Alaska District
Court Activated By
Executive Order
WASHINGTON, M— President
Eisenhower issued an executive
order Saturday declaring the U.S.
District Court for Alaska is pre
pared to assume its functions.
“Accordingly,” the order said
“the jurisdiction of the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska
and the tenure of the judges, the
United States attorneys, marshals
and other officers of that court
are now terminated.”
The President’s order noted
that the Alaska Statehood Act
provides that the Territorial Court
would continue to function for
three years unless the President
established a U.S. District Court
for the new state.
The President said the new
court now is prepared to assume
its functions and that he has ap
pointed, and the Senate has con
firmed, Walter H. Hodge to be
Federal Judge and that Hodge has
appointed an acting U.S. Attor
ney and an acting U.S. Marshal
and other court officers.
U.S. Apologizes for
Cuban Bombing
By Florida Plane
FIAVANA, UP)—A demand that
the United States crack down on
all anti-Castro activities in Flor
ida came Saturday from the semi
official newspaper Revolucion.
The newspaper of Prime Min
ister Fidel Castro’s revolution
ary movement referred to a U.S.
government apology for a raid by
a Florida based plane as “a moral
victory.”
“It is clear,” Revolucion said,
“that the question is not. resolved
in any way with a simple presen
tation of apologies while an at
tempt is made to drown dissem
ination of news of the crime with
postponement of the execution of
Chessman or the trip to Latin
America by President Eisen
hower.”
Revolucion demanded that the
United States try persons who or
ganize flights against Cuba and
prevent any further flights over
Cuba.
Castro has charged that air at
tacks on Cuban fields were made
by U. S. based planes and as
serted that these were the main
reasons for rifts in U.S. - Cuban
relations.
Washington previously had re
jected Castro’s accusations, main
taining there was no evidence the
raids were conducted by U. S.
based planes.
But the U.S. State Department
confirmed Friday that the plane
involved in Thursday’s incident
had taken off from an airfield
near Miami.
It expressed “sincere regrets
that the plane managed to escape
the vigilance of our intensified
airfield patrols" in Florida.
The State Department note as
sured Cstro that the U.S. govern
ment “is most anxious to stop
such violations of our laws, and
will take whatever steps it can
to prevent them and apprehend
those persons involved.”
Ketchikan Man Commutes To
Seattle for Marine Training
SEATTLE, UP)—David A. Forbes,
corporal in a Seattle Marine Air
Reservist unit, has laid claim to
the “commuting championship”
for his unit and possibly for the
whole Marine Corps Reserve.
Forbes, who moved from Seat
tle to Ketchikan last September,
flies a 1,300-mile round trip each
month to attend monthly drills
with Marine Attack Squadron 216
at Sand Point Naval Air Station
here. Forbes has been with the
squadron since 1955.
Forbes, a warehouseman, is the
only active Marine Air Reservist
in Ketchikan.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Our galaxy, when viewed from
outer space, is neither a ring nor
a wreath, but is formed of huge
spirals which reach far outward
into the heavens.
This galaxy of stars is so great
that a beam of light would re
quire 300,000 years to cross it.
Around a modest, medium - size
star in the central cluster whirls
a tiny planet called the earth.
One of the most impressive
spectacles in the sky lies on the
center of the Sword of Orion.
This sword is adorned with three
stars, the central one appearing
misty, “like an eye in tears.” A
large telescope discloses that this
is not a star after all but cloudy
masses of nebulae which cover
the central part of the constella
tion. A photograph uncovers a
still further surprise and one sees
that the nebulae spread in all di
rections, over and beyond the
stars of the constellation.
Fairbanksan Completes
Civil Affairs Course
At Army School
Capt. Gordon J. Severson of
Fairbanks was among 73 officers
who successfully completed the
4-week Civil Affairs Course at
the U.S. Army School at Ft. Gor
don, Georgea, this month.
The course brought together
Civil Affairs officers from all sec
tions of the >U. S. and two Far
Eastern countries. Six Korean of
ficers and two fro'm Thailand
added an international flavor to
the'class. All training was in line
with the mission of Civil Affairs
units which is the supervision and
control of civilians in occupied
areas during wartime.
Captain Severson is the first
Alaskan to attend the course. He
is a member of Fairbanks’ 1987th
USAR Civil Affairs Company and
in civilian life is Deputy Director
of State Veterans Affairs for the
2nd and 4th Divisions.
Russian Women Sweep
Cross Country Races
At Winter Olympics
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif., UP) —
Russia’s Marija Gusakova won
the ladies’ 10 - kilometer cross
country ski race Saturday and
Russia’s first gold medal in the
1960 winter Olympics. The sup
erbly conditioned Russian women
swept the first four places among
the 24 skiers entered.
There were no U.S. entries.
GESTAPO!
RIVERSIDE, Calif., UP) — The
Board of Regents of the University
of California has expressed regret
for an examination question on
the FBI.
The question, since withdrawn,
was one of 12 in an admission
examination. It described the FBI
as a national police organization
which “operates secretly and is
unresponsive to public criticism.”
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Chessman Death
Stay Stirs Storm
Of Criticism
SAN FRANCISCO, UP) — Gov.
Edmund Brown’s 60-day reprieve
for Caryl Chessman, popular with
opponents of capital punishment,
stirred a mounting storm of criti
cism Saturday.
In Sacramento, legislators pro
tested that the governor proposed
to dump the problem in their lap
by calling a special session in
March—concurrent with the bud
get session—to reconsider abol
ishing the death penalty in the
state.
iln Washington, D. C., critics
blasted the State Department for
notifying the governor of adverse
reaction to be expected in Latin
America by President Eisenhower
if the Chessman execution should
take place.
Government leaders in Uruguay
applauded the reprieve. Western
Europe generally approved the
action but criticized the motive.
Chessman, convicted in Los An
geles in 1948 of robbery and kid
naping involving forcing two
women into unnatural sex acts, has
evaded death in a dramatic, 11V4
year legal fight with which many
opponents of capital punishment
identify themselves.
He spent Friday relaxing and
conferring with his lawyers.
Asked how he felt about the
governor’s decision, Chessman re
plied:
“I’m feeling. I had expected to
be dead.”
In a penciled statement, Chess
man said:
“I have no doubt it was the
most difficult decision he has
ever made. I must add I also be
lieve it was a courageous one for
it transcends the fate of one em
battled, condemned man. It puts
the question of capital punishment
squarely before the people for de
bate and resolution. If I have
played some small part in bring
ing this about, the nightmare ex
perience I have gone through was
and is a small price to pay, and I
pay it gladly.”
In Washington, senators criti
cized the State Department’s al
leged intervention as impinging
on state’s rights.
“Very questionable procedure,”
said chairman William Fulbright
(D-Ark) of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Bad precedent, said one Cali
fornia Democrat, Sen. Clair Engle.
Completely unwarranted, said the
other, Republican Thomas H.
Kuchel.
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Bill Defining Powers
Of Eminent Domain
Introduced at Juneau
JUNEAU, GW — An administra
tion tjill to codify laws relating
to condemnation proceedings in
Alaska was introduced in the Sen
ate Friday.
The 25-page 'bill would spell
out broad powers of eminent
domain for the state or any of its
agencies authorized to take real
estate for public use. Boroughs,
school districts, public utility dis
tricts or other political subdivi
sions also would be given eminent
domain rights for public build
ings, access and service roads,
sewers and other purposes.
Several sections of the measure
concern “declarations of taking,”
a procedure whereby a condemn
ing agency may acquire real pro
perty pending final judicial deter
mination of payment owed the
original owner.
Such action would be limited
generally to the state, PUDs and
school districts. First class cities
would be permitted to use a dec
laration of taking for street or
highway needs, school sewers,
water, telephone, electric or other
utility purposes and for slum
clearance.
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