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DELEGATES ARRIVE
FOR ALASKA LEAGUE
CONVENTION HERE
Delegates to the 9th. League of
Alaskan Cities Convention start- j
ed arriving this morning. Among
the first to arrive were: Joe Fra- I
nich, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cox, I
Harry Jackson, Cliff Norby, Bob
Crow, J. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. |
Jack Wilbur, and Larry Parker.
A chartered Northern Consoli
dated F-27 is scheduled to arrive
early this evening, at about 7:00
o’cldck, with the delegation from
Anchorage and other cities. More
than 60 delegates are expected
to attend the convention.
Calif. Chamber Cheers
Van Doren with Chance
In Commerce or College
STOCKTON, Calif., UP) — Cheer ;
up, Charles Van Doren. There’s i
a job waiting for you in this cen
tral California city.
Ralph Ring, manager of the
Greater Stockton Chamber of
Commerce, said Tuesday, “A
sampling of community opinion
indicates Mr. Van Doren is an
honest man at heart and would be
most welcome in Stockton.”
Until a teaching vacancy opens
at College of the Pacific or at
Stockton College, Ring said, Van
Doren could work as industrial
research manager for the Cham
ber of Commerce at the same
salary he received as assistant
professor of English at Columbia
University — $5,500. j
Steel Talks Continue
As Supreme Court
Ponders Injunction Rule
WASHINGTON, UP) — Manage
ment and union representatives
resumed negotiations today in ef
forts to settle the 113-day steel
strike as the Supreme Court pon
dered which way to rule on a
back-to-work order.
There was no hint from the
court as to when it would rule but
it was expected generally the
court would not long delay.
The court’s decision will affect
both the strike of 500,000 steel
workers and emergency provi
sions of the TafbHartley Labor
Relations Law under which the
80-day cooling off injunction was
issued two weeks ago.
Enforcement of the injunction
has been held up pending out
come of the appeal to the Su
preme Court.
Heads of the union and indus
try negotiating teams gave no in
dication that an agreement might
be near as they resumed face-to
face talks for the first time since
Saturday.
OAKLAND, Calif., UP) — Ala
meda County is hiring a team of
nine papa-hunters.
Their job, beginning January 1,
will be to track down wandering
fathers of children on relief.
District Attorney Frank J.
Coakley said the nine investigat
ors would cost $70,000 but should
reduce the numbers of aid-to
needy children cases.
LEAGUE OF ALASKAN CITIES
Ninth Annual Convention, November 5 to 7, 1959
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
9 lo 10 A.M. — Registration; Second floor of Federal Building.
10 A.M. — Opening Session, Court Room; Keynote Address: “The
First Year of the New State,” by Charles Hughes, Director
of the Division of Local Affairs, representing Governor Egan.
12 Noon — Luncheon at the Bering Sea Club; Alaska City Reports;
— Cities under 1,000 population. Chief Justice Beull Nesbett
of the State Supreme Court, will talk on the state court
system, with emphasis on magistrate courts.
4 P.M. — Afternoon Session, Court Room. Panel Presentation on
Borough Government Needs. Representatives of cities, school
districts, legislators, U.S. Commissioners and state agencies will
give their views on Borough Government needs. Have your
questions ready.
Area Planning for a Great City in a Great State; John Ault,
Planning Director. -Anchorage.
8 P.M. — No-host Dinner with NWA Chamber, Seaview Room,
North Star Hotel. Alaska City Reports — Sitka, Seward,
Kodiak, Nome. Entertainment by NWA Chamber.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6
9 A.M.—Corning Session, Court Room. Legislative Workshop, State
Legislation; Ketchikan City .Manager Robert Sharp, Chairman.
12 Noon — Luncheon at the Bering Sea,Club. Federal Programs of
the Community Facilities Administration; Miss Annabelle
Heath, Regional Administrator,-HHFA, Paul Emmert, Regional
Director, CFA.
4 P.M. — Afternoon Session, Court Room. Legislative Workshop,
Federal Legislation; Fairbanks Mayor Paul Haggland, Chairman.
7:30 P.M. — Informal Dinner at North Star Hotel. Alaska City
Reports — Juneau, Ketchikan, Fairbanks and Anchorage.
9:30 P.M. — Multipurpose Room of Nome School; Sam Mogg and
his troupe of Nome Eskimo Dancers will entertain the visitors.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
9 A.M. — Morning Session, Court Room. City Charter Workshop,
Juneau Mayor Larry Parker presiding.
Experts on drafting from Anchorage and Sitka.
Noon — Open for informal group or committee get-togethers.
3 P.M. — League Annual Meeting, Court Room. Reports of
Committees; Executive Secretary; Election of 1959-60 Officers.
8 P.M. — Annual Banquet, North Star Hotel Seaview Room. Intro
duction of New League Officers.
Banquet Address: “The Challenge to Alaska’s Cities,” by Dr.
Brooke Graves, Carnegie Foundation, Visiting Professor of
American State and Local Government, at University of
Alaska, 1959 Semester.
Off-Year Elections
Encourage Both
Parties for ’60 Race
IBy The Associated Press)
Democrats generally consoli
dated gains on state and local lev
els in Tuesday’s scattered off-year
elections. In the main contests
they easily retained the Kentucky
governorship and the Philadelphia
mayor’s office.
Democratic politicians looking
for a 1960 Presidential year trend,
could point to a strong showing
in Indiana and Connecticut mu
nicipal elections. Indiana Demo
crats retained control of every
major city and ousted Republicans
in Fort Wayne and Lafayette.
But the Republicans gained in
upstate New York, where they
ousted nine Democratic mayors
while losing four municipalities.
And in New Jersey, Republicans
not only staved off a Democratic
bid to win control of the State
Senate, but apparently cut the
Democratic majority in the As
sembly.
Failure to capture all branches
of the New Jersey state govern
ment took away a talking point
from backers of Governor Robert
B. Meyner, rated an outside pos
sibility for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination. It also killed
any chance for Meyner to run
for the U. S. Senate next year
and turn over the governorship
to a Democratic Senate president.
As usual there were a few
surprises and upsets. Former Utah
Governor J. Bracken Lee made
a comeback by winning election
as mayor of Salt Lake City. The
ultra-conservative Lee no longer
counts himself a Republican. He
ran as an Independent against a
Democrat in what was supposed
to be a non partisan election.
In Philadelhia ever-hopeful Re
publican Harold E. Stassen went
down to a predicted defeat by in
cumbent Mayor Richardson Dil
worth, a Democrat. The margin
was overwhelming.
Stassen has not won an elec
tion since the 1930’s when he was
the youthful Governor of Minne
sota, but not from lack of trying.
Though he seemed to be at the end
of a downhill political trail, he
said, “I may run for political of
fice in the future. I am still a
young man, and plan to be active
in politics.”
Democrat Bert J. Combs won a
landslide victory as Governor of
Kentucky over Republican John
Robsion Jr.
Mississippi also elected a 'gov
ernor, but it was a formality.
Democrat Ross R. Barnett was un
opposed. The segregationist law
yer had won the real election —
the Democratic runoff primary —
in August.
U.S. ‘Understanding’ with
Morocco will Evacuate
Strategic Air Bases
RABAT, Morocco, — Prime
Minister Abdallah Ibrahim said
today he would start negotiations
in a week or two to arrange de
tails of the evacuation of the U. S.
Air Base in Morocco.
The State Department, during
discussions in Washington with
Ibrahim, agreed in principle to
withdrawal of the U. S. forces
from the bases. A U. S. Embassy
spokesman here described this
as an understanding, not an
agreement.
Violent Anti-U.S. Demonstrations
Terrorize Panama Canal Zone
By LUIS NOLI
PANAMA, <S) — Panama was
off-limits for Americans living in
the Canal Zone today after vio
lent anti - U. S. demonstrations
during the 56th anniversary of
Panama’s independence. At least
82 persons were injured, three
seriously.
Crowds of demonstrators, pro
testing U. S. control of the canal,
tore down the American flag at
the U. S. Embassy Tuesday, stoned
the Embassy and the U. S. Infor
mation Service office, overturned
American autos and battled U. S.
canal police for four hours.
The mobs finally were routed
by Panamanian National Guards
men, Canal Zone Police and fire
men, and U. S. Army troops armed
with rifles, bayonets and machine
guns. The Canal Zone Police ar
rested six demonstrators.
Anti-American demonstrations
also took place in Colon, Panama’s
second largest city at the Carib
bean end of the canal. One mob
broke into a U. S.-owned railroad
station and carried off the cash
box. The ticket agent escaped by
locking himself in his office.
Troops from the Army’s Carib
bean Command stood guard along
the Canal Zone borders. The 90,
000 Americans living in the Zone
were ordered to stay inside the
500 square miles of U. S. terri
tory. The Army cancelled plans
for units to march in a Pana
manian Flag Day parade in the
capitol today.
The target of Tuesday’s out
breaks — touched off by Pana
manian nationalists — was the
unusual hold the United States
has over the zone. The United
States ‘was granted control of
the zone in perpetuity after it
helped the Panamanians win
their independence from Co
lombia. In recent years Panama
nationalists have been demand
ing that their government estab
lish its sovereignty over the zone.
Nine Euro-Asian
Countries to be
Visited by Ike
WASHINGTON, UP> — President
Eisenhower announced today he
will visit nine countries in Eur
ope, Asia and Africa, starting De
I cember 4.
Eisenhower told a news confer
ence the 19-day goodwill tour will
take him to:
Rome, Italy; Ankara, Turkey,
Karachi, Pakistan; Kabul, Af
ghanistan; New Delhi, India;
Teheran, Iran; Athens, Greece;
Paris, France, and Rabat,
Morocco.
The tour to three continents
will start in Rome with two days
of talks, beginning December 4,
with high Italian government offi
cials. »
Eisenhower plans to return to
the United States December 22, j
three days before Christmas.
The President will be in Paris
for three or four days starting
December 19 for the Western
summit conference.
‘‘The tour to three continents
will be the most extensive over
seas trip Eisenhower ever has
undertaken.
Eisenhower noted that no Amer
ican President ever has visited
Asia.
Since he is going to India, Eis
enhower said, he feels he would
be missing a chance if he did not
also go to such other countries in
the general area as Pakistan, Af
ghanistan and Iran.
Replying to another question,
Eisenhower said he expects to do
most of his traveling in his big,
new jet airliner.
Eisenhower went on to say that
at some point during the 19-day
tour he will have to take some
sort of break. These details, he
added, will be worked out lafer.
Eisenhower also said he hopes
to get away sometime this month
for a brief vacation in this
country.
As for Mrs. Eisenhower, the
White House said Tuesday there
are no plans for the First Lady
to accompany the President to
Paris for the Western summit
conference. Eisenhower said today
he believes Mrs. Eisenhower will
not accompany him on the re
mainder of the tour abroad.
4Say it Ain’t So’
Quips President,
Of TV Quiz Probe
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower said today nobody is
going to be satisfied until the
television quiz rigging scandals
are cleaned up.
Eisenhower told his news con
ference the Attorney General will
be ready before January 1 with
recommendations for changes in
the law to prevent what he
called the astonishing deceptions
carried out on some programs.
In response to questions, Eisen
hower said he does not believe
the TV rigging indicates Amer
icans have forgotten their moral
standards.
The President said, on the other
hand, that the reaction to TV
quiz disclosures indicates that
most Americans are not so much
angry as bewildered.
The reaction, the President said,
has been like that of the story
relating to Shoeless Joe Jackson,
the famed baseball player in the
World Series Black Sox scandal
of 1919. A youthful fan said to
Jackson: “Say it ain’t so.”
Eisenhower went on to say
every industry engaged in the
distribution of news and infor
mation on a mass basis has g re
sponsibility to see that U. S. con
viction and welfare are con
sidered.
He said this holds true also for
economic industries — an obvious
reference to the steel strike on
which he declined to comment di
rectly. He said industries must
maintain the discipline that will
keep a free government operating.
Ariz. Senator Says Nixon
Is GOP Shining Star
KANSAS CITY, UP) — Senator
Barry Goldwater of Arizona says
Vice President Richard Nixon can
lead the Reublican Party to vic
tory next year if party members
work hard.
The Senator told about 600 Re
publicans at a dinner here Tues
day that Nixon is “trained in poli
tics and public office and under
stands the responsibilities of the
Presidency. He is not a product
of the gray flannel ballot box.”