,000 Worth
Of Cable From Ocean
SEATTLE, Wl—A salvage oper
ation which will recover more
than $600,000 worth of cable from
the ocean’s floor has sent the Ar
my cableship Albert J. Myer into
Alaskan waters.
The ship has left Seattle for a
55-day repair and salvage opera
tion in tile Aleutian area for the
Alaska Communication System.
If all goes well, 85 percent of
the cable will be recovered in
good condition, with a future life
expectancy of 20 years. The cable
originally cost $1,135,700.
The ship at the same time will
undertake a cable repair job. The
cable stretches from Cold Bay to
Unalaska.
The Myer recently completed a
telephone laying mission in which
the first telephone cable between
the continental United States and
Alaska was laid between Ketchi
kan and Port Angeles, Wash.
Time, Sunday), and made a spe
cial phone call to Western corres
pondents to make sure they did
not overlook it. The unusual hour
and speed indicated Moscow is de
termined that the United States
no longer will be first with such
news.
It also confirmed a previous
statement by the U.S. Atomic En
ergy Commission on Sept. 3 that
another test explosion was held
in Russia on Sept. 2.
Today’s announcement gave no
idea of the size of the weapon, or
whether hydrogen weapons were
involved.
The time of the announcement
indicated the test was conducted
far east of Moscow, presumably
in the central Asian region.
• • •
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis
sion indicated Sept. 3 there was
something unusual about the cur
rent series by saying the United
States limited itself to making
statements about explosions in
the Soviet Union which were of
“special interest because of their
large size, their special character
or some other unusual fact.’’
A Soviet reference to arming
troops had been taken as an indi
cation they were testing weapons
designed for tactical use.
Indian political public leaders
have expressed concern over the
danger of radioactive fallout from
the Soviet tests. The site of the
blasts has been pinpointed by
Japanese scientists as in Kazakh,
north India.
Cairo Talks Fail to Solve Suez Crisis;
Egypt Proposes More Negotiations
LONDON, —Egypt bid today
for a parley representing the
views of all users of the Suez Ca
nal to tackle the stalemate that
Cairo negotiations failed to solve.
The key issue is control of the
canal.
“Egypt desires to state its de
termination to continue to work
for a negotiated settlement within
the letter and spirit of the charter
of the United Nations,” an Egyp
N. Lewis Retires
As Clerk of Court
Norvin Lewis, who has been in
the office of U.S. Clerk of the
Court for the past 35 years, will
retire as of October 31st, stated
Judge Walter Hodge.
He was appointed Clerk of the
Court' by Dist. Judge J. Kehoe
and has served with Judges Earl
Cooper and Walter Hodge. Previ
ously he was assistant clerk under
Judges G. Lomen, L. Gore, and
J. H. S. Morrison.
Judge Hodge has announced the
appointment of John M. Kronin
ger, now deputy tax collector for
the Department of Taxation, who
will assume his duties as Clerk of
the Court on November 1st.
tian communique said.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s
government set forth the idea
even as Australian Prime Minis
ter Robert G. Menzies’ five nation
mission flew back to London to
report on the collapse of crisis
talks with Nasser.
French leaders also headed to
London to plan the next move
with Prime Minister Eden and
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd.
They faced a choice between war
and further diplomatic dickering.
London again became the focal
point of consultations on the Suezy
Canal crisis.
The Cairo communique an
nounced a note containing the
Egyptian proposal—still nebulous
as to meeting place and how par
ticipants would be chosen—had
been handed by Egyptian diplo
mats to U.N. Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold and to gov
ernments thruout the world.
The note criticized the massing
of British and French troops in
the eastern Mediterranean and
reputed efforts to influence for
eign canal pilots to quit.
British officials gave Egypt’s
proposal a chilly reception.
They said the proposal clearly
envisaged the negotiations should
take place on the basis of Egyp
tian control of the canal. This,
they said, made it immediately
unacceptable to Britain.
Author-Soldier-Composer
Rupert Hughes Dies
LOS ANGELES, UF>—Qpath has
taken Rupert Hughes, 84, author
soldier-composer who called him
self a Jack of all trades.
The prolific writer of fiction,
history, biography, poetry and
movie and radio scripts died yes
terday at the home of his brother,
Felix, a voice teacher.
The author was an uncle of
millionaire industrialist Howard
Hughes.
He authored more than 60
books and for many years was
one of the nation’s most success
ful writers of magazine fiction.
Muskoxen Make
Alaska Comeback
WASHINGTON W»—'The musk
ox is making a nice comeback in
Alaska.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
reported today that this meek
looking but unpredictable animal,
which became extinct in Alaska
about a century ago, is re-estab
lishing itself under government
care.
A herd of 31 muskox moved to
Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea
20 years ago has increased to 126,
the service said.
The anu .als, originally import
ed from < -eenland and Norway,
wander at will over more than a
million acres of subarctic terrain.
Just what economic value the.
muskox has is still questionable.
But, the service said, "it’s meat is
edible and for those not accus
tomed to the taste of prime beef
it is quite satisfactory.”