OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
<V3rd Year No. 135
NOM; . ALASKA, \\1 ONI SDAV. NOVliMHLR 14, 1962
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No Sign of
Progress Made
In Cuban Crisis
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. W -
Adlai Stevenson and acting Sec
retary-General U Thant met fo
almost two hours on the Cubai
crisis today. There was no sigi
that any significant progress i
being made toward a solution.
“I am hopeful that we can solv
the problem,” the U.S. Ambassa
dor told newsmen, “but this woul<
be a triumph of hope over ex
perience.”
Asked whether there were an;
new developments, Stevenson re
plied in the negative.
He said he had given the sec
rotary-general a fill-in on his Ion
meeting yesterday afternoon wit'
Soviet Deputy Foreign Ministc
Vasily Kuznetsov and that Than
had reported on a meeting wit
Kuznetsov and Cuban Ambassa
dor Carlos Lechuga yesterda
morning.
A U.N. spokesman announce
yesterday that Kuznetsov and Lc
chuga had submitted new join
proposals to Thant, reportedly con
taining earlier demands of Prim
Minister Fidel Castro for U.S
withdrawal from the big Guantar
amo Naval Base.
Stevenson told reporters he ha
received no Soviet - Cuban pre
posal. U.S. sources also denied th;
such proposals had been discusse
at yesterday’s meeting betwee
Stevenson and Kuznetsov.
Some delegates, assessing the ri
ported Soviet-Cuban demands, sa
them as a bargaining maneuver i
negotiations with the United State
U.S. Warns Russia
Against Naval
Buildup In Cuba
WASHINGTON UP> — A Stat
Department spokesman public;
warned Russia and Cuba toda;
against any buildup of offensiv
naval facilities in Cuba that woul<
present a threat to this hemis
phere.
The statement by press office
Lincoln White came in respons
to questions about reports tha
U.S. aerial reconnaissance ha
spotted naval facilities being buil
at the “fishing harbor” at Bane
in northeast Cuba.
White did not specify how mud
of a naval buildup has been detect
ed in Cuba, but said:
“Since the U.S. government i
anxious to see that such nav£
facilities do not present a militar;
threat to the United States, or t
this hemisphere, we will continu
to follow with great interest an;
port-building activities in Cuba.”
INTRUDING PLANE SHOT
DOWN OVER SAUDI ARABIA
DAMASCUS, Syria UP> — Saud
Arabia claimed today its force
shot down a U.A.R., Soviet-mad
Ilyushin bomber over the south
western Saudi Arabian town c
Najran, near Yemen’s norther
frontier.
A communique from the Sauc
Defense and Air Ministry, broad
cast by the government-controlle
Mecca radio, said Saudi anti-air
craft guns in Najran “scored
direct hit on the intruding plane.
The United Arab Republic ha
sent planes, equipment and me
to Yemen to bolster the revolu
tionary regime that ousted th
monarchy last month.
Complete Returns For
Northwestern District
Complete, unofficial r e t u r n s
from all of 40 precincts in North
western Alaska in the general
i election give:
For Governor
Egan 2220 Stepovich 1107
For U.S. Senate
1 Grucning 2250 Stevens 1106
1 For U.S. House
; Rivers 2133 Thomas 1253
For State Senate, Dist. N
' | Foster 1951 Martin 1252
For State Senate, Dist. P
* j Walsh 1397 Mclver 699
For State House
Stalker 865 Curtis 290
Blodgett 1053 Johnson 520
Johnson 277 Llorente 206
Initiative No. 1
‘ Yes 762 . No 2126
Proposition No. 1
1 | Yes 1921 . No 711
Proposition No. 2
1 | Yes 2024 . No 569
1 Preposition No. 3
Yes 2206 . No 466
Proposition No. 4
Yes 1916 . No 790
Supreme Court. Nesbett
Yes 1340 . No 726
Supreme Court. Dimond
Yes 1361
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No 648
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Returns Complete for 330
Of Alaska’s 340 Precincts
JUNEAU OP — Complete un
official returns from 330 of Alas
ka’s 340 precincts in the Nov. 6
general election give:
For Governor: Egan 27,614;
Stepovich, 25,370.
For U.S. Senate: Gruening,
31,534; Stevens 22,875.
For U.S. House: Rivers, 29,700;
Thomas 25,086.
Complete, unofficial returns
from 329 of 340 precincts give:
Initiative No. 1: Yes, 25,031;
No, 29,210.
Fuel Airdrop
a Slated for Arlis II
~r ANCHORAGE UP) — A joint ef
r fort by the Army, Marines and
j Air Force will supply the fuel for
j a Navy scientific expedition on an
. ice island 300 miles south of the
North Pole.
r The expeditionary party, located
; on Arlis II, an Arctic floating isle
t some 880 miles north of Point
5 Barrow, is in need of diesel and
t aviation fuel to continue is mis
5 sion.
Air Force C-124 planes will
i transport Army men from Fort
. Richardson’s parachute mainte
nance branch to the island where
s they will drop 75 containers of
1 the fuel to the Navy scientists.
y Each container carries four 55
3 gallon drums of fuel. A total of
5 16,500 gallons will be dropped on
f the isle. There will be 13,750 gal
lons of diesel fuel and 2,750 gal
lons of aviation fuel.
Honey comb matting, supplied
oy me u.o. Army Arctic Test
Board at Ft. Greely, will be wrap
i ped around the containers to ease
s the landing shock. The Marines
e enter the operation by providing
- high velocity 15-foot parachutes
f from their base at El Toro, Calif,
i The first flight, a test run, left
Elmendorf Air Force Base this
i morning. It carried 1,100 gallons
- of fuel.
3 It carried three Ft. Richardson
- men to drop enough fuel to sus
a tain the Navy scientific party for
” the moment. Today’s drop will also
s test the parachute types for fu
a ture deliveries.
The tri-service operation is ex
- pected to be completed within 30
days.
Teen-Agers Protest
C7
Enforcement of
Curfew Law
About 30 teen-agers and some
parents attended the City Council
meeting Monday night to protest
the recent announcement of the
enforcement of the curfew laws.
Among those asking quest ion 5
on tiie subject were Larisse Lowe
Nicky Longley, Billy Muller. Diane
Wilke, Devon Alexander. Chief ol
Police Robert Oliver explained the
law as it exists by city ordinance
and also about what is meant b>
unsupervised parties and also the
action being taken to encourage
more parents to attend functions
of the teen-agers.
No change resulted from the
conference with the young people
although it was stated that dis
cretion would be used in enforc
ing the ordinances.
The council approved an applica
tion of Arctic Native Brotherhooc
for a permit te> have games o
chance. It also approved the pay
ment of $9,000 to Philleo Engi
neering for the recent survey or
sewage and water for which ap
plications have beeir filed by th<
city with HHFA and the Alask;
Department of Health.
The city budget for six month
was approved by the council. I
showed revenues of approximate!
$100,000 and disbursement c
$146,000.
Howard Crinklaw reported th;
the Nome Planning Commissio
recommends to the council th;
application should be made for th
tidelands adjacent to the commi
nity. Most of the other communi
ties in the state have already don
so.
Crinklaw also reported that i
new mercury street light has beei
installed in front of the N.C. Co
apartments on River St.
Several requests were made foi
another light in front of the Fir<
Station and City Hall and re
ceived the approval of the council
Requests for mercury lights foi
the east end of town were helc
up as the city is having trouble
keeping any kind of lights ir
operation in that area as they are
constantly being broken. Due tc
the cost of mercury lights there
was hesitation in putting in more
expensive service until there wai
some assurance that they woulc
not be destroyed.
The Fire Department rcportec
that the newly purchased smoke
ejector was tested out in the recen
Harry Johnsen house under whicl
a fire was set on the east end o
Third Ave. and found to be ven
satisfactory.
A communication was receivee
from the Bureau of Land Manage
ment concerning the recreations
sites at Anvil Mountain and Cap
Nome for which the city has mad
application, concerning improve
provements on same and the cler
was instructed to advise the BLI
that tables and benches would b
j made available for public use, j
these places.
CARE Program on TV
Thursday evening at 7 KNOB/
TV will show a CARE film on r<
fugee children in Hong Kong i
connection with the silver tea beir
given by the Home Arts Clu
Saturday afternoon at the res
dence of Mrs. Don Hoover, pres
dent, for the benefit of the CAR
program which is being sponsore
by the General Federation c
Women’s Clubs.
IHH US IMIS HospiU.l
In Kotzebue PazerS by Fire
KOTZEBUE m — T.:o old U.S.
Public Health Service Hospital
burned to the ground this morn
ing. There were no reported in
juries. The building was being
remodeled into living quarters at
the time of the fire.
The two-story frame building,
originally a 35-bed hospital, was
replaced a year ago by a modern
hospital structure. Value of the
building was set at $77,000 by
officials in Anchorage.
The building was constructed in
1939 for the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs, and was transferred to the
USPHS in 1955.
The fire is believed to have
started in a basement boiler room,
i ut cause of the fire has not been
determined.
An investigating team from An
chorage is expected in Kotzebue
■ tomorrow to determine the cause
of the blaze, which ruined the
- building when remodeling was
l about 50 per cent completed.
: It was reported that the fire
• destroyed the building in about
■ 30 minutes. The fire started about
i 7:30 a.m.
i Adenauer Lauds
, JFK for Aetion
Taken In Cuba
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WASHINGTON UP* — Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer of West Ger
many told President Kennedy to
day that the United States, by ac
cepting the Soviet challenge it
Cuba, “rendered an invaluable
service to the freedom of the
2 Adenauer made the comment in
responding to Kennedy’s official
1 welcome as the two met to detcr
i mine how the outcome of the
• Cuban crisis influenced Moscow’s
thinking about Berlin.
Their views are not identical,
' officials said. Kennedy is reported
to believe his firm stand convinced
the Soviets the United States
means it when it says America will
not flinch in Berlin. The German
leader was said to doubt that the
Kremlin has understood the mes
t sage.
> Adenauer arrived here last night.
■ At midmorning today he was wel
■ corned by Kennedy with the tra
; ditional pomp due a head of gov
ernment on the south lawn of the
White House.
i Kennedy hailed his guest as the
. champion of free Europe and a
builder of the Atlantic partner
, ship. The Chancellor, replying re
■ called the “very difficult deci
r sions” Kennedy had to make during
the Cuban crisis when, Adenauei
. said, “the liberty and freedom oj
the entire world were at stake.”
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Kennedy Contributes
His Salaries to Charities
WASHINGTON UP! — Whit
House sources said today tha
President Kennedy, ever since h
entered Congress in 1947, has con
tributed all his government salar
to charities.
Informants said Kennedy woul
contribute his $100,000 pay i
President to charities this yea
as he did with his Presidential pa
in 1961. The President’s salar
was prorated for his time in offic
last year and didn’t quite com
up to $100,000.
In giving his salary to charit:
Kennedy is following a preceden
set up by President Herbert Hoc
ver three decades ago. Both hav
personal fortunes.
Russians Apologize
For Damage Done
To King Crab Gear
c5
SEATTTiE !/?! — Hu ia’s ob
server to the International North
Pacific Fisheries Commission ses
sion apologized today f.>r damage
done American king crab gear by
Soviet fishermen in Alaska waters.
Dr. V. M. Nieholnev, talking
with newsmen, offered his best
v, ;shc to operators and fishermen
whose tempers have been roused
by recent dragging "incidents”
and losses of equipment in water
near Kodiak Island.
•Tt is with great rear t that r
have heard some confl s have
*aken place,” he said. “We have
recommended to our fishermen to
be very careful not to destroy the
gear of other nations. Wo recom
mend this very strongly.”
Nicholaev. who is a senior scien
tist in th-> All Union Research In
stitute of Marine Fisheries and
Oceanography in Moscow, said the
possibility of deliberate damage
was "impossible.”
He said it was almost impossible
to avoid some conflict between
moving gear, such as Russia’s, and
set gear «'Alaska’s* where fishing
expansion is large and gear is con
centrated. “But there is room for
all.” he added.
He replied "absolutely not”
when asked if Russia’s trawl fleet
off Alaska is taking large amounts
of American and Canadian hali
but. He said the catch was so
small it was not even included in
statistics and Russian gear was not
1 built for halibut fishing.
He also said he had “heard
nothing” of plans to expand Soviet
fishing in the Gulf of Alaska, but
he was certain Russia would step
up fishing in the Pacific. “Our
fisheries are growing,” he said.
Guam Termed as
Massive “Junkyard”
AG AN A, Guam — Recovery
teams began sifting through what
appeared to be a massive junk
yard on Guam today and said they
expect to find more victims in the
rubble left by Typhoon Karen.
Karen, officially described as
the worst disaster in the history
of this strategic American outpost
in the western Pacific, damaged
or destroyed nearly every civilian
building on the island. Winds up
to 174 miles an hour blasted the
island for four hours Sunday night.
So far, six Guamanians have
been reported dead, at least 100
other natives and military men or
deoendents injured and damages
estimated at more than $100 mil
lion.
Red Cross and Civil Defense of
fices have been set up to coordi
nate recovery. US. Dist. Judge
Paul Shriver has been named as
head of this effort.
Most of the wreckage is still
unchecked.
5 OKINAWA EXPECTED TO
t BE LASHED BY KAREN'S WIND
2 TOKYO UPl — Okinawa and its
- military bases were expected to be
V lashed by winds up to 80 miles
per hour from Typhoon Karen
d which ravaged Guam. The storm
:S veered northward today and head
r, ed for the Ryukyu Islands,
y US. military weathermen lo
y cated the typhoon 431 miles south
e of Okinawa tonight, still packing
e 150 mph winds.
Karen swung from a northwest
r, course to north northwest. Moving
t at a 15 mph clip, its center was
- expected to be 127 miles south of
? US. administered Okinawa tomor
I row night.