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VOL. LIX No. 104 * NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1957 Per Copy—15*
New Mile-High
Mountains Found
In Arctic Ocean
By Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press Science Reporter
NEW YORK, UP)—Discovery of
new mile-high mountains in the
Arctic Ocean fairly near the
North Pole was announced today.
The mountain range, buried be
neath deep cold waters, was dis
covered by American scientists
daringly floating on ice floes to
do research during the Interna
tional Geophysical Year.
The news was radioed here by
Maurice J. Davidson, 26. Colum
bia University geophysicist in
-charge of the meandering, frozen
scientific outpost.
Using echo-sounders measuring
water depth, Davidson’s group
found the 5,000-foot-high range
400 miles from the pole, in the
area between the pole and Point
Barrow. The exact location is 83°
N., 168° 43' W.
There the water was as shallow
as 5,000 feet, after having been
about 10,000 feet deep farther
southwest. This indicated a range
of mountains nearly a mile high.
How long or wide has not yet
been learned.
The range seems to parallel the
great Lomonsov Ridge in the cen
tral arctic, said Davidson. That
ridge extends from Greenland
across the Arctic Ocean toward
the New Siberian Islands.
Both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
have scientists floating on ice is
lands or arctic icepack to study
' mysteries of the arctic during the
IGY. IGY is a cooperative study
.by 64 nations of the earth and
space around us.
Two ice islands are occupied by
U.S. scientists. Russian scientists
are floating on three others. ‘ j
Russia Has Fired
Four Long-Range
Missiles Since June
WASHINGTON UR—Russia was
reported today to have fired at
least four long-range ballistic
missiles since June and to have
fired more of shorter range over
a longer time.
Moscow withheld until last
| week any announcement of its
[ claimed successful test of an in
ternational missile. But bits
and pieces of the information had
been coming into Washington
from intelligence sources since
shortly after the tests started.
Apparently the Kremlin’s an
nouncement on Monday had been
timed to make it a contribution
to the fierce new Soviet diplomat
ic offensive against the West. But
only the timing was a real sur
prise here—and presumably in
allied capitals.
Since the Russian announcement
there have been solidly backed
reports here that the U.S. Army
believes it has ready for produc
tion a proven counterweapon—an
American missile of shorter range
which could hit key Soviet areas
from advance bases.
And there is every evidence of
high-level doubt here that the
Russians actually have a produc
tion model of a 5,000-mile inter
continental missile ready for op
erational use.
Officials stress the difference
between an experimental proto
type and an atomic warhead
weapon ready for use.
The big Soviet missiles in this
summer’s tests were reported to
I have been launched from the
northernmost part of European
Russia, aimed eastward into the
wild areas of East Siberia.
Rev. Knudson Returns and Reports
On 39 ■ Nation Lutheran Assembly
“Christ Frees and Unites” was
the theme of the Lutheran As
sembly held this month in Minne
apolis with 39 countries sending
representatives, several of which,
were from countries behind the
iron curtain.
Attending this inspiring meet
ing with representatives from
19 million people and having at
its meeting over 100,000 people
was Nome’s Rev. Thomas A.
Knudson of Our Saviour’s Lu
theran Church. He is known, in
this area for, his sermons over
AFRS.
As a representative of the
Nome Nugget, Rev. Knudson had
the privilege of sitting at the
press table with his own micro
phone which interpreted the
speeches of the representatives
into any language he desired.
Knudson stated that the pur
pose of this meeting held every
five years in a different part of
the world is to discuss freedom—
mentally, physically and spiritu
ally.
He was impressed with the
complete accord of the many
countries represented and the
complete absence of political
problems furthering the principal
of the group which places the
church apart from politics.
One of the most inspiring mo
ments of the meeting, stated Rev.
Knudson, was when 100,000 voic
es were raised in unison, and re
peated the Apostles’ Creed.
Among the outstanding speak
ers were the 77-year-old Bishop I
Dibelius of Berlin; Bishop H.
Giertz of Othenburg, Sweden, and
Bishop Hanns Lilje of. Hanover;
Bishop Lajos Ordass of Hungary
and former prisoner of the Com
munists.
part of the meeting was given
over to a youth rally at which a
15,000-voice all-Lutheran choir of
young people sang. The theme of
the youth rally was “Christ makes
youth more than free.”
Franklin Clark Fry was elected
the new president of the Assem
bly and, according to the Luther
an Herald, is outstanding for his
spiritual zeal, a wealth of talent,
and an unlimited capacity for
hard work. He is a recognized
influential figure in organized
Protestantism today.
New School
Accepted by
City Council
At a special meeting of the
City Council Wednesday evening
the official acceptance of the new
school was made with the City of
Nome paying $119,850 and bond
ing itself for the additional pay
ment of $234,000 over a period of
20 years.
Although the city has accepted
the building, Alaska Public
Works will not fully accept it
from the contractors until the
present faults are corrected and
also will have a year’s guarantee
after they accept it.
Certain corrections have been j
made to the heating plant and \
material for correction to the
beams is at present on the barge
in the roadstead. Both these cor
rections will be observed careful
ly during the winter to see if the
building functions properly.
Attending the meeting were
Tom Mooney, APW director, Mr.
Boberg, supervising construction
engineer, and Eben Lewis, field
solicitor.
Lynn Forrest, architect, was
also present from Juneau. Bill
Barber, Helen Fagerstrom and
Ben Young represented the Nome
School Board as well as members
of the Nome Council and Mayor
Steffen Andersen.
Passed Bill Is Aimed
To Prevent Search
Thru FBI Files
WASHINGTON. Oft—'The House
today passed 315-0 a compromise
bill aimed at preventing defense
lawyers from searching freely
thru FBI files. This sent the mea
sure to President Eisenhower.
The Justice Department says
the legislation is needed to ward
off a law enforcement emergency.
The adjournment-hungry House
acted with a minimum of debate.
The Senate had passed the com
promise 74-2 shortly after mid
night. Sens. Langer (R-ND' and
Kefauver (D-Tenn) voted against
the bill.
U.S. ATOMIC SHOT
TAKES PLACE OF
BIGGER SMOKEY’
ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nev., UP)
—Scientists detonated an atomic
i device 750 feet above the Nevada
desert today in what was termed
a “pure test” for scientific pur
poses.
It flashed across the sky at
5:40 a.m. with an orange-pink
fireball which lasted for only a
half dozen seconds.
The shot was scheduled when
unfavorable winds forced post
ponement of a bigger shot, “Smo
key,” which is to include elabor
ate military maneuvers.
No maneuvers were conducted
in today’s blast, named “Franklin
Prime,” the 14th in the current
test series. There were 19 experi
ments connected with it.
It was detonated from a bal
loon. It was “subnominal in pow
er. Nominal is equivalent to 20
kilotons or 20,000 tons of TNT. !
First Civil Rights Bill to Pass
Congress in 80 Years Is on
»_
Its Way to President Eisenhower
By JOE HALL
WASHINGTON, (£>—1The first
civil rights bill to pass Congress
in more than 80 years was on its
way to President Eisenhower to
day.
The Senate completed action on
the compromise measure late last
night after 39 hours of cooffiiuous
session passing it by c(n over
whelming 60-15 vote. The House
passed the bill last Tuesday.
The end of the months-long
battle over civil rights came two
hours after Sen. Thurmond (D
SC) ended a record-setting fili
buster against the bill. He held
the floor for 24 hours 19 minutes.
The previous record was set in
1953 by Sen. Morse (D-Ore) in an
equally futile effort to defeat the
submerged oil lands bill.
Thurmond’s filibuster was a
single-handed effort. Other south
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Britain Claims
World Altitude
Aircraft Record
LONDON, (#>—Britain today
claimed a new world altitude rec
ord for aircraft—70,000 feet.
The Royzfl Aero Club said the
new mark was set two days ago
by a Canberra bomber, powered
by two turbo-jets and two rocket
motors. It was piloted by Michael
Randrup, chief test pilot for D.
Napier and son.
The Royal Aero Club said the
record was subject to confirma
tion. An unofficial altitude record
of 126,000 feet was credited to an
American Bell X-2 plane, a rock
et research ship, at Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif., in Sept. 1956.
British aviation experts said the
Bell X-2 could not claim the rec
ord because it had been launched
in the air from a mother aircraft.
The British plane was equipped ,
with a pair of Rolls Royce Avon
turbo-jets, its normal engines.
Two Scorpion rocket motors were
installed side by side under the
fuselage near the tail.
The record was established near
the Isle of Wight, over the Eng
lish Channel.
Immigration Bill Eases
Restrictions But Denies
Many Changes Asked
WASHINGTON, UP*—1The Sen
ate early today sent to President
Eisenhower a bill to ease some
immigration law restrictions, but
denying him many of the major
changes he had asked.
The measure represented a
compromise worked out by lead
ers in both Senate and House as
a minimum bill that could be
| passed in the closing hours of the
I 1957 session.
Some sponsors of the bill esti
mated it would allow the admis
sion of about 60,000 aliens, in
cluding refugees from persecu
tion in the Middle East and from
! Communist tyranny.
erners refrained from joining in
because they felt it was fruitless
and might boomerang.
Final passage of the civil rights
bill cleared the way for adjourn
ment of Congress, probably today.
On the final roll call, 15 south
erners voted no; 37 Republicans
and 23 Democrats joined in sup
port of the bill. There were many
absentees.
The bill provides broad new
federal enforcement powers in
the field of voting rights, altho
it does not contain some of the
far-reaching provisions originally
asked by Eisenhower.
Nevertheless, it’s passage is an
outstanding victory for the Presi
dent and for members of both
parties who have struggled for
years to win action on civil rights.
The political repercussions from
the Capitol Hill battle over the
bill and its final passage are cer
tain to be felt for a long time.
The key feature of the bill is a
provision giving the Justice De
partment authority to seek feder
al court injunctions to enforce
the right of every citizen to vote,
regardless of race or color.
In its final form, this provision,
was modified so persons charged
with criminal contempt for vio
lating such injunctions would be
granted a jury trial if they were
tried first by a judge alone and
sentenced to more man 45 days
in jail or fiined more than $300.
But no jury trials would be
authorized in civil contempt cases
stemming from voting rights in
junctions. Some legislators say
the bulk of court orders in voting
rights cases could be enforced
thru civil contempt action.
Civil contempt actions are
aimed at obtaining compliance
with a court order. Criminal con
tempt is intended to punish for
non-compliance.
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NEW INFLUENZA
OUTBREAKS IN
FIVE STATES
WASHINGTON, Ub—1The Pub
lic Health Service today said new
outbreaks of influenza were re
ported last week in five states but
most of the cases have not been
confirmed by laboratory tests.
A spokesman said he had no
figures on how many were in
volved in the outbreaks and they
have not been included in the
30,000 confirmed cases of Asian
flu. The states are New York,
Mississippi, Florida, Virginia and
California.
In summarizing latest data, the
service said:
Since the first of June, influ
enza in sporadic form and in lo
calized epidemics has been con
firmed by laboratory tests in 22
states and in Hawaii.
There have been outbreaks and
sporadic cases clinically resem
bling influenza in nine other
states and in Alaska.