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Nixon Sets Tone of Campaign As
Victory Over Tyranny in the World
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CHICAGO, UP) — Richard M.'
Nixon, accepting the Republican
nomination for President, called
for “victory of freedom over tyr
anny, of plenty over hunger, of
health over disease in every
country of the world.”
This is the answer to Commun
ism, he said.
Speaking from notes for 50 min
utes Thursday night, Vice Presi
dent Nixon thus may have set
the tone for his campaign against
Democratic nominee John F. Ken
nedy—“a campaign such as this
country has never seen before,”
he called it.
In the speech to the final ses
sion of the 1960 Republican Na
tional Convention, he repeated
ly attacked the domestic promises
of the Democratic party and
stressed the critical importance of
international problems.
“Upon the next President of the
United States will rest the res
ponsibility to inspire and to lead
the forces of freedom toward this
goal” of winning the war against
world poverty, misery and dis
ease, Nixon said.
“It would be difficult for any
man to say that he was qualified
to provide this kind of leader
ship,” Nixon continued, but he
quickly implied that he was best
fitted.
“I can only say to you tonight
that I believe in the American
dream because I have seen it
come true in my own life,” he
said.
“I know something of the threat
which confronts us and I know
something of the effort which will
be needed to meet it.”
The speech was studded with
digs at the Democratic platform
and Sen. Kennedy’s choice of a
running mate, Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson.
Nixon applauded the delegates
for their nomination of U.N. Am
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge for
Vice President.
“In refreshing contrast to what
happened in Los Angeles you
nominated a man who shares my
views on the great issues and
who will work with me and not
against me in carrying out our
magnificent platform,” Nixon
said.
On the Democratic party plat
form, Nixon said: “They promised
everything to everybody with one
exception: they didn’t promise to
pay the bill.”
Turning to foreign affairs, he
said that the Democratic conven
tion, “we heard that American
prestige is at an all - time low.”
“This is my answer,” Nixon
said.
“I say that at a time the Com
munists are running us down
abroad, it is time to speak up for
America at home.
“While it is dangerous to see
nothing wrong in America, it is
just as wrong to refuse to recog
nize what is right about Amer
ica.”
Unmanned Space Capsule
Explodes After Launching
CAPE CANAVERAL, I/P) — An
attempt to rocket an unmanned
Project Mercury space capsule on
a severe test was wrecked today
apparently by an explosion in the
Atlas booster.
The one-ton capsule and the At
'las rocket assembly apparently
sank in the Atlantic 4 to 12 miles
off Cape Canaveral.
Twenty minutes after launch
project officials reported that
“something catastrophic — per
haps an explosion or structural
disintegration —- occurred which
terminated the test.”
A spokesman said that if a man
had been riding in the capsule it
would have carried an 16-foot es
cape tower that could have rock
eted the man away from the ex
ploding missile.
——
Scandinavian Press Irked
At President Eisenhower
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, UP) —
The Scandinavian press today
charged President Eisenhower
with risking U.S. relations with
foreign friends to make political
capital at home.
In their second day of heated
comment, Swedish and Danish
newspapers said the President
had blundered and didn’t know
what he was talking about in his
remarks to a Republican party
gathering in Chicago Wednesday.
Advocating a middle - of - the -
road policy, Eisenhower cited the
“soaring record of suicides, drunk
enness and lack of ambition” in
a friendly European nation with
a socialist sys'em. He didn’t name
the country, but Norway, Sweden
and Denmark all have socialist
governments.
Alaska’s GOP Delegation
Satisfied With Ticket
CHICAGO, l/fl—Alaska’s dele
gation to the Republican Conven
tion headed for home today, well
satisfied with the party’s ticket of
Richard M. Nixon and Henry
Cabot Lodge.
The six-vote delegation, headed
by Robert Groseclose of Fair
banks, cast its unanimous ballot
lagt night to make the present
United Nations Ambassador the
party’s vice presidential nominee.
Jack White of Anchorage, said
he would have been happier with
a three-man team, with a Mid
westerner for Vice President and
Lodge as the potential Secretary
if State.
But he said he considered Nixon
and Lodge a “fine ticket” and he
would work hard in its behalf.
U.S. Rocket Subs May
Use British Ports
LONDON, —The Foreign Of
fice said today Britain and the
United States are discussing the
use of British ports for the “re
plenishment” of American rocket
firing submarines.
A spokesman told reporters at
a news conference agreement has
yet to be reached.
CHICAGO, (/Pt — Sen. Thruston
B. Morton of Kentucky was un
animously reelected chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee today.
Morton’s re-election was recom
mended by a special committee
which had conferred with Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
The committee, headed by
Meade Alcorne of Connecticut, re
ported that Nixon, GOP presi
dential nominee, and President
Eisenhower favored retention of
Morton.
Thi •ee Alaskan
Airlines Receive
Safety Awards
CHICAGO, I/P) — Twenty-one
U. S. passenger airlines received
awards for outstanding 1959 safe
ty records yesterday from the
National Safety Council.
Awards are made for each cal
endar year to airlines which do
not have a fatal accident and
whose major accident rate is
lower than the averagt for their
class.
Twelve fatal accidents occur
red in domestic operations in
1959, killing 257 persons — 209
passengers, 40 crew members and
8 others not in aircraft.
The 1959 passenger death rate
was .69 deaths per 100 million
passenger miles on domestic
flights. This was the eighth con
secutive year the rate was less
than 1. The lowest rate on record
is .09 for 1954.
Airlines receiving the awards in
cluded: Pacific Northern Airlines,
Alaska Airlines and Alaska Coast
al Airlines.
President Names New
Assistant Secty. of State
DENVER, I/P)—President Eisen
hower today picked a new assist
ant Secretary of State for Latin
American affairs but the White
House said it means no change in
policy toward Latin nations.
The President chose Roy R. Ru
bottom, now the assistant secre
tary for that area, to be ambassa
dor to Argentina.
He announced selection of
Thomas C. Mann to succeed Ru
buttom as Assistant Secretary for
Latin American affairs.
Mann —a career diplomat as
Rubuttom is —now is Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs.
Freight Rate Hearing
Continues In Seattle
SEATTLE, UP) — Melville Mc
Kinstry, vice president and gen
eral manager of Alaska Steam
ship Co., completed his testimony
Thursday afternoon in the Fed
eral Maritime Board’s hearing
into a 10 per cent increase in
freight rates to Alaska.
Attorneys said the next wit
ness would be Dr. Robert Nelson,
a professor at the University of
Washington, testifying about rates
of return .The hearing resumed
here Monday after sessions at An
chorage last week and a previous
week’s hearing here.
Students will be Permitted
To Continue Russia Tour
MOSCOW, UP) — Unofficial re
ports today indicated a group of
Western students arrested for dis
tributing “Amerika” magazine
will be permitted to continue
their tour of the Soviet Union.
The students including four or
five Americans, were held for
four hours Thursday by Soviet
police who accused them of dis
turbing the peace. The students
were later told to leave the coun
try immediately but are still here.
MAN BITES DOG
PORTO D’ASCOLI, Italy, UP)—A
man bit a dog and made news
here.
Mario Falleroni, 26, got fed up
with a friend’s police dog that
kept nipping his ankles. Finally
he picked up the dog and bit its
nose.
Lumumba Refuses To
See Russian Envoy
WASHINGTON, (UP — Premier
Patrice Lumumba refused to
grant a private audience to the
top Soviet diplomat in Washing
ton, the Evening Star reported
today.
The Star said Mikhail Smirnov
sky, now heading the Soviet Em
bassy as Charge d’Affaires, was
kept waiting half an hour last
night at Blair House and finally
was told the Premier did not wish
to receive any callers.
Lumumba stayed at Blair
House, the official guest house,
while he was in Washington.
Sitka Policeman Shot
While Serving Papers
SITKA, UP) —A routine service
of legal papers signed the death
warrant for a city patrolman last
evening.
Doris Wayne Barber, 33, was
killed by a single rifle shot thru
the heart as he approached the
door of a trailer located on the
outskirts of Sitka.
Also dead is Huston, Heird, 47,
a logger, who shot down the ap
proaching police officer.
Barber is survived by his wife,
Joyce and four children. Heird is
survived by a son, Ronny, 13.
Police said a woman had come
to them to aid her in getting her
belongings from Heird’s trailer.
During the day police officers
had twice tried to serve legal
papers on Heird but both times
the trailer was locked.
CAB Finds Dynamite Blast
Caused Crash of Airliner
At Bolivia, S.C., Jan. 6
WASHINGTON, W— The Civil
Aeronautics Board today said that
a dynamite blast near the seat of
heavily-insured passenger caused
a plane crash killing 34 persons
at Bolivia, S.C., Jan. 6.
The board’s report did not
make any attempt to fix the
blame for the explosion, saying
that was a matter for the FBI
to determine.
But, it noted that Julian Frank,
New York attorney who carried
more than a million dollars worth
of accident and life insurance pol
icies was “in close proximity to
the dynamite charge when the
detonation occurred.”
CHICAGO NEGRO TEENAGERS
STAGE STREET "RUMBLE"
CHICAGO, OP) — Two gangs of
Negro teen - agers, some armed
with guns, others with crude wea
pons, clashed on a west side street
corner Thursday night in what
police called a vengeance fight.
Before it was over one youth lay
dead, another injured.
Negroes and white persons hurl
ed rocks and Insults at each other
at a swimming pool and police
rounded up more members of a
Negro gang said to be responsible
for a series of rapes and robberies.
About 25 members of the Egyp
tian Cobras and Vice Lords gangs
participated in t,he street clash
which was marked by gunfire.
12th Nuclear Sub Joins Fleet
GROTON, Conn., (fl>)—’The USS
Scorpion, the Navy’s 12th nuclear
powered submarine, joined the
fleet today.
The whale - shaped submarine,
first sister ship of the high-speed
USS Skipjack, was welcomed into
the service at a commissioning
ceremony at the yards of Electric
Boat Division of General Dyna
mic Corp., her builder.
U.S. Rep. Van Zant
Coming to Nome
Sunday Evening
U.S. Rep. James E. Van Zant
of Pennsylvania will arrive in
Nome Sunday and stay overnight.
Van Zant is a member of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee and of the Joint Atomic En
ergy Committee. He is on a six
day tour of the Alaskan Com
mand and besides the large mili
tary bases will visit several re
mote sites.
The Pennsylvanian has had a
distinguished career both militar
ily and politically. He served in
the U.S. Navy in both world wars
and the Korean conflict. He has
also served in the 76th, 77th, 78th,
and 81st to 86th Congresses.
His wartime medals include the
Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star,
the Philippine Legion of Honor,
and the Distinguished Service
Medal of the VFW.
Rep. Van Zant is accompanied
by Edward J. Bowzer, a consult
ant with the Atomic Energy Com
mittee, Col. Chitty and Col. Judy
of the Alaskan Command; and
Maj. Hansen and Capt. Schroeder
from Washington, D.C.
A welcoming committee is be
ing formed to greet Congressman
Van Zant. and his party Sunday
at 7:45 Sunday evening at the
airport. A no-host breakfast is
planned at 7:30 Monday morning
at the North Star, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce. Rep
resentation from other civic or
ganizations is urged.
Truman Will Campaign
For Demo Ticket After
Talk With Sen. Johnson
KANSAS CITY, Ml—Sen. Lyn
don Johnson and Harry Truman
conferred for 45 minutes today
after which the former President
announced he would campaign
for the Democratic ticket.
Johnson, Democratic vice pre
sidential nominee, lunched with
Truman on a brief stop here en
route to Hyannis Port, Mass., for
a conference with Sen. John Ken
nedy, the party’s presidential
nominee.
After the meeting, Johnson said
they discussed “ways to stand up
to the dictators of the world, how
to campaign for the vice presi
dency and how to return the gov
ernment to sound leadership.”
Russian Calls Lodge "Good Man"
NEW YORK, W)—Arkady Sobo
lev, the Soviet Union’? permanent
representative to the United Na
tions, today called Henry Cabot.
Lodge, his frequent adversary, “a
good man.”
After he smilingly said that
Lodge is “a good man,” Sobolev
was asked if he would miss him
at the U.N.
Sobolev then said the United
States probably would have “an
other good man” to replace Lodge.
Rocky Gives Dick an "E"
CHICAGO, W—Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York intro
duced the GOP presidential nomi
nee in glowing terms at the con
vention Thursday night, but gave
him the wrong middle initial.
Rockefeller wound up present
ing “Richard E. Nixon,” accenting
each syllable and the initial for
dramatic effect.
Nixon’s middle initial is M for
Milhous.