BilhY Sol listrs
(iors ()n Trial
TYLKH, Tex. (iP — Billie Sol
Estes, youthful promoter whose
financial manipulations rock e d
portions of the nation, went to
trial today on state charges of
theft, swindling and embezzelment.
Distribution of trial coverage
became one of the best in Texas
history when Judge Otis Dunagan
ruled that radio, television and
newsreel equipment could be used
inside the court room.
Much of the morning was taken
up with defense motions.
Judge Dunagan expressed con
fidence the court could find a
Jury. Failure to do so in Pecos,
Tex., caused one postponement of
the trial.
The trial of the 37-year-old fi
nancier was moved to this cast
T< xas city — 500 miles from Pecos
where he directed his far-flung
agricultural operations — after his
law;, ers contended he could not
gc'l a fair hearing m his home- j
town.
His appearance in District Court j
here comes only two days after
the r mains of his empire were |
sold in Bankruptcy Court at Eli
Paso for $5.3 million plus $1.2 ;
nrinon in interest to Mona.- D.
Jaffee. San Antonio financier. I
At one time friend:; estimated
E ’ was worth $150 million and
he testified his operations were
worth $ K! million “as going
business."
The PU v. it nesses summoned for
t e trial include three of Estes’
former business associates, Cole- j
man McSpaddcn ot Lubbock, Har- I
old Orr and Ruel Alexander of
Amarillo. All three pleaded guilty
last week in t.T.S. District Court to !
fi\e of 29 counts of an indictment'
charging mail fraud and conspi
racy. Orr and McSpaddcn received
10 year prison terms and Alex
ander a six-year prison term.
Estes, who also awaits a federal
court trial, has pleaded innocent
to all 29 counts.
Estes will be tried here on four j
indictments involving his opera
tions in obtaining loans on an
hydrous ammonia fertilizer tanks,
widely used on irrigated farms in
west Texas.
NEED LAW TRAINING
NEW YORK UP> — U.S. Asso
ciate Justice John Marshall Har
lan has suggested that newspaper
men receive some law training
before covering court cases.
Harlan, speaking Friday at dedi
cation ceremonies of new quar
ters for the New York Law School
said newspapers should send their
reporters to law school for a year,
adding, “I say this with no dis
respect for the press. Legal re
porting is a very difficult busi
ness.”
Ambassador - at - Large
NEWPORT, R.I. UP) — President
Kennedy Saturday selected Llew
ellyn Thompson, former Ambassa
dor to the Soviet Union, to be an
Ambassador - at - Large, with re
sponsibilities largely in the field j
of Soviet affairs.
Robert Giersdorf Is
New Sales Manager
For Alaska Airlines
SEATTLE (T1 — Robert Giers- j
clorf has been appointed assistant |
vice president and general sales |
manager for Alaska Airlines, Chas.
F. Willis Jr., president and gen
eral manager of the airline, an- j
nounced Friday.
Giersdorf, who has been with i
the company for three and fine |
hall years, will be responsible for
the direct sales effort, advertising,
public relations, traffic and re
servations functions, tour pro
grams, special promotions and the
regional sales offices.
Giersdorf is a veteran of the
Alaska travel industry and previ
ously served in the first state leg
islature of Alaska.
Miss Alaska Hubs Noses
CHARLESTON, W. Va. W -
Gov. W. W. Barrow found Satur- ;
day the perfect means of break- !
ing up a hard a day at the office, j ;
He left his desk for about an
hour to meet — and kiss — the , '
44 participants in the Miss USA 1 ’
Pageant during a tea at the gover- ! 1
nor’s mansion. I ;
That is, he kissed 43 of the i
young ladies.
Miss Alaska, 5-5 Tin rsa Dawn ;
Hanson of Anchorage, insisted on I !
rubbing noses with the governor. : ’
Then she confided that it was ]
toe “first time I've ever rubbed ;
noses with anyone.”
After spending, about two hours
with Gov. and Mrs. Barrow and : *
other state officials, the contest- ;
ants returned to Huntington, W. j ■
Va.. about 50 miles to the west, 1 i
where the pageant has been in !
full swing all week.
Salmon Pack Climbs
JUNEAU t/Pl — The State De- j >
partment of Fish and Game said
today Alaska’s 1962 salmon pack
climbed to 3,403,206 cases during
the week ending Sept. 16. com
pared with a pack of 3,186,637
cases during the week ending
Sept. 17 last year.
The Central Alaska pack for j \
the current year was 1.987,006 J
cases through Sept. 16, while the 1
Southeast pack was 902,591 cases
and the Western Alaska pack was
513,609.
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From So. California
In Memoriam
Shd Wettaeh one of our oldest
and, until recently one of the most.
| active members of Santa Barbara
Sourdough Club, passed on Sun
day, July 22. Shel had lived in
Long Beach many years, but had
no relatives in this part of the
country.
Born in Carrolton, Ohio, May
23, 1874. He went to Dawson .n
'98 and to Nome in 1900. lie owned
and operated the Sourdough Road
house on Dexter Creek just out
of Nome until 1912. He went to
Ruby and operated Shel’s Trad
ing Post. He cami outside in 1927.
Services were conducted bv the
Masonic Fraternity.
Dr. Kristian Flankenberg, 90,
passed on a short time ago. Run;
in Norway, he came to C" a am ;
in 1893, from there he won to
Dawson and in 1905 went to Waila |
Walla. He received a deg:. » in 1
ophthalmology from Northern 7 7
lege of Optometry in 1912. He
had boon in Seattle since t a; |
time. He was a past president of
our International Sourdough Re
union. He leaves his wife Grace,
son Wended, and daughter Karen.
George Kilroy, formerly of Nome
a;'.'7 Idi.arod pa.: ed on in Augu-1
a tier a short illiu ss. He lived m
San, Jo.-e. Calif.
Hold Annual Picnic
The Southern California Ala -
Sails enjoyed the annual picnic
immensely in June at our Syca
more. Grove picnic; in the July
.;e states picnic in Bixy Park
near Long Beach when we had
nearly 40!i in attendance. The San
Diego club turned out in num
bers — 25 drove up to attend.
Milton Roper spoke of his life
in Nome and how his title of our
official “Santa Claus” was won.
He drove his dog team right into
the church of Nome, to the de
light of the native children, as
well as our own.
William A. Euler, formerly of
Nome, received a call from Hans
Greena a short time ago. Mr.
Euler owns and operates a huge
ranch near Ontario, Ore.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Bu The Associated Press
Bette Davis, two-time Oscar
winner, placed this full-page ad
vertisement in a Hollywood film
trade paper:
“Situations wanted, women
“Artists
“Mother of three — 10, 11, and
15 — divorcee. American. Thirty
years experience as an actress in
motion pictures. Mobile still and
more affable than rumor would
have it. Wants steady employment
in Hollywood. Has had Broadway.
. . . References upon request.”
Rhonda Fleming, another ac
tress, is a grandmother at the age
of 40. Her son's wife gave birth
in Hollywood to Kimberly Susan
Lane, a 7-pound, 8-ounce daughter.
Queen Mother Elizabeth, 62,
widow of King George VI of Eng
land, is being attended by four
doctors after stumbling and frac
turing a small bone in her left foot.
The accident happened on the
estate of Balmoral Castle, Scot
land, where her daughter, Queen
Elizabeth II, and family are va
cationing.
The Most Rev. John E. Taylor,
an American-born East St. Louis,
111., Roman Catholic, has been
consecrated Bishop of Stockholm.
He became the first of the Catholic
Hierarchy in 431 years to be ele
vated to that level in Sweden,
where nearly all citizens are Pro
testants.
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AF Seetv. Zuckert Sees
Possible Threat In Near
'Orbital Stage of Space"
LAS VEGAS. Ncv. /?> Sec
retary of the Air Force Eugene
Zuckert told the Ai: Force Assn
Convention Friday there i. a pos- 1
sible threat in the "near orbital
stage of space,” th« area in which s
most present-day satellites whirl,
about 100 miles from earth. Zuek
ert did not spell out what form
the possible threats might take.
He suggested the X-15 and X-20
Dyna-Soar rocket planes may lead
to eratt that could combat stub
a threat. He said another possible
defense "might he the permanently
manned orbital space station de
signed for military purposes.”
"The United States does not ’
intend to extend the arms race I
into space,” he added, "but we are
taking steps to protect nurse!ve
in the event that the Soviets or ’
any other nation were to to under- 1
take missions in space that would i
ndanger our security."
Lonen Signs Two-Year Contract
CHICAGO _ Mam-.ii Al
Lopez, finishing his sixth season
with the club, si'ned an unpre
ci dented two-year enn'ra 1 tods;
to direct the Chisago White Sox |
in 1!>63 and 1964.
Tr.e 54-y. ar-o'id T. ipez. nn'a.
manager to break \Y .> York Yan
kee supremacy in the las’ 14 years, |
previously had signer; ■ .;!v on a j
year-tu-.vear is. is wit- t • Wi’ite
Sox.
No t( rrns were disclosed...
Alaska Receives S65S.460 for
Water Supply and Control
JUNEAU .4 — Ala;ka has re
ceived $656,460 in federal water •
supply and control want funds
for use during the current fiscal
year, the State Department of
Health and Welfare said today.
The federal funds are available
i for use in construction or exten
! sion of sewage treatment facilities
on a 30-70 per cent matching basis.
A. J. Alter, chief engineer for the
Environmental Health Section,
said. !
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American Nazis
F*icket Whi'e I Foust*
WASHINGTON (Jf» - With two
dozen officer;- rind tour police
<toys standing in, eight members
cf the American Nazi party
picketed Sunday in front of the
for
White Houct
straight day.
There wen
’he one that
evening when
take a swastika flag
a ‘‘storm trooper.'’
On both occasion,
carrying pi
c.roes arid
the
secern 1
no incidents like
erupted Saturday
i passer-by tried to
a wav from
a group
(Amen :,
were p
tion.
The
when
F'armingd
fried to
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c( ived
ie Nazis,
cards denouncing No
de w,;. were picketing
about 69 members of
Uncial Equality, who
'ting racial segre a
i k
inr icier t Saturday ;.e-car:
Tack Du'erousky, 37, of
S .1.. a passer-by,
taki tin flag. A general
1. -ued in which Rnlnh
2. ot Ar iirsgton, Va.. n
bloody noses Deputy po
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Casey Renews Contract
NEW YORK .?■ — Ca.-ey Stengel
v. a.' signed, a. ain ttioa.--. as man
ager of tne New York Mots base
ball team. Salary terms were not
disclosed. Rut it is believed he
will receive 530,000 for the 1963
, season.
! Stengel. 72. led the New York
j Yankees to 10 American League
pennants, and seven world cham
pionships.
The Mets now are in last place
in the 10-team National League
with a 39-116 record.
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