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STEVENSON TURNS DOWN BID
TO ATTEND NATO MEETING
WASHINGTON, UP—Adlai E.«
Stevenson started slipping out of i
his role as Democratic consultant
to the Eisenhower Administation
today. ,
Stevenson himself first an
nounced President Eisenhower’s
invitation that he accompany the
U.S. delegation to the Dec. 16
NATO meeting in Paris.
The titular head of the Demo
cratic Party—loser to President:
Eisenhower in the 1952 and 1956 |
presidential elections—last nightj
„ announced he had no desire to!
extend his consultations to the i
Paris meeting.
He gave this reason: if he went,!
he would be “without authority.” j
Last night he said he would not
go “unless there are compelling
developments.” He said later he
felt there was no place at Paris
for a Democratic consultant.
The former Illinois governor
said he will work thru this week
studying, reviewing and com
menting on the still-secret Eisen
, . ihower proposals. He will go to j
New York City next Monday to
address the city’s bar association.
After a couple more days in
Washington next week, he will
return to his Chicago law practice.
Mother, .9 Children
Perish in Fire
MARIANNA, Ark., UP—A fire,
started by an overheated wood
stove, swept thru a farmhouse
near here today and killed a preg
nant mother and her seven chil
dren.
The dead woman was identified
> -as Mrs. J. L. Bowers, wife of a
Negro tenant on a farm at nearby
Westor. The children ranged in
age from 9 to 1.
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MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, Uft—
An oil heater which was accident
ally knocked over turned the Por
ter Glass Co. here into an inferno
which killed sii persons.
'The five women and one man
missing and believed dead were
employes at the small glass blow
ing company.
Drys Suffer Setback
As Oklahomans Vote
For Sale of 3.2 Beer
OKLAHOMA CITY Iff)—Prohib
ition forces who wanted to dry up
the sale of 3.2 beer in Oklahoma
thru individual county option
took a bad licking yesterday and
indications mounted that a big
push for legalized sale of liquor
will develop in this constitution
ally dry state.
In a surprisingly heavy turnout,
Oklahomans voted ;by a margin of
some 61,000 votes against the
county plan sponsored by drys. .
Sen. George Miskovsky, a Dem
ocratic repeal condidate for gov
ernor next year, said a large seg
ment of “the religious people
are ready to end the shameful
reputation of the dry state which
is'dripping wet.”
Shooting War Averted
In Middle East After
Hammarskjold Confers
JERUSALEM, Israeli Section (51
—“Agreement has been reached
in the Mt. Scopus convoy affair,”
Premier Ben-Gurion announced
today after two days’ conference
with U.N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold.
The dispute over sending con
veys thru Jordanian territory to
Israeli installations on Mt. Scopus
had threatened to erupt into
shooting and brought Hammar
skjold flying to the Middle East.
Scrub That Floor
For Charm & Poise,
Says Health Expert
CALGARY, Alberta, UPi—To
housewives who aim at top phys
cal condition: Get down and scrub
the kitchen floor.
This advice comes from Dr.
Doris Plewes, consultant for Can
ada’s Health and Welfare Dept.,
now on a tour testing physical
fitness of Canadians.
“Some of the best exercises for
women are done on the hands and
knees and utilize floor scrubbing
motions,” she says.
Physical fitness is the basis of
charm, Dr. Plewes stresses, and is
important in everyone’s life.
“Take a mother,” she says. “She
is the shock absorber for the
whole family. A physically fit
woman will absorb all the prob
lems and crises of the day and re
| main relatively calm and serene.
“One who doesn’t keep fit will
be tense and brittle-tempered al
tho she may be mentally efficient.
Her tenseness will transmit itself
to the rest of the family.”
Dulles Remark at White House
Talk Turns Stevenson’s Face Red
WASHINGTON, (tf—It was an
j embarrassing moment for most of
those concerned in yesterday’s
lengthy White House conference.
President Eisenhower was pre
siding over discussion of NATO
problems. Secretary of State Dul
les was explaining administra
tion proposals for sharing nuclear
weapons information.
Adlai Stevenson, twice defeated
as presidential candidate, sat in a
| corner, silently apart from the
conferees.
A senator asked how the ad
ministration would feel if it were
to share nuclear weapons infor
mation with the British govern
ment and suddenly found the La
bor Party had taken over in that
' country.
That would promote Aneurin
Bevin, a Laborite leader, to the
| post of foreign secretary. Bevan
j has discounted the Russian men
ace and has called for a high level
meeting among the U.S., Britain
and Russia to attack world prob
lems.
The senator, disputing Dulles’
opinion that no such change was
imminent, said he didn’t like
Bevan’s utterances.
Well, Dulles replied,'it had been
his experience that people out of
power make some wild statements
but they are sobered by responsi
bilities.
Eyes turned toward Stevenson,
who was said to have blushed fur
iously. He had attacked both Dul
les and Eisenhower in highly crit
ical terms in the 1956 campaign.
Suddenly, there was a ripple of
laughter from the assembled lead
ers as Dulles, realizing that proto
col had not been served, turned
and grinned sheepishly at Steven
j son.
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Russian Subs Have
Atomic Rockets
MOSCOW, (#)—An article in
Soviet Fleet, the navy newspaper,
said today rockets and missiles
with atomic and hydrogen war
heads and with a range up to 750
miles could be launched from So
viet submarines.
The article said rockets could
be launched both from the surface
and below the surface.
U.S. First Test
Satellite Ready
For Launching
MISSILE TEST CENTER, Cape
Canaveral, Fla., (J)—The count
down for the- nation’s first test
launching of a satellite passed its
halfway point uneventfully today
and prospects looked good for the
blastoff into space about 4 p.m.
EST (10 a.m. Bering Time).
The 11-hour countdown in an
item-by-item, minute-by-minute
checkup of everything on the
launching mechanism that might
possibly go wrong—'began at 4
o’clock this morning.
Shortly before 11 a.m. a spokes
I man said the countdown had
passed its halfway mark without
major hold or delay.
Lawrence Walsh Picked
For Deputy Atty. General
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower today picked Federal
District Judge Lawrence E. Walsh
of New York to be deputy attor
ney general.
Walsh succeeds William P.
Rogers, who was promoted to at
torney general when Herbert
Brownell resigned. )
The President gave Walsh, 45,
a recess appointment. A formal
nomination will be sent to the
Senate when Congress reconvenes
next month.
PAVED STREETS FOR
NOME SEEN POSSIBLE
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ADMINISTRATION
HOPES TO AVOID
SPENDING INCREASE
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Eisenhower reportedly indicated
to Republican congressional lead
ers today that the administration
hopes* to avoid any over-all in
crease in spending in the next
fiscal year despite plans for great
er defense outlays.
That word came out of a White
House conference at which the
leaders were briefed on the do
mestic legislative program which
the President will submit to Con
gress next month.
Eisenhower, still reported to be
getting along fine in recuperating
from a mild stroke, met yesterday
with congressional leaders of both
parties to outline the administra
tion’s national defense and foreign
policy programs. He told the ses
sion he plans to ask for about a
$2 billion hike in defense spend
ing.
CONTRACTORS ASK
WAGE FREEZE
FOR NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON, UP)—The Asso
ciated General Contractors of
America today joined home build
ers in inviting the construction
unions to make concrete proposals
for a 1958 moratorium on wage
increases.
The AGC, which represents
most of the country’s biggest
builders, welcomed the one-year
wage freeze proposal made Mon
day by Richard J. Gray, president
of the 19-union Building Trades
Council of the AFL-CIO.
Gray’s call for an “unorthodox
approach” to the cost-inflation
problem of rising building costs
was chilled yesterday, however,
by AFL-CIO President George
Meany.
Meany said more wage boosts
are needed, in view of the appar
ent business downturn, to help
increase public purchasing power.
The major unions, the steel
workers and the electrical work
ers, denounced Gray’s plan and
declared their intention of seek
ing sizeable wage increases when
present contract run out.
Air Force Jets
Make Record Time
Tokyo to Hawaii
HONOLULU, WL-F our Air
Force RF-101 Voodoo fighters
streaked across the Pacific from
Tokyo to Honolulu in 6 hours 35
minutes Monday for the first
nonstop jet flight over the route.
The Air Force said the 3,850
mile flight never had been made
faster. It didn’t announce the
number of times the jets were re
fueled in the air.
Three twin-jet bombers flew in
at 5:41 p.m. with an elapsed time
over the same route of 7 hours
and 11 minutes.
> By RUTH McLEAN
At the regular weekly meeting
of the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber cf Commerce President
Jim Walsh was welcomed home
after several weeks spent on a
tour of duty at Frobisher Bay in
eastern Canada.
He, in turn, welcomed Mary
Diede, who just returned from
Fairbanks, and another Chamber
member who is in Nome for a
week or two on business, Frank
Molitor of Monitor & Doremus.
Frank Morris advised that the
Bureau of Public Roads is re
grading the road to the airport.
He also said there is a possibility
of black-topping the road to the
base by working with the con
tractor doing the airfield.
Mr. Morris stated further that
Front Street could be topped, too*
if the water and sewer system was
in. However, the BPR is reluc
tant to top a street which might
soon have to be torn up to lay
pipelines for public use. If the
engineers’ reports shows that the
lines will not go under the street
in time to take advantage of the
contractors’ work here, Front
Street can be paved, according to
Mr. Morris.
The Chamber members dis
cussed the oil lands which are be
ing released to the public near
Barrow, and the need for a land
office in Nome was stressed.
U.S. Atty. Russell Hermann
suggested a recording precinct in
Barrow, as well as a land office
in Nome, will be needed.
Russia Seeking More
Air Routes in Europe
MOSCOW, —Russia’s civil
aviation director today said the
Soviet Union hopes to arrange di
rect air traffic soon from Moscow
to Britain, India, France and The
Netherlands.
A TU-104 jet airliner flight to
Copenhagen today inaugurates
passenger service to the Danish
capital.
Doctor Suggests
4th Booster Shot
To Wipe Out Polio
PHILADELPHIA, —A fourth
“booster” shot of Salk polio vac
cine next spring for all persons
who have previously received the
usual three shots was recommend
ed today by a University of Penn
sylvania doctor.
At the same time, Dr. Lewis L.
Coriell urged all persons under
40 who haven’t done so to com
plete the usual three shot course
of “properly spaced” injections.
Such a system, he said, offers
the possibility for “virtual elim
ination of paralytic poliomyelitis
as a significant disease in 1958.”
Coriell, associate professor of
immunology in pediatrics at the
university’s school of medicine,
said so in a report prepared for
the 11th cilinical session of the
American Medical Association.