63rd Year
No. 3
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1961
Per Copy 15ff
Coast Guard Seeks
Russian Trawler
In Bering Sea
JUNEAU UP> — Headquarters
of the 17th Coast Guard District
said today it has launched an in
tensive air search for a 125-foot
Russian fishing boat reported mis
sing in the Bering Sea.
The Russian vessel, of 438 tons
displacement, was identified as
the trawler Klyuchevsky, attached
to a Russian fishing fleet operat
ing on the Bering Sea approxi
mately 90 miles west of U.S.-own
ed St. Paul Island.
The Coast Guard here said it
was not known how many persons
were aboard the Russian trawler,
which has been missing since Dec.
30.
The request for Coast Guard
search assistance was relayed to
17th Coast Guard District head
quarters from the Russian Em
bassy via the U.S. State Depart
ment and Coast Guard headquar
ters in the nation’s capital.
The Russian Embassy said the
mother ship to which the Klyu
chevsky was attached, lost radio
contact with the trawler at
10 p.m. Dec. 30.
Coast Guard search and rescue
headquarters here was requested
to start hunting for the Klyuchev
sky last Friday night.
Since that time, a spokesman
for the 17th Coast Guard Dis
trict headquarters, said Coast
Guard and Navy- aircraft from Ko
diak Island have covered a “vast
area” in the hunt.
Fire Guts Tradewinds
Club in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS M — Fire de
molished the Tradewinds night
club here early Sunday and ap
parently took the life of one of
the owners.
Mrs. Elsie M. Garvey, about 40,
was still missing many hours after
the blaze.
Mrs. Garvey and her husband,
Charles, the owners of the club,
were in a basement apartment be
neath it when the fire broke out
in the furnace area about 1:30 a.m.
Garvey tried to get upstairs,
where there were about 30 cus
tomers. He was unable to get a
door open so he returned. Then,
he said, he was unable to get
back into the apartment. Garvey
was pulled out of the back door
of the basement by a bartender,
Don Konestoba. Garvey suffered
third degree burns on the face,
legs and arms.
The customers escaped from the
brick building without injury.
Life Line to Safety
HONOLULU UPi — Thirty Jap
anese seamen, their 350-ton, 152
foot fishing vessel aground on a
slashing coral reef, formed a hu
man life line to safety Sunday
through a heavy surf just outside
Honolulu harbor.
The Hiroshima Maru No. 2, was
driven onto the coral reef by gale
force winds Saturday. The craft
began to break up Sunday and the
crew was ordered to abandon ship
by Captain Kazuo Nagatomo.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with snow. Little change
in temperature. In the last 24
hours: High of 24, low of -3. Max.
wind 21 mph from the ENE.
Sunrise at 9:47 am., sunset at
2:32 p.m. Temps, year ago today:
High of 10, low of 2. Extremes
on this date since 4907: High
of 34 in 1937, low of -32 in 1943.
President Sukarno of
Indonesia Escapes
Bomb Explosion
MAKASSAit, Indonesia Iff) —
President Sukarno escaped un
harmed from a bomb explosion
Sunday night while winding up a
four-day barnstorming tour to
whip up support in the Celebes
for his plans to seize West New
Guinea from the Dutch.
The bornb killed three persons
and injured 25 others in a crowd
watching the president arrive for
a speech. It exploded a few hun
dred yards behind his motorcade.
Visibly shaken, he addressed a
student rally shortly afterward.
There were no indications oL
any arrests but military precau
tions and security were strength
ened in Makassar, the probable
jumping off point for any invasion
of Dutch New Guinea.
The president attacked Dutch
Foreign Minister A. Duns for his
statement in a magazine inter
view recently that West New
Guinea’s Papuan population
should not come under Indo
nesian domination because they
are racially different from the
Indonesians.
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
BOOKLETS NOW AVAILABLE
WASHINGTON UF> — Don’t wait
for the mailman to deliver your
copy of the government’s booklet
on radioactive fallout and how to
survive it.
If you want a free copy you
can pick it up at your local post
Office or your nearest Civil De
fense center.
The Pentagon said the Govern
ment Printing Office contracted
with 21 printers over the country
to print 25 million copies of the
49-page booklet.
Each individual will be limited
to one copy and he must go after
it.
GOP Walter Hickel
May Seek Governor Post
JUNEAU UH — Walter Hickel,
Republican national committee
man from Anchorage frequently
mentioned as a gubernatorial can
didate, said Saturday he would
never close the door to the pos
sibility of running for public of
fice.
Hickel, during an interview,
said his primary interest was the
development of the economy of
Alaska, as a businessman. Then
he added:
“I would never say that I would
close the door on any public duty
or obligation if I thought that was
the best thing for me and the
State of Alaska.”
Hickel said he was confident
that 1962 would be a “Republi
can year” in Alaska.
“'If we can come forth with
good candidates we can gain con
trol of the state government,” the
Anchorage hotel opera ter said.
Asked to outline his views on
proposals to move the capital from
Juneau to westward Alaska,
Hickel replied:
“At this moment, my position
would be that for the good of
Alaska, it is more important who
we have in the capital than where
the capital is located.”
Hickel said he was speaking
both as an individual and as a
member of the Republican Na
tional Committee.
He hastened to add, however,
that the statement should not be
contrued as an actual stand on the
specific problem of the capital
relocation.
ARA May Loan
65 pet. of Cost
To New Industry
By Don Hoover
The Area Redevelopment Act
provides that the total amount of
loans outstanding for this purpose
in the United States shall not ex
ceed $100,000,000. However, this
is a revolving fund and as loans
are paid back, that money may
be loaned out to new applicants.
The maximum amount that may
be loaned to any one borrower is
65% of the total amount needed
for the borrowers proposed proj
ect. For example, an applicant has
an idea for a new industry that
has been approved by the Area
Redevelopment Board that will
cost $10,000 to get started. The
Area Redevelopment Act provides
that he can borrow $6,500 of that
from them. This leaves $3,500 that
he will need to get from other
sources. It is possible for him to
get another 10% or $1,000 from
the State Redevelopment Fund
which still leaves $2,500 to be
raised — if he has no funds of
his own. It is than possible that
he can borrow most of the re
maining $2,500 from a bank or
other lending institutions — which
leaves very little, if any, of the
original $10,000 that he needs to
raise or have before he starts.
However, it should be pointed
out that none of these borrowed
funds may be usd for working
capital, that is, to operate the in
dustry once it is established.
Basically then, Area Redevelop
ment is not a give-away program,
but it does provide long term •—
up to 25 years — loans at low
interest rates which cannot be
obtained from normal lending
sources. It also provides that
loans will be made only for proj
ects that will permanently reduce
unemployment, or will provide
permanent new jobs, whether
seasonal or full time. It further
provides that all loan applica
tions must >be approved by the
Area Redevelopment Board for
your particular area.
Remember the area meeting for
our district which will be held
Jan. 24 in the Nome City Hall at
7:30 pjm. Each village and in
terested organization should be
represented at that meeting.
Kotzebue Voters to
Determine “Wet” or “Dry”
KOTZEBUE UP) — Kotzebue
voters go to the polls tomorrow
to determine whether this Arctic
community of 1,200 should permit
the sale of liquor within its bound
aries.
They will also vote on a pro
posal to set up a non-profit cor
poration to sell intoxicating
liquors, with the profits to be
channeled to the city for youth
activities and community projects.
Kotzebue was the focal point
of a controversy which arose last
year over the shipment of liquor
into dry areas of the state or
areas of the state where there
were no liquor stores.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board held a five-hour meeting
at Kotzebue last Dec. 7, in con
nection with the liquor shipment
dispute, and explained all phases
of the liquor law to the some
250 persons who attended the
meeting.
I A petition requesting a vote on
wether the sale of intoxicating
liquors should be permitted in
Kotzebue was subsequently filed
with the Kotzebue City Council.
Egan will Ask Legislature
Appropriate Full Amount
Of State Aid to Schools
JUNEAU — The 1962 Leg
islature will be asked to approve
a supplemental appropriation for
state support for school districts
during the current academic year,
Gov. Wm. Egan said today.
Egan said he could not make an
accurate estimate at the present
time of the amount of money
which will be needed, however.
“In reviewing the budget for
the Department of Education,”
Egan said, “we found we were
going to have to request a sup
plemental appropriation for the
1961-1962 school year.
“Accordingly, I will present a
bill to the Legislature which will
assure that each school district
will receive the full amount of
state aid to which it is entitled.”
Four Men Reach
Safety After Tug Sinks
SEATTLE Ufi — The Coast
Guard reported Sunday that the
four-man crew of the 96-foot tug
Nile of Ketchikan reached safety
in a raft after the vessel sank
Saturday night in northern Puget
Sound.
The tug apparently struck a
rock near Boulder Island in the
San Juans and sank quickly. It
was northbound from Seattle to
Ketchikan with a barge load oi
general merchandise in tow.
The Coast Guard and Navy re
sponded to an SOS sent by the
Nile. Rescue parties picked up
the crewmen on the island, which
they had reached in the tug’s
' raft. All were in good condition.
The barge being towed by the
Nile was picked up undamaged
by another tug. The Nile was
owned by the Alaska Towing Co.
of Ketchikan.
George Hayes, 3rd District
District Attorney, Resigns
JUNEAU —George N. Hayes,
state district attorney for the 3rd
Judicial District at Anchorage
and chief of the criminal division
of the Department of Law, has
submitted his resignation, Atty.
Gen. Ralph E. Moody said today.
Hayes, who has been a mem
ber of the state’s legal staff for
more than two years, also serves
in a supervisory capacity over
all of the state’s district attor
neys.
The resignation, Moody said,
will be effective at the conclu
sion of the present Anchorage
grand jury term, which is ex
pected to run through mid-Feb
ruary.
Hayes, 32, said in his letter of
resignation he planned to enter
private law practice. His succes
sor has not been chosen, Moody
said.
Hayes first entered state ser
vice as an assistant attorney gen
eral on Dec. 1, 1959. He later
became deputy attorney general
and chief of the criminal division.
ANONYMOUS . . .
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Uf> —
Thursday the U.S. Weather Bu
reau forecast 10 inches of snow
for Kansas City. During the night
it changed the forecast to 3 inches,
then to 1.
The first forecast turned out
to be right.
Wading through the snow to a
luncheon club meeting Friday,
forecaster H. L. Jacobson showed
up with this inscription on his
name badge:
Anonymous.
Belgian Airliner
Forced Down
By Soviet Migs
ISTANBUL, Turkey W — A
Belgian Sabena jet airliner, car
rying 27 persons from Tehran to
Istanbul, landed at a Soviet air
field today after radioing “we are
being pursued by Russian planes.”
Sabena authorities in Istanbul
and in Brussels, the line’s head
quarters, said the plane was forced
by Soviet jets to put down at
the city of Yerevan, near the So
viet-Turkish frontier.
A Sabena spokesman in Teh
ran said a radio compass had fail
ed, that the pilot requested per
mission to make the landing and
that the Soviet fighters acted as
an escort.
But the manager there, Walter
Devros, subsequently issued a
statement contradicting this and
conforming to the account of other
Sabena authorities. He said the
plane was “intercepted by a So
viet fighter and forced to land.”
The plane should have landed
at Istanbul at 7:40 a.m., Devros
said, “following its normal route,
I which is not very far from where
the Soviet fighter intercepted it.”
The plane carried 18 passengers
and eight crew members.
Devros said all were reported
safe.
Among the passengers was one
l American, identified only as a Mr.
Howen, flying to Europe from the
Far East.
Sabena authorities in Brussels
said the Russians had buzzed the
airliner and that at least two
fighters were involved.
While the Tehran spokesman
insisted that the plane landed
voluntarily, other airport sources
at Tehran, Iran’s capital, said
| they heard the pilot radioing dis
tress calls.
They reported he radioed An
kara Airport that he was being
followed by four Soviet Migs and,
repeating that message three
times, then said the Mig’s had
ordered him to follow them down.
“They are armed and we are
not,” the pilot was quoted as say
ing.
HANGOVERS FOR ROBINS . . .
LOS ALTOS, Calif. Ufi — If
robins can get hangovers, thou
sands of them may have the
classic symptoms today—splitting
headaches and turbulent tum
mies.
Giant flocks of robine descend
ed here over the weekend, and
stripped pyracantha bushes of
winter-ripened red berries.
Well-ripened berries apparently
take on an alcoholic charge
through fermentation. After the
gorging, birds began falling off
rooftops and wandering drunken
ly in the streets.
Smelly Business . . .
ALLENTOWN, Pa. UP) — Speak
ing by telephone from Whitehall
township police station, Allen Mil
ler of Fullerton told a reporter
how he had almost hypnotized
a skunk and then removed it
from a celler.
“Always remember that skunk
will never let loose on you if you
don’t disturb it. You have to move
slowly and stay in front of it. If
you walk up behind one, or scare
a skunk. .
A voice broke in: “Can’t you
cut this short and get this man
CMiller) out of here? He smells
to high heaven. I can’t stand it,’*
injected police radio dispatcher
Edna Wescoe.