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VOL. LXII No. 114 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1960 _Per Copy 15$
State Law Fails to Provide Solution to
Problem Created by Sen. Beltz’ Illness
By WARD SIMS
JUNEAU, UP) — The illness of
State Sen. William E. Beltz of
Unalakleet could present the 1961
legislature with a major problem,
should he remain in his present
condition.
Beltz is critically ill in the Al
aska Native Hospital at Anchor
age. Physicians connected with his
case said Beltz has a malignant
brain tumor and is “incurable.”
Should Beltz remain as he is
through the opening of the 1961
legislature, Senate District P,
Nome - Wade Hampton, will lose
its representation, a heavy blow
to that sparsely-populated area.
Further, each time the Senate
voted with Beltz not present, he
would automatically cast a nega
tive vote through the simple fact
that he could not cast an affirma
tive vote, whatever the question.
It was understood here that
Beltz’ present physical condition
is such that he would not be able
to resign his Senate seat.
There is only one definite pro
vision in state law to take care of
such a situation as his illness
might bring about next January,
when the legislature convenes. A
second provision is questionable.
The one definite provision,
Arcticle II, Section 12, of the
State Constitution, leads the Sen
ate into an area of deep personal
feeling.
The Constitution provides that
each house of the legislature “is
Ted Williams Will
Retire from Aetive
Baseball Sunday
BOSTON, UP) — Ted Williams
ends his career as baseball’s most
colorful slugger Sunday but the
Boston Red Sox will continue to
utilize his batting skill.
Sox owner Tom Yawkey made
Williams’ retirement official Sun
day.
Yawkey said the aging 42-year
old Williams will serve as a bat
ting instructor at the pre-season
camp at Scottsdale, Ariz., next
spring. Williams then would re
main in the organization and “as
sume duties in keeping with his
great talents” the owner added.
He did not elaborate.
The statement killed specula
tion that Williams might change
his mind about ending his playing
days.
When he hit his 500th homer at
Cleveland in June, Williams said
it was his last year. He has re
peated the decision frequently
since then but it took Yawkey,
more like a father than a boss to
his star, to seal the verdict.
With 520 home runs, Williams
is third in the all-time derby, only
14 behind Jimmy Fox.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with intermittent rain
and southerly winds 25-30 mph,
decreasing tonight. Lowest temp,
expected tonight 39, the high to
morrow 44.
In the past 24 hours: Precipita
tion .61 inch, Month total 1.17
inches. Highest temp. 40, lowest
33. Max. wind 36 mph from the
SSE. Sunrise at 5:59 a.m., sunset
at 5:48 pm.
A year ago today: highest temp.
40, lowest 25. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 56 in 1926,
lowest 21 in 1943.
the judge of the election and
qualifications of its members and
may expel a member with the
concurrence of two-thirds of its
members.”
The word expel is the sticker.
It carries with it a meaning not
associated with Beltz, one of the
most respected men of the legis
lature.
As one state official said:
“Certainly, anyone from outside
of Beltz’ area would be extremely
hesitant about bringing up the
question of replacing him under
those circumstances.
“And those from his area would
be torn between sympathy and
understanding for Beltz and a de
sire to give the area the full rep
resentation it needs and is en
titled to.
“I seriously doubt if anyone
would step forward and ask that
Bill Beltz be expelled from the
Senate.”
The new election code provides,
possibly, a means of declaring
Beltz’ seat vacant. Section 9.75
says among grounds of recall is
lack of fitness.
The question is, does that cover
illnesses such as the one which
has stricken Beltz. The answer
could come from Attorney Gen
eral Ralph Moody.
But recall is a cumbersome
time-consuming procedure. Even
if a recall action were started on
this very day, Sept. 26, it could
not be set for a vote prior to
Nov. 25.
Earth Must Get
“Cosmic Masters’*
Permission to Land
By EDDY GILMORE
LONDON UP)—A spokesman for
the British Flying Saucer Society
said today that before the Soviets
—or anyone else—try to put a
man on a planet they’d better get
the planet’s permission.
“We’ve been informed by the
cosmic masters,” said William
Mayhew in an interview, “that
earth men will not be allowed to
land on other planets.”
Mayhew, a lawyer, and 700
other members of the society have
been attending Britain’s first Na
tional Flying Saucer Convention.
During their two-day session in
London they said they established
contact with a spokesman on
Mars through one of their offi
cials, George King.
King went into a yogi trance
and said a Martian spoke through
him. He recorded the message
purportedly from Mars. The mes
sage — apparently directed at the
leaders of the East and West—
was broadcast through the con
vention hall.
The delegates listened in re
spectful silence as the “master on
Mars” said: “Unless much ground
is given by both sides alike—”
Here the spokesman was inter
rupted by what sounded like a
very earthy cough. Delegates
were unable to say if the cough
was King’s or the Martian’s.
“If you go on as you are at
the moment,” the voice went on,
“fostering suspicion, arguing and
boasting about your latest wea
pons, then a conflict will most
surely come.”
The voice said the conflict
would take place between 1963
and 1964.
Nixon - Kennedy
'Debate’ Tonight
CHICAGO, UPI—The 1960 battle
for the White House makes polit
ical history tonight as both presi
dential candidates debate domes
tic issues before millions of tele
vision viewers.
Vice President Richard Nixon
and his Democratic rival, Sen.
John Kennedy, will address a
larger audience than any two
candidates have ever faced jointly
as the four major networks tele
vise and broadcast the hour-long
debate starting at 8:30 p.m. EST.
The great debates in the his
tory of American politics — the
Lincoln - Douglas debates 100
years ago, for instance—were in
significant affairs in comparison.
But tonight’s debate, the first
of four scheduled, will not be a
debate in the Lincoln - Douglas
tradition.
While they assail each other
with no holds barred, Nixon and
Kennedy will adhere to a routine
carefully planned in advance.
The debate will originate in a
! CBS studio. Kennedy will appear
J first. He will have eight min
I utes to state his position.
| The cameras then will swing to
Nixon and he will have eight
minutes to line his stand.
Then Howard K. Smith of CBS,
the moderator, will signal a panel
of four television and radio news
men to begin firing questions.
The presidential hopefuls will
have three minutes to reply to
each question. His opponent, if he
| wishes to give a rebuttal, will
! have lVfe minutes to comment on
the question and answer.
At six minutes before 9:30 p.m.,
Nixon will take pver for a three
minute summation. Kennedy will
have the last three-minute crack
at the television viewers by vir
[ tue of a toss of the coin which
decided the finishing order.
Congo Strongman Orders i
U.N. Ghana Troops Out
LEOPOLDVILLE, iffi — Col.
Joseph Mobutu, infuriated by a
mob assault of Premier Patrice
Lumumba’s partisans on two of
his government commissioners, to
day demanded immediate with
drawal of U.N. Ghana soldiers
from the Congo.
Sources close to the youthful
strongman said he protested the
protection that the Ghana brigade
and the Ghana mission here have
given Lumumba in his fight
against President Joseph Kasa
vubu and Mobutu for control of
the country.
Mobutu voiced the demand at a
tense, three-hour meeting of the
United Nations Command.
The meeting followed a series
of incidents in Leopoldville in
which two of the commissioners
appointed by Mobutu to run gov
ernment affairs were beaten up
by Lumumba followers.
Arctic Club Carnival
Slated For October 22
The Arctic Club has announced
that their annual Carnival will
be held on Oct. 22 and a big time
is planned for young and old
alike.
Committee in charge of the
event is Barrow Morgan, Jim
Blanning and Danny Walsh.
The club has chosen some very
interesting prizes which will bo I
given away this year and which j
will be announced in the near
future.
Canadian Prime Minister Leads West’s
Counter to Soviet Attempt to Revise UN
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP— 1
A Western counteroffensive ag- !
ainst Soviet attempts to revise the
United Nations rolled into high
gear today with the Soviet Union
accused of conducting a “giant
propaganda drama of destructive
misrepresentation” to undermine
the world organization.
Kicking off the counterattack
for the West was Prime Minister j
John Diefenbaker of Canada, who 1
told the Assembly that President
Eisenhower had tried to open the
door to East - West conciliation,
Crowd of 750,000
Cheer Ike On
Return to U.N.
NEW YORK, UPl —Crowds es
timated by police at 750,000 per
sons hailed President Eisenhower
today as he arrived for important
foreign policy talks with the lead
ers of India and the United Arab
Republic.
Crowds packed 8 and 10 deep
whistled and shouted approval as
Eisenhower, arms outstretched,
rode by in his “bubbletop” lim
ousine.
Eisenhower, a delighted grin on
his face, checked into his tempor
ary White House quarters in the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to prepare
for meetings with India’s Prime
Minister Nehru and President
Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United
Arab Republic.
Resuming his personal diplo
macy, Eisenhower arrived from
Philadelphia after a 17 - minute
jet flight aboard his White House
plane.
The lunchtime crowds in the
streets greeting the President ap
peared bigger than those which
hailed him Thursday when he
spoke before the United Nations.
Police estimated the turnout then
at more than 150,000.
Francis Cardinal Spellman rode
in the back seat of the White
House limousine with Eisenhower
from Newark Airport. Spellman
is to be the President’s host to
night at a dinner sponsored by
the Catholic Charity Organiza
tions where Eisenhower is to
speak.
Burt M. McConnell
Dies At Nantucket
NANTUCKET, Mass., \B—Burt
M. McConnell, 72-year-old ex
plorer, soldier, adventurer and
writer, and a former resident of
Nome, died yesterday in a hos
pital here after a three year’s
illness. Apparent cause of death
was a cardiac insufficiency.
McConnell came to Alaska in
his youth and supervised a mining
operation on Silver Creek in the
upper Snake River area about 21
miles from Nome. McConnell also
travelled with Filhjalmur Stef
fanson on his Arctic exploration
and was himself well acquainted
with Steffanson, Roald Amund
sen, and other Arctic explorers.
He wrote several books on his
experiences in the Arctic.
McConnell last lived in Nome
in 1943, when he was active as a
captain of the supply corps with
the military. He also lived in the
Fairbanks area and at Cold Bay.
Mrs. McConnell resides at Nan
tucket.
but Khrushchev tried to shut that
door.
Secretary-General Dag Ham
marskjold made a surprise ap
pearance in the General Assembly
as the session opened, and de
clared that not his future but that
of the United Nations is at stake
in Khrushchev’s attacks on him.
Khrushchev’s proposals took on
the look of ultimatum when he
demanded that his terms be met
or the cold war would get colder.
Diefenbaker accused Khrush
chev of giving lip service to the
United Nations “which would be
destroyed by his proposal.” He re
jected as unjust the Soviet attacks
on the Secretary - General, and
called those attacks part of “a
transparent plan to undermine
the prestige and authority of the
United Nations.”
In a vigorous counterattack,
Diefenbaker poured scorn on
Khrushchev’s proposal to grant
immediate independence to all de
pendent areas. He challenged
Khrushchev to permit free elec
tions in areas now under Soviet
control.
Castro Assails
U.S. Aggression
In 3-Hour Speech
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., UPC-*
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Cas
tro told the U. N. General As
sembly tonight his government “is
seriously considering requesting
within the framework of inter
national law that U.S. naval and
military forces be withdrawn
from Guantamano Base.”
He bitterly assailed the United
States and the Organization of
American States for the recent
action condemning the Soviet
Union for meddling in Western
Hemisphere affairs.
In a marathon speech before
the U. N. General Assembly, the
bearded Cuban leader declared it
was the United States which sent
planes over Cuban territory and
not the Soviet Union.
He asserted the OAS strange
ly had not condemned the United
States for the overflights or for
aggression.
Castro opened his policy speech
by complaining that he and the
Cuban delegation had been mis
treated by the United States dur
ing their New York stay.
Most of the applause that punc
tuated the speech came from Cu
bans, Communists and a few
members of the Asian - African
bloc. Most Latin-Americans re
mained silent, but listened atten
tively.
Premier Khrushchev led the
applause when Castro lauded So
viet policy.
Castro charged that notice had
been sent out to New York hotels
to blackball the Cuban delega
tion, and that he was being iso
lated under the pretext of se
curity.
“None of you when arriving in
this city of New York has had to
undergo such humilating treat
ment, physically humiliating
treatment as that whioh was
meted out to the president of the
Cuban delegation,” he declared.
Castro wore his customary
army fatigue uniform with the
star of a major embroidered on
the shoulder. At the outset he
spoke with his hands clasped be
hind his back.