Alaska Democrats Are Urged to Unite
By Ward Sims
Alaska Democrats, opening their
1962 convention, were urged Sat
urday to unite as never before for
this fall’s elections and to place
principles first and personalities
last.
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year convention in Nome’s National
Guard Armory, keynoter Dick
Greuel of Fairbanks said in his
prepared speech the State’s Demo
crats must “draft a liberal and pro
gressive platform.”
The platform must be, Greuel
said, “a document that will not only
tell the story of our great deeds
of today, but will clearly enunci
ate a dynamic program for the
future.”
Greuel also took a heavy swipe
•at Senate Bill 147, a measure ap
proved by the 1962 legislature.
The bill provides for the popular
election of national committeemen
and committee women, State Cen
tral Committee members and Dis
trict Central Committee members.
“This convention must meet the
challenge of Senate Bill 147,”
Greuel said, “ a bill which would
destroy our existing political sys
tem of government.
rms cnauenge cannot go un
heeded, or the people of Alaska
will be the big loser, regardless of
the motives of those who sponsored
this haphazard and irresponsible
measure.”
SB147 was authored by Sen. W.
O. Smith of Ketchikan, one of
Egan’s supporters in the legisla
ture.
Egan said shortly before the
convention got underway that he
intends to permit SB147 to become
law without his signature.
In effect, his action will post
pone elections for the party posts
become law until after the May 1
deadline for filing names to be
tion ballot.
Egan said he was taking action
for two reasons:
L “The filing date is so near at
hand that it is doubtful if all those
who might wish to file for office
could do so in time.
2. “There are certrin inequities
that could arise because of a con
flict between the act #nd party
rules a? now written, the most ii
portatot being the danger ' '
repi
within the ors
parties,’
“A postponement in implement
ing tiie act,” Egan concluded,
would permit everyone to famil
iarize himself with It and to permit
both political party organizations
to rewrite their rules so as to eli
minate possible inequities”
Greuel described SB 147 as “One
of those politicalfreakspassed by
men of good will who have been
duped by a small band Of malcon
tents, some Democrats, some Re
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“In our case, they are Democrats '
who are dissatisfied with the kind
of officers and members the dele
gates at Democratic conventions
have been electing. Senate Bill 147
would destroy both the Republican
and Democratic parties.”
“The few Democrats who helped
to instigate this destructive policy
measure might rightly deserve to
be placed on probation, pending the
conclusion of the November elec
tion campaign.”
Greuel also struck at what he
termed the “problem of the irre
sponsible Democrat, the politician
who wears the label of our party,
but does not support its principles.”
Greuel, Speaker of the House of
Representatives during the last
territorial legislature," praised the
work of the State’s three-man con
gressional team, Sens. E. L. Bart
lett and Emest Gruening and Rep.
Ralph J. Rivers, all Democrats.
Egan was also signaled out for
praise. Greuel said Egan “has had
the toughest job ever handed to an
Alaskan Democrat. . .
“Gov. Egan himself admits he
has made mistakes,” Greuel said.
“The amazing thing is that he has
made so few.”
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with pride” over Egan’s “courage
ous and forthright handling of the
recent Japanese fishing contro
versy in Shelikof Strait.
“His action on the fish trap is
sue was equally bold and dynamic,”
Greuel said, “and no one can deny
that his strong advocacy of a need
ed tax increase in 1960 displayed
courage of the highest order.”
Greuel said the first 2nd second
! state legislatures, both Democratic
controlled, were instrumental in the
transition of Alaskan government
from the territorial to state status.
*r. .I was proud of the recent
session for steadfastly resisting a
return to the old jungle of the
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so doing, they have saved Alaska's
state government from chaos.
“Of all the Republican positions
on matters political, their rigid
espousal of the archaic board system
of territorial days is the most ludi
crous. It proves graphically that
the Republican party in Alaska
, just doesn’t know what government
is all about.”
Greuel said the convention dele
gates must come forth with a
“statement of principles that will
propel Alaska forward with a
speed that will make our reaction
ary Republican friends’ heads
swim.
“To do less would be to fail in
our rule as the party of progress.
“And to let us pick a slate of
party officers who will not only
translate that program into another
election victory in November, but
will insure its enactment by the
successful Demoratic candidates in
that election.”
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Red Adair Snuffs
Out Runaway
Gas Wei! Blaze
GASSI TOUIL, Algeria UPi — A
dynamite blast snuffed out Satur
day the “Evil Cigarette Lighter,”
the towering column of flame above
a runaway gas well in the Algerian
Sahara, clearing the way for efforts
to bring the well under control.
Paul “Red” Adair, a flame
haired Texan whose life is devoted
to mastering difficult oil and gas
fires, flashed a big victory smile
and gave a hearty thumbs-up sig
nal after the blaze was extinguish
ed.
The fire had been burning since
last Nov. 13. Officials estimated
enough gas had been consumed
to supply the Paris area for three
months. But subsoil reserves still
will do the job for decades.
Adair and his team of specialists
had worked for months to prenare
for putting out the fire. Water
wells had to be dug and a reser
voir built so that jets of cooling
water could be sprayed over the
area around the well.
Saturday morning, long before
davm, Adair was out making a
final inspection. The direction of
the water jets was carefully ad
justed to best protect the bulldozer
that was to carry Adair up with the
dynamite charge. Doctors and first
aid teams were on the alert. Two
helicopters stood by to evacuate
wounded in case of accident.
Finally, the charge of 550 pounds
of dynamite was loaded into a
metal drum placed at the end of
the 66-foot adjustable arm built
onto the bulldozer.
By 8:30, everything was ready.
Adair stepped up to the controls
of the bulldozer. Three assistants
cra^edonto the shovel of th» Ml.
dozer, where a platform protected
by a metal shield had been built.
A cloud of sand followed the
bulldozer as it moved gingerly
toward the fire. The bulldozer dis
appeared behind the screen of
water playing over the area. After
long minutes, the four men re
appeared, running wildly toward a
trench that hadPbeen dug ISO yards'
from the well.
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trendi, he lifted his arm in warn
ing. Spectators Ml 'to the ground.
The explosion, crisp hut less1
thundrous than had lben expected,
came at 9:05. When the spectators
looked up, the flame had disap
peared.
Adair said he would wait two
days to let the well casing cool be
fore continuing with efforts to cap
the well and bring the gas under
control. This job may take as long
as ten days.
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FALSE RUMORS
TAIPEI^ Formosa \ff) — The
spokesman of the Defense Ministry
Saturday denied Peiping charges
that Chinese Nationalist pilots
flew American-made U-2 planes
over the southeast coast of mainland
China.
Hear Adm. Pei Yu-Feng said,
“the "Chinese Communists are
known 'for their ability to manu
facture false rumors.”
MOUNT EDGECUMBE
TEACHER ARRAIGNED
ON MORALS CHARGE
JUNEAU UPl — A 32-year-old
music teacher from Mount Edge
cumbe School at Sitka was ar
raigned here Saturday on a morals
charge involving youths at the
school.
Lee E. Rayfeldt, band instructor
at the Bureau of Indian Affairs
school, was charged on five counts
of contributing to the delinquency
of minors.
District Magistrate Henry Leege
bound Rayfeldt over to the Su
perior Court and set bail at $2,500.
Rayfeldt had waived prelimin
ary hearing.
The alleged offenses listed in the
charges occurred during the past
seven months, from Oct. 16, 1961,
until April 13, 1962. The youths in
volved were 16 to 18 years old.
Rayfeldt’s resignation at the
school was accepted by the De
partment of the Interior effective
April 16. He had taught at Mount
Edgecumbe for the past seven
years.
Acting district attorney James
Bradley said the State has been
called into the case by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs at the request of
officials at the school about two
weeks ago.
Rayfeldt’s attorney, James D.
Nordale, told the court that the
defendant had given himself up
voluntarily and had remained in
Juneau, free of restraint, during the
investigation of the case by the
State. He added that Rayfeldt was
undergoing psychiatric treatment.
The maximum penalty for con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor is two years on each count,
and the minimum penality one
year’s imprisonment on each count.
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FLOYD PATTERSON WILL
QUIT RING IF HE CAN T
FIGHT SONNY LISTON
NEW YORK UP) — The New
York Post said today that world
heavyweight champion Floyd Pat
terson will fight No. 1 challenger
Sonny Liston, or he will quit the
ring.
The Post also said the fight will
definitely not be held in Philadel
phia, Liston’s home town. It said
Chicago is the leading possibility
for the multi-million dollar scrap.
The newspaper quoted Patter
son, at his New York training
camp, as saying:
“I will never put the gloves on
again until I fight Liston. . . If
there’s any ducking out of the fight,
It won’t be me who will do the
ducking.”
There has been talk that the
fight will never come off, after the
New York State Athletic Commis
sion denied a license to Liston be
cause of his associations with
police characters and his own pri
son and police record.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 61-27 P
ORDER FIXING TIME AND PLACE
FOR HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT
AND PETITION FOR DISCHARGE
IN THE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
RICHARD MONSMA, Deceased.
ROBERT W. OLIVER, Administrator
of the Estate of Richard Monsma, de
ceased, having filed in this Court his
Final Account and Petition for Dis
charge, praying that a day be appointed
for the hearing thereof, it is hereby
ORDERED that the said Final Account
be heard before this Court in the Fed
eral Building at Nome, Alaska on Tues
day the 19th day of June, 1962 at the
hour of 2:00 p.m., when and where all
persons interested in said estate may
appear and show cause, if any they
have, why said account should not be
settled; and at said hearing the Court
■will determine what persons axe to take
the estate under the intestate laws of
the State of Alaska; it is further
1 nahSawm! u>U haarina
shall be given by publication of a copy
hereof, once a week for four conse
cutive weeks in the Nome Nugget, a
newspaper of general circulation at
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DATED'™ "at* Nome, Alaska this 13th
day of April, 1962.
Grace E. Herman,
Special Master of Probate
Pub; April 16, 23, 30. May 7.
SPRING
SCHEDULE
Effective April 29
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Anchorage to Kotzebue - Flight 301
NON-STOP TO NOME
Lv. Anchorage 7:00 a.m.
Ar.
Nome
*8:20 a.m.
Lv.
Nome
*9f40 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue *10:45 am.
Kotzebue to Anchorage - Flight 300
FLAG STOP AT McGRATH
Lv. Kotzebue *11:15 am. Ar. Nome
Lv. Nome * 1:00 p.m. Ar. Unalakleet
*12:20 pm.
2:55 pm.
Lv. Unalakleet 3:15 pm. Ar! Anchorage 5:20 pm
Tuesday and Thursday
Anchorage to Nome - Flight 301
Lv. Anchorage 7:00 a.m. Ar. McGrath 8:25 am.
Lv- McGrath 8:35 a.m. Ar. Unalakleet 9:40 am.
Lv. Unalakleet 10:10 am. Ar. Nome *10:05 am
Nome to Anchorage - Flight 300
FLAG STOP AT McGRATH
Lv._Nome*1:00 pm. Ar. Unalakleet 2:55 pm.
Lv. Unlakleet 3:15 p.m. Ar. Anchorage 5:20 piau
* Bering Standard Time — All other time Alaska Standard