Wildlife Program
No Problem,
Says Seaton
J
WASHINGTON, UR — Secre
tary of the Interior Seaton feels
confident ways can be found to
work out cooperative programs
between the Fish and Wildlife
Service and Alaska’s fish and
game department.
He made the comment in a let
ter to Senator Ernest Gruening,
acknowledging Gruening’s recent
protest against a proposed with
drawal of lands surrounding the
Aleutian Island Wildlife Refuge.
The Senator had noted that the
proposed withdrawal included
tidelands which the Statehood Bill
had granted to Alaska.
Seaton said his staff was loolt
ing into the proposal, “particularly
the legal authority of this depart
ment to withdraw the tidelands
area.”
The Secretary explained that
the Interior Department will con
tinue to have control in Alaska
under various laws and large
areas of the new state remain un
der federal ownership, Seaton
added. Both the state and this
department have an obligation to
future generations of Alaskans,
and to the nation, to take such
action as is necessary to insure
the conservation and wise use of
our national resources in Alaska.” j
German Airliner Crashes
At Rio Killing 36 Persons
RIO BE JANEIRO. Brazil, JP> —
Thirty-six parsons were killed
when a West German airliner
crashed and burned yesterday as
it attempted a landing in heavy
rain at Galeao International Air
port.
Three crew members were the
only survivors. Seven other crew
members and 29 passengers were
killd.
The four-engine Super Constel
lation of the Lufthansa Airline
was en route to Rio from Europe
and Africa. A wingtip struck the
mud of the marsh at the edge of
Guanabara Bay about two miles
from the airport as the pilot tried
to line up with a runway.
It was Lufthansa’s first fatal
crash since it began postwar op
erations in April, 1955.
Guatamala Promises
No More Strafing Of
Mexican Fishing Boats
MEXICO CITY, (iPI — Guate
malan warplanes will not attack
Mexican fishing boats again, Guat
emalan Ambassador Arturo Ra
mirez Pinto declared Friday.
After warning it would happen
if foreign fishermen invaded her
waters, Guatemala sent warplanes
to strafe several boats on Decem
ber 31.
Mexico said they were hers and
reported three men were killed
and 14 wounded.
Mexico said the boats were in
her own waters. She demanded
that Guatemala promise no fur
ther attacks will take place. The
Guatemalan government has not
officially replied.
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Rebel Factions
Defer To Castro
By BEN FUNK
HAVANA, (,4V— Two rival rebel
units swore loyalty to Fidel Cas
tro Saturday, apparently heading
off a threat of serious quarrels
within the revolutionary move
ment.
The two are the student-backed
Revolutionary Directorate and
the Second National Front of Es
cambray. Both had complained of
lack of representation in the new
provisional government.
Castro, whose 25th of July
movement spearheaded the drive
that finally toppled Dictator Ful
gencio Batista, had accused the
Directorate of seizing huge arms
stores and warned: “Whoever does
anything that places the revolu
tion in danger is a criminal and a
traitor.”
Major Faure Chaumont, com
manding the Directorate’s troops,
told a news conference later:
“We are ready to deliver the
arms and do all necessary for the
tranquility of the Republic.”
This sentiment was echoed by
Major Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo,
whose Second National Front of
Escambray was in the forefront of
the battle of Santa Clara, the en
gagement that convinced Batista
that the game was up.
“We are at the disposition of
President Manuel Urrutia and
commander in chief Fidel Castro,”
he said.
Castro, who had accused Chau
mont of hostility to the Castro
movement, was quoted by the
newspaper Diario Nacional as say
ing he was overjoyed at the return
of the arms taken by the Direc
torate.
On the matter of U. S. rela
tions, Castro told reporters he is
sympathetic toward the people of
the United States, but complained
that the U. S. government armed
dictators.
SON OF N. Y. GOVERNOR
ENLISTS IN THE ARMY
NEW YORK, UP) — Steven Rock
efeller, 22-year-old son of Gover
nor and Mrs. Nelson A. Rocke-*
feller, is in the Army as an en
listee under the Reserve Train
ing Program.
He was sworn into the Army
Sunday, then went to Ft. Dix,
N. J., with other inductees.
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Spain Town
Wiped Out
As Dam Bursts
ZAMORA, Spain, iff) — Troops
and civil guardsmen searched in
the mud and rubble of Rivadelago
Saturday for victims of Spain’s1
worst disaster of the century.
The tiny mountain village of
some 500 inhabitants was swal
lowed and destroyed early Friday
by waters of a dam which burst.
Engineers of the hydroelectric
company which maintained the
dam were out in force to find
the cause of the break.
Newsmen and photographers
were hindered by the troops and
guardsmen. Officials in charged of
rescue work refused to give any
estimate of the number of persons
who had died.
One official source said there
were 200 survivors out of the 500
residents. Another said there were
300. Even the second figure meant
there were 200 or more dead or
missing.
The government announced in
Madrid early Saturday after a
! cabinet meeting that “so far” there
were 15 dead and nearly 100
missing.
The village lies three miles from
the dam and 1,700 feet lower. This
drop gav the estimated 230-million
cubic feet of water a terrific
speed and impact by the time it
( reach Rivadelago.
I
FREUD ADVISED TO HAVE
HIS HEAD EXAMINED
LONDON, (ff) — The magistrate |
gravely considered the unusual be
havior of the young man and
told him: “I think you’d better see
a psychiatrist.”
The young man’s name: Freud
— Lucien Michael Freud, 28, ar
tist grandson of the founder of
psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.
Magistrate Frank Powell added,
“Having regard to your name, I
think you will see the point of
that.”
Powell fined Freud $14 Friday
for careles driving. It was the
artist’s 14th» motoring conviction.
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15-Mile White Mountain
Dog Race Run in 1:28.7
By HARRY GARFIELD
WHITE MOUNTAIN — New |
Year’s Day dog races were held
here, besides other activities cele
brating the holidays. The School
gave a very enjoyable program
on the 23rd, which was held at
the School House.
The Village Community Program
was held with the Sunday School
on the 24th, with presents for
everybody given away for ending
the program.
The Dog Race was for a distance
of fifteen miles, and was won by
David Amaktoolik, with the run
ning time of one hour, twenty
eight minutes and seven seconds.
Second place went to Raymond
Runguk, who finished the course |
in one hour, thirty-one minutes; !
third place to Steven Angloinga, j
one hour, thirty-one minutes, 55
seconds; fourth to Sigfried Aukon
gak, with a time of one hour and
thirty-four minutes. Last, or fifth
place went to John Amaktoolik,
who made the slowest time in the
entire field, of two hours, three
minutes and thirty-one seconds.
The race committee included the
! following: Edwin Punguk, chair
man; Harry Garfield, secretary;
George Ashenfelter, timekeeper,
David Henry, vice chairman, Tom
Brown, treasurer, and Howard
Lincoln, assistant timekeeper.
A total of eleven teams ran the
| course.
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Russ Propose
Winter German
Peace Talks
MOSCOW, [ff\ — Soviet Russia
proposed in notes to the western
Big Three and 24 other nations
last week the convocation of a
German peace conference i n
Prague or Warsaw within two
months.
Along with the notes went a
25-page proposed peace treaty
Which would make West Berlin an
unmarked free city until such time
as the two Germanys are united.
The proposed draft treaty was
similar to that offered by former
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
five years ago, and included pro
visions which the Western powers
previously have rejected.
Among the proposals were 01)
Germany be prohibited from join
ing any military bloc which does
not include all signatory nations
and (2) all foreign troops pull out
of Germany within one year.
Other sections would prohibit
German claims to eastern terri
tories now occupied by Poland.
The note went to all countries
that participated in World War II
against Hitler’s forces.
The Soviet notes were in reply
to western rejections of an earlier
Soviet note. The note of Novem
ber 27 had proposed that the
United States, Britain and France
pull their troops out of est Ber
lin, leaving it an unarmed free
city.
In similar Western rejections, the
three nations suggested that a
Big Four conference be called to
consider the whole German prob
lem, including reunification.
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