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63rd Year No. 55
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1962
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Gov. Egan Confers With Top Officials i
On Recent Japanese Fishing Fiasco
By Frit* Witti
WASHINGTON WV-Alaska Gov.
Wm. A. Egan has placed before
top State Department officials his
state’s opposition to Japanese
movement into state-claimed fish
ing waters.
“We had a worthwhile and en
lightening discussion and exchange
of views, although no commit
ments were made,” Egan said yes
terday after a luncheon discussion
with Undersecretary of State
George W. Ball.
The governor, who ordered state
seizure of two Japanese fishing
vessels in Shelikof Strait last
month, said Alaska is “concerned
that these people will come into
our waters to establish fishing
rights.”
Egan said that Alaska Attorney
General Ralph E. Moody, who also
attended the luncheon at the State
Department, would meet with legal
representatives' of the department
to coordinate its efforts with those
of the state toward solving the
problem.
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retary of the Interior Stewart Udall
and the state’s Democratic con
gressional delegation, Sens. E. L.
Bartlett and Ernest Gruening, and
Rep, Ralph Rivers.
The governor, who did not reveal
details of the discussion, did say
the State Department “took no
hard ana rast pc«ntitm on the ques
tion.”
Bartlett told a newsman the gov
ernor “made a strong and continu
ing argument that these are Alas
kan fishing waters and ought to be
preserved for American fishermen.”
“He doesn’t intend to yield to
anyone on these rights,^ Barueii
added.
Rivers, who said no legislative
fcction is indicated at this time,
commented that the situation
should be clarified before a North
Pacific Fisheries Treaty with Japan
expires next year. ,
“We claim historic-use rights,”
said Egan.
“We have no way of knowing
whether they (the Japanese) will
adhere to conservation regulations,
which are imperative and which
our fishermen observe,” the gov
ernor said.
The Seattle Times said in a dis
patch from Washington today that
Ball and Interior Secretary Udall
acknowledged the gravity of Alas
ka’s position and expressed sym
pathy with it.
However, Ball told Egan and the
oilier Alaska visitors, the State De
partment must look at all aspects,
remembering that Japan buys far
more from the United States than
it sdls to this country.
Japan does not want to “buy
Russian,” but wishes to be allied
US. TOUCHES OFF NO. 7
WASHINGTON iS) — The 7th
shot of the U.S. nuclear test series
in the atmosphere was set off to
day in the Pacific.
It followed the sixth shot by only
pne day.
Like tile shot set off yesterday
was described by the Defense
and
as being in &£ inter
range..
a blast with the ex
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with the West, Ball said.
If Ball was not before aware,
Egan made his host aware of the
feelings of Alaskans and the alien
threat to the fishing industry of
the entire Pacific Coast, according
to several who attended.
They said that Egan told the
State Department:
1. Fishing is so vital to Alaska
and the state’s citizens are so con
cerned with sorties by Japanese
fishing vessels, that he will not take
the responsibility for what Alas
kans might do if the situation is
not remedied quickly.
2. The Fish and Wildlife Service
formerly imposed restrictions be
tween the land a base line beyond
the three-mile limit.
3. Shelikof Strait “really is not
a strait at all, since Kodiak Island
is a geologic extension of the
Kenai Peninsula.”
4. If the State Department has
the “guts and gumption” of an
other day no problem would exist
today — he was referring to Cor
dell Hull’s position in the 1930’s
when he successfully forced the
Japanese out of Bristol Bay.
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL
COMMITTEE TO MEET
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The Alaska Republicans’ Central
Committee is slated to meet here
for the state GOP Convention to
be held in Anchorage.
There are 21 members on the
central committee, with three of
them Nome residents, thus about
18 members of the committee are
expected for the meeting. The
local members of the committee
are Wallace Mclver, Grace John
son and Bob Oliver.
Local Republicans have planned
a potluck supper for the commit
tee at 6:30 pm. at the Pioneer
Igloo. Tickets for the supper are
now on sale at $2 for adults and
$1 for children.
One of the actions to take place
during the meeting here will be
the selection of a central commit
tee chairman to replace Alden
Wilbur of Fairbanks who resigned
on May 1.
Among those expected to at
tend the meeting are Wally Hiekel
and Mrs. Tillie Reeve, national
committeeman and committee
woman.
Other prominent Republicans
are expected but it is not known
at this time who they are.
People Fishing on Bering Sea
Must Have A license
Bill Burns, protection officer for
the State Fish and Game Dept.,
nas been apprehending tom - cod
3ers on Bering Sea, who are fish
ing without licenses.
He has returned to Fairbanks,
but John Bums, Fish and Game
oiologist, who is stationed here, is
available at the Fish and Game
office and will be glad to help
anyone interested- John Burns
s replacing Sam Harbo, who left
last year.
Mr. Bums states that any per
son fisliing on Bering Sea must
have a license except those per
sons engaged in subsistence fish
ing. Any person fishing on the
Bering Sea who plans to sell what
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Two Eskimos Seek
Monument For
Arctic Culture
NEW YORK UP) — Two Eskimos
will go to Washington next week
to seek Congressional and Depart
ment of Interior help in setting
aside an Alaska area for their
people and making it a “national
monument for Arctic culture.”
The two, Guy Okakok, 58, of Pt.
Barrow, and Paul Tiulana, 40, of
King Island, represent Inupiat, an
organization of 17,500 Alaskan Es
kimos. The organization seeks to
protect the Eskimos’ aboriginal land
and hunting rights which it calls
Inupiat Paitot.
Okakok outlined the plan Mon
day night at the annual meeting
here of the Association of American
Indian Affairs.
He said the Inupiat National
Monument would be different from
a reservation. Eskimos or Inupiat
will “gladly share mineral rights
and administration with the State
of Alaska ... 25 per cent of min
erals to state, 75 per cent to be
invested in the area to develop it
economically for the Inupiat resi
dents,” he said.
vjkcikok ioia ms aumence our
Inupiat Paitot is our land around
the whole Arctic world where we
the Eskimos live, our right to hunt
our food any place and any time
of the year, as it has always been;
our right to be great hunters and
| brave independent people like our
grandfathers; our rights to the min
erals that belong to the Eskimos
in the land we claim.”
Okakok said the main concern
of the Eskimos was the extensive
land area of Alaska north of the
Arctic Circle from Barter Island
to Point Hope. It is this area they
seek for the Inupiat National Mon
ument.
He said the ancestral rights of his
people to this area were recognized
when the United States purchased
Alaska from Russia in 1807. At
that time, he said, the United
States promised that “Congress
would, define these rights some
day.”
“Now 80 years went by,” he told
the association. “Then came the
(Alaskan) Statehood Act (which)
says that the state may take over
100. million acres from the public
domain in 25 years. If Congress
does not define our Inupiat rights
soon, the 25 years will be up and
our Inupiat Paitot will be gone.
“Congress should act now to set
tle our Alaska native claims.”
£-15 Crackles and Pops
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, 1
-alif. OB — The metal skin of an '
£-15 rocket plane crackled and
popped under its highest temper- <
itures yet — an estimated 1,200
1,250 degrees Fahrenheit, as it flew *
Mill miles an hour yesterday.
The pilot, Air Force Maj. Bob ,
Rushworth, said he thought the
loises were caused by a combi- (
lation of speed and high tempera
tures.
Goal of the test, officials said,
ivas to find cut how fast future
space craft can return into the
iarth’s atmosphere without burli
ng up because of air friction.
The .flight was made at a rela
tively low attitude, 72,000 feet. In
previous tests, the X-I5 has been
Down 4,093 mph and to 246,700
feet, both world records.
U OF A STUDENTS HOLD
PREFERENTIAL ELECTION
FAIRBANKS M — Students of
the University of Alaska, in an
preferential election on state-wide
candidates yesterday, indicated
that they preferred William Egan
and Mike Stepovich for the guber
natorial nomination in the forth
coming primary election. The bal
lots used in the election were
similar to those that will be used
Aug. 14 by Alaskan voters.
Of those voting, 165 were regis
tered Democrats, 179 were regis
tered Republicans and of that total
45 were under 19 years of age, the
legal voting age in the slate. In all,
405 ballots were cast, but 57 were
declared invalid because the voters
crossed the party column line.
Other results of the election were:
U.S. Senate: Democrats, Ernest
Gruening 144, Robert Veatch 17.
Republicans, Frank Cook 57, Ted
Stevens 99.
U.S. Representative: Democrat,
Ralph Rivers 151. Republicans,
Henry Pratt 45, Lowell Thomas Jr.
121.
The election was sponsored by
the Young Republicans and Young
Democrats on the campus. The
purpose, as indicated by the group,
was to give the people of the state
and indication of the popularity
of the various state-wide candi
dates.
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STATE C OF C SCHEDULES
1 TOURIST HOST SCHOOLS
JUNEAU UFi — The State Cham
ber o£ Commerce today it
scheduled tourist host schools at
Stika, Cordova and Kenai this
month, similar to the schools which
attracted 500 persons at Anchor
age, Fairbanks and Juneau last
Year.
The Sitka school is scheduled for
May 14 at the Elks Club. The Cor
dova session will be held May 15
at the Mt. Eccles School and the
Kenai meteing is slated for the
Kenai High School May 16.
Speakers for the Sitka school
include Robert McPherson, Deputy
State Commissioner of Commerce;
president Robert Elliss of the Alas
ka Travel Promotion Assn.; Carl
Heinmiller, Indian arts and crafts
specialist for the U.S. Department
of Interior; and George Hall, his
torian for the Sitka National Mon
ument.
Speakers for the Cordova and
Kenai schools will include James
Brunette, Director of the State Di
vision of Veterans Affairs; How
ard Clifford, Public Relations Di
rector for Pacific Nohthern Air
lines; Jim Branch, manager of the
Alyeska Ski Corp.; and Brad Phil
lips, an Anchorage travel agency
operator.
DATA AVAILABLE
ON BERYLLIUM MINERALS
Persons interested in staking
claims for beryllium will be in
terested in a recent paper “A New
Occurrence of Beryllium Miner
als,” written by C. L. Sains
bury, and read by Robert Chap
man, at the AJ.M.E. Conference in
Anchorage, April 27. The paper is
now on open file at the USGS of
fices, and at the Juneau office of
the Divisions of Mines and Min
The occurrence found by the'
USGS is on public domain on the
east side of Rapid River, a tribu
tary of Lost River. The beryllium
is in the form of chrysoberyl in
argillaceous lime
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Girl Scouts Hold
Court of Awards
This Evening
Nome can feel justly proud of
its fine young ladies, ranging from
age seven to seventeen, who com
prise the Brownie, Intermediate
and Senior Girl Scouts. The annual
activities of these girls will cul
minate tonight a 7 in the Multi
purpose Room when they conduct
their own Court of Awards. Over
100 girls participate in the Girl
Scout movement in Nome with 15*
adult members.
The welcome address will be
given by Pearl Johnson, the girl
who was selected by the Council
to represent Northwestern Alaska
at the Round-Up in Vermont this
summer. The mistress of cere
monies will be Pam Mulvihill.
The youngest Brownies will re
ceive Certificates for Attendance,
Membership Stars and World As
sociation Pins. Other Brownies will
present a “Campfire” program. The
oldest Brownies will “fly-up” to
become Intermediate Girl Scouts.
In this ceremony, they will receive
wings with which to fly over the
bridge to have the Girl Scout pins
pinned on by the receiving Inter
mediate Scouts.
Many of the Intermediates them
selves will receive their insignia
of promotion and merit badges. In
demonstration of their interesting
activities they will present a “Pet
Parade” and an entertaining “Min
• stral Medley.”
The highest award which a Girl
Scout can receive, and compares
to the Boy Scout Egale, is the
“Curved Bar.” This coveted award
will be presented to Jo Chambers,
Kay Mclver, Linda Lenert and
Alice Arnold.
One of the most impressive parts,
of the ceremony will be the candle
light Investiture when the entire
8th grade Intermediates will gradu
ate to the Senior Troop.
The guiding hand which directs
the efforts of these young ladies
toward, “better citizenship at home
and abroad,” is the Neighborhood
Committee, under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Jesse Jones.
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$1,051,782 Xn Benefits
JUNEAU UR — Unemployment
insurance benefits amounting to
$1,051,782 *were paid to Alaska
claimants during March, compared
with $1,174,285 during the same
month last year, Labor Commis
sioner Gil Johnson said today.
Of the total, $947,986 was dis
bursed under the state jobless pay
program and the remainder was
paid out under two federal unem
ployment insurance programs.
Divorced in Six Minutes Flat
SANTA MONICA, Calif. UFl —
Singer Dinah Shore, in her first
appearance ever in a courtroom.
divorced actor George Montgomery
in six minutes flat today.
The actress gets custody of the
couple’s two children, Melissa Ann,
14, and John David, 7.
The couple married Dec. 5, 1943.
Dinah asked no alimony and her
lawyer said that child support was
included in a property settlement.
ICE STILL HOLDING ON
FAIRBANKS U) — The ice is
still holding solid on the Tanaka
j River at Nenana, according to lee
| Classic officials.
Although it has been raining for
two days there, the break up
still believed to be two or thr§e
days away.