James Nolan Chosen Senate President
And Wendell Kay Speaker of House
JUNEAU, LP)—Here are thumb-'*
nail sketches of the two Demo
crats who were chosen Monday to
handle the gavels during the 22nd
Legislature, President of the Sen
ate James Nolan of Wrangell and
Speaker of the House Wendell
Kay of Anchorage.
Nolan is a Wrangell drugstore
operator who long has been active
in Democratic affairs. He gener
ally is rated as a conservative
member of the party.
Nolan is starting his second
term in the Senate after having
served two terms in the House,
where he was speaker in the spe
cial session pf 1949. His first love
• in the Senate has been service on
the Finance Committee, the group
which has a big load in trimming
appropriation requests to keep the
‘budget in balance.
His friends say that his first
choice this session was to step
into the chairmanship of the Fi
nance Committee rather than to
$eek the presidency.
Presidency Second Choice
■ His choice by the Democrats for
-the presidency was virtually a
“Draft Jim” move. Reliable
sources said he actually cast his
vote for Sen. Howard Lyng tor
the presidency at the Democratic
caucus that decided the outcome.
Nolan has been a resident of
Alaska for 35 years and is known
for his rich Irish tenor upon occa
sion as well as for his drug-dis
pensing and his political activity.
He has served on the South
eastern Alaska Democratic Divi
ional Committee most of the time
since 1930, with a couple of terms
as division chairman.
Kay a Vote-Getter
Wendell Kay, the new speaker
of the House, is an Anchorage at
torney who has a record of never
having lost an election race since
he came to Alaska in 1947.
He is starting his third term in
the House. In the 1952 election he
was the only Democratic member
of the House to survive the Third
Division Republican landslide—
and he did it on a narrow squeak.
He won by seven votes in a race
that ended in a recount while he
waited in Juneau to take his seat.
Kay originally came north as
executive director for the Alaska
Housing Authority. After a year
at that, he started practicing law
at Anchorage. He was graduated |
from the Northwestern University j
law school in 1938 and practiced j
at Centralia, 111., before heeding
the advice “Go north, young man,
go north.”
Nolan's List of Problems
On the problems facing the leg
islature, President Nolan lists
these three as topping the list in
importance: action on the dwin
dling Employment Security Fund;
framing of a budget that can care j
for the territory’s school needs (
and still cover other responsibili- \
ties; and a bill for reorganization
of the territorial government.
Of the budget he says: “That’s ,
a tough one.”
Kay described the statehood j
convention bill as “the one I am
most interested in,” but added:
“There are many problems, in
cluding reorganization and the
serious financial problem of mak
ing ends meet between the budget
and the territory’s income.”
On the relations between the
office of the Republican governor
and the Democratic-controlled
legislature, he says:
“I see no reason why the rela
tions should not be good.”
Time will tell on that point.
It takes about 800 pounds of
steel for a refrigerator, stove,
dishwasher and cabinet sink in a
modern kitchen.
300 Planes of 7th Fleet
Conduct Show of Strength!
North of Formosa
T A I P E H, Formosa, MV—'The
English language China News re
ported some 300 planes of the
U.S. 7th Fleet conducted maneu
vers north of Formosa yesterday.
The newspaper, quoting what it
called reliable sources, said the
'air show was considered here to
be a “show of strength to tell off
the Reds.”
Nationalist four-engine bomb
ers attacked Yikiangshan Island
through a curtain of anti-aircraft
fire in the predawn darkness to
day and caused extensive damage,
official reports said.
Other bombers ranging more
than 30 miles northeast in the Yu
shan Island area sank a 1,500-ton
Chinese Red warship, the reports
said.
A defense ministry communique
said the warship was the target of
eight 500-pound bombs, “most of
which hit their mark.”
The ministry also reported a
flicker of action in the Quemoy
area—notable only for the fact 1t
was the first action there in a
week. The ministry said Red ar
tillery on Tateng fired three shells
at Quemoy but caused no damage.
Tateng is a tiny island between
Quemoy and the Red mainland.
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Paraguay Government
Suppresses Plot Against
President Stroessner
ADUNCION, Paraguay (At—The
Paraguay government announced
Tuesday it had discovered and
suppressed a plot against Gen.
Alfredo Stroessner, President for
less than a year.
Stroessner successfully stage
managed a revolution against the
constitutional president, Dr. Fred
erico Chaves, last April, and him
self took the presidency Aug. 15.
Paraguay has undergone more
than 100 revolutions, and only
two of its Presidents have served
their full terms without resorting
to absolute dictatorship.
The plot < against Strongman
Stroessner, 41, was blamed on Dr.
Eulogio Estigarribia, former lead
er of the Colorado Party, the only
party permitted in this small na
tion of 1,200,000. fcstigarribia was
recently expelled from the party.
The government charged that
Estigarribia was aided by some
civilians, retired army officers,
two officials of the military acad
mey and a group of cadets in the
graduating class of the academy.
At least some of these were re
ported under, arrest.
Convict Loses Arm
In Attempt to Escape
From State Penitentiary
WALLA WALLA, Wash., (A*»—
Tower guards, opening fire after
a warning shot, blasted two es
caping convicts from a makeshift,
bedspring ladder Monday night at
the Washington State Peniten
tiary.
Wounded by slugs from guards’ '
guns in a seven-shot volley were
Vertis Barrett, 28, and Rody Erb,
23. A companion in the escape at
tempt, James Singletary, 21, was
not hit.
A bullet shattered Barrett’s left
arm and late Monday night prison
doctors amputated to save the
prisoner’s . life.
The three convicts, who have
all been involved in three previ
ous escapes or attempted break
outs, were nabbed by yard guards
as they tried to flee back to their
cells.
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