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State House of Representatives a
20-20 Republican-Democratic Standoff!
JUNEAU (iP — The Democrats
with a 15-5 Senate majority ap
parently in their pockets, pullec
into a hairline lead for control
of the State House of Representa
tives as general election returns
mounted today.
The edge for the lower chamber
was so slight that a handful oi
votes either way could throw it
into a 20-20 Republican-Democratic
standoff.
The full story still remained
sealed in the absentee ballots.
On the basis of incomplete re
turns, Democrats held the lead ir
21 races for the House seats as
a see-saw battle continued for the
seventh seat in the Fairbanks
Fort Yukon district's delegation.
Orbeck-Holm Race
With four precincts yet to be
counted, Democrat Edmund Orbed
Decision On Four
Governor Races
May Take Weeks
WASHINGTON UPi — Tho razor
thin margins separating rival can
didates for governor in four state:
may mean that the outcome won’
be finally determined for weeks.
In two of the states, Minnesot;
and Rhode Island, no unofficia
winner has yet been decided. Re
counts are possible in those tw<
states and in Maine and Massa
chusetts.
In South Dakota and Alabama
Republicans talked of challenging
the unofficial victors of Demo
cratic Senate candidates.
This was the picture three days
after the election:
Minnestola — In the see-saw
race for governor, Republican in
cumbent Elmer Andersen, who
overnight had trailed Democratic
Lt. Gov. Garl Rolvaag by 5 votes,
edged into a 171-vote lead on the
basis of revised figures from two
counties.
Rhode Island — Incumbent De
mocratic Gov. John Notte Jr. held
a lead of 47 votes over Republi
can John Chaffee, with absentee
ballots still to be counted and the
canvass of voting machine tabula
tions not completed.
Massachusetts — The final un
official tally pointed toward a
victory by 2,163 votes for Demo
crat Endicott Peabody over the in
cumbent Republican Governor,
John Volpe. Both candidates for
governor took out petitions for re
counts. Ballots and voting ma
uiuues were unaer ponce guara.
Maine — The losing Democratic
candidate for governor, Maynard
Dolloff, has said he will seek a
recount of the tally which gave
Republican Gov. John Reed re
election by 405 votes.
South Dakota — Incumbent Re
publican Sen. Joe Bottum said the
GOP felt there had been “sub
stantial voting irregularities” in
Tuesday’s balloting, which gave
his Democratic opponent, George
McGovern, a 201-vote victory.
Bottum said he planned to in
stitute “proper proceedings to con
test the election and secure a vote
recount.” ,
Alabama — State GOP Chair
man John Grenier said he has evi
dence of voting irregularities that
may lead to a challenge of Demo
crat Sen. Lester Hill’s 6,000-vote
win over GOP Senate candidate
James Martin.
held a 10 vote lead over Repub- 1
lican John Holm who had Orbeck
down bv a similar margin yester
! day.
With all precincts reporting in
j the Kenai-Cook Inlet district, Re
i publican Clem Tillion still claim
an 11 vote lead over Democrat
Allan Petersen.
The final outcome also hinged
on absentee ballots in the Juneau
Douglas district where Democrats
! Dora Sweeney, incumbent, and Dr.
j Wm. Whitehead held and 11 and
1 1 vote respectively over Republi
j can Linn Forrest Jr. Forrest’s race
was the strongest showing for a j
Republican challenger in the dis- i
trict in a number of years.
In the Senate, Democrats swap
ped the Republicans one Senate
seat for for three. Republican John
Butrovich easily out-distanced in
eumbent Democrat George Mc
Nabb for the Central District J
seat. But Republican Paul Grei- I
mann Sr. was lagging well behind
Democrat John “Dixie’’ Hall for
the Fort Yukon-Fairbanks District
M seat.
With only one precinct still out
in the Southcentral District E, De
mocrat N. J. Bcgich widened his
; lead over Republican R. W. Strat
ton Jr.
And in the Bristol Bay-Bethel
i area, the district appeared to be
[ shifting to the Democratic camp
. as David Harrison held a sub
, stantial lead over Republican Her- I
mann Ludwigsen.
Elsewhere, Democrats rolled up
substantial margins. Incumbents |
Frank Peratrovich of Klawock and !
Howard Bradshaw of Sitka were
returned to the upper chamber
with little trouble, for Districts
A and C. In the Southcentral dis
trict, Harold Hansen of Cordova
and Yule Kilcher of Homer held
good leads for District F and H.
And in the Northwestern district,
incumbent Pearse Walsh of Nome
and former territorial Sen. Neal
Foster were easy victors for Dis
tricts P and N.
Other than the three tight House
contests and several bush districts
in Central Alaska where the
count was still far from complete,
the results for the House of Re
presentatives were fairly firm.
8 GOPS — 6 Demos
.Eight Republicans and six De
mocrats were approved by An
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Nearly 6,000 Dutch Are
Evacuated from New
Guinea Via Anchorage
ANCHORAGE — Polar route
evacuation of Dutch citizens from
New Guinea will be completed to
morrow when KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines brings through Anchorage
its last charter flight of evacuees
from the former Dutch colony.
Nearly 6,000 persons have trav
eled from New Guinea to Amster
dam via Anchorage since the evac
uation flights were started Aug. 20.
In announcing that the last
charter flight would arrive here
tomorrow for refueling, William
Wardenier, station manager, point
ed out that the airlines has flown
21 charter flights with a total of
3,450 passengers through Anchor
age from New Guinea.
With other immigrants on regu
lar KLM flights via Anchorage to i
Amsterdam, a total of 5,690 per- \
sons have been evacuated over the
polar route.
U.S. Navy
Intercepts Five
Soviet Outhoumi
Ships from Cuba
WASHINGTON vP) — U.S. Navy
warships have intercepted five
Russian vessels outbound from
Cuba. Missiles and missile equip
ment have been seen on the decks
of at least three of them, the De
fense Department announced to
day.
Asst. Secretary of Defense
Arthur Sylvester said four of the
ships were intercepted this morn
ing. The fifth was contacted yes
terday. No missile components
were reported aboard it.
Sylvester said the U.S. Navy
craft pulled close along side the
Russian ships Dvinogosk, Volgoles,
and Lavinsk, and that the Russian
crewmen pulled back heavy can
vas covering on what appeared to
be missiles in skin tight casings de
signed to protect them from the
sea and weather.
Photographs were taken and are
being returned here for analysis
by experts.
From other government officials,
it was learned the United States
has received indications that sev
eral thousand Soviet technicians in
Cuba, presumed to be missile ex
perts, are preparing to leave the
island.
Without giving details of such
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photographs showed movements ol
large numbers of men from the
area of the dismantled missile
bases to ports on Cuba’s north
coast.
Sylvester related that the U.S.
destroyer Holder intercepted the
Russian ship Alapayevsk yesterday
and reported seeing on the deck
about 150 to 200 men, described as
young and some without shirts on.
They presumably were some of
the Russians who had been sent
into Cuba to help build missile
bases and instruct the Cubans in
use of the war gear given them
by the Soviet Union.
The Holder reported seeing no
missiles on the Alapayevsk, but
told of seeing dump trucks, fuel
trucks, earth movers, and various
other pieces of gear which likely
were used in base construction.
There was an air of good fellow
ship in the contacts between the
Alapayevsk and a helicopter from
the U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp.
Sylvester said a report from
the scene told of a gift exchange,
with the Russians offering a tie
clasp and a bottle of voka.
There was no word on what the
Americans gave in exchange, or
how the exchange was made.
The helicopter and the ship
communicated by blinker light,
Sylvester said, with the helicopter
“talkine” in Russian anrl fhn oViin
in English.
At the State Department, mean
time, a spokesman reaffirmed
the U.S. demand for Soviet re
moval from Cuba of IL-28 jet
bombers capable of delivering nu
clear bombs.
Press officer Lincoln White told
a news conference “we’ve taken
the position from the outset that
these bombers constitute offensive
weapons and have to be removed.”
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with occasional light
snow. Little change in tempera
ture. In the last 24 hours: High
of 26, low of 23. Max. wind 14 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 8:14 a.m.,
sunset at 3:17 p.m.
Red Chinese Mass
More Troops at
Indian Border
NEW DELHI !.P — The; Chinese
Communists have brought up tanks
I for forces massing before the stra
; tegic Indian airfield at Chushul,
: the Defense Ministry reported to
| day.
The Indians have been bracing
for several days against an attack
against the mountain airstrip used
to fly supplies to troops in th”
western end of the disputed front
ier.
T h e Communists maneuvers
came as Prime Minister Nehru
1 told Parliament that India will
i ignore so-called peace offensives
| from Peiping. Charging they were
I aimed at humiliating and wenken
; ing India’s determination to fight,
j he exhorted the nation to prepare
for a long war.
Red China announced Wednes
day it had offered to pull back its
troops on the disputed northeast
ern frontier if the Indians would
hand over territory claimed by the
Chinese in the northwest.
Communist forces opened mili
tary offensives on both Himalayan
fronts Oct. 20. They hold all but
about 500 square miles of a 15,000
square mile area they claim.
U.N. Pays Tribute
To Mrs. FDR
(UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. UP -
The blue and white flag of th<
United States flew at half-staff to
day in memory of Mrs. Franklir
D. Roosevelt as the General As
sembly interrupted its debates for
a special memorial service.
Diplomats from 110 rniin+rioc:
stood with heads bowed for a one
minute silent tribute. Then they
listened with rapt attention while
j her close friend, U.S. Ambassador
Adali Stevenson, euloglized her as
one who had helped mold the
United Nations and give it spirit.
“I do not think it amiss,” he
said, “to suggest that the United
Nations is in no small way a mem
orial to her and her aspirations.”
“The issues we debate in this
hall are many and grave but I
don’t think we are divided on the
passing of this great human being
who is called the First Lady of the
World,” he said.
The president of the assembly,
Muhammad Zafrullah Khan of
Pakistan, told the delegates “all
her activities reflected her devo
tion in enriching life of people
everywhere without regard to
race, color or religion. Mrs. Roose
velt has left us a deepened under
standing of the world.”
Then a procession of diplomats,
representing countries large and
small, took the rostrum to pay
their own tributes.
Police Take Steps to
Enforce Curfew Law
The Nome Police Departmen
are taking steps to enforce the
curfew ordinances. One of the nev
procedures is a written letter tc
parents when their child is ob
served out past curfew time 01
loitering or in any way violating
the curfew law.
To date, reported Chief of Po
lice Robert Oliver, about 20 par
ents have been notified and hav<
shown appreciation for this actior
and indicated their cooperation.
Curfew law’s provide that chil
dren under 18 must be with an
adult after 10 p.m. unless on lawful
errand or business.
Sen. Bartlett:
(jo\'(*rnm(‘nt Must
Prolwt American
Fishermen's Rights
KODIAK i/P> — The United
Stales government must furnish
protection to its citizens whose
property is being damaged or
: destroyed by Soviet fishing boats,
Sen. E. L. Bartlett declared here
today.
The senator’s statment came in
the wake of reports that a Soviet
trawler had dragged through the
king crab pots of the American
vessel Oceanic, destroying about
1 half of them.
Bartlett was here to conduct
Senate subcommittee hearings on
proposed fishery legislation.
Protection by the U.S. govem
; ment “is a primary obligation,”
he said. "It. is one which any gov
ernment large or small cannot
j shirk. Washington must act. It will
be time enough to negotiate with
the Russians concerning fishing
! operations off Kodiak Island and
other areas after American fisher
| men arc made secure in their
j rights on the high seas.”
j Bartlett noted that each of the
j Oceanic’s string of 30 crab pots
iiciu ut'tii illctl ftt'u uv iduar uuuys
in accordance with a State Depart
ment suggestion that American
fishing gear be better marked.
! “This just makes it easier for
| the Russians to make an accurate
-1 pass at our crate pots,” remarked
• | Lee Andrich, skipper of the fish
■ I ing vessel Merganser, one of the
first to report a loss of pots to
Russian draggings last month.
I Bartlett said he wired Asst. Sec
I retary of State Frederick Dutton
i demanding action by the federal
government. “I’m going to keep
after this,’’ he pledged.
“I am convinced that Moscow
no more than we will want an
international incident of serious
proportions to develop here. There
is no need for it. Tension can be
eased by one order from Moscow.
“The sooner it is issued the
j better off everyone is going to be.
In the meantime, our fishermen
must not continue to be subjected
to these depredations.”
Alaskan Construction
Worker Charged With
Misuse of Credit Card
INDIANAPOLIS UP) — FBI
agents arrested a construction
worker at his home here last night
and accused him of fraudulently
j using an /\jiciiurage, .‘\iasKa, ou
| company president’s credit card to
make more than $1,500 in pur
chases in an 11-state trip.
Otis Everet Fox, 46, was charged
; with interstate transportation of
a forged security after a federal
warrant was issued in Anchorage
Oct. 29 for his arrest. The FBI
said Fox traveled through from
Alaska to Wyoming, Montana,
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas,
; Arkansas, Tennessee, Ken tucky
1 and Ohio before coming here.
i Morrison-Knutson Co. Submits
• Low Bid for Gambell Airport
The Morrison-Knutson Co. was
; low bidder on the Gambell airport
project, according to advices re
ceived yesterday. Their bid was
$635,000.
NOTICE
Local stores are observing Vet
erans Day by remaining closed all
day Monday. Stale and federal
offices including the Post Office
will also be closed.