Cubans Seal Off
All Office Files
Of Oil Companies
By HAROLD K. MILKS
HAVANA, tfl) — The Cuban
government, which already has
slapped stiff new taxes on miner
al production, moved against all
foreign oil exploration companies
Friday night by sealing their of
fice files.
Agents from the Ministry of
Public Works entered the com
panies’ offices without warning.
They said the government is
preparing tc draft a new petro
leum law and wants all the tech
nical information in the hands of
the oil companies.
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
warned there will be fines and
prison sentences for anyone hin
dering' access to the files.
The surprise move left oil com
pany executives wondering how
it would affect their operations,
since they now have no access to
their files.
“It’s hard to understand this j
action,” said one executive. “Most j
of the material in our files on
the exploration of Cuban oil lands
already is duplicated in Cuban |
government offices.”
Although Cuba consumes about
50,000 barrels of oil daily, it pro
duces no more than 600 barrels
of domestic oil. Most of the oil
is imported from Venezuela.
Among files sealed Friday were
those at the offices of Esso, Tex
aco, Atlantic Refining, Cuban
Kewanee, Cuban Gulf, Cuban Cal
ifornia Standard Oil, California,
Union and Shell.
Town Terrified by Water
Main Spouting Butane
CRESTV1EW, Fla., UP — A
plumber’s error plunged this
town of 10,000 persons into a night
of terror.
Five persons were injured in
three explosions Friday night
after butane gas gushed into the
city water system.
Mayor Harry Booth said the
plumber got his lines mixed
while working at a small cafe,
and hooked a gas line from a 250
gallon tank onto a water main.
Butane gas is used for heating.
The cafe was almost destroyed,
and a 5-year-old boy was injured.
A short while later Carolyn
Eiland Kennedy started to brush
her teeth at her father’s home.
When she turned on the water
spigot, gas fumes reached a pilot
light on a heater in the bathroom
and an explosion followed. She
and her father were injured.
A third explosion occurred at
another home, where two women
were injured.
Children’s Deaths Laid to
Holiday Jack-O-Lantem
HOUSTON, Tex., UP — A doc
tor’s three small daughters burned
to death Sunday when a fire
which firemen think was started
by a candle in a jack-o-lantern
destroyed their home.
Fire investigators sifted the
ruins of the $50,000 home of Dr.
Bryan Forister for clues to the
cause of the blaze which killed
Brenda, 6, Leasa Rader, 5, and
Patricia, 2.
The jack-o-lantern left in a
chair near the window drew the
immediate blame.
Northern Metal Works
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ARCTIC CLUB
Western Air Power
Being Swapped for
Missile Defenses
WASHINGTON, UR—The West
ern powers apparently have prac
tically completed a shift in Eur
opean defense emphasis from
ers to missiles. Two developments
make this clear:
1. The United State has agreed
to close down its four air bases
and one naval base in Morocco.
2. The United States has reached
an agreement with Turkey to set
up an intermediate-range Jupiter
missile base in that country, stra
tegically located on Russia’s
border.
The issue of the American air
bases on Morrocan soil has been
politically explosive since the
little North African kingdom
gained its independence in 1956.
The Moroccans have long
wanted the American forces with
drawn. The State Department an
nounced that plans for the with
drawal have been presented to the
Moroccan prime minister.
Negotiations for the missile base
in Turkey, which will offset the
loss of the Moroccan bases, have
been under way for some time.
Formal agreement was an
nounced Friday.
The abandonment of the air
bases follows a change in strategy
that began in December, 1957.
The Allied high command at
that . time decided to gradually
shift emphasis from bombers, now
becoming obsolete in the missile
age, to rockets capable of carry
ing nuclear warheads.
Two Jupiter bases are being set
up in Italy. Four squadrons of the
1,500-mile Thor missiles are being
delivered to Great Britain.
The Pentagon said last week it
was cutting down the number of
Europe-bound Thor squadrons
from five to four. The four in
Britain remained unchanged. The
fifth was to have gone to another
country.
But France and West Germany
have balked at having these mis
sile bases established on their
soil. Soviet Premier Khrushchev
has made pointed threats about
countries that harbor Allies’ mis
sile bases. Greece also was ap
proached, but nothing came of it.
At the same time the United
States is steadily increasing its
force of B-52 intercontinental
bombers, which can be based in
this country.
EISENHOWER NAMES NEW
C. A.B. BOARD OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON, UR — Harmer
D. Denny resigned today from the
Civil Aeronautics Board, effec
tive November 15. President Eis
enhower chose Whitney Gillilland,
new chairman of the Foreign
Claims Commission, to succeed
Denny.
Denny wrote Eisenhower that
he had signified his intention
some time ago to leave the C.A.B.
Eisenhower thanked him for a
valuable contribution.
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Flier Ejected Safely
Upward from Big-Tailed
F104 Air Force Fighter
GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif., OP — For the first time at
this base a flier has been ejected
upward from an F104 fighter
plane by rocket catapult to es
cape when the craft crashed.
For some time Lockheed Air
craft Corp. has been working to
modify this plane, which former
ly employed a downward, ejec
tion for a pilot who was bailing
out.
Previously upward ejection was
too dangerous because of the high
tail of the plane.
George AFB officials said to
day that Captain Robert F. Brock
man, flight leader in the 436th
Tactical Fighter Squadron, ejected
at 20,000 feet in the new way
from his FI 04 Wednesday and
parachuted without injury.
His plane crashed in the Mo
jave desert. The cause of the
crash was not determined.
Numbered Duplicate Stub Tickets
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II lllim A
. ■ NOTICE OF PROPOSED
CHANGES IN THE REGULA
TIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND WELFARE
Notice is hereby given that the
Department of Health and Wel
fare pursuant to the authority to
adopt, amend or repeal regula
tions vested by:
Authority: Sec. 40-1-6, ACLA
-1949, as am. SLA 1949, ch. 118,
sec. 16, as am. SLA 1952, ch. 56,
proposes to adopt, amend or re
peal regulations in Title 7, Sec
tions 1400-1418 of the Alaska Ad
ministrative Code as follows:
Adopt new section 1401-1 Sal?
of Ungraded Recombined Milk
and Milk Products allowed as
Emergency.
From September 15, 1959, until
the Commissioner of Health and
Welfare determines that such dry
milk solids and milk fats which
complies with Grade A Dry Milk
Products, Supplement 1 to Milk
Ordinance and Code 1953 Recom
mendations of the Public Health
Service, are available, the sale of
ungraded pasteurized recombined
or. reconstituted milk and milk
products is authoried, in which
case they shall be labeled "Un
graded Recombined" or "Un
graded Reconstituted."
Notice is also given that any
person interested may present
statements or arguments, orally
or in writing, relevant to the ac
tion proposed at a hearing to be
held in the Senate Chamber, State
Capitol Building, Juneau, Alaska,
at or before 11:00 o'clock a.m. on
the 15th day of December, 1959.
The Department of Health and
Welfare upon its own motion cf
at the instance of any interested
person, may thereafter adopt the
above proposals substantially as
above set forth without further
notice.
Dated September 15, 1959.
Department of Health and
Welfare
Paul L. Windsor,
Commissioner.
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ARCTIC OIL
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LEGAL NOTICE
Public sale of government property located at the follow
ing White Alice stations:
ANIAK
BEAR CREEK (approx. 7 miles from Tanana)
BIG MOUNTAIN (approy. 25 miles from Iliamna)
BOSWELL BAY (approx. 14 miles from Cordova)
CAPE LISBURNE
FORT YUKON
GRANITE MOUNTAIN (approx. 136 miles east of Nome)
KALAKAKET CREEK (approx. 25 miles from Galena)
MIDDLETON ISLAND
CAPE NEWENHAM
NOME (Staging Area. Nome Airport)
NORTH RIVER (approx. 6 miles from Unalakleet)
ROMANZOF
SOLDOTNA
SPARREVOHN
TATALINA (approx. 6 miles from McGrath)
Materials to be sold consist of shelierwells, skid shacks,
electrical and plumbing supplies, camp and kitchen items, and
miscellaneous construction materials. Detailed lists may be
reviewed at Federal Electric Corporation, Anchorage, and at
j the above listed locations.
Material will be available for inspection at all stations
from 20 November to 30 November, 1959.
Bids will be opened 10:00 A.M., 15 December, 1959, at
Federal Electric Corporation, Anchorage.
Conditions of Sale:
1. Prospective buyers are responsible for their own
expenses.
2. There will be no lodging or messing facilities available
at the stations.
3. There are security clearances to be obtained prior to
visiting each station.
4. Bids must be made on "Invitation to Bid" Form 114
which is available at Federal Electric Corporation Head
quarters Building, 205 East Fifth Avenue, Anchorage; White
Alice stations. Anchorage Main Post Office, and post offices
near the stations.
5. Federal Electric Corp., and Northern Services, Inc.,
employes and their dependents are not eligible to submit bids.
Additional information may be obtained by writing to
Federal Electric Corporation. P. O. Box 7-153, Anchorage,
Alaska, or calling Broadway 6-2401, exL 314 or ext. 311.