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Judge Hubert Gilbert Opens Beginning
Session of 2nd District Superior Court
The Superior Court of the Sec- [
ond Judicial District of the State
of Alaska, with Judge Hubert
Gilbert presiding, was officially
opened for its first term of court
yesterday afternoon at 2 p.m.
The first official action was the
swearing in of George Bayer as
Clerk of Court and James St.
Amour as Magistrate.
Judge Gilbert explained that it
was necessary that the magistrate
be a lawyer, to make decisions
of a technical nature, as he will
have all the deputy magistrates
in this district under his super
vision, as well as probate matters,
and the hearing of divorce testi
mony. It also makes it possible
for capable legal advice in the
community during the absence of
the judge of the Superior Court.
Other members of the judicial
body were introduced, including
the deputy clerk, Grace Herman;
secretary to the judge,'Mary Diede;
and bailiff, Jack Reed. Reed is
also the service officer for the
Department of Public Safety.
Police officers, headed by Sgt.
Eugene Morris, include City police
chief John Marvick and his pa
trolmen, Dale Beiler and Fay
Sandy.
Judge Gilbert explained that
the jail is a consolidated jail,
under the management of the city,
with state and federal prisoners
held under contract with the City
of Nome.
Virgil Vochaska, new attor
ney, who arrived yesterday from
Juneau, was introduced.
Other officials named were the
village deputy magistrates: for
Barrow, Edward Hopson; Kotze
bue, Jack Jones; Candle, Fletcher
Gregg; Unalakleet, Frank Ryan,
and L. E. Ost for Fortuna Ledge.
L. E. Ost is serving temporarily,
to assist the court, and will be
replaced later by Douglas Shep
hard of Mountain Village.
Mrs. Thomas Johnson was
named jury commissioner, and
names were selected for the grand
and the petit juries.
Elvis Finishes
Army Hitch
Next Month
BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, l/PI
—Elvis Presley says there won’t
be any change in his singing style
when he returns to civilian life
shortly.
“I’ve no reason to change,” the
rock ’n roll idol and Army ser
geant said in an interview yesterT
day. “The people will let you
know when you should.”
Presley’s two-year service hitch
ends next month, but the Army
isn’t giving the exact date. It
wants to avoid a repetition of the
teen-age riot that greeted the
singer on his arrival in Germany
17 months ago.
Elvis, now 24, said he is glad
to be getting out but quickly
added, “It was a good experience
in many ways and I made friends
I would not have made other
wise. I’m very proud of having
been in the Army.”
The Army apparently is satis
fied with Elvis, too. “He has done
remarkably well with both his
Army duties and off duty,” said
one of his commanders.
Presley has been serving with
an armored division. He recently
won his sergeant’s stripes and
was made leader of a scout squad.
He said he plans to go home to
Memphis and make some records.
About April 20 he will go to
Hollywood to rehearse for an ap
pearance on Frank Sinatra’s TV
show May 1. Then he will begin
pre-recording for a movie, “The
GI Blues.”
Denmark Royal Family
To Visit U.S. In October
WASHINGTON, l/PV—The king
and queen of Denmark will pay
a state visit to the United States
next October.
The White House announced to
day that King Frederik IX and
Queen Ingrid have accepted an
invitation from President Eisen
hower to come to this country
early in that month.
During their stay, the White
House said, the royal couple will
officially inaugurate the Danish
exhibition. The Arts of Denmark,
in New York City.
Titan Finally
Flies Right
CAPE CANAVERAL, W) — An
intercontinental range Titan mis
sile was successfully launched on
its longest range test flight today.
The test was a critical one for
the troubled Titan and it passed
perfectly, boosting a dummy war
head nearly 5,000 miles to an
ocean target.
The success should take some
of the pressure off the Titan,
which has flown perfectly only
once before in the past 10 months.
Congressional committees are
looking into failures which have
plagued the program.
The 98 - foot Titan thundered
off to a good start. Driven by the
300,000 pounds of thrust gener
ated by its first stage engines, the
missile rose smoothly from its pad
and cut a fiery path across the
sky. Two minutes later, the mis
sile’s huge second stage ignited
with a puff of fire visible to
ground observers.
The Titan eventually will have
a range up to 9,000 miles but to
day’s missile was not fully fueled.
This was the second time the
80,000-pound thrust second stage
has been ignited at altitude. The'
first time was Feb. 2, when the
Martin-made Titan scored its first
success since last May.
Shanghaied U of W Senior
Has Good Time At
Anchorage Rendezvous
SEATTLE, IJ’I — “I guess we
quieted him down a little.”
It was Beta Theta Phi fresh
man Dave Garner at the Univer
sity of Washington speaking. He
referred to Bill James, 24, of Ol
ympia, Senior class pledge trainee
who was put aboard an Anchor
age-bound plane early last Friday
with a one-way ticket and only
$1.25 in his pockets.
Garner added: “But I guess it
was a good time for him. We did
n’t intend it that way.”
James was royally entertained
at Anchorage, with a hotel room
and tickets for Anchorage Fur
Rendezvous events. His family
paid his fare back and his Senior
classmates at Beta Theta Pi greet
ed him at the airport Monday
night.
House Passes New
Bill to Legalize
Ice Lotteries
JUNEAU, UP) — The House
today quickly approved a con
ference committee bill to sanc
tion certain forms of raffles and
lotteries in Alaska, including the
Nenana and Chena ice pools.
The bill is expected to come be
fore the Senate later today, where
similar quick approval is forseen.
The lotteries proposal, passed
both houses earlier, but in slight
ly different form. The new bill
puts rigid regulations in force on
the sanctioned activities, which
would be administered by the
State Commissioner of Revenue.
Air Force to Search For
Polar Bear Hunters Killed
In Crash On Arctic Ice
WASHINGTON, UP> — The Air
Force ordered a search to begin
today for the bodies of two fliers
who crashed on an ice floe off
Kotzebue, Friday while hunting
for polar bear.
Sen. Bob Bartlett said he was
informed the Air Force had or
dered a plane, or planes, to go out
at dawn, weather permitting.
Bartlett said it is believed the
floe is in international waters.
Earlier there had been reports the
floe might have drifted into Rus
sian territorial waters, making
Soviet permission necessary for
a search.
“I was told the Russians have
been informed of the search
plans,” Bartlett said. “I also un
derstand the State Department
has indicated to the Russians co
operation from them will be ac
ceptable and appreciated.”
CORDOVA BOY FINALIST IN
VOICE OF AMERICA CONTEST
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Richard J.
(Rick) Smith, 16, of Albuquerque,
N.M., today won the 13th Voice
of Democracy script-writing con
test.
He was awarded a $1,500 scho
larship to the college of his
choice. The presentation was
made at a luncheon in honor of
51 winners, from each of the
states and the District of Colum
bia who gathered here for the
annual competition.
Young Smith and three other
finalists also received gold record
ings of their winning broadcast
scripts on the theme, “I Speak
For Democracy.” Philip J. Smith,
17, of Cordova, Alaska, was one
of these.
U.S. Satellite Would
Detect Warlike Moves
LOS ANGELES, Iff)—A Penta
gon official says a satellite that
can detect troop movements and
large concentrations of munitions
is under development as part of
America’s space defense system.
Col. Carlo R. Testi of the Air
Force Air Research and Develop
ment Command told an engineers
banquet last night that the Strat
egic Intelligence space vehicle
would flash warnings on any mo
bilization in advance of surprise
attacks.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional snow
and easterly winds 20 to 30 mph
with stronger gusts today and to
morrow.
Eisenhower Renews Monroe Doetrine
For Peaceful Development of Americas
By STANFORD BRADSHAW
RIO DE JANIERO, Iff)—Presi
dent Eisenhower grinned and
waved his way through a hero’s
welcome today in Rio De Janiero.
He rode triumphantly through a
storm of confetti and streamers 1
amid the greatest crowds ever
gathered to greet a visitor in this
metropolis of Brazil.
Later, in the first major speech
of his South American tour, the
President sounded a “hands off”
warning to any ideology threat
ening to deny American nations
the free choice of philosophy,
working methods and government.
“We would consider it inter
vention in the internal affairs of
an American state if any power,
whether by invasion, coercion or
subversion, succeeded in denying
freedom of choice to the people
of any of our sister republics,” he
told Brazil’s congress.
Coupled with that declaration,
which appeared aimed at Com
munist ambitions in the Western
hemisphere, was a call for cease
less striving for world peace.
Eisenhower reiterated that the
United States stands ready to put
money saved by disarmament into
“fast constructive programs of
peaceful development.” He urged
other nations to join in this effort.
Flying here from Brasilia, Ei
senhower found hundreds of thou
sands turned out in bright but
humid 80-degree weather. It is
summer here below the equator.
Confetti showered down as Ei
senhower’s motorcade moved
along Avenida Rio Branco in the
drive toward the U.S. Embassy,
his home in Rio.
Volatile students joined in the
general acclaim, but found occa
sion also to hail Cuba’s prime
minister Fidel Castro in signs and
shouts.
Police officials declined to esti
mate the size of the city’s turn
out but said there never had been
anything like it.
There were repeated choruses
of “Eisenhower, Eisenhower.”
Some also shouted “Ikey, Ikey,”
givng two syllables to the Presi
dent’s nickname.
Eisenhower sat on the back of
the car seat and acknowledged
the greetings by holding both
hands above his head. Brazilian
President Juscelino Kubitschek
rode beaming beside him.
At one point student groups
leaned from windows to shout
“Fidel” in honor of their hero,
Fidel Castro of Cuba. The crowd
on the sidewalk booed, and Eisen
hower smiled.
“I come here as the representa
tive of 180 million citizens of the
United States,” Eisenhower said
in welcoming ceremonies. “They
share with me this fervent wish:
“That war and all forms of co
ercion be forever banished from
the earth; that leaders of all na
tions harken to the prayers of
their people for peace with jus
tice—for a peace founded on mu
tual respect, understanding and
collaboration, a peace in which
the race of armaments will give
way to a constructive cooperative
attack against disease, ignorance
and poverty, a peace which makes
neighborliness such as that en
joyed by our two countries the
reality throughout the world.”
President Kubitschek said Rio
receives the American visitor
with exceptional jubilation as “a
fighter and a man of good will;
as a clear-viewed statesman and
champion of peace.”
Alaska Penal System
Slated For House
Action Today
JUNEAU, UPl — Bills to set up
key provisions in Alaska’s first
state penal system were slated for
House action today.
Amendments suggested by the
Judiciary Committee were ex
pected to touch off debate.
One amendment would permit
honor prisoners to have 24-hour
visits from their spouses at six
weeks intervals.
Another would authorize the
governor to deny extradition of a
man wanted for prosecution in
another state for an offense which
is not a crime in Alaska.
Egan Bill Would Revise
1959 Alaska Land Act
JUNEAU, lift — Revision of the
1959 Alaska State Land Act is
asked in a 27-page bill, drawn up
by the Office of Gov. Egan, which
was introduced in the State Sen
ate yesterday.
The bill would write into law
the rules which govern state land
lease matters. The rules now exist
as regulations adopted by the De
partment of Natural Resources
The Governor’s Office also
asked the legislature, in a bill in
troduced in the House, to appro
priate $100,000 to cover the costs
of the 1960 state primary and
general elections. Any money left
over would be returned to the
general fund.
Missile Builder
Quits Job So He
Can Criticize Ike
NEW YORK, UP) — Thomas G.
Lanphier Jr., says he’s quitting as
an executive of the company that
produces the Atlas missile so he
can freely criticize what he con
siders the inadequate defense pol
icies of President Eisenhower.
Lanphier charged on a televi
sion program that the President is
not as well informed about mod
ern weapons as he thinks he is.
“It’s a question of getting
out and keeping up with the
fast-developing technology, some
thing the President has not done
until he recently made a quick
trip to Canaveral, said Lanphier.
The World War II flying ace
announced his resignation as vice
president of the Convair Division
of General Dynamics Corp., which
makes the Atlas, America’s only
operation intercontinental ballis
tic missile.
Lamphier, a Republican, served
as special assistant to Sen. Stew
art Symington (D-Mo) in 1949-50,
when Symington was Secretary
of the Air Force.
He said: “I don’t think the
President is quite the professional
modern military expert that he
says he is, and that his people
right around him feel he is. He’s
not quite as well informed as he
thinks he is in terms of modern
weaponry.”
By resigning, Lanphier said he
feels he will be free “to criticize
my president and my administra
tion where I think they are wrong
in a field where I have some ex
perience and certainly some con
viction.”
He said he thinks President
Eisenhower is “taking a chance”
with the nation's survival.