OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 47
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1962
Per Copy 15*
Police Scoop Up
Algerian Terrorist
Leader Raoul Salan
ALGIERS Ufl — Ex-Gen. Raoul
Salan, leader of the terrorist secret
army, was scooped up today by
police searching for a clandestine
radio transmitter in the heart of
Algiers.
French officials immediately put
him on a plane for France, where
he is under sentence of death. He
had been a fugitive for a year.
Salan declined to admit his
identity, but several colleagues of
his old army days identified him,
and he was taken in handcuffs to
the air base to be transported to
Paris.
One of his old colleagues, Gen.
Charles Ailleret, until two days
ago supreme military commander
of French military forces in Algeria,
was at the air field by chance. He
spotted Salan and walked up to
him.
"You know who I am,” Ailleret
told Salan.
Then, without raising his voice,
he castigated Salan for his role
as the secret army’s leader. Those
present said Salan paled and his
features hardened but he made no
reply.
Government officials said Salan
was taken after riot troops and
police sealed off a small section
of downtown Algiers and under
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passersby.
Axis arrest is s
vv %a,A\*artm,
Europeans in Alegria who want to
keep Algeria French, as opposed
to President De Gaulle’s idea of
granting Independence.
NIKITA OPTIMISTIC
OVER BERLIN CRISIS
MOSCOW UR — Gardner Cowles,
American publisher, described So
viet Premier Khrushchev today as
very optimistic over the Berlin
crisis. - ■
Cowles, after a two-hour 50
minute interview with Khrushchev,
said the Soviet leader appeared
in the best of health:
He added that Khrushchev gave
the impression of a man who wants
peace and one who hopes that
tension between the Communist
world and the West can be re
duced.
The talk covered a wide range
of subjects including disarmament
negotiations in Geneva, Berlin, So
viet agriculture and relations
among the Soviet bloc countries.
Cowles commented that the in
terview took place in the same
Kremlin study where he talked
with Joseph Stalin in 1942. Cowles
saw Stalin while accompanying the
late Wendell Wilkie on a tour of
the Soviet Union.
Cowles is president of the Des
Moines Register and Tribune and
of Cowles Magazines Inc., pub
lishers of Look Magazine.
"SEE ALASKA TOO”
SEATTLE m — Alaskans are
organizing a program in Seattle
to persuade World’s Fair visitors
to “See Alaska Too.”
The Alaska Boosters Assn, was
officially formed with headquarters
at 1120 4th Ave. Its membership
includes Seattle and Alaska busi
nessmen with interests in Alaska
Ron Pepple of Seattle, president
said the association will operate
an “Expo-Lodging” office of its
own to house visitors who travel tc
Alaska as well as to the Fair.
“Our objective is to expose virt
ually every one of the 10 millior
World’s Fair visitors to the Alaskar
slogan and to encourage them tc
consider a trip to Alaska at this
time,” Pepple said.
Seattle Is Ready
. . . World’s Fair
Opens Tomorrow
SEATTLE UP) — The hubbub o
frantic last-minute chores fillet
the air around trie 74-acre ground
of the Seattle World’s Fair today
Only hours were left before th
opening of the six-month inter
national extravaganza.
President Kennedy taps a gol<
telegraph key in Palm Beach, Fla
where he is vacationing, tomorrow
and the Fair will be on its way.
There were lots of things to b
smoothed out in the few remainin
nours, one 01 tnem a toucny matte
which could have echoes in Spait
Eighty Spaniards on the way i
Seattle to staff the Spanish vi
lage at the Pair were stopped £
the U.S.-Canadian Border yestei
day.
§§|| was the result of union pro
tests in Seattle. The Seattle Labo
Council protested entrance of th
Spanish nationals, saying waiters
cooks, dishwashers and simila
workers were in the group and al
would receive substandard wages.
Lawrence Beckwith, assistant re
gional director of the Immigratioi
Sendee, said the Spaniards’ papa:
were in order, but before they ar
permitted to enter the Unite<
States at Blaine, Wn., they will b
examined individually to see if the:
are artisans and specialists.
The Fair was given a pre-open
ing boost last night when Secretar:
of Commerce Luther Hodges an<
other dignitaries attended a ban
quet which wound up in a mid
night champagne toast at the toj
of the 600-foot Space Needle.
Hodges commended Fair offi
rials for giving science “the cen
tral place in this great exposition.’
He said the exposition emphasizes
“the central position science is as
suming in our economic life.”
A representative of Air Franc<
read a good will message from th<
mayor of Paris and presented i
bottle of champagne broughi
especially for the occasion from th<
Eiffel Tower in Paris.
UNITED EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
AT SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
Prelude .......... Harri
Words of Greeting . . . . . . . Roald
Invocation .. John
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name.
“To Do the Father’s Will” ..... Aceoi
By Mrs. Gene Dinkel and Mrs. Roger Wright
Harriett Brown
Roald Amundsen
John Maakestad
. f . Hymn
Accordion Duet
Solo ........... Roald Amundsen
Scripture Reading I. Cor, 15:3-8, 12-20, 51-57 . Gerald McCray
Prayer ... . . Everett Bachelder
Christ Arose . . . ...... United Choirs
Directed by Mrs. Ivers - Accompanied by Erma Johnson
Easter Message.. Ernest Hansen
He Lives.. Hymn
Benediction . . . . . , . . Gerald McCray
Postlude.Harriett Brown
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Air Force Selects
Eight Astronauts
WASHINGTON W — The Air
Force today selected eight sea
soned test pilots for special train
ing that may equip some of them
for flights to the moon.
The eight — seven Air Force
officers and one from the Navy—
will start an eight-month course
June 18 at Edwards Air Force
Base, Calif.
They form the second group to
take the course there. Five offi
cers were graduated last Dec. 15.
A spokesman said the new group
of eight — all proven graduate
engineers — have quite a bit more
background than the seven ori
ginal astronauts in the Man-In
Space program.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Adiminstration said earlier
this week it will pick five or ten
more astronauts for later space
flights.
The sole Navy officer is Lt.
Cmdr. Lloyd L. Hoover of Wilbra
ham, Mass. There are five Air
Force captains and two majors. The
captains are Albert H. Crews Jr.,
Alexandria, La.; Charles C. Bock
Jr., Council Bluffs, Iowa; William
T. Twinting, LaGrange, 111.. Robert
W. Smith, Bethesda, Md.. Robert
H. McIntosh, Baltimore. The majors
are Donald M. Sorlie, Dunn Center
N.D., and Byron F. Knole, Hous
ton, Tex.
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SEATTLE -ITE XXI . . .
SEATTLE in — The Ford Mote
[_ Co. said today it will exhibit ai
t automobile with four front wheel
_ as the Seattle World’s Fair.
It will be called the Seattle-It<
. XXI.
r Ford engineers said the six-wheel
» design is expected to enhance
f tracking, traction and braking ef
r ficiency.
1 Ford said the vehicle, especially
designed for the fair, will also fea
. ture a travel programming com
x puter which would permit the
3 driver to see his location on a map
» as he drives.
I
* NEW COUNCIL TAKES
r OVER CITY GOVERNMENT
Last evening the outgoing City
T Council held its last meeting and
l finished up old business before
turning over the city government
to the 1962 Council headed by
j Mayor Don Hoover.
Mayor Wilke thanked the coun
cil for their good work and cooper
, ation and expressed good wishes to
I the incoming members.
. After the new council was
, sworn in, the following commit
tees were announced, subject to
, change:
j Fire and Water—Keith Hedreen
’ and Bob Harwood.
Finance and Buildings—Jim Mc
| Lean and Carl Glavinovich.
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WilU J.VV*iVJ. - *****
wood and Charles Frazier.
Laws, Ordinances and Print
ing—Charles Frazier and Maurice
Keliiher.
Police and Jail—Maurice Kelli
her and Jim McLean.
Streets, Alleys and Lights—Carl
Glayinovich and Keith Hedreen.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Fair. Low tonight 5, high to
morrow 30. In the last 24 hours:
High of 28, low of 0. Max. wind
12 mph from NW. Sunrise at 4:07
ajn., sunset at ?:53 p.m. Temps, a
year ago today. High of 17, low of
-5. Extremes on this date since
1907: High of 43, in 1940, low of
-13 in 1929.
At Nensna today it was partly
cloudy with a temperature of 34.
ABC BOARD TIGHTENS
LAWS ON CLOSING HOURS
AND MINOR REGULATIONS
JUNEAU — New regulations
drawn by the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, tightening laws per
taining to the 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
closing hours of bars and posses
sion of liquor by minors, went into
effect throughout the state today.
The regulations were filed with
Secretary of State Hugh Wade
March 20 and became effective
after 30 days under terms of the
Administrative Procedures Act.
ABC Board Chairman Bill Ray
of Juneau said the new regulations
prohibit minors from possession,
consumption or even control of
alcoholic beverages.
They also prohibit the sale or
purchase, as well as the consump
ion of any alcoholic beverage on
licensed premises between the
hours of 5 a.m. and 8 a.m.
The only persons who may re
main within the licensed premises
during the closing hours are em
ployes of the establishment or, in
the case of restaurants, persons
consuming food or non-alcoholic
beverages.
The new revisions also grant li
censees the right of transferring
ownership of liquor to a legally
qualified purchaser “for cash, paid
promptly after the verbal or writ
ten solicitation for purchase has
been received within the licensed
premises
Ray said that under the regula
tion, COD orders would not be
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■ PILGRIMS AND TOURISTS
| JOIN ROMAN CATHOLICS
' IN GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
VATICAN CITY UP> — Thou
sands of pilgrims and tourists from
many parts of the world joined
Romans today in Good Friday
services recalling Christ’s death on
the cross.
Throughout the day, pilgrims and
tourists walked through St. Peter’s,
whose monuments, images and
crosses were shrouded in lenten '
purple cloth of mourning.
Here, as well as in Roman Catho- »j
lie churches throughout the world,/
a highlight of the rites was the ,
ceremony of tenebrae.
In that ritual 14 of 15 candles .
are extinguished, one by one, to
recall the darkening of the earth ,
when Christ died.
The bells of St. Peter’s as well !
as those of Rome’s nearly 500 j
churches were not to ring again
until Saturday night, at Easter mid- .
night masses in celebration of ‘
Christ’s resurrection. *
ALASKA’S ARMY UNITS
MAY RE "BEEFED UP”
ANCHORAGE <*> — Army units t
of the 49th State may be "beefed ^
up” in the near future if Army t
Spcretarv Elvis Stahr .Tr. has his i .
c
way.
The high cabinet officer, stop
ping here overnight on a return (
trip from the Far East, told news- ^
men Alaska has an “unexplored .
potential” as a defense bastion and ]
will be utilized more as a training j
ground in next year’s maneuvers. $
Stahr said he was greatly im- j
pressed with what he called the
“expansibility of Alaska,” but in- S
dicated there were no major
changes in manpower contemplated i
at the moment. 1
Questioned about the retaliatory (
capabilities of Alaska’s two battle >
groups, Stahr declared: 1
“They could put up quite a battle
if they had to.” 1
Thc Army Secretary also said: 1
Transfer of the Alaska Com- 1
munications System from the Army £
to the Air Force is imminent in 1
the interest of simple efficiency. 1
APANESE SAY
Uaska Should
lave Given Their
Joats Warning
WASHINGTON M — Japanese
mbassy sources today today Alas
an authorities should have given
n advance warning to Japanese
ishing vessels before they were
eized last Saturday for poaching
i territorial waters.
Because of the friendly relation
hip between the United States
nd Japan, the source said, an ad
vance warning would have been a
riendly gesture which would eon
orm to international practice.
The sources pointed out that the
Soviet Union seizes Japanese fish
ng boats recklessly and then ev
entually returns them to their
>wners.
The sources said Japan would
ike to have the fishing contro
versy settled in a practical way
md not in a way that arouses
emotions both in Japan and the
United States.
From the Japanese point of
riew, they said, it was not good
for the United States to be pic
tured in an aggressive image, such
as the Russians project in Japan.
The Japanese embassy sent of
ficials to the State Department to
learn more facts about the confis
cation of the fishing vessels and
the arrest of three fishirie boat can
tains.
Press Officer Lincoln White said
that it will be up the Supreme
Court in Alaska to determine whe
ther or not the vessels were in ter
ritorial waters or the high seas.
At the same time, the Interior
Department notified Alaska Sen.
Ernest Gruening that the Taijo
Fish Co. of Japan is making ar
rangements to purchase 150 to 000
;ons of fuel monthly at Seward in
connection with fishing operations
n the North Pacific. The Interior
Department said that federal law
Dermits foreign vessels to en|er
American ports to secure supplies,
Dut such vessels are prohibited
xom landing fish in the United
states.
Gruening has repeatedly pro
ested the expansion of Japanese
tnd Russian fishing operations in
he North Pacific and Bering Sea
treas.
LARD TO BELIEVE . , .
WASHINGTON M — The aver
ige American family made $180
nore last year, raising its annual
ncome to $7,020.
And even counting increased
iving costs, the Commerce Depart
nent said in its announcement yes
erday, the average family was still
90 better off than in 1960. But
he increase was not as big as the
me registered last year wnen in
dues were up $230 over 1959.
In 1947, the average family in
come in the United State was
i4,130 a year, the 1961 figures re
iresent an increase of 70 per cent,
f inflation is figured in, the De
>artment said, the average family
s still 30 per cent better off than
n 1947.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETW ”
'raft as chairman of the board
vith Roy Snyder as treasurer and
lick Gaileher as secretary.
They have announced the ap
lointment of Victor Charted, who
ias been superintendent of the
Jethel school as the new Name
Superintendent, replacing Conrad
’otter, who is returning to school
or post-graduate work.
The Nome School !
ts newly elected offie
irst meeting mid re-i