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VOL. LVII No. 128 . NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1955per Copy—151
Verdict Leaves
Braidwood Case
Open Indefinitely
The death of Betty Braidwood,
which was reported in Wednes
day’s issue of the Nugget, and
which took place Monday evening
in the apartment of Steve Salinas,
brought a verdict from the jury
after an hour’s deliberation, “of
death by person or persons un
known by a knife thrust in the
throat.”
Paul Mandeville, friend and
employer of Salinas, pointed out
two inaccuracies in the Nugget’s
story which he felt were reflec
tions on Steve Salinas, and which
we are glad to correct.
According to the Salinas testi- '
mony he did not change his |
clothes before calling for help, as |
was reported, but pulled trousers |
on over his pajames and washed |
his hands before going for aid.
He further testified that his hands
were bloody from trying to help
the dying woman.
The testimony of Deputy Mar
shal Maurice Kelliher refers to
daubs of blood, one of which was
about three inches by one inch on
the undershirt of Salinas, instead
of bloodsoaked as reported.
U.S. Marshal Robert Oliver said
no arrests have bpen made but
that his department is working on
the case. He stated that a verdict
of this kind keeps the case open
indefinitely.
French Premier
Wins Another_
Vote of Confidence
PARIS Oft—Premier Edgar Faure
today won a vote of confidence
from the French National Assem
bly, clearing the way for a quick
debate on moving up national
elections to the month of Decem
ber. The vote was 271 to 259.
The victory was the second for
Faure this month in the balky
♦Assembly. Each time he had been
put in a difficult position and had
seemed to be on the point of de
feat.
Rejected were the Socialist and
Communist motions expressing no
confidence in the government.
The next regular election of
deputies is scheduled for next
June, but Faure insists important
decisions must be taken in the
first six months of 1956 which re
quire continuity of the Parliament
to back the solutions reached.
Foreign Minister Pinay flew
back from the Geneva conference
to cast his ballot, saying “I cannot
validly represent France while
there is danger of a crisis.”
The Faure victory, therefore,
means the Western powers will
face Molotov in the Big Four con
ference with the team that started
and without substitutes.
White House Quashes
Report That Cabinet
Tried to Oust Benson
WASHINGTON, UD—1The White
House, challenging a published re
port that some Cabinet members
tried to oust Secretary of Agricul
ture Benson, says “the entire Ad
ministration” is working with
Benson on the farm problem.
A White House statement said
it was “not only untrue but com
pletely unfounded” the report
published by Farm Journal maga
zine, one of the largest publica
tions in its field.
And Benson himself, due for a
Denver conference with President
Eisenhower tomorrow, told news
men: “There has been no split in
the Cabinet on the farm situa
tion.”
Bank Passes Out
Rare Silver Dollars
In Day’s Business
GREAT FALLS, Mont.. <#>—One
fhousand rare silver dollars,
which coin collectors had valued
as high as $65 each as collectors’
items, were placed in circulation
here this week at $1 a throw.
The money, minted in Carson
City, Nev., in 1893, was received
by a local bank in a routine ship
ment from the Federal Reserve
bank at Minneapolis.
The coins were distributed at
tellers’ windows in daily banking
operations. Later a “run” was
made on the local bank, officials
said, when value of the silver
pieces was learned by coin col
lectors. But most already had dis
appeared.
Value of the silver dollars as a
collector’s item results from the
fact the Carson City mint closed
in 1893. Numismatists, who spe
cialize in collecting rare coins,
point out the $1 pieces are “very
scarce,” and valued from $1.50
for those in “good” condition to
$35 for those “extra fine.” Uncir
culated specimens were pegged at
$65 each.
In Montana, use of silver dollars
as a medium of exchange is com
mon.
Volunteer Fireman Dies In Fire
In Covered Bridge Believed
Set By Halloween Pranksters
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., —A
volunteer fireman was killed and
nine others injured early today
when a 300-foot covered bridge
collapsed in a fire believed set by
Halloween pranksters.
The wooden bridge, spanning
White River east of Gosport in
Monroe County, apparently' was
set afire about midnight.
The body of Bert Dittamore, 33,
a Gosport merchant, was recov
ered from the stream.
No-Trick Treats to
Be Given Monday
Night At City Hall
Chief of Police Carl Webb, who
has spearheaded a movement to
entertain the children on Hallow
een on a community basis, reports
that apples, oranges, cookies and
candy will be distributed Monday
night at 7:30 at the City Hall to
all children in the community.
Funds were raised by donations
by local merchants and in return
the children are to do their part
by not performing tricks which
take work to undo on buildings,
property or streets of the com
munity.
In Juneau this year it is re
ported the children have gone still
further, and are asking donations
of used clothing and toys for the
needy instead of candy for them
selves.
Some of the merchants are also
giving individual treats at their
places of business. The N.C. Store
is giving their annual treat be
tween 3 and 4 o’clock Monday
and Cavota’s Store from 3:30 to
4:30.
Fred Reuben Dies at 26
SITKA, UP)—Fred Reuben, 26,
died Wednesday evening at Mt.
Edgecumbe Medical Center where
he had been a patient for treat
ment of tuberculosis since mid
1952.
His home was at Nome, where
his mother, Mrs. Susan Reuben,
survives.'
‘Ain’t You Funny’
Is Truman’s Reply to
Bid for Campaign Funds
ROCHESTER, N.Y., <tf>—Harry
S. Truman still is writing pungent
notes that raise hackles, it seems.
Such as, “Ain’t you funny.”
That was the response Nicholas
C. Evens, chairman of the Monroe
County Liberal Party, received to
a letter he wrote last week to the
former President.
Evans asked Truman for finan
cial aid in the party’s local cam
paign for the election next month
and reminded him that the Liberal
Party of New York State support
ed Truman in 1948.
The letter came back to Evans.
Scrawled across the bottom was
this note: %
“That was the year you worked
and voted for Henry Wallace and
the state went for Thomas E.
Dewey—Ain’t you funny.”
Evans told reporters he was
sending a reply that said in part:
“Thanks for your unkind re
marks—Applesauce. I worked for
your election . . . after you had
gone to bed election night. . . .”
It was the American Labor Par
ty that backed Wallace in New
York State in 1948.
Russia and Western Powers Clash
On Rival Plans for European Security
Package Liquor Stores
Will Be Permitted
Aftywhere in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (#>—P a c k a g e
liquor stores will be permitted in
any business area in the city, un
der a vote of the City Council and
mayor at this week’s meeting.
Mayor Ken Hinchy cast the de
ciding vote after the council split
3-3 on the “hot potato” issue.
The mayor declared the action
“does not mean that Anchorage
will became an “open” town. Pas
sage does not necessarily mean
that the council will grant appli
cations for liquor stores in the
areas where the majority of peo
ple do not want them. Hearings
will continue for liquor stores.
Egyptian Soldiers
Killed in Raid
By Israeli Force
JERUSALEM, U!)—An Israeli
military informant said 10 Egyp
tian soldiers were slain and 20
captured early today by an Israeli
force which stormed and captured
an Egyptian frontier post.
Israel said the raid was in re
taliation for an earlier Egyptian
assault on an Israeli police post.
An Egyptian spokesman in Cai
ro said four Egyptians and four
Israelis were killed in the attack,
which took place about three
miles inside the Egyptian-held
territory. Egypt filed a strong pro
test with the U.N. Mixed Armis
tice Commission.
As this latest clash fanned the
mounting- tension in the Middle
East, U.S. Secretary of State Dul
les and British Foreign Secretary
MacMillan conferred for an hour
in Geneva on Palestine problems.
Israeli sources in Geneva said
the United States has promised to
consider a list of arms wanted by
Israeli to counter Egypt’s growing
arsenal, bought from Communist
Czechoslavakia.
Fireman Killed in
Building Explosion
PHILADELPHIA, —One city
fireman was killed and 10 others
injured yesterday when an explo
sion in a burning building ripped
out the third floor walls and bur
ied the firemen under tons of deb
ris.
The blast came after those in
command declared the fire at the
three-story plant of the Silco
Lamp Products Co. under control.
When the blast occurred, the
front and back walls burst out
ward, dumping brick, mortar and
steel among the firemen. Many es
caped injury by leaping behind
fire equipment in the street.
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
GENEVA, UP)—Russia and the
Western powers clashed in the Big
Four foreign ministers meeting
today with rival and apparently
irreconcilable plans for European
security.
The United States, Britain and
France 'got in first, presenting to
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov a nine-point “treaty of
assurance on the reunification of
Germany.” It would become fully
effective only if East and West
Germany were united and the
new Germany became a member
of the North Atlantic Treaty Alli
ance (NATO).
Molotov responded with a 15
point proposal for a European se
curity treaty, delaying German,
unification indefinitely. Under the
Soviet program the North Atlantic
alliance would be destroyed, Com
munist China would become an
“observer” in Europe, and all Am
erican troops would eventually
have to be withdrawn “from the
territories of European countries."
By the time Molotov acted, the
Western ministers had already re
jected his proposal. They based
their statement, in advance of its
presentation, on Russian proposals
which had been made at the Ge
neva summit conference in July.
“France, the United Kingdom
and the United States of Ameri
ca,” they told Molotov, “are not
prepared to enter into a system of
European security which, as in
the Soviet proposals put forward
at Geneva (in July) does not end
the division of Germany.”
Russian Demand for U.N.
Disarmament Debate
Denied by Committee
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UIV—
The U.N. Assembly Political Com
mittee today brushed aside with
out a vote Soviet Russia’s demand
for a quick disarmament debate
here.
It avoided a direct test by vot
ing 49 to 5 (Soviet bloc) to take up
next in its work program steps to
study atomic radiation hazards.
The debate on this will begin on
Monday.
V. V. Kuznetsov, deputy Soviet
foreign minister, first insisted on
the debate because he said it
would help the Big Four foreign
ministers meeting at Geneva. Dis
armament is one of their topics.
Western delegates said such a
debate here would hamper the
Geneva talks.
The 12 - nation Disarmament
Commission swamped a similar
Soviet request last week.
"The House of Wax”
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