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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 63 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1961 Per Copy 15^
Dynamitings
Knock Out
Relay Stations
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SALT LAKE CITY UP* — In
vestigators today expanded their
manhunt as the tense West re- j
laxed a bit in the wake of three j
dynamitings that knocked out J
telephone microwave and cable |
relay stations.
The dawn blasts yesterday at
unattended and isolated sites in
eastern Nevada and western Utah
produced a rash of war nerves
across the nation.
Worried citizens plagued news
and police switchboards with re
ports — all false — that dams
had been knocked out; that aerial
bombings had occurred across the
country; that America’s com
munications system was des
troyed.
But the question of whether the
dynamiting were the work of
saboteurs, vandals or someone
bent on mad revenge mattered
not to hordes of FBI agents, po
lice and military authorities hunt
ing those responsible.
The blasts all along U. S. High
way 40-50A, shattered two micro
wave relay towers near Wend
over, Nev., and Cedar Mountain
in West-Central Utah and an am
plification station for cable phone
lines near Knolls, Utah. The
blasts occurred between 4:55 and
6:45 a. m. The stations are part
of American Telephone and Tele
graph’s nationwide system.
National Guard troops with
arms were called out in Idaho,
Nevada, Colorado and other states
to search for bombs and to guard
similar relay stations. Some of the
guardsmen were relieved later by
civilians.
FBI agents pouring to the area
had nothing to say about the aims
or methods of their investigation.
They sifted through debris at the ]
blast sites. Dynamite wrapped in
military olive drab material was
found at one station.
Mountain States T & T moved
in mobile equipment to fill the
gap in the microwave system.
Damage was estimated at $850,000.
Witness Testifies Eichmann
Offered Jews for Trucks
JERUSALEM UP) — A little
red-haired Jew, Joel Brand, slap
ping the witness stand and imi
tating a Nazi officer’s shrill com
mand, testified today Adolf Eich
man offered him the lives of a
million Jews for 10,000 trucks in
1944.
Brand, a leader of the Budapest
Jewish community, was sent out
of Nazi-occupied Hungary to ne
gotiate the deal. It never came
off.
Eichmann, charged with ad
ministering the slaughter of mil
lions of Jews in Nazi-overrun
Europe, made the offer as though
it were his own at first, Brand
said. Later Eichmann told him he
had to go to Berlin for full au
thority and this presumably came
from his chief, Heinrich Himmler.
FREIGHTER GALENA
GOES AGROUND
JUNEAU UP) — The Alaska
Steamship Co. freighter Galena
went aground at Green Rocks, in
Wrangell Narrows, yesterday and
floated free with the incoming
tide, apparently suffering little
damage.
The Coast Guard said the Ga
lena proceeded to Ketchikan un
der her own power after free
ing herself.
Alaska Airlines
Proposes 40 Pet.
Freight Rate Cut
SEATTLE — Sweeping reduc
tions in air freight rates in and
to Alaska have been proposed by
Alaska Airlines. According to
President and General Manager
Charles F. Willis, Jr., the pro
posed reductions range as high as
40 per cent and affect most com
modities shipped by air.
The new rates have been filed
with the Civil Aeronautics Board
and require its approval before
becoming effective June 11.
The carrier proposes an across
the-board cut of 2 cents a pound
in the general commodity rates be
tween the Pacific Northwest and
Fairbanks and Anchorage. The
same reductions would apply
southbound On shipments of over
100 pounds the existing rate is 19
cents a pound. Alaska Airlines’
suggested rates is 17 cents. In
other weight categories the new
rates range from: over 1,000 lbs.,
existing 18 cents, proposed 16
cents, to over 8,000 lbs., existing
15V£ cents, proposed 13V£ cents.
Willis said the airline has also
filed new lower rates on eggs,
meat and produce from Portland
and Seattle to Fairbanks and An
chorage. This new rate is 13 cents
a pound on a minimum of 500
pounds. This is a reduction of up
to 6 cents a pound per commodity.
Teh existing rate between An
chorage and Kotzebue is 12 cents
a pound. The carrier proposes to
reduce it to 9 cents a pound.
In addition to these reductions
which apply to the regular freight
rates, the carrier has filed a de
ferred rate applicable between
the Pacific Northwest and Nome
and Kotzebue. The new rate of
15 cents a pound is 11 cents a
pound below the regular freight
rate. A minimum 48 hours delay
in delivery of the deferred freight
is a condition of the new tariff.
43 Road Projects
Will Cost Some
$231/2 Million
Forty-three state highway proj
ects, costing some $23 million
and representing 618 miles of
roads and bridges, are now under
contract or advertised, according
to a project report released by
T. D. Sherard, director and chief
engineer of the Alaska Division
of Highways.
Eight of the projects are now
advertised for bids, while 35 are
under contract, Sherard’s report
showed.
Among the projects included in
the report are;
Kuzitrin River bridge, .2 miles,
$210,000; Kuzitrin River-Coffee
Creek, 7.7 miles, $360,000; Name
Council (bridges), .6 miles, $53,
000; Nome-Teller & Cripple Creek
bridge, 13.9 miles, $659,000.
Among the 1961-62 projects now
under design is the relocation of
the Nome-Dexter road, 12 miles.
Two other projects also under
design are the 8 miles of road
from Coffee Creek north to Neva
Creek, and bank protection proj
ects on the Nome-Council road.
Flying Farmers Due Tomorrow
Twenty - five flying California
farmers are scheduled to arrive
here tomorrow with Wien Air
lines on a tour of the state. They
will be accompanied by Frank
Whaley Wien’s.
Demos Call on
GOP to Cool-Off on
Political Attacks
WASHINGTON M — Demo- j
cratic leaders called today for a
cooling-off period in Republican
political attacks until President
Kennedy has talked with Soviet
Premier Khrushchev in Vienna.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield urged a truce to sus
pend at least temporarily the kind
of foreign policy blasts at the
President with which the GOP
kept the political battle rever
brating over the weekend.
“This is not the time, with the
Khrushchev talks approaching, for
anyone to become political or par
tisan in the foreign policy field,”
Mansfield said. “Rather it is the
time for all Americans to come
to the aid and support of their
President.”
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, the as
sistant Democratic leader, said in
a separate interview he recog
nizes the Republicans’ right to
criticize foreign policy decisions.
But he said he thinks the country
would benefit by a little more
unity behind the President as he
approaches the Vienna meeting.
Republicans gave no sign, how
ever, of any let-up in wide-rang
ing criticism of Kennedy’s foreign
and domestic policies in which
they engaged over the weekend.
Sen. Everett Dirksen, Senate
Republican Leader, told a Repub
lican meeting Sunday in Chicago
that he believes Kennedy could
blunder the nation into war with
the Soviet Union.
Republican National Chairman
Thruston Morton told an Albu
querque, N. M., audience that the
prestige of the United States had j
“plummeted to an all-time low.” j
Former Vice President Richard
Nixon told a news conference in
Oklahoma City he thought it was
morally wrong and unwise to
trade 500 tractors for 1,200 j
Cuban invasion prisoners.
President Kennedy’s
Birthday Observed By
Non-Partisan Group
A non-partisan group gathered
Saturday night at the Seaview
Room to observe President John
F. Kennedy’s birthday.
Don Perkins was the master of
ceremonies and he introduced the
speakers: State Sens. Les Bron
son, Pearse Walsh, and John Mc
Nees.
Michael J. Walsh, “Mr. Demo
crat” of the Second District, gave
tiis impressions of the inaugura
tion of President Kennedy, which
tie and Mrs. Walsh attended. Mrs.
Walsh cut the birthday cake.
A number of door prizes were
won by: Father Nevue, Don Mc
Kay, Mary Krogstadt, Mrs. Don
Foster, Doris Kardaman, Tom
Balone, and Stan Harhut.
Another feature of the affair
was the auctioning off of pictures
of the President, which will be
autographed by him and returned
to: Bob Renshaw, Jim McLean,
Willie Brown, Virgil Vochoska,
Stan Harhut, Les Bronson, Father
Nevue, Sam Godfrey and Peggy
Kelliher.
Dancing was enjoyed after the
dinner.
ALL BUSINESSES WILL BE
CLOSED TOMORROW
As is customary, stores and
markets as well as federal and
state offices will be closed to
morrow. The post office also will *
be closed. • *
NATION S HIGHWAY
DEATH TOLL
CLIMBS STEADILY
The highway death toll held
to a course today which could
set a record for the nation’s ex- ,
tended Memorial Day weekend.
An ominous aspect was absence
of the expected substantial mid
holiday slump — between the
deadly peaks at the opening and
closing hours.
By mid-morning today the fig
ures showed traffic deaths were I
occurring at a rate of 4.3 an hour. |
This is the same average hourly j
rate maintained throughout 1960
when 38,200 traffic fatalities were
counted for the year.
The 38,200 total, however, em- '
braces deaths from injuries weeks
and months after the date of the
accident. The current count
covers only deaths over the holi
day period.
The homeward rush of millions
from extended outings was ex
pected to step up the rate dra
matically Tuesday.
As of today:
Traffic 302
Boating 24
Drowing 37
Miscellaneous 56
Totals 419
Tanana C of C Appeals
To Gov. Egan to Reconsider
Vocational School Site
TANANA, i/P — The Tanana
Chamber of Commerce has appeal
ed to Gov. Egan to consider Tan
ana as the site for the Vocational
Education School to be construct
ed north of the Yukon River.
The State Board of Education,
earlier this month, selected Nome
as the site for the school. The fi
nal decision will be up to Egan.
The Tanana Chamber, in a let
ter signed by President Peter
Mayburg, said the board had
chosen Nome without giving Tan
ana a chance to present its case.
Mayburg said Tanana is cen
trally located, has favorable
weather conditions and lies in an
area which has outstanding agri
cultural possibilities. He also said
Tanana has Public Heolth Service
native hospital facilities available.
Egan Will Support
Decision to Name Nome
As New School Site
Gov. Egan said today that he
will designate Nome as the site
for the new vocational school.
Sens. John McNees and Pearse
Walsh reported this this after
noon after they had called the
governor in view of the protest
made by the Tanana Chamber of
Commerce to the State Board of
Education’s recommendation of
Nome as the site for the school.
McNees and Walsh said that
Gov. Egan clearly stated to them
that he will support fully the
State Board of Education decision
for the Vocational Education
School at Nome. i
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Nation W ill Honor
Its Dead of All
W ars on Tuesday
By The Associated Press
The nation will honor its dead
of all wars Tuesday.
The Memorial Day ceremonies
from region to region, will be a
oneness of prideful gratitude to
those who gave their lives for the
ideals prayerfully endowed with
permanancy in 1776.
In the Arlington, Va., National
Cemetarv, troops of the 1st Battle
Group, 3rd Infantry, will place
American flags on all 109,000 of
the graves.
The President said he considered
Memorial Day “almost a religious
holiday in its dedication to the
socrifices of the men and women
who have served in the armed
forces.
In Hawaii, traditional services
will be held above the sunken
battleship Arizona which was sent
down with hundreds of its men
still inside in the Japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
At the outdoor Cathedral of
Pines in Ridge, N. J., wreaths from
President Kennedy and floral tri
butes from all 50 governors and
heads of various civic organiza
tions across the country will be
placed on the Altar of the Nation.
The Altar was designated by
Congress as a national memorial
to all American war dead since
colonial times, including both
sides in the Civil War.
The Memorial Day ceremonies
as knowm today are generally be
lieved to have had their begin
ning at Columbus, Miss.
There, in April 1963, a small
group of southern women scatter
ed spring flowers on the graves of
southern soldiers who had died
in the battle of Shiloh, just across
the border in Tennessee.
One of them found two Union
graves among the southern dead.
The women placed flowers on
these graves, too—a simple act,
transcending wartime bitterness,
that lived to become a national
tradition.
JFK Administration
Cunter-Attacks Critics Oil
Prisoner-Tractor Swap
WASHINGTON UP) — The Ken
nedy Administration launched a
counter attack today against critics
of its support for the move to
swap tractors to Fidel Castro for
release of 1,200 Cuban rebels.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey in a
Senate speech understood to have
President Kennedy’s advance ap
proval, said former Republican
Vice President Riohard Nixon is
morally, legally and politically
wron" in denouncing the deal.
Director Edward R. Murrow of
the U. S. Information Agency
called a news conference and told
it there has been a “ground swell
of disgust” at Castro throughout
Latin America as a result of the
ruban dictator’s offer of the
wap. “It is clear that Castro has
dustered his way into a major
dunder,” Murrow said.
Humphrey similarly said in his
ienate speech that political re
ction in Latin America supports
re Kennedy Administration’s po
tion.
The U. S. government is not
fficially involved in the tractors
risoner deal but President Ken
edy had a hand in creation of
le Citizens Committee which is
>eking to raise funds for the
vap.