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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1819.
Three Major
Steel Companies
Will Hike Prices
PITTSBURGH I* — Three major
steel producers followed the lead
of U.S. Steel Corp. today and an
nounced price increases.
Bethlehem Steel Co., the nation’s
second largest producer, said it
will hike the price of its rolled
steel products by 3.5 per cent, ef
fective tomorrow. Republic Steel,
third largest producer, made a
similar announcement.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.,
the fourth biggest producer also
announced a price increase, but de
tails on it were not available im
mediately.
Meanwhile, the president of
Reynolds Metals Co., a leader in
the aluminum field, said the U.S.
steel increase is justified.
Richard S. Reynolds Jr., said,
“as I have pointed out many times,
Industry cannot continue to have
rising costs without increasing
prices.”
The price hike by U.S. Steel,
the nation’s largest producer, was
announced yesterday a few hours
before it took affect. It added an
average of $6 to the cost of a ton
on steel, which has been selling
for a little more than $150.
U.S. Steel custormarily sets the
pattern for prices in the steel in
dustry.
Steel prices have an effect on
prices in the auto, construction and
appliance industries, all big steel
users.
. _^Tbe increase came less than a
week after U.S. Steel and 10 other
bjtg firms signed new two-year
contracts with the United Steel
workers to take effect July 1. V
those pacts, granting a 10-eent
an-hour package increase to each
ba«c steelworker, wore hailed by
President Kennedy as responsible
ana non-inflationary, adhering to
the President’s plea for an early,
non-ipflationary steel settlement.
President Leslie Worthington of
Steel described the price in
Twist Tonight
WITH
SENATE GRANTS SALARY
HIKES FOR COMMISSIONERS
JUNEAU UPi — The Senate
changed its mind today and passed
a measure which would grant
salary raises to most of the com
missioners of state departments.
The measure was approved by
a vote of 13-5 and sent along to
Gov. Egan for his consideration.
Yesterday, the Senate refused to
consider the bill when it received
an adverse report from the Finance
Committee. The committee report
ed it out with “No Recommenda
tion.” The upper chamber later
relented and voted to place the
bill on today’s calendar.
The measure would have re
vised the pay of the Commssioner
of Administration and the Attorney
General from $17,000 to $18,000
annually; the Commissioners of
Labor, Commerce, Public Safety
and Revenue from $15,000 to $17,
000 a year; and the Adjutant Gen
eral from $12,000 to $15,000.
The Commissioner of the new
Department of Highways would re
ceive $19,000 and the Commission
er of of the new Department of
Economic Development and Plan
ning, $17,000.
All other commissioners would
be held at their present salaries
of $17,000 a year.
Chief Probation Officer Here
Robert Coffey, chief probation
officer for the Fairbanks regional
office of Youth and Adult Authority
is here for orienting Don Perkins,
who was recently appointed for
this area and to assist with the
back log of work now pending in
department
Don Perkins reported that Verna
Mickelson would be retained as his
secretary and assistant.
about three-tenths of a cent a
pound of steel. He said it was a
“catch-up” increase needed to off
sef the continuing squeeze on pro
fits the last four years.
David McDonald, United Steel
workers’ president, said he was
“surpised, trembled and concern
ed” about the price hike.
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Board of Fish & Game
Call for Seizure
Of Foreign Ships
Within 3-Mile Limit
FAIRBANKS I® — The Alaska
Board of Fish and Game Monday
called for seizure and arrest of
foreign fishing vessels within a
proposed American line of demarca -
tion around Kodiak Island.
In a letter to Gov. Egan, the
board, in what it called a policy
paper, said a Japanese mother ship
and five catcher ships recently had
been observed “numerous times
within American-claimed waters.”
The board said the mother ship,
identified as the Banshu Maru, re
portedly was within two miles of
Marmot Island, Kodiak Island and
other islands near Shelikov Strait.
The board emphasized the pro
posal concerned only the Kodiak
and Cook Inlet areas. It said the
letter was not intended to “limit
or restrict other areas and the
boundaries of those areas.”
“Since our current problem is
located in or about the Kodiak
Island group,” the letter read, “we
have submitted this as our policy
and would request that the gov
ernor immediately take any and
all steps to enforce American fish
ing rights and the American con
trol of these waters, and would sug
gest that if necessary the state,
through its duly authorized agents,
make arrests and seize equipment
and carry out this policy.”
MORE EAST GERMANS
DEFECT TO THE WEST
BERLIN — A 9-year-old East
German boy jumped from the roof
of a five-story building to safety
in West Berlin yesterday.
Eye witnesses said the youngster
appeared on the roof of a house
overlooking Bemauerstrasse, the
French sector street that marks the
j border. The sidewalk is Western
wmic UiC 1XUUPC MQIWUga
to the East.
West Berlin border guards rush
ed out the fire rescue squad. They
spread a net and the boy jumped
into it. He was rushed to a hospital
and was found to be suffering from
shock and bruises.
An East German policerpan es
caped to the West during the night
by running through a subway tun
nel, West Berlin police reported.
He was a member of the transport
police, responsible far patrolling
railroad installations. He in
uniform and brought his pistol with
him,
l&e Western police disclosed the
escape route because the East Ger
man authorities evidently had dis
covered ii. ' ^
Two civilians also escaped to the
West, but their method was kept
secret.
Information Bureau West, the
unofficial Western Intelligence
Agency, reported that a leading East
Berlin tennis player, Herbert
Schmidt, had defected to the West
while taking part in the United
Arab Republic’s tennis champion
ships. IBW said instead of return
ing home, he flew to Frankfurt.
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SEN. GRUENING STRESSES
NATION S DWINDLING
GOLD RESERVES
“Time is running out,” Sen,
Gruening declared on the floor oi
the Senate last week in comment
ing on the nation’s dwindling gold
reserves. He noted that the re
serves had declined $100 million
as of March 28, 1962, after “the
largest weekly loss in four months,
which brings our reserves to the
lowest point since 1939.”
“How long,” Sen. Gruening asked,
“will this nation continue to ignore
the clear and present danger which
exists in our declining gold re
serves? How long will we continue
to decline to take the very practi
cal steps needed to replenish our
gold reserves by recognizing that
gold miners cannot afford to mine
gold with machinery purchased at
1962 prices while receiving 1934
prices for gold?”
The senator urged that Senate
Joint Resolution 44, of which he is
a co-sponsor, be acted upon. It
would provide a subsidy for newly
mined gold while keeping the price
of gold pegged at $35 an ounce.
“I have before stated on this
floor that gold is a weapon,” he
concluded, “and that the time had
come to arm, I restate that call to
arms today in the hope that it will
be heeded and action taken before
it is too late.”
Indicate Good Fishing In
Bering Sea Halibut Grounds
VANCOUVER, B.C. UP) — Re
ports reaching here from the 21
Canadian vessels in the Bering Sea
halibut grounds indicate good fish
ing despite ice and fog.
The first Canadian vessel headed
south with its catch, the Masonic
with Tom Mitenen in command,
l«£t Sand Point, Alaska last week.
The vessel reported a catch of
63,000 pounds
Two other vessels are south
bound, the Chief Skugaid witt
with 117,000 pounds and the Shvei
Viking with 150,000 pounds.
There is always keen competi
tion to get the first load of halibul
into port as it usually commands s
price premium on the fish ex
change.
For the first time in several sea
sons, United States boats outnum
bered the Canadians in thq fishing
grounds. Eleven of the 36 U-S.
boats are also reported heading
south.
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REP. LEO W. O’BRIEN
TO ADDRESS WESTERN
GOVERNORS’ CONFERENCE
JUNEAU UP) — Rep. Leo W.
O’Brien has accepted an invitation
to address the Western Governors’
Conference at its annual state din
ner, to be held in Anchorage on
May 4, Gov. Wm. Egan said yes
terday.
O’Brien, one of the chief ad
vocates of Alaskan and Hawaiian
Statehood and floor manager for
both Statehood bills, is a member
of the House Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee and the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee.
and
O’Brien is also a member of the
Alaska International Rail
Highway Commission.
Egan, present chairman of the
Western Governors’ Conference,
said 10 of the 15 Western Governors
still plan to attend the 1962 meet
ing, scheduled for May 2-5.
BOY SCOUT NEWS
Scribe Donny Young reports
busy meetings with Troop 66, under
the leadership of Maj. David
Money.
The membership has increased
and now numbers four patrols
with Mike O’Connor heading the
new Bear Patrol and Jake Sheldon
the Wolf Patrol.
The boys were carefully screen
ed and their gear inspected for
the overnight Arctic Survival trip
which was led by Ira Hill.
After the planning for the trip
was completed the proposed basket
ball match against Troop 63 was
discussed.
Boys who went on the Arctic
Survival trip were:
From Troop 66: Mike Thompson,
Walter Peterson, Don Young, Don
Wall, Robby Fagerstrom, Willy
Hoogendorn, Lloyd Hardy, Mike
Blanning, John Trulin, A1 Mazonna,
Harold Potter, Mike O’Connor, Max
Johnson. Doug Jones, Richard Mil
ler, and Bobby Walsh.
From Troop 63: Doug Doyle,
John Towner, Pete and Joe Dex
ter, Owen Sundstyom, Harvey Mil
ler, Erwin Tucker, John Amund
sen, Stan Walker, and David Otten.
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