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CBS President Says ‘Bitter Pill’ of TV
Ills Must be Swallowed by the Industry
WASHINGTON, UPt— Dr. Frank
Stanton, president of Columbia
Broadcasting System, told House
investigators today he was com
pletely unaware of TV quiz show
irregularities before August, 1958,
and then acted promptly to throw
the offending programs off the
air.
One program, he said, was can
celed within a week and action
taken . against three other quiz
shows within six months of the
time he first learned something
was wrong.
As the concluding witness in a
House investigation of television
practices and quiz shows, Stanton
acknowledged that “in the face of
what we know now, we didn’t
exercise due diligence.”
But “hindsight is always” per
fect, he added.
Asserting the TV quiz show
scandals “have been a bitter pill
for us to swallow,” Stanton de
■ dared it is now up to the broad
casting industry itself to assume
chief responsibility for correcting
the industry’s ills.
As the windup witness before a
House subcommittee investigating
television quiz shows and other
practices, Stanton declared: “We
believe that legislation is no
cureall for these, ills and that the
primary responsibility lies with
the broadcasting industry itself.”
Stanton did not go all the way
with the position taken earlier by
Robert E. Kintner, president of
the National Broadcasting Co.,
who advocated enactment of legis
lation making it a federal crime
to rig TV quiz programs.
He told the subcommittee that
while such a step might be de
sirable, legislation of itself is not
a sure prevention “as is . proven
by the continuation of crime de
spite stringent criminal laws.”
Stanton’s testimony also rein
forced the CBS policy placed in
effect last month banning all big
money quiz and giveaway shows
from the network.
Committee Chairman O r e n
I Harris <D-Ark> said as Thursday’s
session ended, that the industry
| must “face the facts of life.” Un
| less it polices itself, he said, it
j faces the prospect of rigid govern
I ment controls.
U.N. Laos Report
Shows Conflict To
Be Internal Matter
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., UP
— The U.N. fact-finding commit
tee on Laos reported today it had
found no proof that Communist
forces from North Viet Nam had
taken part in the current conflict
in the little Indochinese kingdom.
In a report to the 11-nation
(Security Council, the committee
declared, however, that the Lao
tian rebels had received equip
ment, arms, supplies and the help
of political advisers from neigh
boring North Viet Nam.
The report was the result of a
first-hand inquiry by the four
member committee created by
the Security Council last Septem
ber 7. Members of the group were
Japan, Argentina, Italy and Tu
nisia.
The committee reported that
since September 1 the fighting
has slowed down “and the gen
eral scope of the military actions
has taken the characteristics of
guerrilla activity, scattered prac
tically throughout the territory of
the kingdom.”
In view of the failure of the re
port to back up Laotian charges
of Communist aggression, the
Western powers were reported
looking for a way to shelve the
whole thing quietly. There were
no plans for an immediate meet
ing of the council.
TV QUIZ SHOW BEING
SUED BY CONTESTANT
NEW YORK. UP — A woman
attorney who was defeated on the
“Twenty-One” television quiz
show, filed a $1,200,000 suit today
against the National Broadcasting
Co., on the ground she had been
“fraudulently eliminated.”
Navy Jet Scattered
On McChord Parking
Lot — Three Dead
TACOMA, UP — A Navy jet
training plane faltered on a take
off from nearby McChord Air
Force Base Thursday and side
slipped to a fiery end in a base
parking lot. Three men were
killed.
The dead were Marine Lt. Cols.
Charles E. Hollman, 39, and John
Skorich, 41, and John H. Lundeen,
28, a Seattle truck driver whose
moving vehicle was hit by flying
debris.
The plane, a TV2, first cut off
a utility pole as it flashed earth
ward. It sheered through a tree.
Burning chunks of wreckage set
two supply buildings afire. Twen
ty-four unoccupied cars were
damaged as wreckage splattered
the parking lot.
Coldest Weather Hits
U. S. In Midsection
(By The Associated Pressi
The coldest weather of the sea
son spread across the interior of
the nation today on the heels of
the big Midwestern snow storm.
The freezing zone extended from
Utah and Idaho on the west to
Michigan and Indiana on the east
and reached as far south as Texas
and Arkansas.
The mercury column shrank to
-17 in Fraser, Colo., -10 in
Lemmon, S. D., and -7 in Bis
mark, N. D.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair with, gusty northeasterly
winds. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight 8, the high tomor
row 20.
In the past 24 hours, the high
est temperature was 25, the low
est 8.
Sunrise at 8:04 a.m. and sunset
at 3:26 p.m.
A. Polet, Nome
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Pioneer, Dies at 78
Antonio Polet, owner of Polet’s
Store since 1900, passed away this
morning in Seattle where he has
been hospitalized since 1956.
Mr. Polet was 78 years old last
April and is survived by a son,
Alvin, who resides in Fairbanks;
a daughter, Mrs. Emily Boucher;
two grandsons, Bill and Rodney
Boucher; a granddaughter, Mary
Jeanne Herman, and a great
granddaughter; and three sisters
in Seattle.
He was a member of the Com
munity Methodist Church; past
president of the N.W.A. Chamber j
of Commerce, and served as it
secretary for 40 years; Past Grand
President of the Grand Igloo of
Pioneers of Alaska; a 32nd degree
Mason, and Order of Eastern Star.
He will be buried in Tacoma,
Wash., at the side of his wife,
following a funeral ceremony in
Seattle.
i Mrs. Boucher left Nome today
for Fairbanks where she and her
brother Alvin will take the night
plane for Seattle.
The funeral will be from the
Columbia Funeral Home.
Steel Talks Are
Stymied on 1 Point
WASHINGTON, UP> — Federal
mediators said yesterday manage
ment and union officials are 'in an
absolute deadlock on a key issue
in the steel strike.
This is the industry’s insistence
on the right to change working
conditions it considers are waste
ful or inefficient.
David McDonald, United Steel
workers general president and
top negotiator for his side, has
served notice that it would be
accepted only “over my dead
body.”
Many observers view it as the
major issue in the costly, 115
day-old nationwide strike.
“Both sides have adamantly
told us there is no present hope
of a compromise on that issue,”
a spokesman for the Federal Me
diation and Conciliation Service
\ told a reporter.
‘Alaskans Are One People’ Declares
Opening Speaker at Cities Convention
The opening address of the
League of Alaskan Cities Conven
tion in Nome yesterday was made
by Charles Hughes, Director of
Local Affairs, yesterday morning,
who was representing Governor
Egan.
“We are one people, despite
our vast area and variety of in
terests, and in the years ahead
we must always retain our aware
ness of the oneness of Alaska and
our obligations to work for the
common good of the state.”
The Alaska Department of
Public Works, with a much en
larged area of responsibility un
der statehood, will be constructing
more than twice the amount of
roads next year — and is working
on a five-year program for overall
highway development.
"Just a few days ago, the
Governor informed me that a
road connecting Nome with
Alaska's overall highway net
work will be part of the state's
projected construction."
“Land election and utilization
will be one of our most challeng
ing and vitally important func
tions over the years.”
“Boroughs will be established
throughout the state, and the
Legislature will determine the
standards, functions, boundaries,
etc. The intent of the Constitu
tion is that local control of local
■problems and functions be vested
in the people of the affected
areas.”
Hughes urged the League mem
bers to be thinking along the lines
of legislation for this, and gather
information setting out problems
and pitfalls.
At the noon luncheon, the new
est member to the League, Kotze
bue, was welcomed and its rep
resentatives were Mrs. Evelyn
Con-well, Jack Jones, Alice Shel
don, Harold Lee and John Curtis.
James von der Heydt, president
of the Alaska Bar Association and
Nome attorney, introduced the
main speaker, Alaska Supreme
Court Judge Buell Nesbitt, who
explained the heretofore confus
ing court system so thoroughly
that everyone present left the as
sembly well satisfied with his
explanation, and highly praised
his presentation.
As Judge Nesbitt explained, the
Alaska Court system now has
three Supreme Court Judges, and
will, in the next couple of weeks,
have eight Superior Court Judges,
one of whom will occupy the of
fices and court room of the for
mer Federal District Judge for
this area. After their appoint
ment, each of the Superior Judges
will appoint the magistrates, of
which there will be ten, with
one located here, occupying the
office now used by the U. S.
Commissioner.
Present U. S. Commissioners
offices throughout the state, other
than in Nome, Fairbanks, Anchor
age, Ketchikan and Juneau, will
become deputy magistrates, and
total 52 in the state, including
seven in our district. This makes
up our unified court system.
The local magistrates (formerly
U. S. Commissioners) will handle
cases up to $3,000 instead of up
to $1,000, and will also officiate
as City Magistrate, using city or
dinances for authority. City fines
will be collected by the city. City
and state will have a nagreement
on fees for the magistrates.
Villages like Unalakleet, Kotze
bue, and others, having a Com
missioner, will have a deputy
magistrate with about the same
powers, but they will be salaried
at not less than $12,000 a year.
LEAGUE OF ALASKAN CITIES
Ninth Annual Convention, November 5 to 7, 1959
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
| 7:30 P.M. — Informal Dinner at North Star Hotel. Alaska City
Reports — Juneau, Ketchikan, Fairbanks and Anchorage.
: 9:30 P.M. — Multipurpose Room of Nome School; Sam Mogg and
his troupe of Nome Eskimo Dancers Will entertain the visitors.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
9 A.M. — Morning Session, Court Room. City Charter Workshop,
Juneau Mayor Larry Parker presiding.
Experts on drafting from Anchorage and Sitka.
! Noon — Open for informal group or committee get-togethers.
I 3 P.M. — League Annual Meeting, Court Room. Reports of
Committees; Executive Secretary; Election of 1959-60 Officers.
8 P.M. — Annual Banquet, North Star Hotel Seaview Room. Intro
duction of New League Officers.
Banquet Address: “The Challenge to Alaska’s Cities,” by Dr.
Brooke' Graves, Carnegie Foundation, Visiting Professor of
American State and Local Government, at University of
Alaska, 1959 Semester.
Local Planning Is
Reviewed by
League Delegates
Borough organization and needs
of Alaska was the subject of a
panel discussion yesterday after
noon in the Federal Courtroom
by delegates to the 9th Annual
Convention of the League of Al
askan Cities. Participating were:
State Rep. James Hurley of Pal
mer, moderator; Earl Shennet,
mayor,of Sitka; James Fitzgerald,
Commissioner of Public Safety;
George Shannon, City Manager of
Anchorage; Mrs. Lucy Mick, sec
retary of the League, of Palmer,
and John Ault.
John Ault, Director of Planning
for the City of Anchorage, gave
a report on what goes into the
research on future planning of
a city, showing pictures and
graphs relating to Anchorage, up
to 1980.
The research was based on
population, econmics, physical,
ground, water, air space, land use
and circulation.
According to his planning the
gridiron pattern of city blocks
and streets will be replaced by
roads encircling areas, not only
living areas but working areas,
for convenience, noise and also
more economy in maintenance.
According to his planning, the
Anchorage area, now with a pop
ulation of about 40,000, will be
increased to a possible 277,000 in
1965.
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