63rd Year No. 68
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1962
Per Copy 150
Treasury Dept.
Official Opposes
Subsidy for Gold
WASHINGTON ISI — An ad
ministration spokesman opposed a
proposed subsidy for domestic gold
production today, saying it would
disrupt the monetary system of the
entire free world.
Robert V. Roosa, Undersecretary
of the Treasury, testified at a
Senate Interior Subcommittee hear
ing on legislation to provide a
subsidy of $35 an ounce. This
would be in addition to the $35
an ounce paid by the government
for gold.
Sen. John Carroll, (D~Colo.), sub
committee chairman, said in an
opening statement the incentive
payments are needed to stimulate
domestic gold production, and
added that this country is “starv
ing in the midst of plenty where
gold is concerned.”
He said the bill would not affect
the government-set price of gold
“any more than subsidies paid by
other nations have increased the
price.”
But Roosa said “the dollar is a
unique currency” and added:
“Ours is the only currency that
maintains the link between money
and gold; we do that by standing
ready to purchase and sell geld at
the fixed price of $35 an ounce.
“The monetary system of the
entire free world is hinged to the
inter - convertibility which we
maintain between gold and dollars
at that price. Any form of subsidy
to American gold production would
impair that relationship.”
He said a change in that sys
tem “would, instead of helping
those in the gold mining industry,
disrupt the monetary system upon
which not only their own liveli
hood, but also that of all the rest
of us, depends.”
A U.S. subsidy “would be con
strued by the rest of the world
as evidence that devaluation was
underway,” he said.
Carroll said industry spokes
men had strongly endorsed the
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FAA PROPOSES
AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS
WASHINGTON UP) — The Fed
eral Aviation Agency sent to Con
gress yesterday a proposed 5-year
program of additions and improve
ments to the nation’s system of
civilian airports.
The recommended program —
for the five years starting July 1—
is subject to appropriations by Con
gress. However, undo* the Airport
Act of 1946, no airport can be
considered for federal aid unless
included in the FAA’s program.
The program includes, with esti
mated costs by states (no break
down of costs by projects was
given).
Alaska ($45,584,000).
Among new airports recommend
ed: Barrow, Buckland, Kwiguk,
Noorvik, St. Michael, Savoonga,
Scammon Bay, Shungnak, Stebbins,
Wainwright.
Among airports recommended for
improvement: Bethel, GambeU,
Golovin, Kotzebue, Lost River No.
1, Point Hope, Unalakleet, White
Mountain.
POSTPONE BID
The bid opening scheduled for
yesterday on the Teller-Lost
River Road has been postponed
until June 14, according to word
received from the Bureau of
Public Roads In. Juneau.
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YAA SURVEY TEAM
MEETS WITH PARENTS
ABOUT DELINQUENCY
i A group of parents held a
f wide-ranging discussion Wednes
j day evening at City Hall with
the Youth and Adult Authority
1 survey team which is collecting
data on causes of juvenile de
liquency, and possible means to
combat it, in northwestern Alaska.
Members of the team are Bill
Meredith of the YAA; Laura Nick
elson, professor of sociology at the
University of Alaska, and Carol
Hodson, also of the University.
Don Perkins, local probation
officer for the YAA, introduced
the members of the team. Also
present were state legislators Sen.
Les Bronson and Rep. Bob Blod
gett.
Factors contributing to delin
quency were suggested, such as
unemployment, lack of recreation
facilities, substandard housing, the
long summer days, lack of parental
control, inadequate school facili
ties, parental indifference, varying
degrees of discrimination, and a
lack of coordination between the
several government agencies con
cerned with the problem.
Mr. Meredith explained that
$10 million has been provided by
the federal government each year
to attack the problem, and if the
survey finds sufficient need, that
these funds will provide special
social services and facilities.
He suggested that this may take
the form of ths“^ettlement houses”
which are used on the East Coast
and in the Midwest.
~ - One means of providing em
ployment for the 16-years-and
older group, it was brought out,
is the State Depressed Area pro
gram which must be instituted and
supervised by the* City, for work
on community improvement proj
ects.
The survey team leaves for Kot
ebue on Sunday to continue their
work. They will return to Nome
before going on to Bethel and
Unalakleet.
DE GAULLE HAILS ALGERIA
AS BIRTH OF NEW NATION
PARIS (# — President Charles
De Gaulle tonight hailed the birth
oi a new nation in Algeria and
pledged closest cooperation in mak
ing it free and prosperous.
Speaking over thp French radio
and television network, the presi
dent anticipated the results of the i
Algerian self-determination vote ,
July 1, which he said will be a .
vote for independence.
De Gaulle said it would free
France’s hands for a more active ■
role in Europe and in the world.
De Gaulle spoke out in defense ,
of a strong executive system, in
cluding the use of the popular re
ferendum, and hinted that he
would resort to this in pushing
through constitutional reforms at
some time in the future.
He said establishment of a
“New Algeria” will open a new
phase of relations between the
peopjes of France and Algeria, and
thus a new chapter in their history.
Laughton Leaves Hospital
NEW YORK — Actor Charles
Laughton left Memorial Hospital
for cancer and allied diseases last
night after a five-day stay, a hos
pital spokesman said.
The actor’s manager, Bob Hulter,
said esrlier that Laughton, 62, en
tered the hospital for examinations
having to do with a sacroiliac con
dition and difficulty from a frac
tured collar bone sustained in a fall
last January. The hospital spokes
man had no comment
McEIoy Seeks
New Military
Pay Revision
WASHINGTON Iff) — Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara has
alerted Congress that the adminis
tration intends to make a fresh
start on military pay legislation.
Already in the congressional
hopper is a bill to provide a $30
million annual increase in retire
ment pay for 108,000 officers and
men who left the service before
the last pay boost in 1958. Mc
Namara previously urged passage.
But, in testifying yesterday be
fore the Senate Armed Services
Committee, he withdrew his sup
port of the limited measure. And,
he told the senators he will send
Congress a complete revision of all
military pay — both active and
retired — for action at the next
session. Passage of the retirement
pay bill now, he said, might cause
distrotions and inequities in his
pending pay overhaul.
McNamara did urge prompt
action by Congress on a House
passed bill to boost rental or quar
ters allowances some $286 million
a year for many of the 2.8 million
persons on active duty. The meas
ure is before the Senate Committee.
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Body Found^N. Y.
Police Seek Doctor
NEW YORK UPi — A police
alarm spread to Canada and Mexico
in a search for a Queens physician
after the dismembered body of a
girl was found in the sewer of his
sumptuous home and office.
However, authorities fear he
may have fled to Cuba with which
this country no longer has an ex
tradition treaty.
The victim, identified as Barbara
Lofrumentsr~19, had been cut up
by a scalpel and a power saw, ap
parently after an abortion.
“It must have taken him many,
many hours,” asst, medical examin
er John Fumey said yesterday,
The missing man, Dr. Harvey
Lothringer, 41, disappeared last
Sunday, some hours after the girl
was brought to his office by her
mother.
With him now, authorities be
lieve, is Theresa Carillo, 25, one
time airline hostess and the doc
tor’s receptionist-girl friend, who
also is missing.
Police Departments of Canada
and Mexico are on the lookout for
Lothringer. The Lothringer family
—the elder Lothringer is a retired
physician—has a hunting lodge
about 60 miles north of Montreal.
The dead girl was a sophomore
at the College of New Rochelle,
N.Y. She resided at Pelham, N.Y.,
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dominick Lofrumento. The father
is a well-to-do pharmacist.
The Lofrumentos reported their
daughter missing to the Queens
district attorney’s office on Mon
day. Meanwhile, Lothringer had
asked a policeman friend to ar
range tor a service firm to come
on Tuesday and clean his sewer.
The concern started the job on
Wednesday, and the gruesome
finds were made.
Barbara’s parents said she told
them a week ago that she was four
months pregnant. Police said the
parents told then the boy involved
was anxious to marry her,' but!
that they thought the move would
be unwise and instead arranged
with Lothringer for an abortion.
The youth has not been identified.
BUDGET BUREAU OKEHS
DAM CONSTRUCTION
ON KENAI PENINSULA
WASHINGTON UiV-The Budget
Bureau has approved the recom
mendation of the chief of Army
Engineers that a dam be con
structed in Alaska at the outlet
of Bradley Lake on Kenai Penin
sula, the state’s members of Con
gress were informed today.
Sen. Ernest Gruening said the
project would cost an estimated
$45,750,000 and would have a
power-plant of 64,000 kilowatts of
installed capacity.
The dam would be built by Army
Engineers and the Interior Depart
ment would handle the distribution
of power. The project would have
a reservoir of 311,000 acre feet.
Gruening introduced a bill in
March for himself and Sen. E.L.
Bartlett calling for the authoriza
tion of the project.
COOL $20,000 EACH . . .
WASHINGTON UP) — The U.S.
Court of Claims ruled yesterday
that singer Jane Froman and two
other wartime troop entertainers
injured in a 1943 plane crash over
seas should receive $20,000 each
from the federal government.
The ruling was requested by
Congress, which asked the court
to determine how much should be
paid. Congress will have to appro
priate the money .
Miss Froman and the two other
entertainers, Gypsy Markoff and
Jean Rosen, were aboard a com
mercial plane which crashed neai
Lisbon, Portugal, with a loss oj
23 lives. They were badly injured
The court said that while none
of the entertainers has any legal
claim they are entitled under
broad and equitable considerations
to $20,000 each.
KOREAN POLICE BREAK UP
STUDENT DEMONSTRATION
SEOUL, South Korea UR —
South Korean police with fixed
bayonets teday broke up a new
march on the U.S. Embassy by
university students demanding that
American soldiers be tried in
South Korean courts for off-duty
offenses.
The police seized 40 of the de
monstrators. Shortly after their
arrest, however, South Korean .
strong man Gen. Chung Hee Park
ordered the release of all students '
taken into custody today and dur- (
ing a similar demonstration Wed- ’
nesday.
Thirteen students were under 1
formal arrest for the Wednesday 1
demonstration protesting the recent
beating of an alleged thief by two ’
American officers. U.S. Ambassa- ^
dor Samuel Berger had called on :
Foreign Minister Choi Duk-Shin
Wednesday and asked for their re
lease.
Park said he fully sympathized 1
with the causes of the demonstra- .
tions, but he, warned that the de
monstrations violated a national
law and that similar outbreaks
in the future would be dealt with
strictly.
He added that in spite of iso
lated incidents “friendly relations
between the United States and the
Republic of Korea will remain as
firm as ever.”
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WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with light rain. Easterly
winds 15-25 mph. Low tonight 35,
high tomorrow 45. In the last 24
hours: High of 37, low of 33. Max.
wind 22 mph from ENE. Sunrise
at 1:33 a.m., sunset at 10:30 p.m.
Temps a year ago today: High of
45, low of 37. Extremes on this
date since 1907: High of 76 in
1940, low of 27 in 1916.
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Who Will It Be,
Teddy or Eddie?
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. «l _
Bickering Massachusetts Demo
crats try to simmer down tonight
to get a preliminary answer to this
politically explosive question:
Who will it be, Teddy or Eddie?
In more formal language, will
the Democrats endorse Edward M.
(Ted) Kennedy, brother of the
President, or the State Attorney
General, Edward J. McCormack Jr.,
nephew of House Speaker John
McCormack, for U.S. Senator?
Party chieftains will put in a
full day before reaching their big
decision, probably late tonight.
Both men — Teddy is 30, Eddie
is 38 — flashed brilliant, confident
smiles and claimed victory.
Kennedy — “We will have a
clear majority” with possibly 1,000
votes.”
McCormack — “I have 916.”
Since it takes 862 votes to win
if all the delegates are present,
somebody’s arithmetic is remark
ably shoddy.
Charges and counter-charges
flew. McCormack told a news con
ference he is “doing the President
a favor” by attempting to defeat
Ibis brother.
“There is a lot ot talk about~
the national dynasty issue now,’*
he explained. "The Republicans
would have the greatest domestic
Issue if Ted is elected, but if Ted
is defeated the dynasty iwaia 1«
• dead.”
f Kennedy denied emphatically at
, his own news session dumors that
income tax investigations, deport
ation proceedings and promises of
postmasterships were being used
to swing delegates into his camp.
McCormack specifically mentioned
52 postmasterships left unfilled.
Kennedy answered such charges
“insult the integrity” of McCor
mack supporters.
g- McCormack charges pressure
and “arm-twisting” have been used
to lure delegates. He said he has
affidavits to prove such pressure
but did not want to use them be
cause they could hurt the President
in 1964.
Kennedy made an unqualified
denial that either of his brothers,
the President or Atty. Gen. Robert
F. Kennedy, had used their influ
ence to help him.
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SELF - DEFENSE . . .
HATTIESBURG, Miss. Ub — A
nan was jailed on a charge by his
wife that he robbed her of $75.
The defendant told police Wed
lesday night he had no choice.
He said he took a purse away
Erom her because she was hitting
him on the head with it.
Police released him.
5ICK OF M. M. ?•
HOLLYWOOD W — Marilyn
Monroe says she’s sick and her
producers say they’re sick and
tired.
Marilyn, complaining of a virus,
showed up only once in the first
15 days of shooting on “Something’s
Got to Give.”
“Even when she does show up,**
said a high front-office source at
20th Century-Fox, “she isn’t pre
pared for her role. She comes lat®
and leaves early.”
The studio source, who asked
anonymity, hinted Wednesday that
producers are ready to look for a
j replacement—possibly Kim Novak.
The Hermit of Shark's Tooth
Shoal seat “1*11 give you a free
cruess on the Littlest Ice Pool each
tune vou come downtown in cos
tume on June 21. 22, 23.
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