THE
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 42 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1961 Per Copy 15<
Alaskans Deeply
Resent Protests
Of Fishing Rights
JUNEAU Ut) — Gov. Egan said
today that Alaskan “deeply re
sented” out-of-state protests over
a bill which could protect resi
dent fishing rights in disaster
areas.
Egan’s statement came in reply
to a telegram from Gov. Rosel
lini of Washington State.
Rosellini expressed concern
last week over legislation which
he said might keep out-of-state
fishermen from using “historic
fishing areas” in Alaska.
“The reaction in Alaska to your
telegram was precisely my own
reaction,” Egan wired Rosellini
today.
“For decades Alaskans sought
and fought for statehood in order
to free themselves from outside
controls largely centered in the
state of Washington.
“These at various times in our
long period of territoriality have
included control, or effort to con
trol, our fisheries, our shipping,
our labor organizations, our in
dustry and our political deci
sions.
“In total, it was a long and
sorry history of exploitation of
Alaska by and for outside forces
largely identified with the state
of Washington.
“Ultimately this experience had
the effect of uniting Alaskans in
their desire for statehood and the
attendent opportunity for con
trolling their own destinies.
“I recognize that old habits are
hard to break, and consequently
action by the Alaska State Leg
islature resulted in a storm of
protest unbecoming to the state
of Washington and deeply re
sented by Alaskans.”
The bill would permit residents
in areas where disaster salmon
runs are predicted to petition for
priority fishing rights until they
are able to catch a minimum num
ber of fish for subsistance. The
minimum would be an average
of 1,000 fish per fisherman.
Egan said that questions raised
by Rosellini also had been raised
on the floor of the Legislature
before final passage of the meas
ure.
Nick Lean Named
Acting Hiway Engineer
In Nome District
JUNEAU UPi — State Highways
Division Director T. D. Sherard
today announced the appointment
of Lee D. Hubbard to the staff
position of Secondary Highways
Engineers for the state.
Sherard said Hubbard’s promo
tion fills a position required by
the federal government for Alas
ka’s federal aid highway program.
Hubbard has been serving as
District Highway Engineer in An
chorage. His new position will
be keep him at the Anchorage
headquarters of the division.
Sherard also announced the
appointment of Sam E. Johnson,
Nome District Highway Engineer,
to the post of State Construction
Engineer.
C. N. Lean, who has been serv
ing as Johnson’s assistant will be
come acting Highway Engineer at
Nome, and R. G. Dwyer, Hub
bard’s assistant, will assume the
post of District Highway Engi
neer at Anchorage, Sherard said.
All four promotions will take
effect April 15.
Gov. Egan Signs
3 New Tax Bills
Into Law Today
JUNEAU U’* — Three tax meas
ures, including one raising the
state individual income tax from
14 to 16 per cent of federal in
come tax payments, were signed
into law today by Gov. Egan.
The new income tax law is re
troactive to January first of this
year.
The new excise tax laws will up
the license fee for automobiles
from $20 to $30 a year, on wine
from 50 to 60 cents a gallon, and
on liquor from $3.50 to $4 a gal
lon.
Egan also signed a bill, author
izing the sale of $6,750,000 in
revenue bonds for housing, dor
mitory and other construction at
the University of Alaska.
He also approved a bill which
declares the removal or reloca
tion of utility facilities along fed
eral-aid highway rights-of-way to
be part of highway construction
and, as such, eligible for state
funds.
The seventh bill signed today
appropriates $10,945 to the Office
of the Secretary of State for pre
liminary work towards the cre
ation of 50 new election precincts
throughout the state.
Tanana Making Strong
Bid For Vocational School,
Nome Chamber is Told
State Rep. William Erwin of
Seward reported at Chamber of
Commerce this noon that Tanana
is putting in a strong bid for the
vocational school to be built
north of the Yukon River. Erwin
said Tanana has prepared a com
prehensive program and alerted
the local chamber to continue
their work toward getting the
school for Northwestern Alaska.
Rep. Erwin arrived yesterday
for a visit with his brother, Robt.
Erwin, district attorney for the
2nd District.
Other guests at the luncheon
were Jacques Norvell, from the
Dept, of Revenue; Rev. and Mrs.
Oscar Butterfield of the Assem
bly of God Church, and Doris
Carlson, Stanley products repre
sentative.
Several members of the Cham
ber appeared in costume as an
early reminder that the Midnight
Sun Festival is not too far away
and that wardrobes should be
planned for the event.
Esther McCoy reported on the
closing of the Hot Lunch program,
stating that funds left over will
be turned over to the Public
Health Nurse for glasses for
needy children.
Sen. Pearse Walsh and
Rep. Art Johnson Are
First Legislators to Return
State Sen. Pearse Walsh re
turned home this morning and
was given a hearty welcome by
his family after a two-month ab
sence.
Also returning today was Rep.
Art Johnson who ferried in a
Beaver airplane from Fairbanks
for Wien Airlines.
Walsh reports that Sen. Bron
son expects to return in about
ten days following a trip south;
Rep. Blodgett will be coming by
way of Fairbanks so that his son
can have a train ride from An
chorage to Fairbanks, and Sen.
McNees also plans to return later
this month.
Earthquake in
California Causes
Extensive Damage
HOLLISTER, Calif. UP — This
little county seat town 90 miles
south of San Francisco was still
picking up today after the
heaviest earthquake in its his
tory.
“I’ve lived in Hollister all my
life,” said San Benito County
Coroner Eugene Patterson, “and
this was the worst quake I’ve
seen.”
In addition to extensive but
relatively minor damage, Hollis
ter had to contend Sunday with
thousands of curious motorists
who poured into this community
of 6,071 people which frequent
ly gets shaken up by tremblors
along the San Andreas fault be
neath it.
Two rumbling shocks struck
shortly before midninght Satur
day night and were felt over a
6,000 square mile area from San
Rafel, 15 miles north of San
Francisco, to Paso Robles, 250
miles south.
They broke water mains in
San Francisco, shook sleepers
awake in San Jose and Santa
Cruz, but in Hollister they broke
nearly every plate glass window
on Main Street.
The north part of town was
blacked out as power lines part
ed in cascades of sparks. Cracks
streaked across four of the big
gest buildings in town. State
Highway 25 to Coalinga was
blocked temporarily by an earth
slide.
No injuries were reported. Dam
age was estimated at hundreds
of thousands of dollars, mostly in
broken glass and in merchandise
which flowed out of broken jam,
syrup and liquor bottles.
RUMORS SWEEP
MOSCOW THAT REDS
PUT MAN IN SPACE
MOSCOW UP — Rumors swept
Moscow today that the Russians
have sent a man into space. But
after a day of feverish activity,
there was no official Soviet an
nouncement of such an historic
flight.
A Soviet television camera
crew showed up at the central
telegraph office and planted clus
ters of television lights in places
where correspondents would be
expected to rush in. They brought
just cameras, not television ma
chines for live broadcasts.
Patiently one of the telegraph
girls explained that since censor
ship was ended March 23, corres
pondents did not rush to the tele
graph office. They stayed at home
or even went out on reporting
forays.
The Russian cameramen could
not be expected to know this
since Russians have been told
there never was any censorship
in the Soviet Union.
“You here to shoot a picture
about the spaceman reaction?”
asked a correspondent who hap
pened to call in.
One of the half dozen techni
cians pursed his lips.
“Wait until 3 o’clock,” he said.
Three o’clock came — and no
thing.
One Communist correspondent
had already telephoned his office
in Rome that rumors were cur- !
rent in Moscow that the Russians
had launched a spaceman. Offi- !
cial 'ou'-ces refused to confirm it. [
Fire-Ravaged
British Finer Dara
Sinks - 212 Missing
By James Moore O'Ferrall
MANAMA, Bahrain [ff\ — The '•
burned-out and deserted wreck
of the British liner Dara sank to
day as salvage ships were trying i
to beach her. The owners issued i
a new casualty toll raising the
number that may have been lost I
in the Persian Gulf disaster to!
212. Two were Americans.
The figures were issued here
by Gray MacKenzie, agents for
the line.
The company’s breakdown: 580
passengers, 132 crew, estimated
60 visitors, total 772. Survivors
560. Missing 212.
An official of Gray MacKenzie
said the number of visitors was
approximate because they did
not have to register when they
came aboard at the Arabian port !
of Dibai, 300 miles east of this
oil port.
Most of the missing were
Asians, but an American employe
of the Caltex Oil Co., L. V. Dorsch
of Brooklyn, N. Y., and his wife,
Vala, were aboard. They were
reported on their way to Cali
fornia to retire after 35 years
with Caltex.
The 5,300-ton Dara was enroute
from Basra to Bombay early Sat
urday when she collided with an
other ship in a storm. The Dara
headed for open water to avoid
being blown ashore in heavy
winds, but at 4:43 a. m. an ex
plosion in the engine room rock
ed the liner and fire broke out.
The flames spread rapidly, and
passengers and crew abandoned
ship.
AF Orders Stop
To Practice Runs
For Fighter Pilots
GRANTS, N. M. UP — The Air j
Force has ordered fighter pilots j
to stop making practice attacks j
on other airplanes until it finds:
out how a maverick missile
knocked a B52 bomber out of the
sky.
Three crewmen were killed
Friday when the B52 crashed and
exploded after an air-to-air Side
winder missile broke loose from
an F100 jet fighter and hit one
of the bomber’s eight jet engines.
The fighter was making a run
at the bomber when the accident
occurred. In Washington Sunday
the Air Force announced sus
pension of all practice intercepts.
Five of the bomber’s crew es
caped. Three were picked up
within hours after the accident.
The other two were not found
until Sunday.
Capt. Ray Obel, 28, Logan,
Ohio, the bomber’s copilot, and
S/Sgt. Manuel Mieras, 23, crew
chief from Flagstaff, Ariz., suf
fered through a blizzard that
dropped temperatures to 10 de
grees and produced winds of 65
miles per hour.
Obel and Mieras, who bailed
out at 35,000 feet, were found at
widely separated spots northeast
of here. Obel suffered a broken
vcrtabrae and Mieras, a broken
leg when he hit the ground.
Legion to Elect New
Officers Tuesday Evening
The American Legion Nome
post is meeting Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock at the Board of Trade
lounge for the purpose of elect- i
ing officers.
Adolf Eiehmann
Nears Hour of
Trial in Jerusalem
By Reiman Morin
JERUSALEM UP) — Adolf Eich
mann today neared the fateful
hour that will bring him face to
face in court with Jewish sur
vivors of the Nazi extermination
camps — including some who
claim to have suffered person
ally at his hands.
Eiehmann was chief of the
Gestapo’s Jewish affairs section
during World War II. He goes on
trial before a special panel of
three Israeli judges in Jerusalem
Tuesday morning.
Israel, in a massive, 15-count
indictment, accuses him of
“crimes against t h e Jewish
people and crimes against hu
manity.” Death is the maximum
penalty.
The second paragraph of the
indictment reads:
“The accused, together with
others during the period, 1939 to
1945, caused the killing of mil
lions of Jews in his capacity as
the person responsible for the
execution of the Nazi plan for
the physical extermination of the
Jews, known as ‘the final solution
of the Jewish problem.’ ”
Part of the support for this
charge comes from 242 papers,
letters and reports captured in the
foreign office of Nazi Germany
during the war.
The state has scheduled 39
witnesses to testify. Of these, 13
met Eiehmann personally during
the dark years when — the pro
secution alleges — he was carry
ing out “the final solution.”
Eichmann’s chief counsel is Dr.
Robert Servatius, 66. a widely
known West German lawyer.
It is generally believed that
Servatius will open his defense
on such legal points as the argu
ment that the acts of which Eich
man was accused did not take
place on Israeli soil and that
Israeli did not in fact exist as an
inedependent state at that time.
Post Office Department
Will Add 10,000
Employes to Its Payroll
WASHINGTON UFi — The Post
Office Department has announced
plans to add 10,000 regular em
ployes to its payroll by limiting
the hours substitute employes can
work.
Substitute workers will be limit
ed to 40 to 44 hours a week, ef
fective July 1, under an order
issued by Postmaster General J.
Edward Day. Regular career em
ployes are limited to an 80-hour
biweekly paycheck.
Potential new positions, by the
state, include Alaska 48.
Day said some substitutes have
been working so many extra hours
their paychecks have been double
sized. He called this unfair to the
regulars and a hazard to the sub
stitutes’ health, an impairment of
the department’s efficiency, and,
in the case of vehicle drivers, a
possible safety threat.
The postmaster said the move
was aimed at providing more
regular jobs by sharing employ
ment among more persons rather
than paying higher salaries to
some substitutes.
Most of the 10,000 jobs, he said,
would be filled from existing
Civil Service registers of job eli
gibles. In a few communities, he
said, it may be necessary to ad
vertise for applicants.