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VOL. LXII No. SK _NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 1^ 1960 Per Copy 15*
Russian Premier Accuses Eisenhower
Of Deceit; Calls Him ‘Fishy Friend’
PARIS, GTt — Premier Nikita
Khrushchev angrily accused Pres
ident Eisenhower of deceit today
and likened him to a thief in
aerial spying on Russia. The So
viet Premier threatened urgent
new efforts to squeeze the West
ern powers out of Berlin.
The Communist chieftain held
Eisenhower to blame for collapse
of the Big Four summit confer
ence because he refused to con
demn and apologize for spy flights
over Soviet territory.
Khrushchev made his charges
in a news conference. Beside him
sat Marshal Rodion Malinovsky,
Soviet Defense Minister, who is
believed to exercise growing
power over his chief.
Khrushchev called President
Eisenhower a “fishy friend.”
When they met at Camp David, in
Maryland last September, Mr.
Khrushchev said, the President
knew of spy flights over Soviet
■Russia and Khrushchev also knew.
The Soviet Premier sought to
throw full blame on the United
States for the summit fiasco. He
declared Eisenhowers assurance
that there will be no more U. S.
spy flights over the Soviet Union
applies only to Eisenhower’s re
maining months in office.
“It is impossible to negotiate
with the United States. ... If
agreements made by one person
become invalid when he is no
longer in office,” Khrushchev
said.
Hooted At In Paris Streets
The Soviet Premier was booed
in the streets earlier today as he
rode about making farewell calls.
The Soviet Premier in an
nouncing his intention to sign a
peace treaty with East Germany,
said he simply planned to do with
East Germany what the United
States did with Japan.
“We fought in the war against
Japan,” he said. “The United
States signed a treaty with Japan
but we didn’t.”
The Soviet Union had the op
portunity to share in the treaty
with Japan, but turned it down.
“The Soviet government regrets
that the summit conference could
not be held at this moment,”
Khrushchev said. “But we could
not do otherwise. We prepared
for the conference well, but cer
tain hotheads in the United States
torpedoed it.”
Criticized MacMillan, De Gaulle
He criticized MacMillan and De
Gaulle for not persuading Eisen
hower to bow to Soviet demands
on the U-2 incident.
Khrushchev said he almost took
up the issue of spy flights with
Prehident Eisenhower when they
met at Camp David last Septem
ber. He said Eisenhower spoke of
him as friend and asked to be
called friend. But, knowing of the
overflights of Soviet territory,
Khrushchev continued, “I thought
there was something fishy about
this friend.”
Census Indicates Three State Precincts
To be Dropped In Lower House Tally
By WILLIAM J. TOBIN 9
JUNEAU, Iff) — Preliminary
census figures for Alaska indi
cate three of the state’s 24 elec
tion districts will be wiped out
when the State House of Repre
sentatives is reapportioned.
Reapportionment of the 40
member lower House of the Legis
lature probably won’t come until
the 1962 elections, and a final as
sessment of what redistricting will
have to be done can’t be made
for another year.
But on the basis of a total 1960
Alaska population of 223,888, as
reported by the Census Bureau,
thfese possibilities are indicated:
1. Three districts will loose
their separate identities and will
be merged with adjoining districts.
2. Two other districts may be
on the borderline between con
tinued existence and merger.
3. Only two ditricts — the
10th at Anchorage and the 19th at
Fairbanks — appear likely to gain
seats in the House. It’s a remote
possibility the combined total of
the two districts could equal one
half of the House membership.
Reapportionment and redistrict
ing, under Alaska’s Constitution,
is to be based on civilian popula
tion only.
The military figures are not ex
pected to be deducted from the
total reports for another year.
Committee Will Apportion Seats
The total number of House seats
will remain constant. To deter
mine new area representation, the
Governor and a special committee
will divide the total civilian pop
ulation by 40 to find the magic
quotient — the number of people
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Alaska Rail and
Highway Survey
Spots Potentials
JUNEAU, (#)—An intensive sur
vey of resource potential in con
nection with the work of the Alas
ka International Rail and Highway
Commission is near completion, an
official of the Battelle Memorial
Institute reported Tuesday.
Dr. Richard Lund, project co
ordinator for the Columbus, Ohio,
firm, which is making the study
for the commission, said economic
prospects for northern resource
development now are being
weighed.
The Battelle report to the com
mission is due by the end of the
year.
Dr. Lund, who said Alaska’s oil
and gas discoveries appear the
most likely resources for imme*
diate commercial development,
was here with Carl Junce, exec
utive director of the commission.
The two already have visited
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg
and Sitka on a new tour of the
state.
‘We’re not painting any rosy
picture just to make things look
good,” Dr. Lund said in an inter
view. “Commercial development
of minerals in some areas is years
away.”
Junge and Lund are scheduled
to fly from Fairbanks to Nome on
May 26 for a brief stop, before
heading for Anchorage later the
same day. They will be at Anchor
age until May 28, when they are
scheduled to leave for Minneapolis
and Washington.
Nome Units Shine
In Holiday Parade
At 1 o’clock this afternoon, the
Armed Forces Day celebration
started, with a brief ceremony,
with General Gordon Austin as
the principal speaker. The gen
eral expressed pleasure at being
in Nome on this holiday, and for
being able to participate with the
people on this occasion.
Presentation and words of ap
preciation were expressed by
Mayor Steffen Andersen, who
also introduced Father Nevue,
Chaplain for the Alaska National i
Guard, and Col. John Dalton of
Juneau, who heads the Army Ad
visory Group for the Alaska Na
tional Guard.
Mayor Andersen also expressed
appreciation to Major Larry Flan
agan, who planned today’s pro
gram, and who originated the idea
of a big Armed Forces Day cele
bration.
The audience, basking in the
| brilliant sunshine, lined the street'
to enjoy the parade, which in- J
eluded representative groups of j
I the Girl and Boy Scouts, Cub
j Scouts, Brownies, C.A.P. Cadets, j
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Alaska
National Guard from Nome, Kot- |
zebue and Unalakleet, and the J
11th Air Division Drill Team from
Ladd, under the direction of S/Sgt.
Russell Harkins Jr., performing
for the first time in public.
REDS INCREASE JAMMING I
VOICE OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON, UP) — The So
viets have stepped up their jam
ming of Voice of America broad
casts since the U-2 spy plane inci
dent was announced, officials
said Monday.
The jamming had almost ended
last September when Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev visited the
United States.
The parade was followed by an
exhibition by the drill team, the
first appearance of such a team
on the paved street of Nome, and
provided a real treat to the com
munity. Highly intricate maneu
vers were performed to perfec
tion by the 26-man unit. ,
At 7:30 this evening, there will
be a Band Concert by the 592nd
Air Force Band, and Capt. Robert
Faulkner, information officer at
Eielson, will put on a Magic Show
at the School Auditorium. The cap
tian has displayed his feats of
prestidigitation all over the world.
I Everyone is welcome to see this
| show, but parents are aske^ not
| to bring small children under the
! Seventh Grade age.
| More than 100 servicemen were
1 served by the women of the com
I unity at the Pioneer Hall this
| noon, and there were many candid
compliments on the home cooking.
Dinner tonight for the visitors
is contributed by the Chamber of
Commerce and the Rotary Club.!
NOME IS HONORED to have as its guest today Brigadier General
Gordon Austin, USAF, who elected to head the military group
which is making Armed Forces Day a memorable one in Nome
this year.
General Austin is a West Point graduate, and was commis
sioned with the Field Artillery in 1936, and has served on
continuous active duty ever since. He completed his flying training
at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, in 1938, at which time he
was transferred to the Army Air Corps.
General Austin has earned many honors during his military
career, including the Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters, the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star, the Berlin Airlift Clasp,
the French Croix de Guerre with Palms, and the French Legion
of Honor. He is at present Commanding General of the 11th Air
Division, stationed at Fairbanks, and has been there since October
of 1958.
Welcome to Nome, General Austin!
Juneau Chamber
Visitors Address
Early Meeting Here
Members of the Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce, on a round-the
State trip by Wien Propjet, ar
rived early this morning for a
breakfast with the Nome Chamber
of Commerce, and spent about an
hour visiting, before departing for
Kotzebue, Fairbanks, and their
return to Juneau.
Most of the visitors have had
20 years or more residence in
Alaska. Mrs. Belle Simpson vis
ited Nome 46 years ago, arriving
then on the SS Senator.
George Beacom, a prominent
business man and civic leader of
Sitka, and a former Nomeite,
spoke warmly of his feeling for
this town and the year he spent
rere. He told something of the
boom in Sitka, where more than
500 people are now employed at
the pulp mill.
Sen. Tom Stewart addressed the
group on the controversial sub
ject of Juneau’s retaining the
State Capitol, which motivated the
goodwill tour, and cautioned
against voting to move the capitol,
explaining that the cost in moving
to a new location, like the Bra
zilian capitol move in South Amer
ica, or to the metropolis of An
chorage, would be excessive. He
urged the people of this area to
support Juneau as the Capitol
I City.
Robert Scott, president of the
Juneau Chamber, was spokesman
for the group.
In the party from Juneau were:
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur “Scotty”
Adams, Dewey Baker, Mrs. Rob
ert Boochever, Dr. and Mrs. John
Clements, Richard Garrison, P. D.
Hanson, Lisle Hebert, Earle Hun
ter, Wayne Johnson, W. T. Kekley,
J.. S. MacKinnon Jr., J. A. Mc
Lean, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McNallen,
Dr. C. J. Meyer, Elroy Ninnis,
Clifford Nordensen, E. J. O’Brien,
Mrs. Jesse Orme, Mayor and Mrs.
Larry Parker, Richard Peter, Rob
ert M. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Shattuck, Mrs. Robert Simpson,
Thomas Stewart, Felix Toner,
Peter Warner, Robert Wells, Joe
Werner, Jim Wilbur, Mrs. Keith
Wildes, Mrs. George Beck.
Visitors from other towns ac
companying the tour include:
George Beacom, president Sitka
Chamber of Commerce; Mr. and
Mrs. George Beck, Ketchikan
Chamber; William Moran, Ketchi
kan Chamber, and John J. Schna
bel, Haines Chamber.
Mary Johnson, Ancient
Alaskan Indian, Dies at 107
JUNEAU, Iff) — The death was
reported today of an Indian wo
man said to have been 14 years
old when the United States pur
chased Alaska from Russia in
1867.
She was Mary E. Johnson, a
native of the old Indian commu
nity of Auke Village, now a resi
dential suburb and boat harbor
north of Juneau known as Auke
Bay. Her age was listed as 107.
Mrs. Johnson died Monday at
the Public Health Service Hospital
at Mt. Edgecumbe. She had lived
in Juneau since 1881, and worked
in fish canneries here for many
years. Recently she had sold In
dian moctasins during tourist
seasons.
Mrs. Johnson, a member of the
Russian Orthodox Church and the
Alaska Native Sisterhood, will be
buried here. Funeral arrange
1 ments still were pending.