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11 Att’ys Named
For Possible Bid
To Supreme Court
Eleven lawyers, including three
state Superior Court judges and
three members of the legislature
are listed in the running for pos
sible nomination to the Alaska
Supreme Court.
The Alaska Judicial Council, a
seven - member group of lawyers
and laymen, will meet at Anchor
age Saturday to nominate possible
successors to the high court.
One of the three seats on the
Supreme Court bench became va
cant last month with the resigna
tion of Walter H. Hodge to be
come U.S. District Judge for Al
aska.
The actual appointment of a
successor to Hodge will be made
by Gov. Egan from among nomi
nations submitted to him by the
council.
Nominating petitions were cir
culated among State Bar Associ
ation members this week on be
half of these 11 men:
Harry O. Erend, Fairbanks; Ed
ward V. Davis, Anchorage; and
James A. von der Heydt, Juneau
—all judges of the Alaska Super
ior Court.
Robert J. McNealy, Fairbanks,
and Ralph E. Moody, Anchorage,
both state senators, and Warren
A. Taylor, Fairbanks, speaker of
the Alaska House of Representa
tives.
Attorneys Win. Boggess, Fair
banks; M. E. Monagle, Juneau,
and John E. Manders and Verne
O. Smith, both of Anchorage.
And Vernon D. Forbes, Fair
banks, from 1954 until last month
federal district judge for the 4th
division. His federal appointment
expired when the new district
court was created.
The nominating petitions call
for members of the bar to rate
the 11 candidates in a variety of
categories, including legal back
ground, ability, judicial temper
ment and so on.
All substances are made up
from one or more of about 90
different kinds of simple materials
known as elements.
Secty. Herter Tells
Castro Off - In No
Uncertain Terms
By GEOFFREY GOULD
WASHINGTON, l/PI — Tn blunt
language rarely heard in the po
lite world of diplomacy, the United
States has accused Cuban Prime
Minister Fidel Castro of “extreme
ly provocative” and “irrespon
sible” charges against this coun
try.
The angry protest was in an
swer to Castro’s accusation Sat
urday that U.S. officials may have
been responsible for the death
dealing explosion of a European
munitions shipment March 4 in
Havana harbor.
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter called this “baseless, er
roneous and misleading.”
Herter delivered the dressing
down personally to the Cuban
charge d’affaires, Enrique Patter
son, and immediately made the
text of his remarks available to
newsmen.
The Cuban, clearly upset by the
20-mniute session in Herter’s of
fice, left the State Department
hurriedly. He said he would re
port Herter’s statement to Castro
without comment.
In Havana, Cuban TV com
mentators read Herter’s remarks
on the air in mocking tones, smil
ing at certain passages and then
adding the editorial comment that
the United States is an aggressor.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Woody Griffith, Gail
Harbo, Christopher Abnogobak,
Daniel Sovililic, Betsy Hall, Joe
Hanaka.
Discharged: Thekla Eiermer
ing, Rosaline Soolik, Mary Kim
minock, Carol Weiler and infant,
Helen Riddels, James Spencer.
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B. C. Whaling Fleet
Skips 1960 Season
VANCOUVER, B. C., Wl — The
British Columbia whaling fleet
will not go out this year because
of poor world markets for its pro
ducts, President J. M. Buchanan
of British Columbia Packers Ltd.,
announced yesterday.
Notices went out to 60 men em
ployed on the boats and 90 at the
whaling plant that the $1,000,000
anyear industry will remain
closed. The fleet would have left
in April for six months at sea.
E. L. Harrison, vice-president
of B. C. Packers, said Russia, Bri
tain and Norway can continue
whaling despite depressed world
prices because they work in the
Antarctic with factory ships, a
cheaper operation
Eight or nine years ago, Harri
son said, whale oil brought up to
17 cents a' pound and meal up to
$2.10 a unit. Today the prices are
eight cents for oil and $1.20 for
meal.
“At the present price level, we
could not carry on even a mar
ginal operation,” Harrison said.
The same market slump hit the
B. C. herring industry in Decem
ber, halting operations three
months ahead of schedule. Only
one group continued fishing and
closed down prematurely last
month.
N. Y. Baby Boom
Swells U. S. Population
ALBANY, N.Y., Wl —The con
tinuing baby boom in New York
state is expected to boost the pop -
ulation over 19 million by 1970,
State Health Commissioner Her
man E. Hillboe said in his annual
report to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.
He reported the number of babies
born in 1959 — 363,124 — was the
largest ever and helped bring the
state population to an estimated
16V£ million.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that the Fed
eral Aviation Agency has filed request
Fairbanks 023211 for the conveyance to
the State of Alaska for the Department
of Aviation, the following described
tract of public lands, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 16 of the Federal
Airport Act of May 13, 1946, (60 Stat.
170.49 U.S.C. 1115) for the construction,
operation and maintenance of a public
airport at:
SHAKTOOLIK. ALASKA
From the northeast corner of the
Shaktoolik School Building proceed i
South 36° 40' East, a distance of approxi
mately 1,547 feet to a point which is the j
northeast corner of the airport site, on j
the west meander line of the the Dayou
manick River and Corner No. 1, the
point of beginning; thence South 55° 00'
West, a distance of approximately 280
feet to a point on the meander line of
the Norton Sound which is Corner No.
2; thence South 35° 30' East, approxi
mately 4,650 feet along the meander line
of Norton Sound to a point which is
Corner No. 3; thence North 55° 00' East
approximately 190 leet to a point on the
west meander line of the Dayoumanick
River which is Corner No. 4. thence
northerly apprximately 4,650 feet mean
dering , along the southwest limit of the
Dayoumanick River to the point of
beginning.
This tract comprises approximately
25.0 acres.
The purpose of this notice is to give
persons claiming an interest in the lands
or having bonafide objection to the con
veyance, an opportunity to file with
the Manager. Fairbanks Land Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 516 Sec
ond Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, within
30 days after the last publication, a
protest together with evidence that a
copy of. the protest has been served on
the applicant.
D. B. LEIGHTON,
Acting Manager.
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| Butler Apologizes to Ike
And To American People
i WASHINGTON, l/fl-Demo
; cratic National Chairman Paul M.
! Butler has apologized for saying
President Eisenhower has “some
thing to answer for” to the wives
and children of Navy bandsmen
killed in a plane crash at Rio de
Janiero.
i Butler told a news conference
! Monday he had not meant to im
ply that the President was “in
any way responsible for the tra
gic deaths of the Americans.”
The subject came up in a de
bate Butler had with Sen. Hugh
Scott (iR-Pa) Sunday night. Butler
questioned the use of part of the
Navy band during Eisenhower’s
tour of South America. The 19
bandsmen killed were enroute to
Rio to play for the President and
Brazilian officials.
Scott jumped up and told But
ler “this attempt to put blood on
the hands of the President is not
very creditable."
Butler retorted: “I don’t put
blood on the hands of the Presi
dent. We Democrats never at
tacked Eisenhower with such
cruelty as the Republicans at
tacked Franklin D. Roosevelt. We
never questioned Eisenhower’s
loyalty.”
Apparently thinking better of
ot the next day, Butler again
raised the subject at a news con
ference called to announce plans
for some Democratic party public
hearings.
“For any such inference that
may have been drawn,” he said,
“I want to apologize to the Presi
dent and to the American people.”
General Wedemeyer
Becomes Candidate in
Maryland Congress Race
ANNAPOLIS, Md., (if! — Gen.
Albert C. Wedemeyer, 63, retired
four-star general who command
ed American forces in China dur
ing World War II, is a candidate
for Republican nomination to
Congress in Maryland’s 6th dis
trict in the May 17 primary.
He will be opposed by three
other candidates in the GOP race
for the seat held by Rep. John
Foley, a Democrat who has filed
for renomination.
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4 Russ Soldiers
Picked Up In
Mid - Pacific
WASHINGTON, UP)—Four Rus
sian soldiers adrift for 49 days in
a small landing craft have .been
rescued in mid-Pacific by a U.S.
Navy carrier.
The Defense Department an
nounced Tuesday the Carrier
Keersarge picked the men up on
Sunday about 1,000 miles north
west of Midway Island.
Weak and emaciated, the Rus
sians were in a 50-foot landing
craft, similar to the U.S. Navy’s
LCM.
The soldiers reported their craft
had been crippled and swept
southward by a severe storm the
night of Jan. 17 off Etorofu-to
Island in the Kuriles, just north
of the Japanese island of Hok
kaido.
The Navy estimated the men
had drifted 1,020 miles.
BLOOD PROMISE . . .
PIEDMONT, W. Va., UP) — Har
old Hamilton is the kind of fel
low who keeps a promise.
So he walked 11 miles yester
day to make good on his vow to
contribute a pint of blood.
Hamilton lives at Chestnut
Grove, Md., and a Red Cross
bloodmobile was visiting this
area. He explained his car broke
down, so he walked.
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