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62nd Year No. 118 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1961 Per Copy 15*
FAA Administrator
N. E. Halaby Pays
Visit to Nome
“One look is worth a thousand
pages,” stated N. E. Halaby, Ad
ministrator of the Federal Avia
tion Agency from Washington,
D.C., who with his party of 14
visited Nome yesterday morning
and were guests at a no-host
breakfast at 7:45 a.m., with mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
and local FAA personnel attend
ing. Nome was not originally in
cluded on the three day tour of
the state at the request of Presi
dent John Kennedy, but made
possible by special invitation.
Speaking informally to the
group, Halaby referred to Nome
as a flying community, which be
cause of its isolation is wholly
dependent on air transportation
most of the year. He stated that
since taking over duties he has
had the 100% support of the
President and 98% support of
Congress. One of his first official
acts was to write to every one
of the 370,000 pilots in America
and from them has received much
useful information.
Speaking on the war situation
and the crises that exist in several
places in the world he expressed
the highest praise to President
Kennedy for his inaugural ad
dress and the recent UN address
and their effect on world condi
tions. ;--J 'Wj'-.
Speaking on the age limit now
set at 60 years for pilots of large
transport planes, he stated that
many nations have limited the
age to 55 years, however, he ex
plained the research now under
way, which probably take several
years, 'will determine more about
age limits when so many pas
senger’s lives are at stake. The
sudden ruling on the age limit he
explained did not cause problems
for the pilots involved but many
of them are working for coun
tries who do not impose the age
limit.
Referring to the local station
and field, Halaby could see no
possibility at this time for ex
tensions to the Nome runway, but
economic conditions could alter
this viewpoint. He also stated that
FAA hirap 1,800 people in Alaska
and has an Alaskan budget of
$35,000,000 annually. One im
provement about completed at the
airport here are navigational aides
known as die VOR aides.
Sen. Pearse Walsh expressed
appreciation for the people of
Nome that this trip to Nome was
included in a very tight schedule.
Walsh also expressed appreciation
to A1 Hulen, District Administra
tor, for the fine work done in the
Nome area. He called attention
to the last boat, until next June,
now in the roadstead, and the im
portance of air transportation. He
called special attention to the po
tential to air industry here when
the Pan American certificate to
Moscow is approved.
The party left for Galena,
Fairbanks, Gulkana and Juneau,
all of which were to be visited
Tuesday.
’ CIVIL DEFENSE MEETING
TONIGHT AT • P.M. AT
MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
OF THE SCHOOL
The public it urged to attend
and participate in the plana agw
, being formulated on what to do
in the event of attack and pre
cautions to observe under radio
Yankees Take
First Game 2-0
NEW YORK UR — Whitey Ford
whitewashed the Cincinnati Reds
with a sparkling two-hitter today
and Elston Howard and Bill
Skowron blasted home runs to
give the New York Yankees a
2-0 victory in the opening game
of the 1961 World Series before
62,397 fans in the stadium.
Ford, who won 25 games for
New York during the season and
lost only four, was in excellent
form as he struck out six and
issued only one walk, winning his
eighth World Series game. It was
his third straight series shutout.
He blanked Pittsburgh twice in
1960.
O’Toole, a left-hander like
Whitey, was almost as stingy for
three innings, giving up only two
singles.
Then Howard rocketed his fifth
series homer into the right field
stands in the fourth to break the
scoring ice. Skowron’s seventh
World Series home run in the
sixth inning went into the left
field seats and that was the
scoring for the day.
—
LAS VEGAS, Nev. UR — Book
bakers here reported the new
odds favoring New York to win
the World Series are 4-1. Before
today’s win< the Yankees were
favored 2H-1.
Odds on tomorrow’s game are
8 Via-5 for New York to take its
second contest in a row.
The odds against New York
winning in 4 straight games are
3V4-H.
Subcommitte Critizes
Delays in Production
Of M14 Automatic Rifle
WASHINGTON UP) — A Senate
subcommittee has critized “delays
and deficiencies” in production
of the M14 automatic rifle.
It doted in a report released
yesterday that while the rifle was
conceived 16 years ago, U.S.
forces in Berlin were not issued
the new weapon until last month.
“It was disappointing to realize
that our troops on the frontier
of a global crisis were not in
possession of the very latest rifle,
said the Preparedness Investigat
ing Subcommittee.
But the subcommittee said it
was pleased to learn the Army
had corrected the situation and
“not only the entire Berlin gar
rison but also all combat elements
of the 7th Army were fully equip
ped with the Ml 4 by Oct. 1.”
The subcommittee said “among
the factors contributing to the
long delay was a lack of empha
sis on the program and insuffi
cient finding.”
The report said the M14, which
fires 750 rounds a minute, was
superior to three similar Soviet
weapons.
SYDNEY, Australia UP) — The
summer bathing season has been
open barely three days on Syd
ney’s beaches and already 75
girls have been ordered off the
beaches for being too bare.
Beach inspectors ruled their
bikinis much too brief. A spokes
man added, “we have been really
amazed at how little some girls
wear.”
Ex-Gov. Knight Names H. Edgerton as
“Nixon Representative” Offering Job
LOS ANGELES Uft — Former
Gov. Goodwin Knight identified
Los Angeles financier J. Howard
Edgerton as the 'Richard Nixon
spokesman he says tried to get
him out of the 1962 governor's
race.
But Edgerton, Knight's finance
chairman in three campaigns, de
nied ever asking Knight not to
oppose Nixon’s bid for the state
office.
Nixon himself declared that
Edgerton’s statement “completely
repudiates this whole ridiculous
charge.”
“I have no further comment,”
the former Vice President said,
“Mr. Knight lias humiliated him
self enough.”
“Now we can move ahead
toward the real goal of this cam
paign, which is to clean up the
mess in Sacramento and provide
the dynamic new leadership which
the people of California want
and deserve.”
Nixon, unsuccessful Republican
Presidential candidate last year,
announced a week ago he would
seek California’s governorship and
not seek the Presidency in 1964.
Knight, who had already tossed
his hat in the ring, charged after
Nixon’s announcement that Edger
ton, acting for Nixon, offered him
any job in the state—up to in
cluding Chief Justice of the Cali
fornia Supreme Court, if he would
bow out.
Edgerton, president of a savings
and loan association, released an
£sb&n letter to the ex-governor
saying:4'- 1 ”
“Goodie, this just simply not
the fact.”
Knight claimed that Edgerton’s
job offer came during a telephone
conversation.
Edgerton said that while he
didn’t ask Knight to stay out of
the gubernatorial fight, “1 did
caution you against doing any
thing prematurely and without
getting the counsel and advice of
same of your best and oldest po
litical friends.”
Knight declared the offer was
made in a telephone call from a
Sacramento hotel room Sept. 8.
Knight displayed his hotel bill
with a $6.2.1 charge for an eight
minute call to what he identified
as Edgerton’s private number.
Flanking Knight at the news
conference as his “witnesses”
were Mrs. Knight and Paul Ma
son, director of motor vehicles in
his administration. He said he
beckoned them to the telephone
and they heard the Edgerton con
versation.
The handsome 43-year-old (Mrs.
Knight declared: ‘My husband is
telling the truth.” Mason said
Knight “was quoting exactly what
Edgerton said.”
Nixon several days ago said he
was willing to swear on a Bible
that he had nothing to do with
any offer to keep Knight out of
the contest for Republican gu
bernatorial domination next June.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy
tonight 20.
the
low of
sunset at
88 Tourists Face
Indefinite Wait
For Flight Home
LONDON UP) — A charter plane
party of 88 stranded Californians
was told today it faced an inde
finite wait for the flight home.
The group is the second left with
out transportation by the same
charter airline within a week.
The Californians, members of
the British-American Club of
Los Angeles, were scheduled to
take off from Gatwick Airport
yesterday afternoon. Their plane,
operated by President Airlines of
Los Angeles failed to appear.
The travelers had spent the
night at hotels and with British
friends and relatives.
A second touring party — 98
Irish-Americans from Chicago—
finally took off for home on a
President Airlines charter plane
early today after a peven-day
wait at Shannon Airport in Ire
land.
The Los Angeles group, includ
ing many British wives of sol
diers formerly stationed in the
United Kingdom, had spent a one
month holiday in this country.
Most of them appeared to have
enough money left to pay for
meals and lodgings. But airport
authorities allowed those short
on cash to sleep in the airport
lounge.
In Los Angeles, Glen H. Tay
lor, owner of President Airlines,
said the firm’s troubles began
when one of its planes crashed
at Shannon last Sept. 10. The
crash in effect wiped out one
third of the company’s three
plane fleet.
Taylor said the airline had
about 700 tourist passengers in
Europe at the time and the re
maining planes “just couldn’t
operate on regular schedules.”
President Airlines has pur
chased 34 other planes and plans
to put them in operation soon, he
added.
Wrangell Mayoralty
Race Deadlocked In Tie
WRANGELL UFi — Incumbent
Mayor Doris Barnes and former
City Councilman Donald J. House
each received 117 votes, a tie, in
yesterday’s mayoralty election.
Under the city charter, they
must draw lots to decide the win
ner. A total of 239 votes were
cast, with five ballots recording
no vote for mayor.
Elected to the City Council
were R. H. Armstrong, Leonard
Campbell, R. W. McKibben, Alan
McCay and Donald A. Schwab.
Gordon Buness was unopposed
for election to the School Board.
Opponents , have raised the
question of House’s eligibility to
run for mayor and the city has
asked an opinion of the State At
torney General’s office.
The new charter requires three
years residence to run for the
office. House lived here many
years but moved elsewhere and
returned only a year ago.
ANYTIME . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. <*> — “If
the principal at school whips me
and then my mother whips me
for the same thing when I get
home, can she be arrested for
double jeopardy?” A young boy
asked asked Clerk Fred Stromatt
of the Nashville police.
Stromatt assured the young
ster yesterday that hiz mother
can spank him anytime he does
anything wrong.
SOVIETS FIRE NO. 17
IN ATMOSPHERE . . .
WASHINGTON W — The So
viet Union fired a big nuclear
explosion today, described by the
Atomic Energy Commission as
“on the order of several mega
tons.”
A megaton is the equivalent of
one million tons of TNT.
This was the 17th atomic ex
plosion by the Soviets since they
resumed testing Sept. 1.
The explosions have ranged in
several sizes.
One on the Sept. 14 was also
described by the AEC as of sev
eral megatons.
In response to a question, an
AEC official said that today’s
shot was not necessarily the
largest yet fired by the Russians.
The detonation took place in
the Arctic region in the vicinity
of Novaya Zemlya.
It was fired in the atmosphere.
Polaris Missile 1,500 Miles
From Ship Launching
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. <JV—
An advanced A2 model Polaris
missile scooted more than 1,500
miles today after a successful
shipboard launching that paves
the way for initial firings from a
submarine.
Compressed air shot the com
pact solid-fuel missile from a ver
tical tube in the deck of toe
■ USS Observation Island as the
, ship cruised in the Atlantic Ocean
i about 40 miles southeast of here.
I The success, announced by the
( Navy, ended a string of three
failures for A2 model Polarises
launched from the Observation
Island. Lockheed Aircraft, which
makes the missiles, found toe
trouble and the good shot today
indicated technicians have solved
the problem.
—
UJ§. Resumes
Patrols On
Autobahn
BERLIN — Marshal Ivan S.
Konev, Commander of Soviet
forces in East Berlin, has warned
the U.S. Army Commander in
Europe against taking any action
that might upset prospects of
East-West talks on Berlin.
This was announced last night
by a Soviet Embassy spokesman.
There were reports the tough,
aging marshal was complaining
about the resumption of U.S. mili
tary police patrols on the Auto
bahn linking West Berlin with
West Germany—110 miles away.
The Soviet spokesman said
Konev’s letter was sent to Gen.
Bruce C. Clarke, Commander of
the U.S. Army in Europe, under
whose orders the patrols were re
sumed Sept. 23 after a nine-year
lapse.
The patrols were resumed after
two U.S. soldiers were detained
on the Autobahn for six hoers toy
East German Communist police.
The action was, in effect, a warn
ing to East Germany to keep
hands off U.S. military traffic to '
Berlin.
Konev took the line that any
undue steps by US. authorities
might rock the boat and ruin
prospects for a peaeful settlement
of the Berlin issue, the Soviet
spokesman said.
A U.S. Army spokesman at
Clarke’s Heidelberg headquarters
confirmed that the General had
received a message from Konev
and had answered it.
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