Thomas Tabs
Rivers* Proposal a
Prime Example
Of Appeasement
KETCHIKAN UP — Lowel
Thomas Jr., Republican Candidat<
for Congress, Friday labeled hi:
opponent’s proposal for the estab
lishment of a “base line” in the
Gulf of Alaska to separate the Rus
sian trawling fleet from Americar
crab fishing as “a prime example
of the Kennedy administration’:
appeasement polices.”
The suggestion had come frorr
Rep. Ralph Rivers, who returnee
here from Washington Thursday
to open his re-election campaign
It had resulted from his talk:
with Undersecretary of Stat(
George Ball and State Departmen
£ isheries experts.
He and Sen. E. L. Bartlett har
reviewed with them provisions o
the North Pacific Fisheries Treaty
and the problem of Russian bottorr
fishing off Kodiak Island.
Thomas said the “base line’
proposed by Rivers presumably
be either a three-mile limit or :
twelve-mile limit.” either of whicl
would leave our valuable halibu
spawning and feeding grounds tc
the destructive effect of trawlinj
operations, which have in the pas
destroyed the halibut fishery ir
other areas.”
“It appears,” said Thomas, “tha
the Russians are using this opera
tion to break into the halibut con
vention, to which the U.S., Canad;
and Japan are parties.
“Such a base line would neces
sarlv be a precedent for its con
tinuation along the entire coast
including Bristol Bay and woulc
constitute no barrier against othe:
than trawl gear, such as gian
seiners to intercept salmon.
“We have the duty not only t(
protect our own halibut fishery
but to extend protection to tin
cold storage and processing indus
try dependent upon it.
“We have the duty of protect
ing our Canadian and Japanesi
partner, who are parties to thi
International North Pacific Hali
but Convention.
“There is good precedent fo:
our claim to the fisheries out t<
the continental shelf, as we knov
claim the sub-soil and sea bed fo:
mineral extraction under the sub
merged lands act.
“There is no conflict betweer
our claiming the resources in an<
under the ocean and the interna
tional law of freedom of the seas
“I again respectfully urge ou
President to exert all of his in
fluence and prestige in protectinj
American interests.”
Crossword puzzle addicts wh(
want a real test of their skil
might try the bilingual puzzle pop
ular in Canada. They have EnglisI
words in one direction, French ir
the other.
Frank Fickus Succumbs
To Gunshot Wounds
SEATTLE Lft _ Frank Fickus, |
Wien Alaska Airlines pilot found !
;.hoi in the head in his Fairbanks
homo about a month ago, died in
a Seattle hospital Friday.
Alaska State Police investigated
, the shooting. There was a report
. Fickus may have been beaten, that
there were bruises on his head,
, abdomen and legs.
He was flown from Fairbanks
by jet plane to Seattle for surgery
, to remove the .22 caliber bullet.
It has yet to be determined
how or why the pilot was shot.
Doctors here said he had been
severlv beaten and that they
thought it was physically impos
sible for him to have shot him
self. There were no powder burns
, near the wound, doctors said and
from the angle the bullet entered
Fickus’ head it would have been
I impossible for him to have pulled
• ; the trigger.
At. the time the shooting ap
, parently took place, Dorothy Fic
kus, the dead man’s widow, was
■ reportedly visiting his brother’s
. family where she stayed all night.
He had been living in the Fair
l . banks area for several years and
. j had been flying “bush” for Wien
, j Airlines since 1959.
f The body will be shipped to
’ ; Fairbanks for burial.
GOOD COOKING . . .
t I GRANTHAM, England iffi — A
. fine new highway curves round
. | the edge of Grantham, but long
\ distance truck drivers ignore the
| bypass and continue to clog the
. | town’s narrow main street.
. i Investigating officials found they
, 1 like to eat at Tony’s Cafe, where
I a plate of eggs, chips and tomatoes
• sells for 3 shillings — 42 cents.
: “I’d rather get stuck in any
traffic jam than miss a good fryup
i at Tony’s," said John Welsh. “Most
- of the lads think the same.”
. The authorities have persuaded I
Tony to move his cafe to a site on
the highway.
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No Decision Reached
On Project Chariot
After reviewing newly-completed
reports on environmental and engi
neering studies at Cape Thompson,
the Atomic Energy Commission de
cided to make no recommenda
tion to the President, for the mo
ment. on. whether to conduct the
proposed nuclear excavation cx- I
periment. Some of the data origin- ;
ally planned to be obtained from j
Project Chariot now are available i
from other AEC projects. The AEC
news release of Aug. 24, 1962,
stated emphatically that the bio
logical work at Cape Thompson
had revealed no way that the
planned nuclear testing could harm
local inhabitants or their liveli
hood. j
The Atomic Energy Commis- !
sion’s camp at Ogotoruk Creek is !
now in its usual winter •‘caretaker”
status. There is no indexation that i
the project is being abandoned. I
The land withdrawn by the AEC i
still has not been turned back to
the Bureau of Land Management.
HUNTER KILLED BY LION
WINDHOEK. Southwest Africa I
'/?’ — American hunter Joseph !
Shaw has been killed by a lion 1
near the border between Angola
and Southwest Africa, the South
African Press Assn, reported.
Shaw was identified as a retired
engineer from Atherton, Calif.,
who was prominent in the con
struction of the Alcan Highway
to Alaska.
The report said Shaw shot the
lion and, "ignoring the warning
of the Portuguese camp leader, de
cided to follow the blood spoor.”
The report said Shaw had plan
ned to conn to South Africa to
film a charging elephant in a game
reserve.
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Weather Wins Out . . .
( OBURG, On <JP Cobu:g 'inrl
Monroe, two nnll Otvg< «; high
schools, wen playing a football
game Friday afternoon when hur
ricane force winds started to rip
into the area.
One goal post was blown down,
but play continuer!.
The wind grew stronger. When
punters kicked the football against
the wind, it sailed behind them.
And When Monroe scored, the
kick for the extra point had to be
moved to the good goal post at
the other end of the field.
The weather finally won. When
play was stopped after t! rc-e quar
ters, Monroe led 20-0.
TWO SHIPS COLLIDE
YOKOHAMA, Japan e? — The
American freighter Volunteer State
collided with a small Japanese
freighter in Yokohama Harbor
Saturday. The Japanese she , V <•
hdO-ton Dainichi Mam, sank.
The Maritime Safety Board said
ot:e of the 2a persons aboard the
Dainichi is missing. The others
were picked up by patrol craft.
The Volunteer St e< had onh
slight damage and anchored at a
Yokohama pier. The American
ireighter is earwig- to Seattle. She
s owned by ti e Stan Marim Lines
Inc., of New York.
FI’I Checks Weapons
In Search for Killers
WASHINGTON ,-F FHI La
[ bora lory us of score.-' of weapons
: have not yet turned up the cun
j which killed two per. ons in toe
Louver; ity of Mississippi riot . the
. .Justice Department ray-.
“Cut more suns are coming in
j all the time, and the invest iga
; tion is continuing," a department
j official said Friday.
The probe is under way ir; an
; attempt to track down the killer.-:
! of Paul Guihard. 30, a French re
porter. and Ray Gunter. 23. an
electrical equipment repairman
from Oxford, Miss.
Thi . were slain on the night of
Sept. 30-Qct. 1 during rioting over
j admis.-ion of James Meredith, a
i Negro, to the previously all-whip*
j university.
j Some scientists believe that
gravity, the force that holds trio
| earth together, is gradually getting
j weaker.
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