EGYPT AND SYRIA MERGE
INTO SINGLE ARAB STATE
CAIRO, Egypt, W> — Egypt and
Syria merged into one Arab state
Saturday.
A joint proclamation signed by
President Nasser of Egypt and
President S h u k r i Kuwatly of
Syria made the merger official.
The two presidents affixed their
signatures to the historic docu
ment amid wild cheering from an
Egyptian crowd assembled out
side the old presidential palace.
The new state will have one
flag, one cabinet, one parliament
and one army. Nasser is expected
to become president and Cairo the
capitai
!t unites about 28 million Arabs
ift one state, its land areas sep
arated by 150 miles of territory
in which lie the states of Israel
and Jordan. Egypt’s population is
more than 23 million and its land
mass far greater than that of
2?y*ia.
Leaders of both countries al
ready are urging other Arab
countries to join the union in
one great Arab-speaking nation
covering the Middle East. Coiin
trjes which would be eligible for
membership are Jordan, Iraq,
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen,
Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco,
Algeria and the shiekdoms of the
Arabian peninsula.
These countries—some of them
at loggerheads with Egypt and
Syria—are standing on the side
lines, giving no hint they even
want to join. For more than a
year Egypt and Syria have been
feuding with Jordan, Iraq and
Lebanon. Their relations with
King i-Jaud of Saudi Arabia are
none too cordial; The Sudanese
government has often made it
clear it wants nothing to do with
the union. Tunisia and Morocco
have never been close to Middle
East countries. Yemen may want
to join.
Canadian Conservatives
To Ask Vote of Confidence
In March 30 Elections
OTTAWA, UP—Canadian politi
cal leaders today mapped stren
uous cross country campaigns to
discuss unemployment, trade and
other major issues in the elections
March 30 for a new parliament.
A bitter campaign is expected.
Prime Minister John Diefen
baker ordered the elections Sat
urday in an effort to win a major
ity in the 265-seat House of Com
mons.
His Conservative party has
been govemning with 113 votes
since upsetting the Liberal party
last June. Diefenbaker said min
ority rule had created an intoler
able situation, and the govern
ment needs “a direct and unques
tioned mandate from the people.”
Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Prize
winning former foreign minister
and new Liberal party leader, re
cently called on Diefenbaker to
hand over the government to the
Liberals, who ruled for 22 years
before last June. He was refused.
Canada’s worst unemployment
since the depression promised to
be the key issue of the winter
campaign.
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Soviets Congratulate
U.S. On Launching
First Satellite
MOSCOW, —A spokesman for
the state committee on cultural
relations with foreign countries
congratulated the United States
•today on launching its first earth
satellite.
A foreign ministry spokeman
said there was no comment im
mediately from Communist party
chief Khrushchev or Premier Bul
ganin.
He reminded western corres
pondents, however that Khrush
chev said last November that the
Soviet Union would welcome
friendly competition with the
United States in the field of earth
satellites rather than armaments.
He said two Soviet satellites then
circling the earth were waiting
“for American and other satel
lites to join them and form a
commonwealth of Sputniks.”
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This dispatch was delayed by
Moscow censors for three hours.
Woodrow Wilson died 34 years
ago today, Feb. 2, 1924.
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contest for the nomination of
Territorial Treasurer.
The only Republican contest for
a nomination for a territory-wide
post will be between Walter H.
Pierce of College and Paul Robi
son of Anchorage to see who runs
against Democratic incumbent E.
L. Bartlett for Delegate to Con
gress. Bartlett will be unopposed
on the Democratic ticket for re
nomination.
Karl F. Dewey of Juneau, for
mer Territorial Tax Commission
er, appears unopposed for the
GOP nomination for Treasurer.
He will rim in October against
the winner of the Democratic
contest—a race between incum
bent Hugh J. Wade of Juneau,
Leonard Peck of Anchorage, and
Dorothy D. Tyner of Anchorage.
The Democratic Labor Com
missioner’s race in the primary
will be a contest between Thomas
J. Moore of Spenard, Russell K.
Young of Anchorage, and Dale H.
Hirt of Juneau.
There are nine Senate seats and
24 House seats to be filled in j
October. Each division except:
the Fourth will elect two senators, j
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COCKROACH FIRST U.S.
SPACE TRAVELER?
WASHINGTON, (JV-Dr. Rich-'
ard Porter, top satellite scientist,
was briefing reporters on the suc
cess of America’s first earth satel
lite, Explorer.
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whether Explorer carried any
living matter on the flight into
outer space, «
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plied. “But maybe a Florida
cockroach climbed aboard.”
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“Juno” Proposed As
Nickname For
Satellite Explorer
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the official name of the first U.S.
satellite.
But “Juno” could be a fitting
nickname.
It was launched on its historic
journey by a Jupiter-C research
rocket. Juno was the wife of
Jupiter, top god in Roman Myth
ology.
Dr. James Van Allen of the
State University of Iowa, who de
signed the cosmic ray counter in
the satellite, had proposed the
name “Juno” for the rocket.
Besides, this “Juno” is chatter
ing continuously from space.
Yesterday, February 2, was
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17. This school is sponsored by.
Whitworth College as an exten
sion of their regular program.
Total cost, with registration, will
be $260.
Courses will toe offered in Edur
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