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Soviets Unusually i
Silent About New
Seven-Ton Satellite
MOSCOW, — The Soviet
Union maintained an enigmatic i
and unusual silence today on the
mission and fate of its massive
new Sputnik. Western tracking
stations picked up no trace of
the satellite.
A Soviet scientist, Prof. Yev
geny Leonadivich Klinov, hinted
the seven - ton satellite, whose
launching was announced Friday,
was unmanned. He said it was
designed to study the earth and
its environment.
Moscow’s officials silence was
in direct contrast to previous
satellite launchings, when Soviet
scientists routinely announced
how the equipment was function
ing and the schedule of cities to
be passed over.
Western experts speculated
that either something went wrong
with the new satellite or the So
viets were keeping some spectac
ular development a secret until
its success was assured.
Western scientists especially
noted the Soviets seemed in no
hurry to answer speculation that
the Sputnik might be carrying a
man through space. The satellite
is large enough to carry an astro
naut—and perhaps two.
Italy’s Communist party news
paper L’Unita reported in a Mos
cow dispatch that the Sputnik “al
most certainly” was unmanned.
A British satellite-tracking ex
pert at the Jodrell Bank Tracking
Station, said “There is certainly
something rather odd about the
long Russian silence on the satel
lite’s progress.”
He suggested the Sputnik’s
radio may have broken down or
the Soviets might be transmitting
on frequencies not used before.
BERING SEA LIONS
CLUB RECEIVE THEIR
CHARTER SATURDAY
The Bering Sea Lions Club re
ceived its charter Saturday eve
ning at a gay and colorful ban
quet held in the Seaview Room
of the North Star with Jack Lane
of the Midnight Sun Lions acting
as toastmaster
The decorative theme was high
lighted by an unusually impres
sive, life-size lion cut from a
solid block of ice and located
outside the south windows of
the dining room. Floodlights il
luminated the statue throughout
the evening and much praise was
given Jim Muir, first vice presi
dent of the Nome group for his
ingenuity in creating the figure.
The charter was received by
the president of the new local
group, Don Foster, who expressed
appreciation and pledged to ful
fill the duties of the club in the
way of community enterprise.
The address of the evening was
given by Mel Harris, deputy dis
trict governor, who stressed the
importance of service clubs such
as the Lions, which are interna
tional in scope and can do much
to keep the peace between na
tions.
Gifts were presented to the
new club fey the Fairbanks, Mid
night Sun, and College Lions
clubs, as well as the Rotary Club
and Chamber of Commerce of
Nome.
Music throughout the evening
was provided by Ellen Jones at
the organ.
The charter flight returned the
Lions to Fairbanks Sunday after
noon.
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Giants of Electrical
Industry Indicted
In Antitrust Suit
PHILADELPHIA, UP — Heavy
fines and jail terms were imposed
today on the giants of the elec
trical manufacturing industry and
some of the executives for price
fixing and bid rigging in violation
of antitrust laws.
Chief Judge J. Cullen Ganey of
U.S. District Court methodically
hit the 32 companies and 48 of
their top-ranking employes — in
cluding the president of Allen
Bradley Controller Co. — with
fines totalling more than $700,000
on the firms and more than
$74,000 on the individuals.
Seven persons were sentenced
to jail for 30 days—one of the i
few times antitrust defendants I
were sent to jail.
Action was scheduled today on j
only 6 of the 20 indictments, cov- i
ering various phases of the elec
trical manufacturing industry.
General Electric Co. and West-;
inghouse Electric Corp., the giants j
of the industry, were defendants
in virtually every indictment.
Three G-E and two Westinghouse
employes were sentenced to jail.
The indictments involve a gross
annual business of $2 billion for
equipment used to generate,
transmit and distribute electric
power to virtually every home in
America.
Judge Ganey called the conspir
acy “a shocking indictment of a
vast segment of our economy.”
He said the defendants “mocked
the image" of the nation’s free en
terprise system.
Alaska House Passes Civil
Rights Bill Outlawing
Racial Discrimination
JUNEAU, UP> — The House of
Representatives today passed 31-8
a civil rights bill which outlaws
racial discrimination in all areas
of housing, recreation and busi
ness.
Before final approval, the hous
ing portion of the bill was amend
ed to exempt housing accommoda
tions where one of three units on
a single parcel of land are being
placed for sale, lease or rent.
The amendment was recom
mended by the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Rep. John Hellenthal, sponsor
of the bill, said the amendment
would apply to the rental of
rooms in a private home, or a unit
in a duplex.
“The committee felt that the
exemption would provide a more
gradual approach to the problem,
and would avoid any unwanted
invasion of the home,” Hellen
thal said.
In seconding Hellenthal’s mo
tion that the bill be approved,
Rep. William Erwin of Seward
declared that discrimination has
been increasing in Alaska since
t' ; close of World War II espec
i y in the Anchorage and Fair
bo ks areas.
Legislation is necessary be
cause the public ignores other
means,” he said.
The measure provides for a
fine of up to $500' or imprison
ment of up to 30 days for viola
tion of the law.
Polaris Missile Goes Awry
CAPE CANAVERAL, UPt — The
flaming second stage of a Polaris
missile flew out of control and
crashed back onto the Cape today.
The Air Force reported there
were injuries.
Gov. Egan Makes
Personal Report
On Alaska Tourism
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU, WV-Gov. William A.
Egan told the Legislature today
that the state and private indus
try must work hand in hand if
Alaska’s full tourist potential is
to be reached.
And Egan, as he has many
times in the past, said develop
ment of a state ferry system—a
marine highway system — is the
key to tourism’s growth in the
49th state.
The chief executive made
these main points in a special,
personal report to the Legislature
on Alaska’s tourist industry.
Egan had requested in his State
of the State speech on Jan. 24,
the day after the 1961 session
opened, that he be given an op
portunity to make a special re
port on tourism.
“Tourism is a highly competi
tive, growing business,” Egan
told a joint session of the Senate
and House. “I believe all agree
that it is a most important ele
ment in our economic picture. Its
potential is enormous. Alaska’s
future is tied to tourism as much
as it is to petroleum, fish, timber
or minerals.”
A successful tourist program
for the State of Alaska, Egan
said, must be based on active
participation by all. Tourism is
not the state’s responsibility alone
Egan said.
“Those in the industry, local
and regional civic groups, and
every Alaskan who would reap
the economic benefits from an
expanded tourist trade likewise
must share in the effort.
“If the state must act alone, the
program will certainly fail. If all
cooperate, it must succeed.”
Egan, who has recommended
that the Legislature appropriate
$271,751 for tourist promotion
work in fiscal 1962, said the state
must provide “more and better
ways of entering and traveling
within Alaska.
‘I can think of no greater spur
to development of travel to and
within Alaska than this water
highway,” Egan said in referring
to the proposed state ferry sys
tem.
HUNTING AND FISHING
RIGHTS DEFINED FOR
ALASKAN RESIDENTS
JUNEAU UP — Free hunting
and fishing rights for Alaskan
residents were redefined in legis
lation introduced in the House.
Friday.
The bill would grant residents
with an annual income of less
than $1,200, or who have received
welfare assistance during the
past six months, or who have
historically depended upon fish
and game for subsistence, the
right to hunt, fish or trap with
out a license.
All fish and game taken under
the exemption, except for trap
ping, could not be sold.
The present law exempts per
sons with an annual gross income
of not more than $800 from the
law requiring hunting, sport fish
ing and trapping licenses.
Hair-dressing bargains: You can
now buy a mustache for $10, a
toupee for $150 up — or $50, a
removable goatee for the tired
business man who wants to play
with the Beatniks at night, but
look conservative during working
hours.
Wien Airlines to
Be Paid $2,260,676
Mail Subsidy
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON UP) — The Civil |
Aeronautics Board proposed Fri
day to pay Wien Alaska Airlines
a subsidy of $2,260,676 for carry
ing mail during the 12-month
period that started last Oct. 1.
In addition, the airline will
receive $783,001 from the Post
Office Department during that
period in the form of compensa
tory mail pay. The latter is non
subsidy pay designed to compen
sate the airline for the actual
cost of carrying the mail.
Similarly, the CAB ruled that
Wien was entitled to $3,506,392 in
subsidy and $1,238,142 in service
mail pay for the period from
Oct. 2, 1958, through Sept. 30,
1960.
The airline had petitioned for
revision of its mail rates because
it said its current rates were in
adequate.
The board, on reviewing the
situation, concluded that Wien
was entitled to a higher rate. It
said that considering the airline’s
route structure, scheduling a pat
tern, seasonable type of opera
tion and relatively low volume
of use of its equipment — char
acteristic of Alaska air operations
— all the aircraft used by Wien
“were reasonably required under
honest economical and efficient
management.”
The proposed order will become
effective within 10 days if no ex
ceptions are filed. The CAB doc
ument did not set forth the total
of past payments, which would
have shown the extent of the
mail pay increase.
Unexpected Dividend
PHILADELPHIA, (JV-Pennsyl
vania, buried under a snowfall
of 10 to 24 inches which kept
many drivers off the roads, did
not have any fatal highway ac
cidents over the weekend for the
first time in memory.
Most main roads were open but
extremely hazardous. Many sec
ondary and rural roads were
closed most of the weekend.
Barrow Fire Claims Four
Lives and Leaves Seven
Children Motherless
BARROW, Alaska W — Fire
ripped through a two-story home
here Friday, killing four persons
and leaving seven children with
out a mother.
A six-month-old infant, one of
the dead mother’s children, was
rescued from the wooden inferno
by an unidentified passerby.
Dead are Mrs. Verna Nusungin
ya, 31, wife of State Representa
tive John Nusunginya of Barrow;
James Nusunginya, 6; Jonah Bolt,
about 26, a brother of Mrs. Nu
sunginya; and a baby; identified
only as a member of the Aiken
family of Barrow.
Six Nusunginya children were
in school when the tragedy oc
curred.
The fire apparently started
when an oil stove in the house
exploded, although John Gordon
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
said the exact cause “probably
will never be known.”
The entire village turned out
in the 40-below-zero weather to
battle the blaze.
Rep. Nusunginya flew to Bar
row from Juneau after Alaska
Gov. Egan notified him of the
tragedy.
MUSHIN'
THROUGH
WASHINGTON
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON UPl — The In
terior Department has upped the
estimated Alaska share of pro
ceeds from the sale of Pribilof
fur seal pelts for the year start
ing next July.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett was told by
the department that his state can
expect something between $800,
000 and $900,000 rather than the
oirginal estimate of $539,000.
The revised estimate was based
on a re-study of conditions and
sales potential asked by Bartlett.
The state gets 70 per cent of the
net proceeds from Pribilof fur
sales.
In fiscal 1960, Alaska’s pay
ment was $815,000. For the cur
rent fiscal year it is estimated
at just over one million dollars.
* * *
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
has informed Sen. Ernest Gruen
ing it plans to operate the fi
nancially troubled salmon can
neries at four Indian Communities
during the 1961 fishing season.
The operation is planned at
Klawock, Hydaburg and Hood
Bay (Angoon) and at Kake if the
village can make the necessary
administrative arrangements.
The village operations have
been in trouble in recent years
because of declining salmon runs.
For a time it was thought the
Bureau might not be able to un
dertake the operation this year.
• • •
Rep. Ralph Rivers can be sure a
bill he has introduced will have
the support of the ladies.
His bills would do away with
discrimination in pay for women
engaged in interstate employment
and provide economic penalties
for employers who give unequal
treatment to women.
Rivers recalled that the first
act of men of Alaska’s first Ter
ritorial Legislature in 1913 was
to grant to women the right to
vote.
“In view of this, he said, “it
is more than fitting and proper
that Alaska be out in front to
assist in removing remaining
anachronistic inequalities based on
sex.”
• * *
The first visit of a United
State Postmaster General to Alas
ka since 1938 is being planned for
April 28-30.
Postmaster General J. Edward
Day is to visit Anchorage to dedi
cate the new postal facility at the
International Airport there, Gru
ening’s office was told.
The only other Postmaser Gen
eral to visit Alaska was James
Farley.
* * *
The Washington and Alaska
States Society holds its annual
dinner Feb. 24 at the National
Press Club. One highlight will
be announcement of the princess
es who will represent the states
in the Cherry Blossom Festival
here in April.
BRONSON ASKS FOR
DEPRESSED AREA
FUNDS FOR NOME
JUNEAU, (JO — Sen. Lester
Bronson today asked Gov. Egan
to allocate some depressed area
funds to the Nome area.
In a letter to Egan which was
read on the Senate floor, Bjron
son said that “many people* in
the Nome area are unemployed
due to the decline of the gold
mining industry and the closing
down of a number of dredges.”