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62nd Year No 101 NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1961_Per Copy 156
U.S. Patton Tanks
Move Up to
Berlin Border
BERLIN Uh — U. S. Patton
tanks and a machine gun squad
drew up and faced Communist
forces across the border with East
Berlin today. —
Two U. S. tanks, guarded by
riflemen, appeared at the Fried
rich-Strasse crossing point, the
one the East German Communists
have assigned to all foreigners
who want to enter East Berlin.
There was also an armored per
sonnel carrier in view.
Armor was operating with the
2nd Battle Group, U. S. 6th In
fantry, whch calls itself the “Go
Go-Guardians.”
The move was an obvious ef
fort to show West Berliners that
the Allies are raising a military
fist each time the Eastern Reds
turn on more pressure.
Hundreds of West Berliners
were attracted to the border.
The streets of East Berlin were
relatively empty for such a sec
tion of a great city. Police and
troops stood idly on almost every
street corner.
On the trip out, the peoples’
police at the Eastern checkpoint
asked for “visas” and were told
Americans did not need such
things to enter and leave East
Berlin. A pink-cheeked slightly
uncertain officer finally accepted
that.
Red Restrictions in Berlin
Imprison 17 Million People
Behind Concrete Curtains
WASHINGTON (A — A U. S.
spokesman charged today that
the new Red restrictions in Ber
lin reflect a Communist design
“to imprison 17 million people
behind the barbed wire and con
crete curtains” in East Berlin and
East Germany.
The official, State Department
press officer Lincoln White, added
that “the implications of this
latest move are under study by
the Allied -powers.”
In their new regulations put
into effect today, 10 days after
they barricaded the border be
tween East and West Berlin, the
East Germans restricted West
Berliners to four points of entry,
West Germans to two points, and
the non-German Western officials
to one.
The Western Allies contend this
violates an agreement for free
movement within the city.
Spade Cooley Sentenced
To Life for Murder of Wife
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (A —
Spade Cooley, who parlayed six
cents and an old fiddle into fame
and fortune as the “King of the
Western Swing,” was sentenced
to life in prison Tuesday for the
brutal murder of his wife.
The unexpected climax of the
case followed a dramatic meet
ing between opposing attorneys
and Superior Court Judge Wil
liam Bradshaw while Cooley was
preparing to show he was insane
April 3 when he beat and stamped
his wife, Ella Mae, 37, to death.
The jury which Saturday found
the 50-year-old Cooley guilty of
first-degree murder was to rule
first on the insanity plea and then
set the penalty if Cooley was
judged sane.
Persons serving life sentences in
California normally are eligible
C* for parole after seven years.
Four Detained in
Anchorage for Not Having
Valid Cholera Certificates
WASHINGTON UP — The Pub
lic Health Service said today five
persons recently arrived from
cholera-threatened Hong Kong are
being kept under observation be*
cause they did not have valid
cholera vaccination certificates.
Dr. R. W. McComas, assistant
chief of foreign quarantine, said
one is being detained in the Los
Angeles County Hospital and four
are at Anchorage, probably in the
service’s hospital there.
“These persons are not under
observation for cholera — they
are being held because their vac
cination certificate was not
valid,” McComas said.
The service is now requiring
valid certificates of all arrivals
who have been in Hong Kong
within five days. Otherwise, they
are detained for observation until
the incubation period of six days
has passed.
A valid certificate is one that is
at least six days old. Six days is
the length of time required to
build up immunity.
Reapportionment Board
To Hold Final Meet
In Fairbanks Sept. 9-10
ANCHORAGE UP) — The Ad
visory Reapportionment Commit
tee’s recommendations “will be
made known in their entirety” at
a final meeting of the group at
Fairbanks Sept. 9-10, Chairman
Douglas Gray of Juneau said to
day.
The five-member committee,
appointed by Gov. Egan, met here
Sunday through Tuesday.
Population shifts are expected
to affect the representation of
nine state election districts in the
House.
Because of population growth,
the Anchorage District is ex
pected to gain six seats. Fairbanks
stands to gain two seats.
Irene Ryan, Anchorage member
of the committee, said the com
mittee will vote on its recom
mendations to the Governor at
Fairbanks next month, until that
time, agreed to say nothing of
them.
“They’re won’t be anything sen
sational,” she said.
Navy Icebreaker Makes
History in the Arctic —
Reaches Ice Island Arlis II
SEATTLE UP> — The Staten
Island, rugged Navy icebreaker,
has penetrated for the first time
in the history the Arctic ice bar
rier as far north as Arlis II, a
floating ice island.
The 13th Naval District Com
mand said the Staten Island, aid
ed by excellent ice conditions,
crunched her way hundreds of
miles north of Point Barrow to
carry cargo to the island. The
island’s exact position was not
learned.
Arlis n is inhabited by groups
of scientific personnel studying
geological, oceanographic and hy
drographic conditions. Before
now it had been supported by
supplies dropped from aircraft.
The Navy ship unloaded 5 va
riety of cargo, ranging from ciga
rets to tracked snow vehicles in
a 12-hour period and left hur
riedly to escape threatening clos
ing ice. Two years ago, the Staten
Island made seafaring history by
being the first ship to reach a
point as far north as Fletcher
Nome to Host
Lt. Gen. Mundv
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Tomorrow
Lt. Gen. George W. Mundy,
USAF, Commander in Chief in
Alaska, replacing Gen. Frank
Armstrong, retired, will arrive
here tomorrow on his first ori
entation trip through the state to
see for himself Alaskans and
Alaskan defenses. He will be ac
companied by his wife, and Lt.
Col. E. P. Kocel, Asst. Chief of
Staff, USAF; and Maj. J. D.
Hollowell, aide. Pilot for the group
will be Capt. C. A. Quick and
Lt. H. Smith II, will be navigator.
Time of arrival has been an
nounced for shortly after three
o’clock and a reception is plan
ned by the Alaska National
Guard to meet him. Everyone
with a car is encouraged to be
at the field and give the General
and his party a hearty welcome.
As his stay is brief, the Chamber
Board of Directors and repre
sentatives of other civic bodies
will meet with the military party
at the North Star upon his ar
rival for a short informal gather
| ing following the greeting at the I
field.
F-100 Jet Fighter
Crashes Near Eielson AFB
FAIRBANKS MD — An F-100
jet fighter of the 306th Tactical
Fighter Squadron crashed five
miles south of Eielson Air Force
Base at 10:30 a. m. today.
The pilot bailed out of the jet
and an Eielson rescue helicopter
was sent out to the scene and re
turned him to the base.
The pilot, identified as Lt. Jack
L. Cary, escaped uninjured.
The plane is one of 18 that ar
rived at Eielson Sunday from
George Air Force Base near Vic
torville, Calif.
Bison Hunters Go After
Their Prey Saturday
JUNEAU UPi — The State De
partment of Fish and Game said
today that 10 persons who hold
special bison permits will *b^ al
lowed to starting hunting the big
animals in the Delta Junction
area Saturday.
Ten additional hunters who
drew permits in a special draw
ing at Delta Junction last month
will be authorized to start hunt
ing bison on each of the four suc
cessive days thereafter.
All of the 50 hunters who have
permits will be allowed to con
tinue hunting until they have
taken a bison or until the special
season is closed by the Fish and
Game Department.
NEVER TOO OLD . . .
CLINTWOOD, Va. OB — Booker
Wright, 103, leaned just a little
on his cane as he stood before
the minister and repeated his
marriage vows.
The retired farmer from Virgie,
Ky., was married Monday in the
Clintwood Baptist Church to Elsie
Coleman, 65, of Pikeville, Ky.
The seventh marriage, the bride
said, for each.
SHALLOW WATER . . .
HONOLULU UPI — Charles Lo,
18, dived from a seawall at Wai
kiki Beach to join a girl who was
up to her neck in water.
:Minutes later the youth was
taken from the water unconscious
and paralyzed from the chest
down.
Police said he didn’t know the
girl was sitting down.
Theft of Duke of
Wellington Portrait
Baffles British Police
LONDON Wt — Detectives be
lieve that the thief who stole the
$392,000 Goya portrait of the
Duke of Wellington hid with it
for more than 12 hours in Britain’s
National Gallery, then walked out
with it under a topcoat or in a
briefcase.
The 19th Century masterpiece"
was taken from its place in the
gallery Monday night. The theft
was discovered Tuesday after the
gallery opened.
The head and chest portrait of
the Iron Duke, Britain’s victor at
Waterloo, was last seen by the
gallery’s security guards at 7:40
p. m. A guard noticed it was gone
and reported, but it 'yvas thought
it had been moved to another
part of the building since the
fragile panel on which it was
painted was due for repair.
Investigators theorized that the
thief hid himself inside the gal
lery just before closing time.
From his hiding place he timed
the movements of the five night
security guards. Then he nipped
out when the room was empty,
grabbed the painting and scurried
back to his hiding place. When
■ the -gallery filled with visitors in
the morning, he calmly walked
out with his loot.
The painting measured 25 by
20Vie inches, small enough to go
into an oversize briefcase or un
der a voluminous topcoat.
Former Japanese
Premier Kishi Has
Stopover in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE UP) — Former Ja
panese Premier Nobusuke Kishi
stopped here yesterday on his way
to a first-hand look at Europe and
various trouble spots.
As he did, he fired a blast at
the Communists ’’who are at. the
bottom of all the present world
situations,” and especially at Rus
sian First Deputy Premier Anastas
Mikoyan, who also left Japan to- j
day after rousing speeches de
nouncing America and some Ja
panese.
Mikoyan was scheduled to come
to Japan for a non-political visit,
Kishi said. “Instead he shocked
the Japanese people, using threats
of violence, and he did not make
any friends.”
Kishi is making the European
tour, stopping first in Switzer
land. He will then go to other
capitals, presumably Berlin, as
a member of the Japanese Diet,
a post he did not lose when re
signing.
UAW Rejects Ford
Motor Co. Contract Offer
DETROIT UP) — The United
Auto Workers Union today noti
fied Ford Motor Co. it considered
Tuesday’s contract offer “totally
unacceptable” and said it will
urge the Ford-UAW Council to
reject it.
The strong UAW reaction to
the Ford offer came as the union
and American Motors Corp.,
clamped a secrecy lid on new con
tract talks.
Both AMC and the UAW said:
“There wjll be no further an
nouncement on progress or lack
of it.”
Reuther’s closed-door sessions
with AMC in the homestretch of
auto industry contract talks was
considered a snub to the big three
Out-of-Towtt
Guests Welcomed
At Chamber Meet
The Chamber of Commerce wel
comed many guests at its noon
luncheon on Monday.
Warren Colver, U. S. Attorney
from Anchorage; George Bayer,
U. S. Marshal, from Anchorage;
James tiorra. Court Examiner
from Washington, D. C.; Joe Kro
ninger, Clerk of the U. S. Dis
trict Court, Anchorage Jesse
Johnson, Chief of Land Abdica
tion, unit of BLM, Fairbanks;
Loyal Johnson, Information Offi
cer of the Bureau of Land Man
agement office, here; George
Benesch, District Electrical En
gineer, U. S. Bureau of Recla
mation; Brig. Gen. Robert C.
Tripp. Commanding General, U.S.
Army Transportation Terminal
Command; Col. Fred C. Allan,
Chief of Transportation, U. S.
Army Alaska; Mr. Crowley,
Puget Sound United Transporta
tion Co.; Lt. Brown, general’s
aide; Maj. and Mrs. Money David
Money; Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon
Ivor, FHS dentist; and John
I Christopher Aull, guest of the
day, of Los Angeles,
i Sen. Fete Walsh reviewed some
I of the projects under study which
I will eventually make Nome the
center of a big industrial area. He
disclosed that if the Cape Thomp
son harbor is completed, that in
terest is being shown in the Lis
bourne coal fields where tentative
plans indicate that the company
interested will build a railroad
to Cape Thompson to handle the
coal. Re-evaluation of the equip
ment and the potential of the tin
mine at Lost River is underway
' by its owners. Prospects for cop
per development look bright in
the Kobuk area. Educationally.
Walsh reminded the Chamber that
the Vocational School will divert
and keep home many of the 300
children, who are this week being
airlifted across the state into
other states.
Walsh praised Phil Holdsworth,
Commissoiner of Natural Re
sources and Jim Williams who
heads Mines and Minerals for
looking ahead. Holdsworth is now
in Japan conferring with Japan
ese firms interested in Alaska’s
minerals.
Sen. Bronson who had just re
turned from the Democratic con
vention, stated that the next
Democratic meet will be in Nome
in April.
Sen. Bob Blodgett, from Teller
gave a resume on the status of
the park area requested for Sal
mon Lake. It was also suggested
by Lloyd Sundstrom at the meet
ing, that Anvil Dock and im
mediate area be reserved for
park area, as a road is available.
Northern Aviation to
Provide Service
Between Nome and Bethel
JUNEAU — Northern Avia
tion Co. has been granted per
mission to provide schedule serv
ice between Nome and Bethel, but
not to service any point in be
tween.
Authority was granted Aug. 18
with an immediate effective date.
The authority was granted fol
lowing two days of hearings.
Permit calls for a minimum of
two flights a week on the route.
Northern Aviation is owned by
Dick Galleher.