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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by William L. Ryan
AiP Foreign News Analyst
The Khruisehev-Dulganin sp
eeches to the Supreme Soviet
in Moscow yesterday serve as a
striking demonstration of the
technique employed by the
Kremlin leadership in 1955.
The year ends as it began, on
a note of threat and bluster.
The performance oif the Sov
iet leaders (before their rubber
stamp parliament illustrated
the zigzag technique conceived
by Lenin and applied effective
ly by Bulganin and Khrush
chev this year as a weapon of
great power politics.
It, must ibe plain i.o all non
cothmunist leaders now that
the “spirit oif Geneva” was a
Soviet creation. Only the Sov
iet Union could torpedo if, and
the Kremlin did that at the
October foreign ministers con
ference. The task before Kh
bushchev and RuDganin there
after was Ho transfer the blame
for the waning of the spirit to
President Eisenower and other
western leaders.
So far as the Kremlin was
concerned, the “spirit of Gen
eva” accomplished its purpose,
serving as a zag for Ithe pre
vious (belligerent zig.
It raised hopes throughout
the world for an end to the
cold war. It committed states
men and leaders to expressions
favoring “peaceful coexistence”
a phrase coined by Lenin, us
ed extravagantly by Stalin and
claimed wholly by the Soviet
leadership. It transferred cre
dit for peace efforts to the
Kremlin.
It created pressures against
mon-comtounist governments
both in Europe and in Asia to
'try easing tensions by nelgotia- ,j
tion. It created hopes thalt con-!
cession to the communists!
might bring concessions (from;
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NAZARENE
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S. Trueman Shelton. Pastor
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Evening Services
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KSEW Friday 7:15 p. m.
them.
The main target of Soviet
foreign policy in 1955 was the
West’s position of strength.
Threats failed to break up West
ern defense arrangements, so
the Kremlin weri. over to smiles
It raised the hope in Germany
that reunification might be
possible; in France that it might
not be necessary 'to rearm West
Germany.
In Asia its aim was to create
the impression that the real
menace to world peace lay in
the policies of the Uni ed
States.
It attempted to make “mili
tary (blocs the whipping boy
for the world’s (troubles and to
foster the idea of neutralism in
the cold war. The Soviet Union
— and world communism —
could deal more efficiently with
its program a nation at a time.
The only thing standing in the
Russian’s way was the world
leadership of the United States
That leadership had to be dis
! credited.
Now Khrushchev and Bul
ganin are saying to the Soviet
people and the world: “See —
i we wanted peace and competi
tive coexistence. We don’t want
or need war 'because we are
sure -of the superiority of our
system. But so long as Ameri
can policy remains what it is,
we must go on testing hydro
gen bomlbs and building our
armed strength. Any nation
which ties itself to American
leadership is endangering its
own security and damaging the
prospects Ifor world peace.’
Behind this stronjg propaga
nda attack the Soviet Union
is continuing with its own
brand of imperialism and col
onialism. It is gnawing away
at the barriers standing in the
way of polilical domination by
the Soviet idea. The hydrogen
bomlb statements of Khrush
chev and the others indicate
they believe they can continue
to do (this without the risk of
World War III (because nuclear
weapons have produced a stand
odlf leaving to them the advant
age of the political-economic
offensive.
(Tuesday: The Year Ahead)
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
David Davis of Sitka. Evan
geline Hanson and Jessie Ste
phen of the gi^ls dorm and
Peter Siraglke of the boys dorm
were admitted • Wednesday to
Mt. Edgeoumbe hospital.
Read Sentinel Want Advts.
Want Advts. Bring Results
- In and Around Sitka -
NANCY YAW GOES TO
CONFERENCE
LEWIS AND CLARK COL
LEGE, Portland (special) Nan
cy Yaw, sophomore of Sitka,
lelPt toy train Dec. 24 wii.h
three other delegates from the
college for the quadrennial
conference of the Student Vol
unteer movement .being held
ait the University of Ohio be
tween Christmas and New
Year’s.
Theme olf the conference,
which will attract thousands
of students from bvery coun
try of the world, is “revolution
and reconciliation”.
Miss Yaw, a music educa
tion major, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Yaw of
Sitka,
RETURNS TO KETCHIKAN
Miss Laura Chapman left to
day for Ketchikan, where she
is a teacher in Ithe public
schools, after spending the hol
iday vaction period with her
parents, the Rev. and Mrs.
Henry Chapman.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Thursday:
Elizabeth Austin, Father Ze
lenack. Sam Torurn, Berton
Duze, Marsha Harton, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Croslby, Clara and
Mary Abbott and Hugh Smith
from Juneau.
Leaving Thursday:
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Lawrence
and infant, Art Weaver, Dr.
Moore, Mrs. Mahoney, Mrs.
Avrit, C. Stedman, Mr. Mon
tero, Fenton James, J. Ripley,
Harry Smith, Sidney Gordon
Mr. Levane and Norma Otu
ruk for Juneau.
Evangeline Jack to Anigoon.
Anchorage snow
hard hit. The heaviest snow
fall since 1936 closed (the Alas
ka and Richardson highways
at Faiiibanks. Drifts stalled a
passenger train at Healy and
a freight train was tied up at
Curry.
Airports of the Fairbanks
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MONDAY
NIGHT
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MEETS 8:00 P. M. EVERY
Wednesday
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"THE NEW YORK LIFE AGENT
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
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Photo Finishing
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area were kept open but trains
were far behind schedule. Snow
plows had to precede them on
the Alaska railroad. One frei
ght train arrived in Fairbanks
21 hours late.
The Weather Bureau said
27 inches of snow had fallen
at Fairbanks since Dec. 1, the
heaviest since 1936.
•Mayor Hinchey declared the
“state of emergency” at An
chorage after a meeting with
the city council Thursday
night. In subsequent radio and
television appeals, he urged
all residents to stay away
from downtown Anchorage, re
serving the greets for emerg
ency use only.
Hinchey said it would take
at least two days to clear the
streets if the Storm let up.
Clark said all available
road equipment was working
on the streets but “hardly
made a dent” in the snow
Thursday.
“Any kind of motor traffic
is practically impossible,” Clari
said. “Cars are jammed in in
tersections and alleyways anc
that hampers the snow remov
al job because it blocks equip
ment.
“Without facilities to im
pound Ithe cars, snow graders
are going around them bury
ing them.”
Clark said with all road e
quipment assigned to snow re
moval city firemen had built
wooden snowjplows and attach
ed them to the fronlt off the
fire tracks.
“In a case of a major fire,
they’ll at least get a run at
the drifts,” he said.
All highways in the area,
wih the possible exception ctf'
the road to Seward, were
blocked solid, he said.
A minor earthquake added
to Anchorage’s woes. The tre
mor rattled dishes and shook
window's at 6:05 a. m. Thurs
day but caused no serious dam
age.
At Cordova cellars were
flooded and roofs damaged by
the rain-soaked snow. A city
reservoir flume was plugged,
and a four-fool: wall off waiter
washed out several garages,
damaging vehicles inside.
The Cordova airlines hang
ars were flooded and the Mile
13 airfield a mass of (glare ice.
Radio station KiLAM went off
the air Wednesday morning
and other communications
were sporadic.
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in federal aicomt tax payments nq the J951.
re'nabilitants Combined yearly earnirws ot
ihobf aided amounted Vo $SOb,OOSCCflO inI951
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