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WORKMEN S COMPENSATION BILL
PASSES TERRITORIAL SENATE
By WILLIAM J. TOBIN
JUNEAU, Iff)—The controver
sial workmen’s compensation bill
passed the Territorial Senate 10
6 yesterday after three senators
changed their votes. The measure
now goes to the House.
An 8-8 vote blocked passage
Friday. But Saturday the Senate
rescinded that action, added four
amendments to the bill yesterday
and got it past one last parlia
mentary move aimed at delaying
action.
The actual vote on the rollcall
yesterday was 11-5. But before
the total was announced, Nome ,
Democrat John McNees changed
his vote to "No."
It placed McNees in a position
to get on a conference committee,
if one is required, should the
House further amend the bill. One
member of the negative side must
be named to the conference com
mittee.
The amended bill would leave
largely unchanged most of the
present short-term benefits now j
given to. workers inj ured on the j
job, and would extend the long- j
range benefits to workmen who |
suffer permanent injuries, or ben
efits to families of men who suffer
fatal injuries.
The long-range benefits are
modeled after the Federal Long
shore and Harbor Act, and the
bill was heavily pushed by the
Territorial Federation of Labor.
In the vote Friday, the Senate’s
five Republicans were joined by
three Democrats in voting against
the bill. Two of those Democrats
and one of the Republicans
changed their minds yesterday.
The three — Democrats Frank
Barr of Fairbanks and Neal W.
Foster of Nome, and Repub
lican Elton Engstrom of Juneau
—said they felt the new amend
ments provided adequate safe
guards against excessive cost of
new insurance which will have
lo be paid by employers.
One of the amendments puts a
$30,000 ceiling on benefits to de
pendents of men killed on the job.
Another removes the liability
against an employer as the result
of any incompetency on the part
of a physician treating an injured
worker.
Another puts a $50,000 limit on
payments to a worker who suffers
a permanent disability. And the
last amendment adopted eliminates
Viscount Airliners
Put Back in Service
After Close Inspection
LONDON, UP) — British Euro
pean Airways (BEA) today placed
eight of its model 701 Viscount
turbo-prop airliner back into
service after they passed minute,
all-night inspections.
A total of 26 Viscounts were
grounded as a precautionary meas
ure after a Viscount crashed at
Manchester Thursday with the
loss of 22 lives.
The investigation centered on
the plane’s flap mechanisms.
A different model of the Vis
count, modified to meet American
and Canadian specifications, has
been delivered to Capital Airlines
in the United States and Trans
Canada Airlines. Both said they
had no plans to ground the planes.
any possibility that a lump sum
settlement could be obtained in
the event of the death of a work
man.
One of the opponents of the bill,
Butrovich (R-Fairbanks) called
the amendments “token,” and
said:
"I will not admit that the
amendments adopted today take
care of the cost element. They
don't. We still don't know what
this bill will cost the small em
ployer in Alaska.
“I sincerely believe if this act
■passes, the American insurance
companies will pull out of the
Alaska market, and we will be at
the mercy of Lloyd’s of London.
Sen. A1 Owen (D-Anchorage),
who is co-author of the bill, called
on the Senate to pass the measure
“as a social responsibility to your
fellow men.”
Senator Foster said the
amendments "have taken care of
the cost." Senator Barr said
the bill, as amended, "will in
crease the cost very little."
Engstrom, in explaining the
change in his vote, said the bill
originally was “wide open.” Now,
he said, he thought the bill could j
cost “no more than 30 per cent”
above present insurance premium
levels.
The only Democrat actively
fighting passage of the bill today
was Sen. James Nolan, Wrangell.
Said Nolan:
“I can’t conscientiously vote for
this bill until I know what it will j
cost the logger, the cannery oper
ator, the pulp mills and the small
businessman. If it would be only
5 or 10 per cent, I’d go for it. But
without those figures, I can’t see
how anyone can vote intelligent
ly on the matter.”
Artists Rebelled Against Admen
On TV ‘Emmy’ Show Saturday
By JAMES BACON
HOLLYWOOD UP)—If you were
one of the millions who watched
the TV Emmy Show Saturday
night, it will surprise you to hear
that you watched a revolution —
of the artists against the admen.
For Madison Avenue wanted
Caesar buried, not praised.
The hard-sell boys from the ad
agencies admit that Sid, the com
ic Caesar, is a very funny man,
but his production costs come
high. That, trade sources dis
close, is why he has had a little
sponsor trouble recently.
But the Television Academy —
the one TV group where artists
outnumber salesmen — awarded
Sid and his show five Emmies.
He was one of two sweepstakes
winners. The other was Playhouse
90, another expensive exponent of
high-quality TV.
Absent, even among the nom
inees, were the quiz shows, which
cost little and are the sponsor’s
delight. He likes them because he
can hang his billboard behind each
contestant and commercials come
fast.
Caesar won an Emmy for best
comedian, his show for the best
hour series, and Carl Reiner and
Pat Carroll of his cast as best sup
porting players.
And then, as a crushing crease
President of Philippines
Dies in Airplane Crash
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Beck Admits Borrowing
$300,000 to $400,000
From Union Fimds
By JIM HUTCHESON
TACOMA, Wash., UP) — Dave
Beck said yesterday he had bor
rowed an estimated $300,000 to
$400,000 from the Western Con
ference of Teamsters, without in
terest, while he headed the union’s
regional organization.
The general president of the In
ternational union, said the loans
long since have been repaid.
He said “I don’t reall” when
asked whether he had written
notes to the 11-state union organ
ization at the time of the loans.
Beck’s acknowledgement and
explanation of the loans was a
high point of his appearance on
a national television program
(Face the Nation—CBS) from this
seaport city, 30 miles from the
Seattle area where he started his
rise from laundry truck driver
to powerful labor leader and
where he lives in a home which
the international union bought
from him.
Anchorage Eagles
Win All - Alaska
Basketball Tourney
ANCHORAGE, UP) — The An
chorage Eagles won the All-Alas
ka High School Basketball Cham
pionship tournament, defeating
Juneau, 47-43, Saturday night.
The series opened Thursday
night, with Anchorage taking the
opener 55-44, and Juneau forcing
it to a rubber match with a win
Friday night, 66-60.
in the Ivy League suits, the Acad
emy voted Nanette Fabray best
comedienne for her work with
Caesar.
She hasn’t been Caesar’s wife
since last season.
Playhouse 90, a series that had
early sponsor trouble which al
most turned it into Playhouse 60,
earned Jack Palance an Emmy
for best single performance.
That show also won awards for
best writing, best direction, best
art direction and best single
program.
The hour-and-a-half drama ser
ies also was voted the best new
program of the year.
Other Emmies went to a trio
of movie pros — Claire Trevor
(Dodsworth), best single perform
ance by an actress; Loretta Young
(Loretta Young Show), best actress
in a series, and Robert Young
(Father Knows Best), best actor
in a series.
Two of television’s most relaxed
performers — Dinah Shore and
Perry Como — were named the
medium’s most .outstanding per
sonalities.
Edward R. Murrow added three
more Emmies to his collection. He
won for best public service series,
best coverage of a newsworthy
event, and best news commen
tator.
* By DONALD E. HUTH
MANILA, (/P)—President Ramon Magsaysay and
26 others died early yesterday when the President’s
twin-engine plane crashed in dense jungle just after
leaving Cebu for Manila.
Vice President Carlos P. Garcia took over the reins
EASTER PARADE
COMING TO NOME
The anual Easter Style Show
will toe presented at The Theater
Saturday, April 13. The children’s
style show and adul't dress re
hearsal will be featured at the
M & M Matinee in the morning
and the best children’s styles and
models shall be chosen for the 1
o’clock show where they will be
presented again. Since it is not
possible to personally contact ev
eryone, this is to invite all of Nome
to enter the style show which
shall feature an Easter Parade
theme.
All proceeds from both morning
and afternon shows will be do
nated to the local hospital. The
price of admission to the after
noon show will be $1. The M&M
Matinee shall be the regular price
of admission. The Easter Egg con
test will be held in connection
with the style show. More details
later.
POPE IS PLEASED
BY U.S. METHODS
IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
By JOHN SCALT
VATICAN CITY, UP) — Pope
Pius XII yesterday told Vice
President Nixon he was comforted
by the way President Eisenhower
and the American people practice
good will to settle international
disputes.
But he added there is still a
great need for defense measures
and for charters and policy state
ments “rounded out with solemn
sanctions.”
Nixon interrupted his African
tour to call on the Pope and de
liver a letter to the Pontiff from
the President. Nixon said the Vat
ican would make the letter public.
The Pope received Nixon, his
wife and members of their party
at a private audience in his study.
In a seven-minute formal address
he read, the Pontiff said:
“It is comforting to note the
reliance placed by your illustrious
President and generous people, as
well as by those in every comer
of the globe who share your
hopes and fears, on the simple,
informal, unfeigned expression of
good will as a key instrument for
the settlement of international
disputes.”
June Allyson and
Dick Powell Are
Together Again
HOLLYWOOD, — June Ally
son says she and Dick Powell
have “straightened out our prob
lems” and are back together
again.
The actress and her actor-pro
ducer-director husband separated
last Feb. 22 after more than 11
years of marriage. She said the
separation ended Friday night,
adding: “I’m so happy.”
'oi government today.
Garcia flew in from the SEATO
conference in Australia several
hours after Magsaysay’s charred
body was found in the wreckage
of his plane on a Cebu Island
mountainside.
The 60-year-old vice president
took the oath of office as fourth
President of the Philippine Re
public before Chief Justice Ricar
do Paras. He will serve until after
next November’s presidential elec
tions, which now promise to be
a wide-open fight.
The new president told news
men he planned no changes in
the Cabinet and would himself
continue to fill the post of secre
tary of foreign affairs he had held
under Magsaysay.
A staunch supporter of Mag
saysay’s foreign policy, Garcia is
expected to continue the late
President’s aim of strengthening
American-Philippine friendship.
I Magsaysay, 49, was a bitter foe
of Communism.
Only one passenger, a Philip
pine newsman, survived the
crash.
Among the dead were several
top government officials and edu
cators, several Philippine news
men and members of Magsaysay’s
staff. The president was return
ing from giving two commence
ment speeches in Cebu.
A close guard was placed around
the wreckage as officials made
clear they had not ruled out the
possibility of Communist sabo
tage. As defense secretary, Mag
saysay had wrecked the Commu
nist Huk rebel movement in the
infant island republic.
Messages of condolence poured
in from abroad to the Philippine
government, Magsaysay’s widow
and their three children.
From aboard the cruiser Can
berra, President Eisenhower in a
statement said the peoples of the
Philippines, the United States and
“the entire free world have ‘lost
a valiant champion of freedom.”
Magsaysay, he added, “will be
greatly missed” in the fight against
Communism.
South Korean President Synh
man Rhee and Indonesian Presi
dent Sukarno were among the
first to express sorrow and re
gret. Both houses of India’s Par
liament observed two minutes of
silence.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
knew Magsay^' r in World War
II as a guerrilla leader, cabled an
expression of sympathy to the dead
President’s family.
A search party which included
Magsaysay’s brother Jesus found
the Chief of State’s remains in
the twisted charred ruin of his
twin-engine plane about 15 miles
north of Cebu City.
The president’s body was vir
tually unrecognizable. Identifica
tion had to be made through per
sonal effects he carried. Magsay
say’s body still had on a partly
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