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TEST FIRING
OF ICBM SNARK
REVEALED
WASHINGTON (#>—'The Penta
gon has disclosed the test firing of
an intercontinental guided mis
sile—the Snark—at the Cape
Canaveral, Fla., range.
In an announcement last night,
the Defense Department reported
the firing but gave no details.
The Snark is an Air Force mis
sile which is subsonic in flight
but dives on its target at super
sonic speeds. L^st spring, a snark
refused to respond to controls and
was last reported headed into
the Brazilian jungles.
Earlier, it was reported that a
Jupiter-A missile, fired Wednes
day at the Florida base, was de
stroyed because of mal-function.
The Jupiter-A, an Army device,
was described as a version of the
Redstone missile. The original
Redstone had a range of 200 miles
but the Jupiter-A is said to have
a considerably greater range.
The regular Jupiter is classified
as an IRBM in the 1500-mile
range.
Adm. Arleigh Burke, chief of
naval operations, said yesterday;
the intercontinental ballistic mis
sile (ICBM) does not make other
weapons obsolete.
“It’s a good thing we have
ways of getting to them (the Rus
sians),” he said in an interview
after returning from an inspection
of the 7th Fleet in the Pacific.
State Jury Acquits
Race Track Clerk
In Portland Vice Probe
PORTLAND, Ore., (ff)—Thomas
E. Maloney, accused of bribe con
spiracy in Portland’s vice investi
gation, was acquitted last night
by a state circuit court jury.
Maloney, a 54-year-old Seattle
and Spokane race track clerk, was
accused of plotting with former
Dist. Atty. William Langley and
Joseph McLaughlip, a Seattle
aardroom operator, to take over
and expand gambling operations
here and split the payoff.
It was the third acquittal in the
year-long investigation of charges
of Portland vice and corruption.
Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk
had been found innocent of a
perjury charge and teamster boss
Clyde Crosby was acquitted on a
bribe-conspiracy charge.
The only major conviction so
far is that of Langley. He was re
moved from office after being
found guilty of failure to prose
cute gambling.
Maine Trappers Give
Mrs. Eisenhower 17 Pelts
For New Beaver Coat
WASHINGTON (ff>—Maine trap
pers have hung a new fur, coat in
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
closet at the White House.
The coat—made from 17 beaver
pelts presented by the Maine
Trappers Assn.—was exhibited at
a special White House session for
photographers yesterday.
Officials were careful to point
out that Mrs. Eisenhower received
only the 17 pelts as a gift. She
paid $385 to have them sewn into
a three-quarter model with rolled
cuff sleeves, valued at about
$1,800.
Spokesmen for the fur trappers
said Mrs. Eisenhower at first had
declined to accept the pelts, but
agreed to another appeal that her
acceptance would give a lift to
the ailing fur industry.
Eisenhower to Start
iSeries of Speeches
In Oklahoma City
WASHINGTON, (^—President
Eisenhower will deliver in Okla
I homa City Nov. 13 the first of his
planned series of speeches intend
ed to bolster the nation’s confi
dence in American achievements
in science and defense.
He will make the speech in
connection with Oklahoma’s semi
centennial celebration marking
the 50th anniversary of the state’s
admission to the Union.
The theme of the semi-centen
nial is “Arrows to Atoms.”
Syria Won’t Press
For U.N. Action
On Middle East
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UPV—
The U.N. General Assembly end
ed its bitter Middle East debate
today after Syria agreed it would
not press for action at this time.
The Syrian declaration was part
of an agreed formula to shut off
the discussion without a show
down on Syria’s demand for U.N.
inquiry, and a rival proposal to
have Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold step into the picture.
The key to the agreement was
Syria’s consent to let the matter
rest without a vote on its resolu
tion. The sponsors of the rival
seven-nation resolution in turn
agreed they would not ask for a
vote. Indonesia appealed to the
sponsors of the two resolutions
not to push for a vote.
Turkish Delegate Selim Sarper
expressed his thanks to Indonesia
for “the wise suggestion.” He ex
pressed hope that the discussion
would be valuable if it focused
world opinion on the real reason
for the Turkish-Syrian dispute.
The issue was brought to the
Assembly early this month by
Syria, which charged that Tur
key, with the support of the U.S.,
was planning to attack Syria.
The Soviet Union vigorously
supported Syria.
Klu Kluxer Gets
20 Years for
Mayhem on Negro
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, UP)
—The first of six Klu Klux Klans
men has been convicted in the
mutilation of a Negro man, and
the trial of five others will begin
next week.
Joe E. Pritchett, 31-year-old
construction worker, was con
victed of mayhem yesterday by a
circuit court jury which deliber
ated about 40 minutes. Judge A.
King sentenced the Klansman to
20 years imprisonment—the max
imum sentence.
“This is one of the worst things
ever to come before my bench,”
said King.
Pritchett, called the Grand
Cyclops of the Klan group to
which he belonged, and five other
white men were indicted on a
charge of kidnapping a Negro
I handyman, Judge (his name, not
a title) Edward Aaron last Labor
Day.
Aaron said he was taken to a
Klan meeting place, beaten and
then castrated while he lay un
conscious.
Two of the six Klansmen, clerks
in a supermarket testified against
| Pritchett. They related that Aaron
j was chosen at random to serve as
I an example to impress integration
I leaders in the Birmingham area.
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Moonwatch Alert
To Start Nov. 7
For New Satellite
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. UP)—Moon
watch teams thruout the world
were alerted today to start morn
ing and evening search for a new
Russian satellite Nov. 5.
Dr. J. Allen Tynek, associate
director of the Smithsonian Astro
physical Observatory, said persis
tent “reports and rumors” that
Russia might launch a new satel
lite on the Nov. 7 anniversary of
the October revolution prompted
his message to moonwatchers.
Dr. Hynek said he thought it
best to get the teams into action
a couple of days early. In order
to announce a successful' launch
ing Nov. 7, the Russians presum
ably might fire the satellite into
space early to make certain it had
attained a successful orbit.
Tavern Owner Slain
In Gangland Ambush
CHICAGO, UP)—An ex-convict
tavern owner, who four months
ago fatally shot one of three men
who attempted to assassinate him,
was slain in a burst of machine
gun and shotgun blasts today.
Victim of the gangland style
slaying was Willard O. Bates, 56,
who was riddled with shots as he
drove his white 1957 station wag
on into the driveway of his home
in suburban Lyons.
Former Eisenhower Aide
Says He Once Drew
Salary From Teamsters
WASHINGTON, UP>—M erlyn
Pitzele, labor adviser to President
Eisenhower in the 1952 campaign,
testified today he drew $5,000 a
year in 1953, 1954 and 1955 as an
adviser to Dave Beck, president
of the Teamsters Union.
Pitzele, now labor editor of
Business Week magazine, said he
agreed to serve as consultant to
Beck shortly after Beck’s election
in 1952 as teamster president.
When Beck took office, he was
tagged as a man who was going to
clean up the Teamsters Union,
Pitzele said, and was named to a
committee of labor leaders as
signed to clean up the New York
waterfront.
But, Pitzele testified, after serv
ing as an adviser to Beck for
three years, “I had my belly full.
I came to certain conclusions then
about Beck and the teamsters,
and I didn’t want any more part
! of it.”
French Operation Kills
50 Algerian Rebels
ALGIERS UR—A wide-scale mili
tary operation in the Oran area of
western Algeria killed 50 rebels,
French authorities said yesterday.
They also reported rebels fired
Wednesday night on a train be
tween Oran and Orleansville, kill
ing an 18-month-old baby and
seriously wounding a French sol
dier.
YOUNG MOTORCYCLISTS
ARRESTED ON AIRFIELD
WARWICK, R.I., UR—Two mo
torcyclists were under arrest to
day for endangering airplanes.
Thomas J. Kilday and Robert
H. Katt, both 18, were arrested
after they drove their motorcy
cles the length of the runway at
Hillsgrove Airport while planes
were in the landing pattern.
They were charged with en
dangering life and property.
Alaska Treasury Gain of $6,000,000
Seen by 1959 From Oil Leases
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Sputnik Visible
Here Last Night
Residents who were tuned in
to APRS yesterday heard that
Sputnik would be overhead at
about 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The information was received
from the Geophysical Institute at
the University of Alaska by Olaf
Halverson who says that the
satellite should be visible again
tonight at about the same time.
Halverson watched yesterday
and said he believes he saw Sput
nik in the south-southwest.
Several others have reported
sighting the satellite on Wednes
day evening.
If the sky is clear tonight it
should be visible for about a
minute.
U.S. Tin Bid Goes
To Federal Gov’t
U.S. Tin Corporation, which
went to the highest bidder by U.S.
Marshal’s sale conducted at Lost
River Wednesday, went to the
General Services Administration,
represented by C. V. Stevens.
Ralph Palmer, representing the
International Industries, Inc., of
1909 Ganal St., Tacoma, Wash.,
was the only other bidder, it is
reported.
Prospective bidders there to
look over the property were Irvin
Chelf of Honolulu and Chuck
Reader of Nome.
Little Rock Police
Ordered to Arrest
NAACP Officers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Ml—Po
lice today had orders to arrest all
officers of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
lored People they could find in
integration-wracked Little Rock.
The City Council last night vot
ed unanimously for the arrests.
Acting Mayor Lee H. Evans and
seven aldermen agreed on the ac
tion after the NAACP failed to
obey a new ordinance which re
quires certain groups to bare their
confidential files.
Deadline for submitting the in
formation was yesterday.
Only two local NAACP officers
were known to authorities and
one of them, Mrs. L. C- Bates, was
in New York. She is state presi
dent of the organization.
The other officer is the Rev.
Pleasant Baptist Church and pres
ident of the Little Rock chapter
of the NAACP.
The NAACP this week filed a
petition in U.S. district court here
requesting a restraining order to
block enforcement of the ordi
nance and a hearing was set for
November 4.
NOT OLD GRANDAD
MONROE, N.C., m—The judge
gave Alice Reid a suspended sen
tence for possessing non-tax-peid
liquor when he learned in a doc
tor’s statement that she couldn’t
appear in court, primarily because
she’s over 100 years old.
> JUNEAU (/P)—The four territor
ial lawmakers who are reviewing
Alaska’s tax structure in hopes of
coming up with recommendations
for a tax cut say revenue from oil
and gas leases could produce more
than $6 million before 1959.
Gov. Stepovich, who named the
four lawmakers as a tax advisory
committee two months ago, this
week made public a preliminary
report which said the oil lands
could be an important source of
revenue in the immediate future.
Under terms of a congression
al act this year, Alaska receives
from the federal government 90
percent of the revenue collected
for oil and gas leases on public
lands in the territory.
“With the continued interest in
oil, it is almost impossible to pre
dict how much acreage will be
accrued to the territory,” the gov
ernor said the committee report
ed. It added:
“But it would not be unrealistic
at this time to predict that this
source of revenue could well run
in excess of $6 million if the fil
ings continue at anywhere near
the present rate. Should the Gu
big field (in the arctic) be opened
to private bid, this figure might
well be double or even triple by
the time the next Legislature
meets.”
The four lawmakers held
their first meeting here during
the last week of September.
They have scheduled another
meeting sometime in February.
“Major sources of revenue to
be considered at the February
meeting will be fisheries taxes
and the business license tax,” the
announcement thru the governor’s
office said. “In addition to these
two there will be some minor
sources of revenue Which will be
considered.”
The governor said the commit
tee had decided against public
hearings as part of, its investiga
tion of the territory’s financial
problems in an effort to keep
down the expense of the study.
Instead, the committee has
asked for written statements
and comments from interested
parlies.
The governor said he has been
informed federal funds will be
made available to pay for the
study. Earlier, an attorney gener
al’s opinion held that emergency
territorial funds appropriated to
the governor’s office could be
used to finance the project if nec
essary.
Chairman of the committee is
Sen. John Butrovich (R-Fair
banks). Other members are Sen.
James Nolan (D-Wrangell) and
Reps. Clinton Gray (R-Nome) and
Ken Johnson (D-Anchorage).
Knowland Says There
Was No Deal Involved
In Knight’s Withdrawal
SAN FRANCISCO, OR—Senator
William F. Knowland (R-Calif>
said today no deal was involved
in the persistent reports that Gov.
Goodwin Knight has decided to
withdraw from the race against
him for governor of California in
the 1958 primaries next June.
The reports were that Knight
now plans to seek the Senate seat.
Knowland is vacating in order to
run for governor.
The charge of a deal came from
Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown,,
who is seeking the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination.