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63rd Year No. 52
Mate Convention
For Women’s Clubs
Will Convene Here
Members of the Home Arts Club
are in the process of making final
plans for the State Convention of
the Alaska Federation of Women’s
Clubs which starts here on Friday.
The charter plane from Anchor
age with about 70 guests will ar
rive here on Thursday evening
with registration taking place at
the airport and followed by a din
ner for the state officers at the Don
Hoover residence. Early Friday
morning a Fairbanks charter will
arrive with an expected 40 persons.
Mrs. Hoover is the convention
chairman.
Local registration will be at the
Pioneer Hall between 8 and 9
o’clock on Friday morning with
the convention getting underway
promptly at 9 o’clock.
A buffet luncheon will be served
at the Pioneer Igloo at noon during
a two-hour recess and the after
noon session starts at two o’clock.
Friday evening Carrie McLain
will be guest speaker for the group,
giving a story in pictures of “Nome,
The Tent City.” Other entertain
ment is also planned and the Beta
Sigma Phi will serve refreshments.
The banquet planned for Satur
day evening will include husbands
and guest of the members and other
interested local people who may
oover. y™;;; mbb|
The Home Arts Club has an
that anvone intereatori
in seeing Mrs. McLain’s pictures
is welcome to come to the Pioneer
Igloo Friday evening.
The time and place of all events
will be listed in Friday’s paper.
U.S. Explodes
3rd Nuclear Device
g WASHINGTON M — The Unit
ed States today exploded its third
nuclear device in the planned
series of tests in the atmosphere.
The shot was in the .vicinity of
Christmas Island in the Pacific as
were the two earlier shots.
The Defense Department and the
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced a device, “in the low mega
ton yield range” — meaning the
blast equivalent of more than one
million tons of TNT — was drop
ped from an airplane.
Thus, this third shot in the test
series was heavier than the two
previous ones which were in a
range of between 100,000 and 500,
000 tons of TNT.
The series is expected to last
perhaps two or three months. 1
In June or July the United States
will fire three high altitude bursts 1
with devices sent up to perhaps *
500 miles in the nose of Thor inter- 1
mediate range ballistic missiles. *
Identify Woman’s Body 1
FAIRBANKS CB — The body 1
of a white woman found Saturday ]
evening encased in ice in a slough j
within the Bethel city limits was 1
identified yesterday by State '
Police as that of a Bethel school <
teacher, 35-year-old Lois Ralph.
Miss Ralph, the daughter of a t
Wasilla school teacher, Rose M.
Thompson, had been missing from r
her apartment at Bethel since t
November 26, 1961. r
The body had been found Sat- c
urday by two native boys and was
taken to the Alaska Native Service r
. Hospital, still encased in ice, to I
thaw out before positive idenifi
cation could be made. s
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NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1962
Per Copy 154
I SEVEN FILE HERE FOR
STATE PRIMARY ELECTION
Clerk of the Court Grace Her
man reported today that the fol
lowing had filed their candidacies
for state offices in the primary
election:
For the House of Representatives:
Grace Johnson, R, for Election Dis
trict 18.
Axel Johnson, D, for Election Dis
trict 19.
For the State Senate:
Neal W. Foster, D, Senate District
N (Northwestern), at large.
Pearse Walsh, D, Senate District
P, Nome-Wade Hampton.
Wallace Mclver, R, Senate District
P, Nome-Wade Hampton.
Chuck Frazier, R, Senate District
N (Northwestern) at large.
Thomas Martin, R, Senate District
N (Northwestern) at large.
In addition, previous filings with
Secretary of State Hugh Wade in
clude:
Bob Blodgett, D, for House seat
from Election District 18.
Jacob Stalker, D, for House seat
from Election District 17 (Bar
row-Kobuk).
Arthur Fields, D, for House seat
from Election District 17, Bar
row-Kobuk.
John Nusunginya, D, for Senate
District N (Northwest) at large.
; JAPANESE FISHERMAN
l TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
IN ANCHORAGE
JUNEAU W — A Japanese fish
erman from the fishing vessel
Akefcono Maru was hospitalized in
• Anchorage today after Coast
Guard air evacuation from St.
Paul Island.
The fisherman, identified as
Yuji Kaisaku, 35, was reported to
be suffering from appendicitis and
peritonitis, Coast Guard officials
said.
The Japanese vessel requested
assistance late Monday night and
was advised to proceed to St. Paul
Island in the Bering Sea for eva
cuation of the patient.
A Coast Guard aircraft picked
up the fisherman yesterday after
noon and flew him to Anchorage.
WOW ! PERFECT 300 GAME
ANCHORAGE MB — Ed Howell
of Anchorage shot a perfect 300
game, the first sanctioned game
in the history of Alaska, at the
Park Lanes Bowling Lanes in Mt.
View.
Howell, a carpenter and also a
widely known sportsman, was
shooting in a nationwide charity
bowling contest (Bowl Down Can
cer) and could win $10,000 for his
efforts. The lanes already has !
awarded him $300 for shooting the ;
big game in their house.
Under terms of the contest en
tries across the nation can divide j
a $10,000 pot among those who ^
bowl 300, but there is a limit erf! j
$5,000 per individual. « 3
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Li* Tours Nighi Spots Alone ]
ROME Iff) — Bichard Burton’s <
blonde wife, Sybil, flew home to
London today saying she regretted i
all the talk about an affair be- ;
tween her husband and Elizabeth i
Taylor “for the sake of our chil- «
dren.”
Burton accompanied his wife to i
the airport and kissed her goodbye. 1
She also told newsmen a few 3
moments later: “I’m happy. I plan ;
to come back to Rome to be with 1
my husband again about the mid- <
die of next week.”
Miss Taylor went on a tour of i
nght dubs early today without i
Burton.
Mrs. Burton had been in Rome !
since Easter. . *1
Ice Classic Payoff
Will Be $84,000
FAIRBANKS OP) — The Nenana
Ice Classic payoff will be $84,000
this year, according to manager
Don Clark. This compares to $76,
000 last year. The largest payoff
in recent years was in 1957 when
the pot was $113,000.
Although there are two holes in
the Tanana River, old-timers are
estimating that the breakup is still
about a week to ten days away.
The Nenana River, which flows
into the Tanana about one half
mile south of the tripod area at
Nenana, is breaking up according
to Clark.
The Ice Classic Committee has
not placed the tripod on the ice
yet nor set up the clock. This is
usually done five or six days be
fore the ice is expected to go out.
When the ice moves a certain dis
tance under the tripod, the clock is
I tripped recording the official time
of the breakup.
The committee has always man
aged to get the tripod and clock in
place before the breakup. The
guessing contest goes back to
1917. However, Clark said today
that “I had a dream the other night
about the ice going out before we
had the tripod and clock installed.
1 woke up in a cold sweat.”
This year 154,000 tickets were
purchased at $1 each.
Out oi^his amount, the classic
takes from three to five percent
to finance succeeding classics and
for local civic programs; ten per
eral government; 12 per-cent goes
for wages; and about two per cent
each goes for wagering stamps,
dealers’ commissions and city
taxes. Costs of putting on the
classic are also deducted before the
total payoff is figured.
For those interested in past per
formances, officials say that the
odds are 2-1 that the ice will go
out in the p.m. and 2-1 that it
will go out in May. The average
breakup is during the first few
days of May.
Rader Withdraws
As a Candidate
For Governor
ANCHORAGE UPi — Former
State Atty. Gen. John L. Rader
today withdrew as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
governor of Alaska.
He filed as a candidate for the
State House of Representatives
minutes before the filing deadline
yesterday afternoon.
Rader’s withdrawal thus leaves
four men in the Democratic field
for the state’s top executive job,
former Anchorage Mayor George
Byer, House Speaker Warren A.
Taylor, David N. Boyer of Anchor
Point and Gov. Wm. Egan, a can
didate for re-election.
“I have notified Secretary of
State Wade that I am no longer
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor,” Rader
said.
“As a result of conversations
with friends from all sections of
the state at the recent Alaska
Democratic convention at Nome, I
am convinced that Gov. Egan is
the overwhelming choice of Demo
crats for governor.
“Under the circumstances, the
financing of a statewide campaign
would be impossible.
“Therefore, I have decided to
become ai candidate ter the State
House of Representatives.”
GOV. EGAN GOES TO
WASHINGTON TO CONFER
ON JAP FISHING PROBLEM
ANCHORAGE (£> — Gov. Wm.
Egan said today he will confer
with U.S. Undersecretary of State
George Ball in Washington, D.C.,
Tuesday on the threat posed by
foreign fishing fleets to tradition
ally Alaskan fishing waters.
Egan said he would be accom
panied to Washington by State
Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody and a re
presentative of the State Depart
ment of Fish and Game. Egan plans
to fly east from Anchorage Sunday
night.
“I feel that the continuing ac
tivities of the Japanese fishing
fleet in and near Alaska waters
poses the likelihood that all of
Alaska’s efforts to rehabilitate and
perpetuate its fisheries resources
could be jeopardized,” Egan said.
“With one of Alaska’s most val
uable resources in mortal danger,
no stone must be left unturned in
presenting the gravity of the situ
ation to high policy making offi
cials in our federal government.
“What is now occurring is com
parable to the situation which would
be confronted if a neighbor moved
in to establish historic rights in
order to ultimately destroy his
friend’s garden.
“I fervently hope that the fish
ery groups from across the seas
will recognize the human and prac
tical aspects of their activities and
will respect the historical rishing
rights of others..”
Egan said the Japanese herring
fishing fleet which has been oper
ating in the Prince William Sound
—Gulf of Alaska area has moved
further off shore in the past few
days.
GOV. EGAN PLANS
TO LET SENATE BILL
147 BECOME LAW
ANCHORAGE UP) — Gov. Wm.
Egan said today he plans to go
ahead with' a decision to permit
Senate Bill 147 to become law with
out his signature.
The controversial measure, which
provides for the popular election
of political officials, was con
demned strongly at the State Dem
ocratic Convention in Nome last
weekend.
The convention adopted a reso
| lution directing Egan to veto the)
bill and also approved a party j
plank placing the Democratic or
ganization in opposition to the bill.
Because the bill will not become
law until May 8, if Egan follows
present plans, it will have no actual
effect until 1964, the closest year
in which party officials could be
elected under the provisions of the
bill.
The filing deadline for this year’s
elections passed at 5 p.m., Alaska
Standard Time, yesterday.
“Even if the bill becomes law,”
Egan said, “there will be two leg
islative sessions in which the mem
bers of the legislature would have
the opportunity to amend or re
peal the bill.
“The legislature, itself, enacted
the measure and the legislature
should take the initiative if the
law is changed or wiped off the
books.”
All TV Channels
WASHINGTON UP) — The House
passed and sent to the Senate to
day a bill to require television
manufacturers to build their new
sets to receive all available TV
channels.
The roll call vote was 279 to 90.
It followed yesterday’s voice vote
of approval of the measure.
Raft of Last Minute
Filings Pile Into
Secty. State’s Office
JUNEAU UPl — Two last-minute
entries in congressional races for
the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives were received be
fore the 5 p.m, deadline yesterday,
Secretary of State Hugh Wade said
today.
Henry S. Pratt, Anchorage in
surance man, who served in the
State House of Representatives
during the 1961-62 session, filed
his declaration of candidacy for
the Republican nomination for the
U.S. House of Representatives.
He will oppose Lowell Thomas
Jr., also of Anchorage, in the
Aug. 14 primary election for the
GOP nomination and the right to
meet Democratic incumbent Ralph
J. Rivers in the November general
election.
Filing for the Democratic nomi
nation to the U.S. Senate against
incumbent Sen. Ernest Gruening
was Robert L. Veach, who listed
his residence as Anchorage, but
who is now teaching school at
Naknek.
Meanwhile, Wade said that two
would-be Republican candidates
for the office of Secretary of State
missed the filing deadline by
minutes.
Wade said that a telegram sent
W.. D w _-T_ _: .
■ »». «nt«wu w-i u opoana,
who served in the House of Re
presentatives during the second
legislature, arrived in the Secretary
of State’s office 11 minutes after
I the deadline.
I And a telegram from Alfred E.
/ Widmark of Klawock, announcing’
his intention to file for the state's
No. 2 post, was received 20 min
utes late.
Widmark also served in the State
House during the past session, but
has entered the race for the State
Senate seat from District A in tbe
coming elections.
Wade said that the law concern
ing statewide offices requires
telegrams containing the same In
formation as a declaration of can
didacy must be received in the
| Secretary of State’s office prior to
5 p.m., Alaska Standard Time, May
1, and that notarized filings must
be in the mail and postmarked
prior to the 5 p.m. deadline.
Ke said, however, that he would
check with the Attorney Gaieral
regarding his interpretation of the
law in ruling out the candidacies
of Stratton and Widmark.
A raft of declarations of candi
dacy for seats in the State Senate
and House of Representatives also
were filed with Secretary of State.
Others are expected to arrive by
mail during the week.
Included among today’s filings
for the State Senate were:
Robert B. Gibson of Bethel.
D, Senate District K.
For the House of Representa
tives:
Walter L. Kubley of Ketchikan.
R, Election District 1.
La Vina Jo Edwards of Bethel,
D, Election District 14.
Gilbert A. Jarvela of Kodiak,
D, Election District 11.
Carl F. Lottsfeldt of Anchorage,
D, Election District 8.
J. Earl Cooper of Anchorage,
D, Election District 8.
Blanche McSmith of Anchorage,
D, Election District 8.
Kenneth A. Garrison of Fair
Dbanks, D, Election District 10.
Slow drivers aren’t necessarily
safe drivers. Half of all traffic ac
cidents are caused by can going
less than 40 miles an hour.