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GLAMOR GIRLS GET ALL THE ATTENTION!
Fair Presidential Elections
rpin. I IRS I CONGRl.SSIONAI. step has been taken to make it
possible for us to elect a President in as fairly and representa
tive a manner as we elect a congressman or senator !
Instead of \oting for a panel of electors representing one
part) or the other, the individual citizen, under the proposed
amendment, would cote for two electors at large (as for senators)
and for one elector in his area (comparable to his Congressional
District). Thus, the electoral vote would very likely be divided.
Most states would then be sending to the F.lectoral College mem
bers of both parties, rather than sending the victorious panel,
either all Democrat or all Republican, as is now done—depriving
the state's minority of all representation.
Lnder the present system of a statewide general ticket, a
voter has .is many votes in Presidential elections as his state has
electors — one for each of its two senators and one for each con
gressman. f ach New Yorker had 45 votes in I960, each Dela
warian but three.
Senator Mundt’s amendment would restore the purpose of the
hlectoral College — to prevent distortions in the election of the
President arising from the widely varying populations of the dif
ferent states. Under this reform, every voter in every state would
vote for three electors — just as he helps elect two senators and
one representative.
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mission examiner's hearing on an
Alaska freight rate case ended her ■
late Wednesday after six days of
testimony.
Examiner E. Robert Seaver gave
all parties until Aug. 31 to file
legal briefs. He will announce his
findings some time after that.
Sixty-five exhibits were entered
in evidence during the hearing,
consisting of analysis of records of
the Northland Freight Lines, Wag
ner Tug Boat Co., and Foss Launch
(X Tug Co., all of Seattle.
The hearing was on a request
by Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co.
and Puget Sound Alaska Van
Lines for cancellation of new, low
er freight rates by the three firms
to Anchorage, Seward, Whittier
and six other southwest Alaska
ports.
Cancellation of the tariffs was
asked on grounds they were too
low to be compensatory. The State
of Alaska and the City of Anchor
age intervened in support of the
rate cuts.
Assembly of God Church Holds
9th Biennial Alaska Convention
At the 9th biennial All Alaska
Convention of the Assemblies of
God meeting in Fairbanks, three
presbyters were re-elected to serve
for a two-year period. The Rev.
Alvin Carpenter of Point Hope was
re-elected to serve the Arctic sec
tion; the Rev. B. P. Wilson to
serve the northern section; and
the Rev. E. L. Schoneman to serve
the southeastern section.
The Rev. Paul Riley of Wasilla j
was elected to serve the south- j
central section. The Rev. Wilson
was re-elected chairman and the
Rev. Schoneman was re-elected
secretary-treasurer.
As chairman, the Rev. Wilson
was elected to serve as full time
supervisor of the Assemblies of
God work in Alaska.
Of the 237 who registered for the
convention, 63 are appointed home
missionaries of the Assemblies of
God.
Ex-Governor of Missouri and
Wife Found Dead From
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
JEFFERSON, Mo. UP) — Former
Gov. and Mrs. T. Blair were found
dead in their home west of Jef
ferson City yesterday. It was be
lieved they were killed during the
night by escaping gas.
Their dog was also found dead
in the house.
Sheriff Horace Debo said the
Blairs apparently left the engine
of their car running in the garage
attached to the house and deadly
carbon monoxide fumes were
sucked through the air conditioner.
A maid called the Highway Pa
trol when she reported for work
yesterday morning and couldn’t
get into the house.
Bebo said the former governor,
who served from 1957-61, apparent
ly realized something was wrong
and had tried to get out of the
house Both he and his wife, the
former Emile Chorn of Kansas
City, were in their night clothes.
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\<‘\v Zealand Ousts
2 K<*<3 Diplomats
On Spying Charges
WELLINGTON. New Zealand L
New Zealand expelled two So
viet diplomats Thursday on charges
of spying.
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake
told Parliament the Russians had
sought security information by il
licit measures. Roth were members
of the Soviet legation staff in this
capital.
The Russians were identified as
V. S. Andreev, a commercial coun
sellor and second ranking official
at the legation, and N. I. Shtykov,
second secretary and cultural of
ficer.
The New Zealand government
at first hushed up the explusion
order, but the Soviet legation leak
ed out the news.
The expelled officials had been
in New Zealand more than 18
months. Shtykov was generally re
garded as the legation’s press of
ficer.
He had a wife and young son in
Wellington and an elder daughter
at school in Moscow. Andreev also
had his wife with him here.
Sources here said the New Zea
land government would not be
surprised if Russia severed diplo
matic representation in Moscow.
It was the first time that a
Russian diplomatic official has
been declared persona non grata
in New Zealand.
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ritory in the U.S.A. is under men’s
hats.’’ —Elmer Letterman
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WASHING TON ,? — T: . II
voted yesterday to give Preside-.1
Kennedy discretionary authority t.
provide or continue aid to Com
munist-dominated countries' under
certain conditions.
It took that action after reje ■<
ing efforts to ban all such aid, in
cluding surplus foodstuffs, to 18
countries including Yugoslavia and
Poland.
The end result of a series of
parliamentary maneuvers was * >
vote Kennedy much of the am
ity his predecessors have had o>
permit aid to such countries if the
President finds that it is vital •
US. security, that the country aid
ed is not dominated by internation
al Communists, and that the aid
might promote the independence
of the aided country.
House and Senate Agree On
Military Construction Projects
WASHINGTON T — Senate and
House conferees reached a compro
mise yesterday on a bill to author
ize construction programs at U S
military bases throughout t’ e
world.
The amount of construction the
compromise would authorize could
not be immediately determined.
Aides to the Senate and House
Armed Services Committees said
it would take hours to compile that
figure.
The measure provides for hun
dreds of projects at Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and Air Force bases
in this country and overseas.
Money for the projects, however,
must be appropriated in separate
legislation.
Christmas Island Tests Completed
WASHINGTON Wi — The gov
ernment announced yesterday its
nuclear tests at Christmas Island
in the Pacific have been completed.
The announcement left open the
possibility of further tests at John
ston Island.
“The test area around Christmas
Island which was announced on
April 4,” the Atomic Energy Com
mission said, “will be dis-est ,hl: 1 -
ed at 12 midnight, July 12. Hawaii
Standard Time.”
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