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VOL. LX No. 26 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1958_Per Copy—IS#
Stepped-Up Govt.
Spending Needed
To Stem SJump
WASHINGTON, W)—A Senate
House committee says monetary
action and stepped - up federal
spending in a number of fields
are needed to stem the recession.
If these don’t work, “tax reduc
tion will be in order,’ ’the group
says.
In a formal report yesterday,
the Joint Economic Committee
urged acceleration of federal pro
grams for highway construction,
slum clearance, housing, school
and health facilities, and provi
sion of needed public buildings.
It assigned a “high priority” to
outlays for navigation and flood
control, water and soil conserva
tion, and reclamation. These pro
grams, the report said, “have
great merit . . . both for the
immediate employment oppor-”
tunities they create and because
of their contributions to long-run
economic development.”
Anybody Wanta Whale?
LONG BRANCH, N.J., Uf) —
Want a whale?
There’s a 50-foot one available
right on the shores of this com
munity. All you have to do is
cart it away—as far from here
as possible.
The dead whale washed ashore
at the rear of the Lido Hotel yes
terday.
The U. S. Coast Guard has
agreed to try and lug the mam
moth mammal away., but it is still
waiting for calm seas, and the
whale is still on the beach, at
tracting swarms of children.
The Coast Guard, however,
doesn’t feel particularly posses
sive about the beast. They em
phasized that anyone who wants
it for his very own can have a
whale of a time taking it home.
Wily Rat Causes
Grounding Of
Airliner Two Days
CHICAGO, — Rudolph, a
wily rat who kept a big passen
ger airplane grounded for two
days fell for an apple today and
the aircraft was back in service.
Rudolph, so named by a United
Air Lines maintenance crew that
has sought to catch the 7Vfe inch
animal since Tuesday, night, was
caught in a trap baited with
apple.
He had a choice, 24 other traps
placed in the Convair airplane
were baited with lettuce and lob
ster.
Rudolph’s capture brought a
sigh of relief to United Air Lines
officials. His presence aboard the
twin engine plane had forced
them to keep the ship out of ser
vice.
The rat was first sighted Tues
day night while the plane was
being serviced. Efforts to trap
him or shoo him out of the plane
failed. Rudolph ate cheese out of
traps without getting caught and
hid in the fuselage framework.
Rudolph’s presence abroad the
plane caused some concern to the
Chicago Board of Health. A
spokesman said if he got aboard
the plane in another city it might
bring in sortie disease if it got
off the ship here.
This, of course, was before the
rat was caught.
; Gloom . . . Nanooks
i Lose First Game
A news dispatch from Coach
! Bill Ullrich today said that the
| Nome High School Nanooks lost
their first game last night to the
Fairbanks team 49-32.
Quarter scores: 11-10, 18-16,
30-20 and the final 48-32.
■Ullrich said the boys played
very well and the scorers were:
Joe Senungetuk 14, Geo. Kost 13,
Chuck Fagerstrom 4, and Gerald
Trigg 1.
Their next game will be ag
ainst Seward Saturday morning.
Air Force Makes
Successful Flight
Of Thor IRBM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UR—
An Air Force Thor Ballistic Mis
sile roared skyward today carry
ing a new and more stubby nose
cone designed to protect a war
head on its earthward plunge to
ward target.
The Thor, like other ballistic
missiles, is designed to power it- j
self into space, re-entering the
earth’s atmosphere only when it
falls on target.
The 1,500-mile range missile—
destined for installation in Eu
rope within a year — climbed
slowly at first ,, in an enormous
billow of flame and smoke and
then moved quickly upward,
trailing brilliant yellow flames
behind it. |
From Cocoa Beach, six miles
distant, it appeared to be a fine
launching and a good flight down
range.
It was believed the last Thor
launching Jan. 28 was the first
time a nose cone had been tested
in flight with the entire vehicle.
It disappeared into distant
skies more than three minutes
after the launching.
The nose cone is designed and
manufactured by General Electric
which also makes nose cones for
the Thor’s big brother, the 5,000
mile Atlas, and the Navy’s 1,500
mile Polaris missile.
Councils Move Exceedingly Slow
SACRAMENTO, Calif., UR —
The city council last night re
ceived this letter from Elizabeth
M. Martin, a patient woman:
“Accept my appreciation in the
fixing of our alley. It certainly
needed it and is a big improve
ment to our neighborhood.
“It took me 48 years to get it
done and now at the age of 82
I can enjoy it.’’
j Episcopal Church to
| Ordain First Eskimo Into
Priesthood In Arctic
j FAIRBANKS — Bishop Wm.
| Gordon, Jr., left Fairbanks this
week for Pt. Hope on his. annual
visit to the Arctic Coast missions
of the Episcopal Church.
Flying his own plane, Bishop
Gordon will be accompany by
j Rev. Malcolm Miner of Anchor
i age, and they will pick up Rev.
Patterson Keller at Huslia.
However, this is not simply an
ordinary annual visitation for the
Bishop because he will also of
ficiate at two ordination serv
ices on this journey when the
Rev. Thomas M. Osgood of St.
George’s-in-the Arctic Mission,
Kotzebue, will be advanced to
the priesthood on March 3 in Kot
zebue, and Milton Swan will be
ordained deacon at Epiphany
Mission, Kivalina March 4.
Swan, who has been the lay
reader in charge of Epiphany
Mission for more than 15 years,
will be the first Eskimo ever or
dained in the history of the Epis
copal Church in Alaska, so this
will be a historic occasion for the
church and for the people along
the Arctic Coast.
Blizzards, Rain Plague
Midwest and Northeast
(By The Associated Press)
A blizzard raked the western
plains today while snow swept
into the midwest and heavy rains
doused the northeast.
Wind-blown snow hit the Dak
otas, Nebraska and Kansas and
extended into eastern Colorado,
Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Driving rains and tidal flood
ings beset the northeast. Some
families left their homes along
the Connecticut shore and a num
ber of coastal roads were flooded.
New York City was doused by
3.03 inches of rain in a 24-hour
period—almost as much as the
average rainfall there for the
whole month of February.
Hawaii Governor Says
Hope For Statehood
Lies In Alaska’s Bill
SAN FRANCISCO, lift — Gov.
William Quinn of Hawaii pins his
hope for Hawaiian statehood on
congressional approval of the Al
aska statehood bill.
He told newsmen here yester
day that “both Senate and House
leaders are prepared to push for
Alaska statehood this year. If the
Alaska bill passes, I feel reason
ably confident Hawaii’s will too.”
Baptist Minister Shot to Death By
14-Year-Old Son to Escape Spanking
LAS CRiUCES, N.M., UP} — A
Baptist minister, whittling a
switch to punish his twin 14-year
old sons, was shot to death by
one of them yesterday in front
of his rectory.
The Rev. Leonard Boyett was
shot once in the back with a .38
caliber revolver held by his son,
John, after the pastor called the
boy to come to punishment.
Friends of the family told po
lice the boys and their father
hadn’t gotten along recently and
they planned to run away from
home.
To that end the boys stole the
death weapon to “hunt rabbits”
in their romantic plans to run
away and hide at a nearly lake.
One of the twins also stole $30.10
from a family cookie jar cache
to finance the trip.
Boyett discovered the loss.
He picked up the twins at
school yesterday and drove them
home. He stood on the front stoop
whittling the three-foot, pencil
thin switch. Then he called,
“John, come here.”
John, standing in the front
room with his sister, Carolyn, 17,
watching him whittle, lifted the
revolver and fired through the
screen door.
Both John and his twin bro
ther, Jack, were in the custody of
juvenile authorities.
As the two boys were led to
the police cruiser, past the body
of their father, Jack turned to
his sobbing brother and said:
“John, you stop crying and
pray for dad.”
Stassen Calls For
No-Strings Halt
I
To Nuclear Tests
i
WASHINGTON, MV-Harold E.
Stassen, apparently undaunted,
by presidential opposition, called
again today for a no-strings-at
tached halt in US. and Soviet
nuclear testing.
Stassen disagreed with the im
pression left by President Eisen
hower at a news conference Wed
nesday that Eisenhower believes
Stassen’s 4 - point disarmament
plan was not acceptable to Ameri
ca’s allies.
Testifying before the Senate
Disarmament subcommittee, Stas
sen said: “It would appear from
the President’s press conference
that the President has been in
formed the NATO allies would
not support his first step. But I
believe they would.”
In the press conference Eisen
hower pointed out that a two
year trial agreement for halting
tests of nuclear weapons, without
at the same time halting produc
! tion of fissionable materials,
would have to have the approval
of other friendly nations which
are carrying on such tests. Stassen
favors that but Eisenhower’s tone
was one of doubt that everybody
would agree.
Stassen stepped out as Eisen
hower’s disarmament negotiator
about three weeks ago to seek the
Republican nomination for gover
nor of Pennsylvania.
The selection of ambassador
James J. Wadsworth to take over
dealings with Russia on the dead
locked issue was announced last
night.
Backing up Wadsworth is a
blue ribbon panel of private citi
zens with distinguished records
of public service—Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther, John J. McCloy, Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith, and Robert
A. Lovett.
At about the same time, the
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced that Russia has set off
two nuclear test bombs yester
day, makjng three this week. No
details were given except they
were fired within the Arctic Cir
cle and had power about equal
to a million tons of TNT.
B-47 Bomber Crashes,
Killing 1 of 4 Crewmen
EL PASO, Tex., UP) — A big
intercontinental B - 47 bomber
plowed into the ground just be
fore landing last night, killing the
navigator.
Three other crew members
walked away from the smashed
six-jet plane, which was scatter
ed over a half-mile area.
Air Force spokesmen at Biggs
AFB here said all lights on the
plane apparently were out when
it crashed 2 Vi miles northwest of
Biggs in rough terrain. The plane
broke in two, and none of the
crew bailed out.
Bob Rice Arrested In
Fairbanks, Indicted By
Nome Grand Jury
FAIRBANKS—Robert E. Rice,
a pilot for Interior Airways, was
arrested Tuesday morning on a
warrant from Nome charging him
with conversion to his own use
of property of the United States.
He was picked up in the Fed
eral Building by U.S. marshal’s
deputies. Bail is $2,000. Rice was
indicted by a grand jury last Fri
day.
\
Hoover Prescribes:
Cut Spending and
Tax Cut Cure For
Business Slump
NEW YORK, UR — Former
President Herbert Hoover urge*
a slash in government spending
for non-defense purposes and an
accompanying tax cut as the best'
way to achieve economic recov
ery.
Addressing a New York Cham
ber of Commerce dinner Hoover
said:
“There are some old and
proved wonder drugs useful both
to prevent inflation and to speed!
recovery from recessions. The
most useful of these economic
wonder drugs is the elimination,
of waste and the reduction of
non - essential federal spending
until we have a balanced bud
get .. .
“We should cut government ex
penditures, not only to provide
for additional weapons and bal
ance the budget, but also to the
point where we can have a tax
reduction. This would be the
greatest possible stimulant to re
covery ...”
Hoover urged labor and indus
try to declare a moratorium on
wage and price increases to hel]»
the nation shake off what he
called the current “minor slump^
in business and employment.”
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President Has Cracked
Tooth Extracted
WASHINGTON, on— President
Eisenhower had a cracked tooth
extracted today at Walter Reed
Army hospital, and stayed there
for a physical check-up tomor
row. The White House reported
the extraction “normal and suc
cessful.”
The examination will be a fol
low-up to the minor stroke Eisen
hower suffered last Nov. 24. It
will be conducted by three of the
neurological specialists called in
at the time of that illness.
Press Secretary Hagerty said
the anti - coagulants which the
President has been getting regu
larly since his heart attack in
September 1955, were halted tem
porarily because of plans for the
tooth extraction. The purpose of
an anticoagulant is to keep the
blood from clotting.
Clotting time tests this morning
showed the blood in satisfactory
condition for extraction of the
tooth, Hagerty reprted.
German Airline To
Start Service to U.S.
West Coast In 1960
SAN FRANCISCO, OW — Luf
thansa plans to inaugurate flights
from Europe to the West Coast in
1960, the German airline’s presi
dent said here yesterday.
Hans M. Bongers, in San Fran
cisco on business, explained that
a U.S.-German agreement gives
Lufthansa the right to fly the
polar route between Germany
and the U.S. west coast.
Four new Boeing 707 jet air
liners to be delivered in 1959 or
early I960 will make possible the
polar flights, Bongers said.
Lufthansa made its first post
war flight in 1955 and carried
350,000 passengers last year. Bon
gers said the airline expects a 50
per cent increase in demand for
its flights and in capacity this
year over 1957.