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62nd Year No. 117 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1961 Per Copy 15*
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FAA Administrator
Najeeb Halaby
To Visit Nome
N. E. Halaby, Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Agency, will
arrive in Nome tomorrow morn
ing for a visit on invitation from
Sen. Pearse Walsh.
Halaby is on a three day visit
of the Alaskan FAA region and
is conferring with regional offi
cials, visiting FAA installations,
and touring as many field facili
ties of FAA as his schedule per
mits.
In announcing his Alaska tour
Halaby declared, “the primary
purpose of the visit is to become
familiar with Alaska region’s
operational problems and to meet
and become better acquainted
with the regional personnel who
are involved with Alaska’s avia
tion problems.”
The Administrator, who has
cabinet rank as head of the FAA
also serves as special advisor *o
President Kennedy on aviation.
Mr. Halaby is the son-in-law
of well known Alaskans, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Carlquist, Anchorage
jewelers.
A graduate of Stanford Uni
versity and Yale University Law
School, Halaby has a wide back
ground in law, aviation, and gov
ernment service. He was test pilot
for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. from
1M1 to 1948 and a U.S. Navy test
pilot from 1943 to 1946. As a
Navy lieutenant in 1945, he flew
the first transcontinental jet
flight. From 1946 to 1954 he was
Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense
for International Security and in
1953 received the Arthur IFlem
t ming Award as the outstanding
young man in federal service.
Halaby’s Washington service also
includes the vice-chairmanship of
the White House Aviation Facili
ties Study Group, and duty as
special assistaont to the adminis
trator of the Economic Coopera
tion Administration. Prior to his
appointment as FAA administra
tor he directed his own law firm,
N. E. Halaby and Associates in
Los Angeles.
Expected to be in the party
coming to Nome about 10:15 a.m.
are 14 persons and they will be
flying in a Grumman Gulf stream.
An open meeting is sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce at
11:00 a.m. at the Seaview Room.
All pilots of the area are especial
ly urged to be present.
Pioneers Elect Grand
Igloo Officers
ANCHORAGE UP> — Pioneers of
Alaska have elected James Jor
gensen of Fairbanks as their new
president. He succeeds Carl
ILottsfeldt of Anchorage who be
came Junior Past Grand’ Presi
dent.
Other officers elected at the
windup session of the Pioneers
convention Include:
Edward Sweeney of Juneau,
"first vice president; Sol J. Urie
of Seward, second vice president;
Robert Korn of Cordova, chap
lain; Miss Vida Rich of Ketchi
kan, grand secretary; Dr. Will H.
Chase of Cordova, grand histor
ian for life; Gerrit Snider of
Wasilla, assistant grand historian;
Rich Fullerton of Flat, grand
8ergaa»*--t-9rms,
Elected trustee* for three-year
terms were Charles D. Jones of
Nome and Louis Black of Ne
aana.
v £ Next year’s Grand Igloo wiii be
held at Ketchikan from Oct. U
to Oct 14.
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RCA Announces
[Completion of BMEWS
[At Clear, Alaska
MOORESTQWN, N.J. UP) — The
Radio Corporation of America has
announced completion of the sec
ond phase of the vast new Bal
listic Missile Early Warning Sys
tem (BMEWS) at Clear, Alaska.
The project, directed by RCA’s
plant here, joins similar facility
at Thule, Greenland, to form the
United States’ protective barrier
against ICBM attack.
The system flashes a 15 minute
warning to the North American
Defense Command in Colorado
Springs, Colo., of any missiles
launched over the Arctic Circle.
Work on the third station in
the $1 billion nework is to start
soon in Yorkshire, England, RCA
said.
Soviets Fire No. 16 . . .
WASHINGTON W — The So
viet Union fired today its 16th
nuclear detonation since resum
ing atomic tests Sept. 1.
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion, announcing the blast, said
it was in the atmosphere as have
been the others.
“The detonation occurred in the
vicinity of Novaya Zemlya and
had a yield on the order of a
megaton,” the AEC announcement
said.
Birds Made Radioactive
To Fly Into Britain
SEVENOAKS, England UP) — A
British bird expert said today
thousands of feathered migrants
made radioactive by Soviet nu
clear tests in the Arctic will fly
into Britain this month.
The orinthologi^t, Dr. James
Harrison, said the migrants are
mostly wading birds which cus
tomarily winter along British
rivers and marshes. He added that
many of those poisoned by the
nuclear fallout will die.
Dr. Harrison and his son operate
a bird laboratory and have spent
years assessing the damage done
to flying wildlife by nuclear tests.
Nixon Promises Extensive
Campaign lor Governor
SUN VALLEY, Idaho UR —
Richard Nixon is back in Cali
fornia today to start putting to
gether what he envisions as the
most intensive political campaign
in state history.
He said he is out to win the gov
ernorship with the full intention
of serving out the four-year term.
Nixon, who flew here to ad
dress the Western Republican
Conference Saturday night, was
asked repeatedly by newsmen
whether he would seek the Presi
dency again in 1964 and whether
he would accept a draft.
The former Vice President re
plied he would hot be a candi
date for President in 1964, adding
“It’s implicit that 1 intend to
serve the people of California as
Governor from 1962 to 1966.”
As to whether he could be
drafted, he said “the answer is
no.”
Nixon challenged former Re
publican Gov. Goodwin Knight to
back up charges that he was of
fered a political deal to stay out
of the gubernatorial race. He de
nied knowledge of any such of
fer.
$ Nixon said he plans to start his
active campaign around the first
of February. He intends to go into
every city, county, and town, he
said, and after the primary he’ll
campaign for every Republican
nominee in the state.
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U.S. Rejects Soviet I
Proposal to Name
U.N. Secretariat
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. <*> —
The United States today rejected
a Soviet proposal to name a stop
gap U.N. Secretary-General.
It declared the plan would
“seriously undermine the integrity
of the U.N. Secretariat.”
The Soviet Union disclosed last
night a proposal > calling for a
temporary head of the Secretariat
to act in close consultation with
three deputies.
The Russians explained it would
not be bound by veto.
But U.S. Ambassador Adai E.
Stevenson, in a statement today,
declared the Soviet proposal “is
not a real compromise.”
“It does not give the interim
Secretary-General a mandate to
carry out the full functions of
the office. This is imperative for
the effective operation of the
United Nations,” said Stevenson.
“The U.N. should promptly
designate an outstanding figure
to carry on the functions of the
Secretary-General on an interim
basis. Meeting this urgent need
must not be obstructed or de-1
layed toy efforts to change the
structure of the United Nations
itself.”
Stevenson contended the Soviet
proposal maintains the idea of
the Troika, or three-man Secre
tariat, each having tl>e right to
veto.
Representatives of nonaligned
countries said they wanted time
to study the Soviet proposal.
Under the Soviet plan, the tem
porary head of the U.N. Secre
tariat would act in close consul
tation with three deputies, but
would not be bound by a veto
from the deputies in the day-by
day work of the Secretariat.
But the Soviet proposal said
the temporary head, to be recom
mended to the General Assembly
| by the Security Council, “must
maintain daily cooperation with
his deputies and mpst seek to
achieve mutual agreement with
them on major questions of the
work of the Secretariat.”
The U.S. view here was that
this would amount to having a
chief U.N. administrator who
would only have authority to sign
checks, and hire and fire U.N.
personnel.
In Washington, the U.S. State
Department said the plan was
just another version of the Troi
ka, or three-man Secretariat
representing the Western, Com
munist and neutral blocs.
Expected to Survive . . .
KEEL, Germany (JD — Police re
ported a motorcycle rider in a
Kiel hospital is expected to sur
vive after:
1. He suffered serious injuries
in a collision with a truck in a
suburb;
2. The ambulance taking him to
the city collided with a streetcar;
3. A second ambulance that
picked him up collided with a car.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with snow showers to
day and tonight. Low tonight 35
40, high tomorrow 30-35. In the
last 24 hours; High of 35, low of
31. Sunrise at 0:17 a.m., sunset at
5:27 p.m. Temperatures a year
ago today: High of 42, low of 35.
Extremes on this date since 1907:
High of 50 in 1950, low of 14 in
Vacation Trip to
Ireland Turns Into
A Nightmare
SHANNON, Ireland (A — The
departure of the 103 weary,
travel-soiled American tourists,
stranded at Shannon Airport for
five days, was delayed indefinite
ly again tonight.
A plane arrived this morning to
take them home to Chicago. Take
off time, they were told, would be
7 p.m. tonight.
But long after that hour, the
plane was still sitting on the tar
mac and the worn-out vacationers
faced up to the possibility of a
sixth night here.
Capt. William White, pilot of
the President Air Lines DC-7
charter aircraft explained:
“I have been speaking to my
home office in Los Angeles and
told them I need $6,000 to meet
commitments here. When the
money comes I will be able to
fly out.
White explained the money was
needed to pay for landing fees
and gasoline.
The stranded travelers left Chi
cago Aug. 24 for a months vaca
tion in Ireland. They were due
to return last Wednesday but their '
plane was delayed by mechanical
trouble at New York and arrived
only this morning.
The Americans slept in chairs
and on the carpeted floors of the
air terminal—-most of them out
of money, some of them ill, babies
wailing.
The group from the Jrish
American Erin’s Own Club of
Chicago, who came to Ireland a
month ago for a vacation, scrap
ped up $15 Sunday night to send
a cabled appeal “please help us”
to President Kennedy.
Kevin Carty, club president,
and the Rev. Edward Salmon,
curator of St. Gabriel’s Church,
Chicago, signed the cable.
The summer White House at
Hyannis Port, Mass., said it was
not certain whether Kennedy
ever received Carty’s message.
Carty said the club paid $30,000
to chanter the plane from the
President Air Lines for the trip
that brought many back to Ire
land on their first visit in years.
Kay Mellor, a Chicago nurse,
tended the sick among the va
cationists that included seven
children. Mrs. Mellor was wor
ried she might lose her job for
staying away too long.
MOST OBLIGING . . .
BALTIMORE UP! — A well
dressed youth walked into Nor
man’s Sporting Goods Shop Fri
day and asked to see some pistol
shells.
When a clerk produced some,
the youth drew a pistol from his
pocket and started loading it.
“What do you think you’re
doing?” asked the clerk.
“I’m going to rob you," he an
swered.
He took $40.
MEXICO -U.S. FRIENDSHIP
IS GROWING CLOSER
iMEZICO CITY UB — A top
Mexican official says friendship
between Mexico and the United
States is growing closer every
day. Humberto Romero Perez,
private secretary to President
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, told a
luncheon here Friday that “past
unsavory incidents between the
two countries remain fortunately
enough nothing else than inci
dents of the past.”
Justice Dept.
Will Not Prosecute
Barrow Eskimos
ANCHORAGE UP> — The U.S.
Justice Department has decided
it will not prosecute 141 Barrow
Eskimos allegedly to have taken,
ducks out of season in violation
of the migratory waterfowl treaty
between the U.S., Canada and
Mexico.
Ray Woolford, Chief of the Di
vision of Wildlife in the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service’s regional
office, at Juneau, said today he
had been informed by the Jus
tice Department of its decision in
the controversial case.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
is charged with enforcement of
the treaty and the Justice De
partment with prosecution of al
leged offenders.
Two Barrow Eskimos were ap
prehended early this year with
illegally taking birds. Subse
quently 139 others voluntarily ap
peared before officials with il
legally taking ducks, declaring
they needed the birds for food.
The Eskimos were not placed
under arrest and a decision on
what to do in the case was defer
red.
Warren Colver, U.S. Attorney
here, said he would issue a state
ment later today on the Justice
Department’s stand on the matter.
Woolford made it clear the
policy of the Fish and Wildlife
Service with respect to enforce
ment of the treaty is not changed
by the Justice Department’s de
cision.
"Our enforcement policy has
not changed—we’re obligated un
der the treaty to enforce the reg
' ulations,” he said.
Mantle May Miss Opening1
Game of World Series
NEW YORK UFl — Mickey
Mantle of the New York Yankees
said today he doubted he would
be able to play in the opening
World Series game Wednesday
against Cincinnati at Yankee Sta
dium.
Mantle was released this morn
ing from Lenox Hill Hospital
where he has been recuperating
from minor surgery on an abscess
on his right hip. He had expect
ed to work out with the Yankees.
“If I feel like this Wednesday,
I won’t be able to play,” he said
‘I still feel very weak. The. leg
hurts. I can’t run on it. I was
hoping to work out but I can’t.”
Asked if he would be able to
play at ail in the series, Mantle
replied, “I just don’t know when
1 can play.”
The Yanks’ physcian, however,
was optimistic.
“I think he’ll play in the first
game,” said Dr. Sydney Gaynor.
“Knowing Mickey and knowing
how he responds to treatment, I
think he’ll play.”
U.S. Team to Survey Economic
Problems in the Ryukyu Islands
NEWPORT, R.I. UFl — A gov
ernment team is going to Okin
awa to survey economic and so
cial welfare problems in the
Ryukyu Islands, President Ken
nedy’s vacation White House said
Saturday.
Carl Kaysen, a member of the
President’s White House staff, is
chairman of the survey team.
The survey is an outgrowth of
the President’s talks last summer
with Prime Minister Ikeda of Ja
pan on the problems of the is
lands.