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6/jid Year No. 142
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ANCHORAGE </?>---■ Alaskan and
Pacific Northwest soldiers will
take to the air next week in a
series of training exercises scat
tered widely over Alaska.
The maneuvers all fall generally
under the code name Arctic Shore
III. Included in the plans are:
1. An airdrop and overnight ex
ercise at Ft. Greely by Company
F (airborne!, 1st Battle Group,
from Ft. Richardson.
2. An airlift to Nome and four
day exercise there by elements of
the 1st Battle Group, 9th Infantry,
from Ft. Wainwright.
3. Special cold-weather training
in the Ft. Wainwright area for a
composite company of the 41st In
fantry Division, Washington-Ore
gon National Guard.
The National Guardsmen will
land at Eielson Air Force Base
Sunday in three Air Force Cl24
aircraft which will support all
phases of Arctic Shore III.
For 10 days the guardsmen will
train in Yukon Command training
areas under the tutelage of men
of the 1st Battle Group, 9th In
fantry.
Meanwhile, about one company
of the 9th will board the C124s on
Dec. 4 and 5 to fly to Nome for
a combat exercise.
On Dec. 6, while the men of the
9th are maneuvering near Nome,
Robert Ross Says
Election Code In
Need of Changes
JUNEAU — Robert A. Ross,
a Republican observer at the re
count of Nov. 6 votes cast for Gov
ernor and Secretary of State said
today the retabulation has
strengthened the need for changes
in the Election Code.
“We’ve found, I believe, that
there is a definite need in the
code for a standard method for de
termining the validity of ballots,”
Ross said.
“On a number of ballots in
volved in this recount it has come
down, almost literally, to the use
of calipers to determine whether
marks made by a voter should
prove his intent or disqualify the
ballot.”
Ross said the recount has also
shown that the code should spell
out clearly what constitutes the
identifiable ballot.
In one outlying precinct, Ross
said, a voter was given a yellow
sample ballot to use after the pre
cinct ran out of regular ballots.
Ross acknowledged that the Elec
tion Code permitted such a sub
stitution under the circumstances,
“but, everyone in that village
knows who voted the yellow
sample ballot and the law speci
fies that ballots cannot be identi
fiable by voter.’’
Ross also noted that the proce
dure for determining the validity
of ballots marked by erasures or
corrections were changed after the
count had reached the midway
point.
During the first half of the re
count, only votes in the specific
races involving erasures or cor
rections were disallowed, under a
1960 ruling by the Attorney Gen
eral. Votes in other races on the
ballot were counted.
On Wednesday, Ross said, the
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airborne troopers of Company F,
j 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry,
| will board the C124s at Elmendorf
! for a combat-style paradrop at Ft.
| Greely.
Once on the ground the para
j troopers will go into a companv
: size problem that will last into Cue
| morning of Dec. 7, when they will
! fly back to Ft. Richardson.
The 9th Infantryman will be
| flown back to Ft. Wainwright
! from Nome on Dec. 9 and 10, and
: the1 following flay the Washington
! Oregon National Guardsmen will
j return to McChord Air Force Base
! and their homes.
Arctic Shore III is a normal air
transportability traning exercise
for Alaskan units. Last summer,
Arctic Shore II, men of the 23rd
Infantry held a combat problem
near King Salmon, while volun
teers from the 41st Division were
getting mountain training at Ft
Richardson's Eklutna Glacier
training area.
Last year, Arctic Shore I took
troops from Ft. Wainwright to
Point Barrow.
The volunteer trainees from the
41st Division.are brought to Al
aska on their annual active duty
training whenever airlift is avail
able. The men come from com
panies throughout the 41st Divi
sion and pass the training on tc
their fellow guardsmen at their
home armories.
Kennedy Leads Closed
Circuit TV Audience
On Cultural Crusade
WASHINGTON UP> — President
j Kennedy led a big closed circuit
television audience on the begin
| ning of a $30-million cultural cru
I sade last night.
He told the nation that when
the dust of centuries has passed
the United States “will be re
membered not for our victories and
defeats in battle or in politics, but
for our contribution to the human
spirit.”
He was joined by former Presi
dent Dwight Eisenhower, tuned in
from Augusta, Ga., in a non-par
tisan appeal for funds to build a
National Cultural Center here.
“A mccca for art,” Eisenhower
called it. He said it could give
everyone who comes to Washing
ton a better appreciation of Amer
ica.
Kennedy opened the show —
an extravaganza of the arts from
ballet and drama to concert stage,
Negro spiritual and poetry, all do
nated by the artists.
An audience estimated at 150,
000 tuned in on the closed-circuit
pageant in 65 cities, paying entry
fees from $1 to $100. It was hoped
the night’s efforts would raise one
million dollars — just a fraction
of what’s needed for the cultural
center.
U.s. RECORDS 33,430 TRAFFIC
DEATHS IN FIRST 10 MONTHS
CHICAGO iffi — The nation’s
traffic death toll in the first 10
months this year — 33,430 — was
a record high for any similar
period.
The National Safety Council
| said the deaths, averaging 110 a
day, compared to 30,720 for the
first 10 months in 1961, an increase
of 9 per cent. The previous record
for the period was 32,357 highway
deaths in 1957.
CAB Suspends A A s
Proposed Croup
Fare Reduction
WASHINGTON i/Pt — The Civil
Aeronautics Board suspended yes
terday a reduced group fare which
Alaska Airlines planned to intro
duce Dec. 2 between Seattle-Ta
coma and Fairbanks and Anchor
age.
Three competing a i r 1 i n e s —
Northwest. Pacific Northern and
Pan American — complained that
the proposed fares of S75 and S87
were below the minimum? pre
viously established by the board,
and therefore would debase th
Alaskan fare structure without
hope of compensating traffic gain.-'.
The •CAB said its minimum f ire
order applied only to regular
sendee solely in the Scattle-Fair
banks market, and did not pro
hibit special or promotional fares.
The board based its suspension
primarily on the fact that the pro
posal would permit a group mem
ber to fly one way and to travel
the other way by surface.
The CAB said this would be
difficult to enforce, since there
would be no way for the airline
to determine whether the returr
portion of the trip was made, oi
if it were made within the 21
day time limit proposed.
Tho PAR nHHorl tVrnt it
j have been more inclined to per
mit the fare to go into effect, pend
ing investigation, had it beei
marked to expire before the star
of next summer's tourist season
or had it been restricted to travc
on off-peak days of the week dur
ing the spring and summer peri
ods.
The application said there was
a need for group fares in the mar
ket to enable the new state to
compete more effectively with
other resort areas, notably Hawaii.
Alaska Airlines said also that
the fares would generate traffic
in combination with summer sea
cruises, and would spur off-sea
son travel to such events as the
Winter Olympic Trials and ski
championships at Anchorage.
The board suspended the pro
posal until March 1 pending a
hearing and decision.
FBI Seeks Jerry Rush
As Holdup Participant
NEWARK, N.J. — The FBI
named Jerry Clarence Rush today
as the third participant in the
$102,176 holdup of the Perth Am
boy National Bank.
Rush, who is still at large, was
described by the FBI as 26 years
I old. sinsrle. and a native of Ral
timore.
R. W. Buchanan, special agent
in charge of the FBI at Newark,
said Rush escaped from the Mary
land state penitentiary on July 7,
| 1962, together with William Louis
Schech, 28.
Schech and Doyle Delmar Roy,
27, were charged with the robbery
bv the FBI yesterday and arrested
them in Las Vegas, Nev., early
' today.
! JUNEAU — The State De
i partment of Revenue will starl
mailing out 1962 state individual
1 net income tax forms on Dec. 10
! Acting Commissioner R. D. Ste
I vcnson said Thursday.
| Stevenson said some 65.006
j forms will be mailed to all per
I sons who filed Alaska individ
I ual net income tax returns for the
*1961 tax year.
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US < .* r r c ■ r< r y - ( 1 c n e r a i
UNITED NATIONS, NY ..P
The General A.- • mbly today e'.ert
ed Buraia’s U Than*, as U.N. Sec
retary-General to serve until Nov.
3, 19fif>. He lose: th< label of ■ act
ing" before his title an 1 a sub
stantial pay boost is in the '.corks
The vote in the 110-nation as
sembly—taken by se -ret ballot—
was unanimous as had b-u-n a v< te
this mornin ■ in too S curdy C’oun
eil which recommended That's
elect ion.
The action of ?iv two bod it
gives t <_• 53-year-oM diplomat a
full five years from the time he I
took office a y ar a 40 aft- r th
tragic d°ath of Dag II amor, kjDd
I in an African piano eras-:.
The pay raise veil increase hi
total .-alary and allowances from
$00,500 to $70.5: it').
Rockefeller's Daughter's
Name Drooped from
19T1 Social Register
NEW YORK a- The 19G3
social register has dropped tin
names of Guv. Nelson Rockefeller’s
daughter and her husband. a young
minister who was arrested on a
freedom ride crusade.
Also dropped was Countess
Christina Paolozzi, a young beauty
who posed nude for a fashion
magazine photograph.
No reason was given for th«
absence from the listings of thi
former Ann Rockefeller and he
1 husband, the Rev. Robert Pierson
' The Rev. Mr. Pierson was jailec
in Jackson, Miss., for breach of
the peace in a freedom rider dem
onstration.
India Denies Red
Chinese Charges of
Armed Challenge
NEW DELHI, India >.•?> — India
denied today Red Chinese charges
that it engaged in armed provoca
tions by rushing troops to Hima
layan borderlands as the deadline (
approached for a promised Com- j
munist withdrawal.
The Chinese said they were j
watching the situation closely but
an authoritative source here said
the Indian government had re
ceived indications the Communists
i planned to go through with their
withdrawal Saturday as they an
nounced with their self-imposed
cease-fire nine days ago.
India has not yet accepted Red
China’s proposals for the with
drawal.
It has been sending reinforce
ments by land and air into the
crucial nortneastern sector 01 me
battlefront since the crease-fire
went into effect.
India’s hand has been strength
ened. for the time being at least,
by a lessening of pressure in its
dispute with Pakistan over Kash
mir.
Prime Minister Nehru and
President M'.hammi; 1 Ayub Khan
have agreed to negotiate t v:r 15
year dispute but the going may be
rough.
The agreement, however, will
allow India to breathe easier as it
pulls troops away from the Pakis
| tan border to face the Red Chinese.
Peking said it would withdraw
its troops 1 -1 miles behind what
it called the line of actual control
in November 1959. India doesn’t
go along because if would leave
the Rod Chinese still on territory
claimed by India.
O) Alrrl Slalrd
S.i more .-hurt bla-ts on the
fire .r*■ r■. Monday, Dor. 3. at 2
no. ii .-.h’.nal tin" start of Nome’s
i i s* . I D f'< : ( prac lir" . lert
Tin,' test. wipe ■ will lad approxi
mately 15 !n.:iu’ is '• i in4 con
ductor! to ,.-(-quaint is . wen*. with
the alert -anal an: 1 to a.-certain
‘he time it will take to m ; the
civilian population "under cover".
Since mod Ain k m communities
do not have approv’d concrete
.-■'■•elters or buddinss to serve as
air i a:d inkers. re-MwiM will
eke core r m tn. man ■. * h s.e,
1 r. or ! ailri'.ng upon in ..ring the
s; nal. CP: v; 1 Dele:.- c pom- :a. 1
done w.th tr1( Nome CP.ty Po
le"- -.'.ill patrol t.;e co.: i ■; lunity
t.iixin : i:e, lie loud peak r svs
t ■ I I ur ' that ail v- : ular
traffic Ills he n So pSH d that
eh n.sldtiPs have taken cover.
Since all individuals, an. respon
ihlc- for the effectives -- of Civil
Defense, it wandsda-v that citi
their Civil Defense hi-truction:-.
Prior to the start of the practice
alert on Monday. Nome Civil De
| fense instructions will have been
delivered to each residence. The
instructions contain information as
| to what should be done in prepa
I ration for a possible Civil Defense
; \ emergency and what steps should
; ’ be taken during an actual Civil
-! Defense alert Included in the
' Civil Defense instruction en velope
I are home protection exorcises,
! handbook for emergencies, first
I aid emergency instructions, de
fense against radioactivity fallout
and emergency sanitation meas
ures to be takt n in the home. Gen
eral instructions pertaining to
| Nome Civil Defense including alert
| and all clear signals are also in
cluded in the envelope.
It is anticipated that other prac
tice alerts will be held in the
future to test the effectiveness of
different phases of Civil Defense
preparedness under emergency
conditions. The Civil Defense plan
for Nome which is now being
finalized, provides for the safety
and welfare of the community
under any type of emergency—
either natural disaster or war
emergency.
The Nome Civil Defense organi
zation is headed by Mayor Don
Hoover, Director; Carl Glavino
vich and Steffen Andersen. Depu
ty Directors with the following
committee chairmen: Communica
tions, James Hart: Medical, Dr.
Robert Fenstermacher: Food and
Clothing, Frank Couch: Law En
forcement and F:rc Control. Bob
Oliver: Electric Utilities, Howard
j Crinklaw: Fuel Supply. B e n
; Young; Defense Education. Victor
| Charles; and Public Information,
I Jim Blanning. L-ster Bronson is
: Area Director for Northwestern
1 Alaska.
Britain-France Plan to
Build 1.400 mph Airliner
! LONDON i.L — Britain and
Franco have agreed to Uabanue
| in building a L40i)-mile-an-hour
•transatlantic airliner but a Brutish
• newspaper said today the project
I was a supersonic gamble that
could lose half a billion dollars.
The main risk. t!,e Times of
London said, is that American
j aircraft builders may come nut
j with a Mach .1 jet—flyimr three
times the speed of sound before
I the British-French Mach 2 2 has
time to cash in on the market