Passenger Travel in
Alaska Shows an Increase
Total 1960 passenger travel to
and from Alaska—tourists, Alas
kans traveling outside, trucking,
and others—amounted to 384,401
travelers, or 21,525 persons more
than in 1959, the Alaska Dept, of
Commerce announced recently.
July was again the most popu
lar month with 64,757 persons on
the move to and from the big
state. ' :;?i: . " ■ . •’ 'JL
1960 airline traffic to and from
Alaska increased a whopping 12.0
per cent. Total highway traffic
declined a light 2.2 per cent in
1960 despite the fact that pas
senger traffic across the Alaska
Highway was up 3.6 per cent.
Airlines carried 65.6 per cent
of the total traffic, highways car
ried 29.1 per cent and steamships
contributed 5.3 per cent of the
total traffic to and from the
state.
During the past decade, total
passenger traffic to and from
Alaska has increased by a re
sounding 138 per cent. In con
trast, the department pointed out,
the population of the state in
creased by 75.8 per cent.
Russians Lay Wreaths
BERLIN UFi — British military
police escorted some 200 Rus
sians into West Berlin to lay three
huge wreaths at the Soviet War
Memorial near the Brandenburg
Gate.
The 15-minute ceremony in the
British sector was part of So
viet celebrations of the 44th an
niversary of the Eolshevik revo
lution.
Lemons contain more sugar
than peaches.
Nikita Says He 1
Will Drop Tests
When Others Stop
MOSCOW UD — Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev told a cluster
of newsmen, at a reception that
the Soviet Union will drop nuclear
testing “when the others stop.”
Earlier, he acknowledged that nu
clear testing is harmful to health.
“We will stop when the others
stop,” Khrushchev said in an
swer to a question by correspon
dents. “If the West continues
testing there will be more tests
here.”
This was a reflection of the So
viet device of blaming the West
for 'beginning the testing of nu
clear weapons, although actually
the moratorium was broken by
the Soviet Union.
To further questions at a party
honoring the 44th anniversary of
the Bolshevik revolution, Khrush
chev also said the Soviet Union
does not want to hustle the West
into a needlessly fast response on
the Berlin question. But when
asked how long the Soviet Union
would wait he replied, “not in
definitely.”
Khrushchev also denied reports
published in the West that three
Soviet cosmonauts had been kill
ed in mid-October in an attempt
ed launching of a Sputnik. More
over, he added, no immediate
launching of another manned
Sputnik is contemplated.
He conceded nuclear tests are
harmful to health but insisted
universal disarmament is the only
answer.
“There is talk of the harmful
effects of experimental nuclear
explosions on peoples’ health,”
the Soviet Premier was quoted by
the Soviet news agency Tass.
“Yes, it has been scientifically
established that they are harm
ful to health.
“But the use of fKjpiear weapons
in work'd million time* more
dangerous, not only for the j
very lives of people—for it is
clear that these weapons are not
being produced to be kept in
storage.” S|jP •
Khrushchev said the Soviet
Union would “be glad if it were
possible not only to test these
weapons, but also to rid man
kind of them entirely.”
Jack-In-The-Box
ROCHESTER, g N. Y. M —
Thieves who took a carton from
a truck were in for a surprise.
The carton contained 12 jack-in
the-boxes.
Sharp Earthquake Jolts
Portland-Vancouver Area
PORTLAND — A sharp
earthquake jolted the Portland
Vancouver area and much of
Northwest Oregon and Southwest
ern Oregon about 5:30 Monday
evening. There were no reports
of injuries or extensive damage.
At Seattle, Dr. Frank Neu
mann, University of Washington
seismologist, said a tremor cen
tered north of the Portland srea
and registered between 6 and 7 on
the Mercalli scale of 12, equiva
lent to 5 on the Richter scale
of 8V4. He said there were two
separate shocks, about lVfe min
utes apart.
Reports of the quake came from
as far west as the coastal com
munity of Tillamook, and as far
east as Hood River. A distance
of roughly 125 miles. The tremor
was also felt as far north as St.
Helen? and as far south as the
Detroit River Dam area about 50
miles east of Salem. It is about
140 miles from St. Helens to the
Detroit Dam.
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VA to Close 161
One-Man Contact Offices
WASHINGTON UFI — The Vet
erans Administration plans to
close its 161 one-man contact of
fices, including the one in Fair
banks, by the end of the year.
A spokesman said yesterday af
fected employes will be absorbed
to the extent possible in other
activities and normal attrition is
expected to provide places for
most of them.
Remaining open will be 273
contact locations including 35
larger contact offices, 67 region*
al offices and 171 hospitals, with
767 contact officers and repre-1
sentatives, VA said.
VA recalled that shortly after
World War 11 ended it had ex
panded operations so that it had
1,049 contact offices. As demand
for such services dwindled the
number of contact offices was
reduced.
The one-man office in Fairbanks
will be closed Dec. 29.
■...
Fire Flashes Through
USS Constellation—4 Die
WASHINGTON — Flames
flashed through the machinery
room of the hard-luck USS Con
stellation, taking the lives at four
men and injuring nine others as
the sleek new aircraft carrier
cruised on its trial run.
The Navy said the ship—bit
toy a major tolaze in drydock that
killed 50 men last December
suffered only minor damage in
Monday’s fire. The blaze broke
out when fuel oil apparently was
accidentally sprayed onto a hot
steam line.
The fire was under control
within 10 minutes, Capt. Thomas
Walker, commanding officer, said
in a statement released by the
Pentagon.
The Navy said "the apparent
cause of the fire was the failure
of a fuel oil service pump re
lease valve which permitted a
flange to separate spraying fuel
oil on a 1100 degree Fahrenheit
steam line.”
‘T’ve never met a healthy per
son who worried much about his
health, or a good person who
worried much about his soul.”
—John S. Haldane
Demos Grab
Victories in New
York and Jersey
Democrats have captured both
prizes in the two big elections,
grinding out an upset by elect
| ing the Governor in New Jersey
and easily winning the New York
mayoral race.
Both elections yesterday were
intently watched by politicians
who regarded them as important
in gauging how the political winds
may blow in 1962 and 1964.
In New York, Robert Wagner
breezed past Republican Louis
Lefkowitz and independent Law
rence Gerosa to win his third
term as mayor, as had been ex
pected.
Across the Hudson River voters
overturned predictions and elected
Democrat Richard Hughes over
Republican James Mitchell in the
contest for Governor.
Both parties had wheeled their
big guns into the New Jersey cam
paign. President Kennedy and
former President Harry Truman
campaigned for Hughes. Former
President Eisenhower campaigned
for Mitchell.
Mitchell held out overnight but
finally conceded defeat this morn
ing when the count in all but 14
of the state’s election districts
showed him more than 40,000 be
hind.
Virgina voters followed tra
dition by giving Democrat Al
bertis Harrison Jr.—and the state
organization of U.S. Sen. Harry
Byrd—a one-sided victory over
Republican Clyde Pearson in the
race for governor.
In Kentucky, however, Repub- i
licans cracked 28 years of Demo
cratic rule in Louisville by sweep
ing into the mayor’s office and
other top posts. The GOP also
sewed up surrounding Jefferson
County for the first time in 16
years.
In Washington, Republican Na
tional Chairman William Miller
called the Kentucky victories “a
good omen for 1962” and a “vic
j tory of major proportions.”
The chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, John Bailey,
said Wagner’s victory was a re
buff to New York Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller’s “efforts to use the
New York mayoralty campaign
to advance his own personal na
tional ambitions and a warning to
him that he faces a hard fight for
re-election as Governor.”
In New Jersey Hughes was a
relative unknown, a former state
judge who campaigned in hun
dreds of towns and came from be
hind to win.
Mitchell was a nationally known
figure as a member of the Ei
senhower cabinet. He had to limp
through the campaign on a 'brok
en leg.
New Jersey has had a reputa
tion for never staying long in
either party’s stall. Since the turn
of the century it has elected 10
Democrats and nine Republicans
as governors.
A BRIEF LECTURE ...
SAN FRANCISCO m — A ma
tron who lives on plush Pacific
Heights sent her cook to vote for
her yesterday.
When election officials turned
the cook away, the matron indig
nantly called the Registar of
Voters at City Hall.
“I am a fatigued today,” she
said, “and my cook is an obedi
ent giri.” . * #. |
. She received a brief lecture on
political science but it wasn’t
learned whether she ever made
it to the polls to do her own vot
ing. ‘
I In Magistrates Court
Jake Titus was sentenced to 180 ,
days in jail for petty larceny. On
the same charge Frank Avessuk
was sentenced to 60 days in jail
with 30 days suspended.
On drunk charges, Nora Alex
ander was fined $50 and John
Penetac was fined $50 and given
15 days in jail, suspended A pre
vious 15-day suspended sentene©
wa« gjs?;*r'' -
Chuck Keller was bound over
to the Grand Jury on a morals
charge and bond continued at
$10,000. Bill Taylor from the 4th
District Attorneys Office in Fair
banks assisted Bob Erwin in the
preliminary hearing.
ARRIVALS ft DEPARTURES
To Fairbanks: Frank Degnan,
Mrs. J. Burand, Boyd Cook, Gus
Naylor, Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Gill
more and children, Paul Gla
vinovich, (Ralph Ahkinga, John
Smith, Eric Jorgenson, Roy Law
rence, Kenneth McHale, J. Burke,
H. Chavie, Don Hoover, Boyd
Harwood, and Nels Swanberg.
From Fairbanks: Ken Cohen,
Harriet Wongittilin, Perry Ded
riek, Dale Farmer and Bill Tay
lor.
To Kotzebue: Evelyn Conwell,
May Conwell, Joseph Arey, Wil
liam Booth, Jerry Fagerstrom,
Mac Emerson, and Roy Wall.
From Kotzebue: Kate Green, C.
J. Burres, and Audrey Clark.
Seattle Group Consider
Purchase of $1 Million
High-Seas Gaming Casino
SEATTLE UR — A Seattle busi
ness group was reported today to
be considering purchase of a $1
million vessel for use as a cruise
i ship and high-seas gambling ea
11 sino during the World’s Fair. It
would cruise to Southeastern
Alaska.
The ship, now berthed in
Florida, was not identified.
The Seattle Times quoted an
unidentified spokesman as saying:
“We hope to have a Las Vegas
type atmosphere to attract the
visitors who otherwise might be
going to Nevada rather than com
ing to the World’s Fair.”
The plan is to base the ship
here and cruise through Cana
dian waters to Southeastern Alas
ka, the Times said.
Approval would be needed from
several agencies, including the
Coast Guard, the State, City and
Canadian government.
“We want to do this, but it
depends entirely on what kind
of cooperation we can get from
the city and the state and the
rest,” the spokesman was quoted
by the Times.
MALFUNCTION . * ”
LOS ANGELES UR — Because
of an on-orbit malfunction, Dis
coverer 34’s capsule won’t be re
covered.
The Air Force, in making the
announcement yesterday, gave no
further details.
Discoverer 34 was fired into a
Polar orbit last Sunday from
Vandenberg Air Force Base. Six
capsules have been recovered in
the air and two from the ocean.