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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LXII No. 72 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1960Per Copy 15^
Fourteen Dead In Crash of PNA
Constellation Atop Mt. Gilbert
ANCHORAGE, (R — An air
liner crashed near the peak of
9,646-foot Mt. Gilbert yesterday,
killing all 14 persons aboard.
Among the nine passengers
were two children, one only 22
months old.
The Pacific Northern Aarlines
Constellation vanished into
clouds and drizzle after taking
off from Cordova at 6:16 a.m. on
the last leg of a flight from Se
attle to Anchorage.
The four-engine, propeller
driven airliner was an extra sec
tion to handle heavy traffic dur
ing the commercial fishing season.
It had discharged 52 cannery
workers and fishermen at Cor
dova.
A search plane spotted the
wreckage in late afternoon, about
700 feet from the top of a moun
tain 60 miles east of here. It ap
parently hit near the top and
skidded down.
A six-man Mountain Rescue
Council team, flown in by the
Air Force, reached the wreckage
last night and reported no sur
vivors.
The crash ended 29 years of
PNA service in and to Alaska
without a passenger fatality.
Among the passengers was
Mrs. Joan Edgman of Anchorage,
her two children, Mark, 4, and
William, 22 months, and her sie
ter, Lois Brammer of Puyallup,
Wash.
Mrs. Edgman had flown to
Puyallup to see her sister grad
uate and was taking her back to
Alaska for a visit .
Another passenger was Mrs.
Julie Odom, 42, Anchorage, wife
of wealthy Anchorage banker and
beverage distributor Milton
Odom. She was flying back from
a visit with her ailing mother in
Crookston, Minn.
Another was Pvt. James Lucas,
24, flying home to Anchorage on
a 20-day leave from Ft. Lewis,
and Alfred Anderson, just out of
his junior year at Oregon College
of Education, flying home to spend
the summer with his parents in
Kodiak.
Others were R. A. Mathews of
Whittier, Calif., and H. L. Coste
loe, Oakland.
The pilot, Capt. Richard Cham
berlain, had flown the route for
1!> years. The co-pilot was Duane
Easterly, Kent, Wash.
The stewardesses were Jo Ann
Saylor and Naomi Lee Marts,
both 23, of Seattle.
The flight engineer was Larry
Stevenson of Renton.
The pilot was a son of Superior
Judge Richard Chamberlain of
Oakland, Calif. Judge Chamber
lain planned to fly tomorrow to
Alaska.
Strikers Pickets
Missile Builders
LOS ANGELES, UP*—More than
30.000 aircraft and missile work
ers struck for higher wages early
today, but within hours agree
ment was reached to send more
than 20,000 of them back to work.
The International Assn, of Ma
chinists broke off negotiations for
10.000 workers at Lockheed Mis
sile Division plants just before
the midnight strike and these
talks have not been resumed.
The United Auto Workers
reached an agreement three hours
later with Douglas Aircraft Co.
covering 21,000 at Long Beach,
Calif., Tulsa, Okla., and Char
lotte, N. C. A membership meet
ing at 4 p.m. today is expected
to approve the agreement, terms
of which have not been dis
closed.
An estimated 35 or 40 IAM
pickets paraded at the gates of
Vandenberg AFB, Calif., site of
the nation’s only combat-ready
facilties for launching the inter
continental Atlas missile.
The IAM placed pickets there
a week ago Monday in a strike
against Convair, builder of the
Atlas.
A Lockheed spokesman said the
strike undoubtedly would have
some effect on the company’s sat
ellite research program at Van
denberg. Lockheed makes the sec
ond stage for Discoverer satellite
rockets, the 12th of which was ex
pected to be launced this month.
It also makes the second stage for
.the upcoming Midas missile-de
tection and Samos TV reconnais
sance satellites.
Alaska Marshal Confirmed
WASHINGTON, MV—The Sen
ate confirmed Tuesday the nomi
nation of Fred S. Williamson, as
U.S. Marshal for Alaska.
U. S. Security
Officers Worry
Over Tokyo Riots
By JOHN SCALI
MANILA (Thursday), IJR — The
bloody new riots in Tokyo have
left American security officials
deeply concerned whether Jap
anese police can protect President
Eisenhower, it was reported early
today.
Members of Eisenhower’s party
were disturbed over Tokyo dis
patches which pictured the Japan
ese police as helpless against the
onslaught of thousands of left
wing students who stormed Par
liament buildings Wednesday.
President Eisenhower is due in
Tokyo Sunday afternoon.
Informed sources, requesting
that they not be named, said they
understood that U. S. security
forces both in Manila with Eisen
hower and in Tokyo are assessing
the situation.
Here in Manila Eisenhower was
still wrapped in the glow of Phil
ippine friendship. He spoke to the
Philippine Congress Tuesday and
attended a gala state dinner at
night, wearing a barong tagalog,
the social-dress shirt that Filf
pino men use in the summer heat
here.
Russia Warns Japanese
LONDON, UP) — The Sofiet
Union told the Japanese govern
ment Wednesday it risks terrible
tragedies if it continues to pro
vide bases for U.S. forces.
This warning, Moscow Radio
reported, was in a Soviet memor
andum delivered to the Japanese
Embassy in Moscow.
It accused Japan of trying to
evade serious discussion of Amer
ican bases and instead providing
territory to assist the United
States in “aggressive aims against
the Soviet Union and the other
countries neighboring Japan.”
House Approves
Pay Increase for
Federal Workers
WASHINGTON, W>)—The House
toda yvoted 377-40 a 7Vt per cent
pay increase for 1,570,000 fed
eral workers. This sent the bill to
the Senate which is expected to
agree.
Expectations, however, are that
President Eisenhower will veto
the bill.
Whether the raise ever shows
up on a payceck may depend
therefore on whether a veto can
be overridden.
House Republican Leader
Charles Halleck announced dur
ing debate that a veto is all but
certain.
However, strong by-partisan
support for the bill indicated that
election-year pressures may cause
many Republicans to desert Eis
enhower on such a politically ex
plosive issue.
The bill provides an across-the
board increase for a half-million
postal workers and a million white
collar federal employes.
Two Democrats Drop Out
Of State House Race
JUNEAU, Uf) — Two candidates
seeking Democratic nominations
to the House of Representatives in
Alaska’s August 9 primary elec
tion have withdrawn from the
race, Secretary of State Hugh
Wade says.
George F. Laiblin of Ketchikan
notified Wade of his intention to
withdraw from the race in House
District Two. He said he was leav
ing Alaska because of ill health
and would reside in Virginia.
Laiblin’s decision still left six
Democrats and four Republicans
seeking their party’s nomination
for the two House seats from the
Ketchikan district.
The other withdrawal was sub
mitted by Gunnar Gustafson of
Aniak, who pulled out of the
Democratic race for the nomina
tion from the 17th District rep
resenting the Kuskokwim area.
Gustafson told Wade he had
moved from the district to Nome.
His withdrawal assured the
Democratic nomination for Bar
bara Rogers of McGrath, the only
other candilate in her party’s pri
mary. She will oppose incumbent
Republican Donald Harris, also
of McGrath, in the November 8
general election.
Ingemar Counts on
1,000-Count Knockout
GROSSINGER, N. Y., UP) —
World Heavyweight Champion
Ingemar Johansson confided to
day he didn’t expect Floyd Pat
terson to change his strategy
from their first fight when they
meet for the title next Monday.
“He’s a good boxer,” Johansson
said. “It takes a long time to be
come a good boxer and you can’t
just change your style any time
you want to. It will force you
into too many mistakes.
“No, I don’t expect Floyd to
change his tactics a bit from the
last time we met.”
Further, Ingo is counting on his
“roaring right” to do most of his
work against Patterson.
“I hit him too high with it
the last time and he got up,” pro
claimed Johansson confidently.
“The next time I’m going to make
this my target” — and he pointed
to the tip of his chin — “and
when I connect there, the referee
will count to a thousand.”
Tokyo Mobs Break Through Police
Lines In Bloody Anti-Treaty Rioting
By GENE KRAMER
TOKYO (Thursday), UP)—Police
using tear gas broke up the blood
iest rioting so far in the month
long campaign against the Kishi
government and the new defense
treaty aligning Japan with the
United States.
With scores injured, Prime
Minister Kishi’s government
blamed “a planned action dic
tated by international Commu
nism to destroy democracy by vio
lent revolution.”
Thousands of howling students
stormed the Japanese Parliament
grounds Wednesday, overpowered
police and occupied buildings in a
savage near-insurrection that ran
on through the night.
At least one person and per
haps five, died, and 473 were in
jured.
Kishi’s cabinet met in an emer
gency session to deal with the up
rising, which broke only four
four days before President Eisen
hower is due to reach Tokyo on
his four-nation Asian tour.
Kishi’s ministers convened soon
after midnight at his official resi
dence. Scarcely two blocks away,
fanatical pro-Red students burned
at least 10 police trucks in a show
of force against the government
and the U. S.-Japan security
treaty.
Student mobs had torn down
the Parliament gates, hurled
bricks and staves at the outnum
bered police in Kamikaze suicide
charges and sacked a two-story
annex to the Diet building.
More than 3,000 rioters occu
pied part of the Parliament
grounds for hours, shouting “Kill
Kishi,” “Crush the U.S.-Japan se
curity treaty,” then joined thous
ands of Socialists, Communists
and unionists rioting in the streets
outside.
The police had used only clubs
and fire hoses in efforts to block
the attacks on Parliament. They
opened up with tear gas Thursday
morning. ,
Police followed up their tear
gas barrage with a club-swinging
charge into the crowd, littering
the street with fallen students,
including many co-eds.
The violence broke out shortly
after Kishi’s government yielded
to Socialist pressure and aban
doned efforts to gain final ratifi
cation of the new U. S.-Japan
military treaty in time for Presi
dent Eisenhower’s arrival in
Tokyo Sunday.
In contrast with previous dem
onstrations, however, there was
little initial expression of oppo
sition to President Eisenhower’s
visit.
Telephone, Telegraph
Taxes Cut in Senate
Committee Action
WASHINGTON, UP) —The Sen
ate Finance Committee today
voted to repeal local telephone
service, telegraph and travel
taxes. The action would cut fed
eral revenues 752 million dollars
annually.
The committee tacked the repeal
of the taxes onto an Administra
tion-backed bill calling for an
other five years’ extension of four
billion dollars worth of taxes and
a new temporary increase in the
national debt limit.
MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL PROGRAM
— FRIDAY, JUNE 17 —
PIED PIPER PARADE
1:45 P.M.—Children with pets 7:00 P.M.— ESKIMO DANC
and toys, assemble at First ING — Festival Square.
and Steadman. „
8:00 P.M.—No Host Dinner —
2:00 P.M.— PIED PIPER North Star Restaurant.
PARADE . . . Down Stead- Reservations to be in by |
man. West on Front Street 5 p<nl, Thursday,
to B Street. * ICE CREAM
for all in Costume in the 11:00 P-M.—STREET DANCE.
Parade, by M 8c M Bank.
_ 11:00 P.M.—MIDNIGHT SUN
—festival hi- airplane flight. . . .
JINKS . . Front Street. Bus leaves from Downtown
5:00 P.M.— Arrival of Fair- Wien Office at 10:30 p-m.
merce Chamb*r °f C°m" 1:00 A.M.—MIDNIGHT SUN
FLIGHT-Bus leaves from
6:00 P.M.—to 8 o'clock — No- Downtown Wien Office at
Host Hospitality Hour. 12:30 a.m.
— SATURDAY, JUNE 18 —
8:00 A.M.—Fairbanks Chamber PROMENADE—Front Stree.t
depart*' 7:00 P.M. — ESKIMO DANC
1;00 PJ4—BABY SHOW . . . ING — Festival Square.
STSL2 AirTne^Bldo 9:00 P-M.—MIDNIGHT SUN
Club. Alaska Airlines Bldg. FESTIVAL QUEEN PAG
2:00 P.M.—ESKIMO GAMES EANT — High School Gym.
— Festival Square. H:00 P.M. — CORONATION
5:00 P.M.—B OARDWALK BALL — High School Gym.
— SUNDAY, JUNE 18 —
Morning — Church Services. . . . Down SleadmAn. West
12 Noon—ESKIMO GAMES— °n Front Street to B Street.
Festival Square. then North to High School.
1:00 P.M.—OOMIAK RACES 4-00 P.M.— ESKIMO DANC
-L: —■•••• —* -
2:30 PJMi—GRAND PARADE walls by tht J§tty,