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Cash Only Is
Official Word on
Liquor Purchases
JUNEAU, UP)—John A. McKin
ney, territorial director of finance
and secretary of the Liquor Con
trol Board, said this week credit
sales of alcoholic beverages were
not permitted under terms of the
1957 liquor law.
McKinney, replying to queries
relayed from some liquor dealers,
commented:
“The act clearly states that
those licensed by the Liquor
Board have the right to sell for
cash—not the right to extend
credit.”
Most territorial package stores
and bars, which previously ex
tended charge account service,
went on a cash only basis after
the bill was signed into law a
week ago.
Some dealers, however, ques
tioned whether charge service
still could be offered.
The intent is clear,” McKinney
said. “Cash only.”
RUSSIANS SET OFF
BIG ATOMIC BLAST,
FIFTH IN SERIES
WASHINGTON, UP)—Chairman
Durham (D-NC) of the Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee,
said today a series of five Rus
sian nuclear test explosions this
month indicates the Soviets have
a substantial supply of atomic
weapons.
But another member of the
group, Rep. Van Zandt (R-Pa),
said the closely-spaced tests could
mean the Russians are still try
ing to develop weapons worth
stockpiling.
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion said yesterday Russia on
Tuesday detonated somewhere in
central Asia one of the largest of
the five nuclear devices it has
exploded since April 13.
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'Plans Revealed for
Visit of Adenauer
To U.S. Next Month
AUGUSTA (JP—Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty announced to
day some of the plans for the vis
it of West Germany’s Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer to the United
States next month.
Adenauer will arrive in New
York by plane May 24 and will
spend the weekend in that area.
He will go to Washington May 27
and be joined their by his for
eign minister, Heinrich von Bren
tano. They will remain in the cap
ital thru May 29 for talks with
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State Dulles.
Israel Clashes With
Arab Neighbors
• TEL AVIV, UP—Israel and her
Arab neighbors clashed yesterday
on two frontiers. Israel took a
•particularly grave view of the
continuing clashes along the Is
raeli-Syrian border.
A Foreign Ministry offical
warned that trouble between Is
raeli and Syria, if it keeps up,
“may be very serious.”
Both Syrians and Israelis said
they had no casualties. Each ac
cused the other of shooting first.
The clash was the ninth report
ed since March 20 on the Israeli
Syrian frontier. It was the first
time the U.N. intervened.
The Jordan-Israel Armistice
Commission, meeting in Jerusa
lem with Israel absent, voted yes
terday to censure Israel for an in
cident reported last Saturday.
Iraq, meanwhile, joined other
Arab states in protesting the voy
age of an American tanker thru
the Gulf of Aqaba to the Israeli
port of Eilat.
The note asserted the Tiran
Strait at the entrance to the gulf
is “Arab territorial water and the
passage of the tanker suggests
aggression on the Arab states’ le
gal rights.”
Fifty Airline Passengers Land
Safely From Blazing Plane
airport official said.
A Capital spokesman said in
struments in the cockpit indicated
the landing gear was not secured
so Calhoun zoomed the big ship
into the air. Seconds later, the
right inboard engine caught fire
and flames raced along the fuse
lage.
As the passengers tensed, the
airplane’s public address system
blared,
“Prepare for a crash landing.”
There was a momentary rush
of passengers toward an emer
gency door and some slight panic,
Mrs. Burnham said. But Steward
ess Katherine Szymanski of New
Kensington, Pa., shouted, “Keep
calm!”
Capt. Calhoun, who had alerted
the airport, set the plane down in
a few seconds. The airport fire
men had their foam pouring on
the plane as it touched the run
way.
PITTSBURGH, —An airliner
landed in flames at greater Pitts
burgh Airport yesterday after
noon but thanks to a quick-acting
pilot, a calm stewardess and ex
pert firefighters a major tragedy
was averted.
Fifty passengers poured out of
the Capital Airlines DC-4 seconds
after it ground to a halt while
firemen riding alongside in their
specially equipped trucks poured
flame-quenching foam on the
plane.
Not a person was injured seri
ously. Nine were treated either
for shocks or bruises.
“When we stepped on the
ground we thanked God,” said
Mrs. John Burnham of Buffalo.
“He was with us today.”
There was no indication of an
emergency as the big airplane,
piloted by R. L. Calhoun of Alex
andria, Va., circled the airport
and approached for a landing.
But the plane landed “hard,” an
Two Planeloads
Of Tourists Will
'Weekend Here
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Two plane-loads of weekend
tourists are expected to take ad
vantage of the Easter weekend
from Anchorage.
The first group arrived here to
day and will return to Anchorage
tomorrow. The second group ar
rives on Saturday and leaves on
Sunday.
During their stay, plans are be
ing made, stated Barbara Martin,
for Eskimo dances, dog team rides
and sightseeing.
The sightseeing tour will be the
first under the management of
the Polaris Hotel, which is taking
over the summer tours from the
Q Cab and has also taken over
the Curly Q Railroad for the
summer.
Most of the weekend guests are
teachers from the Anchorage
area. A well-known Anchorage
artists, Joan Kickbush, is report
ed to be among the tourists.
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British Freighter
Allowed to Enter
Suez Canal
SUEZ, UP)—The 3,604 - ton
freighter West Breeze entered the
Suez Canal this morning flying
the Union Jack of Great Britain,
t She was the first British ship to
start through the waterway since
the British-French invasion Last
October. /
Transit tolls for the ship were
paid in francs and an Italian pilot
of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority
was put aboard for the 103-mile
trip northward. The British ship
was the second ship of a four
yessel convoy.
Chartered by a Chinese naviga
tion company in Hong Kong, the
West Breeze is carrying a cargo
of peanuts from China to Rotter
dam.
The ship’s British Captain
locked himself in his cabin and
refused to talk to newsmen.
Britain, the U.S. and France all
have recommended that their
shippers avoid using the canal
pending the outcome of negotia
tions between the U.S. govern
ment and Egyptian President
Nasser. With those talks appar
ently about to end without any
concessions from Nasser, the
United States and Britain are
expected to rescind their warning
and advise instead that shippers
pay the canal tolls to Egypt under
protest.
North Star To Sail For
North Tuesday Carrying
Material For 5 Schools
SEATTLE, 3—The Alaska Na
tive Service’s ship North Star
will carry materials for five new
school buildings, with other cargo,
on her first voyage north next
week.
The North Star is scheduled to
leave Puget Sound for Nome and
St. Lawrence Island Tuesday
after taking on fuel.
New Council Members Installed;
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Appointments Made to Committees
Chena Ice Moves
At 2:42 p.m. Wed.
FAIRBANKS, (/P)—The ice of
Chena River went oui at Fair
banks at 2:42 p.m. Wednesday.
Murray M. Suggs, who is em
ployed at Eielson Air Force
Base, was the only one of the
10,607 guessers to name the ex
act minute the ice moved. He
is married and has one child.
They reside at North Pole, a
community 14 miles south of
here on the Richardson High
way.
The pylon in the river top
pled over Tuesday, but the
clock was not tripped until
Wednesday afternoon.
The Chena ice usually goes
out 10 days to two weeks ahead
of the Tanana River at Nenana
where Alaska's big ice classic
is held.
This was the earliest Chena
River ice break in the history
of the event here. The earliest
it had gone out previously was
1:11 p.m. April 21, 1940.
Air Force to Revise
Request For Land
At Cape Creek
WASHINGTON, OP) — Delegate
Bartlett said Wednesday the Air
Force' will revise its request for
land withdrawal at Cape Creek,
Alaska, to permit mining entry.
A review of the 2,700 acre with
drawal application was made in
response to a resolution adopted
by the Alaska Legislature.
Bartlett said he was advised Air
Force Secretary Quarles has writ
ten to Acting Governor Waino
Hendrickson advising him that a
new withdrawal application will
be filed with the Secretary of the
Interior.
Cape Creek is in the Cape
Prince of Wales region of Seward
Peninsula.
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£ Last evening the Nome City
Council had its annual change
over with new members taking
the places of the retiring mem
bers.
Those completing their service
to the community in the capacity
of Council members were Jim
Walsh, Stan Morgan and Keith
Hedreen.
Those recently elected are Pete
Reader, Don Hungerford and Er
nie Bohrer.
The following committees were
named by Mayor Steffen Ander
sen:
Finance and Building: Bohrer
and Lewis; ,
Fire and Water: Reader and
Arnold;
Police and Jail: Cavota and
Hungerford;
Streets, Alleys and Lights:
Lewis and Bohrer;
Health and Relief: Hungerford
and Reader;
Laws, Ordinance and Printing:
Arnold and Cavota.
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Eisenhower Picks New
Ambassadors for Mexico,
Sweden and Colombia
AUGUSTA, Ga., (^--President
Eisenhower today picked new am
bassadors to Mexico, Sweden and
Columbia.
In advance of getting in a round
of golf on this first full day of his
Easter holiday, the President an
nounced his intention to nom
inate:
Robert C. Hill, now assistant
secretary of State for congres
sional relations, as ambassador to
Mexico; Francis White, career
diplomat who now is envoy to
Mexico, as ambassador to Colum
bia. In Colombia, Cabot will suc
ceed Philip W. Bonsai, who has
been reassigned to Bolivia.
Eisenhower is here for about 12
days of golf mixed with work.
Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. George M. Humphrey will
be the guests of the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower over the Easter
weekend.
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EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
School Auditorium Easter Day 6:00 A.M.
Thomas Knudson . Presiding
Roald Amundsen . Song Leader
Harriet Brown . Accompanist
PROGRAM
Prelude . Miss Brown
Invocation . Thomas Knudson
Hymn . Congregation
“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Choral Selection . Nazarene Choir
“Up From the Grave He Arose”
Scripture & Prayer .... Everett Bachelder
Special Number . Ministers & Wives
Sermon Address .... Willard Mecklenburg
Topic: “The Resurrection”
Hymn . Congregation
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”
Benedition