m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LXI No. 115 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1959_Per Copy—15*
Explorer VI Transmits Picture of
Earth From 20,000 Miles In Space
---<1
Typhoon Vera Is
Deadliest to Hit
Japan Since 1934
TOKYO, UP) — An official esti
mate that 1,000 Japanese died at
Nagoya in typhoon Vera was
made today, raising the grim pros
pect that the great weekend storm
was the deadliest to hit Japan in
modern times.
If the estimate made by that
industrial city’s Assembly is
borne out, the number of dead or
missing would approach 3,400, ex
ceeding the 3,066 toll of the worst
previous typhoon in 1934.
The harbor of the industrial
city of Nagoya was described as
a “sea of dead,” with seven ocean
going ships grounded like beached
whales and debris floating every
where.
Nagoya and the other hard-hit
cities of Nagashima, Handa and
Kuwana all border Ise Bay, on
the Pacific coast of central Japan,
where typhoon Vera first struck
Saturday with maximum winds
over 160 miles an hour.
Accomplished
At Camp David:
WASHINGTON, UP —What did
•President Eisenhower and Pre
mier Khrushchev accomplish in
their weekend Camp David talks?
Negotiations—They agreed that
problems -should be settled by
» peaceful negotiations rather than
by force.
Disarmament—The two agreed
it is the most important question
facing the world today. Khrush
chev said he favored appropriate
disarmament inspection and con
trol, but was not specific. The
Western powers long have in
sisted on fool-proof controls.
Cold War—Khrushchev said he
and Eisenhower found a great
deal in common “in our under
standing of our positions and of
the need to improve relations be
tween our two countries.”
German reunification — Appar
ently no progress.
Berlin — Some progress. They
agreed to reopen formal negotia
tions—subject to the approval of
other countries concerned.
Eisenhower visit—The two ag
reed that Eisenhower’s visit to the
USSR, scheduled tentatively for
this fall, will be deferred until
spring.
U.S.-Soviet exchanges' — Sub
stantial progress with respect to
an increase in exchanges of per
sons and ideas. Certain agree
ments expected soon.
Soviet payments—Agreed to re
open negotiations on U.S. claims
of 800 million dollars against the
USSR, mostly for lend-lease aid.
Rockefeller Not Ready
To Go For Nomination
CONCORD, N.H., UP—Gov. Nel
son A. Rockefeller of New York
said Saturday he is not yet ready
to make a decision on seeking the
Republican presidential nomina
tion.
In a brief news conference he
said he had not talked directly
to anyone about New Hampshire’s
presidential primary, first in the
nation, next March.
> WASHINGTON, UPi —Explorer
VI, the paddlewheel satellite, has
provided the first crude picture of
the earth and its cloud cover from
out in space, the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
announced today.
The picture, taken when the
satellite was 17,000 miles out in
space, covered the area of Mexico.
It was made from signals re
ceived by the South Point, Ha
waii tracking station Aug. 14.
“Thus the area photographed
was more than 20,000 miles from
the satellite,” the NASA said at
a news conference.
The two-pound camera device
which took the picture was made
by Space Technology Laboratories
Inc., Inglewood, Calif.
While the earth was in the
camera’s field of view, the rela
tive positions of earth, sun and
satellite allowed only a crescent
of the sunlit earth to be seen.
The signal transmission from
which the picture was made was
received early Aug. 14. At that
time the central part of the Pac
ific was lighted, the North Ameri
can continent was dark and Asian
land masses were over the satel
lite’s horizon.
Sen. Bartlett In Japan
TOKYO, (£> — U.S. Sen. E. L.
Bartlett, member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, ar
rived today on an inspection tour
of U. S. military facilities in
Japan.
Following his arrival, the Sen
ator conferred with Japanese gov
ernment officials and United
States ambassador to Japan,
Douglas McArthur II, but no de
tails of the talks were revealed.
The senator is scheduled to
visit South Korea tomorrow and
| return to Japan Wednesday.
He will fly home Thursday via
[ Hong Kong.
Hurricane Gracie, Off
Florida Coast, Whirls
Ominously to Mainland
MIAMI, Fla., UP) — Hurricane
Gracie whirled ominously in to
ward the mainland today and the
Miami weather bureau ordered a
hurricane watch for coastal areas
from Savannah, Ga., northward
to Wilmington, N.C.
Gale warnings were issued from
Daytona Beach, north along the
coast to Morehead City, N.C., as
Gracie’s outer winds moved with
in 75 miles of shore. The hurri
cane packs a 90-mile-an-hour
punch around the center.
Two Fishermen Lost As
Freighter Hits Their Boat
SEATTLE, UP) — Two Seattle
men lost their lives when a
freighter knifed out of the fog
and through their halibut boat
off the entrance to the Strait of
Juan de Fuca yesterday.
Three crewmen of the 56-foot
fishing boat Jane were pulled
from the water as she sank four
miles northwest of Tatoosh Is
land. The Jane was struck by the
Moore-McCormack Lines freight
er Mormacpine which was about
to enter the channel that separates
Washington State from Canada’s
Vancouver Island.
Lost were Harold Toft, 38, the
Jane’s skipper and co-owner, and
Per B. Jorgensen.
Ike “Sick and
Tired*’ of Imp asse
In Steel Strike
WASHINGTON, UP) —President
Eisenhower said today he is “get
ting sick and tired of the apparent
impasse” in the steel strike.
He strongly indicated the gov
ernment is planning some action
soon to try to end the 76-day-old
shutdown.
At a news conference, Eisen
hower called the situation intoler
able. But he declined to say whe
ther the Taft-Hartley law—with
its court injunction provision for
sending the steel workers back to
their jobs for at least an 80-day
cooling off period—would be in
voked.
“I am not going to try to assess
any blame, but I am getting sick
and tired of the apparent impasse
in the settlement of this matter—
and so are the American people.
Free collective bargaining, the
logical recourse of a free people
in settling industrial disputes has
apparently broken down.”
Formal negotiations between
the steel companies and the steel
union broke off Friday.
The long * strike, Eisenhower
said, already has had a noticeable
impact on the nation’s economy.
Now, with negotiations aban
doned, “the prospects become ser
ious for every individual in the
nation,” Eisenhower 9aid.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
National League
Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 2
Los Angeles 7, Chicago 1
St. Louis 2-14, San Francisco
1-8
Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 7
American League
Chicago 6, Detroit 4
Bostdh 6, Washington 2
Baltimore 3, New York 1
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5
Premier Khrushchev Given Hero’s
Welcome On His Return to Moscow
By PRESTON GROVER
MOSCOW, UP) — Nikita Khrush
chev returned from his American
visit today with a declaration that
“those who are afraid of coexist
ence are unwitting tools in pro
moting the cold war.”
The Soviet Premier, given a
hero’s welcome, told a jam packed
throng at the Moscow Sports Pal
ace that the cold war might spark
off another armed conflict.
“Then it would be too late to
ask questions about coexistence,
when atom-homb-carrying rock
ets start flying,” he said.
Says Visit Was "Okay"
Smiling broadly Khrushchev
called out “okay” to welcomers
at Moscow airport on his arrival
after a 10-hour, 28-minute flight
from the United States.
He spoke the word in English
in apparent summary of the re
sults of his tour and talks with
President Eisenhower.
Thousands cheering him and
tossed flowers into his car on his
30-mile drive from the airport to
the Sports Palace. Beaming and
looking well rested, Khrushchev
waved back.
At the Sports Palace, before
15,000 or more, he assured the So
viet people ^hat progress was
made in- lowering tensions. He
said Eisenhower showed a states
manlike mind in assessing the sit
uation.
The Premier came back with
much credit in his own country.
He went to the United States hop
ing to get a joint statement with
Eisenhower that war would be re
nounced as a means of solving in
ternational disputes. He got it.
Propaganda Value
It wasn’t important except for
local and foreign propaganda
purposes for this guarantee is in
the United Nations charter, to
which both the Soviet Union and
the United States subscribe.
He didn’t get a non-aggression
pact, but got an agreement to
discuss disputes, a thing which
was available without a trip but
which can be converted into use
ful proof of the value of the trip
and the strength of Soviet enter
prise in foreign affairs.
Most of the major Soviet per
sonalities are already in Peiping—
Khrushchev’s next stop — or on
vacation. In Peiping Khrushchev
will tell Mao Tze-Tung of his
talks with Eisenhower.
Literally millions of Russians
were undoubtedly glued to their
radio or TV sets to hear of or
see their leader’s arrival. For
them it has been one of the great
est stories since the Stalin era.
Khrushchev Agrees to Eisenhower’s
Conditions For Summit Conference
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER <
WASHINGTON, (#>— President
Eisenhower said today of his talks
with Premier Nikita Khrushchev
that the threat to Berlin no long
er exists and his personal condi
tions to holding a summit confer
ence have been met.
But Eisenhower declined to say
in so many words that the Soviet
leader had given him personal as
surances which amounted to lift
ing the Berlin threat.
He replied to news conference
questions on that point by saying
he did not want to put words in
anybody’s mouth.
Eisenhower 9aid he agreed with
Khrushchev that the Berlin sit
uation is abnormal — because of
the existence of a group of free
people inside Communist terri
tory. He 9aid that some system
must be found which would be
acceptable to both sides.
He disclosed that in the course
of the talks which he had with
Khrushchev at Camp David, Md.,
from Friday night to Sunday af
ternoon, Khrushchev had said that
in a friendly way he would take
up with Chinese Commuist lead
ers the problem of five Americans
still held prisoner in Ghinese
Communist jails.
He said they spent very little
time talking about Communist
China, however, because they im
mediately found that their views
were totally opposed.
The President began his unus
ual Monday morning news con
ference with glowing praise for
the American people’s treatment
of Khrushchev.
He called them very sophisti
cated in being able to listen to
the other fellow’s arguments and
criticism while remaining strong
in their own conviction.
Curious Silence
Attends Mr. K.’s
Visit to Peiping
By LEWIS GULICK
WASHINGTON, M —Washing
ton interest was swinging today
toward Peiping where a familiar
figure — Nikita Khrushchev — is
about to make an appearance.
A visit by the Soviet Premier y
to his No. 1 Communist ally is a
matter of note any time. It is
especially so when the Soviet
leader has just completed an his
toric trip to the United States,
Red China’s No. 1 hate in the cold
war.
There has been little indication
so far that Khrushchev will make
much of a splash in Peiping. To
the contrary, there has been a
curious silence. *
The official purpose of Khrush
chev’s China journey is to attend
the 10th anniversary celebration
of the Peiping regime Oct. 1.
After the first few days of his
U.S. tour, the Red Chinese press
paid scant attention to Khrush
chev’s doings here.
The Kremlin leader himself has
made few references to his Asiatic
i ally despite China’s prominence
! in cold war trouble spots.
Soviet aides at his news con
ference Sunday selected for reply
none of a number of questions
concerning Red China which were
submitted by American newsmen.
Several theories are advanced
here “for the comparative Com
munist quietness on the U. S.
China theme.
One is that Peiping is engrossed
in internal affairs for the mo
ment. The 10th anniversary cele
bration talk has focused on claims
for the great leap forward, the
Red regime’s far - reaching plan
for economic advancement.
Something of a purge has been
under way in Communist Chinese
ranks. Word of,more than 400 job
changes, reaching high into mili
tary and other positions, has
reached the West.
Dredge No. 5
Moved via Canal
To New Ground
. The U.S. Smelting Co. Dredge
No. 5, which is reputed to be the
largest dredge in North America,
had a big moving day last Thurs
day. It was moved from where
it has been digging, just east of
the main highway, near the Bessie
claims, about a quarter of a mile
southeast to Dry Creek. The mf>ve
was made through a canal dug
last season.
The move was to hav6 been
made early this summer but a
lack of water did not give the
big boat sufficient flotation in the
canal until last week.
The big dredge weighs over
3,400 tons and it was carefully
guided in less than an hour by
tractors on both sides of channel
to its new pond.
On hand for the event was Jim
Crawford, Fairbanks manager of
U.S. Smelting operations and the
local manager, Carl Glavinovich.
The “skipper” was dredgemaster
Charles Fagerstrom Sr.