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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
, VOL. LXII No. 16 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1960_Per Copy 15<*
Nenana Ice Classic
Goes Before Senate
In Gaming Bill
JUNEAU, UP) — The Alaska
Senate scheduled floor action for
today on whether to legalize
Alaska’s most popular guessing
game, the Nenana Ice Classic.
More than $200,000 is wagered
each year by persons trying to
pick the exact minute the ice will
.break in the spring on the Tanana
River. Senators John Coghill,
James Nolan and Ralph Moody
have sponsored a bill to make
this legal.
The measure would legalize
other ice pool gupssing games,
too, as well as sanctioning bingo,
lotto and raffles sponsored by re
ligious, fraternal and service or
ganizations.
The Senate passed, 15-5 yester
day a bill to set up special ac
counts within the state general
fund. First, however, it amended
the bill to restrict it to aviation
fuel tax revenue.
As passed by the House a year
ago, the bill would also have set
up accounts for marine and motor
fuel taxes. This version was
killed by the Senate several days
ago, but resurrected for amend
ment yesterday. • ,
Two bills were introduced in
the Senate.
Senators Lester Bronson, George
McNabb and Eben Hopson intro
duced a measure to boost the
quota of scholarships for Natives
at the University of Alaska from
10 to 15 a year.
The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee offered a bill changing the
date for filing annual assessment
work on state mining claims from
July 1 to September 1.
59 Bolivians Dead In
Crash of DC-4 Airliner
LA PAZ, Bolivia, UP) — Fifty
nine persons aboard a Lloyd
Aereo Boliviano airliner were
killed today when the plane
crashed near Cochabamba.
The DC-4 airliner crashed a
few minutes after takeoff at Co
chabamba en route to La Paz.
Officials of the airlines said
they did not know the cause of
the accident.
The airline reported, however,
that all persons aboard perished.
There were 55 passengers and
four crew members. The passen
gers included 55 adults and 10
children. Among the latter were
five babies.
Most, if not all those aboard,
were believed to be Bolivians.
ANCHORAGE LAD ENVOY FOR
ALASKA AT 50th BOY SCOUT
ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY
PORTLAND, UP) — Joseph F.
Leas of Anchorage, a student at
Concordia High School here, will
represent Alaska at the 50th anni
varsary ceremonies of the Boy
Scouts of America next week.
The ceremonies are being held
in Washington, D. C., and New
York City, Feb. 6-15.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight with occasional
snow Saturday. Little change in
temperature.
Nome data in past 24 hours:
highest temp. 20, lowest 7. Max.
wind 21 mph from the north. Sun
rise 8:32 a.m., sunset 4:00 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 10, lowest 2. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest 41
in 1912, lowest -42 in 1947.
Blodgett Wires Chamber
Residents Must Object To
'Deplorable Road Prdgram’
State Rep. Bob Blodgett has
wired the NWA Chamber of Com
merce, expressing his opinion on
the “deplorable road program”
for this area. He also stated that
the State Planning Commission
report was “most unsatisfactory,
as the needs of Northwestern
Alaska are virtually disregarded.”
He states that the Savoonga
multi-engine field, Teller mult^
engine field, and Nome runway
extension were not considered.
It is not known here yet just
what was included in the report
for this area.
Blodgett urges all people to
make an individual effort in sup
port of roads and airfields for
this area.
Army Stores Nerve
Gas Near Denver
In Calculated Risk
DENVER, Colo., UPI — The com
mander of Rocky Mountain Ar
senal disclosed today that deadly
nerve gas is stored above ground
in sturdy metal casks about the
size of household trash barrels.
Col. George Allen admitted in
an interview that there is a “cer
tain calculated risk” involved in
this method of storage.
But he said the installation
long ago established a plan de
signed to cope with any emer
gency. He did not disclose details
of the plan, nor did he say whe
ther it took into consideration the
base’s proximity to the Denver
metropolitan area and its 750,000
residents.
Denver’s downtown business
district is located about eight
miles from the arsenal. .
Allen’s comments followed the
disclosure in Washington earlier
by Rep. Byron Johnson (D-Colo)
that the arsenal has enough of
the gas on hand “to kill every
■man, woman and child in the
world.”
Senate Passes School
Funds Legislation
WASHINGTON, (VPI — The Aid
to Education Bill passed by the
Senate Wednesday night would
provide $14,015,000 in federal
funds for teacher salaries and
school construction in Washing
ton State for each of the next
two years.
Oregon would receive $9,435,
000, Idaho $4,672,000, and Alaska
$642,000 each year.
Havana Shooting
Mars Red Deputy
Mikoyan’s Visit
HAVANA, IJPI — Intense gun
fire broke out today in the vici
nity of the Fine Arts Palace as
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I.
Mikoyan and Cuban President Os
valcto Dorticos prepared to open
the Soviet Trade Exposition
there.
Wild shooting broke out from
a balcony across the street from
the Fine Arts Palace just as Mi
koyan and Dorticos stepped in
side its doors.
There was no sign anyone was
hit in the crowd of about 300
outside the exposition building.
The Havana police radio quick
ly announced the arrest of two
men on a charge of attempting to
sabotage the appearance of Mi
koyan at the exposition.
Petitions Ask Raise In
The Price of Gold
To $105 An Ounce
FAIRBANKS — A petition is
being circulated in Fairbanks,
calling upon Congress to increase
the price of gold to $105 an ounce.
The 600 signers to date urge this
action on the basis that it will re
sult in a sounder dollar and more
realistic gold price.
Dick Lee of the Lee Dredging
Co. has pledged himself to start
the signing of the petition in
Nome. All work must be com
pleted by Feb. 15, it has been
stated.
A similar petition is being cir
culated through the Western
states, and there is optimism in
some quarters that some action
can be expected from the Con
gress.
Gruening Battles
Nixon for Federal
Aid to Teachers
WASHINGTON, UP) — Sen. Er
nest Gruening said yesterday
Vice President Nixon is clearly
opposed to federal aid for
teacher salaries.
Gruening suggested that a sim
ilar stand by Thomas E. Dewey
in 1948 contributed to the former
New York Governor’s surprise
defeat in the Presidential elec
tion that year.
The Alaska Senator’s floor
speech, pointing to possible poli
tical implications of the educa
tion bill debate, came while the
measure was under consideration
in the Senate, which later passed
it, 51-34.
Gruening said a vote cast by
Nixon in the Senate Wednesday
night broke a tie and defeated an
amendment to set up an annual
$1,100,000,000 federal grant pro
gram for teacher salaries and
school construction.
Gruening said he had found
that 128 million dollars for edu
cation grants had been included
in the foreign aid program in the
last five years. Also: “We have
long ago established a policy of
federal aid to highways so that
the highways throughout the na
tion shall be of a uniform high
standard.
' “How fantastic that there are
those, such as the minority leader
and the Vice President, who shud
der at and shy away from the idea
of erecting a simililar high uni
form standard in the field of
education, in the essential field
of teachers’ salaries for our
nation.”
Six Lost On Destroyer
Heading for Mothballs
NORFOLK, Va„ UP) — A Navy
destroyer racing full speed
toward a mothball fleet rolled
sharply and was struck by an
ocean swell yesterday. One man
was killed aboard the vessel. Five
more are missing in the icy
Atlantic.
Ten sailors, some of them
caught without warning as they
took motion pictures of the de
stroyer Daly’s wake through the
rough water, were swept over
board. Rescue ships found only
five. Hope was virtually aban
doned that any more survivors
would be found.
The Daly and two other destroy
ers based at Newport, R. I., were
headed for the mothball fleet in
Hampton Roads. The full-speed
run was to determine whether re
pairs were needed before the
ships joined the reserve fleet.
U. S. House, President Expected to Turn
Down Senate-OK’d School Aid Measure
By JOE HALL
WASHINGTON, UPl — The Sen
ate has passed a $1,834,000,000
School Aid bill to provide federal
grants both for classroom con
struction and for teachers’ sal
aries.
But there were indications that
the House would not approve 'the
salary provisions-, and that Presi
dent Eisenhower would veto the
measure if Congress passes it in
its present form.
The 51-34 vote by which the
Senate passed the measure last
night, is far short of the two
thirds that would -be needed to
override a veto.
House Democratic leaders say
that they expect to pass school
legislation before the 86th Con
gress quits. But they assert their
branch is likely to limit the funds
to school construction, omitting
teachers’ salaries which were in
eluded in the Senate bill.
The Senate vote was the latest
move in a long fight running back
to ^£71 to win Congressional pass
age of general federal aid for
public elementary and high
schools.
Senate aides said it was the
first time in history that support
of teacher salaries had been
singled out for specific mention
in an education bill.
The outcome was an important
victory for the National Educa
tion Association and other teach
er organizations over the nation.
■Republican Leader Everett
Dirksen told the Senate Eisen
hower would be particularly un
happy with the teacher salary
provision. #
The states would decide how
much would go to salary in
creases, and how much to new
I buildings.
Attorney Plans to Arrive
In Nome March 1
Word has been received by
Judge Hubert Gilbert from Judge
James A. von der Heydt in Ju
neau, that Virgil D. Vochoska (the
“c” is silent) plans to arrive in
Nome on or before March 1, to
assume Judge von der Heydt’s
former law practice.
Mr. Vochoska is 27, unmarried,
and previously worked in the At
torney General’s office in Juneau.
Alaska Adjutant General
Points Out Value of
Scouts for Reconnaissance
JUNEAU, UPi—The House Rules
Committee quizzed Brig. Gen.
Thomas Carroll, Alaska Adjutant
General, for five minutes in se
cret yesterday after a 45-minute
public hearing.
One lawmaker said the closed
door session concerned expense re
quirements to meet military
needs. Carroll was before the
committee seeking confirmation
of his appointment by Governor
Egan.
He said in the open hearing
that the Alaska National Guard
is ready to play its role in a
national emergency.
He said the Eskimo Scout Bat
talions are near full strength.
Answering a legislator’s ques
tion, he said “The Scouts are a
little too valuable to be used as
front line troops in battle.” They
are trained for reconnaissance
and combat patrol.
Carroll said the federal govern
ment has authorized $1,200,000 to
build 48 armories for the Scouts.
Twenty-six have been completed.
Friends In Deed !
BARRINGTON, R. I., UPI —
Albert G. Marone’s fellow work
ers are not rich men. They are
school janitors, not a very lu
crative profession. But they are
rich in compassion.
The 44-year-old Marone used up
his sick leave and vacation time
because of a back injury. And he
still needs four more weeks off
to recover.
Noting he has a wife and two
children to support, the Barring
ton Janitors’ Association went to
the school superintendent and of
fered to work overtime without
pay to do Marone’s work.
School Superintendent Ian D.
Malcolm approved the plan so
Marone could continue receiving
his salary.
District Magistrate’s Pay
Would Be Increased
Frpm $10,000 to $12,500
JUNEAU, W) — The maximum
annual salary of Alaska’s 10 Dis
trict Magistrates would be in
creased from $10,000 to $12,500
under a bill scheduled for action
in the House today.
Also scheduled for House action
was a bill introduced by the Legis
lative Council to codify laws reg
ulating lobbying at lawmaking
sessions. The bill wouli impose
fines of up to $5,000 for violations.
Bartlett Invites President
To Visit 49th State,
Enroute From Russia
WASHINGTON, OP)—The White
House has informed Seri. Bob
Bartlett that his invitation to
President Eisenhower to visit
Alaska on his return trip from
Russia “will receive every con
sideration.”
Thomas E. Stephens, Secretary
to the President, wrote that the
President’s schedule is now being
tentatively formulated.
“He is getting numerous re
quests to stop off to and
from Russia,” Stephens said.
Alaska and Hawaii are included
in these invitations, he added.
“Your courtesy in extending
this invitation is very much ap
preciated and please be assured
it will receive every consideration
in making up the President’s final
schedule,” Stephens concluded.
Israeli Troops Reported
Massing at Egypt Border
CAIRO, UPi — Heavy movement
of Israeli troops to the Egyptian
frontier in the Negev area was
reported in Cairo today.
Press reports here said Israeli
troops were moving southward in
the Beersheba region to counter
Egyptian troop concentrations in
the Sinai Peninsula — scene of
Israel’s big drive toward the Suez
Canal in 1956.
The Egyptian movements were
announced earlier this week, fol
lowing the eruption of fighting on
the Syrian-Israeli frontier.
Should trouble break out on
the frontiers of either Syria or
Egypt, Israel automatically faces
a two-front war since Syria and
Egypt are now one country and
the army is under a single com
mand.