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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _
62nd Year No. 36 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1961_Per Copy 15<
Gromyko Joins
JFK In Call For
Peace In Laos
WASHINGTON, (^-Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko joined President Kennedy
today in calling for a peaceful
solution to the dangerously ex
plosive civil war in Laos — but
Gromyko failed to say whether
Russia would agree to an early
cease-fire.
In a historic hour-long confer
ence at the White House, Ken
nedy reportedly emphasized to
Gromyko in cordial but emphatic
tones that he attaches the great
est importance to bringing the
Laotian conflict to an end as soon
as possible.
It was learned on excellent au
thority that Gromyko expressed
hope that the United States
would avoid any overt action un
til the Soviets can reply to a Brit
ish peace plan presented in Mos
cow last Thursday.
By his appeal to avoid any
overt act, Gromyko was taken to
mean that the Soviet government
hopes the United States and its
SEATO allies will not immedi
ately commit themselves to inter
vene on behalf of the pro-West
ern government of Laos and
against the Soviet-backed rebels.
Speaking for Kennedy, White
House press secretary Pierre Sal
inger said: “He continues to be
hopeful that there will be an ag
reement between the parties con
cerned which will permit a ces
sation of hostilities and the devel
opment of a neutral and indepen
dent Laos.”
U. S. Navy Task Force
Heads for the Orient
HONOLULU UP) — The Hono
lulu Advertisers said today a
Navy task force headed by the
carrier Kcarsarge left Pearl Har
bor Saturday to join the U. S.
7th Fleet in the Orient.
The paper said 6,000 Marines of
the 1st Marine Brigade, reported
enroute to California for maneu
vers, are aboard the transport
Okanogan which is “holding her
position” between Hawaii and
California, awaiting word from
the Pentagon on whether to pro
ceed to the coast or head for the
Orient.
The military in Hawaii has im
posed a news blackout on all
movements of men and equipment
since the crisis in Laos.
Patterson's Next Title Defense
Will be Against Cooper of England
GOTEBURG, Sweden UP) —
Ingemar Johansson’s adviser said
today that heavyweight champion
Floyd Patterson’s next defense of
his title would be against Henry
Cooper of England.
“Patterson’s manager, Gus
D’Amato, is flying to London
next week to negotiate for the
bout,” said Edwin Ahlquist.
Ahlquist arrived here last night
from New York. One of his main
hopes, he said, would be to ar
range a Johansoon-Sonny Liston
heavyweight bout here on Sept.
14.
Optional Retirement In
The Works For Men
At Age of 62 Years
WASHINGTON UH—'The House
Ways and Means Committee
voted today for optional retire
ment of men under Social Secur
ity at the age of 62. The group
also accepted most of the other
changes advocated by President
Kennedy.
If Congress approves the
changes, they would be financed
by an increase in the tax paid by
the employer and employe. The
increase would be effective on
Jan. 1.
Women already may begin tak
ing their social security retire
ment payments at 62, if they
choose, but the payments are less
than if they wait until age 65.
The committee rejected a
change proposed by Kennedy —
an easing of the provisions for
qualifying for disability pay
ments. The administration con
tends the present law is too
rigid.
Many New Styles
Presented at the
Spring Fashion Show
The Beta Sigma Phi held their
annual Spring Fashion Show Sun
day afternoon with the coopera
tion of local business houses and
presented many interesting new
styles brought in specially for
presentation at this time.
Morning, afternoon, cocktail,
sports and evening wear were
modeled for infants, children,
teenagers and mature figures,
each introduced by Ruth McLain,
commentator, in her usual gra
cious manner.
A surprise presentation was
made by Virginia Brown, with
a group of costumes made and
designed by Mrs. Andrew Peter
son to be worn during the Mid
night Sun Festival. Dresses for
afternoon and evening wear as
well as gay ninety undies were
modeled.
High school girls in the Vogue
contest also modeled gowns they
had made, mostly “date” dresses.
Throughout the afternoon El
len Jones played background
music on the organ.
Shops participating were: Bil
likin Gift, Cavota’s, M’Lord and
Lady, Northern Commercial Co.,
A. Polet, and Polar Curio.
Models were: Honey Scott, Bar
bara Mclver, Pam Mulvihill,
Lurisse Lowe, Betty Diede, Karen
Haley, Tommy Haley, Sandra Fos
ter, Betty Cavota, Mary Jeanne
Longley, Peggy Ann Schick, Ellen
Lyle, Barbara Martin, and Noma
Jean Morgan.
Theater Gay 90’s Group were:
Angie Outwater, Amy Titus,
Esther Alexine, Carrol Miller,
Mary Komakhuk, Lena and
Robert Peterson.
Beta Sigma Phi Easter Parade
committee: Beverly Morgan,
chairman, Bertha White, Barbara
Martin, Beverly Blanning, Mary
Honsberger, Betty Gustafson,
Mildred Harwood, Ruth McLean.
Aprreciation goes to Mrs. Ellen
Jones, organ music, and Sgt. Jim
Blanning, stage setting.
Communists Shoot Down
American Plane Over
Rebel-Held Laos Territory
WASHINGTON OP) —The State
Department reported information
today that the U.S. plane missing
in the Laos area was shot down
over rebel territory, and that one
survivor may be in the hands of
the pro-Communist guerrillas.
The American possibly in rebel
hands was listed as U. S. Army
Maj. Lawrence Bailey of Laurel,
Maryland.
Seven others, all U. S. military
personnel, were reported to have
gone down with the plane, which
burned.
Several Candidates
File For City Office
Candidates filing to date for the
municipal election:
For Mayor—ftoscoe Wilke and
Allan Doyle.
For City Council, 2-year term—
Charles Frazier, Jim McLean,
Keith Hedreen, Hap Lancaster;
1-year term—Paul Tiulana.
For School Board — Dorothy
Grant.
For City Clerk—Bob Scott.
Utility Board, 5 - year term —
W. W. Laws.
An Eye For An Eye—
Indians Take Away
White’s Fishing Rights
TAHOLAH, Wash. UP) — For
I the white man, fishing in Lake
Quinault, east of this Indian vil
lage, is a thing of the past.
It all adds up an eye for an
eye.
The Washington Legislature, in
Olympia, decided Indians no
longer can ship big steelhead
trout out of the state for sale.
Lake Quinault and the Quin
ault River, which flows from it to
the sea, are likely places for steel
head fishermen. Those waters be
long to the Quinault tribe.
And, as logger Philip Martin
of Taholah says, “sometimes in
the winter, when other work is
slow for the Indians, it’s neces
sary that they take to the river
for fish to sell.”
The tribesmen met in their
council house in Tahola and de
cided if the whites are going to
rule out one of their means of
livelihood, the Quinault Indians
are going to rule white fishermen
off their waters.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY NAMES
GEORGE A. BAYER TO BE
U. S. MARSHAL FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy sent to the Senate today
the nomination of George A.
Bayer of Nome to be U. S. Mar
shal for Alaska.
Bayer, 49, now is clerk of the
Superior Court of Alaska for the
Second District and deputy clerk
of the U. S. District Court of
Alaska.
He was chief deputy U. S.
Marshal at Nome from 1944 until
early last year. Bayer will draw
$10,895 a year as U. S. Marshal.
ARCTIC CLUB
Dog Races Saturday, April 1st
ALL TEAMS MUST REGISTER AT MORGAN & SON
Thanks to Alaska, U. S.
Less Densely Populated
Than Ten Years Ago
WASHINGTON UP) — Thanks to
Alaska, the United States is less
densely populated than it was
10 years ago.
The Census Bureau reported to
day there were 50.5 persons per
square mile in 1960, compared
with 50.7 in the 1950 cenAis.
Admission to Alaska to the
Union reversed the lang trend
toward heavier population den- |
sity. The vast 50th State has
about 2Vi times as many square
miles of land as it has human
inhabitants.
If Alaska and Hawaii had been
states in 1950 the population den
sity in that census would have
been 42.6 persons per square mile.
In 1900 the population density j
was 25.6 persons per square mile,
counting Alaska and Hawaii, it
would have been 21.5.
The United States still is a
country of relatively low-density
population, the bureau said, com- j
pared with such lands as the
Netherlands with 893 inhabitants
per square mile and Belgium with
769.
At the other extreme are Libya
with two, Australia with three
and Canada with four persons per
square mile.
j Rhode Island is the most dense
! ly populated state with 812 per
j sons per square mile. New Jersey
is next with 806.6.
At the other end of the den
sity scale, following Alaska with
only one 4/10ths of a person per
square mile come Nevada with
2.6 persons and Wyoming with
3.4.
—
NENANA ICE CLASSIC
CLOSES APRIL 8TH
NENANA — Carl M. Hagg
strom manager of the Nenana
Ice Classic said with the weather
turning warm with some snow
melting from side hills the tri
pod has been painted the familiar
black and white strip. The wire to
the clock mechanism will be put
up the first part of the week.
There will be colored flags hang
ing on the wire so pilots who
have used the ice for landing |
will be on the lookout for the i
wire from the tripod.
There is 33 inches of ice at the
tripod over 8 feet of water com- I
pared to 31 inches over 4Vz feet
of water last year at this time.
Only two weeks are left in the
biggest contest in Alaska. It
Closes midnight April 8.
Remember he who hestitates is
lost.
Resolution Passed to Make a
Study of Laws Dealing with
Punishment of Juveniles
JUNEAU [Bh — A concurrent
resolution directing the Legisla
tive Council to make a complete
study of all laws dealing with the
jurisdiction and punishment of
juveniles was approved by the
Senate today.
Sen. Brad Phillips, a former
city councilman at Anchorage,
told the Senate the police of that j
city are “having a difficult time
controlling juvenile delinquency
under the present laws.”
House Approves
Additional Money
For Expenses
JUNEAU UP) — The House of
Representatives, riding roughshod
over Republican objections, gave
tentative approval Saturday to a
bill appropriating an additional
$45,070 for expenses of the cur
rent session.
Of the total, $30,040 was ear
marked for per diem and special
allowances for members of the
House and Senate.
The remainder, $15,030, was ap
propriated to pay the wages of
legislative employes.
As introduced, the bill called
for $10,020 for the wages of leg
islative employes and $19,690 for
legislators’ per diem and special
allowances, but those amounts
were boosted to $15,030 and $30,
040, respectively, on motions by
Rep. Jalmar Kerttula of Palmer.
Republicans fought the Kert
tula changes bitterly, but the
Democrats, using their slim ma
jority, pushed each one through.
Rep. John Hellenthal told the
House that if the funds are not
needed, they will revert to the
general fund.
“This is a prudent aproach to
1 a problem,” Hellenthal said.
Rep. Bennie Leonard answered
Hellenthal with:
“A prudent businessman would
make sure his business is finished
by Friday.”
Rep. Donald Harris fought the
amendments every step of the
way, at one point shouting:
“All this does is add to per
diem and travel. There has been
no discussion of this except in
the caucus of the Democratic
party.”
The Democrats couldn’t muster
the two-thirds vote needed to ad
vance the amended bill to final
passage, however, and it will have
to be acted on later.
Beatice Moses of Allakaket
Wins Fairbanks Dog Race
FAIRBANKS — Beatice Moses
of Allakaket won the North Am
erican Dog Racing Championship
here Sunday with a total elapsed
time of 4 hours 54 minutes, 20
seconds.
Second place went to Henry
Beatus of Hughes with 4 hours,
56 minutes and 3 seconds.
Third place winner was Werner
Vent of Huslia with a total time
of four hours, 57 minutes and 5
seconds.
Dr. Roland Lombard of Wey
land Mass., placed fourth with a
time of 4:57.31.
Moses collected $4,300 in prize
money.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy. Low tonight 5,
high tomorroy 20. In the last 24
hours as of 7:00 a. m. today: High
of 19, low of 3. Sunrise at 5:37
a. m., sunset at 6:39 p. m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
High of 35, low 17. Extremes on
this date since 1907: High of
40 in 1926, low of -33 in 1920.
In Nenana today the weather
was cloudy with a temperature
of 16.