OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA —MEMilEE ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 131
NOMH, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOYI.MB R 5. 1962
Per G»p\ 15<T
Some 60,000
Alaskans Expected
To Vote Tomorrow
By WARD SIMS
JUNEAU UP> — Some 60.000 Al
askans today prepared to cast
their ballots in the state’s sec
ond general election as candidates
put the finishing touches on their
campaigns.
Voting in tomorrow’s general
election gets under way in the
southeast panhandle at 8 a.m. Pa
cific Standard Time. The final
votes will be cast in the state some
15 hours later, at 8 p.m., Bering
Standard Time.
Polis will be open from 3 a.m.
to 8 p.m. local time.
Almost overshadowing tight
races for the governorship, for
the U.S. Senate and for the U.S.
House of Representatives is the
emotional capital relocation issue.
The proposal. Initiative No. 1,
would require that Alaska's capi
tal be moved from Juneau to a
point in westward Alaska, but not
within 30 miles of Anchorage. A
similar measure failed in 1960,
23,972 to 18,865.
Four general obligation bonding
proposals, calling for the issuance
of bonds in the total amount of
817,325,000, will also be presented
to the voters.
The bonds would be floated tc
obtain money for the construction
of a vocational education schoo
in the Kodiak - Aleutians Senate
District; for school construction
throughout the state; for improve
ments at the University of Alaska
ana ior construction or trunK air
ports at Savoonga, Barrow, Sitka
and Sand Point and on the lower
Yukon river near Andreafski.
Voters will also be asked to
determine whether they wish to
retain Chief Justice Buell Nesbett
and Associate Justice John Di
mond of the State Supreme Court.
The top political race matches
Gov. William A. Egan, a Demo
crat, against Mike Stepovich, the
Fairbanks lawyer who served as
Alaska’s last appointive governor.
Running with Egan, for Secre
tary of State, is Hugh J. Wade,
also an incumbent. Stepovich’s
running mate is Robert A. Ross.
Sen. Ernest Gruening and Rep.
Ralph J. Rivers, two other Demo
cratic incumbents, also face strong
challenges.
Gruening is opposed by Ted Ste
vens, an Anchorage attorney and
former chief counsel for the U.S.
Department of the Interior during
the Eisenhower administration.
Rivers’ opponent is Lowell
Thomas Jr., an Anchorage photog
rapher and lecturer and son of the
famed explorer, Lowell Thomas
Sr.
If advance estimates of a 60,000
vote hold up, it will be the second
highest vote in Alaska’s history.
The highest number of votes ever
cast in Alaska were counted in the
general election of 1960, a total
of 62,177.
The primary election vote this
year, on Aug. 14, was 41,140. The
total vote in the primary election
of 1960 was 46,320.
Weather Outlook
Increasing cloudiness tonight.
Colder Tuesday. Low tonight 20,
high tomorrow 28.
$324,100 Alloted for
Exploration of Mercury
At Red Devil Mine
WASHINGTON iff) — Secretary !
of the Interior Stewart Udall an- i
nounced today the Office of
Minerals Exploration has executed !
an exploration assistance contract
with Alaska Mines and Minerals, j
Inc., largest of its kind to date.
The contract, he said, authorizes 1
total expenditure of $324,100 to ex- !
plore for mercury at the Red Devil
mine on the Kuskokwim River j
above Bethel, Alaska.
The government will pay one *
half of the total cost of the work j
as it progresses, up to the maxi- j
mum SI62,050 authorized bv the !
contract, Udall explained.
Under a previous exploration
assistance contract in 1953, a dis
covery was certified and the en- ;
tire amount invested by the gov- |
eminent, $152,742, was repaid, the f
Interior Dept. said.
The Red Devil mine has pro- ;
dueed mercury for many years j
and provides the chief source of I
income to about 175 persons in the
area.
Under the exploration assistance
program, the Office of Minerals
Exploration participates in cost of
exploration for 35 mineral com
modities. Government funds are
repaid by a royalty on production.
India Loses Key
Military Position
To Red Chinese
NEW DELHI UP) — The Indian
government announced today the
loss of one of its most important
military positions on the battle
lines to the Chinese Communists.
The position at Daulet Beg Oldi,
at the northern end of the line
in Ladakh, was evacuated a few
days ago, a Defense Ministry
spokesman said.
Ladakh is at the western end
of the Himalayan border.
The outpost at Daulet Beg Oldi
was the center of a series of
smaller posts, all of which fell
earlier.
The Chinese have now crossed
what they claim to be their border
with India at one or two places
and have driven beyond the dis
puted territory.
New Delhi officials think there
are no chances now of a nego
tiated peace with the Chinese.
Prime Minister Nehru has de
manded the Clr'nese withdraw to
positions they held before Sept. 8
and has rejected proposals of a
cease-fire peace talks.
Nehru was reported preparing
another reply to Soviet Premier
Khrushchev to that effect.
But it appears here that the
Chinese have no intention of going
IU tiicrii OOpi. o positions.
Khrushchev sent Nehru his pro
posal for a cease-fire without con
ditions last Friday. A primary aim
of the Soviet peace gesture ap
peared to be to get the conflict
stopped before India falls out of its
neutral alignment. A Pravada edi
torial warned India against “the
intrigues of the imperialist camp”
and also absolved Peiping of any
aggressive intent.
No Evidence Y.'t That
Russian Bombers Are
Being Crated In Cuba
WASHINGTON \iP — U. S. au
thorities reported today they have
no evidence yet that the Soviets
are packing up the atomic-capable
jet bombers they sent to Cuba.
This was reported to be a mat
ter of concern to President Ken
nedy, who wants removed of the
IL2d bombers as well as the Rus
sian missiles in Cuba.
U.S. surveillance lias shown that
the missile dismantling promised
by Soviet Premier Khrushchev is
well along, officials s ad. Hut Am
erican intelligence t as not hr nd
repacking of unerated lL28s to be
under way. they said.
Washington sources have report
ed that Kennedy regards the 750
mile-range jet bombers as part of
the offensive weapons to be re
moved under the-proposed Cuban
settlement Earlier, U. S. aerial
photos spotted some 20 of the
planes in Cuba.
Informed sources also said the
President is determined to verify
the withdrawal of the weapons by
international inspection teams, and
believes nothing less will be satis
factory.
The sources that reported Pre
sident Kennedy’s view that a lonj
term surveillance of Cuba will be
necessary did not specify how the
watch would be kept. The objec
of the check, they said, would bi
to guard against any future intro
duction of Russians missiles int
Cuba.
In a television interview Thee
dore C. Sorenson, special eounse
to Kennedy and one of his chie
speechwriters, said the Unitec
States has given no formal pledge
not to invade Cuba. It will not dc
so until a satisfactory arrange
ment regarding Cuban missile sites
has been worke?d out, Sorenson
said.
37 Americans Killed So
Far In Viet Nam Fighting
SAIGON, South Viet Nam UP) —
The war in Viet Nam has brought
death to three more Americans.
Two U.S. Air Force pilots were
killed early today in the crash
of a Vietnamese air force B-26
fighter - bomber believed brought
down by Communist ground fire.
A U.S. soldier was killed Sunday
night by a grenade presumably
thrown by a Communist.
The deaths raised to 37 the num
ber of Americans killed in Viet
Nam since last December.
The plane had been flying a
night strafing mission against
Communist guerrillas attacking a
government position.
Officials in Saigon said the last
radio report from the plane said it
had sighted the target and was
moving in for an attack.
The grenade that killed the sol
dier exploded in the vestibule of
a building in the city of Can Tho
where he and other Signal Corps
men were billeted. The blast also
killed two Vietnamese children
and wounded another U.S. enlist
ed man, not seriously.
FIRE SIGNALS
1 Siren—East of Division
2 Siren—West of Division
3 Siren—Airfield
6 Short Blasts
Civil Defense Signal
Egan Stepovich
Promises ACTION!
Demo Chairman Says
COI’s Flan so Dismantle
State’s Merit System
.JUNEAU '.V' The Democratic
party’s southeast Alaska cam
, paign chairman, said today a clc
i mand for the resignation of Staff'
Personnel Director John Beard v. a.
one step in Republican plans. to
“dismantle the state merit sys
tem.
E. L. Iloilo-,.ay of Juneau r. ade
the charge in a wire to State Hep.
Walter Kuldey. Ketchikan Rcpub
j lican. who had called for Beard's
' dismissal last week on t o .-rounds
j Beard dad net been doing right
j by veterans in regard to state
! hiring.
j Hollo'vay said Kubley’s wire was
| sent the same day George Cooper.
: State GOP chairman, had an
; nounccd "the compilation of a
j publican pork barrel patronage
I list of over 2(10 names as candi
| dates for political payoff in the
| event of a (Mik; » Stepovich olec
! tion. . . .
"I can only infer your demand
! is coordinated with the Republi
I can Central Committee’s move to
remove the personnel director as
the first step in dismantling the
merit system and state workers
I job security to pave the way for a
; , Republican gravy train.
“The simultaneous timing ol
: ! your telegram and the Republiear
. I chairman’s announcement is an ob
.■! vious and transparent carrot nelc
- I out to Republican political worker:
3 j of political payoffs to get the max
1 imum election effort from them.”
i j “Not So,” Says
f I Wally Kubley
j KETCHIKAN (JP) — State Rep
“ j Wally Kubley said today that E.L.
Holloway, Southeast Alaska Dem
ocratic campaign chairman, did
not answer the question he put
before the Juneau official last
Monday.
Holloway earlier today answer
ed Kubley in part, stating that re
moval of State Personnel Director
John Beard would be the first step
in dismantling the state’s Merit
System for employes.
Said Kubley today:
“I noted that Holloway failed to
answer my question as such. He
failed to explain this rank dis
crimination we happen to know is
going on against our veterans.
“It is a known fact that veteran
job applicants are not being ap
prised of their rights when seek
ing employment in state jobs.
“Could it be that a person must
be a Democrat ... be of Demo
cratic persuasion—or make like it
—to get a fair shake,
j “No state employe has reason to
; fear loss of his job when Mike
| becomes governor. All are pro
tected under the Merit System of
which Mike has approved.”
NO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
OSLO, Norway UP> — The Nobel
committee of the Norwegian
Storting (Parliament' today an
nounced it had decided not to
award the Nobel peace prize for
1962.
The prize money has been re
served for next year, the brief
announcement said.
No reason was given for 11 u
committee’s decision, but in tht
past the prize has not been award
ed in times of great crisis.
I... S. ( ’onmiilfee
Demands Ban ()?i
All Nuclear Tests
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. rP _
The U.N. Political Committee to
day ovi t rode U S.-British ob.iec
tions and demanded that all nuclear
tests be banned by next Jan. 1.
T e anproved plan called for an
outright j rohibition of tests in the
I atmo-: -b-: i e. outer space and under
water and a limited ban on under
ground tesdng.
The vote on the re-< button, ori
ginated b\ 37 ... /-called non-aligned
; iait.u . was 81-0 with 21 ab
staining. It is expected to be ip
[tr-tved Tuesday by the Gen- ral
.Assembly.
The United States and Britain
•uhstahie.d after failing to knock
out the provision for a Jan. 1
deadline. The Soviet bloc also
abstained, but not because of the
1 dean line.
I Before the vote the 110-nation
committee accepted a U.S.-British
amendment specifying that any in
! terim agreement < a. suspending
underground tests “shall include
j adeejuate assurances for effective
| detection and identification of
I seismic events by an International
I Scientific Committee.
| If Hamilton Is Elected
11. . . Would It Be Legal ?
> | JUNEAU i — It would be up
- j to the courts to determine if R.
j W. Hamilton of College could be
/! seated legally if he were elected
governor tomorrow on write-in
votes, Secretary of State Hugh J.
Wade said today.
The catch is that Hamilton does
I not have a running mate for the
j office of Secretary of State,
j “There is nothing in the Election
Code covering the election of a
write-in candidate for governor,”
Wade said.
“The only thing that comes
closest to covering the situation is
a provision that independent can
didates for governor, who file for
the office prior to the May 1 dead
line, must have a Secretary of State
running mate.
Theoretically, Hamilton isn’t
even a candidate. If he were to be
elected on write-in votes, it would
j have to be decided by the courts
whether he could be seated, with
out having a running mate.
“The Attorney General’s Office
| has issued no opinions to be used
as a guideline.”
When questioned about this
possible hitch in his taking office
providing he is elected, R. W.
Hamilton said this morning: “I am
convinced that if the majority
wants me they can have me. I
would be their governor and then
it would be up to the legislature
or up to me to appoint a Secre
: tary of State.”
On Oct. 15 Hamilton talked to
Secretary of State Hugh Wade
about this very thing, he said.
“Wade told me at that time the
only thing required would be the
name written on the ballot.”
| “Now it’s a different story.”
Hamilton predicts his winning
the governor’s seat with a very
strong vote.
“I think it will be quite a sur
prise to both political machines
and to both candidates,” he added.
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