New York City
School System to
Be Revamped
ALBANY, N. Y. — Gov. Nel
son Rockefeller called upon a
special session of the New York
Legislature today to declare a
state of emergency in the scandal
ridden school system of New York
City.
The Republican-controlled Leg
islature was ready to approve the
GOP Governor’s recommendations
for a series of sweeping reforms.
Minority Democrats balked , at
some details.
The New York City administra
tion is Democratic-controlled.
Rockefeller, in a message pre
pared for the special session, told
the lawmakers: “This crisis in
New York ‘City’s public schools
stems from the reluctance of city
leadership to assume its respon
sibilities and take decisive ac
tion.”
The New York City school sys
tem, which includes a million
pupils, 40,000 teachers, 800 schools
and an annual operating budget
of $650 million, has been beset
by charges of graft and corruption
in bulding programs, hazardous
conditions in present schools and
inefficient administration.
Rockefeller asked the Legisla
ture to:
1. Proclaim a state of emer
gency in the giant school system
throughout the next school year.
2. Authorize Mayor Robert F.
Wagner to appoint a new, nine
member School Board from a se
lect list of 18 nominees to be sub
mitted by a panel of educators
and other community leaders.
3. Require the new board to
make periodic reports of what it
does to eliminate corruption and
otherwise improve conditions in
kthe system.
Mayor Wagner has agreed to
accept the legislation proposed by
the State Education Department.
Army Secty. Stahr
Does Not Look for
War Over West Berlin
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. UR —
A?my Secretary Elvis Stahr Jr.
said today hfe does not look for
war over West Berlin as the
situation is today.
If there were to be war, it
would have started Sunday, he
told a news conference prior to
a speech before the National Con
vention of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
“If there were to be war,” he
said, “that battle group would
not have arrived here (in West
Berlin) yesterday.”
Stahr said the battle group has
greater significance than its 1,500
man strength might imply.
“We are now moving in a new
direction. Sending the battle
group to Berlin is an indication
of our willingness to move.”
He said the Department of the
Army will not allow its conven
tional strength to be reduced for
many years because “we have a
great need for it.”
Defense Dept, to Hire
10,000 Civilian Workers
WASHINGTON UP — The De
fense Department today author
ized the military service to hire
an extra 10,000 civilian workers
as part of the new U. S. defense
buildup.
This will increase the military's
non-uniformed manpower ceilings
from 1,040,000 to 1,050,000.
It will supplement President
Kennedy’s request to add 133,000
to the regular military forces and
for authority to call up 250,000
reserves in order to face the new
Soviet menace.
The new civilian increases will
be allocated as follows:
Army 3,937; Navy 4,437; Air
Force 1,437 and Office of the
Secretary of Defense 189.
The Defense Department said
the Army increase will be for ex
panded support of training cen
ters, supply depots and Army
Ordnance activities.
The Navy increase provides for
a buildup in shipyards and over
haul and repair facilities at Na
val air stations.
The Air Force increase is for
base and Air Force maintenance
requirements associated with the
airborne alert.
The Defense Department in
crease is primarily for the defense
communications plus other small
I adjustments within the depart
1 roent.
The Pentagon added that it has
under consideration further in
creases in the civilian manpower
ceilings.
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Jewish Teen-Agers Told
Inter-Faith Marriages
Threaten Judaism
STARLIGHT, Pa. — Jewish
teen-agers were told Sunday that
Inter - faith marriages threaten
the survival of Judaism and are
a peril of personal happiness.
A report to the 38th annual
convention of the Aleph Zadik
Aleph — Boy’s Division of B’nai
Brith — said:
“Both Christian and Jewish
clergymen have consistently op
posed such marriages not because
they thought their religions su
perior, but because they know
that marriage at best has many
challenges. Where there is reli
gious difference there is an added
and serious hurdle.”
13-Year-Old Wichita Boy
Wins Soap Box Derby
AKRON, Ohio (Jft — Hard work
and listening to his father’s ad
vice brought 13-year-old Richard
Dawson of Wichita, Kan., victory
in the 24th annual All-American
Soap Box 'Derby.
Gary Patchen, 15, of Fort Lau
derdale, Fla., was second, two
feet back; Edmund Wotring Jr.,
13, of Huntington, Va., was third.
Richard, whose winning time
over the 975.4-foot asphalt course
was 28.17 seconds, built his racer
of masonite on the advice of his
father. He started immediately
after he lost in the Wichita Derby
last year.
Communists
Tighten Barricades
Around W. Berlin
BERLIN MB — Communists
tightened their barricades around
West Berlin a bit more today in
the wake of Vice President John
son’s visit. British troops turned
out to keep watch on one wire
stringing job at the zonal border.
British officers said the Com
munists are building an extra
barbed wire fence about six feet
behind one that had been there
for years and apparently intended
to fill the gap with coils of barbed
wire.
A battalion commander. Lt. Col.
Malcolm Sherman, said the British
infantrymen and tanks were
brought out after reports were
received that several hundred
Communist militiamen and the
personnel carriers had been ob
served along the border
This is the first time such a
deployment of Western troops had
been announced publicly in the
current crisis | However, British
soldiers turned out as a precau
tion during German rioting at the
Brandenburg Gate last week.
Within the city, moving van
crews guarded by Communist
troops and police moved East Ber
lin families from their homes on
Harzerstrasse, a little street front
ing on the American sector of
Berlin.
Racial Violence
Flares In England
MIDDLESBROUGH, Eng land
(JPi — Police hauled 36 rioters into
court here today alter 48 hours
of racial violence in this York
sire town.
White men and boys ran through
the non-white district, smashing
windows and hurling rocks, in
the biggest flgreup of racial ten
sion since riots in London’s Not
ting Hill district three years ago.
There were no reports of the
mob injuring any non-whites.
Police with clubs charged the
rioters in a clash that left five j
constables and five civilians
sprawling injured on the side
walks.
The violence flared Saturday
after a white youth was stabbed
to death in the grimy dockland
quarter of the town.
Soon afterward, groups of
whites raided the district and
smashed the windows of cafes
owned by Indians and Pakistanis.
The riots spread over into Sun
day and many Indians and Paki
stanis fled the district with their
families.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy with occasional rain or
drizzle and fog. South winds 15
to 25 mph becoming westerly
this afternoon. Low tonight 45,
high tomorrow 50-55. In the last
24 hours: High of 53, low of 45.
Sunrise at 4:09 a. m., sunset at
7:39 p. m. Temperatures a year
ago today: High of 33, low of 46.
Extremes on this date since 1907:
High of 68 in 1923, low of 24 in
1929.
Mikoyan Charges U.S.
Created Berlin Crisis
TOKYO UP) — Soviet First
Deputy Anastas Mikoyan declared
today the Soviet Union will sign a
separate peace treaty with East
Germany at the end of this year
and told the Western powers that
then “you’ll have to ask them
(the East Germans) for a pass if
you want to enter Berlin.”
“Without it, you won’t get
through,” he declared bluntly in
an arm-waving speech before a
leftist rally attended by an esti
mated 10,000 singing fellow
travelers.
Mikoyan is here supposedly on
a friendly non-political nine-day
visit. He came to open Soviet
Trade Fair, but has been expound
ing Soviet views on international
political affairs at nearlp every
opportunity.
Mikoyan charged the United
States artificially created “the so
called Berlin crisis” and “accuses
the U. S. of ulterior moves.”
Wendell Kay Elected
Chairman of Demo
Central Committee
FAIRBANKS UP) — The State
Central Committee of the Demo
cratic party elected Wendell P.
Kay, Anchorage attorney, as
chairman at a weekend meeting
here.
Kay succeeded John Hellenthal
also of Anchorage, and will hole
office until the next state con
vention.
The committee appointed Wil
liam Emmal, Fairbanks attorney,
to head the Dollars for Demo
crats drive in Alaska. Emmal will
be assisted by sub-chairmen in
each of the major senatorial dis
tricts.
The Central Committee gave
full backing to operation support,
a new organization designed to
bring the program of the national
administration to the grass-roots
level.
Gov. Egan addressed the final
session of the Central Committee
on Sunday and took part in a
lengthy question and answer ;
period on problems and plans of
the administration.
Kay. new Central Committee
chairman, has been active in the
Democratic party since 1946. He
served three terms in the Terri
torial Legislature. He was Speaker
of the House in 1955.
he new chairman was directed
to issue a call of the next state
convention to 'be held at Nome
April 21-22, 1962.
-Lester Bronson and John Mc
Nees have both been in attendance
at the Democratic Central Com
mittee meeting from Nome.
MAN'S NATIONALITY . . .
Danish-born actress Anna Ka
rina says you can always tell a
man’s nationality by introducing
him to a beautiful woman.
Miss Karina told newsmen in
London: “An Englishman shakes
her hand. A Frenchman kisses
her hand. An American asks for
a date. A Russian wires Moscow
for instructions.
Vaccine Rushed to
China to Prevent
Cholera Epidemic
HONG KONG — Vaccine
was rushed here today to help
prevent a cholera epidemic in
southeast China from spreading to
this refugee-packed British col
ony.
The scare spread to Formosa
and the Philippines.
Hong Kong health officials re
ported 8 confirmed cases of
cholera — the first since 1947—
and 13 suspected cases. Social
workers said the total may be as
high as 100 hut they have not
been reported.
The English - language South
China Morning Post reported a
few days ago that cholera had
killed 30.000 in China’s southeast
Kwangtung Province. The Com
munists were reported holding
mass meetings to blame the Amer
icans for the epidemic — raising
the germ-warfare charges they
did in the Korean War.
The scare brought travel be
tween China and Hong Kong to
a virtual standstill.
With supplies of anti-cholera
vaccine running low, shipments
were flown in from Britain, the
United States and a half-dozen
other countries.
Swimming pools are closed,
■ beaches practically deserted and
many restaurants refuse to serve
uncooked dishes.
Ford Motor Co.
Previews 1962 Models
DETROIT m — Ford Motor Co.
showed off a new middle-sized
series and a two-seat Thunder
I bird today as it previewed its
1962 models to the press.
Ford said the average life of
its 33 models offered in 1962 is
expected to be at least 10,000
miles greater than that of present
models.
It said the new Fords are de
signed to require normal main
tenance only twice a year for the
average 12,000-mile-a-year driver.
Donald N. Frey, Division Pro
duct Planning Manager, said
“twice- 2-year maintenance is a
reality on the 1962 model, with
chassis and wheel bearing lubri
cation, fuel filter replacement,
and engine coolant change rec
ommended only every 30,000
miles and oil changes and minor
lubrications only every 6,000
miles.
HOUSE VOTES POSSIBLE
DEATH PENALTY FOR
PLANE HIJACKERS
WASHINGTON OB - .A bin
providing a possible death penalty
for aircraft hijacking was passed
by the House today. The vote
was 373-50.
Similar to a measure previous
ly approved by the Senate, the
bill would authorize the death
penalty, on recommendation of a
jury, when force, violence or
threat of violence had been used
to seize control of a plane
OOL REGISTRATION
I PRE - REGISTRATION: Will be -held in the Multi - Purpose Room August 23 and 24, from 9 to 12 and
i l§k 1 to 4 each diiy. Parents will please register ALL CHILDREN, including High School Students, who are
entering school in September. (Children do not need to be in attendance during registration.)
I HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL REGISTER FOR THEIR CLASSES MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1 TO 4 P.M.