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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LXI No. 91 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1959_Per Copy—15^
Nixon to Make Televised Speech to
The Russian People Saturday Night
By JOHN SCALI
MOSCOW, UP) — Vice President
Nixon returned today from a fly- j
ing Siberian-Ural trip and prom- ]
ised to answer Soviet hecklers in
a televised speech to the Russian
people Saturday night.
He called off all appointments at
the American Embassy tonight as
well as most of Saturday. At Mos
cow Airport, Nixon in effect
urged the Russians to hear and
see his address.
Talking into a microphone, he
said:
“When I speak tomorrow night
at 8 o’clock I will discuss and
answer some of the questions I
got during the trip. I will also
give my impressions of the Soviet
economy, the managers, workers
and people.”
Nixon called his fast-moving,
five-day trip outside Moscow “very
interesting.” The Russian people,
he said, are very friendly to
Americans even as the people of
the United States are toward the
people of the USSR.
“I found a common interest in
finding ways to peace,” he said.
“I heard on every side the word
‘mir druzhba’ — peace and friend
ship.”
Nixon, accompanied by his wife
and his 30-member official party,
flew into the Soviet capitol aboard
a Russian TU104 jet. It whisked
him in two hours from the Ural
industrial- city of Sverdlovsk, 850
miles away.
Nixon seemed tired after his
5,000-mile tour in the Soviet
Union.
In ending his stay in the Soviet
hinterland, Nixon appealed for
world leaders to settle their poli
tical disputes so that Soviet and
American scientists could devote
their full time to peaceful atomic
wTork instead of atomic bombs.
Inspects Soviet Atomic Plant
Nixon made his plea after trav
eling deep into a Siberian birch
forest to inspect the site of a So
viet atomic power plant. He found
^ swarm of some 3,000 men and
women workers, but the plant was
only half as big as expected.
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rick
over, father of the U. S. atomic
submarine, accompanied Nixon
and seconded his words with an
invitation to the Soviet engi
neers at the plant to tour Amer
ican atomic installations.
Nixon, looking out over the
maze of semi-finished brick and
concrete buildings, told the work
men: “This is the most hopeful
use of the atom. We look forward
to the time when we can devote
all our efforts to opening up great
new vistas for both our people
rather than production of atomic
weapons.”
Soviet engineers applauded
Nixon’s views.
Education Chief
Shows Problems
Facing New State
WASHINGTON, OP — Imagine
running a school system with one
school in South Carolina and an
other in northern Minnesota. That
gives some idea of education prob
lems in Alaska.
“That’s how far our schools
can be spread out,” said Howard
A. Matthews, Alaska’s Commis
sioner of Education.
“We not only have a range in
distance, but also a variety from
very small and remote schools to
big and crowded ones in the ci
ties,” Matthews said.
In addition to special prob
lems, Matthews said Alaska faces
many of the difficulties of other
school systems such as crowding.
“In the past five years, our
population in the 5 to 7 year age
group has increased by 83 per
cent,” he said.
Because Russia is only some 50
miles across the Bering Strait from
Alaska, residents are particularly
anxious about the shortage of
technical personnel to man the
nation’s defenses, Matthews said.
“We Alaskans get our greatest
sense of security in knowing the
federal government has recognized
the urgency of this need for
trained personnel by enactment of
the National Defense Education
‘‘Act of 1958,” he said.
Among other things, Matthews
talked with officials of the U. S.
Office of Education about the
Alaskan plan to accelerate its
science and modern foreign lan
guage program with federal
grants.
“Interest in the Russian lan
guage is not new in Alaska due
to our proximity, but with fed
eral funds we expect consider
able improvement in our lan
guage program,” he said.
I Bartlett Stresses Futility
| Of Shipping Surplus
J Goods From Alaska
j WASHINGTON, UP) — Senator
Bob Bartlett yesterday urged
support of his bill that would al
low the government to turn over
surplus equipment to Alaska.
The bill, in which Senator Er
nest Gruenin'g join in sponsoring
would indefinitely extend an act
that allowed the action but which
expired when Alaska became a
state.
Bartlett told a Senate govern
ment operations subcommittee it
would be “costly and foolhardy”
to ship heavy equipment from
Alaska to government surplus
centers.
Nehru Throws Out Red
Governors for Political
Unrest in Kerala State
NEW DELHI, India, UP)—Prime
Minister Nehru’s government to
day forced the Communist gov
ernment of Kerala state out of
office on the grounds it was un
able to rule peacefully under the
Indian constitution.
This placed the steaming south
Indian state under the rule of the
central government in New Del
hi. The action followed more
than a month of violence by anti
communist groups in Kerala.
The Communists won a two
vote majority in the state assem
bly ir elections in 1957. Their
popular >’ote was less than half
of the total, but divisions among
the apposition gave them the vic
tory.
ARCTIC BROADCASTING
APPLICATION O-K'D
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Fed
eral Communications Commission
yesterday granted several appli
cations for radio stations includ
ing Nome, Alaska, Arctic Broad
casting Association, 850 kilocycles,
5. kilowatts, unlimited time.
New Army
Commander
For Alaska
WASHINGTON, UP) — Major
General John H. Michaelis, whose
next assignment is to command
the Army’s troops in Alaska, is
glad he’s leaving “fascinating . . .
frustrating” Washington.
“Maybe I’ll have time to do
some fishing and get to know
my kids again,” he said.
Michaelis, 46, who won fame in
the Korean war as commander of
the 27th Infantry (Wolfhound)
Regiment, is completely occupied
at the moment with finishing his
chores as the Army’s chief of
legislative liaison.
His last three years in Wash
ington, working 12 hours a day,
have been both “fascinating and
frustrating,” he said.
“This has been the most edu
cational assignment I’ve ever
had,” he said in an interview
at his Pentagon office.
The frustration came, he said,
in the constant battle to get suf
ficient money from the Adminis
tration and Congress to keep the
Army in fighting trim.
Michaelis describes his job
here as “salesman for the Army.”
“I have to make the Army pro
gram palatable and sell it,” he
said.
The product should be appeal
ing with Michaelis as its sales
man. He has smartly graying hair
and an affable personality. Rows
of fruit salad — ribbons from
many campaigns — adorn his
tunic.
Michaelis said he is leaving the
liaison post with a feeling of some
accomplishment.
“For the first time in recent
years Congress seems really
aware of the need to modernize
our Army and all other forces,”
he said.
“Whether we all wear the same
uniform doesn’t matter. Those of
us who have lived and grown up
under joint commands have no
antagonism with other services.
“It is only in Washington that
you see inter service rivalry.
Washington bureaucracy must
catch up with what has been
going on in the field since World
War II.”
He said he expects to enjoy
his new post at Ft. Richardson,
both from the troop command
point of view and because of the
newness of statehod in Alaska.
“You know,” he said, “The city
of Fairbanks is closer* to Moscow
than it is to Washington. “If this
(Alaska) were a foreign nation on
our flank there is no question
that we would be pouring money
into it.”
“I was almost born in Alaska,”
he said, explaining that his par
ents moved to San Francisco just
before he was born. Michaelis’
father, an Army officer, had been
stationed at Haines.
THURSDAY BASEBALL SCORES
(By The Associated Press) **
National League
San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 2.
Milwaukee 6, Chicago 2.
St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 0.
Pittsburgh 5, Los Angeles 4.
American League
Kansas City 5, Washington 1.
Cleveland 4, Boston 3.
Chicago 3, New York 1.
Detroit 11, Baltimore 2.
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 4, Seattle 2.
Portland 3, Sacramento 1.
Phoenix 4, Vancouver 2.
Spokane 10, Salt Lake 4.
Russians Flock to American Exhibit
Despite Criticism by Moscow Papers
By A. I. GOLDBERG
MOSCOW, UP> — The American
exhibition is the biggest hit in
town, and it looks like every
-knock is a boost.
Sharp criticism of the fair in
Moscow newspapers has only
sharpened Soviet curiosity about
the exhibit. When Soviet citi
zens stream under the wonder
dome and around the displays
filling the glass pavilion, they
give every evidence of a sincere
interest in what is being shown.
The young American guides say
almost all the questioners are
friendly. They deny they have
felt any personal animosity such
as implied by the Soviet press.
The Communist detractors of
the fair are probably learning the
publicity man’s first lesson — say
anything you want as long as you
spell the name right and you’ve
got it made.
The crowd yesterday — the
sixth day of the fair — looked
bigger than ever, and there was
a festive air throughout the fair
grounds.
Sharpshooting in the Moscow
papers let up a bit, possibly be
cause so much space was devoted
to the foreign affairs speech by
Premier Khrushchev in the
Ukraine.
But the Army newspaper Red
Star had a fling at Ramac (the
electronic question - and - answer
machine).
Citing the Associated Press story
that Ramac was closed down to
avoid dust damage to its delicate
machinery, Red Star jibed:
“Our opinion is that it is not
because the mechanical guide has
swallowed a certain amount of
dust. The machine is tired of ly
ing. It is on strike.”
The concrete dust which blan
keted exhibits and fair personnel
appeared licked in the dome show
room by a quick overnight as
phalt flooring job. Most of the
floor of the glass pavilion was
also given a new covering. Now
it’s a pleasure to walk through
the area, without clouds of dust
rising up.
Second Nuclear
Carriei^To Be
Started Soon
WASHINGTON, UP^Funds for
! the start of a second big nuclear
aircraft carrier have been in
j eluded in a bill providing just
under 40 billion dollars for U- S.
armed forces this fiscal year.
The compromise bill worked
out Thursday by Senate-House
conferees still needs final House
and Senate approval. It adds up
to about the total President Eis
enhower asked — 3914 billion
dollars in new funds plus trans
fer authority of* more than 400
million previously voted b y
Congress.
The measure carries an extra
45 million dollars to increase the
Marine Corps to 200,000 men. The
Administration proposed a 175,
000-man ceiling. An additional 170
million was provided to hold Army
reserves at 300,000 men and the
Army National Guard at 400,000
— 10 per cent above the total
asked by the Pentagon.
The Senate had voted 380 mil
lion dollars for the full cost of
the nuclear carrier. The House
provided no funds for it. The con
ferees agreed on 35 million to
start the vessel which will take
about four years to build.
Fishing Vessel Building
Subsidies Approved in
House Marine Committee
WASHINGTON, UFl — A bill to
authorize subsidies of one million
dollars a year over the next three
years on domestic construction of
fishing vessels was approved to
day by the House Merchant Ma
rine and Fisheries Committee yes
terday.
The federal government would
pay one third of the cost of build
ing fishing vessels in domestic
shipyards in order to offset lower
costs in foreign yards. Present
law requires all American ves
sels to be -built at home.
Representative James C. Oliver
(D-Mainei said the New England
fishing fleet has become prac
tically obsolete. The bill, he said,
should permit construction of six
or seven new vessels each day.
Ketchikan Lass Crowned
State’s First Miss Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Iff) — A tall bru
nette was selected as the state’s
first Miss Alaska last night.
The winner was Alansa Carr,
21, Ketchikan. She was chosen
over other northern beauties from
Nome, Seward and Anchorage.
Miss Alaska’s five foot 8V£ fig
ure is proportioned 35-24-36. Her
talent was dramatic reading.
RECORD HAWAIIAN VOTE
HONOLULU, Iff) — Hawaiians
cast a record 170,119 votes in their
first state election Tuesday.
The old mark was 154,329, set
last November.
The Tuesday figure was 93 per
cent of Hawaii’s 182,987 regis
trants, the official tabulation
showed Thursday.
JAPAN TO LAUNCH SATELLITE
TOKYO, Iff) — Japan hopes to
launch its first earth satellite in
1963.
The Japanese astronautic devel
opment committee said the satel
lite launching will be part of a
five-year program including fir
ing of rockets for studies of ty
phoons, space health and space
communications.
Many Escape Death In
Eastern Train Derailment
MENOMONIE, Wis., (ff)—Forty
seven persons suffered injuries
that required hospital treatment
and 60 others were less seriously
hurt yesterday when the last seven
cars of a Chicago and North
Western railway passenger train
whipped from the rails on a north
western Wisconsin hillside.
Many of the 209 passengers on
the 11-car train escaped death
when the cars rolled 20 feet down
a steep bluff overlooking heavily
traveled U. S. Highway 12.
The train was the “Twin Ci
ties 400” and was southbound to
Chicago from Minneapolis and St.
Paul. It was rounding a bend at
an estimated 50 miles an hour
when the cars went off the tracks
about 50 miles east of St. Paul,
Minn.
Railroad officials said they did
not know what caused the wreck.