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Dr. McKinley Files Suit Seeking An
Injunction to Change Nov. 8 Ballot
ANCHORAGE, W» — Dr. Lee L.
McKinley, Republican candidate
for the U S. Senate, has filed suit
in Superior Court here asking an
injunction be issued which would
compel the state to make certain
changes in the November General
Election ballot.
Named as defendant in the suit
was Secretary of State Hugh J.
Wade, who is charged with con
duct of state elections.
McKinley alleged in his suit
that Wade “did not prepare this
ballot to facilitate fairness, sim
plicity, and clarity and to reflect
most accurately the intent of the
voter.”
McKinley asked the court to
order the defendant to make
changes in the ballot “either by
inked rubber stamp or reprint
ing.”
The suggested changes:
The circles at the top of the
ballots be replaced by squares to
conform with the election code
which states that a straight party
vote may be cast by making a
mark in the "square” at the top
of the ballot.
Over each square should be
printed “straight (Democrat, Re
publican) ticket” and to one side
of each square should be the
warning:
“If you make any mark in this
square no marks for candidates of
the other party will be counted.”
At the head of the list of can
didates, with the other instruc
tions, should be the warning:
’’You do not have to vote a
straight party ticket. To vote for
any candidate mark an (X) in the
square to the left of his name.”
In addition to the request for
the order changing the ballot, Mc
Kinley also asked Wade be order
ed to pay all costs resulting from
the filing of his suit.
In addition to McKinley’s sig
nature, the suit was signed by
John Savage, Russell Arnett and
Ralph Cottis, all attorneys for the
plaintiff.
McKinley hopes to win the seat
now held by Sen. E. L. aBrtlett.
2 More Americans
Executed by Firing
Squad In Cuba
HAVANA, UP) — A Cuban firing
squad Sunday executed two more
Americans from the small inva
sion force that Fidel Castro charg
* ed was part of a U.S. plot to pro
voke an incident at Guantanamo
Naval Base.
The prime minister directly
linked the 27-man expeditionary
force that landed on Cuba’s
northeast coast Oct. 5 with mount
ing tension over the big naval
base the United States holds on
the island by treaty.
Castro said on television that
the small band intended to create
the pretext for U.S. intervention
in Cuba by trying to form a
“zone of operations and zone of
perturbation” near the base.
The United States formally
charged before the United Na
tions last Friday that Castro him
self appeared bent on provoking
an incident over the base.
Firing squad bullets just before
dawn cut down a Louisiana ad
venturer and a former U.S. Mar
ine seeking to avenge the Castro
government’s seizure of his fa
ther’s Cuban plantation.
The two Americans were: Allan
Dale Thompson, 36, a native of
Queen City, Tex.
Robert O. Fuller, 25, whose
father moved to Miami, Fla., after
confiscation of his property in
Cuba.
Another American who landed
with them, Anthony Zarba, 27, of
Somerville, Mass., was executed
with seven Cuban insurgents at
the same firing range in San Juan
Valley last Thursday.
Las Vegas Odds Shift
In Favor of Kennedy
LAS VEGAS, Nev., UP) — The
Las Vegas odds on the presiden
tial election have shifted in favor
of Sen. John Kennedy.
Republican Vice President Rich
ard Nixon was an 8-to-5 to 9-to-5
favorite right after the national
convention, but the odds later
changed to 7-to-5.
Saturday they changed again,
and this time Kennedy emerged
the favorite. The general price
was 6-to-5 but one establishment
made Kennedy at 7-to-5 favorite.
Lyndon Johnson’s Name
On Texas Ballot For Both
Senator and Vice President
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Su
preme Court today declined to
rule on objections by a Texas
Democrat to the candidacy of Sen.
Lyndon B. Johnson in the Nov
ember election for both the of
fices of U.S. Senator and Vice
President.
Michael E. Schwille asked U.S.
Dist. Judge Ben H. Rice Jr., in
Austin, Tex., to issue an injunc
tion against enforcement of a
Texas statute which permits John
son to have his name printed on
the ballot for both offices. Rice
dismissed the request on the
ground no substantial federal
question was presented.
Schwille, in appealing to the
Supreme Court, said such a ques
tion was raised because the con
stitution bars one man from hold
ing both offices simultaneously.
Texas officials in a reply brief
said the constitutional prohibition
against holding the two offices
does not apply to candidacy or
to the election process.
Elvis Presley Breaks
His Little Finger
Playing Touch Football
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Wl — Elvis
Presley was in a hospital today
with a finger broken in a touch
football game with a crowd of old
high school chums.
The rock ’n’ roll king, home
from Hollywood for a rest, snap
ped the little finger on his guitar
strumming hand Sunday when he
made a dive for the ball carrier
and missed.
After surgery to set the fin
ger, Presley, 25, was admitted to
Baptist Hospital for an overnight
stay.
Touch football is a favorite
pastime for the famed singer, a
frustrated halfback who wasn’t
able to try for the team at Humes
High School because he had to
work after school.
Two six-man teams made up of
Presley and pals were playing on
an elementary school field near
the $100,000 Presley mansion
when it happened.
“It didn’t hurt bad,” said Pres
ley. “I didn’t even know it was
broken until oae of the boys no
ticed it was twister around over
the next finger.”
Bandits Make
Away with Heavy
Safe from Cavota’s .
One hundred dollars reward is
being offered by Fred Cavota for
information leading to the appre
hension of persons who broke into
his store late Saturday night or
early Sunday morning and re
moved his safe, taking it out
through a back window.
Cavota stated there was some
money in the safe but he is more
concerned with the personal
papers and valuable business doc
uments than the money.
The safe, weighing about 250
pounds, was moved from behind
the counter at the front of the
store, near the entrance, to the
rear of the building and lifted
through a window on the east
side which is several feet above
ground.
The store, which was well
lighted, was closed at 7 o’clock
Saturday evening, and the rob
bery was discovered by Cavota at
10 o’clock Sunday morning.
Mr. Cavota stated that a night
| depository, so merchants could
[ bank their Friday and Saturday
sales, would remove temptation
| for such robberies. He also felt
J that the city should resume the
night patrol of business houses as
has been done in the past with
hourly checks on the business
area. This would not only be for
robbery but for fire protection as
| well.
120 TV Quiz Show
Winners Indicted
By Grand Jury
NEW YORK, UP) — Three big
money winners on television quiz
shows—Charles Van Doren, Hank
Bloomgarden and Elfrida Von
Nardroff — have been charged
with perjury, it became known
today.
They were among 14 former
TV quiz show contestants who
surrendered to face charges which
were handed up last week by a
grand jury.
Dist. Atty. Frank Hogan said
six others were expected to sur
render on the charges in the near
future, making a total of 20 con
testants accused.
Van Doren, Bloomgarden and
Miss Von Nardroff all were top
winners on the defunct “Twenty
One” show.
Each is charged on two mis
demeanor counts — giving false
testimony before a September
1958 grand jury which investi
gated rigged TV shows, and giv
ing different testimony on the
, same subject before a July 1960
grand jury.
If convicted, each could get a
maximum sentence of up to three
years in jail and fines totaling
$1,000.
Small Groups Leaves
Aboard North Star
For King, Diomede Islands
The smallest group ever known
to depart for King and Diomede
Islands left early Saturday on
the MS North Star with only
about 30 for King Island and 25
for Diomede.
Because of the hurried depart
ure due to weather, one crewman
of the North Star was left behind.
It is planned to fly him to Teller
to catch up with the ship there.
Migrating Caribou Invade
Village of Selawik
Charlie Kiana, who works here
for the U.S. Smelting Co., has
received word that migrating
caribou have invaded the village
of Selawik, which is his home.
The roadways and property be
tween the homes were filled by
hundreds of the animals who were
heading southeast on their win
ter migration.
The villagers have sent for am
munition, stated Charlie, to take
more caribou for their winter
larders which will soon be filled
to capacity for the 300 residents
as well as their dogs, and sup
plies for friends and relatives in
neighboring villages.
Ike On 9-Day
Non-Political Cross
Country Tour
DETROIT, UPl—President Eisen
hower today cautioned the na
tion’s voters not to be misled by
any of the falsehoods that he
said always crop up at this stage
of a political campaign.
Speaking to a crowd of some
10,000 in front of Detroit’s City
County Building, Mr. Eisenhower
said he was not plugging for
either political candidate.
He urged voters “be true to
yourselves. Don’t be misled by
anyone who would profit from
distortion, falsehood or wrong
doing.”
Mr. Eisenhower did not refer
specifically to any such incident.
He mentioned only that in the
late stages of a hard-fought cam
paign “there are always people
who distort America before the
world.”
His talk was the first as he
embarked on a nine-day cross
country tour which the White
House has insisted would be non
political.
Despite the White House de
scription of the trip, Mr. Eisen
hower arranged to meet with a
group of Republican candidates
for public office shortly after he
arrived here.
The President flew in from
Washington for a major address
tonight at the 43rd Annual Auto
Show dinner. Two other after
noon public appearance were
scheduled —all under the White
House non-political label.
Eisenhower will fly on Tuesday
morning to Red Wing, Minn., for
a speech dedicating the Hiawatha
bridge over the Mississippi River.
The President will travel to his
boyhood hometown, Abilene, Kan.
for a brief visit at the Eisenhower
Library and a stop at the grave
of his mother and father. He will
remain in Denver until Thursday
morning, visiting old Colorado
friends and just taking it easy.
The next state on the itinerary
is California.
STRANGE . . .
SAN FRANCISCO, Uh—A dis
order which appeared in four
patients after they stopped smok
ing cigarettes vanished dramatic
ally when they took up the habit
again, says a medical journal.
These strange cases were re
ported by Dr. Ralph Bookman, of
Beverly Hills, in an article in
California Medicine, official jour
nal of the California Medical As
sociation.
The disorder was canker sores
in the mouth and on the tongue.
They developed a few days after
smoking was stopped.
Another Heavy
Demo Majority
Forseen for Alaska
By WARD SIMS
JUNEAU, P—If the results of
the Aug. 9 primary election can
be used as a guide, Sen. John F.
Kennedy should have Alaska’s
tihree electoral votes locked up
tight in his bid for the presidency.
And, Gov. William Egan should
have a whopping Democratic ma
jority on his side in the second
state legislature, as he did in the
first.
There appears to be only one
possible snag in this outlook.
That is what part the new Elec
tion Code’s ban against cross
party voting in the primary play
ed in the overall picture.
It is the distinct feeling among
some of the state’s top officials
that the Democrats picked up a
number of votes because of the
ban against primary cross-overs.
But, they declined to estimate
how many votes were involved.
Cross-party voting is permitted
in the General Election. The voter
will be able to jump back and
forth from the Republican column
to the Democratic column just as
much as he chooses.
A total of 917 ballots, out of
46,320, were invalidated in the
primary election. About 98 per
cent of those invalidations came
as the result of cross-over voting.
The total vote for the three men
seeking nominations to the U. S.
Senate —incumbent Sen. E. L.
Bartlett and Republicans Dr. Lee
McKinley and Lawrence Brayton
—was 39,913.
Bartlett picked up 26,915 of
those votes and Brayton and Mc
Kinley, the GOP winner, split
12,998.
The Democratic edge, 13,917.
The five men seeking nomina
tion to the U.S. House of Repre
sentatives, two Democrats and
three Republicans, pulled in
40,701 votes between them.
The two Democrats, Rep. Ralph
Rivers, the winner, and David N.
Boyer, got 27,489 of those votes.
The three Republicans, Wm. C.
Haugaard, Jack Ryan and winner
Ron Rettig, pulled in 13,212. The
Democratic edge: 14,277.
Governor Egan had a top-heavy
Democratic majority of 52-8 in
the first state legislature. The
House lineup was 34-6 and the
Senate lineup was 18-2.
Egan’s working advantage
would appear to be as safe as
a Fort Knox dollar.
“Common Bible” Being
Worked Out By Catholics,
Protestants and Jews
NEW YORK, P)—A “common
bible” is now being worked out
by a team of Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish scholars, for use as a
reader in public schools. Details
of the plan were disclosed in an
article prepared for the October
22 issue of the Catholic publica
tion “America,” by the Rev. Wal
ter M. Abbott, S.J., associate ed
ior of the magazine
He said the joint translation,
based on “Modern philological
studies,” will come out in 30
paperback volumes to be released
between January 1962, and 1966.
Doubleday and Co. will publish
| the work.
NEW DELHI, India, P—Indira
Gandhi, recently widowed daugh
ter of India’s Prime Minister
Nehru, leaves late this month on
a 25-day tour of Mexico, the U.S.
and Paris.