22E NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PE ESS
63rd Year No. 38
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1962
Per Copy 154
Meeting Today
To Approve
ARA Application
A meeting was scheduled for
this afternoon to approve the appli
cation to the Area Revelopment
Administration for the 18th Elec
tion District, which was organized
here in January, at which time a
Board of Directors was named.
Chairman of the board is Ash
Craft, with Myrtle Johnson as sec
retary. Other members of the dis
trict organization are Herbert
Appassingok of Gambell; John
Kakaruk of Teller; Frank Degnan
of Unalakleet; Martin Olson, Golo
vin; Carl Glavinovich, Pete Reader,
Con Potter, Jean Burand, Don
Hoover and Howard Crinklaw of
Nome.
Membership includes people from
Nome, Savoonga, Gambell, White
Mountain, Stebbins, Unalakleet,
Golovin, Diomede, Teller, Teller
Mission, Shaktoolik, Solomon, St.
Michael, Wales, Elim and Shish
maref.
The movement to participate as
a revelopment area was first start
ed by the Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce and pre
sented to the city. The Nome Plan
ning Commission was designated
to act as coordinator and take the
necessary steps to formulate the
district-wide organization resulting
in most of the district being repre
sented at the organizational meet
ing in January with over 60 per
sons present.
The application from the 18th
District will be an important part
of the State Comprehensive Over
all Economic Development plan.
FORMER MAYOR BYER
OF ANCHORAGE FILES
AS DEMO FOR GOVERNOR
JUNEAU ifft — George H. Byer,
former mayor of Anchorage, today
filed his declaration of candidacy
for the office of governor, as a '
Democrat.
Byer served as mayor of Alaska’s *
largest city from 1959 to 1961. He 1
did not seek re-election, but still 1
received write-in votes equal to al- 1
most 25 per cent of the total votes
cast.
Byer, 50, joins John L. Rader, ;
Anchorage; David Newton Boyer, 1
Anchor Point; and Warren A. Tay- :
lor, Fairbanks, as Democratic candi
dates for the post now held by
Gov. Wm. Egan.
Two Republicans have also filed. 1
They are Verne O. Martin and Dr. 1
Milo Fritz, both of Anchorage. '
Byer, a native of South Dakota, ]
first came to Alaska in 1947, work
ing first as a laborer and then as
a longshoreman and postman. He ;
served in the Army during World
War II from 1942 until 1946.
Northwest Orient Airlines
Doubles Jet Flights to Alaska
SEATTLE iff) — Northwest
Orient Airlines doubled the number
of its jet flights from Seattle-Ta
coma to Alaska today, and will in
crease Pacific Northwest-Hawaii
service from three to five jet round
trips weekly June 6.
Northwest is operating two round
trips daily with Intercontinental
DC-8 jets between Seattle-Tacoma
and Anchorage. These connect at
Anchorage with daily jet round
trips linking the eastern United
States and the Orient
IP
VERNE martin charges
APPALLING CONDITIONS
AT STATE YOUTH CAMP
ANCHORAGE M — Verne O.
Martin, Republican gubernatorial
candidate, charged today that ap
palling conditions exist at the
State’s Wasilla Youth Camp.
In a wire to Gov. Wm. Egan,
Martin said state personnel assigned
to the camp have failed to pro
vide proper correction discipline
and rehabilitation for boys sent to
the facility.
Martin said he had information
indicating that during the past
month, one boy was beaten severe
ly and another was almost electro
cuted when other boys wired his
bed. Martin said counsellors and
teachers had been slugged and
kicked by boys at the camp.
Egan’s office said the governor
would have no comment on Mar
tin’s wire.
COMPLIMENTARY FISHING
AND HUNTING LICENSES’
BILL OKED BY SENATE
JUNEAU UP) — The Senate haul
ed out and passed Thursday a bill
which would grant the governor
the right to extend complimentary
hunting and fishing privileges to
20 distinguished visitors each year.
Each of the complimentary li
censes would be good for 10 days.
The House on March 19 had re
fused to place the bill on the cal
endar after receiving an adverse
committee report.
Thursday, however, Sen. A1
Owen asked and won approval
that the Senate rescind its action.
The upper chamber then approved
the bill by a 17-0 count.
During the debate on the meas
ure, Sen. Howard Pollock offered
an amendment which would have
spelled out that the complimentary
licenses could be used only in con
formity with State Fish and Game i
regulations.
The amendment was turned down
>n a voice vote after opponents said
he governor and the Fish and
lame Dept, would require that
egulations be conformed to any
vay. After the final vote Pollock
jave notice of reconsideration.
A House Joint Resolution, asking
he Bureau of Indian Affairs to
mprove the strain of reindeer on
5t. Lawrence Island was also ap
proved by the Senate in a session
vhich lasted less than two hours.
Sen. Vance Phillips made another
ittempt to pull the Board of Educa
ion bill from the Judiciary Com
nittee, but the motion was turned
lown on an almost straight party
ine vote.
The measure would set up the
Board of Education as the admin
strative and fiscal head of the State
Department of Education.
House Okays Pay Raise
For District Magistrates
JUNEAU UPl — A bill which
would authorize pay raises for dis
trict magistrates passed the House
today and was sent to the Senate.
In its original form the bill would
simply have lifted the present sal
ary ceiling of $10,000 a year, and
eft the matter of district magis
trates’ pay scales up to the Sup
reme Court.
However, the House amended
the measure to set a maximum of
$12,750 a year to conform with a
pay raise proposal submitted by
the Supreme Court.
Military Install
New President
In Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Ufi—
Jose Maria Guido formally assumed
the office of president today under
the watchful eye and guiding hand
of Argentina’s military leaders —
and amid a few shouts of “Viva
Frondizi.”
The oath-taking ceremony was
the second for the former senate
president.
The military chiefs were not
happy that he took the oath before
the Supreme Court yesterday with
out informing them. For a time it
appeared some officers might not
recognize the military’s own first
choice for a constitutional succes
sor to Arturo Frondizi, deposed
yesterday and flown to a prison is
land.
The second ceremony was de
cided upon after Guido was re
ported to have agreed to a set of
military demands including out
lawing of Peronistas, Communists
and Castroites and placing all Ar
gentina under federal control.
The president’s office already
was being used by the military to
issue its communiques when Guido,
staring solemnly through his horn
rimmed glasses, went through the
six-minute ceremony.
For hours there was uncertainty
and the prospect of a new crisis
over whether Guido actually would
become chief executive of this ner
vous nation, ridden by political and
economic crisis, even though the
military, in a communique, had fi
nally announced that Guido would
be installed at today’s ceremony.
Pro Boxer Dies in Bangkok
BANGKOK iff) — A professional
boxer died 10 hours after being
knocked out during an exhibition
bout during a temple fair in Chai
nat Province earlier this week,
police officials announced Wednes
day.
The fighter, Sa-Ngiam, did not
regain consciousness after the fight.
In Thai boxing, feet and elbows
can be used. Police did not say
how the fatal blow was delivered.
MODERN MAMA
STOCKTON, Calif. 4A — Mrs.
Arthur Crawford bowled as usual
with her Classic League team on
Thursday night—and gave birth to
a daughter less than four hours
later.
She not only bowled regularly
throughout her pregnancy — she
increased her average by 10 pins
to 166.
Tuesday night — when she had
expected the birth—she rolled 614,
a 205 average for three games.
ROME UP) — Italy’s soldiers have
a 30 per cent pay hike, raising
them from 115 to 150 lire a day—
18.4 cents to 24 cents.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with occasional light
snow. Easterly winds 20-25 mph
increasing 25-35 tonight. Low to
night 20, high tomorrow 30. Ih the
last 24 hours: High of 11, low of -5.
Max. wind 23 mph from WSW.
Sunrise at 5:23 a.m., sunset at 6:51
pm. Temps, a year ago today:
High of 32 low of 27. Extremes on
this date since 1907: High of 37 in
1926, low of -32 in 1907.
In Nenana today it was cloudy
and the temperature was 40 above.
ALASKA YIELDS $50,000
IN FEDERAL FUNDS GRANT I
TO POLIO FOUNDATION
WASHINGTON UPl — Alaska is
yielding to Georgia a $50,000 fed
eral grant so that a rehabilitation
center may be built at Warm
Springs.
The Alaska congressional dele
gation, in behalf of Gov. Wm.
Egan, announced the decision yes
terday in a letter to Sen. Richard
Russell, (D-Ga.).
The letter contained an explana
tion from the Alaska Health and
Welfare Commissioner, Paul L.
Winsor, who said Alaska is not
in a position to use the money
appropriately at present and “could
well relinquish its claim” to
Georgia in view of “the splendid
purpose” for which the money
would be used at Warm Springs
Center for polio victims.
The money represents a grant
from the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Justice Whittaker
To Retire Due
To 111 Health
WASHINGTON to — Supreme
Court Justice Charles E. Whittaker
—at 61 the third youngest member
of the high court—is retiring ef
fective Sunday because of ill health.
President Kennedy announced to
I a news conference that Whittaker
was leaving the court at the di
rection of his physician. He said
he made the announcement with
extreme regret, and added:
“I know that the bench and the
bar and the entire nation join me
in commending Mr. Justice Whit
taker for his devoted service to his
country during a critical period in
'its histoiy,
With Whittaker’s retirement,
Kennedy will make his first ap
pointment to the nation’s highest
tribunal. The President said a sue
cessor to the justice would be an
nounced shortly, but declined to
be drawn into a discussion of pos
sibilities for the appointment.
Only Justices Potter Stewart, 47, '
and Wm. J. Brennan, 55, are young- ‘
er than Whittaker among the
present members of the court. ,
Two of the present members, ,
Justices Felix Frankfurter, 79, and
Hugo L. Black, 76, are well past ‘
the eligible retirement age and
have long service.
Chief Justice Earl Warren is 71
and will complete 10 years on the ,
bench next October.
Whittaker will receive half pay
of $17,500 a year on his retirement.
TWO JAP CRAB FACTORY
SHIPS HEAD FOR BRISTOL BAY
TOKYO Ufl — Two Japanese crab
factory vessels left the northern
Japanese port of Hakodate yester
day for Alaska’s Bristol Bay to join
13 catcher ships already enroute.
The fleet hopes to catch and pro
cess 130,000 cases of crabs, or 60
per cent more than last year’s ceil
ing of 80,000 cases. A case con
tains four dozen half-pound cans.
The government’s fisheries agen
cy said the increase was because
of abundant resources.
Since 1953, Japan had sent only
one factory vessel a year.
The vessels are scheduled to
reach Bristol Bay around April 8,
returning home in late July.
(House Gives
Kennedy Tax
Bill Victory
WASHINGTON Of) — Adminis
tration leaders in Congress hailed
today President Kennedy’s tax re
vision bill victory in the House
and turned their attention to a
Senate fight expected to be just
as hot.
An almost straight party-line
vote saved the bill in the House
yesterday. Passage by a vote of
219 to 196 came a few hours after
the President at his news confer
ence made a personal plea for the
measure. The House action was
considered his biggest triumph of
the 1962 session.
Rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana,
the Democratic whip, said: “This
sets the pattern for the Kennedy
program this year. These were
Democratic votes.”
On final passage, 218 Democrats
and a lone Republican, Rep. Rich
ard Poff of Virginia, supported the
bill, while 162 Republican and 34
Democrats voted against it.
House Democratic leaders said
privately that when the day began
the bill lacked the necessary votes
to survive. Up to voting time the
leaders worked furiously, button
holing all Democratic House mem
bers.
The key test was a Republican
effort to strip the two most im
portant provisions from the meas
ure—$1.2 billion in annual tax cuts
to business that buy modem ma
chinery and equipment and a with
/ holding system for interest and di
vidends.
The Senate Finance Committee
will lose no time in getting down
to work on the bill, but floor de
bate in that branch is many weeks
away.
Secretary of the Treasury Doug
las Dillon will be the opening wit
ness as five weeks of public testi
mony begin next Monday. Chair
man Harry Byrd said more than
200 witnesses are listed and the
hearings may run even longer.
PARET’S CONDITION
REMAINS CRITICAL
NEW YORK UP) — Former wel
;erweight champion Benny (Kid)
Paret remained in a moderate
x>ma, his condition still critical,
today while his mother prepared to
fly here from Cuba to be at his
bedside.
Arrangements were completed
last night in Havana for Parefs
mother, Mrs. Maxima Crespo, to
fly to Miami sometime today. Mrs.
Crespo, who speaks no English,
said she had no funds to continue
on to New York but was confident
she would get there.
“My place is beside my son,”
she said, after bitterly denouncing
boxing as “a question of animals,”
and complaining that Paret’s mana
ger, Manny Alfaro, did not notify
her of her son’s condition until
Monday — two days after he was
savagely beaten in a title bout with
Emile Griffith.
Mrs. Crespo said she believed her
son would recover. “I have deliv
ered my hopes to the great power
oi God,” she said.
A bulletin issued by the hospital
this morning said “there has been
no change in Paret’s condition dur
ing the night. He is still in a mod
erate coma.”
J. Wilke
FOR MAYOR
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