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VOL. LX No. 45NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1958 ' Per Copy—15*
Dinah Shore And
Jack Benny Win
TV, Emmy Awards
HOLLYWOOD, UP> — “Father
Knows Best,” Dinah Shore, and
Jack Benny were the stars last
night in television’s annual Em
my awards.
Miss Shore won Emmys for the
best musical show and for the
best continuing performance by
a female.
Benny won the Emmy for the
best continuing male performance
only seconds after he was voted
a special academy trustees’ award.
“Father Knows Best,” a situa
tion family comedy aim o s t
dropped two years ago, won an
Emmy for Robert Young as the
best actor in a series and for Jane
Wyatt as best actress in the same
category.
“The Comedian,” a Playhouse
O production, was named the best
single program of the year. Rod
Sterling, its author, won the best
writing Emmy.
The best actor award was won
by Britisher Peter Ustinov for
his portrayal of Dr. Samuel John
son on the Omnibus show. That
series also won an Emmy as the
best public service program.
“Seven Lively Arts,” a show I
off the air, was named best new
program of the year.
Polly Bergen won the Emmy
for best actress in the Playhouse
O production of “The Helen Mor
gan Story.”
The Phil Silvers show won the
best comedy series—and its many
writers, amost outnumbering Sgt.
Bilko’s platoon, won for best
comedy writing.
The adult westerns, most pop
ular rated shows on TV, made
only one breakthrough, in “Gun
smoke.” That show, TV’s No. 1
rated series, won as the l^st con
tinuing dramatic series. *
Wholesale Food Prices
Index Drops Sharply
NEW YORK, UP) — Wholesale
food prices, as measured by the
Dun Bradstreet food index,
dropped sharply this week from
last week’s 1958 high.
At $6.62 the index compared
with $6.72 a week ago and was
6.9 per cent higher than the fig
ure of $6.19 in the similar week
last year.
The index represents the total
cost at wholesale of one pound
each of 31 foods in general use.
Two B-47s Crashed Yesterday
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., UP) —
A B47 jet bomber crashed and
burned last night taking off from
Pease Air Force Base. Its crew
of four was killed.
The crash was the second in
volving a B47 during the day.
Another jet bomber plunged into
Tampa Bay, Fla., in the midst
of a tornado that whipped that
state’s west coast. Four men
were killed in that crash.
ALBANY, Ore., iff) — The win
ner of the Pacific Northwest
American Legion oratorical con
test is 17-year-old Roy Hovey of
Lewiston, Idaho.
He was selected from four fin
alists. The other competitors
were Janis Jeffreys, Seward,
Alaska; Steve Hansen, Grants
Pass, Ore., and John Prestbo,
Chinook, Mont.
Hovey will compete in a sec
tional contest at Lodi, Caif.,
April 18.
| Ike Defends His
{Economic Policy
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
I dent Eisenhower said today that
whenever he is convinced a tax
cut would benefit the country,
the administration will consider
it.
But Eisenhower gave no indica
tion of any change in his thinking
that a tax reduction is not neces
sary at this time.
Eisenhower was reminded by
| a reporter that former President
Truman advocates a five billion
dollar tax cut for low and mid
dle income families.
Without mentioning Truman
by name, Eisenhower said he
would have no comment on the
views of anyone else.
But he went on to say that
when he is convinced a tax cut
would benefit the United States,
then it will be taken up.
Eisenhower also c a.u t i o n e d
against rushing into -any huge
public works program in an ef
I fort to combat the recession.
| Truman advocates a big increase
in spending for such projects.
Saying we must be very, very
careful about getting into such
programs, Eisenhower added we
should try to be reasonable and
not get what he called a Sputnik
attitude about everything.
The President offered a re
buttal too to Truman’s call for
reducing costs of carrying the
public debt.
Eisenhower said that in order
to lower interest costs on the
public debt it might be necessary
to flood the country with money
to sustain a lower interest rate.
That in turn, he added would
mean higher prices.
And that is the sort of pro
gram he for one never will go
for. Eisenhower said. .
Rocketeer Sure
U. S. Will Send
A Man Into Space
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
United States may rocket a man
150 miles into space within a
year—and bring him back alive.
Dr. Wernher Von Braun, one of
the world’s leading missile ex
■ perts, said yesterday he’s sure it
can be done with his Redstone
rocket if the Pentagon gives him
a go-ahead.
Von Braun, chief of Army
missile development, also told the
new House committee on space
problems the Russians could
shoot a man 200 miles up with
the equipment they have now.
The former German scientist,
who developed the Redstone and
Jupiter missiles, estimated it
would cost 10 .million dollars to
develop the American space man
project.
The man—and there’s a vol
unteer on hand—would be shot
up in a one-ton bullet-like cap
sule at a speed reaching 5,000
feet per second.
In his missile, he would hang
motionless far higher than man
has ever gone for about five
minutes. Then a parachute de
vice would slow his descent so
that he could land—perhaps un
conscious but still alive—in the
ocean with a ship waiting to pick
him up.
Von Braun said some animals
such as chimpanzees would be
used on test firings. But he said
he had no doubt a human being
could survive the ordeal.
Comedy Hit To Be
Presented April 29 By
! U of A Drama Workshop
The University of Alaska
Drama Workshop is presenting a
play here on April 29th.
This has been made possible
through the combined efforts of
the Rotary Club and the Home
Arts Club who are making the
arrangements for the big event.
The play “Born Yesterday” is
a Broadway comedy hit ‘which
first catapulted Judy Holliday and
Paul Douglas to stardom and film
fame when it began its four year
run in New York.
A group of nine students from
the University Drama Workshop
accompanied by the director Lee
Salisbury will be coming over to
put on the play.
This comedy tells how a junk
dealer, grown fabulously rich and
overbearing through war time
deals, comes to the most ex
pensive suite in the most expen
| sive hotel in Washington to make
| sure the senator on his payroll
I puts through the legislation he
I wants for his greedy plans. This
i part will be played by Spence
Blake.
Alma King will take the part of
Billie Dawn, an ex-chorus girl
with more glamour than gram
mar.
Bill Boucher will appear as the
reporter who teaches the dizzy
blonde to think and Ron Buzby
will be the junkman’s disillu
sioned and highpriced lawyer.
Russians Refuse to
Budge in Law
of Sea Conference
GENEVA, Switzerland, Iff) —
In a move to save the faltering
Law of the Sea Conference, the
the United States has sacrificed
a long-standing principle. It pro
posed extending the limit of ter
ritorial waters from three nauti
cal miles offshore to six.
The Americans gave way as
the 86-nation parley appeared
headed for a stalemate over the
territorial issue—its most im
portant task, *
U. S. Delegate Arthur Dean
contrasted the U. S. compromise
with Russia’s adamant demand
for a 12-mile limit, which is
supported by many African,
Asian and Latin-American na
tions.
“Those who came here de
manding a 12-mile limit,” Dean
said, “have not budged an inch,
have not offered a single com
promise and have not done one
thing to make this conference a
success except to repeat their
demands for a 12-mile limit.”
Britain, which also has cham
pioned a three-mile limit for
many years, had suggested six
miles as a possible compromise.
The United States balked at first,
favoring a Canadian proposal for
a three-mile limit with exclu
sive fishing rights out 12 miles,
Britain refused to go along with
this.
The British still would per
mit no exclusive fishing rights
beyond the six-mile range. The
Americans would grant exclu
sive fishing rights to 12 hniles,
but foreign fishermen who have
fished in the outer six-mile belt
of a coastal country for at least
10 years would continue to en
joy that right. The latter mod
ification is designed to take care
of Britons who fish off Iceland,
Norway and the Faroe Islands.
Primary Election Approaches
With One Of Quietest Campaigns
/ JUNEAU, UP — Just 13 days
remain before the 1958 Alaska
primary election, and one of the
most quiet campaigns in memory
shows every sign of continuing
without commotion until the April
29 balloting.
The primary campaign, gener
ally conducted on individual
rather than party levels, showed
early promise of being a lively
affair in the territory this year.
The deadline for filing arrived
three months ago amid a flurry
of activity. But the 120 aspir
ants to public office who joined
the primary lineup have been
largely becalmed since February.
To be named in the voting a
week from Tuesday are party
nominees for delegate to Con
gress, Territorial Treasurer and
Labor Commissioner, plus nine
candidates for the Territorial
Senate and 24 for the House of
Representatives.
Statehood Would Void Election
A factor in the silent cam
paign of 1958 could be a belief
that Congress will approve state
hood for the Territory this year.
Such action would wipe out the
territorial election and turn the
fall general voting into balloting
for Alaska’s first state offices.
However, with the time ele
ment becoming an increasingly
important consideration on pos
sible action on the statehood bill,
most observers are looking for the
regular territorial election Oct.
14.
Democratic candidates for La
j bor Commissioner have provided
I most of what little action has
been stirred up so far in the cam
paign.
Thomas J. Moore of Spenard,
the first to file for the Labor postj
| has covered th£ most ground in
trips throughout the territory
| seeking support. Russell Young
of Anchorage, a member of the
1957 House, made an early cam
paign swing to Southeastern Alas
ka. Dale H. Hirt, of Juneau, the
third Democrat seeking the job,
has made one trip to the west
ward.
On the Republican side, John
Van Housen of Anchorage is un
opposed for his party’s nomina
tion. One of the four will be
elected in the fall to succeed Re
publican Henry Benson, who did
not file for re-election.
• The Democratic race for nomi
nation as Treasurer has drawn
some attention in the Third Divi
sion, but little elsewhere. Leon
ard Peck and Dorothy D. Tyner,
both of Anchorage, are opposing
incumbent Hugh J. Wade of Ju
neau for'the party nomination.
New "Alaska" Party
Karl F. Dewey of Juneau, for
mer Tax Commissioner, is the
lone Republican candidate for the
Treasurer’s job. Niilo E. Kopo
nen of Fairbanks is a candidate
for Treasurer for the Alaska Par
ty, a newly-formed group making
its first appearance on the bal
lot this year.
Del. E. L. Bartlett is unop
posed for reelection on the Demo
cratic ticket, but the Republican
sheet carries a Statehood and a
Commonwealth choice in candi
1 dates for the GOP nomination.
Walter H. Pierce of College is
! the Commonwealth advocate and
Paul Robison, an Anchorage
lawyer, -opposes Pierce and fa
vors statehood as a candidate for
the Republican nomination.
Fourth Division voters will
nominate candidates for three
Senate seats, while the other
three divisions will be selecting
nominees for only two. The ex
| tra seat in the Fourth Division
I was vacated by Mike Stepovich
j when he resigned after 'sqrv
i ing half of a four-year term to
become Governor.
Veto Of Harbors Bill
Deprives Pacific NW
Of Much-Needed Projects
WASHINGTON, UP) — Disap
pointment at President Eisen
hower’s veto of the river and
harbors authorization bill was
expressed Tuesday by Pacific
Northwest Congressmen of both
parties.
Construction of 151 million
dollars worth of projects in
Washington, Oregon and Alaska
would have been authorized by
the measure.
Democrats generally termed
Eisenhower’s action short-sighted.
At least one Republican re
proached Congress itself.
“It was a shame the bill had
to be loaded with projects which
have not received approval of
Army Engineers,” said Rep.
Westland iR-Wash). “The good
projects had to suffer as a result.”
Alaska’s Democratic Delegate
Bartlett said he was “greviously
disappointed” in the veto.
The bill would have auth
orized $16,711,200 for work in
Alaska.
TOKYO, Ufi — A light musical
interlude today on Peiping radio,
propaganda voice of Communist
China, was a tune called “Mother,
I want to go to the countryside
to train myself with physical
labor.
BASEBALL RESULTS
American League
Detroit 4, Chicago 3
Kansas City 5, Cleveland 0
Baltimore 6, Washington 1
New York 3, Boston 0
National League
Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 4
Pittsburg 4, Milwaukee 3
Chicago 4, St. Louis 0
San Francisco 8, Los Angeles Q
Coast League
Spokane'at Seattle, first game 12
innings tied 1-1. Night game
postponed, rain.
Salt Lake City at Vancouver,
postponed, rain.
Sacramento at Portland, first
game called at end of sixth
inning with score tied 3-3.
Night game postponed.
San Diego 10, Phoenix 5
Secret Language of Baseball
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., — A
reporter held up six fingers to
signal Judge Charles Brusatori in
Marin County Superior Court.
Hp meant the Giants were
leading the Los Angeles Dodgers,
6-0 in the National League's in
augural baseball game in San
Francisco yesterday.
But Judge Brusatori, although
a baseball fan, misunderstood,
j He was expecting the birth of
j a sixth grandchild.
I So, beaming, the jurist m*s
! takenly announced a bir —and
adjourned court for the dp. .