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HEY, BEFORE YOU PUT THAT CLUB AWAY
U.S. NEWEST SPACE
ROCKET HELD ON PAD
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. m —
The fifth attempt to launch the
United States’ newest space rocket,
the high-energy Centaur, was frus
trated Saturday by last-second
trouble which resulted in cut off
cf die booster engines after they
were ignited.
When the count down reached
zero flames burst from the base
of the big Atlas first stage. But
they died quickly, and the rocket
remained locked on its pad, en
veloped in a cloud erf smoke which
drifted quickly away.
The 105 foot vehicle probably
was saved from destruction by an
automatic electronic system which
detected something wrong and com
manded the engine to shut off. ”
Many liquid fuel missiles fired
at the Cape are held on the pad
in just such a manner for a few
seconds after the engines fire to
give the electronic system a chance
to find any trouble.
LT. GEN. DOOLITTLE~AND
MEN REHASH OLD TIMES
•SANTA MONICA, Calif. UP> —
Lt. Gen. James Doolittle and the
men he led on an epochal hit-run
bombing of Tokyo early in World
War II are together again on this
20th anniversary of their deed.
On hand for the annual get-to
gether were a record 45 of the
original 80 fliers who took off in
16 bombers from the carrier Hornet
on a one-way mission that lafaded
most of them in prison camps for
several years.
For three days they’re guests
of their old commander’s Social
Club. They’re rehashing old times
while taking in Disneyland, tour
ing North American Aviation, and
getting a fill-in on the futuristic
RS70 bomber — a far cry from
the propeller-driven B-25s they
u&ed to give the allies a sorely
seeded boost in morale.
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MAN CLAIMS DOG AND j
CAT AS TAX EXEMPTIONS, 1
RECEIVES PRISON TERM {
NEWARK, N.J. is) —-A former i
Army officer, who claimed his dog ^
and cat as income tax exemptions,
was sentenced to a six-month pri- j
son term. s
James F. Bertie, 50, was sen- \
tenced last Thursday after plead- j
ing guilty to violating his proba- I
tion.
U.S. District Judge Thomas c
Meany had given Bertie a suspend- r.
ed sentence April 6 and placed c
him on two years probation when c
he pleaded guilty to filing false 1
income tax certificates. -v
Bertie of Brooklyn, N.Y., had j
filed certificates with his employ- <
ers, claiming the dog and cat as
dependents. 1
The judge told Bertie at the time: j
“I am faced with a difficult situa- j
tion because you are convinced you
have a valid and proper cause to ■
fight for. I can suspend sentence ;
and place you on probation on the
condition that you obey the law
and pay your taxes, even though
you still dopant believe in the law."
Since then, Bertie wrote the
judge that he would not change
his belief that it was unconstitu
tional to force him to pay income :
taxes which he said are given away <
to help Communist countries. j
Bertie served as a para troop <
captain and was wounded in 1
Korea.
John B. Hall Enters Senate Race
JUNEAU UR — John B. Hall of
Fairbanks has filed a declaration of
candidacy for the State Senate from
District M, Secretary of State Hugh
Wade said today.
Hall, a Democrat, retired in 1960
as Chief Clerk of the Superior
Court in Fairbanks. Prior to that
time, he served as clerk of the
U.S. District Court.
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GOV. EGAN SAYS
He Asked For
Guidance Before
Making Arrests
WASHINGTON M — Gov. Wm.
Egan of Alaska says he tried for
two weeks to get State Department
guidance before ordering the arrest
of the captains of three Japanese
fishing boats in the Shelikof Strait
off the Alaska Coast.
In a letter to the editor of the
Washington Post Saturday, Gov.
Egans said it was 10 days before
the State Department even ack
nowledged his request and Chen
only after he personally telephoned
Undersecretary of State George
Ball.
“It was our belief and our hope
that the State Department, upon
hearing of this situation, would im
mediately request the Japanese
government to withdraw the ships
from Alaskan waters until some
determination of rights was made,
Egan wrote.
“If this had been done, an un
fortunate international incident
could have been prevented.”
Egan said that on March 30,
after learning that a Japanese fish
ing fleet was in the Shelikof Strait,
which Alaska claims as being with
in her traditional jurisdiction, he
wrote Ball asking for advice.
He said he cabled Ball April 2
repeating the request and finally,
on April 9, telephoned the under
secretary. He said Ball told him j
he had seen neither the cable nor ,
ihe letter. 3
The governor added that on <
\pril 10 he received a call from 1
i Mr. Chayes of the State Depart
nent about the matter and that j
in April 12 Raymond Yingling of <
he department arrived in Juneau, j
Jut Egan said, Yingling said he ]
ras not authorized to state policy.
After a conference with the State 1
attorney General, “Mr. Yingling ,
dvised that a matter of weeks ,
rould be needed for the State De^
artment to come to a decision,”
Igan said. j
“I emphasized that in a matter !
f weeks American salmon fisher
men would be in Shelikof Strait, ,
ompounding what already had be- <
ome a dangerous situation. I told
am that we could not possibly 1
radt any longer and that in the
ibsence of federal direction I was
ompelled to act.” ^
Egan said he believes the fishing j
leet had the primary aim of try- j
ng to establish Japanese rights
n the waters. He added: . „ (
“That the governor of a state
who asks the Department of State ,
■or advice in handling an extreme- j
ly delicate incident involving a j
friendly power cannot receive
prompt consideration is incredible.” ,
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May Keep the Deer . . .
ALBANY, N.Y. Uft — A motorist ,
whose vehicle Is damage in colli- \
don with a deer may keep the car- (
:ass and serve the venison to his j
'arnily, under terms of a law sign
al Friday by Gov. Nelson Rocke- ,
teller. ,
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ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY
■AUTOMATIC SERVICE—
GOV. EGAN URGES GO-SLO\
POLICY ON GAS USAGE
AT MILITARY BASES
JUNEAU W) — A go-slow polic
on possible conversion of militar
power plants at Elmendorf Ai
Force Base and Fort Richardso
from coal to natural gas was urge
Saturday by Gov. Wm. Egan.
Egan wired Defease Secretar
Robert McNamara asking that h
give his personal attention to th
question and postpone a decisio
“until all factors may be properl
j weighed.”
“The fact that natural gas i
permitted to bid on a 10 yea
contract while the coal industr;
can only bid on a one year basi
clearly places coal at a disadvantag<
in trying to retain a market whic!
it has served faithfully and well fo
nearly two decades,” Egan said ii
his telegram to McNamara.
“In the interest of fairness botl
fuel sources should be entitled t<
M1U UUUJ •
Egan said that while the coa
industry is aware of the fact tha:
the discovery and distribution ol
natural gas will make inroads intc
its markets, “time is required foi
the coal industry to gear itself foi
this transition and make new mar
kets.”
He said that last year the coa]
industry accounted for about 13
per cent of the school supporting
property taxes in the Matanuska
Valley.
“Early conversion to natural gas
vould cause widespread displace
nent of trained personnel, loss of
corporate and personal income tax
•evenues to the state and local gov
ernments, and a significant blow to
he Alaska, railroad,” Egan said.
“It appears to me that in this
nstance, many questions should be
considered other than a possible
uel cost saving to military estab
ishments.”
WORRIES AND TENSION
ZAUSE AMERICANS TO J
'GRIND THEIR CHOPPERS”
LOS ANGELES MW — Americans
ire gnashing their teeth away, a
yfinneapolis mouth specialist said
[‘uesday.
At the rate they’re going — two
o three hours a day — they're
rutting down the life of their
panders by 50 per cent, he added.
Dr. Ralph Boos told the South
rm California State Dental Assn.:
“Its a modem phenomenon, this
eeth grinding, due to the great
ncrease in worries and tension
>eing experienced by modem man.”
Nine out of ten Americans are
loing it, Dr. Boos said. Most
Americans spend five to eight
ninutes a day grinding food while
hpV cisf' TKa rpel a! fha tfnflekfniy
5 due to tension.
There’s a remedy, says the doc
tor—juggle your jaw.
Here’s how you do it:
Open your mouth, then move
rour jaws without allowing your
eeth to touch. Do it four times a
lay — the last time after getting
nto bed for the nigth
“The relaxing effect can be
vonderful and help,” the doctor
aid.
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By FRITZ WITTI
The latest word here on Alaska’s
seizure of two Japanese fishing
vessels is that the State Depart
ment will not object to court pro
cedure on the case in Alaska.
Sen. Ernest Gruening said he
was told the department would
make “an emphatic demand’’ of
the Japanese to keep out of Sheli
kof Strait, where the ships were
seized, until there is a decision on
whether Alaska can legally con
sider these domestic waters,
In a Senate speech backing up
the state’s action, Gruening ex
tended an olive branch to the
Japanese.
“I am hopeful,’’ said Gruening,
“that the Japanese, with whom the
State of Alaska is developing a
most useful and mutually bene
ficial commercial relationship, win
take a reasonable view of this
situation and accommodate them
selves to Alaska position.
“We in Alaska appreciate Jap
ans problems. Japanese capital has,
in part, financed a most useful en
terprise, a pulp min in Sitka; the
Japanese are exporting Alaskan
lumber and are further interested
m uic acquisition oi various of
Alaskas raw materials, minerals,
oil, and other vital resources * . .
“We hope that this developing
commercial intercourse and an
otherwise friendly relationship will
not be jeopardized.”
A conference on a Civil Aero
nautics Board proposal for re
visions in Pacific Northwest-Al
aska air service originally sched
uled for Wednesday, April 25, has
been postponed until May 2.
At that time the parties involved
are to meet to decide on procedure
in the case and the scope of a
hearing which will be held later.
GOV. EGAN SIGNS ONE
BILL — VETOES ANOTHER
JUNEAU Of)— Gov. Wm. Egan
Friday signed one bill into law, al
lowed another to become law
without his signature, and vetoed
a third.
The measure to receive the ex
ecutive signature was SB209, pro
posing a $2,200,000 general obli
gation bond issue to provide funds
for the construction of a vocation
al school to be located in the Ko
diak-Aleutian Islands Senatorial
District.
The proposal will be placed on
the November general election bal
lot for ratification by the voters.
J&an vetoed a bill, HB407, which
would have permitted professional
persons, such as doctors or lawyers,
to form corporations.
In his veto message, the governor
said that such corporations, in at
tempting to establish eligibility for
special tax relief, “could, perhaps
unjustly, cause considerable de
terioration of the general public's
esteem for the professions.” *
Th#» hill urWrh nrae normitteH t/v
become law without the executive
signature was HB481, which per
mits the Commissioner of Public
Works to negotiate leases and con
cession agreements.
The measure was designed to
permit annual renewal of leases
without competitive bidding with
concessionaries at the international
airports, in the interest of stabil
izing business and preventing “suit
case operations.”
“Competitive bidding should be
the rule and any erosion of this
rule should be zealously guarded
against,” Egan said in his. message.
. He pointed out, however, that
such negotiations must be carried
t
IlifSi
out under terms of the Adpinis
and said
trative Procedures Act,
that he was asking the Attorney s
General to draft appropriat
lations to implement "
the most
"ble." "i;