2S NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
62nd Year No. 77 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1961 Per Copy 15£
United Presbyteriai
J
Eskimos’ Ri<*hl to l
BARROW, Alaska iff) — The
three-million member United
Presbyterian Church has given
its- support to Eskimos seeking
the right to take migratory water
fowl for food at any time of the
year.
Kenneth G. Neigh, general sec
retary of the Church’s Board of
National Missions, urged Presi- j
dent Kennedy, Interior Secretary
Udall and Secretary of State
Rusk, in separate letters, to give
the Alaskan natives relief.
The Eskimos claim they have j
aborginial rights to take migra
tory waterfowl for food purposes
whenever they choose.
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice contends the natives must
adhere to migratory waterfowl
seasons, which are based in part
on a 1916 treaty between the Unit
ed States, Mexico and Canada.
The situation came to a head
late last month when the FWS
started enforcing the seasons in
the Arctic for the first time.
Two FWS agents arrested two
Barrow Eskimos for killing ducks
and geese out of season.
Two days later, 138 Eskimos
came to a mass meeting in Bar
row with eider ducks and signed
statements saying they had killed
the birds out of season.
Asst. U. S._Atty. Jerry Shortell,
Fairbanks, and the FWS referred
the incident to Washington, D. C.,
for a decision.
Neigh’s letter to Secretary
TJdall said:
“The United Presbyterian
Church shares your department
concern for the welfare and hap
piness of the Eskimos in Alaska.
“I am sure you are aware of
the problem which has been
thrust upon the Eskimos who live
along the Arctic Coast through
the sudden enforcement by Fish
Marilyn Monroe Rests
_ Comfortably After
Gall Bladder Operation
NEW YORK UP) — Movie star
Marilyn Monroe spent a comfort- j
able night and was in satisfactory
condition today after having her
gall bladder removed Thursday
night, in Polyclinic Hospital.
The blonde beauty, 34, was in
the operating room for 2Vfc hours.
Seven doctors were in attend
ance during surgery, including
Marilyn’s personal physician who
had flown in from California.
Under sedation, the movie
queen was wheeled into her pri- I
vate room where her ex-husband, |
former baseball great Joe Di- '
maggio waited.
A hospital spokesman said the
normal convalescence period from
gall bladder surgery is 10 to 12
days.
Dimaggio, who had been stnding
by at the hospital ever since
Marilyn was admitted, has been
seen with her a great deal ever
since her divorce last winter from
playright Arthur Miller, her third
husband.
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THE WEATHER
Continued cloudy with rain and
fog. Little change in temperature.
Lowest expected tonight 40, the
high tomorrow 45.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 48, lowest 39. Sunrise at
1:27 a.m., sunset at 10:42 p.m.
A year ago today: highest temp.
46, lowest 40. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 76 in
1908, lowest 32 in 1924.
i Church Supports
iu nt Waterfowl
and Wildlife agents after years of I
inactivity o>f the migratory bird
treaty.
“The prohibition of the shooting
of ducks and geese, we are told
by our missionary, the Rev. John
R. Chambers, means a dangerous
reduction in the food supply
available to the Eskimos. As you
know, these Eskimos are good
citizens, they are obeying the >
law.
“But they have petitioned their j
government to work out some way
in which their century-old hunting
of these birds on which their lives
depend may continue. They do
not hunt for sport; they hunt for
food. It is probable that the treaty
never considered their situation.
“Please do what you can to j
speed up some relaxation of the
current ban on their hunting.”
Cmdr. of American Legion
Says Communism Must
Be Destroyed Now7
LONG BEACH, Calif. (/Pi — Na
tional Commander William R.
Burke of the American Legion
says that unless Soviet Premier
Khrushchev is “bluffing on Berlin
or we surrender, we will be at
war by the end of this year.”
He told about 7,000 delegates
at the opening of the 43rd annual
; convention of the California De
i partment of the Legion Thursday:
j “We should prepare for what ap
pears to be inevitable war.
“If in order to insure that the
United States survives it is neces
sary to destroy Castro and
Khrushchev and Communism, I
say, let us get on with the task.”
Communist Leader
Henry Winston
Released from Prison
NEW YORK [IP — Communist j
leader Henry Winston was re- j
leased from federal imprisonment j
today, after President Kennedy
commuted his sentence because
he is blind and ailing.
He was met outside a govern
ment hospital on Staten Island by
Gus Hall, general secretary of the
American Communist party, and
James Jackson, editor of the
party’s weekly newspaper, The
Worker. They drove away in a
car for an unannounced destina
tion.
Winston is one of 11 top Com
munists convicted in 1949 of con
spiracy to teach and advocate
forcible overthrow of the govern
ment.
He went into hiding and failed
to surrender in 1951 to begin a
five-year sentence imposed on
him. After he finally surrendered
March 5, 1956, he was given an
additional three - year term for
contempt because of flight. The
Justice Department said he would
have completed serving his sen
tence, with credit for good be
havior, on Jan. 4, 1962.
Division of Banking and
Securities Schedule Public Hearing
JUNEAU UP) — The State Di
vision of Banking and Securities
yesterday scheduled a public
hearing in Anchorage on July 17
to consider an application for the
establishment of a Mutual Sav
ings Bank there.
R. E. Butler, director of the di
vision, said the hearing has been
scheduled for 10 a. m. in the Z. J.
Loussac Library.
The application was filed by
a group of 32 incorporators,
headed by R. L. Rettig.
Alaskans Face Five
Tax Increases
Next Week
JUNEAU UP — The cost of
smoking, drinking and driving
goes up for Alaskans next week.
Individual net income taxes also
take a jump, legally, but actually I
the boost became applicable as of 1
last Jan. 1.
The five tax increases Alaskans
face next Thursday and Friday
were approved by the 1961 ses- i
sion of the State Legislature.
Together, they are designed to '
bring in approximately $3,640,000 ,
annually in additional taxes.
Car owners are going to be hit i
twice by new tax bites.
One of the new tax increases
ups the state levy on gasoline for
highway motor vehicle use by a
cent a gallon, from seven to eight
cents.
The other new increase affect
ing car owners boosts vehicle
registration fees for most types of
highway conveyances.
The key provisions in the
statute ups the ante for passenger
cars from $20 to $30.
The word “applicable” is the
key word in the individual net
income tax boost act.
The statute has both an effec
tive date, July 7, which falls 90
days after the bill received the
approval of Gov. Egan, and an
applicable date, Jan. 1, 1961.
The second date is the date
most important to the state’s in
dividual taxpayers.
The applicable date means,
simply, that the boost in individ
ual net income taxes from 14 to
16 per cent of what a person pays
in federal income taxes will have
to be shelled out to the state for
all of 1961, and not merely for
the period July 7-Dec. 31.
The state tax on a pack of cig
arettes goes up from 5 cents to
8 cents on Thursdays of next
week.
And on Friday, liquor excise
taxes on wine will be increased ;
by 10 cents a gollon, jumping I
from 50 to 60 cents. Excise taxes
on hard liquor, such as whisky, j
go up from $3.50 to $4 a gallon.
Soviets Unveil New
Giant Jet Bomber
WASHINGTON UP) — The So
viet Union’s giant new jet bomb- ,
er is more than 40 feet longer —
and may be considerably more
powerful — than anything in the
U. S. long range nuclear bomber
fleet.
The new Soviet bomber, a four
jet Delta wing craft, was unveiled
in Moscow two days ago during
practice flights for an air show
there July 9.
It came as no surprise to U. S.
officials here. They said the plane
—designated by U. S. military au
thorities with the code name
“Bounder” — has been under de
velopment for a number of years.
This suggested the Soviets may
have the plane in quantity, al
though firm information was not
available.
RAIDS MADE ON
ORGANIZED GAMBLING
WASHINGTON (#> — A nation
wide series of raids on organized
gambling by Internal Revenue
agents netted 106 arrest in 19
cities.
More than $90,GOO in cash and
12 automobiles also were con
fiscated, IRS said Thursday night. ;
Thursday’s coordinated raids were ]
aimed principally at horse race ;
bookmakers and lottery operators.
Conditional Agreement
Reached by Maritime
Union and Two Shi-p Cos.
NEW YORK li?) — A “condi
tional” agreement between the I
National Maritime Union and two
shipping groups was announced
today. It could pave the way for
an end of the two-week-old na
tionwide maritime strike.
Called for in the agreement is
a four-year contract with an im
mediate 4 per cent wage increase
and increases of 2V2 per cent in
the second, third and fourth years.
Able-bodied seamen have been
getting a basic wage of $369 a
month. In addition, they receive
$2.28 an hour for overtime work.
Under the agreement the con- i
troversial question of unionizing
the foreign flag vessels owned by j
American owners would be re- 1
ferred to a Fact-Finding Com-j
mittee.
Chrysler Corp. Put on
Notice by UAW It Can
Expect no Concessions
DETROIT UPi — Chrysler Corp.,
the only one of the big three auto
makers operating in the red this
year, was put on notice by the
I United Auto Workers Union to
day it can expect no concessions
in its new contract negotiations
because of its current financial
position.
The notification was given by
I Walter P. Reuther at a news con
ference today, minutes before the
j UAW president opened the union’s
bargaining on a new contract at
j Chrysler.
Reuther came to Chrysler from
j General Motors and Ford where
J he opened new contract negotia
tions on successive days. At Ford
Thursday he declared the new
pacts with the industry must
break new ground and develop
new concepts.
Four of Nations Largest
Movers Indicted Today
On Price Fixing Charges
WASHINGTON. UP — Four of
the nation’s largest movers of j
household goods were indicted to
day on charges of price fixing and
other restraints of trade.
The four companies do an an- :
nual business of more than $150
million. The indictment said the
alleged conspiracy saddled the
public and the federal govern
ment with higher shipping costs.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
in announcing the grand jury ac
tion named the following as de
fendants:
North American Van Lines,
Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Aero Mayflower Transit Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind.;
Allied Van Lines, Inc., Broad
view, 111., and
United Van Lines, Inc., St.
Louis.
The two-court indictment was
made under the Sherman Anti
Trust Act. Maximum penalty for
a violation of the Sherman Act
is a $50,000 fine and one year in
prison for individuals and a
$50,000 fine for companies.
KOTZEBUE ALLOCATED S8.000
IN DEPRESSED AREA FUNDS
JUNEAU UP — Gov. Egan to
day approved the allocation of
$8,000 in state depressed area
funds to the Arctic village of Kot
zebue.
Egan said the money would be
used to help pay for labor costs
involved in relocating the city
jail, repairing drainage ditches
and culverts and other city pub
lic works.
President Signs,
“\\ itli Pleasure,”
Social Security Bill
WASHINGTON UP* — President
Kennedy today signed “with great
pleasure” legislation increasing
Social Security benefits for about
4.42 million Americans and per
mitting men to draw their bene
fits at the age of 62.
In signing the bill, Kennedy
said the new amendments will
make the Social Security system
“a more effective instrument for
the well-being of our people.”
Only seven members of Con
gress, members of the House Ways
and Means Committee and the
Senate Finance Committee, show
ed. up for the ceremony.
“You must be the only members
of Congress left in Washington,”
Kennedy remarked, alluding to
the Fourth of July holiday that
has all but shut the capitol down.
Women have been permitted
for some time to retire at age 62
and draw benefits.
If a man choose to retire at 62
I he’ll receive for the rest of his
life 80 per cent of the benefits he
would get if he waited until 65.
If he retires sometime between
62 and 65 he will receive a pen
; sion proportionately larger than
! 80 per cent.
| The increased benefits will be
j gin showing up in checks received
| about Sept. 3, the Social Security
i Administration said.
Since this is the last day of
June, a one-day delay by Kennedy
I in signing the bill, would have
j resulted in a one-month delay in
i effectiveness of the new benefits,
j The new program is expected to
cost $825 million in its first year.
1 This is to be met by an increase
: in the payroll tax. Both employer
and employe will have to pay
j one-eighth of one per cent more
on the first $4,800 of the employe’s
annual income. The self-employed
will have to increase their Social
Security tax by one-fifth of one
per cent.
Over a Million
Salmon Canglit 1st
Day at Bristol Bay
KING SALMON, Alaska —
A huge run of red salmon moved
into Bristol Bay this week, and
canneries are working at maxi
mum capacity to process the fish.
Charles Meacham, State De
partment of Fish and Game biol
ogist in charge of the Central
District, reported that “slightly
more than a million reds” were
taken in the Naknek - Kvichak
district alone during the first 24
hour fishing period which began
at 9 a.m. Monday.
This catch was greater than
that for the same period last year
in the same district, and the 1960
season was one of the best in re
cent years.
Meacham said that Bristol Bay
is “tooled up to maximum can
ning capacity and is working at
capacity.”
Bristol Bay red salmon are run
ning bigger this year than last—
to the advantage of canners who
pay so much for each fish regard
less of size. About llVi> of these
“cannery fish” are needed for a
case of canned salmon. Last year
they were running about 16 to
the case.
Independent fish processors are
paying $1.05 apiece for the reds.
It is not known at this time what
the major canners are paying.