AMERICAN STUDENT GOES
ON SECRET TRIAL IN
EAST BERLIN EOR LURING’
BERLIN OF— Robert Mann, an
American university student, went j
on trial behind closed doors in
Communist-ruled East Berlin to
day.
Mann, 19. is charged with vio- ;
lating an East German law which j
carries a penalty of from one to |
15 years hard labor for anyone
“luring” people from the Red-ruled I
state to the West.
Pale but composed, Mann ap-1
peared in court with Uwe Stur- j
berg, 25, an East Berliner. Stur- (
berg’s role in the trial was not
made known.
After Mann and Sturberg had j
given their identifications, the \
judges announced that “for state j
security reasons, the public is ex
cluded from the trial.” The stu
dent’s father, Charles Mann o”
Sepulveda, Calif.. Frank Meehan,
a U.S. Mission official from West
Berlin and three Western report
ers filed out of the courtroom.
Mann had been studying at
Beutelsbach near Stuttgart, where
Stanford University of Palo Alto,
Calif., has its “Stanford in Ger
many" program.
Since Mann’s arrest, no one
from the West has been permitted
to see him.
SECRETARY OF WELFARE
WILL RESIGN TODAY
WASHINGTON OF — Secretary
of Welfare Abraham Ribicoff plans
to deliver his resignation to Presi
dent Kennedy late tomorrow, it
was learned today.
The Secretary leaves for Con
necticut this afternoon to seek the
Democratic nomination for the
U.S. Senate at the state Demo
cratic convention Friday and Sat
urday.
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STRHNGHEN WALL
BERLIN i/P — Hundreds of East
Germans are toiling day and night
to strengthen the Communist bar
ricades of concrete and iron around
West Berlin.
West Berlin police counted at
least 550 at work in Tuesday’s hot
sun. They continued laboring after
dark under the glare of floodlights.
As armed guards watched, they
hauled up concrete slabs, strung
barbed wire and cut back foliage
to clear fields for fire of machine
guns.
Unseen from the west, hundreds
more were believed at fork in
plants producing concrete blocks
and operating a giant supply line
of material for the ever-growing
barricades.
The work has gone on with lit
j tie letup since the wall was begun
last Aug. 13. One of the reasons
1 for building the wall according to
| allied sources is to head off a pos
j sible mass breakout on the Aug. 13
anniversary of the wall. On June
17, anniversary of the abortive
1953 East German revolt against
Communism, there was an at
tempted mass break, the Reds re
ported.
MOUTAINEER FINED . . .
SEATTLE (jW — A Seattle man
has been fined $150 for climbing
Mt. Rainier without first notifying
park officials.
Mike Swayne, 22, was fined at a
hearing Monday. Swayne made the
unauthorized ascent with Edward
Cooper, also of Seattle. Cooper,
reportedly in Canada, did not at
tend the hearing.
Earl Clifford, Mt. Rainier Na
tional Park Commissioner, said the
fine was the heaviest yet for per
sons climbing the 14,000-foot peak
without telling park authorities.
Regulations ask that Rangers
know where climbers are in case
of an emergency.
Additional 4th of July Contributors
The following are additions to
the contributors to the Fourth of
July fund. Anyone who wishes to
add to the fund for kiddies’ prizes
may do so at the office of the
City Clerk.
Nome Light & Power $5, North
Star Bakery $20, Glue Pot, ice
cream cones.
THE NOME NUGGET
For Sale on Newstands at
NOME DRUG STORE
U.S. MERC
Astronaut Slayton
Pulled Out of
Mercury Program
WASHINGTON UP —The Space
Agency pulled Astronaut Donald
K. (Deke) Slayton out of the Proj
ect Mercury flight program Wed
nesday.
The National Aeronautics and
Space administration assigned
Slayton to continuirg ground dut
ies in the man-in-space program.
The action was taken because of
the heart irregularity that earlier
had eliminated Slayton from the
orbital flight that was conducted
by Malcolm Scott Carpenter.
Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, director
of NASA’s manned spacecraft cen
ter, made the announcement.
Slayton, commenting on the
change in his status, said, “Natur
ally I am greatly disappointed.
“For more than three years I
have been training and looking
forward to an early flight assign
ment. But I am ready to do what
ever is needed.”
Gilruth said Slayton will assume
new engineering and operational
planning duties at the manned
spacecraft center, Houston, Tex.,
on all programs including Mercury,
the two-man Gemini and three
man Apollo spacecraft projects.
“He will continue to participate
in the astronaut training program
and his physical condition will be
monitored on a continuing basis
by members of the manned space
craft center medical staff,” Gilruth
said.
Jean Burand Helps Golovin
Women Can Fish
Jean Burand, Home Demonstra
tion agent for the Extension Ser
vice of the University of Alaska
has just returned from Golovin
where she helped the women with
fish canning, both in glass and
cans.
The classes were held at the
home of Martin Olsen. A trip to
the cannery ship had been planned
but the weather was rough and
the trip was cancelled.
Mrs. Burand has announced
that there will be registration for
clothing classes at the BIA School
in Kotzebue on Monday evening,
July 16.
All interested persons are asked
to get in touch with the school
superintendent, Mr. Emil Kowal
czyk.
Frank Morris, formerly district
engineer here with the BPR and
now with the same service in Teh
ran, Iran, and his wife have an
nounced the arrival of a daughter,
Virginia Ann, born on May 30.
Pete Walsh has been chosen as
godfather for the young lady.
SECRET WEAPONS EFFECTS
DEVICE DETONATED
IN NEVADA DESERT
CAMP MERCURY, Nev., UP*—A
small atomic device — exploded
shallowly under the desert sur
face—sent a geyser of earth, a ball
of fire and a plume of smoke soar
ing skyward today.
The secret weapons effects test
was described by one watcher as
spectacular, with a brilliant flash
of light despite the bright 9:45
a.m. sun. Presumably it blasted a
large crater in the floor of Yucca
Flat.
Observers in mountains 30 miles
from the closed-off test area could
see only the rise of the billowing
white smoke cloud—no sound, no
shock wave.
The test obviously was far
weaker than a shallow under
ground shot fired last Friday. That
one, an experiment in peaceful
uses of atomic energy, featured a
hydrogen-type bomb that was the
most powerful ever tried in the
United States. It sent up a jet of
earth easily visible off site.
RICKY YOUNG NAMED
TO CAP CADET TEAM
Richard Young, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Young, has been selected
from the Nome CAP Cadet group
to be a member of the Alaska CAP
Cadet drill team to compete with
other teams selected from all over
the United States at the Air Force
Academy at Colorado Springs,
from Aug. 5-9.
Ricky leaves on July 18 for
Elmendorf Air Force Base, where
the Alaska team will do intensive
training for 12 days before de
parting for Colorado.
About 21 cadets have been se
lected from CAP Cadet groups in
Alaska for this coveted honor.
Egan Orders Agents to Issue
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
To Outlying Native Village
JUNEAU (jn —Gov. William A.
Egan today ordered the Depart
ment of Revenue to provide as
many outlying villages as possible
with qualified agents to issue hunt
ing and fishing licenses.
Egan also directed the depart
ment to speed the issuance of 25
cent subsistence licenses to eligible
residents.
The purpose of the order, Egan
said, was to provide more ade
quately for the licensing needs of
remote villages.
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C21 TO REPAY PERSONS
WHO MADE RESERVATIONS
AT DEFUNCT MOTEL
SEATTLE UPl — The World’s
Fair is going to repay persons who
made advance reservations and de
posits to hold bookings at a now
defunct trailer-motel built to
handle Fair visitors.
The decision came at an emer
gency meeting of Fair officials
Monday night.
Fair President Joseph E. Gandy
said the action resulted from “a
ground swell of public support”
and offers of financial aid from
Seattle businessmen to underwrite
a repayment plan if necessary.
Nearly 1,400 persons had made
advance reservations at the Travel
ers’ Village, Inc., motel outside of
Redmond, Wn„ and had deposited
$95,000. Last month motel officials
announced they were folding due
to financial difficulties.
Travelers’ Village now is in
volved in bankruptcy proceedings
and damage suits filed by the Fair
and several outside parties who
had deposited money with the
closed lodging facility.
The Fair has asked for repay
ment of $20,000 its housing agency,
Expo-Lodging, spent in relocating
persons who found themselves
without a place to stay when the
village folded.
After it had found housing ac
commodations for approximately
300 parties, the Fair announced it
no longer could provide free lodg
ing, but would be glad to aid per
sons affected by the closure.
Fair officials said after Monday
night’s meeting that a letter has
been sent out to those holding de
posits. It read:
“The Seattle World’s Fair and
the community are concerned,
realizing that the summer is speed
ing on and that your vacation plans
have been disrupted.
“The Fair will pay you the
amount you paid in deposit to
Traveler’s Village.”
Officials said a Citizens’ Com
mittee may be organized to follow
up pledges of financial assistance
after it is determined how much
money the Fair will recapture in
the bankruptcy proceedings.
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pete Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Carl Mlckelson, W. M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Herb Jenks
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of I Very
Month at School
Dorothy Grant, President
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
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Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and Srd Wednesdays
Ralph DeLong, Pres.
Chas. D. Jonas, 8 set/.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Cadet Squadron
let U Jesse Jones, Gmdr.
Nestings . Cash Thursday 7:8 p -