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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
A Welcome Indication . . .
nPHE ANNOUNCEMENT from Washington, D.C., that a
iiouse Armed Services Committee delegation will visit
Alaska soon to study military installations is a welcome indica
tion that the urgent need for re-assessment of Alaska’s defenses
•will be reviewed.
Many congressional delegations have come to Alaska to inspect
its defenses but unfortunately many delegations do not get beyond
the beautifully equipped bases at Fairbanks and Anchorage. It is
true that Northwestern Alaska has been on their itineraries and
their intentions when leaving Washington has been to do a com
plete and thorough job. but somehow die groups get bogged down
with special events and social events and time runs out before they
complete the tour.
It is hoped that Chairman Carl Vinson, of Georgia, will
insist that the Alaska delegation see for themselves that vast open
coastline of Northwestern Alaska jutting out like a pugnacious nose
inviting invasion; will see for themselves this American frontier
without a single offensive military installation; will see for them
selves just how close Alaska is to its unfriendly neighbor and
can judge for themselves what could happen the way things now
stand.
We welcome them to Alaska.
A DIETARY NOTE, from the Pennsylvania Packer: "In I960
each person in the United States consumed an averaged of 161
pounds of red meat. He also ate 35 pounds of chicken and turkey,
204 pounds of fruits, 200 pounds of vegetables, 670 pounds of dairy
products, 108 pounds of potatoes, and 7.5 pounds of sweetpotatoes.”
EDGAR HOOVER of the FBI states that an important new
weapon in the arsenal of the nation’s law enforcement officers
was provided when the President signed Public Law 87-368, which
was passed by the last Congress. This substantially broadens the
right of the FBI to work with local law enforcement agencies in
bringing about the apprehension of fugitives who flee across state
lines to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement after con
viction of a crime, and various other major offenses.
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Wien Reaches
Agreement for
PAA Route
SEATTLE W — An agreement
was announced yesterday under
which Pan American World Air
ways proposes to transfer its intra
Alaska operations to Wien Alaska
Airlines.
The agreement, filed with the
Civil Aeronautics Board in Wash
ington was announced jointly by
the two carriers.
They said the plan provides for
Wien Alaska to acquire “all oper
ating and traffic rights of Pan
American between Fairbanks and
Juneau, together with all Pan
American properties and equipment
The Fairbanks-Juneau run is by
way of Whitehorse.
Wien Alaska officials said the
run would be operated with F-27
turbo-prop transports. Pan Amer
ican has been using piston-engine
DC-6B’s on this route.
If the agreement Is approved.
Pan American said, it then would
operate Boeing 707 Intercontinent
als on all its flights to Alaska. These
would be between Seattle and Ket
chikan-Juneau, and nonstop be
tween Seattle and Fairbanks.
The price involved in the pro
posed deal was not disclosed. -
An official said discussions be
tween Wien and Pan American
had been in progress for more than
a year, and that the proposal has
no relation to the recent CAB order
for an investigation of general air
line service in Alaska.
A Wien spokesman said the
Fairbanks-headquartered line, with
small turbo-prop transports, would
be able to offer more frequent
service between Interior Alaska
and Juneau with no increase in
Wien’s subsidy need.
Wien indicated its F-27 schedules
between Fairbanks and Juneau j
would be integrated with its pre
sent turbo-prop flights between
Nome and Fairbanks and would j
provide one-day service between |
most points in Interior Alaska and!
juneau.
Not a Withdrawal
In submitting the proposal to the
CAB, Pan American emphasized
that "this in no way can be con
strued as a withdrawal from our
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PENTAGON ORDERS
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
TO SHIFT STEEL PURCHASI
WASHINGTON OH — The Pe:
tagon today ordered defense eo
tractors and their suppliers to shi
steel purchases to those compani
which have not raised prices.
The action was announced 1
Secretary of Defense Robert M
Namara.
In a statement and brief nev
conference, McNamara also sa
that:
If the steel price increase “fai
out” across the country’s econom
national defense costs could ri:
a billion dollars or more a year
The impact of increased cos
could affect the dollar balanc
abroad and “we cannot expect i
maintain our forces overseas if oi
trade balance does not improve
At the direction of Presidei
Kennedy, the Pentagon is examir
ing possible substitutes for steel.
McNamara said that iron an
steel prices have increased 90 pc
cent since 1947, while non-ferroi:
metals prices have increased onl
40 per cent.
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Alaska routes. We pioneered thes
routes.
“We operate them without co:
to the taxpayer, and we fully ir
tend to continue all-jet operatio
between Seattle and the principj
cities of Southeast Alaska and be
tween Seattle and Fairbanks.
“Our sole objective in proposin
this transfer is to achieve a props
division of responsibility betwee
intra-Alaska and trunkline open
tions in order that the public ma
receive the best possible service.’
In Juneau, Gov. Wm. Egan d<
scribed the agreement as a “pr<
gressive step and one which wi
do much to improve the transports
tion picture in Alaska.”
Egan said he was particular!
pleased about Wien plans to int
grate service points between Ji
neau and Nome and other nortl
west and interior Alaska poinl
as well as to step up flights b
tween Fairbanks and Juneau.
STEEL . . .
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— on steps to take against the _
move which Kennedy has called
“irresponsible”
Almost simultaneously Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara was
announcing at a Pentagon news
conference that the Armed Services
have ordered defense contractors
and their suppliers to shift steel
buying to those companies which
have not raised prices, and is hunt
ing for substitutes for steel.
Whether the new White House
session on steel strategy was im
mediately related to the word from
Inland was not disclosed.
But such a break in the ranks
is something for which the ad
ministration has been angling ever
since U.S. Steel, the giant of the
industry, started the move late
Tuesday with announcement of a
boost of $6 a ton.
Most of the big steelmakers had
gone along by the time of the new
conference Wednesday at which
Kennedy denounced the action. But
the President made it clear he
hoped there would be holdouts and
that the increase would not stick.
And at a news conference in New
York yesterday at which he de
fended his company’s action as a
necessary move in the country’s
interest, U.S. Steel’s chairman
Roger Blough conceded “I don’t
know how long we can maintain
our position” if Inland and Armco
Steel, neither of which had taken
a position at the time, did not join
in.
Sabbatical Leaves for Teachers
JUNEAU UFi — The House com
pleted legislative action shortly be
fore ajournment yesterday on a bill
which provides for sabbatical
leaves for Alaska school teachers.
The lower chamber concurred in
Senate admendments to the meas
ure which would limit the num
ber of teachers taking sabbatical
leaves at the same time to eight
throughout the state.
The State Board of Education
would set regulations regarding the
leaves, which would be taken for
educational purposes only.
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