THE
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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 26
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1962
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President Says
U.S. Will Proceed
With Atomic Tests
WASHINGTON W") — President
Kennedy announced tonight that
the United States will go ahead
with atomic tests in the air by the
latter part of April, unless “a
form agreement” with the Soviets
to halt nuclear blasts has been
reached by then.
The President said: “It is our
hope and prayer that these grim,
unwelcome tests will never have
to be made — that these deadly
weapons will never have to be
fired—and that our preparations
for war will bring us the preser
vation of peace.”
Kennedy did not specify just
what tests the United States
would start off with and where,
except to say they would take
place in the atmosphere over the
Pacific Ocean.
He said the U.S. blasts will re
strict fallout to an absolute mini
mum, far less than the contam
ination created by last fall’s So
viet series.
The President said that no sin
gle decision of this administration
has been more thorouhgly or
more thoughtfully weighed.
U-2 “Spy” Plane and
Pilot Reported Missing
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. — A high-flying U-2
“Spy” plane with a seasoned
pilot aboard is missing and pre
sumed down somewhere in this
rugged region of mountains and
desert.
The Air Force identified the
pilot as Capt. John Campbell, 36,
on temporary duty here from
Laughlin AFB, Tex. He is married
and has two children.
Details of his mission were not
disclosed.
Seven planes have been search
ing an area on a 100-mile radius
around this base since 2 a.m.
Other planes have joined the hunt
from nearby March AFB, Nor
ton AFB and Naval Ordnance
Test Station at China Lake, Calif.
Boosts Polar Bear Tags
JUNEAU (J*> — A bill which
would boost the price tag on a
non-resident polar bear tag from
$150 to $1,500 was approved by
the Senate today.
Sen. Howard Pollick gave no
tice of reconsideration.
Before passing the bill the Sen
ate made the effective date on
the measure July 1, so as not to
inconvenience hunters already in
the field.
Alaska and Interior Dept. Agree on
13-Point Education Policy for State
WASHINGTON UP) — A 13
point agreement of understand
ing on educational policies was
reached yesterday by representa
tives of Alaska and the Depart
ment of Interior.
Hugh Wade, Alaska Secretary
of State, announced the agree
ment on behalf of Gov. Wm. Egan
after two days of talks with fed
eral officials.
Sitting in on sessions with Wade
were Dr. Theo Norby, Alaska
Commissioner of Education, and
Dr. Charles Ray, University of
Alaska Dean of Education.
Wade said he is “very satisfied
with achieving a working ar
rangement under which the State
can prepare an educational plan
to put the program into effect.”
Here is a summary of the 13
points announced by Wade:
1. Public education in Alaska
is a primary responsibility of the
State of Alaska. This responsi
bility extends to all children.
2. The state government will
do all that its resources will al
low in order to meet the educa
tional requirements of all its
children. In the state’s continuing
effort to do all that might be
expected, close attention must be
given to local participation in the
support of school activities.
3. The educational effort of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alas
ka has been and will continue to
be directed toward the attainment
of educational goals to which the
state and federal governments are
committed, but which cannot be
attained by the state alone be
cause of financial limitations.
4. It is the usual goal of the
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states and federal governments to
establish for all people in Alaska
a single system of public elemen
tary and secondary education.
5. All public schools in the
State of Alaska should ultimately
be included in the state education
al system notwithstanding that
federal financial participation will
remain essential for some time.
6. It is agreed that there exists
today a serious deficiency in the
over-all educational program in
Alaska particularly with respect
to children of high school age
who, for lack of facilities, are not
in school.
7. It is agreed that a closer co
ordination will be established be
tween programs of the federal
government which provide the
state with financial aid for educa
tion. This will require coopera
tive planning by the State
Department of Education, the U.S.
Office of Education and the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs. The
Bureau of Indian Affairs intends
to operate its schools or otherwise
fulfill its commitments to the
oHnrntinn nf Alaska natives in a
fashion consistent with education
al policy as it is developed by
the State of Alaska. However, it
is agreed that state policy should
be formulated with full considera
tion of the limitations of law
which govern federal activities
and financial contributions.
8. Although the Bureau has re
quested funds for planning new
school facilities, the plan of the
Bureau may be adjusted to con
form as closely as possible to the
comprehensive educational pro
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GOP Spokesmen
Express Concern
Over Wages and
Hours Legislation
JUNEAU VP) — Potential in
vestors around the nation have
a “negative-shaded” picture of
Alaska, C. W. Snedden, chairman
of the Alaska State Chamber of
Commerce’s Executive Commit
tee, said today.
Snedden, who recently conclud
ed a trip of several weeks through
the lower states contacting po
tential Alaska investors, said only
a comprehensive cooperative ef
fort by the state administration,
working with legislative and busi
ness leaders, will change this
picture. 11
“Alaska is disfavored with a
growing reputation throughout the
country as a state with a labor
leaning government with more
interest in creating a labor utopia
than in attracting new industries
to provide new jobs,” Snedden
said.
A clrA/1 4a AAw>w.nn4 TXT
Egan said:
“Statements such as the one
issued by the Republican spokes
man at the (Fairbanks Daily)
News-Miner do more to tear down
and impede Alaska’s resource
development than any other prob
lem this administration has been
confronted with in its progressive
efforts in behalf of a better Alas
ka for everyone.”
Snedden said all Alaskans are
sincerely interested in attracting
the necessary investment capital
to the state, “but our wheels are
spinning now, and will continue
to spin until we meet head-on
the economic facts of life.”
B. (Frank Heintzleman, former
Alaska governor and vice presi
dent of the State Chamber, said
competition from other states and
Canada for investment funds is
very keen. Heintzleman, who also
just returned from a trip to the
outside contacting potential in
vestors, added:
“Other places also have tre
mendous untapped resources and
are going all out to provide the
proper economic climate which
will allow outside capital to show
a profit on the investment.”
Snedden, Heintzleman, State
Chamber president Robert A.
Baker and past president Robert
L. Jernberg, in a meeting here
to discuss actions of the 1962
legislature, expressed concern
over passage of bills increasing
minimum wage rates and reduc
ing hours.
“The small businessman with
only a few employes is in many
cases just going to have to lay
one off,” Jernberg said. “Mar
ginal workers, older folks and
students on vacation will find
fewer job opportunities.
“The overall result is certain j
to be further inflation, still high
er prices.”
It is getting easier to get a
close shave while riding in Man
hattan taxicabs. Several cab driv
ers have installed electric razors
for the convenience of passengers.
(Native Mother of Eight
Found Frozen to Death
10 Miles from Galena
FAIRBANKS W — A native
mother of eight children wa:
found frozen to death Wednesday
about 10 miles from Galena.
Mrs. Mary Katherine Kriska oJ
Koyukuk, wife of dog musher Lee
Kriska, was spotted from the aii
by her husband and pilot Dicfc
Forsgren Wednesday morning
about 10:30.
Kriska had been in Anchorage
participating in the dog races anc
! had returned to Galena Tuesday
morning and Mrs. Kriska met hei
husband there.
Kriska had a “snow traveler’'
in Galena and was making at
tempts to get it in repair after
arriving.
Mrs. Kriska’s father was ill and
she was anxious to return home
to see him and her children.
Mrs. Kriska left Galena on fool
Tuesday at 5 p.m. bound for Ko
yukuk, 40 miles away, but hei
husband heard about her depar
ture, followed her, and broughl
her back.
Later, at 9 p.m. she started ou1
I again.
avirs. ivrisKa was not missec
until morning and then her hus
band and pilot Forsgren took of
at 10 a.m. in search of her. Sh<
was spotted lying face down oi
the trail. She was brought bac
to Galena and a doctor worke
for two hours giving artificii
respiration in an attempt to sa^
her life, but she never revived
Mrs. Geneva Spees, depui
magistrate at Galena who signe
the death certificate, listed es
posure and fatigue as the cause
of death.
[ According to Mrs. Spees, it wa;
presumed that the woman hac
run, become exhausted, and fell
down in the snow where she froze
to death.
At the time she was not heavily
clad. She was not wearing a
parka, but just a light coat. She
wore boots but was not wearing
snowshoes.
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Find Piece of Allas Booster
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. M —
A scored rocket fragment found
on a South African farm has been
identified as a piece of Atlas
booster 109D which hurled astro
naut John Glenn Jr. into orbit.
The 3-foot by 2-foot sheet of
metal was flown here yesterday
and markings stamped on the sur
face definitely tabbed it as part
of the fuel tank on Glenn’s
rocket. Identification was made
by General Dynamics-Astronau
tics, maker of the Atlas.
ESTIMATES EXPECTED ON
169 MILES OF NEW ROADS
JUNEAU OP — State Highways
Director Sam Johnson said todaj
plans, specifications and estimate:
are expected to be completed 01
169 miles of new roads an<
bridges by July 1.
Johnson said the road desig]
section is now working on 10<
projects representing 815 mile
of roads and bridges, with th
individual projects ranging i:
size from 21 miles to less tha
a tenth of a mile.
95 Persons Die In
Worst Jet Disaster
i By Andrew Meisels
NEW YORK (ffi — Squads of
emergency workers struggled in
icy waters and biting winds to
day to recover bodies of yester
day’s air crash victims. They also
searched the wreckage for an in
strument which might show what
caused the American Airlines jet
to plunge to disaster, killing all
95 aboard.
By noon, bodies or parts of
bodies of 65 of the 95 victims
had been taken from the shallow
waters of Jamaica Bay.
The shattered plane’s parts
were pulled from the bay and
trucked to an American Airlines
hangar at Idlewild Airport. They
will be studied in an effort to
pinpoint the cause of the crash.
The instrument sought by air
experts is a metal globe about the
size of a basketball. The device
is an automatic flight recorder.
It keeps a second-by-second rec
ord of a plane’s speed, altitude*
direction and gravity forces.
By a careful study, investigators
l might be able to ascertain whether
. it was man or machine which
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£ ACUUTCU. ,
» At the controls of the airliner,
\ which suddenly turned and went
down in a nosedive just after
l taking off, was a veteran skipper
1 of the sky.
At 56, Capt. James T. W. Heist
of Rolling Hills, Calif., had flown
18,300 hours. Of these, 1,600 hours
were spent in the cockpit of a
Boeing 707 such as carried him
and his passengers to death.
The Boeing 707 jet — especially
, . adapted for speedier takeoffs
’ / from airports surrounded by
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Udall Hopes to Visit
Alaska This Summer
WASHINGTON UP) — Secretary
of the Interior Stewart L. Udall
said yesterday he hopes to visit
Alaska this summer.
Udal, during the swearing-in of
John E. Manley of Anchorage as
manager of the Alaska Railroad,
observed:
“I have not had a chance to
ride on his line but I hope to get
up there soon.”
Udall later told reporters he
hopes to make the trip this sum
mer.
Manley, a member of the rail
road’s staff since 1937, will re
ceive $22,900 a year in his new
position.
The post has been vacant since
January, when Donald J. Smith
resigned to return to private in
dustry.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Mostly cloudy with snow and
| blowing snow. Winds 20-35 mph
t from SSE. Little change in temp.
In the last 24 hours: High of 32,
x low of 27. Max. wind 35 mph
) from the east. Sunrise at 7:07 a,m.,
s sunset at 5:22 pm. Temps, a year
b ago today: High of -3, low of
i -23. Extremes on this date since
i 1907: High of 44 in 1938, low of
-32 in 1956.