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VOL. LXII No. 119 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1960_Per Copy 15^
Mr. K Delivers |
Another Bombshell
At United Nations i
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP)—
Soviet Premier Khrushchev pro
posed today a special U.N. Gen
eral Assembly session on disarm
ament in Europe or the Soviet
Union early next year—after the
U.S. elections.
He said British Prime Minister
MacMillan had given him assur
ances that a summit meeting
would be held.
Khrushchev said that unless
there is a summit meeting the
Soviet Union will not abide toy
its pledge to preserve the status
quo in Berlin.
He suggested that the special
assembly session on disarmament
toe held either in February, March
or April, either in Geneva or per
haps in Moscow.
He made these additional points:
1. The Soviet Union will have
to resort to force outside the
United Nations if it is continual
ly thwarted in the world organ
ization.
2. The Soviet Union will not
accept a decision of the U.N. Gen
eral Assembly supporting Dag
Hammarskjold as Secretary Gen
eral even if it were approved by
99 per cent of those voting.
The new Khrushchev bombshell
came as the General Assembly
headed toward an East West show
down vote on the Red China
membership issue.
Khrushchev has asked the floor
Saturday for another speech, this
time, apparently, to publicize his
demands on the disarmament de
bate.
King Hussein of Jordan
Thinks Immediate Summit
Meeting Would be Unwise
WASHINGTON, WV-King Hus
sein of Jordan said today after a I
talk with President Eisenhower
that the dropping of neutralist
moves for a quick Eisenhower
Khrushchev meeting was wise.
The pro - Western Arab mon
arch told reporters he thinks
“prior to such a suggestion, there
should have been plenty of work
and planning so that the chances
of a useful result would be bet
ter.”
Therefore, Hussein said, his
country is not particularly dis
appointed that the sponsors with
drew a resolution calling for a
meeting of the U.S. President and
the Soviet premier.
Hussein declined to say speci
fically what he and Eisenhower
talked about during their half
hour meeting.
But he said his country is very
thankful for the economic help
provided by the United States.
De Gaulle Deplores
Degeneration of U.N.
To ‘Permanent Scandal’
LA TOUR DU PIN, France,
— President Charles De Gaulle
said last night that the U.N. Gen
eral Assembly session in New
York is becoming a “sort of per
manent scandal.”
The French president recalled
in a speech that he was one of
those who helped found the
United Nations and said:
“But we did not do so to allow
the organization to degenerate
into a sort of permanent scandal,
with emotional speeches, absurd
bargaining and warlike dangers.
France does not lertd herself to
that, and will not lend herself.” i
MacMILLIAN SAYS j
THERE WILL HAVE TO !
BE A SUMMIT MEETING !
LONDON, UR — Prime Minister
Harold MacMillan returned from
New York Thursday and said
there will have to be a summit
meeting to negotiate outstanding
world problems.
The British leader, in a cheerful
mood, told newsmen Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev had failed to
shake the position of United Na
tions Secretary-General Hammar
skjold or to stampede U.N. mem
bers into reorganizing the world
body.
MacMillan was asked if he felt
there is a chance of an East-West
summit meeting early next year
as a result of his two face-to-face
meetings with the Soviet premier.
“I cannot tell,” he replied.
“There will have to be a meet
ing eventually to negotiate on
some of those world problems
that we failed to discuss in Paris
last May ... I am hopeful that
the Russians will agree. I hope it
is going to happen, and it ought
to happen."
Castro Clamps
Secrecy On
Invaders
HAVANA, UPi— Fidel Castro’s
government today clamped sec
recy on operations against a band
of invaders who escaped to the
mountains after landing on the
northeast tip of Cuba this week.
A reliable source reported that
four separate invading groups
totaling 200 men landed during
the week. There was no confirma
tion of the report.
The government admitted only
one landing—an estimated 27 men
—and said the leader was killed
and two of the band captured.
The others got away.
A spokesman for Castro said
the prime minister regarded the
landing as “of very little im
portance” and was remaining in
Havana to deliver a major ad
dress to the nation on Monday.
But it was rumored in Santi
ago that the prime minister’s
younger brother, Maj. Raul Cas
tro, the armed forces minister,
was personally commanding the
hunt.
A communique said three Am
ericans were among the 24 sur
vivors of the landing who made
for the mountains after hitting
the shore.
The hunt centered in the rug
ged hill country on the north
shore of Oriente Province. It
was in Oriente that Castro
launched his revolution to top
ple Fulgencio Batista.
Tourism Meeting Slated
At Juneau Nov. 28-29
JUNEAU, UR—1The State Divi
sion of Tourism and Economic
Development yesterday invited
hundreds of Alaskans connected
with the tourist and travel in
dustries to a two - day meeting
here Nov. 28-29.
The meeting will cover various
aspects of the state’s tourist in
dustry, including a review of the
Division’s activities and its plans
for the future and the state’s
participation in various shows
and exhibits.
Director Lee A. Johnson said
invitations were sent to all sched
uled airlines, hotels, resorts and
travel agencies as well as to op
erators of tourist attractions, road
houses and curio shops.
Second Nixon
Kennedy Debate to
Be Aired Tonight
WASHINGTON, OP) — The Re
publican and Democratic presi
dential rivals meet tonight in the
second round of their televised
debate, with indications it will be
livelier than the first one.
Both Democrat John Kennedy
and Republican Richard Nixon
were relaxing here today before
the hour-long session scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. EDT.
Since they first met before the
TV cameras and radio micro
phones on Sept. 26 both candi
dates have gotten down to more
rough-and-tumble politicking than
they did before the first round
which many critics called a kid
glove affair.
Some of the tougher tactics are
expected to show up as the two
square off in a television studio
setting designed “to suggest a
feeling of warmth and comfort.”
The candidates will be ques
tioned by a panel of four news
men on both foreign and domestic
issues. There will be no formal
opening statements, as there were
in the fist debate. Replies to ques
tions will be limited to 2Vfe min
utes.
KICY to Air Debate
Tonight at 8:30
The ACS will again transmit
the Nixon - Kennedy debate to
night to all radio stations in Al
aska.
Col. George F. Rogers, com
manding officer of the ACS, made
the announcement today. The
broadcast, carried by Radio Sta
tion KICY, will begin at 8:30 p.m.
as a public service — helping to
commemorate the 100th anniver
sary of the U. S. Army Signal
Corps and the 60th anniversary
of the Alaska Communication
System.
Commenting on the 100th anni
versary of the Army’s communi
cations development, Col. Rogers
said: "In its first century the
Signal Corps has advanced both
military and civilian communi
cations. Militarily speaking, the
Corps has progressed from signals
by flag and torch to a communi
cation satellite relaying messages
from outer space.”
Emily Boucher Named
To The White House
Conference on The Aging
JUNEAU, UP)—The appointment
of a five - member delegation to
represent Alaska at the White
House Conference on the Aging
in Washington, D. C., Jan. 9-12
was announced today by Gov.
William Egan.
Named to attend the confer
ence were Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hak
kinen of Haines, co-chairman of
the Alaska Committee on Aging;
Mrs. Emily Boucher of Nome; Dr.
Francis Phillips of Anchorage;
Steve Smas of Nenana; and Homer
Thompson of Homer.
TYPHOON KIT WREAKS
HAVOC IN PHILIPPINES
MANILA, UP)—Typhoon Kit cut
a path of destruction through the
central Philippines today.
Its winds at 90 miles an hotir
moved across the southern Luzon
peninsula and slammed into the
Visayan Islands on a northwest
course to the South Sea.
Early reports indicated heavy
damage and some casualties in
the Visayans, already battered by
a series of floods and typhoons
this year.
Akihito and Michiko
Buy Eskimo Carvings
ANCHORAGE, UP) — Japan’s
Prince Akihito and Princess Mi
chiko took home a few souvenirs
from their brief stop here enroute
home to Tokyo yesterday.
The heirs to the throne of
Japan wandered around in the
Anchorage International Airport
and spent about $50. Among their
purchases were ivory-carved fig
urines of an Eskimo man and wo
man and an ivory handled letter
opener.
The small gift shop, usually
closed at the early hour of the
prince’s arrival, was opened es
pecially for the imperial party.
The crown prince leafed thru
several copies of sporting maga
zines and seemed quite interested
in articles on hunting.
Their 10-minute visit was made
just prior to their takeoff for
Tokyo after winding up a two
week goodwill tour of the United
States.
“John the Turk”
Left Small Fortune
John Karametros known as
“John the Turk,” the little old
tramp who roamed the streets
begging for menial labor, shovel
ling snow, searching through gar
bage cans, swamping out bars,
left a small fortune to three
sisters in northern Greece when
he died here last spring.
People in the community felt
sorry for the old man in rags
and storekeepers knowingly let
him steal an occasional potato or
onion over the years. He was be
friended and housed for many
years by countrymen who were
afraid he might starve to death.
On his death it was discovered
he had a bank account here of
over $16,000 as well as other
assets in a safety deposit box in
Seattle. It was in the safety de
posit box that his will was found.
His death also revealed the ex
istence of a wife who received
one doller under the will.
He was known to have been in
Nome during the gold rush and
lost a cabin on River Street in
the 1913 flood.
He had planned to leave for
Greece this year, said Jim Pappas
who is the administrator of the
Karametros estate. Pappas made
a trip to Seattle recently to open
the safety deposit box where the
will was found.
Pappas said Karametros carried
a plane ticket to Greece for over
10 years, only to find that it had
expired when he was ready to
leave and he was delayed in his
departure for his homeland await
ing a refund on the ticket.
Three US. U2 Planes
To Operate in Australia
CANBERRA, Ausralia, UP) —
Three U.S. U2 aircraft will oper
ate from Australia next month to
test nuclear fallout and radio
activity in the upper air south of
the Australian continent.
Defense Minister Athol Town
ley announced that the high-level
U2 jets would be part of a force
of more than 20 U.S. aircraft that
would take upper atmosphere
samples at between 40 and 50 de
grees south latitude.
DUSTY RHODE RECUPERATES
FROM MAJOR SURGERY
Dusty Rhode, FAA station man
ager here, is reported recuperat
ing from major surgery and will
convalesce at the home of rela
tives in California.
Dr. McKinley
Questions Legality
Of Nov. 8 Ballot
JUNEAU, 10) — Secretary of
State Hugh J. Wade said today
he will ask the Attorney General’s
Office for an opinion on the le
gality of the ballot to be used in
the state’s general election Nov. 8.
The form of the ballot was
challenged this week by Dr. Lee
McKinley, a Palmer dentist who
is the Republican candidate for
the U.S. Senate seat now held by
Sen. E.L. Bartlett, the Democratic
candidate.
McKinley said he would take
the matter to court if the ballot
is not changed.
McKinley objected to the use
of a circle to designate straight
party voting. In the ballots as
they are printed, there is a circle
at the head of the Democratic
slate of candidates and a circle
at the head of the Republican
slate of candidates.
Instructions at the top of the
ballot say:
“To vote for any candidate
make an (X) in the square to
the left of his name.
“To vote for every candidate
in one party column only, you
may, for your convenience, make
an (X) in the circle at the top
of the party column.’
McKinley said the new state
election code specifically provides
for the use of squares.
Wade said the instruction cur
rently on the ballot follows gen
erally the form of the Wisconsin
Ballot, which was used as a
model in preparing Alaska’s bal
lot.
“Even though the election code
does call for a square,” Wade
said, “we used the circle rather
than the square because we felt
it would be clarifying.”
“Wade said if Atty. Gen. Ralph
Moody rules against use of the
circle for straight party voting, all
ballots will have to be reprinted
or “we will have to use a rubber
stamp to superimpose a square
over the two circles on each
ballet.”
Wade said virtually all ballots
have already been printed and
that some 3,000 hafe already been
sent out to magistrates in remote
areas.
Yankees Clobber Pirates
16 to 3 In Second Game
PITTSBURGH — Mickey Man
tle virtually apologized yesterday
for hitting two tremendous World
Series home runs.
“I wish I could have saved
them for a time when they meant
something — but in a 16-3 ball
game ...”
The blond, sturdy New York
Yankee outfielder even took in
stride the fact that his second
homer cleared the 15-foot-high
right center field wall at the 436
mark—probably a 460-foot smash.
This was the first time anyone
batting right-handed had ever ac
complished the feat.
Manager Danny Murtaugh of
the Pittsburgh Pirates took the
16-3 defeat in philosophical fash
ion.
“I prefer getting beat by a big
score as long as I have to lose,”
Murtaugh said. “It gave me an
opportunity to play all of my
young fellows. It gave them a
little experience in the World
Series — some of it pretty hard
experience.”
The third game of the seriest
will be played tomorrow in Yan
kee Stadium.