Interior Will Try
J
Seatrain Service
To Cut Costs
WASHINGTON, UR—Interior
Secretary McKay said Tuesday
the department will promote sea
train service to Alaska in the
hope of cutting transportation
costs, even though it may cause
some changes in other lines of
transportation.
But, the secretary added, the
department will not “play favor
ites” as between rail and motor
truck transportation despite its
ownership of the Alaska Railroad.
“For many years, students of
Alaska economic problems hsvs
pointed to high transportation
costs and inadequate service as
principal obstacles in the way of
developing Alaska’s resources,”
Secretary McKay said. “In the In
terior Department we have been
doing everything we can to bring
those costs down, and we intend
to keep on doing so. The proposed
trainship is one step in that direc- j
tion.”
The trainship service involves
provision of roll-on, roll-off car
ferry operation to Alaska on two
vessels proposed to be built by
the Alaska Steamship Co., provid
ed financing arrangements can be
made, McKay explained.
"Because of the vital necessity
to Alaska of cheaper and better
transportation,” Secretary McKay
said, “we could not agree to any
policy of discouraging transporta
tion improvements like the pro
. posed seatrain because of their ef
fect on existing lines of trade. We
are hopeful that, with cheaper
and better transportation, Alaska
will continue to grow in popula
tion and wealth as it should.”
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! Knowland and Benson
! Agree Farm Bill Passed
By Senate Is Unworkable
WASHINGTON, UPL-Senate Re
I publican Leader Knowland said
Tuesday Secretary of Agriculture
Benson regards the Senate ap
proved farm bill as “unworkable."’
The California senator predict
ed Benson will recommend a pres
idential veto unless the measure
is modified.
The Senate passed the omnibus
farm bill 93-2 Monday after load
ing it with amendments the ad
ministration had opposed. Sen.
Aiken (R-Vt> said it contains fea
tures that would warrant “three
or four vetoes.”
The bill now goes to a Senate
House conference committee for
reconciliation of the many differ
ences in separate bills passed by
the two branches of Congress.
Knowland said it is “the hope
of everyone, including the Presi
dent, that the conferees may mod
ify the bill, which we, believe is
unworkable in many respects in
its present form.”
, Refugee Butcher Put
j Communist Inspectors
On Ice to Make Escape
BERLIN, (ft—A refugee butcher
was quoted Tuesday as saying he
escaped from East Germany by
putting three Communist officials
on ice.
He told the story to a West Ger
man newspaper without allowing
use of his name.
He said he locked the three offi
cials in the refrigeration compart
ment of his shop in Leipzig, fled
90 miles to Allied West Berlin and
then notified Communist authori
ties by postcard where to find the
three men who had come to arrest
him.
The three—a state security
agent, a city councilman and a
party official—were trying to
gather evidence to prove charges
of black ^marketing, the butcher
said.
Vernon Olson Completes
Army Basic Training
FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska
—Pvt. Vernon R. Olson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Olson of
Seward, recently completed 16
weeks of Army basic training at
Fort Richardson and is now as
signed to the Port of Whittier.
The 22-year-old private was
graduated from the Post’s Train
ing Detachment Mar. 10 and as
signed as a supply handler at
Whittier.
A graduate of Nome High
School, Pvt. Olson attended the
University of Alaska for oi>e year
before entering the Army in No
vember 1955. He formerly was
employed as a surveyor in Cor
dova.
STRAYED: HORSE-FACE
HOUSTON, (A*)—The Houston
police missing persons bureau re
ceived a request from a Dallas
woman for help in locating her
husband, whom she said had de
; serted her and three children.
The police wrote back and
asked for a description of the
missing husband. Yesterday they
got an answer.
“He has a flat forehead and a
large nose and mouth,” she wrote.
"All in all, he looks like a horse.”
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Nehru Plans Talks
With Eisenhower
Next July in U.S.
WASHINGTON M*)—Prime Min
ister Nehru of India plans to visit
the United States in July for talks
with President Eisenhower and
other officials, the White House
announced Tuesday.
An invitation was extended to
Nehru by Secretary of State Dul
les during their meeting in New
Delhi earlier this month.
The White House announce
ment said the U.S. visit of the
Indian leader will be “an informal
one.” It said Nehru’s talks with
the president “will cover matters
of mutual interest between the
two countries.”
Nehr.u will arrive here July 6 or
7, coming directly from the Com
monwealth Prime Ministers Con
ference in London. ,
Eisenhower has offered Nehru
the use of the presidential plane,
the Columbine III, for the flight
from London, the White House
said.
The Indian Prime Minister is
expected to leave the United
States on the Columbine July 10
or 11, returning to London.
MARGARET TRUMAN
TO WED APRIL 21
WHERE PARENTS DID
NEW YORK (An—Margaret Tru
man will marry newspaperman
Clifton Daniel April 21 in the
same little Missouri church where
her parents were wed 37 years
ago.
The 32-vear-old daughter of
former President Truman told a
news conference Monday the
“very simple ceremony" will take
place at 4 p.m. in the Trinity
Episcopal Church at Indepen
dence, Mo.
Miss Truman said “it’s up to”
her 43-year-old silver-haired fi
ance to decide on honeymoon
plans. Daniel, assistant to the for
eign news editor of the New York
Times, did not attend the confer
ence.
After the honeymoon, the cou
ple will return to New York and
start apartment hunting.
GRETA GARBO INHERITS
$772 FROM SWEDISH UNCLE
KALMAR, Sweden, (An—Greta
Garbo inherited 4,000 kronor
<$772> Tuesday from an uncle who
worked a farm near this south
Swedish city. The will of Alex
Johansson bequeathed a like sum
to Garbo’s brother, Sven Gustafs
son.
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