Judge Denies
Postponement
Of Beck Trial
SEATTLE iffi—King County Su
perior Judge -Malcolm Douglas
yesterday denied a motion by the
attorney for Dave Beck Sr. that
the grand larceny trial of the
International Teamsters Union
president be postponed.
It is scheduled to start Monday.
The attorney, Charles S. Bur
dell, based his motion on his con
tention that adverse publicity
would make it difficult for Beck
to get a fair trial at this time.
Burdell also said Beck is due
in Washington, D.C., Monday as a
witness in a civil suit involving
the eligibility of James Hoffa to
succeed Beck as president of the
teamsters union.
In. denying the motion, Judge j
Douglas said a civil case should
not take presidence over a crim
inal case and .that Dec. 2 was
suggested by Burdell as the start
ing date for Beck’s trial when
Burdell received a previous delay.
Beck is charged with misap
propriating the proceeds form the
sale of a union-owned automobile.
His son, Dave Jr., was convict
ed Saturday on two counts of
grand larceny involving the sale
of two other union-owned cars.
Allies Urge NATO
Meeting Despite
President’s Illness
PARIS, UR—Britain, France,
West Germany and Italy urged
today that the scheduled NATO
summit conference take place
next month despite President Ei
! senhower’s illness, with Vice Pres
| ident Nixon taking the Chief Ex
ecutive’s place.
These countries—chief Euro
f pean members of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization—made
their views known in answer to
queries from the U.S. delegation
to NATO here. Similar views
were expressed by the Nether
lands and Turkey. Greece sug
gested a postponement.
The United States officially of
fered earlier today to send Nixon,
if this was agreeable to the other
members of the alliance.
Informed sources in London
said the British government feels
the conference should go on as
scheduled with Nixon as the top
U.S. representative. They said the
British view was that the meeting (
still should be held at the heads j
of government level and that j
there should be no postponement.
Similar reactions were ex
pressed by France, Italy and The
Netherlands.
Jupiter Rocket 'Falls Short in Test
MISSILE TEST CENTER, Cape'*:
■Canaveral, Fla., UP>—The Army
fired its big Jupiter rocket last I
night, but the 1,500-mile range]
missile failed to complete its
planned flight.
Moments after the 70-foot in
termediate-range ballistic missile
blazed into the tropic sky at 9:10
p.m. EST, the Army issued a
statement that said it failed to
complete its programmed flight
because of technical difficulties.
Six congressmen watched the
firing.
To hundreds of spectators
watching along the beach on this
island midway along the Florida
east coast, the Jupiter was a spec
tacular sight as it rose from a
billow of smoke and flame on the
launching pad.
•It appeared to travel straight
up, trailing a yellow flame. Then
it became a purplish light high in
the sky. It was visible for about
four minutes and was brighter
than any star.
The Defense Department state
ment said: “This t^st of the Ju
piter, under development by the
Army, is one of a series of inter
rriediate range and intercontinen
tal ballistic missile flight tests
conducted at the Cape Canaveral
range.”
A Free and Abundant America Will Give Thanks
(By The Associated Press)
Americans prepared today to
•give thanks for another year’s
harvest of freedom and abun
dance, but the shadow of Presi
dent Eisenhower’s illness dark
ened somewhat the usual joyful
spirit of the time.
Prayers for the President’s swift
and complete recovery will be
said tomorrow in many morning
religious services which have
bfsen an integral part of thanks
giving ever since the Pilgrims
first celebrated it. Otherwise, re
ports from across the country in
dicated that Americans will fol
low'the patterns set in past years.
They will' rush from city to
country, from country to city, and
from village to village, jamming
trains, planes, buses and private
cars to join friends and relatives
for the day. Some will make it a
four-day weekend.
One of the most unusual church
services tomorrow will be held in
the DeWitt Church, in an unheat
ed, as yet unfurnished building of
the Bernard Baruch Housing Proj
ect in Manhattan’s lower East
Side. Non-denominational services
will be held in English, Spanish
and Russian at the church, the
first built inside a public housing
project in the city.
Merchants’ parades for chil
dren, featuring fancy floats and
giant balloons in fantastic shapes,
will be another Thanksgiving Day
feature. The biggest of the par
ades, Macy’s in New York, will
be held in the morning.
It will strike a timely note with
one of its huge balloons. To the
more conventional figures of the
turkey and the toy soldier, the
parade this year is adding a new
balloon—a “SPACEMAN”.
Football games will add their
color, noise and enthusiasm to the
atmosphere in all parts of the
country. There are nine major
college tilts and numerous lesser
ones, not to mention a flock of
high school engagements.
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No Freight Rate Action
By Maritime Board
Until Friday at Earliest
WASHINGTON UP)—Indications
are that the Maritime Board won’t
act before Friday, at the earliest,
on freight rate increases proposed
by two shipping lines serving
Alaska.
The increase, asked by Alaska
Steamship Co. and Coastwise
Lines, will go into effect at 12:01
a.m. Monday unless suspended by
the board.
Several courses of action are
open to the board. It may (1) find
the rates reasonable and permit
them to go into effect; (2) permit
the increase to become effective
subject to refund if later disal
lowed; (3) suspend the increase
for up to four months subject to
further investigation and hearing,
or (4) permit part of the increase
to become effective and suspend
the remainder.
Requests for suspension of the
proposed increase pending a hear
ing have been received from the
Territory of Alaska, the Depart
ment of Interior, the General Ser
vices Administration and various
States-Alaska shippers.
PRESIDENT RESTS AFTER SLIGHT
STROKE; SIGNS 12 DOCUMENTS
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Bankrupt Phone
Co. Will Try
To Reorganize
SEATTLE, WV-The Seward,
Haines, Petersburg and Wrangell'
properties of the bankrupt Alaska
Telephone Corp. have been taken
off the market and efforts are be
ing made to reorganize the com
pany, court officials disclosed.
Van C. Griffin, referee in bank
ruptcy for the U.S. district court,
said today a hearing had been
scheduled Jan. 27 before Federal
Judge William J. Lindberg for
presentation of the reorganization
plan if it is ready.
The reorganization plan must
have the approval of the Securi
ties and Exchange Commission,
the referee, trustee and judge,
and then be submitted to the
creditors whose claims outstand
ing against the corporation total
between $800,000 and .$1,000,000.
One of the key features of the
reorganization, said a trustee’s
attorney, is prompt conversion of
the Seward telephone system
from manual to dial operations.”
There are about 700 telephones
in the Seward system and another
700 at Haines, Wrangell and Pe
tersburg.
Spokesmen said the reorgani
zation plan was being worked out
in the hope that creditors would
realize a greater amount on their
claims, and improved, continued
service could be maintained at
the four remaining communities
in the system.
N.Y. Stock Market
Rebounds Vigorously
(By The Associated Press)
The New York Stock Market
rebounded vigorously after the
heavy sell-off that greeted the
announcement of the nature of
President Eisenhower's illness
yesterday.
Key issues opened up 1 to 4
points.
Labor Secretary Mitchell
Gives Chins-Up Speech
(By The Associated Press)
Secretary of Labor James P.
Mitchell, giving the gist of a
chins-up speech by Eisenhower
scheduled for Cleveland last night
and cancelled by the President’s
illness, urged the nation to accept
the “austerity and privations” re
quired to give aid to the free
world.
Mitchell spoke in New York
last night.
- WASHINGTON, UP)—The White
House announced today President
Eisenhower on his own motion
signed some government docu
ments and initialed others.
Presidential Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said the ailing
Eisenhower met for a half hour
in his bedroom with Gen. Andrei
J. Goodpaster, White House staff
secretary.
Eisenhower is under treat
ment for what his physicians
describe as an occlusion or
Nixon Praises
Mrs. Eisenhower’s
Courageous Action
WASHINGTON, UP)—For the
third time in 26 months, Mrs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower is watch
ing over a sick husband.
Vice President Nixon described
as “courageous” her action Mon
day night in attending a state din
ner for King Mohammed V of
Morocco, after President Eisen
hower had suffered a mild stroke.
But last night, Mrs. Eisenhower
joined the ailing President in din
ing from trays and watching tele
vision for a couple of hours in
their White House living quarters.
In advance of the Monday night
dinner, the White House had an
nounced only that Eisenhower
had suffered “a chill.”
Nixon, who escorted the First
Lady to the dinner and sat by
her, commented:
“I might say that Mrs. Eisen-1
hower’s performance last (Mon
day) night, . . . knowing what she
knew, was as courageous as I
have ever seen by anyone. It was
perhaps the most difficult time
she has ever had.”
No state functions interfered
during Eisenhower’s previous ill
nesses—a heart attack in Denver
in September 1955 and an ileitis
operation in June 1956. In each
case, Mrs. Eisenhower took a
room in the hospital to be near
the President, and remained with
him thru convalescence.
United Thanksgiving Day Service <.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Thursday, November 28, 1957 10:00 A.M.
Conducted through the efforts of the Nome Ministerial Assn.
Prelude . . . . . Miss Harriet Brown
Doxology.Congregation
Word of Welcome . . Miss Harriet Brown
Greetings and Invocation Thomas A. Knudson
Congregational Songs . . Roald Amundsen
“Blessed Assurance” No. 221
“Praise Him” No. 86
Choral Group . . . Assembly of God
“Count Your Many Blessings”
Announcements . . . Thomas A. Knudson
Solo.Mrs. Edgar Bibb
“What Ood Has Done”
Scripture Lesson . . Willard Mecklenburg
Choral Group . . The Covenant Church
“Why Should I Be Anxious?”
Message / Everett Bachelder .
“The Works of Thy Hands”
Congregational Hymn
“Oh, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” No. 44
Benediction.Edgar Bibb
blockage in a brain artery. The
popular term for that it a slight
stroke. *
Hagerty said Eisenhower talked
to Goodpaster about “some pend
ing government business” as well
as signing 12 papers and initial
ing a 13th.
Earlier, the President’s doctor,
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder, re
ported Eisenhower slept well and
“awoke refreshed.”
A brief medical bulletin said
Eisenhower “took His usual sh6w
er and shave and just had a nor
mal breakfSst.” t
Hagerty described the <£hlef
Executive as being in "fink"
spirits, and amused by a con
tinuing "slight difficulty" in
pronouncing hard words, a. re
- suit of his illness.
At his news conference later,
Hagerty said he could add noth
ing to what the doctors have re
ported. about prospects for Eisen
hower’s complete recovery wi&in
a “reasonable” time.
In a question-and-answer ses
sion with reporters, however,
Hagerty appeared to reopen the
door a crack to some possibility
that Eisenhower might still go to
the NATO council meeting in
Paris Dpc. 16.
Hagerty laughed off a report
er's request for comment on
two London newspapers' sug
gestions that Eisenhower would
resign. "Just say I laughed and
said I haven't any reaction,"
Hagerty replied.
Hagerty also was asked about a
suggestion by Sen. Bridges (R
NH) that Nixon take over some
presidential duties.
“I’ve heard no discussion of
that by anyone and that includes
the vice president,” Hagerty said.
Hagerty emphasized that the
President and only the President
will decide who will represent the
United States at the NATO sum
mit conference, if it is held as
scheduled.
He said there were no plans to
postpone the meeting and the
Dec. 16 session is “an annual
meeting.”