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Aavv Boards But
Passes Freighter
Bourn! For Cuba
WASHINGTON OP — A U.S.
Navy party boarded a Russian- j
owned Lebanese freighter today,
and reported more than two hours
later that no offensive weapons j
material was aboard.
The freighter, Marucla, was per- ■
mitted to sail on for Havana with j
a cargo described as 12 trucks, I
sulphur, paper rolls, and parts for j
trucks.
Asst. Secretary of Defense Syl- |
vester told a news conference the ;
Navy had received a message say- j
ing the boarding party was return
ing to the destroyer Joseph P.
Kennedy at 10:20 a.m. The mes
sage reported that "no prohibited
material” has been found on board.
The stopping of the Marucla was
the second interception announced
and the first reported boarding by
the Navy since it clamped a quar
antine on Communist arms ship
ments to Cuba Wednesday morn
ing.
The Marucla, which Sylvester
said was listed in Lloyd’s Shipping
Registry as a British-owned World
War II Liberty ship, was given
permission to proceed on a course
for Havana.
The first ship to be intercepted
was the Soviet tanker Bucharest
but she was not boarded and was
allowed to proceed for Cuba after
the Navy had checked her hatch
work from afar to determine that
she was a legitimate tanker and
that her trim in the water indi
cated that she was fully loaded
with fuel.
The Defense Department an
nounced yesterday that at least a
dozen Soviet vessels had turned
back "presumably because they
might have been carrying offen
sive materials.”
“Most of the ships the Navy
is interested in have “turned
around,” one government official
said.
It was indicated that among the
dozen Red ships diverted from
Cuba was one identified by in
formed sources as the Polotavia.
Three days ago, the Navy was
reported keeping an especially close
aerial watch on this big, modern
Soviet ship which experts said is
rigged to carry missiles.
KETCHIKAN UR — The Ketchi
kan Jaycees last night voted unan
imously against Initiative No. 1,
a measure which would allow
movement of Alaska’s state capital
from Juneau to some point in the
westward.
Wien Plane Followed
By Russian Craft on
Flight from Gambell
Vi
The Wien Airlines Twin-Beech
plane, on regular flight from Gam
bell Wednesday, was followed by
a Russian plane which was tracked
by the AC & W site at Tin City,
it was reported.
The plane was piloted by Clyde
Rud.
Unemployment Will Be
Partly Relieved With
Work In Alaska's Forests
WASHINGTON (/P> — Unemploy
ment in Alaska will be partly re
lieved by an allocation of $300,000
for work in national forests, the
state congressional delegation an
nounced today.
That sum, to be spent by the
U.S. Forest Service on projects in
the Chugach and North and South
Tongass National Forests, is ex- 1
pected to provide 7,9120 man-days j
of work.
Labor to carry out the w >rk will 1
be obtained from local unemploy- j
ment roles.
The money is part of a $11 mil
lion special allocation of acceler- j
a ted public works program funds i
to the Agriculture Department ;
which has jurisdiction over the j
F irest Service.
In Alaska, the allocation was ;
$100,000 or 2,640 man-days of work
in each of the three forests.
The money will be used on j
projects designed to develop forest j
resources, and construction of rec- j
reational areas and other facilities.
The delegation said project plans i
are in the local forest supervising |
offices and that work is expected ;
to get underway in “a very short :
time.”
U.S. Successful In
5th Try For High
Altitude Blast Test
HONOLULU LW — The United j
States exploded a sub-megaton i
nuclear device at high altitude J
above the Pacific early today. The I
flash briefly lit the ocean with a
rainbow of red, green and blue
for hundreds of miles.
A Thor missile, which failed in
three previous tries at the same
test, carried the warhead to its
firing height, estimated at 30 to
40 miles.
The nuclear device packed a
wallop of between 20,000 and a
million tons of TNT. It was the
second most powerful high-alti
tude explosion of the 1962 series.
The actual detonation occurred
near Johnston Islanl, 750 miles
southwest of Hawaii. The blast was
clearly visible there but in Hono
lulu it was a short-lived flash of
light.
The test was the third high
altitude success of the drawn-out
Operation Dominic series which
began April 25. The first was a
thermo-nuclear blast'July 8 which
created a giant radiation belt in
outer space and lit up the Pacific
with a dazzling array of color.
Four tries have failed — three
with the sub-megaton warhead
and one with a thermo-nuclear
package. Malfunctions in the Thor
caused each failure and rockets
and warheads had to be destroyed
without nuclear detonations.
Pinewood Derby Tonight
Parents and friends are all wel
come to the Pinewood Derby at
the Multipurpose Room of Nome
School tonight at 7 sponsored by
Cub Pack 63.
Drive Deeper
Into India
NEW DELHI, India —Chinese
troops drove deeper into India to
day and President Sarvelpalli Rad
hakrishnan proclaimed a state of !
emergency putting the nation on a :
war footing.
Prime Minister Nehru's govern
ment was given supreme powers
to rails the nation's 457 million
persons for an all-out defense of
what he has charged is a Com
munist threat to their freedom. ,
The emergency proclamation
came as the Chinese kept up their
attacks at both ends of the north
eastern frontier.
India, rushing regular army
troops to the fronts to bolster
outposts manned by border guards, .
claimed the Communists had been
beaten off at two points as resis
tance stiffened.
Nehru has held off formally de
claring India at war with Red
China but under the state of emer
gency his central government can
take over any power presently
held by any of the nation's 15 :
states. Freedom of speech may be |
curtailed and powers of the courts ;
on matters of ordinary funda
mental rights limited.
Almost a week after the Chinese i
launched their offensive into India ;
there is still no sign of the Indian
army being able to check Com
munist advances. The fighting is
reported bitter and casualties
heavy but no statistics have been
released. The Red Chinese are said j
to be taking no prisoners. j
Lions Halloween
Masquerade Ball
Saturday Night
The Lions’ Halloween party and
dance Saturday night at the Ar
mory will be a gala affair, ac
cording to members of the com
mittee in charge.
Live music will be the order of
the day, with a jukebox for the
intermissions.
Prizes will be awarded for the
most outstanding costumes and for
dance contests in several cate
gories—including the waltz.
There will be refreshments for
all—a bar for the adults, super
vised by Paul Mandeville, and a
coke-bar for the young people.
Proceeds from the affair will be
used by the Lions for their several
civic improvements projects.
Exploding Boiler Rattles
Telestar Tracking Station
ANDOVER, Maine L/P> — An ex
ploding boiler Wednesday night
rattled the control center of the
Telestar tracking station but equip
ment vital to the satellite commu
nications project escaped damage.
Six maintenance men working
in the boiler room were injured,
two seriously.
Officials of the American Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. said the
explosion was caused by a back
fire in the flue of one of the
building’s two boilers while the
maintenance crew was igniting it. 1
hi Cuba Continues
WASHINGTON W — The White
House said today the Russian mis
sile buildup in Cuba is continuing
at a rapid pace, “apparently direc
ted at achieving' full operational
capability as soon as possible.”
The report was based on result
of surveillance through yesterday.
It described the scene at rnissil"
sites indicating the Russians had
not slowed down their attempt to
establish r y ket launching plat
forms, despite President Ken
ned.','.-: declaration that existence
of those sites has brought on me
crisis.
Tim statement concluded:
In summary, there is no evi-.
dence to date indicating that there
is any intention to dismantle or
discontinue work on these missile
sites. On the contrary, the Soviets
arc rapidly continuing their con
struction of missile support and
launch facilities, and serious at
tempts are under way to camou
flage their efforts.”
Kennedy had said in his report
to the nation last Monday the U.S.
was prepared to take action be
yond the blockade against wea
pons shipments in the missile in
stallations in Cuba were not dis- j
mantled.
A State Department spokesman
pointed to that statement earlier
when questioned about indications
that the Soviets are continuing the
buildup.
White House press secretary
Pierre Salinger declined to go be
yond the official White House
statement.
Lincoln White, the department’s
press officer, said, “The activity
at these sites apparently is directed i
at achieving a full operational
capability as soon as possible."
White declined to speculate on
just what the United States might
do. However, officials said sur
veillance discloses that the work
af building missile sites in Cuba
is continuing.
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( h\ (iiiha Situation
SAN FRANCISCO .? — More
than 60 governors and congress
men from 12 western -tutus met
behind closed doors heiy today
for a secret briefing on t. « Cuban
crisis.
Tine meeting began with about
a 20-minute presentation by Asst,
Secty. of State Frederick Dutton.
Governors of Oroya.. Washing
ton. Hawaii. Arizona, Nevada,
Idaho. Montana. Wyoming and
California were on hand.
One hour after the meeting be
gan. Gov. Wnt. Egan of Alaska
ru.-ned in. He had just flown in
from his s'ate.
An indication of the secrecy of
the meeting came when John Up
shot- Smith, acting Regional Di
rector of Civil Defense for a region
including California. Arizona, Ne
vada, Utah and Hawaii, was re
fused admission.
“This is primarily an Intelligence
and Defense Department meeting
so we are restricting it to gover
nors. senators and representatives,”
said Dutton as he turned down
Smith's personal request to attend.
Aides of governors from Ore
gon and Washington entered the
briefing room, but were summar
ily dismissed when it was deter
mined they were not governors
or congressmen.
The purpose was to give legis
lators down to state levels the in
formation which 20 congressional
leaders received at the White
House Wednesday.
The briefing was conducted by
Roger Hilsman, Director of the
State Department’s Intelligence
and Research. Asst. Secretary of
State Frederick Dutton, who is in
charge of congressional relations.
Gov. Egan — next door neigh
bor to Soviet Siberia — emerged
with the conviction that what he
heard "calls for greater state
readiness in Civil Defense."
Secty. Gen. U Thant Seeks to End
Cuba Crisis Through Negotiation
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. W —
Acting Secretary-General U Thant
net with representatives of the
United States today in an effort
to set up negotiations to end the
Huban crisis. He scheduled meet
ings later in the day with Soviet
and Cuban diplomats.
Two top-ranking members of the
permanent U.S. delegation to the
United Nations — Ambassadors
Francis Plimpton and Charles
Zost — met with Thant in the
absence of chief delegate Adlai
Stevenson who had rushed to
Washington for consultations.
The meeting began at 11:30 a.m.
EDT) in the 38th floor office of
the Secretary-General. Thant met
with Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Valerian Zorin at 1 p.m. and
arranged to see the Cuban ambas
sador at 5:30 p.m.
In Washington, Stevenson con
ferred with President Kennedy and
attended a meeting of the 12-mem
ber Executive Committee of the
National Security Council at the
White House.
Lift Some Tension
While both Moscow and Wash
ington lifted some of the world
tension by agreeing to preliminary
talks, the United States continued
its blockade and kept up its de
mand for removal of Soviet mis
siles from Cuban soil.
Moscow radio announced the
Soviet Union’s rocket troops have
been ordered on a state of in
creased combat readiness.
Premier Khrushchev’s condition
al acceptance of Thant’s negotia
tion proposal was seen by Western
diplomats in Moscow as prepara
tion for him to appear before the
United Nations. They said he also
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