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Alaska Oil Co. President Calls
For Crash Program of Development
WASHINGTON, UP) — Alaskan
oil reserves were described yes
terday as a substitute for imports
from the troubled Arabian fields.
Theodore A. Zappa, president
of Alaska Oil and Mineral Co.
Inc., said in a letter to President
Eisenhower that the territory’s re
serves should be developed on a
crash program basis.
“While Alaskan oil reserves are
probably not as large as Middle
East fields,” he wrote, “potential
reserves may be great enough to
eliminate the necessity of im
porting oil from the Arabian fields
for a considerable period if not
indefinitely.”
Zappa, who said his firm is the
the largest independent oil ex
ploration company in Alaska,
recommended that the govern
ment or private industry be per
mitted to explore in Naval Petro
leum Reserve No. 4 in northern
Alaska. He said an all-out pro
gram for production of Alaskan
oil would have three desirable
results:
1. Change our Mid-East for
eign policy.
2. Ease the defense of our
Arctic areas.
3. Foster the industrial and
commercial development of the
soon-to-be state of Alaska.
As evidence of Alaska’s poten
tial, Zappa cited studies of the
U.S. Geological Survey which he
said indicated more than 100
million acres of potential oil
bearing land in Alaska. He said
this would be four times the com
bined producing acreage of Cali
fornia and Oklahoma.
Zappa said the cost of finding
and proving Alaskan oil will be
no more than in the rest of the
United States.
“And once the indicated poten
tial has been realized,” he said,
“the cost per barrel should be
substantially lower than that of
U.S. oil.”
Dulles Assures Baghdad Pact Nations
U.S. Will Act Against Any Aggression
LONDON, UP\ — John Foster
Dulles assured the Baghdad Pact
nations today the United States
would act, even at great risk, to
safeguard their independence and
integrity against any threats.
The American Secretary of
State, in the role of observer, was
addressing the fifth session of the
Baghdad Pact Council which
opened with one member missing
—Iraq.
Dulles’ statement was made
during a survey of the Middle
East scene, in the course of
which he set forth the signifi
cance of the American military
landings in Lebanon.
The secretary said the United
States indeed might not have
acted if Lebanon in isolation ap
peared threatened. But, he ex
plained, events in that country
had to be related with develop
ments inside Iraq and a con
spiracy inside Jordan against the
life of King Hussein.
Dulles’ remarks were relayed in
a briefing after the council’s
morning session.
Prime Minister MacMillan
opened the session with a declara
tion that the pact’s four remaining
members “intend to maintain the
aims” of the alliance.
Dulles declared there was no
doubt that the Lebanese civil war
had been fomented from out
side. The United States has not
publicly revealed all the evi
dence, he added, because it wants
to protect sources of information.
Khrushchev Proposes Summit Meeting
Be Held Anywhere But In The U.S. .
MOSCOW, UP) — Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev accused Presi
dent Eisenhower today of trying
to scuttle an East-West summit
conference proposed for New
York. He offered as an alter
native to convene the talks in
Moscow or any other place in
Europe suitable to the four other
powers.
By the four other powers he
meant the United States, Britain,
France and India.
He said the Soviet govern
ment would guarantee the safety
and security of the participants
if they met in Moscow.
He was making this offer, he
said, because American diplo
mats and the American press had
expressed concern about the dif
ficulty of guaranteeing security of
the participants if the meeting
were held in New York.
Khrushchev’s proposal and
.shortly worded charges were
contained in letters adcRessed to
Eisenhower, de Gaulle and Brit
ish Prime Minister MacMillan.
The tone of the replies seemed
to indicate Khrushchev was pull
ing sharply away from the idea
of a high level U.N. Security
Council meeting.
Khrushchev said it was up to
the five powers to settle the
Middle East problem, because the
Security Council had been dis
cussing it and done nothing.
Accusing President Eisenhower
directly, he said “you do not work
for peace.”
He declared the Middle East
was becoming “more like a pow
der keg,” that the U.S. troop
buildup in Lebanon was still
going on, * that Robert Murphy,
President Eisenhower’s envoy, was
interfering in the domestic af
fairs of Lebanon, arid that King
Hussein of Jordan “dares to
brandish arms and threaten a
crusade on Baghdad.”
“We continue to insist' on a
withdrawal of the interventionists
troops from Lebanon and Jor
dan,” he said.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
National League
St. Louis 4*, Cincinnati 3-10
Milwaukee 4, Chicago 1
Pittsburg 2, San Francisco 1
Philadelphia 7, Los Angeles 4
i American League
Cleveland 7-7, New York 2-2
Washington 4-6, Detroit 3-1
Kansas City 11, Baltimore 6
Boston 7, Chicago 3
Pacific Coast League
Phoenix 7 10, Portland 2-3
Salt Lake City 7-2, Vancduver 0-4
Spokane 7-3, Seattle 5-0
Sacramento 4-3, San Diego 0-1
Explorer IV
May Be Most
Durable “Moon”
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UR—
The world’s newest satellite is
off to a spectacular start on a
five year journey through space.
Scientists keeping a critical eye
on Explorer IV announced yes
terday that the heaviest and most
vital of the three U.S. moons in
orbit performed smoothly during
its first 36 hours.
The launching by the amazing
ly reliable Jupiter-C rocket last
Saturday was so successful in
fact that Explorer IV probably
will be the most durable Army
satellite yet.
Officials at first expressed con
cern that the latest Army ven
ture might be short lived.
As it looped through an el
liptical orbit every 110 minutes
the satellite beeped out loud and
clear signals on an intense field
of radiation 600 miles ia outer
space.
Latest estimates placed Ex
plorer IV as close to earth as 163
miles and as high as 1,373 miles
as it swings around the globe an
average of 13 times a day.
The orbital path, a new one
for U.S. satellites carries Explorer
IV over the more densely popu
lated areas of the northern lati
tudes. It already has circled
twice over the heart of Russia.
The 38.43 pound tube six inches
in diameter crosses a wider geo
graphical area—spanning the
globe from 51 degrees north to
51 degrees south of latitude.
Ballonists Survive
2000-Ft. “Bounce”
After Record Flight
MINNEAPOLIS, (/F — Space
explorers Malcolm Ross and M.
Lee Lewis survived a 2,000-foot
bounce when they came back to
earth yesterday from a record
breaking balloon flight. The
34V£ hour trip was man’s longest
flight into the stratosphere.
The balloonists reached 82,000
feet, the flight’s maximum al
titude.
The happy-go-lucky fliers had
their toughest decesion after a
release mechanism failed to
detach the massive balloon from
the gondola as they attempted to
land.
The 27-story high gas bag
banged the round aluminum
capsule onto an East Central
North Dakota pasture, then car
ried Ross and Lewis aloft again
when a firing device failed to
release the gondola.
Ross, a Navy commander, suf
fered a slight cut about his left
eye, but he and Lewis began
figuring out how to get on the
ground and stay there.
“Parachuting out of the gon
dola was one of the alternatives
we discussed,” Ross said.
“But we’re balloon men, not
parachute men,” he said. They
tried the descent again and this
time were able to release. The
balloon, and the gondola was
dragged about six feet over the
hilly pasture then tipped over on
its side.
Lewis, a bushy haired ex-Navy
balloonist asked the gathering
crowd as he peered out of the
gondola:
“Where’s that beer I asked
for?”
Manders Will Question Legality
Of Filing for The U. S. Senate
JUNEAU—Senator John But
rovich of Fairbanks filed as, a
Republican candidate for gover
nor in the Aug. 26 primary.
Territorial Treasurer Hugh
Wade filed as Democratic condi
date for secretary of state.
Anchorage lawyer John Man
ders, a long time foe of Alaska
statehood, filed two declarations
as candidate for the Republican
nomination to the U.S. Senate
but neither specified the term
he was after.
Finance director John McKin
ney said he advised Manders by
telegram that his filing was de
fective.
Manders’ method of filing in
dicated he apparently was ready
to challenge the legality of pro
cedures ordered for the elections
as his second filing was accom
panied by notice that it was sub
mitted under terms of Arficle 1,
section 3 of the U.S. Constitution,
as modified by the 17th amend
ment. The Constitution sets out
that U.S. Senators shall be elected
for six year terms. The gover
nor’s executive order said there
would be two separate races for
the Senate, “term a” and “term
b” but the length of terms were
unspecified.
Incomplete Filings For
Districts 21, 22, 23, 24
Here’s the list of candidates
who had filed at press time to
day for Senate and House seats of
the first State of Alaska legisla
ture, from Northwestern Alaska.
For the Senate — At Large
(Four to be nominated)
Bill Beltz, Democrat, for the
4-year term.
Arthur Johnson, Republican,
for the two-year term.
Senator for Districts 21 and 22
(Two to be nominated)
Edith Bullock, Republican.
Eben Hopson, Democrat.
For House of Representatives
(Ten to be nominated)
John Nusunginya, Democrat of
Barrow, from District 21.
Rodney Lincoln, Democrat of
Kotzebue, from District 22.
Frank Degnan, Democrat, from
District 23.
Clinton Gray, Republican, from
District 23.
Axel C. Johnson, Democrat
of Kwiguk, from District 24.
Lawrence A. Paquette, Demo
crat of Kwiguk from District 24.
John (Jack) T. Emil, Republi
can of Alakanuk, from District
24. v
Filing Closes At
Midnight Tonight
Candidates for State Legisla
ture must file by midnight to
night unless filing as indepen
dents.
LSS. Clerk of the Court Joe
Kroninger has announced that
this is the last day for candidates
filing on party tickets. He states
that his office will close at 5:00
as usual but he will be available
at home until the deadline which
is one minute before midnight.
His assistant, Mrs. Grace Herman,
will also be available at home to
assist those filing after office
hours.
Those filing as independent
candidates for state offices must
have petitions containing fifty
bona fide signatures.
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Claire Cneimaun, me Louisiana
farm boy who became commander
of the famed Flying Tigers in
World War II, is dead. He was
67.
A massive arterial hemorrhage
ended the ailing general’s fight
with lung cancer yesterday at
Ochsner Foundation Hospital.
His wife, Chinese born Anna
Chan Chennault was at his side
at the end.
Death came nine days after
President Eisenhower signed an
emergency bill giving Chennault
his third star.
The body lies in state here to
day with a service scheduled this
evening. Tomorrow, a military
plane will fly the body to Wash
ington where it will lie in state
until burial the next day in Ar
ington National Cemetery.
Miss Alaska To Be Queen
of Los Angeles Soap Bex Derby
LONG BEACH, Calif., UP) —
Miss Alaska, Eleanor Moses, is
going to be queen of the Los
Angeles Soap Box Derby. Miss
Moses, three-fourths Athabascan
Indian, was the entry of the
prospective 49th state in the
Miss Universe contest.
Sam Hayes, Newscaster, Dies
San Diego, Calif., — Sam
Hayes, veteran Pacific coast radio
newscaster, died today while pre
paring his morning newscast at
radio station KSDO. He was 53.
President Requests
Congress Raise Debt
Limit to 285 Billion
' WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower today asked Con
gress for an eight billion dollar
temporary increase in the national
debt limit. It would raise the
ceiling to 288 billion.
Eisenhower also requested that
the permanent statutory debt
limit be raised 10 billion dollars
to 285 billion.
The President made his re
quest in identical letters to Vice
President Nixon, the Senate’s
presiding officer, and House
Speaker Sam Rayburn. He said
the Treasury Department and the
Budget Bureau have advised him
that contemplated revenues and
spending for the current fiscal
year make it necessary to re
quest a debt ceiling increase.
ABOLITION OF TARIFFS
WASHINGTON, UP) — Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger * (D-Ore)
today proposed abolition of tariffs
between the United States and
Canada for five years.
He made his proposal as part
of a continental plan looking
toward development of a free
trade area which ultimately could
be tied to economic units now
developing in Western Europe.
Defense Department Increase
September Draft Call To 11,808
WASHINGTON, [IP) — The De
fense Department today asked for
11,808 draftees in September, an
increase of 1,000 over the calls of
previous three months.
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