62nd Year No. 44 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1961_Per Copy 15c
Dr. Norby Hears
Nome’s Plans For
Vocational School
A representative cross-section
of the community met with Dr.
Theo Norby, Commissioner of Ed
ucation, and his party on Wed
nesday and Thursday evening for
discussions on the Vocational
School which is to be built north
of the Yukon River.
Several communities are being
considered and on this trip all
of them are being visited and in
clude: Ft. Yukon, Tanana, Hus
lia, Unalakleet, White Mountain
and Nome.
Carol Fader, vocational assist
ant to Norby gave the groups
a summary of those trades which
are to be considered for the new
school and which are being
chosen from a list supplied by
the Department of Labor as the
trades most needed in the State.
Among them are auto mechan
ics, deisel and heavy equipment,
carpenters and cabinet makers,
aviation trades, metal trades to
include sheet metal workers,
plumbers, welders, electronics,
cooks and culinary workers.
Fader explained some of the
courses will be for a few weeks
and some like electronics for two
years. The school will be avail
able, it is hoped, for not only stu
dents of high school age but adults
who want additional training in
the field they are now working
or adults without a trade who
seek to improve themselves.
It was pointed out at the meet
ing that of all the proposed sites
Nome is the only first class city,
which is an important factor as
the million and a half dollars al
located to this school will not
have to be spread out to cover
hospital, recreation, power, fire
protection and many other things
which Nome and only Nome can
supply.
It was also brought out that
the success of this school can re
sult in other vocational schools
being patterned after it in other
parts of the state.
Dr. W. P. McClurkin, educa
tional specialist from Peabody
College of Nashville, Tenn., also
accompanied the party. Dr. Mc
Clurkin is one of a team of four
outstanding educators who have
been selected to make a study
of the Alaska School System.
This was made possible by a Ford
Foundation grant. Mr. Benson of
the Dept, of Public Works is mak
ing the study of the physical
plant and the sites suggested here
in relation to costs of construc
tion and feasibility of operation.
The reasons given — in brief —
why Nome is the best place for
the first State Vocational School
are given as follows:
Adequate fire protection, out
standing hospital facilities, suf
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Senate Confirms Nomination of
George Bayer for U. S. Marshal
WASHINGTON UPl — The Sen
ate confirmed the nomination of
George A. Bayer as U. S. Mar
shal for Alaska Thursday.
It acted only a few hours after
the Judiciary Committee had ap
proved the nomination by Presi
dent Kennedy.
JFK and Adenauer
Agree on Nuclear
Forces For NATO
WASHINGTON (/PI — President
Kennedy and West German
Chancellor Adenauer have agreed
that the North Atlantic Alliance
must be prepared to defend itself
with all military means.
This agreement was set forth in
a joint communique issued yes
terday by the two Western lead
ers on the conclusion of their
third meeting.
The formal statement did not
spell out what “military means”
Kennedy and Adenauer had in
mind. But, U.S. officials said
nuclear as well as conventional
weapons are included.
Kennedy and Adenauer had dis
cussed proposals for giving the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion a nuclear striking force un
der its own command. The United
States and Britain would furnish
the weapons.
This project is still under re
view in the Kennedy administra
tion. He and Adenauer were re
ported to have reached no final
conclusion, although Adenauer
was understood to have expressed
support for such an undertaking.
Russian Scientist Says
Astronaut Had No
Portholes to Look Out
FLORENCE, Italy UP) — The top
Soviet delegate to a space science
j symposium here said today the
| Soviet astronaut had no portholes
! or windows to look out of during
' his flight around the earth.
A. A. Blagonravov of the So
j viet Academy of Science was
questioned by newsmen on how
spaceman Yuri A. Gagarin was
able to get the fascinating views
of earth, sky and stars that he
described in an interview with
I the Soviet News Agency Tass.
| Gagarin told how the night and
I day side of the earth looked from
I space. He said it was easy to
; “distinguish the shores of con
| tinents, islands, big rivers and
large reservoirs.” He said he
could even distinguish the squares
of Soviet collective farm fields.
A newsman asked Blagonravov i
if Gagarin’s space vehicle had
any openings — windows or port
holes — through which to see. The
white-haired Soviet scientist re
plied that it had none.
The reporter than asked how
Gagarin could “see.”
“By radio,” Blagonravov re
plied, and proceeded into a meet
ing of the symposium without ela
boration.
CAP FINDS BODY
OF MISSING MAN
HOMER UP) — The body of John
E. Hall, 47, of Vega, Tex. was
found yesterday about 10 miles
northwest of this Kenai Peninsu
la community.
Hall disappeared Monday while
looking over possible homestead
land with a companion. The two
became separated and the com
panion walked out to safety Tues
day.
The Civil Air Patrol reported
finding the body of Hall, who had
come to Homer just a few days
! prior to his disappearance.
Terrorists Burn
Cuba’s Biggest
Department Store
By Robert Berrellez
HAVANA — Cuba’s biggest
department store was a blacken
ed ruin today, destroyed by
Fidel Castro’s growing opposition
in fiery answer to his pledge to
wipe out terrorism.
A blaze of “suspicious origin”
also damaged a paper warehouse
last night, and at least nine em
plosions rocked Havana suburbs
during and after the two fires.
Reports from Santago said
sabotage also was blamed for a
blaze which destroyed a newly
constructed government cotton
mill at the nearby town of Jugu
ani. Authorities investigated two
other “suspicious” fires which
caused heavy damage in Santiago
stores.
Travelers from the interior said
acts of sabotage against the Cas
tro regime are occurring almost
daily.
Government radio stations said
U. S. Central Intelligence agents
were responsible for the lightning
fast blaze that consumed the six
story nationalized El Encanto De
partment Store, estimated worth
more than $7 million.
The night’s incidents happened
j amid an atmosphere of anxitey
| throughout the island nation,
: whose leaders have been quietly
mobilizing a huge military force
! against sporadic but growing
I armed resistance from within and
| invasion threats from abroad.
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West Disappointed By
Withdrawal of Laos
Troopers Without a Fight
VIENTIANE, Laos UP) — West
ern diplomats here were plunged
into despair today by the evacu
ation — without a major fight —
of 500 royal paratroopers dropped
near Muong Kassy nine days
ago.
The Westerners had hoped for
a decisive push by royal forces
before an expected cease-fire is
negotiated with pro-Communist
Pathet Lao rebel leaders.
The evacuation wrote off as a
failure one of the most spectacu
lar operations of the civil war —
the April 5 air drop interpreted
by Westerners as a warning to
the Pathet Lao government that
forces still were powerful despite
a succession of defeats.
Young American civilian pilots
flying U. S.-made helicopters
plucked the red-bereted para
troopers from a valley northwest
of Muong Kassy yesterday and
took them to the royal capital of
Luang Prabang.
NOW HE PARACHUTED ? ? ?
MOSCOW UP) — Moscow radio
suggested today that spaceman
Yuri Gagarin left his space cap
sule in the air and completed his
trip by parachuting.
The broadcast quoted Soviet
scientists Nikolai Gurovsk as say
ing: “The astronaut came down
smoothly in a glide near a field.
Landing on his feet, even with
out tumbling, he walked up to
the people who saw him first.”
Kidnap Plot
Closed, But
Not Forgotten
WASHINGTON <#> — U. E.
Baughman, Chief of the Secret
Service, says four Cubans who
were questioned about the re
ported kidnap plot against Caro
line Kennedy may have been vic
tims of spitework.
The Secret Service declared
yesterday the reported plot against
the President’s 3-year-old daugh
ter “closed — but not forgotten.”
Baughman said it appeared
that the four suspects, one report
edly a women, were telling the
truth when they denied hatching
any plot against Caroline. Baugh
man said the four were questioned
“somewhere near Miami” about
a week ago and denied every
thing.
Baughman said the four were
kept under close surveillance by
the Secret Service. Actually, he
said, they are against the present
Havana regime, but recently made
i trips back to Cuba to see if their
home was intact.
A reported remark of a Cuban
employe in a Miami garment plant
touched off the alarm while the
Kennedy family was in Palm
Beach, Fla., over the Easter holi
day.
U. S. security officials were told
the worker had said: “We ought
to abduct Caroline Kennedy to
force the United States to stop
interferring with Cuba’s govern
! ment.
Bishop Challenges
Accusation Communists
Infiltrate Methodists
LOS ANGELES Lf> — Metho
dist Bishop Gerald Kennedy yes
terday wired this challenge to
' Robert Welch, head of the right
! wing John Birch Society: “Get
specific or else admit that you
j literally do not know what you
i are talking about.”
The Protestant minister was re
ferring to Welch’s charge in a Los
Angeles speech Tuesday that there
are 7,000 Communists or Com
munist sympathizers among the
Protestant clergy.
Kennedy said in a telegram to
Welch: “The Methodist Church
will act at once if evidence is
forthcoming, the accused will be
brought to trial. If guilty, I am
most anxious to have you come
forth with any information you
may have as I believe you will do
if you are sincere.”
U. S. Will Undergo
Simulated Attack April 28
WASHINGTON (*> — The Unit
ed States will undergo a simulated
attack at 4 p. m. Eastern Stand
ard Time Friday, April 28.
At that hour, a Conelrad radio
alert drill will silence all normal
television and radio broadcasting
for 30 minutes. Sirens will be
sounded in many areas, traffic
will be halted and take-cover ex
ercises will be carried out in some
states.
This will be part of the Civil
Defense annual training exercise,
operation alert 1961, defense mo
bilizer Frank B. Ellis announced
yesterday.
P.M. General Asks
874! Million Raise
In Postal Rales
WASHINGTON UP)—Postmaster
General Edward Day asked Con
gress today for a $741-million an
nual increase in postal rates.
The proposal followed closely
requests made by the previous ad
ministration.
They would advance by one
cent each the first - class letter
rate to five cents an ounce, sur
face post cards to four cents, air
mail letters to eight cents an
ounce and airmail post cards to
six cents.
The proposal, designed to wipe
out the Post Office Department’s
continuing huge deficits, also
would increase the rates for all
other classes of mail.
Day submitted specific bills,
and asked that they be adopted
before July 1 of this year. He
noted that the previous adminis
tration estimated a postal deficit
of $843 million the fiscal year
starting July 1. However, Day
said the department expects to ef
fect economies in transportation
which would reduce this by about
$12 million.
Khrushchev Boasts
At Yuri's Reception
| MOSCOW UP) — Nikita Khrush
chev said tonight the space feat
of Yuri A. Gagarin has given the
Soviet Union’s defenses a “colos
' sal superiority” over the West.
The premier spoke at a recep
tion for the astronaut.
Until a disarmament agreement
is reached, Khrushchev asserted,
I “it is necessary to think of the
j defense of our country.”
I “Those who are sharpening
their knives against us know that
| Yuri has been in 'space,” the
i premier said, adding jocularly:
“He has seen everything, and
now he knows everything — and
if necessary he will fly again. And
if he needs support he can take
another comrade to fly with him
and have an even better look
around.”
Ella Fitzgerald and
Bob Newhart Share Top
Honors as Recording Stars
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. UP) —
Ella Fitzgerald and Bob Newhart
shared top honors of the year
from the recording industry.
They walked off with top
awards Wednesday night at the
third annual Grammy Awards of
the National Academy of Record
ing Arts and Sciences.
Ella won for best female vocal
ist for “'Mack the Knife,” and for
best album for a lady singer —
“Ella in Berlin.”
Newhart won album of the year
honors for his “Button Down
Mind of Bob Newhart.”
Best male vocalist award went
to Ray Charles for “Georgia on
My Mind.”
Thought for Today . . .
Freedom of speech does not give
a person the right to shout fire
in a crowded theater — Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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