m • ■ ii
Publisher Claims
Presidential Palship With
Press “Is Impossible”
LOS ANGELES W — Publisher
Otis Chandler of the Los Angeles
Times says that “Presidential pal
ship with the press is impossible.”
He told the Hotary Club Friday:
“We the press must be treated
alike, or else the press will turn
on the President, which is what
is now happening, the circulation
and competitive pride will be
come more important to the na
tion’s future.
“It is one thing to play pranks
and poke- ribs with newspaper
men traveling on your campaign
train and leak them stories one
by one—especially if they happen
to have the same editorial poli
cies as the candidate.
“But if and when the candi
date becomes President of the
United States, the pace changes,
the scene shifts, and the booby
traps explode and the risks of in
timacy become lethal to a Presi
dent.”
Chandler said he believes the
press recently has been subjected
to much unfair criticism, most of
it from “that most famous living
ex-newspapermen, President Jack
Kennedy.”
He noted that Kennedy last
April urged the press to impose
self-censorship of information val
uable to the Communists. But,
Chandler said, borderline security
stories have been submitted to
the Pentagon, and “sometimes,
we would never hear back."
Modifications of DC-8
Jet Have Reduced
Operating Risk
WASHINGTON (*l — Adminis
trator Najeeb Halaby of the Fed
eral Aviation Angency said Fri
day a number of design and
operating modifications have re
duced the operating risk of DC-8
jet commercial aircraft to an ac
ceptable level.
Halaby told a news conference
that his agency and the Douglas
Aircraft Co. have already made
a number of changes and have
others under way as a result of
investigations following a DC-8
crash at Denver last July IT in
which 17 were killed.
‘ The changes are aimed at im
proving operation of the byrau
lic control system and to insure
proper operation when reverse
thrust is utilized on landing.
Halaby said one or more of the
four engines of the plane that
crashed at Denver may have con
tinued in forward thrust after the
pilot applied the reversing con
trols.
Halaby said he wanted to make
it clear that his agency has not
entered into any sort of treaty
with the manufacturer. Both have
worked out the modifications to
gether, he said, and consider they
i will contribute significantly to
safer operation of the airplane.
Moonlight Water the Year ’Round
P Direct From The Springs
Naturally Softened and Pure
Tank Too Small — No Bucket Too Large
75 - 9 to 5 o’clock
After 5 & Weekends
Soviets Plan to Boycott
Any Secty.-Gen. Chosen
Without Their Consent
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UB—
The Soviet Union will boycott any
interim U.N. Secretary-General
who may be chosen without the
consent of the Security Council.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Zorin told reporters at a Sunda
nese reception here Friday night
that if the General Assembly
picks a successor to the late Dag
Hammarskjold without the coun
cil’s prior recommendation, “life
will go very hard for that man.’’
He explained that the new man
would have the same trouble as
Hammarskjold, boycotted by the
Russians from last February un
til his death Sept/ 18 in a plane
crash in Northern Rhodesia.
No serious man, Zorin said,
would take the job under those
circumstances.
His remarks came after one
correspondents had said the Unit
ed States or its friends would pro
pose that the assembly alone
name a temporary Secretary-Gen
eral until there was U.S.-Soviet
agreement that would permit
veto-free action first in the coun
cil.
Earlier, informed diplomats said
the United States is willing to
have the choice originate in the
council, provided it could get
agreement with the Soviet Union
on elimination of the danger of
a Soviet veto.
Among these were sources in
close touch with the U.S. position.
But at the same time, a U.S. dele
gation spokesman told corres
pondents the United States still
believes “the General Assembly
has full authority to appoint an
interim Secretary-General.
Khrushchev Claims NATO
Is Stockpiling Armory
Of Monstrous Weapons
LONDON UPl — Soviet Premier
Khrushchev asserted in a Com
munist magazine Saturday the
United States and its NATO al
lies were stockpiling a vast ar
mory of monstrous weapons,
“which threaten mankind with
mass annihilation.”
The Russian leader declared the
Soviet Union would continue to
work for total disarmament, but
cannot ignore the interests of its
own national security and leave
itself unequipped to meet mili
tary attack.
Khrushchev's accusation’s ap
peared in a statement of his dis
armament aims carried toy the
Women of the World—a Com
munist magazine published
monthly in French, English, Rus
sian and other languages.
Radio Moscow, which broad
cast excerpts, said the statement
was made available to the maga
zine at the request of the maga
zine’s editorial board.
McGrath Organizes
Development Committee
The first area development
committee in Alaska’s oush coun
try 'became a reality at McGrath
Monday, Oct. 2, with the organi
zation of the Kuskokwim Valley
Development Committee, and the
election of six members of a 9
member committee. Three seats
were left open to be filled later
by representatives from Bethel
who were unable to attend be
cause of bad weather conditions.
Ralph Mills and Virgil Sevems
eplained the Area Redevelopment
and Rural Area Development
programs. Mills pointed out that
before anything can be done the
people in the community must
diagnose their economic ills, study
their resources and plan what ac
tion is needed to solve their
problems.
The purpose of the development
programs is to develop local re
sources and provide employment
as a means toward achieving a
better way of life for the people
in the area, Mills explained.
The six members elected were:
from the upper Koskokwim, Ray
Marx, Medfra; William Lentz,
McGrath; and Joe Degnan, Ophir;
from the central valley area, Mrs.
Robert Carpenter, Sony River;
Garry Nelson, Aniak; and Harry
Clark, Aniak.
Joe Degnan said the develop
ment program is “the best thing
that has happened in the Mc
Grath area in the 26 years I have
lived there.”
Beta Sigma Phi Delegates
Voted Nome As Best
Convention City
Ruth McLean and Mary Hons
beiger returned this morning
from the Beta Sigma Phi con
vention which was held in Pal
mer. Mrs. McLean reported a
most inspirational meeting of 73
delegates of the organization
which has six chapters in Alaska.
A vote was taken as to the
best convention in the past six
years and the meeting held in
Nome two years ago was voted
the outstanding convention much
to the delight of the Nome dele
gation which included in addition
to the two named above, Mrs.
Betty Gustafson and Eunice
Berglund, who is stationed in
Palmer. Mrs. Gustafson has gone
on to Seattle to visit her mother.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Billy Koweluk, Fred
Davis, Jerry Daniels, Dale Boeh
ler, Lillian Minix and Roger
Wright.
Discharged: Gertrude Eaton,
Lyman Madden, John Penatac,
and Sarah Jack.
Mr. and Mrs. Minix are the
parents of a daughter born on
Oct. 6 at the hospital. The father
is with the City Fire and Police
Department.
Chief of Police Boh Oliver, who
has been in Fairbanks on official,
business and who was also a dele
gate to the Republican Conven
tion returned home this morning.
felled tree
KILLS KODIAK GIRL
JUNEAU U* — A tree felled by
high winds crashed through the
roof of a house at the Kodiak Is
land community of Afognak yes
terday and killed 6-year-old Jana
Stout, Coast Guard “headquarters
reported today.
The Coast Guard said the tree
toppled over when winds with
gusts to 82 mph whipped over
the Afognak area.
You are more likely to be hit
by a falling airplane than by a
falling meteorite. Scientists esti
mate at least 75 million meteoric
particles enter the earth’s atmo
sphere every day, all but one or
two of which are burned up be
fore reaching the frownd.
Court Orders Magazine
To Stop Slandering
German Defense Minister
NURENB ERG, Germany W* — i
A Bavarian court has ordered a
West German news magazine to
stop saying Defense Minister
Franz Josef Strauss looks like a
stein of beer. Strauss is 5 feet
9 and weighs about 200 pounds.
Publisher Rudolf Augstein of
Der Spiegel (The Mirror* argued
that such a description of the
chunky cabinet minister fell with
in the privilege of freedom of the
press.
The court ruled Friday that an
article comparing Strauss to a
beer stein was slanderous.
Strauss, 46, was granted an in
junction to prevent further dis
tribution of the magazine carry
ing a long story which he said
“completely misinterpreted my
personality.”
Among the statements the de
fense chief objected to were that
he is a skilled panic maker, that
he is filled with ruthless ambi
tion, and that he wants nuclear
weapons for the West German
Army in order to be able to draw
the United States into a war with
the Soviet Union.
Strauss protested the article
was “one big, extravagant insult,
filled with slanderous charges de
signed to ruin my reputation.”
Publisher Augstein, whose mag
azine is widely distributed in
West Germany, contended it was
within the rights of the press to j
criticize a public official.
But the court ordered a ban on
this particular article about the
defense minister.
Mayor Willy Brandt
Says U.S. Is Solidly
Behind West Berliners
BERLIN UP — West Berlin
Mayor Willy Brandt said today
the American people are solidly
backing their government’s de
termination to keep West Berlin
free.
Reporting on his two-day visit
to New York, Brandt emphasized
that “rarely has the U.S. govem
! ment committed itself so irre
vocably on the issue of free
dom of West Berlin.”
Americans are determined to
defend West Berlin because they
know that Berlin isn’t the only
issue at stake, he told a news
conference. He said Americans as
a whole—the men in the street
he met—are solidly behind the
U.S. government’s deter mined
stand on Berlin.
While in New York to receive
a 'Freedom House award, Brandt
also talked with President Ken
nedy on the telephone. He refused
to give details of their conver
sation* saying they had an ex
change of thoughts and the Pres
ident congratulated him on the
speech he delivered when he re
ceived the award.
TYPHOON VIOLET
LIKELY TO SPARE TOKYO
TOKYO UP — The Central
Meteorological Agency reported
tonight that Typhoon Violet has
changed course slightly and likely
will spare the heavily populated
Tokyo region its full fury.
Weather reports, nevertheless,
indicated the capital and sur
rounding regions will be buffeted
by winds up to 98 mph, the next
24 hours, plus torrential rains.
Mikoyan Offers
Soviet Guarantee for a
Free City of West Berlin
BERLIN (Jt) — Soviet Deputy
Premier Mikoyan Saturday of
fered the Soviet Union’s “most ef
fective guarantees” for a free city
of Western Berlin.
He did not define these guar
antees and he insisted the West
must respect the sovereignty of
East Germany.
Mikoyan spoke at an open-air
rally celebrating the 12th anni
versary of founding of the East
German Communist People's (Re
public.
Mikoyan said the lack of such
a treaty created tension between
the big powers and among the
German people. He said the treaty
should stabilize the situation,
which has been built up since
World War II, and legalize the
borders defined in the Potsdam
agreement.
“We are ready to accept all and
most effective guarantees for the
free status of West Berlin,” he
said.
The arrangements must respect
the Soviet rights of East Ger
many with regard to the Western
access routes across its territory
to West Berlin, which the Com
munists would like to have clear
ed of its U.S., British and French
garrisons, he added.
“Only lunatics and people ready
for suicide can answer such pro
posals for a peaceful (treaty) set
tlement with military action,” Mi
koyan said.
The Communists stuck to their
demand for a neutralized and de
militarized city of West Berlin
dependent for its links with the
West on arrangements with East
Germany.
British DC-3 Crash
Claims 34 Lives
TOULOUSE, France W —
Wreckage of a British DC-3 Da
kota Airliner that carried 34 per
sons was found in the Pyrenees
Mountains Saturday and a search
plane radioed that there were
no survivors.
Ground parties made their way
slowly to the scene, in the area
of Canigou Peak at an altitude
of about 6,000 feet.
The British plane, a Dakota,
dropped from sight on a flight
from Gatwick Airport near Lon
don to Perpignan.
A spokesman for Derby Avia
tion said it carried 31 passengers
and 3 crewmen. All were be
lieved to be British.
JAPAN REGISTERS HIGH
RADIOACTIVITY COUNT
TOKYO If)—Radioactivity over
Japan registered highest today
since the Soviet resumption of
nuclear testing Sept. 1, the Cen
tral Meteorological Agency an
nounced.
Officials said the abnormally
high radioactivity count of 3,800
per liter per minute was detected
in rain samplings in the Tokyo
area
The previous maximum was
3,620 counts in Kushiro, 550 miles
north of Tokyo, Oct. 5.
Mrs. Dots M. Kull, who heads
the Child Welfare Dept, of the
State Dept, of Health and Wel
fare, is here from Juneau on her
first visit with the local heads of
these departments.