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VOL. LXII No. 143 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1960 Per Copy 15^
10 White Students
Break Boycott
At New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, UP) — T e n
white students returned to classes
at integrated William Frantz
school today, sharply undermin
ing the boycott backed by moth
ers of the area.
A small foreign car with two
girls drove up in the sunny, but
near - freezing weather, catching
reduced picket lines by surprise,
apparently.
No one jeered until the two
little girls mounted the school
steps.
Then the same make car sped
up with five children, and the
Rev. Lloyd Foreman arrived by
car with his daughter and two
boys.
The one Negro first-grade girl
brought total attendance at Wil
liam Frantz to at least 11.
Only three Negro girls attended
the city’s other integrated school
McDonogh No. 19, at the normal
opening hour.
Temperatures that dipped dur
ing the night into the low 30s cut
the number of picketing mothers
to about a dozen. One of these
told a reporter:
“You don’t know how we are
suffering. Our feet are freezing.”
The reporter said: “You can go
home.”
“You think we don’t have to
stay?” the woman asked. “We’re
working too; we can’t leave."
Small Gains For Nixon
Accumulate In Check
Of Illinois Precincts
CHICAGO, UP* — Small vote
gains for Vice President Nixon
continued to accumulate today as
Republican Chairman Morton
came into the battle to upset Sen.
John Kennedy’s Nov. 8 election
victory in Illinois.
Nixon showed a net gain of 29
votes in the first eight precincts
checked today, atop the 174-vote
gain shown in the 27 precincts
checked earlier. The gain rate at
this stage was slightly under 6
votes a precinct.
Republicans estimated an aver
age precinct gain of 9 would be
necessary to turn the tables.
Democrat Magnuson
Upsets GOP Stender
In Washington Recount
SEATTLE, UP) — A recount in
Washington’s 7th district congres
sional contest ended today with
Democratic Rep. Don Magnuson
the winner by 139 votes over Re
publican John Stender.
Stender was ahead in the un
official returns but errors found
during the official canvass put
Magnuson in front by 116 votes.
Republicans then requested the
recount.
County Auditor Robert Morris
said he now would certify Mag
nuson as the winner.
Insurance Co. Pays Million Dollar
Policy On Death of Bally Ache
NEW YORK, UPI — The largest
payment in insurance history on
the life of a horse will be made
today when a check for $1 million
is handed over to a representative
of the syndicate which owned
Bally Ache.
The 3-year-old horse who won
$758,522, died Oct. 28 a week
after he had been retired to stud.
He was insured by the Animal
Insurance Company of America.
SOVIET SPACE
CAPSULE DESTROYED
LONDON, Iff*—Soviet scientists
failed today to return their globe
circling space ship to earth and
it burned out on entering the
earth’s atmosphere, Moscow radio
reported tonight.
The broadcast made no mention
of the dogs Pchelka (Little Bee*
and Mushka (Little Fly) launched
aboard the Sputnik yesterday.
They presumably perished.
The Soviet space flight has
been acclaimed by Russians
scientists as bringing the day of
manned space exploration nearer.
State Rep. Earl Hillstrand
Of Anchorage Resigns
JUNEAU, Iff* —Rep. Earl Hill
strand, Anchorage Democrat who
headed the State House of Repre
sentatives’ finance committee, ad
vised the Legislative Fiscal Of
fice today he had resigned as of
Nov. 9.
Hillstrand, in a letter to Mrs.
Lucille Mahoney, said:
“Since I resigned as of Nov. 9
from the legislature, you should
adjust my salary checks accord
ingly.”
Hillstrand’s brief note was the
first indication here that he had
resigned his seat in the lower
chamber.
Hillstrand, who would have re
mained a member of the House
until January had he not re
signed, passed up a chance for
reelection to the House this year
wjien he decided to try instead
for the State Senate from Dis
trict G. He was beaten by Re
publican Brad Phillips.
Hillstrand was a member of the
House of Representatives during
the 1957, 1959 and 1960 sessions.
Gov. Egan said he had re
ceived a letter from Hillstrand in
mid - November in which Hill
strand indicated he believed his
defeat by Phillips had impaired
Hillstrand’s effectiveness as a leg
islator for the balance of his
term.
The governor said he had been
advised by the Attorney General's
office that he had no authority
in such a matter and said he sent
a reply to Hillstrand suggesting
that the Anchorage Democrat re
sign his 10th District House seat
through Warren Taylor of Fair
banks, Speaker of the House.
U.S. Asks Cuba Return
Fragments of Rocket
WASHINGTON, Ud — T h e
United States today asked the
Cuban government to return any
fragments of a space rocket which
Cuba says fell on Cuban soil.
Press officer Joseph Reap, in
announcing the action, said there
was no indication that the U.S.
note to Cuba would contain an
apology for the incident. Al
though the Cuban government
has not protested, the Cuban
press and radio have accused the
United States of “Yankee aggres
sion.”
The rocket was launched Wed
nesday from Cape Canaveral. “A
malfunction occurred in the oper
ation of launching the vehicle
while it was still off the coast
of Florida,” Reap said.
He said that available data in
dicates that most of the fragments
from the destroyed rocket fell
into the open sea.
“Unfortunately,” he added,
“according to reports some frag
ments of the vehicle fell on Cu
ban territory.”
Kennedy Names
2 Cabinet Members
WASHINGTON, W—President
elect John F. Kennedy today
named Harvard professor David
E. Bell as his budget director and
said he is hopeful of completing,
or nearly completing, his cabinet
by the end of next week.
Bell and Kennedy stood to
gether on the steps of Kennedy’s
home for the announcement on
the budget director.
Bell, 41, secretary of Harvard
Littauer Center for Public Ad
ministration, stood by the Presi
dent-elect’s side as Kennedy made
the announcement.
The first job for Bell, who
served as an administrative as
sistant in the administration of
President Truman, will be to
serve as liaison officer for the
incoming Kennedy administration
in discussions with Eisenhower’s
budget director, Maurice E. Stans.
After that he will have to start
tailoring Eisenhower budget re
commendations to the Kennedy
pattern.
WASHINGTON, UP>—President
elect John F. Kennedy Thursday
announced his first cabinet selec
tion — Democratic Gov. Abraham
Ribicoff of Connecticut as Secre
tary of Health, Education and
Welfare.
Kennedy made the announce
ment to newsmen on the front
porch of his Georgetown home
with the 50-year-old Ribicoff
standing at his side.
At the same place a few hours
earlier, Kennedy announced his
selection of retiring Gov. G. Men
nen Williams of Michigan to be
Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs.
Shortly after that he broadly
indicated he had tried and failed
to get Republican Robert A. Lov
ett, former Secretary of Defense
and Undersecretary of State, into
his administration.
The selection of Williams was
the first announced choice of any
one for either a cabinet or sub
cabinet post.
FA A Says Soviet Fighters
Buzz U.S. Planes On
North Pacific Routes
WASHINGTON, UP) —The Fed
eral Aviation Agency reported to
day that Soviet fighters have been
buzzing American planes near
the Kurile Islands, and warned
fliers to take special care to stay
away.
The notice did not specify whe
ther the buzzing incidents in
volved commercial or military
flights, but it was directed to
commercial pilots flying the
northern route to Japan. The
Soviet - controlled Kuriles lie
north of Japan.
“Pilots shall be especially on
the alert for reception of false
ground navigational signals which
have been reported in the area,
and which could cause a pilot
who is depending solely on ADF
or Manual DF (automatic or man
ual direction finding equipment)
to become involved in a danger
ous situation.”
Two U.S. scheduled airlines,
Northwest and Pan American,
regularly fly this route. Neither
has reported difficulty of the
kind noted by the FAA.
However, there have been re
ports, not substantiated official
ly, of occasional aggressive ac
tions by Soviet fighters against
U.S. military transports and
other craft in the area.
NO SIGN OF
LOST PLANE
CAP headquarters here reports
no sign of the three local men
overdue on a flight from Galena.
The missing men, Bob Workman,
Ed Randell and Vernon Carlson,
were returning from a moose
hunting trip.
Lt. Col. Dusty Rhode of CAP,
who is directing the search, said
that all the primary area has
been covered and the search is
now extended outside tha* area
should the plane have gone off
course.
No signal or sign has been seen
although an area 80 by 130 miles
has been searched.
Six planes were in the air today
and will be returning this eve
ning to Galena, Unalakleet, Moses
Point and Nome.
Tomorrow the search will con
tinue throughout the primary
area again, it is planned.
Great-Grandson Of
John Foster Dulles
Smothers In Bed
NEW YORK, UPl—An 11-month-1
old boy, great - grandson of the
late Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles, was found dead in
bed. Police said he apparently
was smothered by a blanket.
The infant was David Hinshaw
Yoo, son of Dulles’ granddaugh
ter, Janet Hinshaw Yoo, 18, and a
Korean economics professor.
Mrs. Lillian Dulles Hinshaw,
mother of Mrs. Yoo, said the
baby’s father was Hyon Yoo, 23,
a Korean economic professor.
Mrs. Hinshaw said she believed
he now was at Seoul University.
The two met at Columbia Uni
versity.
Mrs. Hinshaw said her daughter
had planned to leave in two days
to join her husband.
“He’s never seen the baby,”
she said.
Maverick Wins “Duel”
With Picture Producer
LOS ANGELES, UP)—Maverick
has won another spirited skir
mish.
Actor James Garner, TV’s Bret
Maverick, won a Superior Court
fight with Warner Bros. Pictures
Inc., yesterday.
Judge Arnold Praeger held that
Garner’s contract ended last
March 3 when the studio stopped
his $l,750-a-week salary. This
was as Garner had contended.
The judge declared the studio
lacked sufficient cause to sus
pend salary because of a writers’
strike. Warner Bros., plaintiffs in
the suit, had sought to compel
Garner to resume work on the
Maverick series.
The court took under submis
sion Garner’s claim for $106,000
damages.
Max Penrod Now Superintendent
Of Chemawa Indian School
SALEM, Ore., UP)—Max Penrod,
Juneau, took over yesterday as
superintendent of the Chemawa
Indian School here. He succeeds
Victor E. Hill, recently promoted
to the Portland area office of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Penrod, with 15 years varied
service in Alaska, served recent
ly as director of Indian schools
with headquarters in Juneau.
Russians Honor Mark Twain
MOSCOW, UP) — The Soviet
Union has issued a special stamp
commemorating the 125th anni
[ versary of the birth of Mark
Twain.
Recount Shows
Engstrom Winner
Over Stewart
JUNEAU, lff> — A recount of
votes cast in Senate District D
showed today that Republican El
ton E. Engstrom had unseated
State Senator Thomas B. Stewart,
a Democrat, by two votes, 2,760
to 2,758.
On the basis of the official state
canvass, Engstrom had been
whipped by one vote, 2,764-2,763,
but the recount overturned the
official canvass.
Secretary of State Hugh Wade
said he would issue a certificate
of election to Engstrom this after
noon.
Engstrom’s election cut the
Democrats’ advantage in the Sen
ate to 13-7, and the Republicans
have also asked for a recount of
Senate ballots in District N,
where Democratic incumbent
Lester Bronson was declared the
winner over Republican Edith R.
Bullock.
Engstrom described himself as
a “very, very happy man.”
“I think it is very good,” Eng
strom said when he was informed
by the Associated Press that he
had come out on top in the re
count. “The recount was justi
fied.”
me recount went rignt down
to the wire, with five questioned
ballots holding the key at the
bitter end.
At the end of the morning re
count session, Engstrom had a
two-vote lead. He picked up two
votes in the Yakutat Airport pre
cinct and Stewart picked up one,
leaving Engstrom with a three
vote advantage.
Of the five questioned ballots
remaining, three of the voters had
marked both the Republican and
Democratic straight ticket party
circles at the top of their ballots
and had then voted for individual
candidates.
Wade, armed with a ruling
from Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody,
counted the ballots on the
grounds the voters’ intent was
evident when they marked their
ballots for individual candidates.
Two of the ballots went into
Stewart’s column, one went into
Engstrom’s fold, leaving the Re
publican with a two-vote margin.
The other two questioned bal
lots were both absentees, still in
their unopened envelopes.
They had not been counted or
iginally because in writing their
place of residence on the outside
of the envelope, the two voters
had written the word “formerly”
before the word “Pelican,” the
name of a village west of Juneau.
Wade ruled that the two ab
sentee ballots should be counted.
When the two envelopes were
opened, it was found that the two
voters had not voted on state
candidates or issues.
The final count, after a re
check of the precinct totals, re
mained Engstrom 2,760 and Ste
wart 2,758.
Gene Tunney's Daughter Engaged
STAMFORD, Conn., UP) — The
engagement of Joan Tunney, 21,
daughter of former heavyweight
boxing champion Gene Tunney, to
Lynn Carter Wilkinson, Jr., 23, a
senior at Northwestern Univer
sity, has been announced by her
parents.
Wilkinson is from Whitefish
Bay, Wis. No wedding date has
been set.