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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 54 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1961 Per Copy 15^
Kennedy Presents
Astronaut Shepard Before
Assn, of Broadcasters
WASHINGTON UP — President
Kennedy told the nation’s broad
casters today that the essence of
free communications in a free
world is that “our failures as well
as our successes must be broad
cast to the jworld.”
The President surprised the
opening session of the 39th an
nual convention of the National
Assocation of Broadcasters by
bringing with him Astronaut Alan
B. Shepard Jr. and Mrs. Shepard,
whose appearance produced a
loud and prolonged ovation.
Led to the microphone by the
President, Shepard stood in a flood
of spotlights, held up his hands,
and said simply: “I think we are
going to have a busy day, so I
will just have time to thank you
for such a warm welcome.”
As the delegates gave America’s
pioneer spaceman a standing ova
tion, Kennedy said Shepard had
become the nation’s top television
performer.
The President said that some
have advocated secrecy in the
preparation of probes into space,
■but “I don’t think that is possi
ble unless all risky matters are
surrounded with secrecy.”
Color Films Taken of
Shepard’s Flight Provide
Valuable Information
CAPE CANAVERAL (UP)—Color
films taken in Alan Shepard’s
space capsule are providing val
uable information about his pio
neering flight.
A still 70mm camera snapped
pictures through the periscope
which gave Shepard his “beauti
ful view” of the earth. A 16mm
movie camera attached to the in
strument panel recorded Shep
ard’s facial reactions and hand
movements. Another was aimed
over his shoulder at the numerous
lights and dials on the instru
ment panel.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, over the
weekend, released a few black
and white prints from the peri
scope and pilot reaction cameras.
The color negatives from which
they were made were more de
tailed.
One periscope shot showed the
eastern coastline of the United
States from the tip of Florida to
Cape Hatteras, B.C., from an al
titude of 90-100 miles.
This was taken about three
minutes after launch, about the
time Shepard called out by radio
his now famous “What a beauti
ful view.”
Color film was used primarily
for medical reasons. Doctors
wanted to detect any skin color
change during flight.
JFK Calls for Display
Of Flags on Mothers Day
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy has proclaimed next
Sunday Mothers Day—calling for
display of the national flag at all
public buildings and private
homes.
The President called on citizens
to “manifest through private and
public expressions the reverent
esteem in which we hold our
mothers.”
“The American mother, as the
heart of the American home, by
her labor and love instills in our
homes and nurtures in our chil
dren the spirit of our country,”
Kennedy’s proclamation stated.
Some 500 Miles of Federal
Aid Highway. Projects
New in Active Status
More than 500 miles of federal
aid highway projects are now in
active status, according to a list
released by T. D. Sherard, Di
rector of the Alaska Division of
Highways.
The projects range from the
148-mile Willow-Summit Road on
which the state holds a consultant
engineering contract, to the Kuzi
trin River bridge, which is only
a fifth of a mile long.
The most expensive of the proj
ects is the 10-mile Blind Slough
Dry Strait road contracted for
$2,382,000.
Included in the 511.3 miles of
active projects are 14.8 miles
which have been advertised but
on which have yet to be opened,
and 316 miles of projects on which
the state holds consultant engi
neering contracts.
The total estimated cost of the
unbid projects is $1.2 million,
while consultant engineering con
tracts total $3,483,000.
The included project list re
leased by Sherard are; Kuzitrin
River bridge, 2. miles, $231,000;
Kuzitrin River-Coffee Creek
Road, 7.7 miles, $396,000.
On the 26-mile Fairbanks Eiel
son Road, the state holds a $338,
000 consultant engineering con
tract. It has a similar contract for
$525,000 on the 60-mile Eureka-*
Tanana Road; a $520,000 contract
on the 37-mile Bering River Road;
a $400,000 contract on the 45
mile Blind Slough to the Canadian
Boarder Road; and a $1,700,000
contract on the 148-mile Willow
Summit Road.
The Bluestone to Teller Road,
13.4 miles is one of three projects
which have been advertised, but
on which bids have yet to be
opened.
Caroline Kennedy
Enthusiastic Greeter
Of Astronaut Shepard
WASHINGTON UP) — One ,of the
youngest and most enthusiastic
greeters of Astronaut Alan B.
Shepard Jr. in Washington today
was Caroline Kennedy, 3-year
old daughter of the President.
Stationed on a balcony over the
south entrance of the White
House, Caroline waved excitedly
as Shepard and his fellow astro
nauts arrived to meet President
and Mrs. Kennedy.
As she spotted her mother
greeting the arrivals, Caroline
used the simple, direct approach
employed by the most healthy
3-year-olds to gain attention.
“Hey, Mommy ” she cried.
Sen. Keating Says Invasion
Brings About Return of
Staff System of Command
NEW YORK UP) — The unsuc
cessful invasion of Cuba has
brought about a return to the
staff system of command intro
duced by former President Ei
senhower, says Sen. Kenneth B.
Keating.
“We were told that President
Kennedy had found a way to run
the whole vast executive estab
lishment out of the top of his
head, so to speak,” Keating said
Sunday on a local television pro
gram.
He added that “you can’t run
the federal government that way,
as the President now seems to
have realized. Important elements
of the staff system are being re
introduced.
State Board of
Education Meets
Here This Week
The State Board of Education
will meet here this week for three ,
days starting Thursday morning.
Mrs. Peggy Kelliher, Second Dis
trict Board member, said today
that the first meeting will start
at 9 a. m. in the Federal Bldg,
and that sessions will be held
through Saturday.
It will be at this meeting that j
the board will make its recom
mendation for the site of the Vo
cational Education School to
be built north of the Yukon
River.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to the board members, will
be Dr. Theo Norby, Commissioner
of Education; Theron Borden, as
sistant Commissioner, and Carol I
Fader, Director of Vocational Ed
ucation.
Board members, in addition to !
Mrs. Kelliher, are: G. E. Smith of
Palmer, president of the board;
Hunt Gruening of Juneau, vice
president; Wm. Boggess of Fair
banks, Mrs. Marcella Buckalew
of Anchorage, and Wm. Moran
of Ketchikan.
Hunter from Unalakleet
Loses Life Breaking
Through Thin Ice
A native hunter from Unala
kleet lost his life near Egavik last
night when his sled and team of
five dogs broke through the ice.
A hunting partner of Quincy Sar
ran, 26, of Unalakleet, came upon
the submerged sled and dogs un
derneath the ice late last night
while returning from a hunting
trip.
After probing with a ten - foot
pole and failing to reach bottoiYi,
Franklin Tapmitalik headed for
the beach. About five miles from
Unalakleet he came upon Frank
Degnan who furnished auto trans
portation to the village and later
led the search that finally un
covered the body of Sarran by
using a seal bob, equipment nor
mally used for recovering the
body of seals after shooting.
The Civil Air Patrol entered
into the search and requested a
helicopter from the Rescue Con
trol Center at Galena. The ’copter
ferried a team of seven men to
the accident site with a small
fibreglass boat. The ’copter was
later lost in the operation when
it sank through the ice while at
tempting to lift out the drowned
dog team and sled.
The ’copter crew miraculously
escaped to the beach 50 yards
distant.
Sarran was unmarried and is
survived by his parents and sev
eral brothers and sisters.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy with intermitten rain
this afternoon and tomorrow. Lit
tle change in temperature. Low
expected tonight 33, high tomor
row 40. In the last 24 hours: High
of 48, low of 32. Sunrise at 3:03
a. m., sunset at 8:52 p. m. A year
ago today: high of 31, low of 29.
Extremes on this date since 1907:
High of 53 in 1951, low of 6 in
1916.
CHINESE COMMUNISTS
ORGANIZE YOUTH CORPS
TAIPEI, Formosa (ifl — Chinese
Nationalist newspapers said today
the Chinese Communists are or
ganizing a youth corps to be sent
to Latin America and Africa “for
infiltration and subversion.”
Kasavubu will Prosecute
Tshombe for Treason
COQUILHATVILLE, The Congo
(J5) — President Joseph Kasavu
bu’s government says it will pro- !
secute Katanga President Moise !
Tshombe for treason and will try
to bring his breakaway province ^
back under central government j
control.
Foreign Minister Justin Bomb- j
oko told a news conference
Tshombe would be tried for a
series of crimes, including the as
sassination of former Prince Pa- |
trice Lumumba. Kasavubu him
self had ordered Lumumba hand- |
ed over to Tshombe to prevent his
escaping custody and regaining
control of the government.
Tshombe was arrested April 26
after he walked out of a meeting
of Congolese leaders called to try
to work out a new form of gov
ernment for the strife-torn na
tion. Tshombe accused Kasavubu
of “selling out” to the United Na
tions.
Bomboko said the Leopoldville
government would use force if
necessary to restore its control
over Katanga, the Congo’s rich
mining province which seceded
from the republic soon after inde
pendence last summer.
Bomboko declined to specify
just how Kasavubu’s government
would go about taking over Ka
tanga. He said all Belgian ad
visers would be expelled from the
province.
Three-Nation Truce
Commission Returns to
Laos on Cease-Fire Talks
By Donald E. Huth
VIENTIANE, Laos UP! — A re
vived three-nation truce commis
sion returned to Laos today with
certification of the cease-fire be
tween the Western-backed royal
government and pro-Communist
rebels as its first job.
The commissioners arrived as
government truce negotiators were
holding another fruitless session
with a group representing the
Communist Pathet Lao and ex
Premier Prince Souvanna Phou
ma.
Each side there accused the
other of violating the cease-fire
which was proclaimed last Wed
nesday, but there was no report
of any wide-scale military action.
No agreement was reached on
where cease-fire talks would be
held and whether there would
be separate political discussions.
Verifications of the cease-fire
is a Western condition for West
ern attendance at a projected 14
nation conference, due to open
in Geneva Friday, on the future
of the jungle kingdom.
Anchorage Pilot, Link Luckelt
Presented Feinberg Award
WASHINGTON UP! — The
American Helicopter Society Fri
day presented the Frederick L.
Feinberg Award to Link Luckett,
Anchorage, Alaska, helicopter
operator, who saved the lives of
two stranded mountain climbers
on Mt. McKinley last May 21-22.
Cardinal Spellman Undergoing
Treatment for Eye Condition
NEW YORK UP) — Cardinal
Francis Spellman is in the Colum
bia Presbyterian Medical Center’s
Eye Institute for treatment of an
eye condition.
The hospital said the Roman
Catholic Archbishop of New York
entered the hospital Saturday.
There was no indication of the
nature of the eye ailment but the
condition was not considered
serious.’
Plush Automobile,
Rolls Royce May
Be On Its Way Out
LONDON tifV—The Rolls Royce,
limousine of the truly opulent,
may be on the way out.
The company that has built
plush autos for kings, oil rich
sheiks, millionaires and film
stars faced a financial crisis.
The trouble is caused by the re
cent British government law limit
ing to 2,000 pounds — $5,600 —
the income tax deduction for
automobiles for company execu
tives.
Lord Kindersley, chairman of
Rolls Royce, has warned the gov
ernment that his company has
been so hard hit by the tax law
the firm’s caV division may have
to cease production.
In less than three weeks since
I Chancellor of the Exchequer
j Selwyn Lloyd’s budget proposal,
the Rolls Royce order book has
' shrunk by 75 per cent,
i Rolls Price tags range upward
from 6,000 pounds — $16,800. The
crew plant produces only 2,400
a year and about half of them go
in export. In January the wait
for a new Rolls was 12 months.
Since the budget the wait has
dropped to four to five months
and within eight weeks delivery
is expected to be “immediate.”
New Cold War
Operation Center Set
Up by State Department
WASHINGTON UP — A new
i cold war operation center has
been set up by the State Depart
ment to keep round-the-clock
watch on world crises.
Its function is to see that rec
ommendations for dealing with
crises are made promptly to Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk, and
through him to President Ken
nedy and to make certain that the
decisions reached by Kennedy and
Rusk are promptly implemented.
Formation of the center and its
responsibilities were disclosed
j Saturday by the State Depart
j ment. The new agency is headed
by Theodore C. Achilles, 55, a
veteran Foreign Service officer
who had a major role in drafting
! the North Atlantic Treaty.
Disclosure of the center’s ex
istence followed State Department
announcement that Stephen E.
Smith, 33, a brother-in-law of
President Kennedy, had been ap
pointed special assistant to Achil
les.
GARY COOPER BECAME
60 YEARS OLD SUNDAY
HOLLYWOOD UP — Gary
Cooper, fighting a game but los
ing battle with cancer, became
60 years old Sunday.
He received scores of birthday
felicitations among the many let
ters pouring in on him since his
critical illness became public.
“I know what is happening is
God’s will,” the strong silent man
of the films said in a memo to
newsmen last Thursday.
Sources close to him said they
are inspired by the strength of
his spiritual convictions and
amazed at his courage.
Japanese Royal Family Celebrate
Emperor Hirohito's 60th Birthday
TOKPO UP — The Japanese
I royal family celebrated Emperor
Hirohito’s 60th birthday Sunday
with a talent party at which Em
press Nagako sang in German and
Crown Prince Akihitc played the
I cello.