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Eisenhower Rejects
Immediate Meeting
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, WV- President
Eisenhower held the door open
today for a return to summit dip
lomacy if Soviet Premier Khrush
chev will take steps to “pave the
way for useful negotiations.”
Eisenhower rejected, however,
a neutralist proposal put forth at
the U.N General Assembly last
week for an immediate conference
between himself and Khrushchev.
He said that the record of
Soviet behavior since the break
down of the Paris summit con
ference May 16 gives no promise
that a meeting between the two
would yield productive results.
“I would not want to parti
cipate in a mere gesture which
. . . might convey a thoroughly
misleading and unfortunate im
pression to the peoples of the
world,” Eisenhower said.
Eisenhower’s views were set
out in a letter sent late Sunday
to five neutralist leaders now at
tending the General Assembly
meeting in New York — Prime
Minister Nehru of India and
Presidents Sukarno of Indonesia,
Nasser of the United Arab Repub
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with Khrushchev
lie and Nkrumah of Ghana.
He told them he understands
and sympathizes with the motives
they had in asking the General
Assembly to call for a meeting be
tween himself and Khrushchev.
In blunt, no-concession senten
ces, however, he went over the
record of recent Soviet maneuvers
not only in the United Nations but
on such world issues as Cuba and
the Congo and said this record
provides no basis for believing
that a meeting now would be suc
cessful.
Eisenhower noted that he had
pledged many times that he would
go “to meet with anyone at any
time if there is any serious pro
mise of productive results.”
But he said he saw no such
promise in a meeting now with
Khrushchev.
If the Soviets seriously want to
reduce tension, he said, they can
take action in the United Nations
or elsewhere—as in a resumption
of disarmament negotiations or by
the release of two American air
men held in the Soviet Union—to
“pave the way for useful negotia
tion.”
Hammarsk j old
Defies Challenge
To Resign
UNITED NATIONS, UP) — U.N.
Secretary-General Dag Hammar
skjold today defied a challenge by
Soviet Premier Khrushchev that
ihe resign. He said he would “re
main in my post during the term
of my office” as long as the world
organization wishes him to do so.
The Hammarskjold statement,
greeted by an ovation from dele
gates in the 98-nation assembly,
followed a Khrushchev threat to
ignore U. N. peace-making deci
sions unless the Secretary-Gen
eral’s office was abolished and a
three-member executive commit
tee substituted.
Khrushchev once again regis
tered protest by pounding on his
desk. He was smiling at the mo
ment, however.
Dag Hammarskjold’s dramatic
speech was interrupted three
times by stormy applause.
Only a short time before, Prime
Minister Nehru of India had
added his powerful voice to de
fense of the U.N.’s structure.
Africans and Asians, with the
exception of Guinea and Ghana,
joined in the applause.
Khrushchev had denounced
Hammarskjold’s peace - making
activities in the Congo and had
accused him of using U.N. mach
inery in behalf of the present
structure of the U.N. Nehru, a
leading neutralist leader, urged
the U.N. to avoid a change in the
charter at this time.
King Hussein of Arab Jordan
also rebuked the Russians, saying
the USSR has sought to destroy
the U.N. almost from the world
organization’s birth, “to hamper
its deliberations, to block its de
cisions, and hy rowdy tactics and
petulant walkouts to demean the
representatives of the Security
Council and the General As
sembly.”
Nichols and Dimes ARE Money
CLEVELAND, Miss., UP)—Penny
Nichols of Money, Miss., a 20
year-old junior at Delta State
College here, collects dimes.
Mystery Bomb
Explodes In Times
Square, New York
NEW YORK, UPl — A mystery
bomb exploded in the heart of
the Times Square area Sunday,
injuring seven persons and send
ing hundreds fleeing in panic.
The bomb, containing black
powder, went up with a roar
heard for blocks. Sunday strollers
were bowled over and showered
with dirt, stones and hedge twigs.
Two taxicabs parked nearby
were covered with earth. The
drivers were away eating.
Police believe the bomb was the
work of a crank.
The explosion followed two
bomb scares and the discovery of
a live hand grenade in Central
Park.
A telephone warning that a
bomb would explode in the Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel led to a search
of many of the hotel’s 2,500
rooms. No bomb was found. A
number of national leaders here
for the United Nations sessions
have been staying at the hotel.
The grenade, a practice bomb
filled with gunpowder, was found
by a gardener in Central Park
hours before a scheduled visit of
Hungarian Communist leader
Janos Kadar.
The Times Square bomb had
been planted in shrubbery behind
a statue of composer-entertainer
George M. Cohan at 46th Street
between 7th Avenue and Broad
way.
A hole two feet deep was dug
in the soft earth of the greenery
plot that surrounds the statue.
CHANGING TIMES
LiITTLE ROCK, Ark., UP) —
Moonshiners are faster than they
used to be, but they don’t shoot
as often.
So says Harold H. Sherman,
retirng after 20 years as a fed
eral alcohol and tobacco tax in
vestigator.
“They don’t try to pull a gun on
you and shoot like they used to,”
Sherman reflected, “But there’s
rabbit in their feet. They run.”
Supreme Court
Starts Perhaps
Busiest Session
WASHINGTON, UR — The Su
preme Court began its 1960 - 61
session today with a brief cere
mony. The new nine-month term
could be one of the busiest and
most difficult in the tribunal’s
history.
Chief Justice Earl Warren led
his eight associates to their places
on the high bench at noon and
started the court’s business by
presiding at the admission of
about 100 attorneys.
At his left today, as usual, sat
Justice Felix Frankfurter, who
will be 78 years old next month.
At Warren’s right sat Justice Hugo
Black, who will be 74 in Feb
ruary. Both Frankfurter and
Black could have retired at full
pay at 70, but neither has indi
cated any intention of retiring
with the docket crowded with ap
peals already numbering nearly
1,000. Veteran observers say this
is an all-time high.
Included in 100 appeals due for
final decisions are cases in such
sensitive areas as state birth con
trol laws, Sunday blue laws, use
of union dues for political pur
poses, refusal to serve a Negro
passenger at a segregated bus
terminal restaurant, and tailoring
of a city’s boundaries to elimin
ate Negro voters.
Once again the court tackles the
constitutionality of a requirement
that the Communist party must
register with the government as a
subversive organization domi
nated by the Soviet Union, and of
a clause of the Smith Anti-Com
munist Law making it a crime
knowingly to belong to an or
ganization that advocates violent
overthrow of the government.
German Boeing 707
Lands Safely In Chicago
With Two Engines Dead
CHICAGO, UP — “I thank God
that the power failure came once
we had altitude. If this had oc
curred during take-off 153 per
sons probably would have died.”
Hans Mueller - Nalbach, Luf
thansa German Airlines captain,
was talking with reporters Sun
day after he landed an airliner
with two of its four engines out
and 143 passengers and 10 crew
men aboard.
Shortly after a predawn take
off for Frankfurt the two engines
of his huge Boeing 707 failed and
Mueller - Nalbach circled precar
iously over Lake Michigan for
nearly an hour, jettisoning 77,000
pounds of fuel.
He then returned to O’Hare
Field and made a smooth landing.
“They say that once in his life,
a captain really earns his pay.
Last night was my turn,” said
Mueller-Nalbach, a veteran of 22
years of flying.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional rain
and drizzle and fog with gusty
S.W. winds decreasing by tomor
row morning. Lowest temperature
expected tonight 35-40, the high
tomorrow 42.
In the past 24 hours: precipita
tion: .84 inch, month total .92
Inch. Highest temp. 43, lowest 39.
Max. wind 67 mph from the SSW.
Sunrise at 6:17 a.m., sunset at
5:23 p.m.
A year ago today: highest temp.
45, lowest 37. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 52 in
1954, lowest 14 in 1914.
Wien Expands
Bush Routes
Wien Airlines started serving
many parts of Northwestern Al
aska on Saturday when it official
ly took over the bush runs of
Alaska Airlines.
This major change was a Civil
Aeronautics Board plan for es
tablishing a better Alaska route
pattern.
New points on the Wien sched
ule now include Northeast Cape
and Gambell, White Mountain,
Golovin, Elim, Moses Point, Hay
cock, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Solo
mon, Ungalik, Teller, Lost River,
Tin City, Wales, Shishmaref, Gra
nite Mountain, and Unalakleet.
Wien’s have announced round
trips to Unalakleet on Monday
and Friday with stops at White
Mountain, Golovin, Elim, Moses
Point, Haycock, Koyuk, and Shak
toolik.
On Tuesdays and Saturdays
flights there will be stops at
Teller, Tin City, Wales, and
Shishmaref. Also on Tuesdays and
Fridays, flights will be made to
Granite Mountain, Candle, Deer
ing and Kotzebue.
On Wednesdays, Northeast Cape
will be served as well as Moses
Point, Council, White Mountain,
and Golovin.
On Thursdays trips will be
made to Wales with stops at Tel
ler, Lost River and Tin City.
Honoring the occasion of the
opening of the new routes, Wien
Airlines was host at a cocktail
party at the Seaview Room Sat
urday night where many friends
and representatives of other air
lines wished them success in this
expansion of service.
Among the out-of-town guests
were John Doolin, station man
ager for Pan American in Fair
banks, Mr. Albin of Odom and Co.
of Fairbanks, accompanied by his
CITY IN GRIP OF
HEAVY S.W. WINDS
Winds up to 67 miles an hour
during the last 24 hours ripped off
roofing, toppled smokestacks,
broke power and telephone lines.
Although the damage has been
minor so far, the storm continues
with the surf rolling over the
Sandspit into Snake River as the
wind continues from the south
west.
School was let out at noon for
the first six grades.
At the east end of town the
surf is cutting away the road be
low the power plant.
In downtown Nome electric
power was intermittent as a
breaker switch in the power house
kept jumping out and it had to
be shoved in manually each time.
Power is off to several sections
of the town but prospects for
resumption of power hinge on a
moderation of the wind.
TOO BAD
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., «V—
Premier Khrushchev indicated to
day he might spend the coming
weekend in New York.
Talking to reporters before the
General Assembly met, Khrush
chev said that though the wea
ther in New York is not as in
vigorating as in Moscow, he might
be here for another weekend and
even go and see a football game.
“I played football myself, that
is the European version you call
soccer,” he said.
father Dave Wilhelm, FAA in
spector, Bill Boucher, J. Doyle,
of the Fairbanks News-Miner, and
Frank Mapleton.
The first flight made on Sat
urday was to Teller, Wales and
Shishmaref with Thomas Thomp
son as pilot, and an extra section
was flown to Teller with freight,
piloted by Porter Lockard.
How The Candidates Stand as of Today
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Nixon Ahead In California
LOS ANGELES, UP)—A poll of
California voters shows Vice
President Richard M. Nixon has
moved in front of Sen. John F.
Kennedy.
The poll, facts consolidated,
showed Kennedy slightly in the
lead last May.
Dorothy D. Corey, president of
the polling organization, said
2,982 voters were questioned. The
results were 48 per cent for Nixon,
39 for Kennedy and 13 per cent
undecided. Last May Kennedy
had 42 per cent, Nixon 41.
Popcorn Poll Favors Kennedy
NASHVILLE, Tenn., IT)—Demo
cratic nominee John Kennedy is
leading in first returns from the
Presidental Popcorn Poll, which
has not missed since it was started
in 1948 by Nashville popcorn
promoter Jim Blevins.
The report issued by Blevins
Sunday shows Kennedy leading
with 53.7 per cent of the returns.
The votes are cast by popcorn
buyers across the country who
indicate their choice by selecting
containers imprinted Nixon or
Kennedy. Blevins said there are
now 20 million “ballots” in super
markets and theaters.
The sales are tabulated by Ble
vins’ staff here.
Oct. 9-15 Fire Prevention Week
JUNEAU, UP) — The week of
Oct. 9-15 was proclaimed today
as “Fire Prevention Week” in Al
aska by Gov. William A. Egan.
By STANLEY MEISLER
WASHINGTON, UPi — Neither
Richard Nixon nor John Kennedy
now has a substantial lead in
the race for President. Experts
rate the states with the big votes
as tossups.
At this stage, Nixon, the Repub
lican candidate, apparently has
more electoral votes in his pocket
than Kennedy, the Democratic
candidate.
But Nixon’s lead is slim and his
total far from a majority.
These are the conclusions that
emerge from a survey of 50 states
just completed by the Associated
Press.
To create its image of the elec
tion battle, the AP culled obser
vations from its political writers,
key party leaders, and veteran
newspaper analysts. Various polls
also were taken into account.
The survey showed that Nixon
seems to be leading in 22 states
with 161 electoral votes. Kennedy
seems to be leading in 14 states
with 123 votes.
The difference is only 38 votes
and neither man comes within 100
votes of the 269 votes needed to
win the presidency.
The survey rated six of the
largest states — New York (45),
California (25), Texas (24), and
Michigan (20)—among the tossups
although there was some indica
tion Kennedy had an edge in Ohio
and Texas.
There were some indications
Kennedy’s Roman Catholic re
ligion was hurting him, particu
larly in the South.