American Flier
Granted Amnesty
By Indonesians
AKRON, Ohio W — Allan L,
Pope, a 33-year-old American
flier, has been whisked secretly
from an Indonesian prison where
he was under a death sentence to
a reunion of six weeks with his
wife and two sons in the United
States.
Pope was reported to be in New
York on personal business but he
was not available to newsmen.
His wife, Yvonne, said Wednes
day night at her parents’ home in
Akron that her husband was in
good health and “everything has
turned out fine for us."
Until his secret release July 2
as part of a general political am
nesty by the Indonesian govern
ment, the situation was far from
rosy for the former Air Force
pilot who had won the Distin
guished Flying Cross for bravery
in Korea.
In April 1960, an Indonesian
military court found him guilty
of killing 17 members of the Indo
nesian armed forces in bombing
and strafing missions. He was ac
cused of carrying arms and ammu
nition for rebel forces during an
unsuccessful 1958 uprising.
Pope said at his court-martial
that he had flown one attack mis
sion for the rebels in his World
War II-type B-26 bomber, but
claimed he didn’t kill anyone. He
denied charges he was to blame
for most of the rebel raids on
ships, ports and airfields in eastern
Indonesia or that he received $10,
000 a mission from the rebels.
The American flier said he joined
the rebels without pay. He wanted
to fight Communism, Pope assert
ed, and was told the Communists
controlled the government of Pres
ident Sukarno.
Pope was sentenced to death
April 29, 1960. His petition for
clemency was denied and all prior
appeals for his release were fruit
less.
The State Department disclosed
news of Pope’s release Wednesday
night and said he himself had
asked the amnesty and his return
to the United States be kept sec
ret. He wanted to rejoin his family
and rest and relax without fan
fare.
Her husband will be in Akron
in a few days and gladly will meet
reporters to discuss his experiences,
Mrs. Pope said. Their plans are
indefinite, she said, but they prob
ably will return to their former
home in Homestead, Fla.
Uncle Sam is the world’s great
est land owner. It was recently
estimated the federal government
owned 769 million acres including
360 million acres in 109 other
countries, valued at nearly $72
billion.
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AAIA Says Indian -
Eskimo Land and Hunting
I lights are In Danger
' NEW YORK i/F> — The Asso
■ ciation on American Indian Affairs
! says the land and hunting rights
of Alaskan Indians and Eskimos
are in danger of dissolution be
; cause of failure of the federal gov
ernment to define them,
i The association, which made the
! charge public yesterday, said the
I rights have been recognized twice.
| It said the recognitions were in a
| congressional act of May 17, 18H4,
i providing a civil government for
the Territory of Alaska, and in tin.'
Alaska Statehood Act passed by
Congress in 1958.
But the association said, which
land and exactly how much of it
belongs to the Indians and Eskimos
and how it is to be secured to them
have never been detailed.
In addition, it said, Alaska has
now been authorized to select 102,
550,000 acres of public land of
the United States for the state’s
own use within 25 years, and this
threatens to cut into the land rights
of the Indians and Eskimos.
The complaint was made in an
editorial by the late Laverne Madi
gan in the association’s newsletter.
Miss Magidan, the association’s
executive director, was killed in a
riding accident last Tuesday.
Ralph Smith and Ernest Iypana
were discharged from the MMM
Hospital.
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j 50 Religious Sect
| Members Take Refuge
j In Bomb Shelters
HENSON, Ariz. i/?' - About ~>()
members of a religious sect haw
left their homes in this southern
Arizona town and taken refuge in
bomb shelters, Police Chief Russell
Milner said. Two years ago, about
80 members of the full Gospel
Assembly said they had received
a divine warning that a nuclear
war soon would destroy the world.
They went into shelters but
emerged 42 days later, saying God
had assured them the danger was
past.
"They were very close-mouthed
about the underground move this
time; they gave us no warning,"
Milner said.
Benson Mayor Peter Wilharm
said their religious beliefs "are
their business. We won’t interfere
unless it concerns the health and
welfare of the people.”
TEEN-AGER KILLS
BROTHER WITH TRACTOR
HUNTINGTON, Pa. (J* — State
Police reported Thursday a teen
ager fatally injured his younger
brother by running over him with
a farm tractor after an argument
between the two.
Held in custody pending comple
tion of an investigation was John
Minemier, 17.
Police said Minemier and his
brother Charles, 13, got into an
argument Wednesday behind the
barn of the family farm. The older
boy ran the tractor over his
brother. The youngster was taken
to a hospital, where he died.
In Magistrate's Court
Gabriel Amaktoolik, awaiting
transportation to school, was given
a 10-dav jail sentence on a drunk
and disorderly charge.
Lunch Hour's Tiew Look
Employees on a break at the Jones and Laughlin tin plate
section enjoy a full-course hot lunch just steps away from
their operating area. The Continental vending machines in
tne nacKgrounu include a name <
of hot food dispensers which
offer complete luncheons and
platters for as little as 35 to 50
cents per portion.
The factory-worker’s tradi
tional brown paper bag or lunch
pail may soon be as obsolete as
last year’s missile. Vending ma
chine operators cite the fact
that 20 per cent of the nation’s
factories already depend en
tirely on vending machines to
feed their workers. A recent in
novation promises to accelerate
automatic dining in factory and
office — hot food dinners from
vending machines complete
with meat or fish, potatoes and
a vegetable for no more than 50
cents a serving!
Developed by the Continental
Vending Machine Corporation
and called Hot Food Shoppes,
each machine has a capacity of
30 platters and 36. casseroles.
Meals can he served in seconds
after they have been slow
cooked from a frozen state to
serving temperature in a one
stop electronic heating process.
The first of these was put into
operation two years ago by Con
tinental Cafeterias, Inc., a spe
cialist in personnel feeding.
Those who eat the hot food
platters for the first time are
always pleasantly surprised.
They get substantial portions,
attractively served —more res
taurant-like than TV Dinners.
Although most Hot Food
Shoppes installations so far
have been in industrial plants
and offices, Americans will soon
be seeing them at roadside
drive-ins, transportation termi
nals, amusement parks and
sports arenas — anywhere
where nourishing, quick and in
expensive feeding is essential.
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