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VOL. LXII No. 105 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1960_Per Copy 151
Nome Prepares
For Visit Monday
Of Seadragon
All preparation for the arrival
of the U.S. Navy nuclear powered
submarine Seadragon on Monday
are well in hand.
The undersea craft is scheduled
to arrive here about 10 a.m. on
Monday. Navy airplanes from Ko
diak and Elmendorf are scheduled
in shortly before that time with
distinguished visitors.
A Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon honoring the visitors is sched
uled for noon at the North Star
Dining Room.
The U.S.N. Northwind is due on
Sunday.
The guests from the two planes
which are scheduled for 8:30 a.m.
will be taken directly to the dock
where launches from the North
wind will take them alongside the
Seadragon or on the Northwind
depending on the weather, for a
welcoming ceremony.
They will also take as many
towmspeople as possible for the
ceremony at sea.
Arriving on the Navy planes
will be about 13 newsmen. Gov.
William Egan, who was invited
for the celebration, was unable to
attend as he was previously com
mitted for another meeting.
Chamber President Pearse
Walsh reminds everyone to fly
their flags on Monday.
Nixon and Johnson
Talk Over Campaign
WASHINGTON, UP)—Vice Presi
dent Nixon today compared notes
on the political campaign with
one of his chief political rivals,
Sen. Lyndon Johnson.
Johnson, Senate Democratic
leader and Democratic Vice Pre
sidential nominee, and Sen. Ev
erett Dirksen, Republican leader,
dropped in at Walter Reed Army
Hospital for a friendly chat with
the Vice President who is under
going treatment for an infected
left knee.
“We found him hale and
hearty,” Johnson said after an
hour-long visit with the Republi
can presidential candidate.
Johnson said the three discus
sed topics ranging from “what a
great state Texas is, to how to
campaign.” He said Nixon has
plenty of experience in running
for Vice President, “so I brushed
up on details.”
The visitors presented Nixon
with an autographed copy of the
book, “The Splendid Misery,” a
story of presidential nominations
and campaigns,” written by Jack
Bell.
HERTER WILL HEAD U.S.
DELEGATION AT THE U.N.
, WASHINGTON, UP) —Secretary
of State Christian A. Herter said
today he expects to head the U.S.
delegation to the United Nations
for the first week after the Gen
eral Assembly meeting opens on
Sept. 20.
This apparently means Presi
dent Eisenhower will not be at
the U.N. session at that time.
Herter spoke briefly to news
men before taking off for a Labor
Day weekend at his Manchester,
Mass. home.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev an
nounced that he will attend the
General Assembly meeting.
Herter declined comment.
Bronson Requests Probe
Of Charges Of Primary
Election Irregularities
State Sen. Les Bronson told the
Nugget yesterday that he has re
quested Gov. Egan to call for a
complete official investigation of
the Aug. 9 primary election in
the lower Yukon River area. He
said he made the request because
of charges made that the residents
of several villages were denied
the right to vote and that insuf
ficient ballots were made avail
able in the area in question.
He reported that Governor
Egan said that the inquiry will
be made as soon as Secretary of
State Hugh Wade returns from a
trip to New York City.
U.N. Reports Bloody
Fighting In The Congo
LEOPOLDVILLE, l/P) —Flareup
of bloody fighting between Con
golese soldiers and partisans in
Kasai province has claimed at
least 270 lives in the town of
Bakwanga, the Uniled Nations re
ported today.
U.N. officials reported scores of
corpses strewn on the streets of
Bawkanga, capital of the seces
sionist so-called mineral state in
Kasai. Many were mutilated by
blows from knives and machetes.
A garrison of 125 Tunisian U.N
soldiers barricaded the local club
where 110 surviving Belgian resi
dents hovered in panic.
“There was shooting for hours
on end,” a United Nations official
said. “Both sides were heavily
armed. They even had mortars.”
Earlier today, a U. N. spokes
man announced United Nations
Moroccan troops fired on a group
of attacking armed civilians and
killed one person. This was the
Hirst time U. N. soldiers have
opened fire, and the first cas
ualty attributed to them.
Seizure of U.S.
Supermarkets Seen
As Stage Setting
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HAVANA, (IP) — Fidel Castro’s
government entered the super
market business today by seizing
the five million dollar, American
owned Minimax chain of stores in
Havana province.
The seizure came as Castro mo
bilized his followers for another
show of unity to rebuff what he
called aggressions against his
revolutionary regime.
A formal intervention order in
the Minimax case accused Ameri
can operators of the supermarkets
and several subsidiary firms of
adopting a hostile attitude toward
Cuban employes and threatening
to close down.
The Minimax chain, established
several years ago by American
residents of Havana, operated 20
stores in the Havana area.
The fiery prime minister ap
peared to be setting the stage for
a dramatic move. Speculation
ranged from an open diplomatic
break with the United States to
an announcment of recognition of
Communist China.
Not Legal—But Popular
HILLSIDE, N. J., (IP) — Irish
Sweepstakes tickets are not legal
but they sure are popular.
Magistrate Henry Goldhor
found this out Thursday when he
polled his courtroom informally.
Before him was George Com
bos, 45, charged with possession
of a lottery ticket.
The judge asked the audience
how many had sweepstakes tick
ets. Seven, raised their hands.
Then he asked how many had
ever bought tickets. Fourteen
more hands went up.
Goldhor fined Gombos $50 but
suspended the sentence.
Welcome To Another Polar Explorer
Roald Amundsen stopped in Nome in the Little
! Goja in 1905 when he first sailed the Northwest
Goya in 1905 when he first sailed the Northwest
Passage and he stopped in Nome again in 1918 when
he sailed the Northwest Passage in the keel-less
Maude which carried a pilot and small plane. It
took almost two years to complete these trips.
In 1926 Nome was prominent again when
Amundsen, representing the Scandinavian countries;
Ellsworth, representing the United States; and Gen.
Nobile representing Italy, completed a trip over the
pole in the dirigible Norge and shortly after landed
at Teller and made Nome their headquarters. They
pioneered air travel over the pole.
It is therefore most appropriate that Nome
should be chosen for the Alaskan stop of the U.S.
Navy submarine Seadragon as it completes its trip
under the Arctic ice across the North Pole, pioneer
ing what may soon be a commercial route for trans
porting freight and merchandise to and from North
America instead of by ocean going freighters which
are fast becoming obsolete.
A military spokesman has prophecied that this
new submarine route will make the Arctic Ocean
the Mediterranean of tomorrow.
Monday will be another history making day for
Nome, another first for the town, which since gold
was discovered on its . beaches 60 years ago, has
been the best known community in Alaska.
Everyone is proud and happy to welcome the
U.S. Navy officials and other distinguished guests for
this occasion.
Mary Walker Injured
In Collision Yesterday
On Fox River Road
Mary Walker was injured last
night in a highway accident near
Fox River. She was riding in a
pick-up truck owned by her hus
band, Ed Walker, with her son Eli
and Helen Gogolin and driven by
Fred Kowchee, which was report
ed struck by a dump truck of the
State Highway Department driven
by Robert Dickson.
The accident was immediately
reported by radio from the state
car and an FAA car driven by
Bob Schick with Dr. John Bar
row and nurse Betty Shamblin
and State Policeman Jack Reed
left town immediately for the
scene of the accident.
At the same time Public Health
Nurse Eunice Bergland alerted
Maj. Larry Flanagan of the Army
Advisor Group who immediately
flew the National Guard plane to
Lee’s Camp on Solomon River.
The doctor’s party met the car
with the injured woman about six
miles from Lee’s Camp. She was
given emergency aid there, then
taken to Lee’s where she was
transferred to the plane and
brought to the hospital here.
State Police representative Jack
Reed stated it was wonderful the
way everyone cooperated and how
quickly and smoothly the opera
tion was completed
He praised Hap Lancaster for
the radio service which even had
the Safety ferry standing by,
ready to take the rescue party
across as quickly as possible.
Mrs. Walker is reported rest
ing and not in critical condition.
Her son suffered a slight cut on
his head.
U.S. Basketball Team
Will Plays Ivans Saturday
ROME, UPl —The United States
Olympic basketball team, warm
ing up for tomorrow night’s semi
final showdown with Russia,
crushed Uruguay 108-50 today for
its fifth straight victory.
With Coach Pete Newell using
his first team only sparingly, the
powerful Americans stormed into
a 65-19 halftime lead and scored
almost at will while topping the
100 mark for the fourth time
Both the U.S. and Russia are
assured of advancing into the
final round robin of the tourna
ment, Russia after beating Yugo
slavia 88-61 today. But the clash
tomorrow should be an indication
of how much of a challenge the
improved Russians can throw at
the favored American team.
Eclipse of Moon Will Be
Visible Monday In Alaska
NEW YORK, l/Pt—An eclipse of
the moon will be visible low in
the western sky throughout the
United States early Monday mor
ning, the Hayden Planetarium
said today. It will be visible in
Alaska and Hawaii.
The eclipse will begin at 1:36
a.m. PST when the moon enters
the shadow of the earth. The start
will be visible at that moment all
across the country.
DOCTOR'S FAMILY ARRIVES
Mrs. John Barrow, wife of the
new doctor at the MMM Hospital,
arrived Thursday with their three
sons. They will live in the former
von der Heydt home on 1st Ave.
West. The Robert Reed family,
who were living there, are now
located in a U.S. Smelting cottage.
<%th Congress Was
Disappointment to
Both Parties
By JOE HALL
WASHINGTON, UP) — The 86th
Congress has adjourned after a
post - convention session that
crackled with politics and pro
duced disappointments for both
the Democrats and President Ei
senhower.
The House quit Thursday night
at 6:52 p.m., the Senate at 11:51
p.m. after spending more than
three hours trying to round up a
quorum of 51 members to com
plete its business.
The final flurry of Senate de
bate whirled around a proposal
to provide more money for a
watchdog subcommittee to check:
on whether radio and TV stations
give fair treatment in political
broadcasts. The proposal died
with adjournment.
Also left in the legislative limbo
was a measure that would have
given Eisenhower a free hand in
cutting or eliminating a special
sugar quota assigned to the Dom
inican Republic, with which the
United States has broken diplo
matic relations.
It was a Senate-House dispute
over the sugar bill which had
blocked adjournment a day ear
lier. Each side held firm and the
bill died.
Facing each other in the Senate
chamber through much of the
four - week session were Demo
cratic presidential nominee Sen.
John Kennedy and Republican
standard bearer, Vice President
Richard Nixon, the Senate’s pre
siding officer.
Leaders in both political camps
were less than enthusiastic when
the windup came.
Kennedy said the Republican
aim in the short session was to
embarrass the Democrats and
conceal the “empty negative rec
ord” of the GOP.
House Republican Leader Chas.
Halleck described the August
session as an exercise in futility.
He said, “If it was designed to
put the Democratic presidential
campaign ticket into orbit, it fiz
zled on the launching platform.”
Dollarwise, the 1960 session of
the 86th voted more than 82 bil
lion dollars in appropriations—a
record for any peacetime year.
Over the two-year span of the
86th, probably the three major
actions were to admit Hawaii as
the 50th state, pass a far-reach
ing labor law and approve a civil
rights bill—the second important
action in this field in three years.
If the Democrats were smart
ing from wounds of the summer
session, the record of the 86th as
a whole gave limited comfort to
Eisenhower. Numerous recom
mendations of the President went
down the drain as the heavily
Democratic Congress closed out
its work.
Mr. K. Arrives In Finland
HELSINKI, Finland, li'P)—Soviet
Premier Khrushchev arrived in
Helsinki today to take part in
the celebration of the 60th birth
day of Finnish President Urho
Kekkonen.
A green express train with a
bright yellow, red-stripped engine
drew into the station exactly on
time and Khrushchev jauntily
jumped off to greet his host.
The Finnish welcome was
warm, but not demonstrative.