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President Kennedy’s
Press Conference
Televised Live
To Europe
WASHINGTON (/P' — President
Kennedy told nn American-Europ
en audience on live television to
day that “I cannot report progress”
toward a Berlin settlement with
Russia and this is a “source of
concern and danger to us all.”
"We hope that an accord can be
reached, we will continue to try
to reach one, but we have not
made progress recently,” Kennedy
said.
The chief executive’s words
were carried direct to all America
and to 16 European nations, in
cluding communist Yugoslavia, in
an unprecedented telecast via the
Telstar satellite.
The President said that the re
laying of his words by Telstar “is
another indication of the kind of
world in which we live.”
He said he believes the under
standing which will inevitably
come from speedier communica
tion will increase the well being
of all peoples.
Kennedy said the United States
will not carry out further nuclear
tests once the current series is
ended, unless an analysis of new
Soviel tests shows we are “forced
to.”
He called it deplorable that an
end of nuclear tests could not be
arranged.
Kennedy was asked why the
United States of all the nations in
the world permit its currency to
be exchanged for gold.
The President said the resources
of gold are quite limited. But he
said this country has extensively
improved its gold situation.
“We hope we can bring our pay
ments into balance by the end of
next year,” Kennedy said.
Those who speculate against the
dollar are going to lose, he said,
adding that the United States isn’t
going to devalue its dollar.
Kennedy said he felt those hold
ing dollars abroad have a very
good investment. This country, he
said, is a very solvent country.
SECOND HIGH-ALTITUDE
PACIFIC NUCLEAR TEST
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT
HONOLULU — Unless wea
ther or technical problems inter
fere, the United States will explode
its second high - altitude nuclear
warhead above Johnston Island
late tonight.
The shot—one of the last of the
current Pacific test series—will be
much weaker than the thermo
nuclear explosion which lit up the
mid-Pacific July 8. That blast was
set off at a height of 210 miles
and was seen from Hawaii to New
Zealand.
Tonight’s test will be at a pro
bable altitude of 30 to 40 miles
and will be in the sub-megaton
range, equal to between 20,000 and
one million tons of TNT.
Sol Wettach, Former Operator of
Dexter Roudhouse, Dies in Calif.
SEATTLE U!) — An Alaskan
sourdough who took part in the
gold rush at Dawson and Nome
died Sunday in Long Beach, Calif.,
friends here were notified Monday.
Sol Wettach, 86, went to Dawson
in 1898 and then on to Nome
where he ran th.e Sourdough Road
house on Dexter Creek.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday in Long Beach.
17,500 ACRES ARE AFIRE
IN 1! BLA/.ES ON YUKON
AND KUSKOKWIM RIVERS
ANCHORAGE W — More than
17,500 acres of tundra and timber
are ablaze today in western Alas
ka where 11 separate forest fires
are being combatted by combined
forces of military, federal and civ
ilian agencies.
All were ignited by lightning
during the past five days.
Of greatest concern are a 3,500
acre fire near Holy Cross on the
Yukon River, and a 2,000 - acre
blaze near Ophir, northwest of
McGrath, which are out of control,
A total of 190 men have been
dispatched to fight these two fires.
This leaves only 200 personnel to
combat the other nine blazes, Jim
Scott, fire control officer for the
Bureau of Land Management said.
Eight of the 11 fires are in the
Anchorage district. Hundreds of
air miles separate the trouble
spots, centered mainly along the
Yukon and Kuskokwim river
drainages.
At present, 21 aircraft—includ
ing five helicopters — are busy
ferrying smokejumpers, fire fight
ers, rations, borate and other
equipment ranging from bandages
to radios.
Now engaged in the coordinated
effort are Bureau of Land Man
agement, Army, Air Force, Na
tional Guard. Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Fish and Wildlife Service,
Bureau of Public Roads and com
mercial facilities.
[ House to Begin
Hearings Looking
Toward Tax Cut
WASHINGTON UP> — The House
Ways and Means Committee,
which would handle any legisla
tion for a tax cut, agreed today
to begin closed hearings Thursday
on the state of the economy.
It was understood public hear
ings would be conducted later if
the closed hearings, and any re
commendations from President
Kennedy, result in a tax-reducing
bill.
The closed hearings will contin
ue for about a week with witnesses
appearing by invitation. These are
expected to include spokesmen for
business, labor, farm groups and
government, as well as academic
economists.
The decision to hold this round
of hearings behind closed doors
apparently was designed to keep
from unduly building up tax-cut
pressure on the committee, which
was described as genuinely un
committed.
President Kennedy has said he
will recommend a net income tax
reduction some time in the future.
Most recent indications are that
the President will make up his
mind whether or not to recom
mend a quick tax cut about the
middle of August.
Considerable sentiment has built
up in Congress for a tax cut at
this session.
Assistant ' Senate Democratic
Leader Hubert Humphrey says a
majority of the Senate favors it.
This was indicated by a poll he
conducted, Humphrey told a news
man Sunday.
Humphrey said that Congress
should legislate a tax cut this ses
sion, making it effective next Jan
uary.
He said reductions should cen
ter on individuals and include an
increase in exemptions for depend
ents by $100 or $200.
I Canadian Airliner
Crash al Honolulu
Claims 27 Victims
HONOLULU i/P — A Canadian
Pacific airliner crashed and burned
in an emergency landing Sunday
night at Honolulu International
Airport, killing 27 persons. Thir
teen escaped with minor injuries.
No. U.S. residents were aboard.
The Britannia propjet crashed in
a runway construction area.
The impact scattered bulldozers
and earth-moving machines.
The exploding airliner was
sliced in two. The plane’s front
section was reduced to tangled
steel and ashes.
All 13 survivors were in the tail
section.
The liner, “Empress of Lima,”
had left Honolulu only 41 minutes
earlier for Fiji, New Zealand, and
Australia. Minutes after takeoff
the pilot radioed that Honolulu
tower that he had feathered No. 1
engine and was heading back.
The big silver aircrcflt appeared
to veer left before touching down
on what Federal Aviation Agency
officials said was a routine landing
on three engines.
The leftward slipping plunged
the aircraft into the runway con
struction equipment. The impact
explosion spread flames and bits
of fuselage and engine over hun
dreds of yards.
The 13 survivors in the tail sec
tion were thrown clear of burn
ing wreckage when the tail sec
tion broke off.
Some of these survivors, who es
caped any visible injury, were un
aware that anyone had been
killed.
Canadian Pacific reported the
crash was the first in its air op
eration since August 1956, when
15 died in an Alaska crash. The
airline said it had flown three
billion passenger miles without a
fatal accident since then.
State Selects 56.693 Acres In June
JUNEAU M — The State Divi
sion of Lands reported today that
Alaska selected 56,693 in general
grant lands during the month of
June.
Lands selected were near Sel
dovia, Dillingham and Anchorage.
June selections brought the total
acreage applied for to 12,545,121
acres. Of that amount, patents
have been received on 417,352 acres
and there has been tentative ap
proval on 2,981,075 additional
acres.
EISENHOWLR RI VISITS
NORMANDY 13 A IT LI FIE ID
CHERBOURG, France .?—For
mer President Eisenhower return
ed to France as an honored tourist
today with a quick look from the
train window at the Normandy
battlefield area in store for him.
Eisenhower, his wife, Mamie,
and .grandchildren Barbara Anne
and David, arrived abroad the
Queen Elizabeth for a six-week
European tour.
The wartime Allied command
er’s return to Normandy came
about by chance. He had original
ly been scheduled to arrive on the
line France at Le Havre, west of
Normandy, and his train to Paris
would have missed Normandy.
When a strike delayed the sailing
of the France, Eisenhower switched
to the Queen Elizabeth, which
docks at Cherbourg.
The train from Cherbourg to
Paris passes through Saints Mere
Eglise, Carentan, Bayeux, and
Caen, all key points in the Allied
invasion that began June 6, 1944.
ST ATI RIIICTS Mi BIDS j
FOR 1 HRi I J ! R.MI\ \i >
ON ST. MARINI HK.IIW'AV
JUNEAU .■? - The Si .:. De
partment of I i.ghw; . • said today
it has rejected all bids for con
struction of the W ran.-tell, Sitka
and Petersburg ferry terminal fac
ilities.
Deputy Highways Commissioner
Robert E. Sharp said the work
would be re-advertised, with new
specifications, a new completion
date and a proposal which would
make it possible for one bidder to
make an offer on all three ter
minals.
Sharp said the completion date
change was the most important
factor in the decision to reject all
bids.
Original plans called for the
Southeast Marine Highway Sys
tem to start operation in early
September, which would have re
quired completion of the terminals
by then, leaving contractors little
time for their work.
With delays encountered in con
struction of the first ferry, the
marine highway system now is not
expected to start operating until
mid-November.
25 PRIMARY CANDIDATES
HAVE NO OPPOSITION
By WARD T. SIMS
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU i/P> — Twenty-five of
the 207 candidates who will be
seeking nomination in Alaska’s
Aug. 14 primary election will have
no opposition within their own
party.
Two candidates, Rep. John E.
Longworth of Petersburg in the
2nd election district and Axel C.
Johnson of Emmonak in the 19th
district, have no opposition either
in their own party or in the op
position party.
Longworth is a Republican.
Johnson is a Democrat.
Barring a sweeping write-in vote
Longworth and Johnson are as
sured of a seat in the lower cham
ber of the legislature.
It should be remembered, how
ever, that in Johnson's district in
1960, then numbered District 24
before last year’s reapportionment,
a similar situation existed in the
primary, only to have a write-in
candidate. Father Segundo Llor
ente, S.J., win out in the general
election.
Two statewide candidates, Sec
retary of State Hugh Wade and
U.S. Rep. Ralph J. Rivers, both
Democrats, have no primary oppo
sition within their own party.
In the Northwestern District,
candidates who do not have oppo
sition within their own party in
the primary are:
John E. Curtis, Republican, in
Election District 17;
Rep. Robert R. Blodgett, Demo
crat, and Rep. Grace A. Johnson,
Republican, Election District 18.
14 NATIONS SIGN TREATY
BRINGING PEACE TO LAOS
GENEVA ijP* — Delegates of 14
nations today signed a treaty of
independence and neutrality for
Laos formally bringing to a close
14 long months of efforts to re
store peace to the Asian kingdom.
When all had signed, neutralist
Premier Souvanna Phouma of
Laos declared:
“We shall fulfill the obligations
of the conference imposed on us.
We shall do everything to maintain
an independent, prosperous and
neutral Laos.”
In Moscow, Premier Khrush
chev hailed the treaty as eliminat
ing “a dangerous scat of war” in
southeast Asia.
I .S. rV<‘par<\s
Serum! Sparerraft
For Trip to \ enus
By HOWARD BENEDICT
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla
The- nation's uco a -onr-v pushed
ahead today with ;> 1;<nto launch
a second spacecraft to the planet
Venus while technicians and engi
neers probed the failure of the
first at tern; ?.
The United States’ initial effort
to propel a vehicle to explore
Venus failed early Sund >y. The
Atlas-Agcna booster rocket strayed
off course and was destroyed near
ly ICO miles above the Atlantic
Ocean by the range- safety officer.
Flaming wreckage of the $8 mil
lion rocket and $4 million Mariner
I payload plummeted into the sea.
The spacecraft had been ticketed
for a 139-dav interplanetary jour
ney designed to take it within
10,000 miles of the cloud-shrouded
Venus next Dec. 8.
Even before data could be ana
lyzed to determine exactly what
went wrong, crews started prepar
ing the launching pay for another
shot.
Time was the deciding factor in
moving forward before data from
the first shot had been completely
analyzed. Venus comes into favor
able shooting range only every 19
months and the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administrator) docs
net want to trass up an opportunity
to send a spacecraft close to it
I to start an extensive program of
planetary exploration.
10,000 Sailors Quarentined By
Outbreak of Infectious Meningitis
SAN DIEGO. Calif. ,-P — Ten
thousand sailors at the naval train
ing station here are under quaran
tine because of an out-break of
infectious meningitis, the Navy re
ported today.
The entire Recruit Training
Command was ordered quaran
tined Saturday after four seamen
recruits were hospitalized with the
rlisease.
Two were reported it) good con
dition and two in satisfactory con
dition.
DAPHNE RYLANDFR
IS CHOSEN QUEEN
OF ESKIMO OLYMPICS
FAIRBANKS — Nome's queen
candidate. Daphne Rylander. was
crowned IMiss Eskimo Olympics
of 1962-6,3 at Friday night's per
formance of the Olympics. She
was crowned by last year's Es
kimo queen. Thelma Ross.
Other candidates were Bertha
Clark. Kotzebue; Emily Nusungin
ya, Point Barrow; Loretta Peter,
Fort Yukon: and Shirley Pitka,
Fairbanks.
Daphne, who is the daughter of
Mrs. Sophie Swanson, is a 1962
graduate of Nome High School and
has won a scholarship to attend
the University of Alaska. Daphne
was also the winner of the High
School Vogue pattern contest in
sewing this year.
Daphne, who is employed by the
US. Merc, is due to arrive this
evening on the late flight by Wien
Airlines, and a Wien bus will be
parked in front of the Wien office
to pick up anyone interested in
being part of a welcoming party.
Her young teen-age friends are
particularly urged to be in the
welcoming group.
Daphne will present her Eskimo
dance, which helped her win the
title of Queen of the Eskimo Olym
pics, at next Monday’s chamber
meeting.