63rd Year No. 54
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1962
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Are Not Ready to
Land Man on Moon
SAN FRANCISCO UP> — The
Soviet Union does not have the
capability of landing a man on the
moon but may have “in the very
near future,” Gherman Titov, Rus
sian cosmonaut, said today.
Titov was asked in a news con
ference to comment on a claim by
James E. Webb, National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
chief, tfcat the United States had
a chance to beat Russia in landing
on the moon.
“Let’s not argue who will be
first” on the moon, Titov said.
“Who ever is first, science will
gain.”
The curly-haired, intense young
cosmonaut said his country was
working on the moon landing prob
lem and “it might be solved very
soon.”
Webb, NASA administrator, said
in a television interview Sunday
that Russia probably will be able
to make a multi-manned flight
to the moon before the United
States can. But Webb said the
Soviets won’t making any moon
landings in the very near future.
Titov declared such a remark
was “relative.” He explained that
“very soon’f{ could mean two years
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Titov and his dark-haired wife
Tamara, 24, faced a battery of tele
vision cameras, news photograph
ers, and reporters before starting
on a tour of the San Francisco
Bay area.
They arrived last night after
visiting the Seattle World’s Fair
where Titov used the occasion of
an American Sunday to say he
did not believe in God.
He was asked at the news con
ference yesterday whether the 25
hours he spent in orbiting the
earth 17 times had changed his
philosophy.
“Some people say there is a
God out there,” Titov, a Red Air
Force major, said through an in
terpreter, “but on my travels
around the earth all day long I
looked and didn’t see him. I saw
no God or angels.
“Up to our first orbital flight
by Yuri Gagarin no God helped
build our rocket. The rocket was
made by our people. I don’t be
lieve in God. I believe in man, his
strength, his possibilities and his
reason.”
Titov took a simulated trip a
billion miles into outer space in
the Science Palivion’s Spacearium.
He said, however, the picture did
not depict the earth the way he
saw it when he returned to earth.
The Russian praised the $6 mil
lion science display. “Everyone
should see it,” he said.
He was particularly interested
in a complex electronic computer,
which sent an imaginary satellite
into orbit, and a tracking sta
tion for a transit navigational
satellite now orbiting the earth.
ICE IS STILL SOLID
NENANA M — The ice is still
solid in the Tanana River here,
but rain may have a weakening ef
fect on the ice, according to
Nenana Ice Classic officials.
There are still no breakthroughs
in the ice but up the river about 12
miles there is a 12-foot channel
opening up. The current under the
ice at Nenana is reported to be
three miles an hour.
It is predicted that the ice will
not breakup for at least four more
days unless heavy rains raise the
water level.
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SOVIETS GET WARNING_l
ATHENS, Greece UP) — The So
viet Union today had a clear
warning that the Western Allies,
although divided on some lesser
issues, remained united in their
determination to defend their free
dom by nuclear weapons if neces
sary.
The 15 member nations of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
winding up a four-day strategy
review that produced some dis
agreements on Berlin and nuclear
policy, reaffirmed in their sum
ming up communique:
“The purpose of NATO is de
fense, and it must be clear that
in case of attack NATO will de
fend its members by all necessary
means.”
Backing up this pledge was a
U.S. committments of five nuclear
armed Polaris submarines to the
technical command of NATO.
AA WILL INCREASE
NON-STOP JET FLIGHTS
SEATTLE UP) — Alaska Airlines
will increase its jet non-stop round
trips between Seattle and Fair
banks to ten flights per week, ef
fective Friday, vice president Rich
ard Gilbert said today.
The three added flights will de
part Seattle at 8:30 a.m., PDT, on
Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, ar
riving in Fairbanks at 8:35 a.m.,
AST. The return flight will leave |
Fairbanks at 9:45 a.m., AST, for
Seattle.
» Gilbert said the airline’s .present
daily evening schedule of jet
round trips between Seattle, Fair
banks and Anchorage would re
main unchanged.
SECTY. OF AGRICULTURE
SAYS BILLIE ESTES CASE
HAS BEEN BLOWN UP
WASHINGTON M — Secretary
of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
said today the Billie Sol Estes case
and its connection with his depart
ment is being “ballooned all out of
proportion” to its importance.
He told a news conference that,
despite all that had been written
and said about the case, the facts
boil down to this:
Three department employes have
been accused of receiving gifts from
Estes, west Texas financier under
fraud indictment, but that Estes
got no favors in turn from the de
partment.
Freeman said the manner in
which the department has handled
die controversial cotton acreage
allotments held by Estes has been
such that Estes might well com
plain that he “has been sharply
dealt with.”
There has been demands from
Republican Congress members for
a sweeping investigation of Estes’
relations with the Agriculture De
partment.
Estes, at 37, had built a west
Texas business empire involving
huge cotton holdings and storage
of government grain.
Last month, he was indicted by
a federal grand jury on charges
of fraud which alleged he sold
chattel mortgages on non-existent
fertilizer tanks.
Arthur Nagasruk III Wins Derby
Arthur Nagazruk III was the
winner of the Cub Scout Space
Derby held last Saturday evening
at the school auditorium. The sec
ond rocket race was won by Jerry
Carter. Both boys were of Pack
66 and in Mrs. Gerald McCray’s
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Spaceman of the year, Arthur
Nagazruk and his den will be
Satur
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nils
treated to ice cream next
winning the derby.
GOV- EGAN SIGNS
EDUCATION MEASURE
JUNEAU GP) — Comprehensive
legislation making drastic changes
in the concept of state aid to in
corporated school districts has been
signed into law by Gov. Wm. Egan,
his office said today.
The bill establishes what has
been termed a public school founda
tion program, based on an equal
tax effort by all school districts.
The public school foundation
contains what is called a “basic
need” for each school district, con
sisting of the sum of a teachers’
salary allotment, an attendance
center allotment and an average
daily membership allotment.
Under the provisions of the bill,
each district would be required to
provide the funds equal to a yet
to-be-specified mill levy on the
full and true value of all taxable
real and personal property within
the district and one-half of any
Public Law 874 monies received in
the pre-fiscal year.
The bill as originally sent down
by Gov. Egan called for a four
mill levy on real and personal
property. The 1962 legislature de
cided to let the 1963 legislature de
termine what the actual levy would
be.
Under terms of the new law, the
state would make up the difference
between the required local tax
effort and the basic need for each
school district.
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SAYS KENNEDY ERRED
WASHINGTON GW — Sen.
Barry Goldwater declared today
the successful fight to reverse the
steel price increase “may turn out
to be the greatest mistake Presi
dent Kennedy has made.
“For he is in grave danger of
crippling ‘the goose that lays the
golden eggs’,” Goldwater said in
a speech to the District of Colum
bia League of Republican Women.
“He has depressed — in one
disastrous week — the entire
economic climate in the United
States. He has managed to install
in businessmen and investors the
kind of fear and uncertainty that
deadens economic progress,” Gold
water said.
“The erratic and generally down
ward trend of the stock market is
a good indicator of business un
certainty and confusion over fu
ture government intentions.”
Goldwater said that in the steel
incident Kennedy revealed a hos
tility to business which he had
previously tried to conceal.
100th Rocket Launched
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calif. <*> — A Titan I mis
sle fired down the Pacific missile
range — at a target 5,000 miles
away — became the 100th rocket
launched from the missile base.
The Air Force said the launch
ing Friday was successful but de
clined to say how close the big
intercontinental missile came to
its target.
ELECT OFFICERS
JUNEAU W — Delegates to the
second annual convention of the
State Bar Assn. Saturday elected
William V. Boggess of Fairbanks
president for the coining year, suc
ceeding Robert Boochever of Ju
neau. ' ~ • .
Named to serve with Boggess
were David Thorsness of Anchor
president; Robert
Ketchikan, second
COUNTY JUDGE HASN’T j
FILED A FEDERAL INCOME
TAX RETURN SINCE 1952
DALLAS, Tex. UR — El Paso
County Judge Woodrow Wilson
Bean, who says he hasn’t filed a
federal income tax return since
1952, is headed into a June 2
run-off for Democratic nomination
as congressman at large.
With ballots in Saturday’s pri
mary election still being counted,
Bean, 44, held a 25,000-vote lead
over his nearest rival in a seven
man field.
Bean acknowledged a week be
fore the election that he quit re
porting his income a decade ago
because he considers the tax illegal.
He hopes to abolish it. He said
accountants advised deductions
from his $13,000-a-year salary more
than paid what Bean owed the gov
ernment. No action has been taken
against Bean by the Internal Reve
nue Service.
SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY
WASHINGTON UR — President
Kennedy today proclaimed Sunday,
May 13, as Mother’s Day to be ob
served across the nation to express
“the boundless affection, respect
and gratitude we feel for our
mothers.
The President directed that the
American flag be displayed on all
public buildings on that day and
asked that flags be displayed at
homes as an expression of the
reverent esteem.
The annual proclamation was is
sued in accordance with congres
sional proclamation in 1914 to set
aside the second Sunday in May
each year as Mother’s Day.
WANTS HARMONY
HOBOKEN, N.J. W — The chair
man of U.S. Steel today urged har
mony between government and
industry as the only way for the
economy and the nation to make
progress.
Roger Blough, addressing more
than 1,000 share holders at the
annual meeting of the nation’s big
gest steel producer, termed “in
comprehensible,” however, any
suggestion indirect price setting by
government “can ever serve the
national interest in peacetime.”
Meanwhile, the new president of
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
called for better government-in
dustry relations.
H. Ladd Plumley of Worcester,
Mass., was quoted by the New
York Times as saying “the bridge
between administration and busi
ness should be reconstructed as
soon as possible.”
Steel chairman Blough defended
his firm’s actions in attempting
to increase steel prices.
He said the price increase should
have been no surprise and he made
no promises about future steel
prices. He said these should be
determined in the market place.
BELIEVE SOVIETS ARE
PLANNING SERIES OF TESTS
GENEVA W — U.S. Ambassador
Arthur Dean told the 17-nation
Disarmament Conference today the
Soviet Union is obstructing nego
tiations for a nuclear test ban
| treaty apparently because it is
planning a new scries of nuclear
tests.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian A. Zorin again attacked
the United States and Britain for
their refusal to accept a treaty on
Soviet terms. But Zorin put for
ward no new proposals, and the
negotiations remained completely
deadlocked over adequate control
measures.
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4th Biennial Meet,
Install Officers
The 4th Biennial Convention of
the State Federation of Women’s
Clubs held here over the weekend
concluded its two day meet Sat
urday evening with a banquet at
the North Star Seaview Room
at which time installation of of
ficers was held.
New officers are: president, Mrs.
Lewis J. Marek, Anchorage; 1st
| vice president, Mrs. A. R. Cronen,
Homer; 2nd vice president, Mrs.
A. E. Craft, Nome; 3rd vice presi
dent Mrs. Forest Young, Haines;
secretary, Mrs. Irwin Cook, An
chorage; treasurer, Mrs. John Mel
ville, College; custodian, Mrs. C.
W. Binkley, College; junior director*
Mrs. L. C. Lamberson, Seward.
On the Nominating Committee
were: Mrs. E. G. Barber, Anchor
age; Mrs. Edward Prince, Hamilton
Acres; Mrs. D. M. Hoover, Nome.
Department chairmen: For Con
servation, Mrs. Robert Prescott,
Anchorage; Education, Mrs. Stanley
Thomason, Anchorage; Fine Arts,
Mrs. Roscoe Bell, Anchorage;
Home Life, Mrs. Lee Coffman,
Douglas; International Affairs, Mrs.
Emily Boucher, Nome; Public Af
fairs, Mrs. W. A. Parry, Anchor
age.
The next meeting will be held
in May of 1964 at Haines, Alaska.
Main speaker for the banquet
was Sen. Pcsrov Welsh. Other
speakers during the session in
cluded Roger Pegues of Juneau
I and Mrs. Grace Johnson, State
Representative.
Communitv achievement awanis
were presented to the three clubs
selected as having accomplished
the most. These were Douglas, An
chorage and Nome.
Special entertainment during the
convention was provided by Nome’s
favorite duo, Juanita Huffer and
Opal Baldfin, who sang the Flag
Song and Mrs. Ralph Fonddl, who
gave a reading of a poem on club
women by one of the Anchorage
members, Margaret Mielke.
The Home Arts Club is indebted
to business houses and organiza
tions who contributed generously
to make the first women’s conven
tion in Nome a success.
The Northern Commercial Co.
gave Century 21 jellies to the
guests and cookies for refreshments
during the convention; Wien Air
lines and Pan American World
Airways provided book matches
and “wet and dry” guest packs; the
M & M Bank provided ball point
pens and the Nome Nugget memo
pads; the Billikin Gift Shop gave
“I Have Been to Nome” buttons;
the City of Nome presented sou
venir mining certificates; and the
Chamber of Commerce, informa
tion brochures.
Beta Sigma Phi, with a beautiful
set table provided refreshments
on Friday evening following the
showing of “Nome the Tent City,’*
by Nome’s historian Carrie Mc
Lain.
Most of the guests departed Sat
urday evening. Remaining over
Sunday were Mrs. E. R. Gustafson
and Mrs. M. W. Kelly of Douglas*
and Mrs. Clara Melville of Collide.
LIONS MEETING TO BE
HELD IN SKAGWAY
The annual convention of Lions
clubs for the 49th District will be
held at Skagway on May 23 to 28.
The 49th district is composed of
the Yukon Territory, the North
west Territory and all of Alaska.
Five members of the Nome
I Lions Club are expected to a
I the. convention.