McGrath Roadhouse
Destroyed hy Fire
ANCHORAGE — The McGrath
Roadhouse, a landmark in the Kus
kokwim River town for at least
25 years, was destroyed by fire
last Friday afternoon, assistant
State Fire Marshal Gerald Phillips
said.
Phillips estimated the loss of the '
two-story frame hotel at $25,000.
The roadhouse was closed for the
winter.
A tavern about 10 feet from the
roadhouse sustained about $1,500
damn ye as the blaze spread from
the burning structure.
Ge.-r.;, Weaver, the roadhouse!
owner, ‘add Phillips he had loaded :
a v eod furnace with fuel in the
1 . .--.a , l Thirty minutes later, |
Wiev-.e said, t e basement was
curve A )od in flames. The temper
atina in McGrath at the time was |
40 decrees below zero.
A iu'e truck from the Federal
Aviati n Agency installation pre- i
vented the names from spreading
fr. a the two buildings, but could j
not knock down the roadhouse fire,
Phillips said.
Damage to the McGuire tavern,
a one-story frame building, was
limited to the exterior. Phillips
said.
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Sundays — 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
U.S. Denounces Soviet
Proposal for “Black Box”
Seismic Stations in Russia
GENEVA t.'P — The United
States Thursday denounced as a
political maneuver the Soviets of
fer lo install three "Black Box"
robot seismic stations on Soviet
territory to police a ban on un
derground nuclear weapon tests.
U.S. Ambassador Arthur Dean
fold the U.S.-British-Soviet test
ban subcommittee that the Soviet
Union plainly had made the pro
posal '‘for some sort of political
"urpo-H as a mere device to get
'be West to give up its demand
:l r on-site inspections
Dean also charged that under
the Soviet proposal, at least two of
tie’ Black Boxes would be install
ed outside seismic areas. He said
the sites "seem to have been |
chosen so as to give a minimum I
amount of seismic information" j
required to detect illegal under
ground explosions.
Dean stressed that no one has
seen a prototype of the automatic
station which the Soviets endorse,
and that they have not been test
ed.
The Western delegates at first
welcomed the Soviet proposal be
cause it was the first time in many
months that the Soviets had agreed
to admit any foreign personnel.
But Dean from the ouset said the
Black Boxes could only be an
auxiliary detection device, supple
menting the work of on-site in
spectors.
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T(xi:;y is Friday, Dec. 14, the
IDi'.th day of 1962. There are 17
days left in the year. There are
nine shopping days until Christ
mas.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this day in 1916, the people
of Denmark voted to sell the
Danish West Indies to the United
States for $25 million.
On this day:
In 1',99. George Washington died
at Mount Vernon at the age of 67.
In 1819, Alabama was admitted
to the union as the 22nd state.
In 1894. Eugene Debs was sen
tenced to prison after leading the
Pullman strike.
In 1945, the Beast of Belsen —
Joseph Kramer -—• and ten Nazis
were hanged for atrocities in the
Belsen and Oswiecim concentration
camps.
In 1955. the United Nations ad
mitted 16 new nations to mem
bership.
Ten years ago — Volleys fired
by U.S. and South Korean guards
into ranks of rioting Korean Com
munist civilian internees killed 84
prisoners and wounded 188 others
on Pongam Island.
Five years ago —- Teamster
President Dave Beck was convicted
in Seattle of embezzling $1,900 in
union funds.
One year ago — Labor Secretary
Arthur Goldberg called for U.S.
government subsidies of all per
forming arts.
Today's birthdays:
Actress Patty Duke is 16 years
old. Retired U.E. Air Force Gen.
James Doolittle is 66.
Thought for Today . . .
The buyer needs a hundred eyes,
the seller but one. —Geo. Herbert.
Some 40 viruses are believed in
volved in the common cold. That’s
why science is having such a hard
time coming up with an all-pur
pose cure.
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JFK Closes Book
On Adlai Chapter
Of Cuban Crisis
WASHINGTON (dt — President !
Kennedy tried again to close the j
hook on the Adlai Stevenson chap- J
ter in the Cuban crisis. He said it j
should be left to history “when I
the whole record will be spread out !
in great detail.’’
The President in his news eon- 1
ference Wednesday touched on j
many subjects—including the Mona
Lisa and a record spoofing the
first family. P.ut the questions kept
returning to Cuba and Stevenson.
The President again endorsed
the UN. Ambassador saying:
“Gov. Stevenson renders very
distinguished service. He has done
an excellent job at the United
Nations.”
Hut the President left up in the
air who in the administration may
have given two reporters informa
tion portraying Stevenson as urg
ing appeasement during Cuban
crisis conferences of the National
Security Council’s Executive Com
mittee.
The President said: "It is my
judgment that this statement or
interpretation of Gov. Stevenson’s
position did not come from a
member of the National Security
Council. I satisfied myself on that.
I never heard anyone characterize
Stevenson’s position in that way
and I am satisfied myself that no
one did.’’
Kennedy was asked: "You don't
know, then, who leaked it?”
Doesn't Know
“No, I don’t know who,” he re
plied, “and I think it is unfortu
nate if anybody discusses anv
matter that comes before the Na
tional Security Council because I
think it lessens its effectiveness.”
The tempest blew up over an
article in the Saturday Evening
Post, written by Stewart Alsop
and Charles Bartlett, which gave
an account of the council’s deli
berations during the crisis.
Because Bartlett is an old and
close friend of the President, ru
mors immediately shot through the
capital that someone in the ad
ministration was “out to get
Adlai.” Fears were expressed that
an attempt was being made to
undermine him at the United Na
tions.
On other matters, Kennedy said
he hadn’t had time to digest So
viet Premier Khrushchev’s speech
earlier in the day in which he de
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dared he would hold the United
States to its promise of a guar
antee against invading Cuba.
As of now. Kennedy declared,
“it is over best, judgment” that the
Soviets have withdrawn their
missiles and bombers from Cuba.
New Regulations on Shipping
The United States, he added, will
announce within two weeks new
regulations to penalize non-Com
munist shipping involved in the
Cuban trade.
The President reiterated, without
specifications, his proposal to cut
income taxes next year. He con
tended he and Rep. Wilbur Mills,
<D-Ark.», chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee, are
not as far apart as a cursory read
ing of a recent interview with
Mills might indicate.
Kennedy touched on these other
topics:
n riel i r oV-i i i «lr 1
when asked what he thought of
“the First Family” record in
which Kennedy’s voice is mimick
ed. His audience roared when he
said, “I thought it sounded more
like Teddy than it did me—so he’s
annoyed.” Teddy is his youngest
brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Communications — Relatively
“instantaneous c o m m u n i cation”
with the Kremlin is desirable to
eliminate delays such as occurred
in exchanging messages with
Khrushchev during the Cuban
emergency.
Boycotts — Persons who boy
cott stores selling goods imported
from behind the Iron Curtain
aren’t waging much of a fight
against the spread of Communism.
Viet Nam — After pouring men
and equipment into Viet Nam to
counter Communist aggression,
Kennedy said, “we don't see the
end of the tunnel, but I must
say I don’t think it is darker than
it was a year ago, and in some
ways lighter.”