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Cardinal Stepinac
Dies in Yugoslavia
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, iff) —
Cardinal Stepinac, 61, a symbol
of the Roman Catholic Church’s
resistance to Communism, died
today in Krasic, the home town
to which he was confined by
President Tito’s Red regime.
Church sources said the Car
dinal, spiritual leader of Yugo
slavia’s seven million Roman
Catholics, contracted a cold be
cause he insisted on praying more
than four hours daily in Krasic’s
unheated little parish church.
Cardinal Stepinac had been
confined to Krasic since his re
lease in 1951 after serving five
years of a 16-year prison term
imposed by a Communist court.
Authoritative sources who re
ported the death said the Cardinal
dic-d of a pneumonia attack that
was complicated by a heart con
dition.
Cardinal Stepinac’s trial and
imprisonment aroused worldwide
protests and resulted in a diplo
matic break between Yugoslavia
and the Vatican. He became a
symbol of the Catholic Church re
sistance to Communism.
The Prelate was sentenced to
prison in 1946. He was accused of
following the Nazi propaganda
line, approving forced conver
sions to Catholicism, and working
in harness with the Croatian pup
pet government in Yugoslavia.
He denied the charges. Shaking
his finger at the Zagreb court in
an impassioned speech, he de
clared that “As the Communists
fight for materialistic theory, so
have we the right to fight for
Christianity.”
Although he was sentenced to
16 years at hard labor, he was
not required to work during his
five years in prison. He spent
most of his time reading and
studying church history.
HOUSE WILL GET
LOTTERIES BILL TODAY
JUNEAU, UP) — A Senate-ap
proved bill legalizing some lotter
ies and raffles headed to the
floor of the Alaska House for ac
tion Wednesday.
The Commerce and Labor Com
mittee reported the bill out fav
orably Tuesday and the House re
jected a move to commit it .to the
Finance Committee.
SCOUT STRANGLES WHILE
PRACTICING KNOT TYING
BOUCHERVILLE, Que., UP) -—
Boy Scout Keith Robertson, 12,
strangled to death last night while
practicing knot-tying. Police Chief
D. Maper said the boy apparently
slipped to the floor of his bedroom
after tying one end of the rope
to a door handle and leaving the
other around his neck. The boy’s
father found the body.
REP. TABER. 79, WILL
SEEK 20TH TERM
ITHACA, N. Y., UP) — Rep. John
Taber (R-NY), leader of the econ
omy faction on the powerful
House Appropriations Committee,
will seek his 20th term in Con
gress. Taber, who will be 80 May
5, has agreed to run again for the
seat he has held since 1923, his
office in Washington said Tues
day.
AEC Experts Will
Hold Information
Sessions in Arctic
WASHINGTON, UR — A group
of experts will visit Alaska this
month to discuss a proposal to
blast a harbor at Cape Thompson
on the northwestern coast. The
blasting would be done with
atomic bombs.
Sen. Bartlett-said yesterday he
was informed by the Atomic En
ergy Commission that the group
will l[ive citizens of Alaska “ac
curate, authoritative, and timely
information” on the project.
A. P. Luedecke, AEC general
manager, said the information
sessions will be held at Kotzebue,
Kivalina, Noatak and Point Hope,
all in the vicinity of the pro
posed project. No dates were an
nounced, Bartlett said.
Two Deadlocked Bills
Considered By Special
Conference Committees
JUNEAU, W) — The deadlocked
issues of narcotics control and
special accounts mere handed to
special conference committees of
the Alaska Legislature yesterday.
House and Senate passed sep
arat narcotics bills in the 1959
session. A conference committee
recommended that the Senate
bill be passed, but the House re
fused last week to go along.
The Senate measure would, in
general, double penalties for vio
lations of narcotic control acts..
Another conference committee
was named to consider a House
bill calling for special accounts
within the state general fund. The
accounts would cover revenue
from motor, marine and aviation
fuel taxes.
The House passed the bill last
session. The Senate approved it
last week after eliminating the
motor and aviation fuel funds.
The House refused Monday to ac
cept the Senate changes. The Sen
ate, in turn, refused to back off.
City Takes Over
Management of
Fed. Jail Facility
A discussion of the agreement
of the City of Nome with the
State of Alaska, concerning the
use permit on the Federal Jail,
for which the City has already
signed a contract with the Fed
eral Jail System, was the im
portant issue of the Council
meeting on Monday night.
There was considerable dissat
isfaction voiced, partly due to
lack of information on why the
City was taking over the jail
system.
There was also a lack of in
formation on how many addi
tional city employes were to be
hired for these jobs; what their
wages would be, and how the
City planned to finance the
project.
By motion, the matter was
tabled, and the City Clerk in
structed to wire the 'head of the
State Health and Welfare De
partment, as well as the Federal
Jail System authorities, asking
for more time to consider, as the
change-over was to have taken
place yesterday.
Also tabled, was the agreement
by the City with the State Court
System to provide a City Magis
trate.
Paul Mandeville, in the interest
of the Nome Bowling Association,
requested a long-term lease or
purchase of the lot west of the
N. C. Cat Shop, for a bowling
alley. The matter was referred to
a committee of Councilmen Wilke
and Hedreen.
Ordinances were passed for the
setting of new light and power
rates, and providing for sales tax
on same, to go into effect March 1.
Ernie Gustafson called atten
tion to the fact that it was the
duty of the City Fire Department
to provide tarpaulines to protect
property from water damage dur
ing fires.
Last evening, the Council met
Kings Lake Church Group Campers
Object to Rehabilitation Camp Plan
ANCHORAGE, W)—The King’s
Lake Camp Board of Trustees
has wired Governor Egan it con
siders the state’s plan to estab
lish a juvenile delinquent reha
bilitation center near the lake a
threat to its camping program.
The board met Monday night
with representatives of the groups
that use the camp each year —
the Church of God, Camp'fire
Girls, Church of the Nazarene,
YMCA, Mariners, 4-H, Presby
terians, Later Day Saints, Mili
tary, American Baptists, Metho
dists and Lutherans. The Alaska
Crippled Children’s Association
was not represented at the meet
ing.
The Rev. Frank Walkup, presi
dent of the board, signed a tele
gram to Egan which said in part:
. . All present at last night’s
meeting were unanimous in their
commendation of the basic con
cept of that youth conservation
camp program (proposed by the
state). Utmost concern has regis
tered regarding the impact of this
location on their camp program.
Announcement of your plan has
raised a vigorous protest among
the parents of our campers and at
least one user group has given
notice that if your camp is estab
lished at this location they will
be forced to seek camping else
where.”
The telegram requested “re
consideration of a move that will
tend to negate the positive train
ing of over 1,200 youth and young
adults each season. The board
offers its services to assist you
in establihing a youth conerva
tion camp in an appropriate
place. . .
The Rev. Mr. Walkup said es
terday the state’s plan to locate
its center adjacent to Kings Lake
Camp in the Wasilla area “is an
unhappy one”
He said “There is lots of land
available and our users have told
us this is a real threat to their
problems.”
Senate Measure Raising Alaska Teacher
Salaries In Line with Dr. Norby Advice
JUNEAU, W — A bill backed
by the Alaska Education Asso
ciation to increase teachers’ sal
aries by a total of $1,500,000 was
introduced in the State Senate
Tuesday.
Dr. Theo Norby, State Commis
sioner pf Education, told the
House Rules Committee mean
while, that' he thinks teachers’
pay should be raised this year.
Norby didn’t say how much. He
declined to comment on the Senate
bill or a House measure, pending
from the last session, which pro
vides generally smaller increases.
The measure would increase pay
for staring teachdrs with bache
lor’s degrees from $4,600 to $5,200
per year. The annual experience
increment would be increased
from $175 to $250. The maximum,
for teachers with nine years’ ex
perience and 20 graduate semester
hours of education, would be
$7,650.
Teachers with master’s degrees
would enter teaching at $5,700. A
maximum of $8,700 would be
reached after 12 years. The pres
ent maximum is $6,900.
The bill would increase super
intendents’ salaries by about
$1,000 a year. Principals would
get the $250 annual experience
increment. They now receive $600
a year more than classroom
teachers. »
The minimums are figured for
Southeast Alaska. Teachers would
continue to get cost of living dif
ferentials of $400 per year in the
south-central district, and $700 in
the central and Northwestern dis
tricts.
Norby, appearing before the
rules committee in its review of
the interim appointments of Gov
ernar William Egan, , said he
hopes the state Vill soon stop
certifying teachers without col
lege degrees.
He was the last of the appoin
tees to be heard by the commit
tee before it reports to the Lgis
latur on whether the appoint
ments should be confirmed.
AIR COMMERCE REGULATION
BILL EXPECTED IN SENATE
JUNEAU, Wl — The Judiciary
Committee of the Alaska Senate
is expected to recommend late
this week that a new bill for reg
ulation of intra-state air com
merce be written, incorporating
features of two bills introduced
last year.
Sen. Ralph Moody, chairman,
said the sentiment of the commit
tee seems to be in favor of re
taining Civil Aeronautics Board
regulations pending a study by a
state agency operating under the
Department of Commerce.
in special session with the Board
of Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce, for further discussion
On the Jail issue. The meeting was
urgent, as Bon Davis, superinten
dent of the local Federal Jail’ had
been authorized to close the jail,
should no decision be reached by
the City in this matter, and to
moye the prisoners to Fairbanks,
as there was no provision for ex
tension of Federal Jail service
here. It was brought out that most
other cities in the State have
assumed the operation of jails, and
will be paid toy the State and
federal authorities for care of
prisoners.
The Council were finally in
unanimous agreement, and the
city signed the agreement with
the State of Alaska. A special
meeting of the Council at 6:30 to
night will consider the staffing
of the jail, which is expected to
mean the adding of eight employes
to the City payroll.
According to figures presented
by Bon Davis, if wages and food
supplies, and other expenditures
are kept in line with what the
federal government has been
spending, the jail should not be
a burden, • but an asset to the
community.
The agreements with State and
the federal government contain
a 30-day review clause, should the
present agreements not prove
satisfactory.
Gruening Says
Government Puts
Foreign Aid First
WASHINGTON, MB — Sen. Er
nest Gruening yesterday accused
the Administration of pushing
foreign aid while cutting back on
domestic programs.
The Eisenhower-Nixon Admin
istration will go down in history
as the first administration that
put the interest of foreign na
tions ahead of the interest of our
own, Gruening said.
In a speech prepared for the
Senate, Gruening said he sup
ported the ' Agriculture Depart
ment’s request for six million dol
lars to finance the forestry pro
gram in the year beginning July
1. He said the request was cut
to $1,780,400 in the President’s
budget.
He then cited figures listing
foreign aid expenditures on for
estry programs in fiscal years
1955-59, totaling $10,212,394.
Gruening said he felt it his
duty to show “the striking dis
parity and contrast between the
President’s attitude toward pro
grams and projects for the Amer
ican people and his attitude
toward the same kinds of pro
grams and projects in foreign
countries. . .
ALASKA SENATORS WANT
TIME EXTENDED FOR BOARD
TO CONSIDER SHIP RATES
WASHINGTON, —A bill in
troduced in the Senate would give
the Federal Maritime Board
authority to suspend any pro
posed shipping rales for seven
months instead of the four months
now allowed.
Senators Bartlett and Gruening,
Alaska Democrats who introduced
the measure yesterday, said it
would make the FMB limit the
same as that of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
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