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Council Allots
$2,000 to Clean-up
At a special meeting of the City
Council yesterday noon, $2,000
was appropriated to finance the
annual clean-up drive now in
progress throughout the commu
nity.
The new organization of young
men of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce (Jaycees) set the pace
with the cleaning up of the beach
east of the power plant, which
was followed by the residents of
King Island Village, in cleaning up
their beach and their village.
Painting and repairs are now in
evidence throughout the commu
nity, but there are some places
where the owners need a little
prodding, and this will be done by
the Health Committee of the City,
which is giving fair warning to
property owners who don’t
comply.
Fifth Radio-Bouncing Test
Balloon Popped Into Space
WASHINGTON, UP) — A tiny
package popped out of its con
tainer 210 miles over the Virginia
coast Tuesday night and swiftly
inflated into a plastic balloon 10
stories high.
The balloon was the fifth in a
series of test launchings in prep
aration for putting one into orbit
from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Scientists hope to use such bal
loon statellites for bouncing radio
communications to great distances
around the earth.
Lyndon Johnson Gets
Big Newspaper Plugging
NEW YORK, UP) — Full-page
newspaper advertisements sup
porting Sen. Lyndon Johnson of
Texas for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination are appearing
in 15 cities across the nation.
The ads, under the heading,
“Who Shall Lead Us?” are signed
by 181 persons, including Gover
nors Price Daniel of Texas and
Buford Ellington of Tennessee,
House Speaker Sam Rayburn; and
Louis Johnson, former Secretary
of Defense.
The advertisement indirectly
attacked what it said was the
youth and inexperience of Sen.
John Kennedy as contrasted with
the Senate Democratic Leader. It I
called for a nationwide telegraphic
and letter appeal to Johnson urg
ing him to become an active can
didate for the nomination.
Scripps Howard Editors
Support Lyndon Johnson
NEW YORK, (fl) — The Scripps
Howard newspapers will support
Lyndon Johnson for the Demo
cratic Party’s Presidential nomi
nation, the New York World Tele
gram & Sun announced today.
“The 19 editors of these poli
tically independent newspapers
believe Sen. Johnson is the ablest
and strongest Democrat available.
We hope he will be his party’s
choice,” an editorial said.
The newspaper said that sup
port of a Republican Party candi
date would be delayed “until a
later day when, and if, a contest
develops.”
PRINCESS GRACE VISITS
AILING FATHER IN PHILA.
PHILADELPHIA, UP) — Prin
cess Grace of Monaco arrived
here today to visit her father,
John B. Kelly, who underwent ab
dominal surgery Monday. Kelly’s
condition was reported as satis
factory.
Alaska Air Force Cut Will
Be Reviewed at Top Level
WASHINGTON, UP) — A top
level review will be made of an
Air Force decision to cut air
fighter strength in Alaska, aides
of Sen. Bartlett were told today.
The aides were advised that the
Joint Chiefs of Staff will look into
the propose cut, involving possible
inactivation of the 449th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron at Ladd
Air Force Base.
Thomas Gates Jr., Secretary of
Defense, informed Gov. Egan
over the weekend that he had
“asked that the decision of the De
partment of the Air Force in this
matter be reviewed.”
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Elmendorf ‘Open
House’ will Greet
President’s Plane
i
ANCHORAGE, (tf)—The sprawl
ing Air Force Base just outside
Anchorage will be “wide open” to
the public a week from Sunday
when President Eisenhower ar
rives here for an overnight stop
enroute to the Far East.
Alaskan Command officials said
that Elmendorf Field, the largest
in the state, is being made ready
for the Chief Executive’s visit
starting at noon Sunday, June 12.
Eisenhower is scheduled to
speak to Alaskans from a position
in the Elmendorf flight line after
alighting from the jet Columbine
III. His remarks will be carried
“live” by radio and television
(KENI).
Following a big welcome at the
flight line by both military and
civilian leaders, Mr. Eisenhower
will ride in an open car to the
Alaskan Chateaux, a military
guest house at Elmendorf, which
has been specially outfitted for
| the President’s stopover.
Later in the afternoon, Eisen
hower is scheduled to drive
through the downtown area of the
city and make at least one “point
of interest” stop.
According to present reports, he
will make no further public ap
pearances before leaving for Man
ila the next morning.
A planeload of about 100 news
men accompanying the President
on his trip, is scheduled to arrive
here about an hour before Mr.
Eisenhower.
Alaska Construction
Okayed in House Action
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
Senate-House compromise mili
tary construction authorization
bill, carrying $17,892,000 for Alas
ka projects for the year starting
July 1, was passed by the House
today.
The measure carries no appro
priations and still needs Senate
approval, but no opposition is ex
pected there.
The largest Alaska item is $5,
178,000 for the Eielson AFB.
The other Alaska projects:
Air Force — Bethel Air Force
Station, $1,187,000; Kotzebue,
$633,000; Northeast Cape, $1,367,
000; Unalakleet, $715,000.
MATINEE IDOL ARRESTED
VAN NUYS, Calif., UP) — One
time matinee idol Ramon Navarro
has pleaded innocent to drunken
| driving charges.
Police said the 61-year-old ac
tor’s car hit a parked car Monday
night and he flunked a sobriety
test. Last Saturday he ran into the
rear of a bus, police say, and
failed a sobriety test then, too.
Fairbanks Meeting
Scans Need for
Pioneer Roads
A hearing is scheduled in Fair
banks tomorrow on the proposed
access or pioneer roads which will
be built throughout the state. Rep
resenting Nome and the Seward
Peninsula will be Judge Hubert
Gilbert and Senator Lester Bron
son, stated Pearse Walsh, presi
dent of the NWA Chamber of
Commerce, which has been active
in obtaining a share of these mon
ies for Northwestern Alaska.
Pioneer road money is requested
for Teller Mission to Lost River,
to develop tin mining; Fox River
to White Mountain, for reindeer
transportation, timber and mining;
Unalakleet to Kaltag, to open an
area from the Yukon to the coast
and for oil and fishing explora
tion; Taylor to Serpentine — min
eral baths, fishing and mining;
Pilgrim Springs to Highway 97,
for resort, gardening, fishing, and
camping activities; Unalakleet to
Egavik, reindeer roundup as a
tourist attraction.
One million dollars will become
available for these roads on July
1. These funds are “to construct,
relocate, or repair pioneering ac
cess roads into and within areas
rich in any or all natural resources
or to mining prospects of com
mercial promise, which are pres
ently inaccessible to truck haul
age. The roads authorized are to
be of low standard, rudimentary
truck roads, not usually fit for
passenger car or all-weather use.”
The hearing will be conducted
by Phil Holdsworth, Commissioner
of Natural Resources.
State Department Pledges
U. S. Will Keep Faith with
Soviet-Threatened Nations
WASHINGTON, Uf) — A spokes
man asserted today the United
States will live up to its defense
pledges to nations menaced by
Soviet rocket threats.
State Department Press Officer
Lincoln White accuse Soviet Mar
shal Malinovsky of trying to ‘“in
timidate governments which are
absolutely blameless” in connec
tion with U. S. spy plane flights.
Malinovsky declared in a speech
Monday that he had ordered So
viet rocket forces to blast any
base from which a foreign aircraft
might violate the borders of the
Soviet Union or its allies.
White also said the State De
partment has not had any success
yet in having some official of the
U. S. Embassy in Moscow inter
view Francis G. Powers, the cap
tured pilot of the U-2 aircraft
which went down in the Soviet
Union May 1.
Montgomery Says to Let
Reds Have Formosa
LONDON, Ufi — Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery came home
from Red China Tuesday night
advocating that the Communists
be given Formosa.
“I believe there should be one
China and not two,” the former
NATO Deputy Commander told
reporters, “and that China is the
one which has its government in
Peiping.” <
PHILADELPHIA, Ufi — Wanted
“Sewer crawlers.”
The city began accepting appli
cations Tuesday for sewer crawl
ers to plug leaks, rat holes and
the like in the vast Philadelphia
sewer system. Applicants must be
able to fit in an 18-inch pipe.
Absentee Ballot Rules
Outlined by Wade
JUNEAU, (VP) — Regulations
governing the casting of absentee
ballots in Alaska’s fall elections
were outlined today by Secretary
of State Hugh Wade.
Under provisions of the new
election code, absentee ballots for
the August 9 primary may be cast
with the Magistrate or Deputy
Magistrate in the election district
where a voter has permanent resi
dence anytime between June 30
and August 7.
Applications for absentee bal
lots may be made by mail or in
person to magistrates or by mail
to the Secretary of State. The ap
plications may not be postmarked
more than 90 days nor less than
four days before any election.
Any qualified voter may cast an
absentee ballot if he believes he
will be absent from his voting
precinct on election day, if he will
be unable to go to the polls be
cause of physical disability, or if
a trip to the polls would be im
practical because of distance and
expense considerations, hardship
or hazard.
Mamie Lands in Hospital
With Asthmatic Attack I
WASHINGTON, (VP) — Mrs. I
Mamie Eisenhower entered Wal
ter Reed Army Hospital Tuesday
for treatment of an attack of acute
asthmatic bronchitis, the White
House announced today.
Doctors reported today that the
First Lady is “as comfortable as
she can be” under the circum
stances.
Press Secretary James Hagerty
said Mrs. Eisenhower would re
main under treatment for “a short
while” — presumably only a few
days.
Mrs. Eisenhower, 63, has had
such attacks before, Hagerty said,
but none as severe as the current
one.
Mrs. Eisenhower’s asthmatic at
tacks have not previously been an
nounced by the White House, but
at a flower show recently it was
reported that she suffered from
an allergy to roses.
In the seven years she has been
in the White House, the First
Lady has had no major illnesses.
She underwent a major operation,
a hysterectomy, at Walter Reed
in August, 1957, and was hospit
alized more than three weeks.
U. S. Tells SEATO Group
Communists Will be Active
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
United States warned its South
east Asia allies today it considers
Communist probing actions likely
in the Far East in view of the
summit conuference collapse.
Secretary of State Herter told
a meeting of the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization that Red
trouble-making is possible in var
ious areas but that the United
States looks for action, particular
ly in the Far East.
Herter said the United States
and its seven Western and Asian
allies in SEATO must keep their
guard up.
A Western Big Three strategy
meeting was arranged for late
today following the SEATO
session.
GRAVE MATTER
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., UPl — A
woman told police she was robbed
while putting flowers on a grave
in a cemetery. Miss Anna M. Wol
fert, 47, said a man took $12 at
gun point.
Local Beauties Will
Compete in Two
Age Brackets
The Midnight Sun Festival
Committee have announced that
the age limit for Queen contestants
has been lowered to 16 years, so
that more local girls can qualify
as Queen contestants.
Those who have been interested
in entering the contest, should
contact Johnnie Stephenson or
Don Foster immediately, to regis
ter before Friday evening.
The winner is not judged by the
number of tickets sold, but by per
sonality and appearance, the com
mittee wishes to emphasize.
There will be two classifications
for the Queen contest. Girls 16 to
18 years old may vie for the title
of Queen of the Midnight Sun,
and those over 18 will be eligible
for the Miss Nome contest. To
qualify for either category, girls
must sell 150 Midnight Sun Festi
val tickets. Miss Nome will re
ceive a free trip to Anchorage,
and the Midnight Sun Queen will
receive $100 for a wardrobe from
the local merchants.
Each girl will be refunded 10
per cent of all tickets she sells,
in the form of a savings account
at the M and M Bank.
Dorcas Brower Joins Top
Film Beauties at Toronto
TORONTO, Wl — An Alaskan
has joined the film beauties at
tending the Variety Club’s Inter
national Convention, which began
here today with delegates from
Canada, Ireland, Britain, the
United States, Mexico and Japan.
Dorcas Brower, 20, of Point
Barrow, will join such celebrities
as Gina Lollobrigida, Joan Craw
ford and Elana Eden.
Miss Brower was discovered
when Director Vincent Sherman
was filming location scenes in the
Point Barrow region for the film
on which she is at present work
ing, “Ice Palace.”
Registration is not completed,
but about 1,200 Variety delegates
are expected. Largest delegation
is from the United States with
about 800, followed by Canada
with 200.
GABY COOPER IN SURGERY
HOLLYWOOD, UP) — Actor
Gary Cooper has undergone major
surgery — removal of a portion
of his colon — and will be hos
pitalized two weeks.
His doctor declined to disclose
the exact nature of the 58-year
old actor’s illness, but said he
doubted it had anything to do
with a prostate operation Cooper
underwent in Boston five weeks
ago.
Before the operation Tuesday,
the surgery had been called minor.
Cooper, winner of two Academy
wards recently turned down a
film role because he wasn’t
feeling well.
Soviet Science Writer
Reveals Guided Rockets
LONDON, W) — The Soviet
Union is building guided rockets
capable of transporting small
laboratory cars, radar-controlled
from the earth, to explore the
moon and neighboring planets, a
Soviet expert said in a book pub
lished here yesterday.
. U. S. Hlebsevitch, radio-astron
omer, reported this development
in the book “Life in the 21st Cen
tury,” which was first published
in the Soviet Union last year.