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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
<>3rd Year No. 58
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1962
Per Copy 15#
S Alaska Airlines
Jet Delayed Due
To Bomb Scare
FAIRBANKS UB — For the sec
ond time in less than a week, a
jet passenger plane has been de
layed at the Anchorage Interna
tional Ariport because of a bomb
scare.
Last night at 10:30 the Alaska
Golden Nugget jet with 69 pas
sengers and a crew of six was
halted at the end of the runway
on the scheduled flight to Fair
banks and returned to the terminal
because of a threat to the plane.
Robert Giersdorf, vice president
in charge of sales for the airline,
said here today that as the plane
was taxiing for takeoff an anony
mous telephone call to the opera
tions agent, Jim Palmer, was made,
which stated: “Your plane won’t
get to Fairbanks, there is a bomb
on the aircraft.”
Palmer, immediately called the
tower to have the plane held and
also contacted the FBI agents and
security police.
The plane returned to the ter
minal and all the passengers were
interviewed by FBI agents who
also searched all of the baggage
aboard the plane as well as that
which was hand-carried.
Post Office officials checked out
all the mail contents on the flight
and then FBI agents and Alaska
Airlines employes -cleared all the
The plane finally departed for
Fairbanks at 1:15 a.m.
Geirsdorf said the passengers
were very cooperative and pleased
at the fairness and manner in
which the incident was handled.
Last Saturday a southbound
PNA jet was also halted because
of a bomb scare at the airport.
Israeli Court Will Announce
Eichmann's Fate on May 29
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector UB—
The Supreme Court will deliver
judgment on the appeal of Adolf
Eichmann May 29, an official an
nouncement said yesterday.
The former Gestapo colonel was
sentenced to death for his part in
the Nazi regime’s murder of Jews.
The Jerusalem district court pass
ed the sentence last Dec. 15.
TWO ANCHORAGE
WOMEN SEEK $1,752,000
FOR DEATH OF HUSBANDS
PORTLAND, Ore. UP — Two
Anchorage women are seeking
$1,752,000 because their husbands
were killed in a rescue attempt in
Alaska two years ago.
Mrs. William Stevenson and Mrs.
Robert Thomas Elliott Jr., filed the
suits in Federal District Court
against John Stewart Day of Gold
Hill, Ore., the man their husbands
were trying to rescue.
Day was in a group of climbers
on Mt. McKinley. The complaint
says the party was stranded be
cause Day fell, broke a leg and
injured tendons in both ankles.
Stevenson was the pilot and
Elliott an observer on a rescue
plane that crashed on the upper
slopes of the mountain, killing the
two men.
The complaint said there was
negligence, hazardous activity and
an implied contract on the part of
Day.
The suit is a companion to ac
tion filed in Federal District Court
in Seattle against other members
of the climbing party — Peter K.
Schoening, Louis Whittaker and
James Warren Whittaker.
FOUR ALASKA STEAM CO.
MEN RECEIVE PROMOTIONS
SEATTLE UP> — Four veteran
Alaska Steamship Co. employes
have been promoted, effective to
day, J. y. Zumdieck, general man
ager, announced.
R. C. Rose, traffic manager, be
comes asst, general manager; &.
R. Renbarger, asst, traffic mana
ger, moves into the new post of
general traffic manager; G. S.
Duryea, asst, to the vice president
and general manager, becomes
traffic manager for freight, and
J. J. Dillon, asst, traffic manager,
becomes traffic manager, rates and
divisions. -
Rose has been with the Alaska
line since 1937. He attended public
schools in Olympia and was grad
uated from the University of Wash
ington in 1929.
Duryea attended schools in
Petersburg, Alaska, and was grad
uated from West Seattle High
School. He joined Alaska Steam
in 1930.
Commencement Exercises
Class of 1962
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, WEDNESDAY, 8:00 P.M.
Processional. . Marilyn Lavender
Grand March from Aida by Verde
Invocation.Rev. John Maakestad
Salutatory.. Gail Croell
Solo "Yotfll Never Walk Alonef*.Marilyn Ivers
(accompanied by Leland Barber)
Valedictory.Curtis Chunn
Dedication . High School Chorus
(accompanied by Marilyn Levender)
Graduation Address . .William M. Erwin
Presentation of Class .Richard McCormick
Presentation of Diplomas. Ashby Craft
Pres- of School Board
Presentation Special Awards and Scholarships .. Conrad Potter
Supi of Schools
Benediction . Rev. John Maakestad
Postlude .. . Marilyn Lavender
CLASS
Curtis Chunn Jr.
William Muller
Wayne Wittie
Ernest Ailak
Carole Carlson
David Grant
O F v1962
Robert Baldwin Jr.
Mclver Beverly Bohrer
phne Rylander Ann Chambers
Allen Rylander Lorena Mogg
Pearl Johnson ' Gail Croell
Schmidt
I
Dates Are Set for
4nnual Midnight
§nn Festival
Dates have been set for the
ith Annual Midnight Sun Festival
which will be held on June 21, 22
ind 23 under the sponsorship of
;he Chamber of Commerce, headed
Dy Frank Couch as chairman of
;he Festival Committee and with
Johnnie Stephenson as Festival
nanager.
The theme will be traditional
with the Pied Piper Parade for
children; Eskimo contests, games
and exhibits.
Pioneer costuming will put em
phasis on the turn of the century
outfits but other holiday attire will
be acceptable to give a gala ap
pearance to the community.
An art exhibit is already planned
by a cooperating organization.
The Queen of the Midnight Sun
Festival chosen will be given a
trip to Seattle World’s Fair as a
prize.
The manager explained that it
is not a beauty contest, but a popu
larity contest with the girl selling
the most tickets winning the co
veted honor. It cannot help but at
tract many contestants as the Festi
val Committee will return to the
girls ten per cent of the money
collected for all tickets sold by the
girls.
A Poke of Gold will be given
away, as is traditional, to some
Prizes will also be given at the
Pied Piper Parade, as well as
prizes for the most interesting toy
or pet. Prizes will also be given
for the most outstanding costume
at the Coronation Ball.
Local organizations have already
volunteered to participate and
volunteers not in organizations will
be welcomed by the manager as
many hands are needed to make
the Festival a success.
Live music is being planned for
several occasions during the Festi
val.
LITERACY TEST BILE
HAS BEEN LAID TO REST
WASHINGTON UP) — The ad
ministration’s voter literacy test
bill has been laid to rest for this
session, talked to death by south
ern senators.
In its wake, civil rights advo
cates have promised another fight
next session to change the Senate
rules to make it easier to break
filibusters.
After twice refusing to choke
off debate—and thus force an end
to southern speeches against the
measure the Senate voted 49-34
late yesterday to put the literacy
bill aside and proceed to other
legislation.
This wrapped up a victory for
southern foes of the measure.
$100 A PLATE DINNER
ANCHORAGE UP) — Stanley Mc
Cutcheon, campaign chairman for
Sen. Ernest Gruening today an
nounced plans for a $100 a plate
testimonial dinner for Gruening at
Anchorage on June 2.
McCutcheon said the principal
speaker would be Sen. Wayne
Morse, (D-Oregon).
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Mostly cloudy with occasional
snow showers. Little change in
temperature. In the last 24 hours:
High of 35, low of 22. Max. wind
25 mph from NE. Sunrise at 2:37
am., sunset at 9:22 pm. Temps,
a year ago today: High of 47, low
of 40. Extremes on this date since
1907: High of 58 in 1912, low ot 16
in 1922.
1,800 U.S. Leathern*
Landing on
BANGKOK, Thailand (i?V-About
1,800 American Leathernecks be
gan landing four miles from the
heart of Bangkok today to put
teeth into President Kennedy’s
pledge to defend Thailand from
the Communist threat in Laos.
The first wave of Marines was
to come ashore at Klong Toey and
board Thai army trucks for Don
Muang Airport at once. They will
be flown by U.S. C-130 Hercules
transports to bases in northern
Thailand near the sensitive north
east border with Communist-men
aced Laos.
Three warships from the U.S.
7th Fleet steamed into the gulf of
Siam last night.
While the Valley Forge anchor
ed off shore, the LSD (Landing
Ship Dock) Point Defiance and
the attack transport Navarro
steamed up Chao Phya River to
dock at Klong Toey and discharge
Marines and equipment.
U.S. Super-Sabre jets already
were deployed to Ta Khli Airbase
60 miles north of Bangkok.
As the swift Super-Sabres land
ed, U.S. military sources reported
that Laotian troops had moved
back into Houei Sai, the Laotian
border village they abandoned last
Friday before a Communist offen
sive.
Amencan sources said me mam
body of the pro-Communist Pathet
Lao and its North Vietnamese sup
porters apparently had faded back
50 miles from Houei Sai.
About 300 Laotian troops who
fled across the Mekong River into
Thailand, moved back into Houei
Sai and set up a defense perimeter
10 miles outside the town, au
thoritative sources said.
Reds Issue Warning
Red China’s official newspaper,
the Peiping People’s Daily, warned
that preparations to land U.S.
Marines in Thailand “constitutes
military interference that abso
lutely cannot be overlooked.”
The warning in some ways re
sembled that issued before Red
China intervened openly by means
of “volunteers” in the Korean War.
Peiping, however, has voiced warn
ings previously in connection with
South Viet Nam and Southeast Asia
without taking action.
American officials said there
were no plans so far to send US.
troops into Red-infested Laos. But
the Kennedy administration clear
ly hoped the military buildup here
would dissuade the pro-Commu
nists Pathet Lao from overrunning
the rest of the kingdom.
The first U.S. Super-Sabres
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON — (Special to
the Nugget) — The Community
Facilities Administration advised
the Alaska Congressional dele
gation that a $15,000 advance has
been approved for preliminary
planning for a water and sewer
facility for Nome.
This will permit design and
planning whereby sewer and
water project costs can be de
termined and brought before the
people by bond issue. The maxi
mum amount allowable for the
project hi $1,200,000.
This advance of funds will not
obligate die City of Name unless
the project is found feasible. If
approved, this amount, $15,000,
becomes part of die cost of the
water and sewage project loan.
jcks Begin
Thailand’s Shores
which arrived were from the 13th
Air Force Squadron in the Philip
pines. They can fly 1,000 miles an
hour and pack a lethal load of ex
plosives.
Expected later were eight more
F-lOOs and squadron of A-4D
Skyhawks, slower but able to hit
hard with a load of 6,000 pounds
of bombs.
The Pentagon announced in
Washington that 1,200 other Army
troops would be sent to Thailand
from the Pacific area. With 1,000
Army combat men already here
after recent SEATO maneuvers,
they will bring the total American
force bolstering Thailand’s de
fenses to about 5,000 men.
There was hope in Washington
that the Soviet Union would bring
pressure on the Pathet Lao chief
tain,. Prince Souphanouvong, ta
abandon his military drive and re
turn to negotiations for a political
settlement setting up a neutral
coalition government for Laos.
The United States and the Soviet
Union announced agreement in
Washington for the need of an
effective cease-fire and a peaceful
political seattlement in Laos. The
announcement, following a meet
ing of Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Ana
toly Dobrynin, did not specify
whether Laotian pro-Red forces
would return to the old cease-fire
line in effect before the recent
Chinese Communist sweep.
Donner Quits
Aviation Post
JUNEAU M—Milton L. Donner,
Administrator of the State Division
of Aviation, quit his job last night,
carrying out a threat made last
month.
Donner submitted his resignation
to Public Works Commissioner
Richard A. Downing in April, say
ing he planned to quit May 15
unless all of the functions of the
Aviation Division were placed
under one man.
During legislative hearings early
this year it was brought out that
Donner directed all of the divi
sion’s activities, with the excep
tion of engineering and construc
tion.
Engineering and construction is
handled by Eugene Roguszka, wha
has the title of Director of the
Division of Aviation.
Downing told legislative probers
that Roguszka channeled all ad
ministrative matters through Don
ner, but reported directly to Down
ing on engineering and construc
tion matters.
“I made no facetious threat last
month,” Donner said. “I wanted to
know my place in the Aviation Di
vision. I wanted a clear-cut ruling
on what my job entailed.
“A clarification of responsibility
was needed so everyone could da
his job properly.”
Downing said in announcing that
Dormer’s resignation had been ac
cepted that there has been work
for some time on plans to consoli
date all of the functions of the
division under one man.
“But, Downing added, “these
things take time, and reorganiza
tion cannot take place overnight.**
No successor to Donner was
named. >
Donner joined the State Division
of Aviation three years ago, after
some 20 years of work in the Avia
tion field. * *■