NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA— MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _
VOL. LXI No. 101 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959_Per Copy—15^
Legion Told Alaska
Is First Line of
Defense For U.S.
MINNEAPOLIS, I#—America's
newest and westernmost states,
Alaska and Hawaii, are security
conscious and feel the need for
adequate defenses.
This word came today from
delegates from the two states at
tending the American Legion’s
national convention.
JosephvM. Briones, Juneau, Le
gion adjutant and service officer
for Alaska said his state “poss
ibly is the main defense line of
the western states.”
“We want fortifications and
anti-missile stations in Alaska to
stymie any possible attack on the
United States,” he said.
Briones said the Alaska Legion'
is opposed to any cuts in the re
serves and National Guard in his
state. “If we are strong, we would
be able to hold off any attack. If
Russia could take Alaska the So
viets would use it as a missile
base if they wanted to attack the
ogntinental United States.”
Briones said Alaska veterans
have a special problem the dele
gation hopes to push on the con
vention floor this week. Prior to
statehood, he said, veterans with
nonservice connected disabilities
could use the facilities of hospi
tals contracted by the Veterans
Administration.
Now, he said, veterans are not
entitled to this priviliege. Briones
said he hopes the Legion will
back a bill now in the Senate to
allow areas with no VA hospitals
within 500 miles to revert to the
former status.
Briones said his delegation also
is pushing a resolution asking the
government for an extensive sub
marine patrol in Alaska waters
where, he said, there have been
numerous Russian trawlers.
James A. Ai of Honolulu, Ha
waii Legion department comman
der, said Legionnaires from his
state feel the defenses of that
area of the Pacific are adequate.
Young Rockefellers
In U.S, On Honeymoon
NEW YORK, UP)—Mr. and Mrs.
Steven Rockefeller—the million
aire’s son and the family maid
he wooed and won in a modern
fairy tale romance—arrived from
the bride’s native Norway today
to set forth on an American hon
eymoon.
The newlyweds and the bride
groom’s parents, Gov. and Mrs.
Nelson Rockefeller were greeted
at Idlewild Airport by about 50
reporters and photographers plus
a scattering of spectators.
On the plane with the bridal
couple were more than 60 other
passengers.
Immigration and Public Health
officials went aboard the craft in
order to expedite the formalities
necessary for them to re - enter
this country and be on their
way to an unan. -..d honey
moon spot.
At an airport news conference,
young Rockefeller said he and his
wife just wish “to disappear.”
After the honeymoon the couple
probably will 1-ve in New York
City, the groom said, but the
exact place hasn’t been decided.
He also said he expected to start
working “in the family business”
but could not say specifically
what he would be doing.
Navy Will Build Missile
Gabs But Carrier Remains
Backbone of the Fleet
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., UP —
The Navy plans a fleet of about
40 ballistic missile submarines,
but the aircraft carrier will re
main the backbone of U.S. sea
power.
Vice Adm. Wallace M. Beakley,
deputy chief, of naval operations
for fleet operations and readiness,
said yesterday that the Navy will
resist any efforts to increase the
missile sub fleet beyond the size
planned.
He addressed the national se
curity commission of the Ameri
can Legion here, as part' of the
Legion’s annual convention.
Beakley did not elaborate on
his comment about keeping the
sub fleet down, but he appeared
to be referring to the opinion in
some congressional quarters fa
voring a larger force of the mis
sile subs. About nine of them are
now on order.
Legion committees spent the
weekend hearing speeches and
preparing resolutions for the con
vention. Three days of sessions
start tomorrow.
At least one floor fight ap
peared to be in the making. It
concerned the “whites only”
membership clause in the Legion’s
funmaking branch the “40 and 8.”
The constitutional amendments
committee dumped an Alaskan
suggestion that the Legion—which
has no color clause—require its
subsidiaries to throw out the re
quirement. Committee members
said the Alaskan resolution was
not in proper form.
CARPENTERS
REJECT NEW
CONTRACT
ANCHORAGE, UP*—Alaska car
penters rejected' a new contract
yesterday for the third time this
year.
The vote was 374 to 342 against
acceptance, Vern Ingram,- chief
negotiator for the carpenters, re
ported.
The contract was decided upon
at negotiations in Washington, D.
C. It was accepted by the Associ
ated General Contractors.
The proposed contract provided
a 30-cent hourly increase over
the present scale of $4.25 an hour,
plus arbitration of some fringe
benefits. The carpenters were de
manding a 50-cent increase, plus
fringe benefits.
Carpenters have been on strike
since June 27, although they have
resumed work on some defense
projects.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
National League
Pittsburgh 9-4, Los Angeles 2-3
Milwaukee 2, Chicago 0
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3
American League
New York 7-0, Chicago 1-5
Cleveland 1-6, Boston 0-2
Washington 7-2, Kansas City
3-5
Detroit 9, Baltimore 5
Pacific Coast League
Salt Lake City 6, Phoenix 4
San Diego 3, Sacramento 2
Spokane 5, Seattle 2
Vancouver 4, Portland 1
Sinclair Oil Executive Says Alaska Oil
Presents Formidable New Problems
But He Is Optimistic For The Future
ANCHORAGE—Difficulties en
countered by the oil industry in
other parts of the world may in
fluence oil-finders to explore for
oil in Alaska, the president of
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. said here
today.
William H. Morris, of Tulsa,
Okla., told the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce that the cost
price squeeze and reduced allow
ables in other states were factors
in the industry’s exploration ef
forts in Alaska.
He traced some of the prob
lems encountered by oil compan
ies both in other states and in
foreign countries.
He said markets for Alaska’s oil
are more accessible by means of
water transportation than from
many other areas.
Morris said the industry in Al
aska will be free of expensive
and unnecessary requirements for
close spacing of wells and will be
able to obtain large lease blocks.
“It is clear already that while
it may cost a great deal more
in Alaska than in any other state
to find oil and start it to market,
it may turn out that ... it may
produce more barrels ol oil per
dollar of outlay than in any other
state,” Morris said.
The Sinclair executive, who has
been on a week’s tour of Alaska,
said his company is aware that
Alaska presents formidable new
operating problems such as wea
ther, rough terrain and lack of
supply sources. As a result, he
said, operating costs may be from
four to 10 times those in the rest
of the United States.
Morris said the percentage de
pletion provision of the federal
tax law was unnecessary to en
courage oil companies to continue
their search for new crude re
serves. A reduction in the deple
tion provision, he said, would cur
tail exploration in all areas in
cluding Alaska.
“We are optimistic about the
future of the oil industry in Al
aska,” Morris told the Chamber
of Commerce. “Sinclair looks at
Alaska as a relatively longterm
investment.”
He said the discovery of large
reserves of oil will bring in
creases in population, construc
tion of refineries, storage facili
ties, pipelines, and dock facili
ties, as well as stores, homes,
schools, churches, and roads.
At the same time he cautioned
Anchorage business men that
these changes would not happen
overnight.
“It will not be easy,” Morris
said. “In all parts of the world,
oil is being produced and is look
ing for markets. Some one will
have to find markets for Alaskan
oil against the fierce competition
of oil from many nations. Those
who produce and market your oil
will need your understanding and
your support.”
Morris has toured the state
with Earl W. Unruh, president of
Sinclair Pipe Line Co., Indepen
dence, Kans., and Loren L. Ware,
of Tulsa, vice president of Sin
clair Oil & Gas, who is in charge
of the company’s Alaskan opera
tions.
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3 Hawaii Congressmen Seated Today
WASHINGTON. UP) — Hawaii’s
two senators and one representa
tive took office today.
And Republican Sen. Hiram L.
Fong twice outlucked Democratic
Sen. Oren E. Long and won both ;
the title of senior senator from j
the new 50th state and a six-year
term.
Long drew a four-year term.
Vice President Richard Nixon
administered the oath of office to
the two new senators as crowded
galleries looked on.
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson escorted Long to the Sen
ate rostrum. Fong was accompan
ied by Republican leader Everett
M. Dirksen.
In the House, Rep. Daniel K.
Inouye, 34-year-old World War II
hero who lost his right arm fight
ing in Italy, raised his left hand
and took the oath as it was ad
ministered by Speaker Sam Ray
burn. He was escorted to the ros
trum by Rep. John McCormack*
House Democratic leader.
McCormack told the House to
day marked the first time in 160
years there had been no terri
torial representation in the House.
He said a total of 169 delegates
from 31 territories have sat in the
House.
With Hawaii’s senators and rep
resentative seated the Senate now
has 100 members. The number of
House seats was raised to 437.
Fong won the title of senior
senator in a dollar-tossing cere
mony in the office of Felton M.
Johnston, secretary of the senate,
which preceded the opening of
the Senate.
Long, on another flip of the
dollar, won the right to make
first draw for the longer term—
one expiring in January, 1965.
Eight Feared Lost
In Yellowstone
Turn Up Okay
ANACORTES, Wash., UP)— No
thing to write about, the letter
said.
But it was just about the most
important mail the postman ever
brought to Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Maracich.
It was from Mrs. Maracich’s
mother, Mrs. Virgil Keltz Sr. and
it was postmarked two days after
the Montana earthquake in which
the Maraciches had feared Mrs.
Keltz and eight other family
members, including their 8-year
old boy, had died.
The letter arrived yesterday. It
was postmarked West Yellow
stone and didn’t even mention
last Monday night’s quake.
To add to the Maraciches’ joy,
the Red Cross in Bozeman an
nounced a few hours later it had
found the eight persons. They
were staying at a ranch near
Ennis, Mont.
In the party were the older
Mrs. Keltz and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Keltz Jr., three
Keltz children and young Peter
Maracich.
—
Committee Approves
Billion Dollar 2-Year
School Aid Program
WASHINGTON, IIP)—The Sen
ate Education subcommittee to
day approved a compromise bill
proposing a billion - dollar, two
year program of federal grants
to the states for school construc
tion.
The measure would put up the
money at a rate of 500 million
dollars a year starting in the cur
rent fiscal year, on a matched
fund basis.
The bill calls for a formula
considering the wealth and popu
lation of each state.
Committee aides said the for
mula would work out to cover a
range of two federal dollars for
each state-local dollar in the
poorer states, up to two state
local dollars for each federal dol
lar in the richer ones.
Solomon’s household was insig
nificant compared to the record
chalked up by two African kings.
Mtessa of Uganda and the King of
Loango are said to have had 7,000
I wives.
Several Hundred
Persons Stricken
By Food Poisoning
Several hundred people were
stricken by food poisoning at
weekend outings across the coun
try.
Almost 1,000 persons have been
stricken in less than two weeks.
About 145 became ill at the
annual outing of a radio mater
ials firm at Attica, Ind., Saturday
night. A week before, at Angola,
Ind., at another company outing,
750 persons were stricken. That
outbreak was blamed on ham
sandwiches which had stood for
several hours in an unrefriger
ated truck in 95-degree heat.
In Cheyenne, Wyo., food poi
soning struck ^lown 94 people at
two group picnics Sunday.
In Milwaukee, 17 persons were
hospitalized after eating at a cafe
teria at the Wisconsin State Fair.
In Cincinnati, at least 15 persons
were stricken after attending a
religious singing festival.
More than 50 victims were still
in hospitals in Wyoming today
while all but 12 had been sent
home from Indiana hospitals .
—
Conferees Work to
Reconcile Labor Bills
WASHINGTON, UP—House and
Senate conferees have moved into
the last and most delicate stage of
their efforts to reconcile the
tough House labor control bill and
the middle-of-the road Senate
measure.
Friday, they briefly discussed
two of the controversial Taft
Hartley law amendments, dealing
with No Man’s Land cases and
prehire agreements in the con
struction industry.
No Man's Land refers to cer
tain labor disputes which the Na
tional Labor Relations Board
won’t handle and courts have
ruled state boards don’t have jur
isdiction over.
Earlier the conferees hammer
ed out just about final agree
ment on the first six sections of
the compromise.
They accepted the scaling down
of criminal penalties for union
officials who violate member’s
rights, and they agreed to bring
small unions under requirements
for public reporting of finances.
In both cases the House Land
rum-Griffin bill’s provisions were
tentatively accepted.