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VOL. LIX Ng 153 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECE?MBER 25, 1957 Per Copy—15#
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SURVIVORS OF
NAVY BOMBER
HONOLULU, UR—A pilot of the
Navy Super Constellation that
plunged into the sea last night
said today the big plane exploded.
He said he believed there were
survivors in the area. Twenty
three men were aboard.
Cmdr. Guy Howard, 41, was
one of four survivors who arrived
aboard a crash boat at daybreak.
All the survivors had burns,
cuts and bruises.
The search for additional sur
vivors was intensified at day
break. Seas were heavy, with the
waves at times topping 14 feet.
Cmdr. Howard said several oth
er crewmen were seen in a flash
shortly after the crash.
Howard said one man was hold
ing a dead crewman, whose body
was aboard the crash boat.
Several empty lifejackets were
retrieved by the crash boat crew.
Flying Object
Reports Admitted
On Christmas Eve
WASHINGTON, UR—'The De
fense Department, with its face
straight but its tongue in cheek,
today for the first time acknowl
edged sightings of a flying object
that could not be conventionally
explained.
A Pentagon statement said the j
object had been sighted in the
skies from widely separated parts!
of the country and various de
scriptions had been given:
“A train-like object with flick
ering lights.”
“Shadowy figures in the sky, in
precision formation; from the
front figure a red light gleamed I
mistily.”
“An unusual type caravelle pi
lotted by a strangely suited indi
vidual, leaving the sound of ro
bust laughter in its wake.”
The Air Defense Command has
“correlated and analyzed its find
ings from its widespread network
of radar sites, the DEW Line sys
tem” and other sources.
The Pentagon said: “At 0430 the
Air Force formally announced
identification of the object—San
ta Claus arriving on schedule.”
People in Many Lands Are Praying for Peace on
This First Christmas Eve With Soviet Stars
(Bv The Auoautad Press)
On the first Christmas Eve after
Soviet stars appeared in the sky,
people of many lands today
prayed for peace on earth thru an
end to the continuing cold war.
As he lit the national commu
nity Christmas tree, President
Eisenhower asked Americans last
night for sweat and toil, courage,
patience and self-sacrifice to pro
mote peace and good will among
nations.
The holiday season found unde
clared wars going on sporadically
in Algeria and Ifni, in North Af
rica, and civil unrest in Cuba and
Cyprus. Many people awaited
Christmas in bleak refugee cafmps:
Hungarians in Austria, East Ger
mans in West Berlin, Palestine
Arabs in Gaza, Chinese in Hong
Kong, Dutch from Indonesia in
Singapore. '•
But no war scare disturbed the
Holy Land. In contrast to last
Christmas, when the Sinai War i
was just over, tension ebbed away
from the barbed wire barriers
that split Palestine. Thousands of
Pilgrims to the Holy Land await
ed religious ceremonies tonight
celebrating the birth of Jesus.
One group of the thousands of
American servicemen spread all
around the world has plenty of
white. Sitting on 8,000 feet of
snow and ice, the IGY crew at the
South Pole extended a holiday
■greeting to four visiting newsmen
from McMurdo Sound.
Soldiers at Taegu, Korea, proud
ly claimed they nad thrown “the
biggest Christmas party ever held
in Korea” for more than 1,200
orphans. ,
The soldiers in Korea were
themselves getting Christmas en
tertainment. Bob, Hope flew in
from Japan after entertaining
some 40,000 Americans there and
in Okinawa. His troupe included
Jayne Mansfield and Jerry Co-1
V
lonna. Airmen staged a near riot
to get near Jayne as she landed.
Francis Cardinal Spellman also
arrived in Korea. He will spend
Christmas with the troops, a tra
dition he began during the Korean
War.
Rev. Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg,
president of the National Council
of Churches visited the armed
forces in Alaska.
Crewmen from the aircraft car
rier Randolph in the Mediterra
nean sent a plane to Naples with
turkey, ice cream, toys and cloth
ing for 80 Italian merchant mar
ine cadets between 10 and 20
years old. y
Troops in Germany entertained
and sent gifts to some 73,000 or
phans and needy children, old
folks, refugees and others.
Numerous servicemen were in
vited to Christmas dinner with
German families in that land
where many of America’s favorite
holiday traditions originated.
Seward A.N.G.
Hoopsters To Play
Here This Friday
A special attraction at the bas
ketball games this Friday evening
will be a game between the Sew
ard National Guard and the 1st
Scout Battalion of the National
Guard of Nome.
The Seward team is expected
to arrive here Friday afternoon
by Air National Guard plane.
Names of the Seward players
are not known at this time, but
the Nome team is made up of the
following: Harold, John, George,
and David Bell, Isaac Larsen, Bob
Herman, Alfred Sahlin, Clifford
Black, Roy Luke, Norman Atuk,
Vernon Kugzruk, and coach Bill
Caldwell.
This game should provide fans
a chance to watch our local talent
pitted against a team outside of
Nome. The game starts at 8:45.
The opening game in the Nome
School gym, between the ACS I
Wamcats and the Bering Sea Club
Panthers, begins at 7:30 p.m.
To help defray the expenses of
the Seward team’s trip the charge
for adults will be $1 and for stu
dents 50 cents.
Keep the night open and come
and root for your teams.
Santa’s Being Tracked
By Radar on His Trip
From North Pole
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
W)—Make no mistake about it—
Santa’s on his way!
Santa’s departure from the
North Pole was reported early to
day to the North American Air
Defense Command (NORAD) here
by a DEW 'Line site near Barrow.
It reported Santa’s traveling
about 45 knots at an* altitude of
35,000 feet and he’s taking advan
tage of the prevailing jet streams
to hasten his voyage to the U.S.
Santa is assured safe passage by
NORA'D’s units which will pro
tect the old fellow against possi
ble attacks from those who do not
believe in Christmas.
And Santa’s tracks, being plot
ted on the main surveilance
boards, are very deep ones, indi
cating his sleigh is heavily laden
with toys and goodies.
rrs up to Moscow to make
NEXT MOVE IN THE COLD WAR
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Alaska Airlines Planes
Brought In 8,000 Pounds
Of Mail Yesterday
Alaska Airlines brought in 8,000
pounds of mail yesterday on the
regular and one ’special flight. It
has been distributed by the staff
at the Post Office in time for
Christmas.
Cold Moves Into U.S.,
With Little Snowfall
Seen for Christmas
(By The Associated Press)
Arctic air moved into north
central sections of the United
States today, with strong winds
and snow flurries in some areas,
but spring-like weather continued
along the eastern seaboard.
The cold weather extended
across the upper and mid Missis
sippi valleys and the central and
southern plains. Gusts up to 55
mph. whipped parts of the Great
Lakes region.
Temperatures dropped to near
zero in northern Minnesota and
Lake Superior as the icy air
moved eastward. Some of the cold
dipped southwestward thru the
Texas panhandle, with tempera
tures in the 30s.
Coldest was Big Piney, Wyo.,
which reported minus 24 degrees.
Only snow forecast for Christ
mas is in-northern midwest areas
and the higher western mountains.
More rain fell along the north
ern and central Pacific coast.
SEAGULLS' CHRISTMAS
NAGS HEAD, N.C., W—Hotel
manager Mrs. Emmett Winslow
plans her unique Christmas tree
again this year—a driftwood tree
hung with dead fish. v
She fixes it annually for the
seagulls here, a practice she began
years ago after watching the gulls
prowl the desolate beach hunting
food.
* Eisenhower and Dulles Report on
NATO; Ask Sign of Reds’ Integrity
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Hoffa Retrial
Set for Jan. 6
NEW YORK, —The govern
ment said today it has ordered
the James R. Hoffa wiretap con
spiracy case restored to the feder
al district court calendar for re
trial Jan. 6. The first trial ended
Friday in a jury deadlock.
Hoffa is president-elect of the
Teamsters Union.
Hoffa and two co-defehdents
were accused of wiretapping the
Teamsters Union offices in De
troit to eavesdrop on subordinates
who might have been called to
give testimony before investigat
ing groups.
U.S. Extends Curbs
On Oil Imports
To Western States
WASHINGTON, UR—The gov-1
ernment today extended its pro
gram of voluntary curbs on oil
imports to five western statfes
which previously had been ex
empt. Alaska and Hawaii were
also brought into the system.
The order has been in effect
since last July in the rest of the I
country. ,
Major importers are asked to
reduce crude oil imports into the
West Coast area during the first
half of 1958 by 15 percent below
their 1956-57 daily average.
Today’s announcement, expect
ed for some time, displeased both
Canada and Venezuela, which sell
the U.S. large amounts of oil.
Eleven Indian Children
Burned to Death in
Two Separate Fires
VANCOUVER, B.C., (£)—Eleven
Indian children were burned to
death in two separate fires in
British Columbia today.
Six perished when their home
on the Musqueam reserve in south
Vancouver was destroyed by fire.
Five other children died in an
other blaze on Vancouver Island.
The six Musqueam youngsters,
aged IV2 to 14 years, apparently
were left unattended. Their moth
er left home to buy Christmas
presents.
The Vancouver Island fire was
caused by an exploding oil lamp.
The children’s ages ranged from
from 10 months (twins) to 5 years.
The mother, her sister and two
young nieces escaped.
ITALIAN SANTA HAS
TROUBLE WITH BEARD
BARI, Italy, UR—Salvatore Sin
iscali usually goes clean-shaven.
That was why he was a bit care
less about the flowing beard he
put on yesterday, along with a
Santa Claus suit, to advertise his
little photo shop.
He lit up his favorite pipe—and
the beard caught fire.
Passersby beat out the flames.
Doctors applied the bandages. And
Salvatore left Santa Clausing to
those with more experience in
whiskers.
► WASHINGTON, MV-President
Eisenhower tossed back to Mos
cow last night responsibility for
making the next great gambit to
“reduce world tensions” and open
the path to disarmament and
peace.
Eisenhower said all that is need
ed to bring about a definite start
toward universal security and
peace is a spirit of conciliation on
both sides and “clear evidence of
Communist integrity and sincer
ity in negotiations and in action.”
“For no nation, for no individ
ual among us,” the President said,
“could there be a finer Christmas
present, nor a better new year.”
Eisenhower threw his deeds
not-words challenge to the Krem
lin, as he has many times in the
past, in a radio-TV report to the
nation on last week’s NATO coun
cil meeting in Paris.
Secretary of State Dulles joined
in. Dulles, in fact, provided the
bulk of the report, with Eisen
hower nodding or occasionally
voicing agreement.
As Eisenhower offered tacit
approval, Dulles all but spurned
Russia's call of last Saturday for
“a special session of the United
Nations or an international con
ference” to deal with the tough,
elusive disarmament issue. Dulles
said that “of course, 82 nations
obviously can’t be a negotiating '
body.”
Russia had rejected NATO’s
proposal for a renewal of disarm
ament dickering by the foreign
ministers of Eastern and Western
powers.
Now the US. has put the next
move up to Russia, along with a
clear implication the Soviets must
expect to give as well as get at
any conference table.
Whether some of the allied na
tions will regard the Eisenhower
Dulles talk as a move away from
the foreign ministers discussions
is a question now being raised in
diplomatic quarters. Reaction will
be watched as closely from allied
capitals as from Moscow.
No Present Plans
For Missile Base
Near Nenana
WASHINGTON, OR—The Air
Force said today there are no
present specific plans to establish
a rocket or missile base near
Nenana, Alaska.
Last night, a spokesman said he
could confirm reports published
in Alaska that a contract will be
let for such an establishment, but
no details were available.
Today, however, Air Force
spokesmen said this information
is “erroneous.”
They said “the Air Force is giv
ing consideration to various possi
ble missile sites thruout the world,
including Alaska. However, there
are no present specific plans in
volving an Alaska site.”
Defense Department policy has
been to keep secret as long as pos
sible the decisions on where bases
for future long range missiles
will be established.