THE
VOL. LEX No. 150,NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1957 Per Qapy— IS#
U.S. Will Make New Effort for
Cold War Truce; NATO Agrees to
Nuclear Missile Bases in Europe
PARIS (flVrThe 15-nation Norths
Atlantic Alliance, defying Russian
threats and warning, agreed today
to base U.S.-made nuclear missiles
in. Europe. The United States thus
won its major purpose at the sum
mit conference.
The price paid by the U.S. was
an agreement under pressure to
sound nut the Soviet Union on a
cold war truce, including a new
effort at disarmament.
The decision was subject to fi
nal approval by the heads of gov
ernment, who were to receive a
report from their foreign and de
fense ministers this afternoon.
Gen. Lauris Norstad, Supreme
Allied Commander in Europe, will
be assigned responsibility under
the plan to say where missiles are
needed for strategic reasons.
The missiles involved are the
1,500-mile type—the Army Jupi
ter and the Air Force Thor. Offi
cials estimate it will take about 18
months to set up the missiles bas
es and the nuclear stockpiles to go
with them.
It was learned that the U.S. is
assuring allied leaders that it has
no intention of trying to retain
exclusive control over the atom
armed missiles and that the con
trol envisaged would be joint.
It would be assured, further
more, by the division of custody
over the parts of the weapon.
By way of example: The Dutch
would be given missiles minus
warheads but the U.S. would set
up nearby a stockpile of nuclear
warheads. In emergency, the two
parts would have to be put to
gether to make an effective weap
on. The weapon therefore could
only be fired by joint action of the
U.S. and the The Netherlands.
Subway Service
Restored in N.Y.
NEW YORK VPi—Rush hour ser
vice on the city’s vast subway sys
tem was back to normal yesterday
after an eight-day motormen’s
. strike.
The transit worker? officially
called off their walkout Monday
njght after receiving promises of
estate legislature help on .their de
mands. The morning rush of
work-hound thousands was the
first full test of facilities.
The strike cost close to $23 mil
. lion on the basis of unofficial esti
mates. Retail stores lost about $20
million in expected Christmas
business. The city lost $600,000 in
the 5% sales tax .on retail items.
The strike cost the Transit Au
; thority about $2 million in lost
• revenues and extra outlays in
• overtime, bonuses and food for
metormen who stayed on the job.
Sputnik in Dictionary
NEW YORK, l#—Sputnik has
orbited into an American diction
ary in record time.
"Some new words take years to
get into the language,” reports
Clarence L. Barnhart, editor of a
standard lexicon which includes
the word in a just-issued edition.
"Sputnik made the grade over
! night. She’s a record-breaking
• word. a
Barnhwcdt gave the definition:
"Sputnik—An earth satellite.”
Bank Manager Manning
Named by Governor ^
To Juvenile Board
JUNEAU, WP»-rJames G. < Jerry)
Manning of Nome was named by
Gov. Stepovich yesterday to the
Alaska Board of Juvenile Institu
tions.
Manning, 39, vice president. of
the Miners & Merchants Bank,
was named as Second Division
member of the board. His term
expires next June 30.
Santa Claus Calls Police
After Being Locked Up
In Store After Hours
EAST PATERSON, N.J., W—
Police received a call from Santa
Claus last night.
Santa told the officers he was
changing into his everyday clothes
at' the children’s apparel store
where he works when all the oth
er employes left and locked him
in. Police called the store man
ager, who let Santa out.
Since this particular St. Nick
refused to give his real name, the
police blotter merely noted that a
call for help had been received
from Santa Claus.
The store in which the rotund
gift-giver was trapped apparently
has no chimney.
Russia Put Third
In Nuclear Physics
PALO ALTO, Calif., W—Dr.
Hans Bethe of Cornell, one of the
world’s top atomic physicists,
places the Russians no better than
third in nuclear physics.
The Cornell University expert
told a press conference yesterday
America is way ahead of every
other country and the British are
second.
However, Dr. Bethe described
the race as close in the field of
thermonuclear reactions, which
includes both the hydrogen bomb
and harnessing atomic fusion for
peacetime uses.
Situation Now Compares to Pearl Harbor, Says Johnson;
Urg es All Americans to New Efforts in Race With Reds
WASHINGTON, Uft—Sen. Lyn-|
don B. Johnson (D-Tex) today ex
horted Americans to “spend our
days and nights” in an effort to
pull ahead of Russia in missiles
and space science.
Johnson said an inquiry into
the U.S. space weapons program
indicates “we now face a situation
which in some respects is, com
parable to Pearl Harbor.”
Johnson heads the Senate Pre
paredness Subcommittee which
last night recessed its hearings
until Jan. 6.
“It is up to all Americans to
work as tho there will never be
any tomorrow and everything
must be done tonight,” Johnson
said.
The subcommittee heard testi
mony last night that development
°f °ne type of 1,500-mile range
missile had been delayed by a cut
back in funds last August.
Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schiever,
Air Force missile chief, testified
an economy order of last August,
which was not rescinded until No
vember, slowed down work on
.the Thor.
Jle and Lt. Gen. Clarence Ir
vine, Air Force deputy chief of
staff tor materiel,, agfeed progress
on the Thor was nine months
ahead of the Army’s 1,500-mile
missile, the Jupiter.
Schriever told the subcommit
tee “you could get to the moon by
1959” with ballistic missile hard
ware now being produced in this
country.
Schriever spoke of a future
family of ballistic missiles he said
would make presently planned
long range missiles “look like
model Ts.”
As other witnesses have done
before him, Lt. Gen. Donald L.
Putt, Air Force deputy chief of
staff for research and develop
ment, said the Russian Sputnik
launchings indicate the Soviets
could hit the U.S. with a missile.
“There is some doubt as to the
degree of accuracy they would
have but they certainly could hit
the United States,” he said.
Irvine said the Air Force is de
veloping a chemically fueled
bomber to replace the long range
B-52. He gave no details.
Irvine was in favor of cutting
red tape. “I think we could save
the taxpayer some money and get
better efficiency if we cut down
the Depeartment of Defense about
50 percent and sent the people out
to work so there wouldn’t be so
many people in the Pentagon to
write letters to each other.”
INTERCONTINEN TAL ATLAS IS
SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY U.S.
First Full Scale
A-Power Plant
Serving Duquesne
PITTSBURGH. Pa. UB—The Du
quesne Light Co. announced today
the United States’ first full-scale
nuclear power plant at nearby
Shippingport, Pa., began feeding
electricity into Duquesne electric
lines today.
The nuclear reactor at the plant
(located along the Ohio River 25
miles northwest of Pittsburgh) has
been in operation several days,
but today marked the first time
the plan has generated electricity
for use by Duquesne’s customers.
The plant was built under the
supervision of the Atomic Energy
Commission. The nuclear reactor
was manufactured and installed
by Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Duquesne will operate the plant.
Alabama Voters
Abolish Macon County
To Keep White Control
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., UB—Ala
bama voters have authorized the
legislature to abolish Macon
County rather than see it come
under Negro domination.
The decision came in yesterday’s
election on 25 proposed amend
ments to the state constitution.
It reflects the Deep South’s fear
the civil rights bill enacted by the
last Congress to enforce voting
rights may lead to Negro political
control of local governments.
Macon County whites are out
numbered seven to one.
The county may now be abol
ished and its territory added to
adjoining counties where whites
are in the majority.
Returns from 1690 of the state’s
2700 boxes gave 51,478 for the
amendment to 36,820 against.
That was an unusually light
vote, even for an election of thjs
type. The final vote was not ex
pected to exceed one-fifth of the
total voter registration of 825.000.
That figure includes 50,000 or
more Negroes.
» CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla., tff>—
The U.S. Air Force launched an
Atlas intercontinental ballistic
missile yesterday.
The huge silvery weapon roared
skyward at 12:39 p.m. EST.
The takeoff appeared at the j
very start to be successful. The
tall, slender tube rose straight up
ward from its launching stand,
very slowly at first.
Gradually it climbed faster as
the mighty thrust of its three
rocket engines began to take ef
fect.
Ground haze and heavy thun
erclouds, which rolled in at mid
morning, obscured the view.
The Atlas flew more than 600
miles out over the Atlantic on its
first long distance test flight yes
terday and attained an altitude
Khrushchev Warns
Britain Cold War Will
Lead to Bloody War
LONDON (£V—Communist Party
boss Nikita Khrushchev warned
Britain today the “cold war and
arms drive will lead to a new and
very bloody war.”
Khrushchev made the threat
in an article in the British leftist
opinion magazine. The New
Statesman.
The Soviet strongman said that
if, by chance, death dealing weap
ons were set off from U.S. bases
in Britain as the result of an in
correctly understood order “a
crushing retaliatory blow would
follow immediately.”
Five Killed in C47
Crash in Germany
WIESBADEN, Germany, WV
A U.S. Air Force C-47 transport
crashed near here yesterday kill
ing five of her six crewmen.
The one survivor was in serious
condition but expected to live.
The two-engine plane, on a
flight from Sculthorpe, England,
to the Wiesbaden air base, hit a
treetop. An official report said
the transport was making its sec
ond landing approach after going
in too high on the first.
| of 80 miles pr more, informed
I sources said today.
Altho die. missile was designed
to fly 5,000 miles and reach an
altitude of 600 miles, it reportedly
was set for yesterday’s test flight
to go only -about-400 miles.
The missile flew faster, higher
and farther than planned.
Maj. Gen. Donald Yates, com
mander of the Air Force missile
test center here, said the Atlas
was not recovered and no attempt
to recover it would fee made.
He said altho in the public eye
the first two tests of the Atlas
were failures because the missiles
had to he blown up shortly after
takeoff, actually both tests were
95 percent successful.
“In our routine tests we expect,
ask for, design and build in fail
ures,” Yates said.
“And you may expect addition
al so-called failures from all parts
of the missile test program.”
“The only time xthat the so
called failures don’t occur is after
delivery of weapons to troops. We
want the missiles to develop their
failures here, not in the operation
al phase.”
Yates added it is entirely pos
sible for a missile test to appear
I completely successful on the sur
| face, yet to produce nothing in
I the way of information.
—
Lower Power
Rates Not In
Prospect for Nome
Future plans and present prob
lems of the Nome Utilities Boaitf
were the subject of a talk by its
president, Pearse Walsh, to the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce at the- Chamber’s
weekly meeting.
The power plant produces am
ple voltage for the needs of the
town with a safety excess for
emergencies, Mr. Walsh stated.
However, the low voltage in
some sections is caused by faulty
distribution, too many secondly
lines, and not enough transform
ers, he said, and the Utilities
Board is working towards the cor
rection of these deficiencies.
The Chamber members praised
the mercury vapor lights Which
have been placed on some street
| corners. Mr. Walsh said the sys
tem of such lights will be in
stalled in cooperation with the
City Council.
There is a possibility of lower
consumer rates, Mr. Walsh ad
vised, at such time as there are
more kilowatts to sell after a
power increase. Because of rising
operating costs, however, lower
consumer rates are not possible
| at this time, he added.
The business meeting of the
Chamber included the reading pi
a letter from the Post Office De
partment which said there is a
new schedule by Alaska Airlines
to Kotzebue. With the regular
flights made by Wiens, there now
is daily mail service between
Nome and Kotzebue, except Sun
! days.
Guests at the luncheon meeting
were Mrs. Louella Oliver of the
Trading Post, Albert Diede, and
William Cartwright, vice presi
dent of the Alaska National Bank
of Fairbanks.