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VOL. LXII No. 46NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1960 Per Copy 15<*
KICY to Begin
Transmissions
Sunday Morning
First programs broadcast from
the “Voice of the Arctic,” KICY,
will be heard beginning at 6 a.m.
Sunday. Special Easter programs
will be on the schedule during
much of the day and transmission
will continue until 11 p.m., How
ard Nelson, program director, has
announced.
There will toe a tape-recorded
rebroadcast of the dedication cere
monies of the KICY studios at
1:30 Sunday afternoon. Regular
weekday programming will begin
on Monday.
KICY will be on the air daily
from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m. with
Sunday broadcasts normally be
ginning at 7 a.m. A schedule of
programs will be released later.
The frequency for tuning KICY
is 850 kilocycles, just about the
midpoint on most radio dials.
Alaska Commander of
Army Forces Suffers
Malignant Throat Ailment
ANCHORAGE, Wl — The Com
manding general of Army forces
in Alaska, Maj. Gen. John H. Mi
chaelis, has a malignant throat
ailment, an Army spokesman said
here yesterday.
The announcement said the gen
eral is in Walter Reed Hospital in
Washington, D.C., and is expected
to remain there six or eight weeks.
The malignancy was discovered
when Miohaelis went to the hos
pital for a checkup while attend
ing a meeting in the capitol. He
is receiving X-ray treatments.
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Beck has
assumed command in Michaelis’
absence.
State Tax Deadline
Set at Midnight, Monday
JUNEAU, UP) — The State De
partment of Revenue has extended
until midnight, Monday, April 18,
the deadline for filing state income
taxes — in accord with the Fed
eral Bureau of Incrnal Revenue
extension to the same time, to
accommodate the Good Friday and
Easter holiday celebrations.
State Judicial Council
Is Meeting Here
The Alaska Judicial Council is
meeting here today in the Su
perior Court Room.
Purpose of the meeting is to
conduct general business of con
cern to the council and to select
names of candidates for the posi
tion of Superior Court Judge for
the Fourth Judicial District, for
submission to the Governor.
Just after the meeting was call
ed to order, Chief Justice Buell
Nesbett made a presentation to
Dr. William Whithead of an en
graved gavel as a token of ap
preciation for his service in act
ing as chairman of the Judicial
Council during the selection of
the initial judges for the Alaska
Court System.
Nesbitt said in making the pres
entation, “The state is indebted
to Dr. Whitehead, who arranged
the agenda and methods of proce
dure for the first Judiciary Coun
cil as provided in the Constitution;
which fairly and impartially se
lected six names from which the
Governor of Alaska chose the su
preme court, and then set about
filling the position of eight judges
of the suprior court. Never in the
history of the judiciary of the
United States has a group had such
an enormous task. Dr. Whitehead
helped blaze a new trail excep
tionally well, and with the appre
ciation of all who have worked
with him and continued to serve
after the superior court was or
ganized when the Chief Justice
became chairman. He is still the
mainstay on the Council.”
The gavel was that with which
the first session of the State Su
preme Court was called to order.
Attending the meeting are: Dr.
William Whitehead of Juneau,
Ernest Bailey of Ketchikan, Rob
ert Parrish of Fairbanks, Jack
Werner, Seward, Ray Plummer,
Anchorage, Roy Walker of Nome,
and Buell Nesbett, Chief Justice
of the Alaska Supreme Court.
New Belgian Royal Heir
BRUSSELS, Belgium, OP! — A
salvo of 101 rounds told the Bel
gians today that a new prince is
now second in line for the throne.
Italian-born Princess Paola, wife
of Prince Albert of Liege, gave
birth to a son this morning.
The Public Is Invited to Attend The
SUNRISE SERVICE
7 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 17
At The School Auditorium
Prelude.Miss Harriet Brown
Invocation.Rev. John Maakestadt
Hymn.By the Congregation
“All Hail The 'Power of Jesus Name”
Scripture Reading & Prayer Rev. Gerald McCray
Solo.Miss Maxine Book
Translated Song.By Native Group
“Up From The Grave He Arose”
Easter Message.Rev. A. Zylstra
Hymn.By the Congregation
“Christ The Lord Is Risen Today”
Benediction.Rev. Roald Amundsen
Sunrise Worship,
Fashion Parades
Celebrate Holy Day
By the Associated Press
The resurrection of Christ, the
most glorious of all Christian holi
days, will be celebrated Easter
Sunday with prayer and song and
story from mountain top and val
ley and from coast to coast.
The most spectacular services
are planned for out-of-door are
nas. But millions of Americans
will celebrate the holy day to the
ring of psalms and the tang of in
cense in the privacy of their
churches.
Before and after religious ser
vices, traditional Easter parades
will give worshipers a chance to
display spring finery. The great
est of these is New York’s annual
Fifth Avenue parade, when tens
of thousands turn the normally
busy arterial into a mall.
Police have ordered advertising
and other commercial features
barred from the parade.
Manhattan’s other major Easter
event will be the 41st annual
Easter dawn service which is ex
pected to draw a capacity 7,000 to
Sixth Avenue’s Radio City Music
Hall. The congregation will be
asked to pray that Christ’s influ
ence be felt at the impending
summit conference of the Big
Four nations.
On the West Coast, Yosemite
National Park in California boasts
the latest sunrise Easter service
in all the 50 states. The sun does
not pierce the shadow of Half
Dome Mountain to bring dawn to
Mirror Lake until 9:15 a.m. A
College of the Pacific ohoir will
greet this belated sunrise from a
spit of land on the shore of the
lake.
Kidnaped French
Auto Heir Is
Returned Safely
PARIS, I#)—French police today
intensified a nationwide manhunt
for the kidnapers of Eric Peu
geot and labeled a hoax one pub
lished report that the abductors
had been captured.
Four-year-old Eric was home
safe and sound, though “still up
set.” His abductors freed him on
a Paris sidewalk early today —
presumably after payment of ran
som.
Eric was questioned by inspec
tors after a good sleep but indica
tions were that the boy was un
able to furnish much information.
The four-year-old heir to a
French automobile empire was
found unharmed, crying on a side
walk within half a mile of his
home shortly 'before 1 a.m. today.
He said he had been left there
by two men, apparently the same
pair who whisked him away from
a playground Tuesday afternoon.
A newspaper reported that
Eric’s father, Roland Peugeot, said
he had paid a ransom to the kid
napers Thursday afternoon. The
amount was not revealed, but the
abductors had demanded $100,000.
Year-Round Russian ‘Floating City’
Keeps Fishing Vigil In Bering Sea
By ROBERT B. ATWOOD
Editor, Anchorage Daily Times
ANCHORAGE, W) — Russian
fishermen have a “floating city”
of 2,500' persons in the Bering Sea
off Alaska, operating year-around
despite the ice pack, but insisting
they are taking only fish passed
up by Americans.
“If fishery problems in the Ber
ing Sea became a choice of friend
ship or fish,” their commander
told a visiting group of Alaskans,
“we would withdraw in favor of
friendship.”
The Alaskans have just return
ed here after a week’s trip into
Bering pack ice led them to a
fleet of 58 ships of the Russian
expedition.
The trip was made aboard the
150-foot vessel "Deep Sea,” owned
toy Howard Wakefiled. vice presi
dent of Wakefield Fisheries, who
organized the expedition.
To reach the Russians, the Al
askans had to travel nearly 700
miles, including 100 miles in the
ice pack.
Wakefield took a vessel to the
area last year, but his party was
not invited aboard.
Quite a different reception was
experienced this year. The party
was welcomed in friendly fashion,
taken into the Russian command
er’s sanctum and given frank an
swers to all their questions.
The crew of the “Deep Sea”
visited the Russian crews, enjoyed
Russian and American motion
pictures together. There were ex
changes of gifts and other friend
ly gestures.
The visit revealed that the Rus
sians have established a floating
city with a degree of permanence
tljat is surprising. The ships ro
tate every four months.
They have mastered the art of
operating in pack ice, turning the
ice to advantage instead of per
mitting it to remain an impedi
ment.
“We want to cooperate with
you in the Bering Sea fishery,”
Comdr. Paul Alexander Dimedov
told us. “We are not touching the
king crabs, the halibut or any
other fish. We are after only
flounder, a fish that Americans
have never taken from this area.”
The Russians said the fleet has
no interest or equipment for sal
mon fishing. No salmon gear was
on any of the ships observed.
The Alaskans saw a catch as it
came aboard a freezer ship. Only
two crabs were seen and no hali
1 but.
Gov. Rockefeller
Edging Back Into
Nomination Race
Nelson Rockefeller, who ruled
himself out of the race for the
Republican presidential nomina
tion last December, is showing
distinct signs of edging back in.
Item: Next week he’ll start a
series of out-of-state tours, speak
ing for Republican candidates and
displaying his smiling personality
again among Republican politi
cians in many parts of the coun
try.
Item: He still refuses to endorse
Vice President Nixon for the GOP
nomination. Asked Thursday if he
had any doubt Nixon would be
nominated, he replied “I don’t
want to discuss it.”
Item: He has not ruled out a |
convention draft. He says he does- |
n’t expect one, but will “cross i
that bridge if it comes.”
The kind of straw in the wind
that cheers Rockefeller’s ardent
admirers came Wednesday from
Denver, Colo., when the Denver
Post said editorially Rockefeller
appears to be “the most attrac
tive Republican candidate that
could be offered . . .”
Nixon’s own preconvention pol
icy, in the meantime, got a nod
from Senate GOP leader Everett
Dirksen of Illinois. Said Dirksen,
“I think his present technique is
pretty good.”
West Virginia’s Republican Gov.
Cecil Underwood said in New
York that while Rockefeller
would make “a very strong can
didate . . . right now Mr. Nixon
is the strongest candidate we
have.”
Polaris Missile
Successfully Fired
From Ocean Floor
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Cal
ifornia, UP! — The Navy Polaris
missile today was a step closer to
operational use aboard an atomic
submarine after a successful test
launching from 100 feet below
the ocean surface.
The 28-foot bottle-shaped missile
like a bright yellow whale, broke
the ohoppy Pacific Thursday and
zoomed up 1.800 feet.
Then its five seconds of solid
fuel expended, the missile arched
gracefully back to a splash land
ing in the sea near this island
off Southern California.
The Navy hailed this first un
derwater launch as a giant step
toward the day when submarines
can fire atomic - armed missiles
from beneath the sea at any po
tential enemy.
Rear Adm. William F. Raborn,
director of special projects for the
Bureau of Naval Weapons, said
the Navy plans to build 45 missile
launching subs. These, he told a
dedication of a new rocket fuel
installation, “would be as nearly
invulnerable as any weapon that
could be imagined.”
The 15-ton missile was blown
from the launching tube on the
ocean floor to the surface by com
pressed air. It was the 67th launch
ing from the underwater tube but
the first with a real Polaris. The
others were dummy models.
Two nuclear powered Polaris
submarines — the George Wash
ington and the Patrick Henry —
are to receive the missiles next
summer.
Tune KICY Sunday
850 kc. “The Voice of The Arctic” 6 a.m. -11 p.m.