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Electra Crash at Boston Kills 61 People j
BOSTON, UP)—An Eastern Air
lines Electra crash that cost the
lives of 61 of 72 persons aboard
brought demands today for a
congressional inquiry and action
by the Federal Aviation Agency.
The plane plunged into a nar
row harbor bay between Logan
Airport and the town of Winthrop
just after takeoff last evening.
The huge craft split in two and
sank in comparatively shallow
water. Most of the passengers
were trapped in their seats.
Some of the dead floated to
the surface like corks. There was
a scene of horror in the setting
sun as lifeless bodies strapped to
seats drifted toward the muddy
shore at low tide.
There were 51 bodies in the
Boston mortuary, 48 of which
were identified. All eleven sur
vivors, including the plane’s two
stewardesses, were in hospitals.
Many were in critical condition.
A mysterious “secret docu
ment” reported as missing was
found floating in debris in a port
folio. State Police said it was car
ried by a representative of the
Air Force.
Postmasters Sent
Instructions For
Absentee Voting
JUNEAU, UP) — A notice con
taining instructions on how to
vote an absentee ballot has been
sent to all postmasters in the
state, with a request that they be
posted prominently, Secretary of
State Hugh J. Wade said today.
Wade said the move was made
in an effort to increase the ab
sentee vote for the Nov. 8 gen
eral election.
Wade said that in spite of the
high absentee vote in the primary
election Aug. 9, it was felt that
many of the residents of native
villages where no polling places
exist failed to vote absentee be
cause they were unfamiliar with
the new election code.
“Under the old law,” Wade said
“It was the custom to send a
supply of ballots to all postmas
ters and the residents of these
remote villages secured their bal
lots from the Postmaster.
“Under the new state law, only
magistrates, deputy magistrates
and the Secretary of State are au
thorized to distribute absentee
ballots to voters, and then only
upon a written request from the
voter for a ballot.”
The absentee voting period
started Sept. 29.
Mailed applications for absen
tee ballots will be honored only if
they bear a postmark of Nov. 4
or earlier.
Absentee ballots will not be
accepted if they bear a postmark
later than the date of the general
election, No. 8.
State Police Training Officer
JUNEAU, CD—The appointment
of Trooper Vincent W. Chellis as
Training, Personnel and Inspec
tion Officer for the Alaska State
Police was announced today by
State Public Safety Commissioner
Martin B. Underwood.
Chellis, 42, took over his new
duties Monday after being trans
ferred to Juneau from Anchorage,
Underwood said.
Married and the father of a 10
year-old daughter, Chellis joined
the State Police in January of
1954.
The Electra’s plunge was the
second crackup involving this
type of plane within three weeks
and brought demands for an in
vestigation. It also was the first
fatal crash of a commercial plane
at the airport.
As the Civil Aeronautics Board
ordered seven investigators to the
scene, Rep. Steven Derounian, R
NY, called for a congressional in
quiry. Sen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind.,
calling for corrective action by
the Federal Aviation Agency, said
“structural deficiences found in
this airplane have not been cor
rected.”
But. Gen. E. R. Quesada, Fed
eral Aviation Administrator, said
sketchy information available did
not seem to show any relation be
tween yesterday’s crash and pre
vious accidents involving Electras.
“When I got there part of the
plane was still afloat,” said Cmdr.
Donald Regan, USNR, one of the
first to reach the scene. “A good
many of the passengers were
strapped to their seats and could
not get out. They were a mess—
blood, broken legs, split skulls
and everything else.”
Matter of Mind Over
The World Series
PITTSBURGH, UP)—Officials at
the University of Pittsburgh re
ceived an interoffice memo today
concerning the World Series:
“In order to maintain proper
safety for personnel during the
world series, it is requested that
no university personnel be per
mitted °n the roofs of the Cathe
dral of Learning, or any other
university building, to watch the
world series games.”
I The cathedral, which is across
the street from Forbes Field is 42
stories high.
PIRATES TAKE FIRST j
GAME OF SERIES 6-4
PITTSBURGH, UP) —The Pitts
burgh Pirates scored three runs
on three hits in the first inning,
added two more on Bill iMazer
oski’s homer in the fourth, and
whipped the New York Yankees,
6-4 in the opening game of the
World Series.
The Yanks got their first two
on Maris’ homer to right in the
first inning, and a single by Maris,
a walk to Mantle and Skowron’s
single in the fourth.
Pittsburgh will come back with
another right hander, Bob Friend
(18-12), in the second game at
Forbes Field tomorrow. The
Yanks are expected to use either
left-hander Whitey Ford (12-9) or
right-hander Bob Turley (9-3).
With a one-game edge, the Pi
rates were made 6-5 betting favo
rites to win the series.
Bookmakers rated tomorrow’s
game as even.
TYPHOID, INFLUENZA
VACCINE GIVEN
AT UNALAKLEET
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Medical
personnel from the 5040th Air
Force Hospital at Elmendorf AFB
and the Alaska Native Service
Hospital were sent to storm-bat
tered Unalakleet today to admin
ister typhoid and influenza vac
cine.
The Air Force said some of the
community’s 500 residents had al
ready received vaccinations from
Sgt. Kenneth D. Kelly, medical
technician at the Unalakleet Air
Force Station.
Dr. Edward Wicks, acting direc
tor of the State Division of Pcblic
Health, said there was some con
cern that the storm, which re
sulted in contamination of some
water wells, might touch of some
sickness.
Australia s Menzies Denounces
Khrushchev as Hypocrite In U.N.
By RELMAN MORIN
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UR—
Australia kicked off a blistering
counterattack today against Pre
mier Khrushchev, denouncing
him as a hypocrite and appealing
to the newly independent nations
to beware of becoming pawns in
an international game.
The counterattack came in a
speech prepared for the U. N.
General Assembly’s policy debate
by Australian Prime Minister
Gordon Menzies, as the Assembly
pondered a resolution pressing
President Eisenhower and the So
viet leader to meet again face
to-face.
Prime Minister Nehru of India
is attempting to apply all the
persuasion of his powerful voice
to rally Asian, African and other
support behind the two-man sum
mit proposal despite the distaste
to the idea expressed by both the
U.S. President and the Soviet Pre
mier.
Britain’s Prime Minister Mac
Millan, who had a 90-minute talk
with Khrushchev yesterday, is
pictured as trying to prepare the
way for a meeting in the spring,
possibly in Geneva. Khrushchev
is said to want one in January or
February, after Eisenhower is out
of office.
Menzies accused Khrushchev of
attempting to inflame leaders of
emerging independent African na
tions with worn-out slogans about
imperialism and colonialism.
Menzies, who saw President
Eisenhower over the weekend,
pictured the President as intent
upon balking any Communist at
tempt to envelop the new African
states in their own sphere of in
fluence.
“He (the President) said in ef
fect, and I most respectfully ag
ree,” said Menzies, “that we are
not to look at our new colleagues
as if they were voters to be col
lected or as pawns in a vast in
ternational game, but as indepen
dent, coequal and free.”
The Soviet Union has appealed
to former colonial areas with a
proposal that the United Nations
recommend immediate freedom to
all dependent areas at once. Men
zies commented tartly:
“I venture to say it is an act of
complete hypocrisy for a Com
munist leader to denounce colo
nialism as if it were an evil
characteristic of the Western pow
ers, when the facts are that the
greatest colonial power now exist
ing is the Soviet Union itself.”
Menzies said he was shocked at
evidence that there were those at
the United Nations who “appear
to believe that by threats of ag
gression, by violent propaganda,
by actual conquest, if necessary,
they will extend the boundaries
of their economic influence.”
The Menzies attack was the
strongest yet mounted against the
Communists by any representa
tive of the non-Communist world.
It came in the midst of talk about
new East-West approaches toward
a climate for negotiation.
Aftermath Of
Monday’s Storm
Mr. Louis Bemmestum, field
director of the American Red
Cross from Blmendorf has been
sent to Unalakleet to survey the
damage done by the high water
and register families if necessary
for help in rebuilding their
homes.
The damage has been reported
as the worst since 1913, although
not as extensive as that disaster
ous storm year.
Winds up to 67 miles an hour
caused road damage at other
places along the coast and some
water damage as it flooded build
ings.
At Teller the runway was dam
aged but 1,000 feet was reported
in good condition. At Moses
Point flooded buildings were re
ported. Unalakleet seemed the
hardest hit.
In Nome the water receded be
fore real damage was done to
the airport road which was not
protected in case of high water.
In the harbor, the U.S. Engineers
who lost their ramp at the foot
who lost their barge ramp at
the foot of Belmont Point,
have a big job of removing sand
from Snake River which poured
over the west jetty, so that the
barges can unload the last boat
which is due. Additional equip
jment to assist the clamshell
dredge operation is being brought
in from road construction jobs, it
is reported.
Lomen Commercial reports that
there was some damage to the
barge ways at the east end of
town where the road is washed
out, but no damage to floating
equipment was sustained.
The historical old mailboat Don
aldson was lifted off its blocking
where it has been for several
years at the end of Belmont Point
and now lies on its side on the
beach. Several oomiaks and small
boats turned over but have been
salvaged.
A survey was made this mor
ning by State Highway officials
of the condition of the road to
Solomon.
There is now one-way traffic at
the east end of town and at the
south approach to the Nome River
Bridge. Equipment is being moved
to the 17V£ mile area where there
is a washout on the road as well
as much debris and driftwood
making the road impassable.
Bernard Goldfine Ordered
To be Examined For
Mental Competence
BOSTON, on —Bernard Gold
fine, 70 - year - old industrialist
charged with federal tax evasion,
today was ordered committed to
a mental institution to be exam
ined as to his mental competence
to face trial.
U.S. Judge George C. Sweeney
indicated that he would specify
an institution and the name of a
psychiatrist for the examination
— the result of which may be
transmitted to the U.S. District
Court by next Tuesday.
Judge Sweeney denied a de
fense counsel’s request that the
examination be done on an out
patient basis so that a defense
psychiatrist might also examine
Goldfine. He also denied a re
quest that Goldfine’s personal
physician have access to him.
The textile executive, who be
came a free man yesterday after
serving a 90-day sentence for con
tempt of court, is charged with
evading nearly $800,00 in taxes.
Baptist Minister
Resigns From
Parole Board
By WARD SIMS
JUNEAU, (/»—Gov. William A.
Egan said today his appointment
of an Anchorage minister to the
State Parole Board was never
executed because of the clergy
man’s strong religious convictions.
The Governor’s comment came
after the Rev. Felton H. Griffin
of Anchorage’s First Baptist
Church said he had submitted his
“resignation” as a member of the
Parole Board for political rea
sons.
Griffin said he was doing so to
“get Gov. Egan off the hook.”
The Anchorage minister said
Wendell Kay, Democratic cam
paign chairman for Alaska, sought
to “oust me as a member of the
Parole Board and, if possible, to
influence the membership of Grif
fin’s church to remove him as
pastor.
Griffin said his ouster was
sought because of his outspoken
opposition to Sen. John Kennedy,
a Catholic, as the Democratic
presidential nominee.
“During the 16 years in which
I have lived in Alaska I have
been loyal and active in the
Democratic party,” his statement
said. “I have often jeopardized
my personal position as pastor of
one of Alaska’s churches by bold
and open endorsement of some
of the Democratic candidates for
office.
‘"I have never sought or asked
for any political appointment. The
only ones I have ever agreed to
take are those without pay or
prestige: the Draft Board, Liquor
Advisory Board and the Parole
Board.
“These I considered as oppor
tunities for service rather than
political plums. Now that I can
not go along with the Democratic
nominee for President, I am to be
classified with those to be purged.
Before the oath of office could
be taken by Griffin, an extremely
strong attack on Catholicism ap
peared in the Alaska Baptist Mes
sengers for September, under
Griffin’s name.
The article said in part:
“We do not want in America
Communism or Catholicism. We
denounce them both.”
Egan, in Anchorage shortly af
ter the article appeared in early
September, said he was "shocked?*
at newspaper reports of Griffin’s
article.
“I couldn’t bring myself around
to having execute the oath of of
fice when I realized he had such,
strong feelings,” Egan said.
Egan said inferences in Grif
fin’s letter of “resignation’ that
Kay had tried to apply pressure
of any kind on the Governor’s Of
fice were completely without
foundation.
King and Queen of Denmark
Arrive In U.S. For Visit
LOS ANGELES, Mt—King Fred
erick IX and Queen Ingrid of
Denmark arrived last night by
polar flight from Copenhagen for
a two-week goodwill tour of the
United States.
Their plane was about 45 min
utes early and used up that time
circling over International Air
port because the welcoming dele
gation was still enroute.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Dena Warneke, Del
ores Lane, Jennie Frazier, Frank
Nunuruk Sr.