Home-Owned Newspaper
volume xvi
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
10c a Copy
Thursday, October 6, 1955
NUMBER 210
64 believed dead when DC-4
plows into mountain peak
•
No chance of any
survivors says pilot
finding wreckage
LARiAMIE, Wyo. <7P) A Uni
ter Air Lines DC-4 plowed into
the side of Medicine Bow peak
today and it was believed all
64 aboard were killed.
“I don’t see how there would
be a chance of anyone surviv
ing,” said Capt. Mel Conine,
Wyoming national guard jet
pilot who spotted the wreckage
“The plane plowed nose first
into a sheer rock cliff about
200 feet from the top of the
peak.” Conine said.
If all aboard are 'dead, it
would be the worst commercial
crash in the history of United
States airlines.
Rescue workers started im
mediately by car, helicoper
and plane for the scene, which
is not far from highway 130.
The 12,005 foot peak is about
40 miles west of this southeast
era Wyoming city.
Conine said the plane appar
ently slid down the snow cov
ered cliff after striking near
the peak’s top. He said there
was a large black area between
the plane’s wreckage and a
point 200 feet from the top of
the cliff.
The pilot said the black area
was “either spilled oil or a big
burn area” and could ibe seen
from the air 14 miles away.
Conine and Col. E. R. Ueed,
also of the Wyoming guard,
staid “the air was turbulent be
cause of heavy winds.”
The pilpt said parts of the
V eatchcombing
• A bunch of young laaies
are in Juneau this weekend to
“advertise” the Alaska Day
celebration in Sitka this com
ing 16, 17, and 18. Juneau will
know that there is a celebration
after looking at the attractive
dresses these girls are wearing
-H
• The big blow last night
wias bad but it seemed as if
everyone went about their 'bus
iness as usual — even iif they
were “all wet”.
• It seems now my friends
won’t be able to be here for
Alaska Day — The question
now is: Do I wear my beard
for another year (and sleep in
the dog house) or cut if off and
grow another for next year?
-H
• It seems as if my favorite
football team behaves the op
posite of Maryland (and yes,
yes, West Virginia).
—I—I—
• The Republicans are going
•to meet next August in San
Francisco — now if someone
will come forward and PAY
all my exlpences I’ll be glad to
attend as a delegate or other
wise.
plane were scattered several
hundred yards from the main
part of the fu silage.
Tihe plane was carrying 61
passengers and a crew of 3. It
originated in New York at 7:10
p. m. Wednesday and hed left
Denver at 6:33 a. m. — one
hour and 23 minutes behind
schedule. It was scheduled to
arrive in Salt Lake City at
9:06 a. m. and its destination
was San Francisco.
The wreckage was sighted at
11:57 a. m. by the national
guard plane. The aircraft had
been reported missing at 10:10
At 12:15 p. m. UAL annocmc
ed the plane had been located
and identified.
The crew was identified as
C. C. Cooke, 34, plane captain,
of Menlo Park, Oalif.; T. D.
Salisbury. 33, first officer, of
Palo Alto, Caliif.; and Patricia
Shuttlewortih, 22 of Salt Lake
| City. Her parents reside at
Trumbull, Conn.
In Salt Lake City, the Latter
Day Saints church reported six
and “maybe seven” members
of the Mormon Tabernacle
choir returning from Europe
were aboard the flight. They
were returning from a Europ
ean concert tour.
Satellite project
contracts awarded
WASHINGTON (TP) The de
fense department announced
today that “Project Vanguard'7
— the creation of an artificial
space satellite — is now under
way with the award of two con
tracts.
The prime contract “for a
major part of the project,’7 the
rocket launching vehicle, has
been awarded to Glenn L. Mar
tin Co., Baltimore aircraft firm
The General Electric Co.
“will supply the rocket motor
which will be used in the first
stage of the launching vehicle
and other important portions”
of the system, the department
said.
The contracts are being han
; died by the navy department,
the agency chosen to manage
^ the military's part otf the scien
tiftic research project. Army
I and air force facilities also will
I be used, the announcement added
Move Americans
from Saicfai
| RABAT, Morocco (/P) U. S.
air force authorities decided
to move albouit 50 Americans,
I including women and children
! from their radar base at Sai
da i, it was learned today, af
ter repeated raids in the area
by rebel bands fighting in
. French North Africa.
| The radar base is on the
Mediterranean in a corner of
French Morocco lying between
Algeria and the Spanish zone.
U. S. bases in Morocco are un
der French protection.
About 200 Americans are at
Saidai. '
Novel birth
announcement
TEXARKANA, Ark. (IP)
Leaflets floating down from
an airplane over Texarkana
yesterday read: “It’s a girl,
Sheila Kay ‘McCall, five
^pounds, eight ounces, ten fin
gers, ten toes, mother OK.”
The mystery was cleared up
when it was learned that Mrs.
Joe McCall gave birth to a
first child at St. Michael’s hos
pital and father, a private pil
ot, was just advertising.
Faure fires four
ministers from
French cabinet
i
PARIS UP) Angered by their
1 outspoken apposition to Ixis:
'North African policy, French!
premier Edgar Faure fired four
followers of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle from his cabinet today
Gen. Pierre Koenig, the de
fense minister, led the dissi
dents Faure kicked out. Faure
asked for and obtained the four
resignations at a long session
in his office prior to a cabinet
meeting.
The premier’s friends said he
would now defy the Gaullists
by going before the national as
semlbly and demanding a vote
on the policies of his govern
ment as a whole — not just on
North Africa.
Gaston Palewski, special min
ister: Raymond Trilboulet. min
ister for veterans affairs; and
Maurice Dayrou, secretary of
state in the ministry for over
seas territories, resigned along
with Koenig.
Faure announced his inten
tion to stay on as head of the
government after a cabinet
meeting with President Coty.
He also announced after a
brief session with the president
that debate on North African
policy would begin tonight.
It is expected the debate will
go on nonstop until Faure eith
er wins a vote of confidence or
is thrown out.
His chances of surviving as
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Over 300 dead in
Mexican floods
MEXICO CITY UP) The
death toll in flood-battered
Tampico mounted today to
326. by unofficial cpunt, as the
relentless Panuco river went
still higher.
Reports from upriver com
munities of a sharp drop held
out some hone of relief for the
stricken port within 48 hours.
But there were fears the in
la nd rains of the past week
might continue, sending the
rivers headwaters climbing a
gain before Tampico could get
a respite.
U. S. armed forces handled
most of the rescue and relief
operations at Tampico. Mexi
can efforts have been concen
| trated largely on relief to the
Yutatan peninsula, where killer
hurricane Janet killed an esti
*ma+ed 200 persons last week
•and wiped out three towns.
Nixon will confer Saturday
with president at Denver
No controversial
policies will be
taken up
DENVER UP) The Denver
White House announced today
Vice President Nixon will fly
here Saturday for a hospital
visit with President Eisenhow
er at the (president’s invitation.
Nixon will fly here with
Sherman Adams, the presidents
chief deputy; M'aj. John Eisen
hower, the president’s son, and
Dr. Paul Dudley White, Boston
heart specialist, for the week-!
end.
James C. Bagerfy, White
House press secretary, said he
did not know what Nixon wou
ld discuss with the president
but he added it would not be
“a visit where controversial
policies” would be taken up.
The annuoncement came at
an 11 a. m. news conference
which brought another cheer-*
ful (bulletin on the president’s j
condition.
Hagerty said the president |
sent an invitation to Nixon to
visit him through Adams at the
time he wrote the vice presi-1
dent a few days ago to contin-!
ue presiding over cabinet and <
national security council meet
ings.
The conference, Hagerty
New fishery
research projects
planned this year
WASHINGTON (/P) Secre
tary of thie interior McKay an
nounced yesterday that new
fishery research projects de
signed to aid the tuna. Alas
i ka salmon, south Atlantic
shrimp and Atlantic striped
bass industries are being start
ed this year.
McKay said the new pro
ject will cost $270,300. To
gether with expenditure of $2,
729,700 for continuation of
fishery research and market
developments projects started
last year, they will round out
allocation of the entire three
million dollars available under
the Saltonstall-Kennedy act
for 1955-56.
Under the act an amount
equal to 30 per cent of cus
toms duties collected on im
ported fishery products is
transferred annually for three
years from the agriculture de
partment to the interior de
partment.
The expanded fishery re
search and market develop
ment program financed by*the
funds may not cost more than
three million dollars a year.
The program is designed to
promote increased production
and marketing of domestic fish
ery products.
The new projects for 1955
56 selected by the Fish and
Wildlife service from a list ap
J (continued on page three) j
made clear, would be limited to
topics cleared in' advance by
the presidential physicians.
Secretary of state Dulles may
visit the president sometime
next week for a talk before go
ing to the foreign ministers’
meeting at Geneva, but this is
not been definite.
The 11 a. m. medical bulletin
said:
“The (president’s condition
continues to be satisfactory
without complications. He had
a good night’s rest and feels
comfortable and cheerfcl. His
morning examination show
his temperature, pulse and
blood pressure to be normal.”
The president’s recovery
from his heart attack progres
sed to the point that his staff
began to talk hopefully of the
future.
The 7 a. m. (MST) medical
bulletin said:
“The president had another
good night. He slept soundly
and almost continuously for
eight and a half hours, from
9:30 p. m. to 6 a. m.
“He awoke feeling refresh
ed and relaxed. The presi
dent’s condition continues to
progress satisfactorily with
out complications.”
The private opinion about
Eisenhower’s recovery, which
no one would put into words
for quotation, was that the
crisis has passed, and the pres
ident soon will be taking a
firmer hold on administration
policy.
A complete examination is
scheduled this weekend when
Dr. Paul Dudley White returns
fcontinued on page four)
Irving sued by
Yakima bottler
SEATTLE i/P) A $100,000
judgment is being asked in sup
erior court here by a prominent
Yakima business man in a
suit against Wilbur Irving, op
erator of a Seattle restaurant
and bar.
John Noel. Yakima soft drink
bottler, is t!he plaintiff on the
allegation that he suffered
back and nose fractures when
employes of Irving kicked Mm
downstairs at the “620 Club”
a year ago in a dispute over
food and a cover charge.
Irvinig, in addition to operat
ing the downtown night spot,
is publisher c*f the Alaska
Weekly and is widely known
in Alaska. He formerly operat
ed a popular night spot out
side Juneau. He moved to Seat
tie after it burned in 1951.
- *)'
s
Marine forecast from Thurs
day to Friday.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Yakutat west to
southwest winds 15 to 25 mpth
becoming southeast 10 to 20
rnph tonight.
Cloudy, Occasional showers.