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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _
62nd Year No. 73 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1961_Per Copy 15^
U.S. Revokes
Diplomatic Status
Of Czech Diplomat
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UP>—
The United States told Com- i
munist Czechoslovakia today it ;
has revoked the diplomatic status
of Miroslav Nacvalac, Czech dip- |
lomat accused of spying. It said i
he now is subject to deportation |
as an alien illegally in the United
States.
A messenger from the U. S.
Mission delivered a note to thal i
effect to the Czechoslovak Mis
sion.
The note declared that under
the laws and regulations of the
United States, Nacvalac “may
elect either to depart voluntarily,
or in lieu of such voluntary de
parture, be removed.”
This was a warning that if he
resisted Nacvalac would be sub
ject to arrest and forcible de
portation.
The note followed Tuesday
night’s U. S. charges that Nacvalac
was an espionage agent and that
the United States had pictures as
proof of his activities.
Dag Hammarskjold, U. N. Sec
retary-General, was caught in a
cross-fire from the United States
and Czechoslovakia over the spy
charges.
The United States sent Ham
marskjold a note charging that
Nacvalac, handsome 39-ycar-old
counselor at the Czech U. N. Mis
sion, is Prague’s chief intelligence
agent in America and that he
paid an instructor at the U. S.
Army Language School in Mon
terey, Calif., $1,700 for informa
tion.
The United States said it had
pictures to prove it. The language
instructor, Karel Hlasny, a natu
ralized American citizen born in
Czechoslovakia, confirmed the
U. S. account.
The United States said Hsasny
was cooperating with the U. S.
government all the time and the
information he passed was worth
less.
Naclavac said the U. S. charges
were “all lies” and that he had
never been in California. But U. S.
State Department press officer
Lincoln White displayed photo
graphs of Naclavac and Hlasny he
said were taken outside a San
Francisco restaurant where they
met.
Television Producer Says
Sponsors Reject Proposed
Harry S. Truman Show
NEW YORK UFi — Television
producer David Susskind testi
fied today the three major tele
vision networks have rejected a
proposal for former President
Harry S. Truman to do 26 one
hour shows.
Susskind told a hearing con
ducted by the Federal Communi
cations Commission that the pro
grams would have related the
story of Truman’s Administration.
He said it was ironic that while
the network turned down the
project “for various reasons” the
head of the British Broadcasting
Co. had expressed an interest in
rights to the program in England.
Susskind said he intended to
go ahead with the project, finance
it himself, and “if necessary, go
from city to city, station to sta
tion, and sell it individually.”
Susskind said TV programming
reached an all-time low this year
—and that it will be still lower
next season.
“I tremble for next year,” he
said.
JFK Pushes Button and
Converted Sea Water
Flows in Texas City
FREEPORT, Tex. {JPI — Presi- j
dent Kennedy pushed a button on
his desk in the White House today
and officially opened the nation’s
first experimental plant to con
vert salt water into fresh.
Kennedy said the research pro
gram holds high promise for the
improvement of human life and
said “we intend to make the in
formation we learn available to
all people.”
He called the project “more im
portant than any other scientific
enterprise.”
As he finished speaking fresh
water produced at the plant flow- j
ed from a 2-inch pipe near the
speaker’s platform here and the
more than 1,000 persons attending
the ceremonies burst into ap- !
plause.
The Fref'nort plant is one of five
experimental plants being built
by the government as part of a
broad research program into ways
of converting salt and brackish
water into fresh water and thus
meet the nation’s growing water
needs.
The $1.5-million plant, first of
i five being built by the federal
j government, converts sea water
| into water so good it is purer than
; the water in most municipal water
j systems.
The plant has 12 evaporators
that heat the sea water to about
250 degrees. The steam, when
condensed, makes the fresh water.
Water produced at the plant will
cost about $1 for each 1,000 gal
lons.
Sherman Adams Says
Korean War Ended By
Threat to Use Atom Bomb
NEW YORK UP) — Sherman
Adams says the Korean War was
ended in 1953 as the result of an
indirect threat by this country to
use the atomic bomb.
Adams, former assistant to
President Eisenhower, says the
idea for the threat came from
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Adams relates the incident in
his book, “First-Hand Report,”
which was published Tuesday.
“'MacArthur was sure that there
was not the remotest chance we
would actually have to carry out
the threat,” Adams writes. “The
Communists would simply throw
up their hands, and the war would
be over.”
Adams said the threat was im
plied in government statements
and in the movement of atomic
missiles to Okinawa.
Eisenhower’s closest friends,
Adams relates, believe he “might
have considered running for a
third term if there had been no
Constitutional prohibition against
it.”
Polio Outbreak Hits Japan
TOKYO UP) — The government
stepped up efforts Wednesday to
check a polio outbreak that has
stricken more than 1,000 Japanese
and killed about 80. The Welfare
Ministry said enough vaccine to
innoculate 13 million persons will
be imported from all available
sources, including the United
States and the Soviet Union.
A LITTLE TOUGHY . . .
JOHANNESBURG, (#) — A
mouse tossed to a 6-foot mamba
snake for dinner at a park here
attacked and bit the snake. The
reptile suffered an infection and
died. The mouse then was fed to
American rattlesnakes. They made
short work of him.
Confusion Hits
Nationwide
Maritime Strike
NEW YORK OP) — Confusion
created by the nationwide mari
time strike grew today as top
officials of the Longshoremen’s
Union broke apart over whether
to continue to support it. Mean
while, a work stoppage by the
dock workers all but paralyzed
New York Harbor.
The longshore walkout was at !
a giant Battery Park rally. About
5,000 gathered in a downpour of
rain to hear their president, Wil
liam V. Bradley, urge support for
the striking Seafarers’ Unions.
Before the rally began, how
ever, a leading figure in the union
said if other officials didn’t re
quest a strike-ending injunction
from President Kennedy he per
sonnally would do so.
This statement came from Tony
Anastasio, longshore boss of the
big Brooklyn waterfront and a
union vice president.
There was no immediate com
ment from Bradley on Anastasio’s
remarks about a request for a
Presidential injunction.
To add to the confusion some
seafaring union members were re
maining aboard tied up ships,
drawing pay, while longshoremen
were workless through observance
of maritime picket lines.
Negotiations between unions and
management are at a virtual
standstill.
The creeping paralysis of the
maritime dispute has spread
around the nation and has im
mobilized more than 100 liners,
freighters and tankers.
CONGRESS PROVIDES
NEW TRAVEL SERVICE TO
ENTICE VISITORS TO U.S.
WASHINGTON OP) — Congress
sent to President Kennedy today
a bill to set up a new interna
tional travel service to entice
more foreign visitors to the Unit
ed States.
Legislative action was com
pleted when the Senate approved
it by voice vote.
The measure would establish
the United States Travel Service
in the Commerce Department un
der a $19,000-a-year director.
It would authorize $3 million
for operations the first year, $4.7
million annually thereafter.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS it has been a long and
arduous winter, we have waded
through snow and mud, weath
ered hail, sleet, snow and ice
(it is finally gone);
WHEREAS the time has come to
shake off your cabin fever and
long underwear;
WHEREAS the prospectors have
noi left for the diggin’s, the
water is high and the dredges
low;
WHEREAS June 21st is the long
est and sunniest day of the year;
WHEREAS the first boat has
come and gone; (?) The spring
duck and geese season is re
voltingly gone and beards are
long.
NOW, THEREFORE, I hereby pro
claim that June 21st through
June 25th be Midnight Sun
Festival Week and that all
citizens of Nome relax, enjoy
and take part in the fun and
frolic.
Roscoe J. Wilke,
Mayor—City of Nome
QUEEN PAT OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL
Midnight Sun
Festival Gets
Underway Tonight
Pat Maloney, Queen of the Mid
night Sun Festival, will reign
throughout the festivi+ies until
her successor is announced fol
lowing the Queen Pageant Satur
day evening at the Nome School
Auditorium.
Queen contestants are: Ann
Chambers, sponsored by Dorothy's
Shop; Clarice Hardy, sponsored
by Aukruk Lanes; Mary Jean
Longley, sponsored by KNOM
TV; Vickey Young, sponsored by
the North Star Bakery; and Mary
Komakhuk, sponored by Nomer
ama Theater.
The Queen will receive gifts
contributed by many of the local
business houses as well as a spe
cial gift from the Chamber of
Commerce.
The Reindeer Barbeque will be
held on F'ront Street instead of on
the beach as was done last year,
for the convenience of the public.
Shaving permits will be sold to
all smooth-shaven gents, or fines
assessed against those who do not
having their shaving permit.
Prizes will be awarded in the I
THE WEATHER
Sunny today and warmer to
morrow. Lowest temp, expected
tonight 35 to 40, the high tomor
row 55 to 60.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 49, lowest 35. Sunrise at
1:17 a.m., sunset at 10:49 p.m.
Hours of daylight todayTotalh
Total daylight: 9 hrs. 32 min.
A year ago today: highest temp.
52, lowest 39. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 76 in
1924, lowest 32 in 1919.
hirsute adornment contest for:
1-The most exotic, 2-the bush
iest, 3-the fuzziest, and 4-the most
distinguished looking beard.
A Savings Bond is the prize for
the winners of the Raft Race.
Gifts for the Queen are:
Lap boots, donated by Polet’s
Store;
Ten admission tickets, donated
by Nomerama Theater;
Crystal bracelet, donated by
Hagen’s Jewelry Store.
A $5 Gift Certificate, donated
by Cavota’s Store;
Slack and Shirt set donated by
the N.C.;
Steak dinner, by the Q Cab;
Dogwood necklace with gold
nuggets, Billikin Gift Shop.
Gold compact, Nome Drug and
Jewelry Store.
Pied Piper Parade
Entrants to Assemble
At 12 Noon Friday
Pied Piper Parade entrants and
floats will assemble at the school
at 12 noon on Friday.
There will be an award for the
best float and entered in the chil
dren’s event are floats sponsored
by Morgan & Son, Nomerama,
Boy Scouts, North Star, Senior
Girl Scouts, Cavota’s, KNOM-TV,
and Aukruk Lanes.
Marching units signed up to
date are CAP Color Guard. Major
ettes, Girl Scout Drill Team and
several decorated buggies with
babies.
Many children have registered
for individual entries.
There will be an award for the
best float as well as prizes for the
outstanding costumes.