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VOL. LVIII No. 95 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1956_Per Copy—15^
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Dr. Gordon Anderson
Surveys Possibility of
Dental Practice Here
Dr. Gordon Anderson, of Port
land, Ore., arrived Wednesday
from the States and is getting ac
quainted with the people of Nome
with the intention of opening an
office for dentistry, if conditions
are favorable.
Dr. Anderson is a graduate of
the University of Illinfcis, is single
and has just completed a tour of
duty with the armed forces.
He is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Anderson of this city.
Time Catches Up
With Ah Jenkins,
Old Speed King
MILWAUKEE, 1jF>—Time, the
only opponent Ab Jenkins ever
feared, caught up with the old
speed king late last night and he
died of a heart attack.
The 73-year-old race driver and
former mayor of Salt Lake City
collapsed as he was returning in
an automobile to his hotel from a
Milwaukee - St. Louis baseball
doubleheader. A friend was driv
ing the car.
Jenkins, a stocky, white-haired
man who only recently had to
start wearing glasses over his
keen, blue eyes, set his first rec
ord in 1926. At his death, he still
held half a dozen speed and en
durance marks.
Just last June he set out to es
tablish a new 24-hour endurance
auto speed record. He did it, with
some held from his son Marvin.
Driving a stock model Pontiac,
Jenkins averaged 118.375 miles
an hour, smashing all existing
American unlimited and Class C
stock car records.
Stevenson and Harriman Both Hope
For Truman Nod as Democratic
Convention Opening Date Nears
CHICAGO, —Gov. Harriman,
here to press his uphill candidacy,
■breathed confidence he can win
the nomination in the convention
opening next week despite claims
of Stevenson backers that they
will have 630 of the necessary
686 Vt votes on the first conven
tion ballot.
Stevenson, who called on Tru
man at the latter’s Loop hotel,
said after a half hour’s chat with
the former President:
“I feel just as good today (about
winning the nomination) as I did
yesterday and the day before.”
Asked what he and Truman
talked about, Stevenson quipped:
“We decided to elect a Demo
cratic President.”
As a former President whose
prestige is at a high point, Tru
man coqld throw a strong obsta
cle in the way of either of the
candidates by an endorsement of
the other.
While Truman's nod to Steven
son conceivably could force Har
riman out of the contest, many
Democrats felt that a Truman en
dorsement of Harriman would
not necessarily stop Stevenson’s
nomination.
Stevenson replied, “I think so,”
to a question as to whether he
and Truman agree on the civil
rights issue, which Truman left
in something of a snafu by con
flicting statement.
During a morning walk, Tru
man was asked if he believed a
majority 'recommendation by his
Civil Rights Commission in 1947
that federal funds be withheld
for schools and highways in seg
regated states was a good one.
"I do,” he replied. “It is just
as good as the time the report
was submitted.”
Later, Truman put out a state
ment saying there was “some
misunderstanding” about the an
swer he had given.
The former President said his
view about withholding federal
aid grants was that which he had
expressed in a letter recently to
Rep. Bolling (D-Mo). In that let
ter, he said adoption of an
amendment to bar federal aid to
segregated schools would kill the
school aid bill.
The bill was subsequently
killed in the House.
BOMBAY RIOTS
CONTINUE UNABATED
THIRD STAIGHT DAY
BOMBAY, India, —Violence
continued unabated in Ahmeda
bad for the third straight day and
police ordered a 24-hour exten
sion of a round-the-clock curfew
imposed yesterday.
Police opened fire on four oc
casions before noon today, injur
ing at least five persons. Previous
casualty counts listed 12 dead and
200 injured. Arrests today num
bered 250.
The riots began Wednesday
when Ahmedabad students dem
onstrated against the government
plan to merge Marathi-and Gu
jerati-speaking areas into an en
larged Bombay state. Under this
scheme, the Gujeratis would be
in a minority. Each group wants
its own state.
PRESIDENT CALLS MEETING OF
TOP CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
FOR REPORT ON SUEZ CRISIS
WASHINGTON, tfl—President
Eisenhower has called for a Sun
day meeting at the White House
of Congressional leaders of both
parties for a report on the Suez
Canal crisis.
Acceptances have been received
from Sens. Lyndon Johnson and
William Knowland, Senate major
ity and minority leaders; Chair
man Walter George of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee; the
House speaker, Sam Rayburn;
and House GOP leader Joseph
Martin.
Ranking members of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations and the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tees have been Invited. Those who
can attend are expected to be
here, although the meeting will
come on the eve of the Demo
cratic convention opening in Chi
cago Monday.
Secretary of State Dulles said
today Eisenhower called the
meeting because the President
“feels very strongly about shar
ing responsibility with Congress,
particularly if there should be
any risk of hostilities."
Dulles said, however, “I don’t
see anything in the situation now
which would suggest that a spe
cial session of Congress would be
required.”
An element in the timing of the
Sunday meeting is the fact that
Egypt’s President Nasser has
scheduled a news conference in
Cairo Sunday. He is expected to
announce his attitude toward the
London meeting called for Aug.
16, and toward plans for inter
nationalizing the canal.
Dulles took off today for New
York to meet with Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold of
the United Nations and U.S. Am
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
The luncheon meeting was ar
ranged for a general discussion of
Middle Eastern problems includ
ing Egypt’s seizure of the canal.
While Dulles' answers to news
men’s questions did not rule out
the possibility of a special session
if the Suez crisis should become
much worse—for instance if the
threat of war should appear im
minent—it did indicate that the
President and Dulles are not
thinking in terms of that kind of
development just now.
Italian Plane Crashes,
Killing Five Crewmen
CATANIA, Sicily, Hl-An Ital
ian military plane crashed today
near here, killing its five crew
men. The plane, apparently an
Italian Navy craft, had just taken
off from a nearby military air
port.
TV Comes to Nome
Former Editor
Of Nugget Dies
JUNEAU, UP—Funeral services
were held here yesterday after
noon for Mrs. George S. Maynard,
70, Alaska pioneer, who died in
St. Ann’s Hospital Tuesday after
a long illness.
Mrs. Maynard was the widow
of George S. Maynard, publisher
of The Nome Nugget for many
years.
She is survived by a son, Rus
sell, and a daughter, Mildred, both
of Juneau; a sister, Mrs. T. Ber
thelsen, and two brothers, John
and Henry Schafter, all of Port
land.
* Another page in the history of Alaska’s most his
toric city will be written tonight as Nome Television
puts on its first regularly scheduled program. Planned
Russian Leaders Reject
Latest Japanese Attempt
To Regain Kurile Islands
MOSCOW, OP—Russia's top
leaders today rejected a new at
tempt by Japanese foreign min
ister Mamoru Shigemitsu to win
return of the Soviet-occupied
Kurile Islands of Kunashiri and
Etorofu.
The one-legged Japanese diplo
mat talked for 90 minutes with
Premier Nikolai Bulganin and
Communist Party Boss Nikita
Khrushchev. Then he limped out
and told reporters he had failed
completely to budge the Soviet
position as previously set iorth
by Foreign Minister Dmitri Shep
ilov in peace treaty talks.
“They said the islands are Rus
sian territory,’’ Shigemitso re
ported. “They simply said the is
lands’ future was settled by the
war, that they had occupied them
and now the islands belonged to
them.”
Shigemitsu looked tired and
distressed. He said his delegation
has to continue working on the
territorial question. But a source
close to the foreign minister said:
“This was our last chance. We
have no hope of winning back
those islands now.”
Alaska Airlines
Revenue Up 10%
SEATTLE, UR—Operating rev
enue of Alaska Airlines, Inc., for
the first six months of 1956 came
to $2,605,311, an increase of al
most 10 percent over the com
parable 1955 figure.
Nelson David, president, dis
closed the figures Wednesday fol
lowing the annual stockholders
meeting. David said 1956 will set
a new record in operating rev
enues. He pointed out that altho
total operating expenses have in
creased, cuts have been made in
available and revenue ton miles.
All eight directors were re
elected. They include Nelson Da
vid and Jay G. Larson, Seattle
banker.
ITALIAN LINE SUES
STOCKHOLM OWNERS
FOR LINER SINKING
NEW YORK, (jTV—The Italian
Line today sued the Swedish Am
erican Line for $25 million in the
sinking of the luxury liner An
drea Doria July 25 after a colli
sion with the liner Stockholm.
In the federal court suit, the
Italian line claimed that the sink
ing of its liner was caused by the
“fault and negligence’’ of the
Stockholm and her crew.
The two ships collided in the
Atlantic in darkness off the coast
of Massachusetts, and the 30,000
ton Andrea Doria went under
several hours later. The Stock
holm, her bow smashed, managed
to make it on to New York.
’and constructed by Larry
Galvin, the new medium
of entertainment and edu
cation will bring to this
community the best avail
able television fare select
ed from all three networks
in the States.
In addition to the regu
lar network shows, top
quality filmed features and mov
ies from other sources will fill
out a well-rounded program
schedule.
Mrs. Miriam Kinsey, formerly
secretary to Capt. A. E. Lathrop
of Fairbanks, and now of the
Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co.
and TV stations of Fairbanks and
Anchorage, spearheaded the en
tire project.
Mr. Galvin slates that "the
success of the venture is due in
great measure to the wonder
ful cooperation of Mrs. Kinsey,
with her wealth of experience
and interest in Alaska. Without
her encouragement and fine co
operation it is doubtful if Nome
would have TV at this time."
During the past 30 days, line
crews have completed about 95
percent of the distribution system
of coaxial cable to make service
available to every possible Nome
resident. Using the closed circuit
coaxial cable system pioneered in
Ketchikan, Nome Television will
be able to serve each viewer with
a superior quality picture not
usually seen on a TV screen.
The television studio, located
on Front Street, contains the lat
est type of equipment. The cam
era and projection equipment
was supplied by Kay Lab Corp.
of San Diego, Calif., and was
selected after examining the
products of several other firms.
The complete cable system is
the product of Jerrold Electronics
of Philadelphia, who have in
stalled in the Northwest over
twice as much of their type of
equipment as all other manufac
turers combined. Integration of
the various units in the television
system has been under the super
vision of Wally Christiansen, of
Ketchikan Alaska Television.
Local labor was employed on
the entire installation, with Bill
Gillis handling the construction
of the studio building. Bill Doyle
and Clem Boucher very capably
installed all the cable on the'
utility poles in the city with Joe
Pleasant helping on the ground.
Both Mr. Boucher . and Mr.
Doyle have been instructed in the
maintenance of the cable system
and will be making the various
viewer connections.
In the studio location, operation
of the equipment will be handled
by Bob Lewis and Hap Eoerxe.
Programming details have been
' handled by Ketchikan Alaska
| Television with a gi'eat deal of
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