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63rd Year No. 148
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!V>t*»ard Woman
(Charged With
Murder of Son
ANCHORAGE W> — A Spenard
mother has been charged with first
degree murder and her husband
with negligent homicide in the
death of their two-year-old son.
Examination of the boy showed he
had two fractures, cuts and bruises
and burns about the lower part of
the body.
Being held in federal jail is Mrs.
Vicky Lee McMullen, 34. Her bail
has been set at $50,000. He hus
band was released after $10,000
bail had been arranged. The couple
lives in a trailer court.
Investigators said examination of
tlJV UW1U Miuwut Cl 1UI HclLlUIf
at the back of the head, multiple
abrasions, lacerations, bums about
the body and a swollen left arm
appearing fractured at the wrwt,
displaying extreme infection.
McMullen is an unemployed
equipment operator.
Police said the couple has two
other children, 1 and 3. They ap
parently have not been harmed
and were left in the care of a
neighbor, police said.
Police quoted McMullen as say
ing he knew his wife had been
abusing the child for two months
because of training problems with
the youngster.
He said he became concerned
about the child’s condition Wed
nesday morning and /the couple
started for the Alaska Native Hos
pital with the baby, police said.
Enroute, he said, the child stop
ped breathing and McMullen used
mouth to mouth resuscitation. He
then decided to go to a nearby
clinic.
Mrs. McMullen carried the child
into the clinic where the doctor
pronounced it dead. The doctor
quoted the woman as saying, “we
waited too long,’’ according to in
vestigators.
The physician estimated the
bums covering most of the lower
part of the body were from one
to two weeks old, police said.
Kennedy will Review
First Two Years in Office
Over TV Monday Night
WASHINGTON UP> — President
Kennedy will appear on national
television networks Monday night
to review his first two years in
the White House.
The White House announced
Thursday that the hour-long pro
gram will be taped in advance
and shown at 6:30 pan. (EST» by
ABC and CBS and at 8:30 p.m.
by NBC.
The program will be produced
by a committee of three major net
work an:! wMl be entitled “After
Two Year A Convcr tion With
the President."
NOME UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LAST WEEK WAS 30.2 PCT.
JUNEAU A ... Th,: slat U m
?un cl uncanpl a m >nt r; te our' eg
the week cn ' ; Dee. 8 was 12.2
per ecu4 up Cr< the 11.5 rate
of the previou1 work, -ir C t
nvss inner Gil Johnson reported to
day.
Johnson said continuing unem
ph-, - .cut te' :1c.! 3.0 ’. '!, while now
unen:ploymeat during the >• e k
am anted to 742.
The insured unemployment rate
by area included Anchorage. 12.0
per cent; Fairbanks, 11.5: Juneau,
8.1; Ketchikan, 11.3; Nome, 30.2;
Petersburg, 19.5; and Sitka, 4.6.
Kennedy Sends Hobday
Greetings to Armed Forces
| WASHINGTON </P> — President
; Kennedy, sending seasons greet
1 ngs to the services, expressed the
thanks of “a grateful nation to the
men and women of our armed
forces — to you, our guardians of
peace in a world of danger.”
Obviously referring to the Cuban
emergency, Kennedy wrote that
‘‘during the past months, your quiet
: readiness has proved vital to the
i preservation of peace at times
i when world freedom has been in
| hazard. Those whom you defend
I send their thanks to you—and we
I all express our gratitude that the
I strength of our armed forces is
! thus used to assure the blessings
| of liberty for all men everywhere.”
i Unleashed Dogs In
Ketchikan Will Be Tagged
Just Like Automobiles
KETCHIKAN i/P> -— Unleashed
dogs found on Ketchikan streets
are going to be cited by the police.
| Police Chief Henry Miller has
I instructed his boys in blue to at
| tach a ticket to the dogs’ collars
when such animals are found on
the streets unattended. The tickets
will be made out in triplicate —
one for the dog’s collar, one for
the City Clerk and one to be mail
ed to the owner in case the pooch
is late in arriving home.
“Just like tagging a car,” com
mented the chief.
He said each citation will carry
the number of the dog’s license
and from that the authorities can
get the name and address of the
owner.
Miller added that he believed the
department will get quicker action
by sending citations home with the
pets than by sending them through
the mail or by personally looking
up the dogs’ masters.
“Like sending a teachers’ note
home with the pupil,” said the
chief.
When Rover comes home with
his ticket the owner must head
for the police station and put up
a $25 bond, said Miller.
“We think this will put some
sting in the bite,” Miller con
cluded.
4th U.S. Embassy
Employe Accused of
Spying in Soviet Union
MOSCOW Ml — The fourth U.S. ;
j embassy employe to be accused
! this year year of spying left the
Soviet Union voluntarily today,
j Me is the assistant agricultural
! alh.che, Rodney Carlson, do. of
Alee.-ter, S D.
T e Snv:et govern men t had not
jdcimn ded h ■ dc. -arturc. It \v.\s
! u ider.-t,i. d t!,e cm’■ >• -•••’.• felt :
j elf',"':•, cm s as a dipt- mat in 1\T
| oov ' ! 1 1 nen imp;1;i \\ cl. Tii ' c:n
j l.i - report-, hfy f,-i! he v
j in i- . ■ of arrest.
i Car!-.n; Uchard Ca-’
ed, U.S. Emba-a v sir,:'
' r t-xii '!. 11 In : nr >nth, :c .d
nesrman no
inf. . .- ■ - i're-rn O. V. I\ n!,ov- !
sk;a :• S a.- ■ ; ,eie’b ii'ic worker. j
An ’ cry s wk;;m t ' 1
n . n.. n today C no- ko i : - t
engaged hi any i'nrrrvr end
■dt e . It was the fii t official
American comment on f e fas;;
■ ! i rgv.
Tass said Penkovsky had been
arrestod and Coot. he had been i
workin ; for British and American j
Intelligence since last year. *
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Sav Husbands \\ crc
Hooked by Politics
SEATTLE f/Pt — Insisting their
unhands were hooked and filleted
hy fishy politics, members of the
Halibut Fishermen’s Wives Assn,
said today they will fight to seal the
eastern Bering Sea to Japanese
halibut fishermen.
“We,” announced Mrs. Gus Mol- j
vik, president elect, “are ready j
for a scrap.”
Last month the International
North Pacific Fisheries Commis
sion decided to permit the Japan- |
esc to fish for halibut in areas pro- 1
viouslv restricted to North Ameri- |
cans. A large portion of the halibut
fleet berths in this area.
The wives’ association branded
it a “giveaway.”
The women, at the protest meet
ing, asked why Washington Gov. j
congressional delegation were not j
more alert.
“This was not cooked up over- j
night,” said Mrs. Gerda Torsvik, j
an association member. “Why j
wern't they in there fighting?”
“We are good and aroused,” said
Mrs. Cail Johnson, association
president. “We are writing and
calling Washington. D.C., and we
are going to keep it up.”
Congress still must ratify United
States participation in the agree
ment.
Judge Rules Two Alaska
Widows May Sue Rancher
For Husbands’ Deaths
PORTLAND UP) — U.S. District |
Judge Wm. East has ruled that two
Alaska widows may sue southern
Oregon rancher John S. Day for
damages in connection with the
deaths of their husbands in a
mountain rescue attempt in Alaska.
Judge East, in a memorandum
opinion, denied Day’s motion to
rlicmi^Q thc» rnmnlnints:
The widows, Mrs. William Ste
venson and Mrs. Robert Elliott Jr.,
have filed suit asking more than
$3 million damages.
Their husbands were killed in J
May, 1960, when an airplane ]
crashed into the side of Mt. Me- ]
Kinley in Alaska.
The women contend that their ■
husbands were going to the aid
of Day and three others who were j
stranded on the mountain after j ,
Day fell and broke a leg. They j j
contend Day was negligent in i ,
climbin’-’ the mountain and t' creby | '
endangering the live s of ei-v, rs. |
Russians Took All ih ? Rum . . .
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Cubans who flu their bonier emi-l
tend t: at r in ■ \em • r b '
THU WEATHER
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:.p ., :n t’-e nor.il. Sr • i ■
at 9:55 a. ... sunset at 1:5 > n.m. |
Tamps, a year ago t gUy: High o:
• 9. low of -20. Extrcucs on this
date since 1907: High of 31 in 1914. I
low -30 in 1935.
SinV Jan. :’i Oil ami fins
Lease Stile rs *.'ancclle/l
ANCHOR AGE .? A late oil
and ; as lease .-'ale c! -eduled for
fan. 31, 1963, .as been cancelled ;
>y Natural Resource : Comm:-sion
t Phi! p. Moldsworth.
1 he sale is being called off be- j
muse much of the land nominated
by the oil coin names is in the
former Su-itna Gunnery Range
•vhich a: not available at present.
The state ha selected the land
n the range but has not yet re- !
reived the tentative approval of
the federal government which is
necessary for the state to lease the
land.
Th.- Commissioner said the Bu
reau of Band Management has as
uuxi him the tentative approval;
'•v d be given before next summer.
Holdsworth 1 in Washington
conferring with federal officials
on the state's tide-land boundaries. \
Justice Douglas Charges
Intrigues of Pentagon and
CIA Threaten Freedom
CHICAGO dP — Associate Jus- i
tice Wm. Douglas of the U.S. j
Supreme Court declared today the
freedom of Americans is threatened :
by what he termed intrigues by
the Pentagon and the Central In
telligence Agency.
Douglas said facts are concealed
from Americans for political and
commercial purposes in violation
of spirit of the bill of rights.
He asked:
“Are we on the threshold of re
' entering the world of feudalism
which Europe left in the 15th and
16th centuries and which is fast
ened on much of the Middle East
today?”
Douglas’ discussion of threats to |
individual rights was printed in I
a 48-page booklet, “Freedom of I
Mind,” published today by the 1
American Library Assn, and the
Public Affairs Committee Inc.
The press does not cover the
operations of t.,e Pentagon ade
quately nor can it report truth
fully on the Central Intelligence
I
t. , lit adiu,
“This agency has been more re
;ponsible than any other agency
or foreign policy in the Middle
Cast. Its movements are not I
cnovvn. The manner in which it '
intercedes in foreign elections with i
ts money bags is never reported. : :
“The reasons why it supports j
eudal regimes, the results of its 1 :
xnlicies, the dangers that it gen
erates are not known even to 1 ;
nany of the informed press.”
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'fhirinrr 2 Give*s
4 ’.'Mi First Scientific
f lirek (-n Venus
WASHINGTON — Mariner
1 gave man his first scientific
heck on ano'her planet as it
wh.xzed by Y; nu.« this afternoon,
h’.e Space Aw ncy said.
Project directors at Goldstone,
Valid. reported shortly after the
pace craft went past Venus, at
1:01 , rn , iEST», that “we have
definitely received data from both
ci ( mete r
Thi oj are th< di vie >s that wore
earned on by a radio command
■loomed 36 million miles from earth
to start scannim; the planet when
t ev came within range of it at
1:55 p.m.
T’ cy took tempernturo measure
ont i of the surface and cloud
covering and recorded radio cman
at ions from the planet until Ma
riner 2 42 minutes later reached
a point where they no longer *
i" uld focus on Venus.
It may be as long as a month
before the radioed data can be
analyzed and evaluated, however.
The success of the momentous
space experiment was signaled at
the opening of a news conference
when an official of the National
Aeronautics and Space Adminis
tration told reporters:
“We are currently scanning and
I gathering data from the planet.”
j As the first reports from Mariner
| reached earth, NASA Administra
| tor James Webb said more would
be added to man’s knowledge of
I Venus in the next few hours than
I had been collected in all the long
i reach of time before.
For several anxious hours early
today scientists were unsure wheth
er the two radiometers — the chief
scanning instruments aboard Ma
riner — were operating. Twice they
failed to switch one in response
to built-in command signals, but
at 8:36 a.m. (F.ST they answered
a command beamed from the Cali
fornia desert.
Stargazing Balloonists
Return to Earth Safelv
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE.
V.M. tff) — A pair of star-gazing
balloonists returned today after
aking a look at the heavens from
icar the top of the earth's atmo
;phere.
Tir Force Capt. Jibe Kittinger Jr.,
54. and civilian astronomer Wm.
,Vhite, 40, landed safely on the
outhwestcrn New Mexico desert at
a.m. The balloon was launch
d at 11 a.m. yc-L r-lay.
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s-:rk an early cut m both per*
scr.al and corporate in-can?
‘axes in an amount "sufficiently
larie" lo speed up economic
growth.