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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 13
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1962
Per Copy 15^
Rep. Bob Blodgett
Calls for Railway
In N.W. Alaska
JUNEAU US) — A resolution that
the Alaska railroad be moved —
lock, stock and railroad ties —
from central Alaska to North
west Alaska was introduced in
the House today.
The tongue-in-cheek measure,
introduced by Rep. Bob Blodgett
of Teller, also suggested that the
old roadbed of the railroad be
used as the base for a superhigh
way connecting Anchorage and
Fairbanks. v
“The Anchorage and Fairbanks
areas of Alaska have rapidly de
veloped and are no longer in need
of railroad facilities,” Blodgett
said.
“Northwest Alaska, in des
perate need for development, (it)
has vast deposits of coal, copper,
and other minerals, a petroleum
potential unexcelled by any other
area of Alaska.
“There is a considerable de
mand for reindeer meat, which is
a specialty of Northwest Alaska
just as cattle were to the early
American west, ibut exportation
of this meat is impeded by the lack
of transportation facilities.”
Blodgett’s resolution suggested
that the railroad be re-located
“from Cape Lisbume through the
Kobuk River area and the Seward
Peninsula to Port Clarence at
Teller, with a main spur line to
Nome and Kotzebue.”
U.S. Army Announces
Cutback of Overseas Duty
WASHINGTON UR — The Army
announced today a cutback of
overseas duty for thousands of
men whose tours abroad were ex
tended by as much as six months
to help meet Soviet threats to
Berlin.
It is the first major cancella
tion of emergency steps taken
last fall to build up U.S. armed
strength swiftly.
Some 42 per cent of the Army’s
million-man force is stationed in
SO different countries or areas.
The heaviest concentration is in
Europe facing the Iron Curtain.
The Army said phased reduc
tions in tour lengths will start
July 1 and that overseas tours
will revert to the standard leigths
by Dec. SI.
Wolverines to
Invade Nanooks’
Court Friday Night
With the arrival of the Unalak
leet Covenant High School Wol
verines on Thursday afternoon,
the local (basketball fans will be
seeing what promises to be two
exciting ball games with the Nome
Nanooks. Game times will be at
9:00 pm. for both Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Preliminary games will be held,
with each starting at 7:30 p.m.
The Friday preliminary will be
between the Junior High All
Stars and the Frosh. Saturday
will feature the Polar Curio
women’s team and the High School
Huskies.
On Jan.19-30 the Nanooks were
guests of the Covenant High
team for the first two games of
a "home and home” series. Una
lakleet won the first game by a
margin of 8 points 44-38, but
Home bounced back tile second
uUbt to win ' 43-38. : * W *
Sen. Bronson Seeks $2
Million Additional for
Nome’s Vocational School
JUNEAU (ff) — A bill appropri
ating $2 million for construction
of a vocational education school
at Nome was introduced in the
Senate Tuesday by Sen. Lester
Bronson.
The $2 million would be in addi
tion to a $1.5 general obligation
bond issue authorized to raise
funds for construction of the Nome
facility.
In another bill Sen. A1 Owen
asked for a $2.2 million general
obligation bond issue for con
struction of a vocational educa
tion school in the Kodiak-Aleu
tians Senatorial District.
The question of whether the
bonds should ibe issued would be
submitted to the voters of the
State in the next state general
election, under the provision of
the State Constitution.
FROZE SOLID . . .
ELGIN, 111, UP> — Coal in a rail
road car froze solid in the Goode
man Coal Co. yard early yester
day, so workmen built a fire to
thaw it out.
It worked.
The car started to blaze, the
coal caught fire and firemen were
called out to douse the whole
business.
Senate Overrides
Bipartisan Opposition
To McCone as CIA Chief
WASHINGTON UF> — The Sen
ate overrode bipartisan opposi
tion today to confirm 171 to 12
President Kennedy’s nomination
of John A. McCone as Director of
the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA).
McCone, a Republican, has serv
ed in three previous administra
tions. He already has stepped in,
under a recess appointment, as
successor to Allen Dulles.
Before the vote, McCone was
assailed as unqualified for the
chief spy post by some Democrats
and by Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith, (R-Maine). Conflict of in
terest questions also were raised
because of his extensive shipping
and oil holdings.
Sen. Ernest Gruening said it was
not pleasant for him to oppose
Kennedy’s choice of McCone.
But he said McCone has “had
no experience whatsoever in the
field of intelligence.”
Sen. E. L. Bartlett said the
Arabian-American Oil Co., in
which McCone has indirect hold
ings through a million dollars in
Standard Oil Co. of California,
had intervened in the internal af
fairs of Middle East nations.
When he asked McCone about
this, Bartlett said McCone replied
Aramco had “very satisfactory re
lations” with Middle East na
tions.
Bartlett said he did not know
whether this meant “satisfactory”
to the Arab nations, the oil com
pany, or the U.S. government.
FEDERAL EMPLOYES
GEY ALLOWANCE HIKE
WASHINGTON Uh — The Bud
get Bureau has approved increases
in daily expense allowances for
federal civilian employes in Alas
ka, Rep. Ralph Rivers said today.
Effective tomorrow, the allow
ances will be increased from $21
a day to $23 at Anchorage, Fair
banks, Juneau, Nome and Cold
Bay and from $15 to $19 in all
other areas, except at Umiat where
it will remain $24* day.
7 Charged With
Taking Funds from
Kenny Foundation
.MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. UP) —
Seven persons formerly associated
with the Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Foundation, including one-time
executive director Marvin Kline,
were indicted by a federal grand
jury Tuesday on charges of mail
fraud and conspiracy.
The grand jury, concluding 16
months of investigation of the
Minneapolis based polio founda
tion’s financial affairs, accused the
seven in 16 separate counts, in
cluding the taking of nearly $360,
000 in kickbacks from contribu
tions to the foundation.
Kline already is under a 10
year prison sentence for larceny
for illegally gaining a $23,000
yearly salary increase to $48,000
in 1957, although he is free on
$5,000 bond pending an appeal.
JNamed with Kline m the in
dictment are Fred Fadell, 53,
foundation publicity agent, and
J. George Zimmerman, 50, St.
Paul, former Kenny accountant,
a former mayor of Minneapolis.
The other four defendants have
been connected as owners or of
ficers of several Chicago direct
mail corporations which raised j
approximately $20 million for the
foundation (between 1952 and 1960
and charged fees approximating
$11 million.
The indictment charges that
the defendants “devised a scheme
and artifice to defraud and ob
tain money and property by false
and fraudulent pretenses, repre
sentations and promises from the
foundation and its donors and
contributors.”
Teen-Age Radio Ham
Arrested for False Report
BRUNSWICK, Ga. m — The
FBI says that a teen-age radio
buff faked a recent report that
a shrimp boat was under attack
by a submarine off Savannah.
Agents arrested James Wesley
Thomas, 17, son of a Brunswick
physician yesterday and charged
him with furnishing false infor
mation to a government agency.
The youth transmitted three
fake messages on a Civil Air
Patrol frequency Jan. 25, FBI
agent Joe Jamieson said. The mes
sages set off a search of coastal
waters by Coast Guard, Air Force
and National Guard units.
Thomas was released to his
parents under $1,000 bond.
Nuclear Ship Savannah
Embarks on Maiden Voyage
CAMDEN, N.J. to — The NS
Savannah, the world’s first nuc
lear-powered cargo and passenger
ship, put to sea today on her
maiden voyage.
The ship eased into the Dela
ware River from the New York
Shipbuilding Corp. dock where
she was built, and headed into
the Atlantic on a two-day trip to
Yorktown, Va. MK
She was operated by auxiliary
power since her automatic re
actor still is undergoing tests.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
| cloudy with occasional
light snow. Low tonight -20, high
tomorrow -S. In the last 24 hours:
High of -1, low of -<12. Max. wind
14 mph from toe ENE. Sunrise
at 8:48 am., sunset at 3:43 pan.
Temps, a year ago today. High of
23, low of 10. Extremes on this
date since 1007: High of 37 in
1045, low of -38 in 1014
Highway Hearings
Postponed to Monday
JUNEAU iff) — The special Sen
ate Highways Investigating Com
mittee will not start questioning
witnesses until next Monday
night, chairman R. J. McNealy
said today.
The hearings originally were
scheduled to open last Monday
night. McNealy then changed that
to Thursday night, only to make
a further change today.
The Fairbanks Democrat told
the Senate the additional delay
was caused by “the complex prob
lem involved and the number of
people who will be asked to testi
fy. It has also branched into the
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads.”
The special investigation was
ordered last week and the com
mittee was directed to delve into
the operations and fiscal policies
of the Division of Highways and
all related divisions.
The Highways Committee is
scheduled to meet each Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
night from 7-9 p.m. until the in
vestigation is complete.
DEAF AND BLIND MOTHER
FIGHTS OFF HEART ATTACK
AKRON, Ohio (in — Georgia
nainaway, a ueai ana uimu
woman whose fight to keep her
child attracted widespread atten
tion six years ago, is recovering
from a heart attack in Akron
General Hospital.
The hospital relaxed its rules \
on children’s visiting rights to
allow Mrs. Hathaway’s son, Clar
Ience, who will be 7 on Feb. 17,
to visit her. Clarence is the eyes
and ears of hi*? mother, who is
43, and father, Harold Hathaway,
60, who also is deaf and blind.
The couple in 1055 won a court
fight to prevent a welfare agency
from placing Clarence in a foster
home.
New Seattle Housing
Ordinance Backfires >
SEATTLE UP) — Aroused by
protests from tenants evicted from
their apartments, the Seattle City
Council yesterday moved to re
peal an ordinance it passed to
assist in housing visitors to the
World's Fair.
Council members used such
words as “rent gouging” and “bad
faith” to describe what has hap
pened as a result of the law they
passed to permit apartment house
owners to take in transients dur
ing the Fair’s run from April 21
to Oct. 21.
The Council will act Monday
on emergency legislation to re
peal the law, and will schedule
meetings with apartment house
operators, motel owners and
World’s Fair officials to try and
find a way to take care of visitors
without uprooting permanent
apartment tenants.
MEASURE SEEKS $25,000 FOR
SNOW REMOVAL AT
KOTZEBUE AIRPORT
JUNEAU Ufi — A supplemental
appropriation of $25,000 for air
port maintenance and snow re
moval was introduced by Sen.
Lestem Bronson today.
Bronson submitted the measure
after receiving a copy of a tele
gram from C. L. Miller, vice pres
ident for operations, Alaska Air
lines, to Rep. Jacob Stalker of
Kotzebue, that the north-south
runway at Kotzebue will be closed
for the rest of the winter because
of lack of funds to continue snow
removal.
House Gives Tentative
Approval to Revision
Of Alaska’s Election Code
JUNEAU WP) — The House State
Affairs Committee gave tentative
approval late yesterday to a re
vision of the Election Code which
would eliminate provisions for
marking a straight party ballot in
general elections.
Chairman Morgan Reed of the
House State Affairs Committee
said more than 30 changes in the
Election Code are proposed by
two Senate bills and six House
bills.
The House committee tentative
ly approved eight changes in the
Election Code yesterday, most of
them relatively minor provisions.
In addition to knocking out the
straight party voting squares on
general election ballots, the com
mittee gave its tentative okeh
to another amendment which
would require that only a stand
ard “X”, a crossmark or plus
sign can be used to mark a ballot
The House committee also gave
tentative approval to an amend
ment which would require sepa
rate ballots for propositions and
questions.
PERMANENT DOG HOUSE . . .
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. UPl —
Mrs. Wm. Robinson has a re
triever so proficient that she runs
ads in the local weekly news
paper to keep neighbors posted
on his latest finds.
She says its embarrassing,
though. The swag dragged home
by 9-month-old Blaze has in
cluded shoes, gloves, trousers,
suspenders, dishes and a crocheted
black shawl.
Mrs. Robinson, who operates the
newspaper, promises a permanent
dog house for her mixed-up mutt
if he doesn’t outgrow his habit.
“Dusty” Rhode Presented
Performance Award
F. S. (Dusty) Rhode, Anchor
age station manager for the Fed
eral Aviation Agency, was pre
sented a Sustained Superior Per
formance Award and check for
$200 by R. T. Williams, assistant
regional manager for FAA. Rhode,
who transferred to Anchorage
from Nome last May, is responsible
for supervision of all of FAA’s
operational units in the Anchor
age area.
Prior to serving as station man
ager at Nome for three and one
half years, Rhode, who has been
with FAA in Alaska since 1045,
was located at Northway, Kodiak,
Aniak, Bethel, and Galena.
NATIONAL DEBT TOPPED
$298 BILLION LAST FRIDAY
WASHINGTON U!) — The na
tional debt has risen above $208
billion for the first time.
The treasury said today that
the, as of last Friday, amounted
to $298,049,359,273. The tempor
ary debt limit of $298 billion was
not violated, however, because
some $438 million of the debt is
not subject to the ceiling.
A year ago, the debt stodd at
$291 billion.
President Kennedy has proposed
lifting the temporary debt limit
to $308 billion.
Would Limit Benefits Under ESC
JUNEAU UB — Persons whose
base period wages total in ex
cess of $12,499 would not be elig
ible for employment security
benefits under the terms of legis
lation introduced by Sen. Howard
Pollock of Anchorage today.