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VOL. LXII No. 109 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1960_Per Copy 15<*
With The Presidential Candidates
Nixon Says American
Economy Geared To
What Individuals Do
ENROUTE WITH NIXON, W*—
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
said today that private enterprise
must carry the major share of
American economic expansion.
The Republican presidential
nominee told a meeting of the
Boise, Idaho, Chamber of Com
merce that the government can
stimulate private growth by con
tributing to reclamation and sim
ilar projects. But over-all, he
said, the growth of the American
economy is geared to what in
dividuals do.
Nixon carried into the Midwest
farm belt today his story that the
-best ohance to avoid nuclear war
is to vote the Republican ticket.
That, in essence, is the case he
is trying to make to the voters
across the country.
It stirred cheers yesterday in
Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
He will tell it again today in
Grand Forks, N.D., and in Peoria,
111., as he does at every stop.
All the criticism by the Demo
crats, he told the cheering thou
sands that turned out to greet
him, “Can’t obscure the fact that
President Eisenhower got the
United States out of one war, has
kept us out of others, and that
we have peace without surrender
in America.’’
Kennedy Warns End Of
Cold War Will Not
Be Achieved By Words
NEW YORK, UPt—Sen. John F.
Kennedy opened his bid for New
York’s 45 electoral votes today
by declaring the Republicans de
ceive either themselves or the
American people if they promise
to end the cold war.
He warned that peace will not
come easily, and contended that
the Republicans still haven’t
learned that “words are not a sub
stitute for action” in dealing with
the Communists.
“How many Sputniks, Luniks,
and Castros and Lumumbas,” he
asked, “will it take to make us
realize that we must be dynamic
in something more than public
relations?”
At St. Louis last night, Ken
nedy encountered the wildest de
monstration of an otherwise rela
tively placid contest with Vice
President Nixon, his Republican
rival
An unruly crowd, which re
fused to heed police pleas—and in
fact tossed policemen around as
though they were tenpins—en
gulfed the Kennedy plane at St.
Louis municipal airport.
Police, who admitted they were
not prepared for the big turnout
at first estimated the crowd at
10,000. Later the figure was re
vised upward to 20,000.
Call For Exposure
Of Source of Anti
Catliolic Literature
WASHINGTON, UP — Demo
cratic National Chairman Henry
M. Jackson called on news media
today to discover and expose the
sources of anti-Catholic material
which he said is pouring into
voter mail boxes.
Sen. Jackson suggested that re
porters start by asking Dr. Nor
man Vincent Peale who prepared
the statement issued by his group
of Protestant ministers and lay
men Sept. 7.
That statement, commenting on
the candidacy of Sen. John Ken
nedy, said a Roman Catholic pre
sident would be under “extreme
pressure from the hierarchy of his
church to bring U.S. foreign pol
icy into line with that of the
Vatican.”
At a news conference, Jackson
demanded that Peale, whom he
identified as a Republican and a
friend of Vice President Nixon,
divulge the name of the individ
ual or group which drafted the
statement issued in the name of
tihe National Conference of Citi
zens for Religious Freedom.
The group, issuing the state
ment as its own, said it consisted
of 110 invited individuals from 37
denominations. It made no claims
that it represented any denomi- 1
nations.
The Democratic chairman also
reiterated his demand that Nixon, 1
who has proposed a cutoff date
. for the cessation of discussion of
the religious issue by the two,
presidential candidates, publicy
disavow the statements made by
the Peale committee.
Two U.S. B47 Jets
Collide Over The
Atlantic Today
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SHANNON, Ireland, UF* — Two
U.S. Air Force B47 jet bombers on
a three-plane flight from the U.S.
collided over the storm - tossed
Atlantic today. One spun down
through the overcast. The other
limped 300 miles to Shannon with
an engine dangling from one
wing.
With visibility closing in and
waves running high, five Royal
Air Force rescue planes and a
Birtish destroyer were ordered
to the area to search for the
three-man crew of the downed
plane.
The B47 is a six-engined jet
with a maximum speed of 650
miles per hour and a ceiling of
50,000 feet.
The pilot of the crippled bomb
er told reporters he didn’t know
exactly what happened.
“We were at 33,000 feet when
the incident occurred. I saw one
of the other two bombers spin
ning downwards.
“We were in poor shape our
selves and we turned around and
headed for Shannon. I can tell
you we were very happy to see'
the green fields of Ireland.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with little change
in temperature. Lowest expected
tonight 30. the high tomorrow 48.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 49, lowest 30. Sunrise at
5:21 a.m., sunset at 6:32 p.m
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 53, lowest 30. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest 60
in 1929, lowest 25 in 1908.
Rear Adm. Post of Joint
Chiefs of Staff to Visit
Nome Tomorrow Morning
Rear Adm. William S. Post,
USN, senior officer in a team of
officers from the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, who are visiting the Alas
kan Command and its Army,
Navy and Air Force components
this week, is scheduled to arrive
here tomorrow morning at 8:30
for a brief hour visit.
An appropriate ceremony is
being planned by the Chamber of
Commerce on whose invitation
Nome was included on the itin
erary.
The team received a briefing
prior to visiting the scheduled
stops at Elmendorf, Ft. Richard
son, Ladd and Eielson Air Force
Bases, also the Kodiak Naval
station.
Hurricane Ethel
i Heading For The
Louisiana Coast
NEW ORLEANS, UP>—The Gulf
of Mexico has spawned hurricane
Ethel today with the fury of its
150 - mph winds aimed at the
Louisiana coast.
The weather bureau located the
hurricane about 300 miles south
of New Orleans.
Hurricane vigils went up from
Grand Isle, La., to Cedar Keys,
Fla., a 500-mile line across Loui
siana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida.
Evacuation began in the low
lying marshy areas of Louisiana
and major oil companies ordered
the immediate removal of person
nel on oil rigs off the Louisiana
coast.
U.S. Restricts
Castro During
Assembly Meeting
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
United States today ordered Cu
ba’s Fidel Castro restricted to
Manhattan Island when he at
tends the United Nations General
Assembly session in New York,
beginning next week.
The limitations imposed on Cas
tro’s movements are the same as
those previously set on the tra
vels in this country of Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev and two other
Soviet bloc leaders.
This latest move by the United
Staets in preparation for dealing
! with the New York Assembly of
many government chiefs who fol
low the lead taken by Khrushchev I
was announced at a news con
ference today by Secretary of
State Christian Herter.
Herter said no decision has
been reached about limiting the
travels of Yugoslav President
Tito, Egypt’s President Nasser or
any other top-level visitor.
Herter made these other main
points:
One of Khrushchev's U.N. man
euvers may be to make a personal
bid for the seating of Red China
as a member.
Herter discounted the likeli
hood of any meeting at New York
between Khrushchev and Presi
dent Eisenhower although both
men are scheduled to be in the
city Thursday.
Eugene Farland's Plane
Located at Glacier Lake
Missing Since Monday
Eugene Farland of FAA is miss
ing in a light plane on a flight to
Tin City. He filed a flight plan
Monday to go up the coast but he
never reached his destination.
The Alaska National Guard, the
Kotzebue Civil Air Patrol, Alaska
Airlines, Bill Munz, Lester Bron
son, Lee Adams, and others have
been searching with Joe Fisher
as coordinator. An FAA DC3 was
expected to join the search today.
Farland is new here, having
transferred from McGrath about
two months ago. He was flying
a Taylorcraft.
Farland’s plane was located
late this morning by Maj. Larry
Flanagan in the ANG Beaver, at
Glacier Lake between here and
Teller.
There was a note on the plane
stating the pilot had started walk
ing out. The plane did not appear
to be damaged, according to Maj.
Flanagan.
Eleclra Overturns,
Burns, But None
Of 70 Are Killed
NEW YORK, UP — An Ameri
can Airlines Electra turboprop
plane, carrying 70 passengers and
a crew of five from Boston, hit
a dike while landing at La
Guardia Airport today, flipped
over and burst into flames. No
one was reported killed but some
passengers were injured.
Six of the passengers were
rushed to Flushing Hospital after
astonishing rescue operations of
all aboard the flaming craft.
Others injured were treated in
airport hangars. Airport police
said none of these appeared ser
iously hurt.
American Airlines said the
plane reported no trouble as it
made a landing approach before
striking the eight-foot-high dike.
The dike was one of a number
erected at edges of the airport
along Flushing Bay during an
airport construction program.
N.W.A. Fair Association
Plans A District Fair
In Nome Next Year
The Northwestern Alaska Fair
Association was reactivated last
evening with the following of
ficers elected to the board of di
rectors: Luther Dunbar, chairman
of the board; Emily Boucher, sec
retary; Lorena Gray, treasurer;
Charles Jones, vice president.
Other board members are Lillie
Lewis, Beatrice Lee, and Emma
Willoya.
Mrs. Jean Burand, northwest
representative of the Extension
Service of the University of Al
aska, was appointed chairman
for the 1961 fair which is in the
planning for a year from now. I
Mrs. Burand has had two success- j
ful fairs in this area this year,
one at Unalaklfet and another I
at Kotzebue and next year it is I
planned to culminate the region
al fairs with a district fair here]
in Nome.
Ike Will Beat K’
To The Punch at
General Assembly
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WASHINGTON, (IP —President
Eisenhower decided today to beat
Soviet Premier Khrushchev to the
punch and address the United Na
tions General Assembly before
Khrushchev speaks there.
The White House announced
that Eisenhower will go to New
York Thursday, Sept. 22, to ad
dress the General Assembly.
This date should put Eisen
hower well ahead of the Soviet
premier in the speaking list un
der the United Nation procedure.
At the U. N., Brazil has the
first right to address the General
Assembly, with the United States
presenting the second speaker.
The Assembly opens Sept. 20.
Ihere was no immediate indi
cation when Khrushchev will get
his turn, but it was thought pro
bably that he will not make his
speech until after Eisenhower re
turns to Washington.
Eisenhower’s decision marked
a sudden shift in plans, presum
ably dictated by an administra
tion desire to prevent Khrushchev
from stealing the propaganda
spotlight unchallenged.
The previous administration
plan was for Eisenhower to go
before the General Assembly
some two or three weeks after
Khrushchev left New York, thus
avoiding any prospect of a face
to-face meeting.
Russians Take Confining
Of Khrushchev To
Dag Hammarskjold
WASHINGTON, UP1—The United
States held firmly today to its
plan to confine Nikita Khrush
chev to Manhattan Island during
his U.N. visit despite expectations
that the Soviet premier would
seek to exploit the issue.
Sure enough, in a new move
today the Soviets, already rebuf
fed by the U.S. State Department,
carried the issue directly to U.N.
Secretary-General Dag Hammar
skjold, saying they expected him
to act to get the travel ban lifted.
Hammarskjold did not reply im
mediately.
Both the White House and the
State Department said his move
ments are being restricted only
to assure his safety.
“Precisely in strict fulfillment”
of this obligation, the note said,
the U.S. government has had to
require that Khrushchev “reside
in closest convenient proximity”
to U. N. headquarters and limit
his moves to Manhattan.
Jaycees Host At Reception
For Teachers Tomorrow
Night At North Star
A reception to honor the fac
ulty of the Nome Public School
will be hosted by the Nome Jay
cees on Thursday, Sept. 15 at the
Seaview Dining Room of the
North Star Hotel between 7 and
9 p.m.
This will become an annual
event to provide the citizens of
Nome the opportunity to meet
and welcome the faculty to the
community. The public is invited
and light refreshments will be
served.