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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 18
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1962
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Observers Warned
Of Explosives
In Exercise Area
Capt. Robert W. Steele, com
manding officer of the 1st Scout
Bn., Alaska National Guard,
warned today that persons visiting
the area to be used during the
forthcoming maneuver, Feb. 14-17,
should not pick up or disturb any
items left laying in the area. Capt.
Steele stated that while no live
ammunition will be used during
the exercise, there will be hand
grenade simulators and other
training munitions used which are
capable of inflicting serious in
jury. Anyone discovering any
item left in the exercise area is
requested to call the National
Guard Armory at 2415, and train
ed personnel will dispose of it.
Parents are urged to discourage
children from visiting or picking
up items in the exercise area.
The exercise is scheduled to
begin on Wednesday when Co. E,
1st Bn., 23rd Infantry arrives
from Ft. tRichardson to portray
the aggressor force. They will set
up positions on Satellite Field and
at Perkinsville. On the following
day, weather permitting, Co. A,
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Air
borne Light Infantry will para
de jet near the Red Hanger on
Bessie Rd. They will then attack
the “enemy” position and rout
the aggressors. The Scouts from
the 1st Scout Bn., here in Nome,
will harrass the enemy prior to
the Canadian arrival and will
secure the drop zone for the air
drop and will then act as guides
for the Canadians. The exercise
Is expected to be completed some
time after dark on Thursday. The
Canadians will depart on Friday
and Co. E on Saturday.
About 300 men will participate.
In addition, there will be many
observers, high ranking officers
and many correspondents to ob
serve the exercise.
Included are: Hanson Baldwin,
New York Times; Bill Flynn,
News Week; Fined Sorri, Mon
terey Peninsula Herald; Gene
Famigliette; Army Times; Arnold
Ran, Boston Traveler; Jock Osier,
Calgary Herald; Richard Jordan,
San Francisco Herald; Duke
Myer, San Francisco News & Call
Bulletin; Robert Fouts, KCBS;
Lanti Bancroft,KHIP and possibly
Thekla Haldone, Globe Photos,
New York; Ed Arnow, KNBC and
Gene Gilligan, KSFO both of San
- Francisco.
major liiic jl*ua.ioii ouu iwu tui
listed men are expected to take
in the exercises from the Western
Command of the Canadian forces.
They will be accompanied by
Major Bill Lewis and Bill Wheeler
of USARAL.
Would Hare Right to Trial
JUNEAU — Persons being
in District Magistrate Courts on
criminal charges which, on con
viction, would involve a fine of
snore than $100 or imprisonment
for more than 10 days would
have the right to trial by jury
under the terms of a bill intro
duced today by Rep. Warren
Taylor of Fairbanks.
Urge Os# of Alaska Meal
Products by Military Bases
JUNEAU m — A resolution
urging the Defense Department to
use Alaska-produced meat pro
dutcs at military bases within the
state was introduced in the House
today by Rep. Peter Deveau of
| Kodiak.
Sam Johnson Assumes
Duties as Director of
Division of Highways
JUNEAU UP) — Richard Down
ing, Commissioner of Public
Works, said Saturday that Sam
Johnson has assumed full duties
as Director of the Division of
Highways.
Downing said that Thurman D,
Sherard has been relieved of his
duties as director, but that he
will be retained as an advisor for
the duration of the current Senate
Highways Investigating Commit
tee proceedings.
Last month Gov. Wm. Egan re
quested Sherard’s resignation ef
fective at the close of the Senate
investigation.
New Troopers Needed
Examinations for the recruiting
of Alaska State Police Troopers
will be held in Fairbanks on
-March 2.
Men who are interested in a
career as an Alaska State Police
Trooper are invited to call at the
State Police headquarters, 520
Illinois St., Fairbanks, for further
particulars and to obtain the
necessary applications forms.
Those who apply must have the
following qualifications: a high
school or equivalent graduation
certificate; age 23 to 35; height
5' 10" with weight proportional.
Applicants must pass written and
oral examinations and have their
character, reputation and reli
ability screened through an ex
tensive background investigation.
A physical examination is also
required prior to appointment.
senate lames
Motion to Probe
BIA Charges
JUNEAU Iff) — The Senate to
day tabled a motion for creation
of a special investigating com
mittee to probe the “malfunctions
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and charges against the people of
Alaska.”
The motion was offered by Sen.
John Coghill in connection with
the BIA’s announced decision not
to participate in construction or
operation of the proposed Nome
Vocational Education School on
the grounds that it was a political
project.
“This charge is disgraceful,”
Coghill said. “The people of Alas
ka are being pictured throughout
the nation as not being politically
mature.”
Sen. W. O. Smith after question
ing the authority of the legislature
to investigate a federal agency,
moved to table Coghill’s motion
and the Senate went along with
Smith, 13-5.
In a brief discussion of the
problem after the tabling motion
was approved, Sen. B. J. Logan
told the Senate the federal gov
ernment be presented with the
true facts about how the educa
tion of the people of our northern
areas is being abused by the BIA
Before the Senate adjourned
for the day, Coghill offered an
other motion dealing with the
same subject.
The second motion called for
the appointment by Senate Presi
dent iJVank Peratrovich of a non
partisan committee to “look into
the charges made against the
Alaska people by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.”
The motion passed with only
two dissenting votes.
U-2 Pilot Powers
Faces Detailed
Grilling by CIA
WASHINGTON — American
U-2 spy pilot Francis Gary Powers
faces detailed grilling from U.S.
Intelligence agents when he com
pletes a secret rendezvous with
his wife.
Among questions awaiting the
flier, free after 21 months in a
Soviet prison, are: What really
happened the morning of May 1,
1960, when he was downed deep
inside the Soviet Union? How
much did he tell the Russians
about his mission?
Preliminary questioning pre
sumably began shortly after the
32-year-old pilot crossed a Berlin
bridge into American hands Sat
urday in a two-for-one trade for
Soviet spy Rudolf I. Abel.
Official sources are not saying
Powers is in military or govern
ment custody, but ever since he
crossed a white line where Com
munist East Germany ends and
West Berlin begins, a carefully
contrived secrecy has cloaked his
movements.
All that the White House would
say in a brief announcement Sun
day was that Powers was home
again and that he had been re
united with members of his fam
ily.
In a far-flung game of hide
and-seek dogged newsmen tried
to find out vor themselves where
Powers and his wife, Barbara,
were holding their reunion. Vari
ous leads pointed to Maryland’s
eastern shore, but the exact meet
ing place could not be pinned
down. ■
me wnne nouse aecnnea to
say what family members Powers
saw but presumably he met also
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver W. Powers, of Norton, Va.
The Central Intelligence Agency
was believed to be setting up a
board of inquiry to look carefully
into the Powers case. CIA Di
rector John McCone will de
termine the board’s composition.
Another figure in the unpre
cedented exchange arrived home
Sunday. James Britt Donovan,
the New York lawyer who de
fended Abel in his 1957 espionage
trial , and then negotiated his de
portation in a trade with Powers
and student Frederic Pryor,
brought word still another Ameri
can imprisoned in the Soviet
Union may win freedom. Marvin
Makinen, 22, a student from Ash
bumham, (Mass., is serving an
eight-year sentence in Kiev on
espionage charges.
Donovan said: “I have what I
believe to be assurance that if
the better relations contemplated
by this exchange should develop,
the Soviet Union would contem
plate extending clemency to
Makinen.”
WOULD CREATE POST FOR
A MARKETING SPECIALIST
JUNEAU UB — The creation of
a position of a marketing special
ist with the Division of Com
mercial Fisheries is called for in
a bill introduced today by Sen.
B. J. Logan of Cordova.
The marketing specialist would
be directed to seek markets for
Alaska’s fisheries products in
Canada and the Midwest, develop
byproducts from Alaska fisheries
products and to cooperate with the
federal government in protecting
Alaska fishermen from foreign
exploitation.
Weather Casts Doubt
On Manned Orbit Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. UFV—
The worst sea conditions of the
winter in the central Atlantic to
day cast doubt on whether astro
naut John H. Glenn Jr. will make
his scheduled orbital flight on
Wednesday.
But National Aeronautics and
Space Administration officials
made no change in the date in
hopes that the conditions might
clear by launch time.
A weather advisory reported
that winds of 35 knots were roll
ing up 10-foot waves in an area
between Bermuda and the central
Atlantic — where Glenn’s space
capsule would land if the flight
were terminated after one orbit.
An official said acceptable con
ditions are seas of no more than
five feet and winds of 15 to 18
knots.
The advisory said the storm
which led to these “very dis
turbed” conditions was moving
northward and was expected to
moderate today.
Another less intense storm sys
tem was predicted for the same
area Tuesday, but it should move
i out by Wednesday, NASA said.
Measure Seeks Increase In
License Fees on Cigarette
Vending Machines
JUNEAU UPi — Legislator
which would sharply increase th<
license fees on cigarette vendinj
machines was submitted in th<
Senate today by Sen. Lestei
Bronson.
The present license fee is $25,
regardless of how many machines
an operator owns.
Under Bronson’s measure a fee
of $60 would be charged for each
machine under the constant ob
servation of the vending machine
operator or an employe or agent
of the operator.
If the machine is not under the
constant observation of the opera
tor or an employe or agent, the
license fee would be $150 per ma
chine.
Bronson said the intent of the
bill was to prevent minors from
obtaining cigarettes from unat
tended machines.
EXTRA WEIGHT . . .
COPENHAGEN, Denmark UPl —•
\ motorist drove into a garage
cutside Odense and complained
bis car wouldn’t go as fast as
usual.
The attendant found another
car hanging on to the rear bump
er. It had been caught on when
the motorist maneuvered out of
parking space two miles away.
House Okehs Minor
Changes for ESC
JUNEAU UPl — Legislative
action was completed today on a
measure clarifying and making
minor changes in the Employment
Security Act.
The measure passed the House
by a vote of 35-«l and was sent
to Gov. Egan. It had been intro
duced by the Senate Rules Com
mittee at Egan’s request.
It clarifies the employer’s period
of subjectivity to the act and per
mits the Commissioner of Labor
to close out accounts for firms
which are no longer in business.
It also changes the rate paid
by an employe of an employer
who is delinquent in his contri
butions from the maximum rate
of 0.9 to the standard rate of 0.6.
8,000 Troops
To Participate
In “Great Bear”
TAN ACROSS UP) — A total of
8,000 troops, including an air
borne company of the 2nd Bat
talion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian
Light Infantry, and Eskimo Scout
units of the Alaska National
Guard, will take part in the U.S.
Army’s Exercise “Great Bear”,
which began today.
Army Secretary Elvis Stahr has
announced he will be an observer
during a portion of the exercise.
The 1st Battle Group, 9th In
fantry, permanently assigned to
Ft. Wainwright will play the role
of the aggressor during the nine
day exercise and test the ability
of some 2,000 men of the 2nd
Battle Group, 60th Infantry, from.
Ft. Devens, Mass., to operate
successfully in the severe cold of
the subarctic.
The 60th Infantry troops, who
are part of the Strategic Army
Corps, were airlifted to Alaska in
21 C-135 jet aircraft from West
over Air Force Base, Mass. Each,
aircraft spanned the 6,000 miles
in about seven hours.
It was the second time in his
tory that U.S. troops had been
airlifted by jet aircraft. The first
jet airlift took place earlier this
month when 12 C-1S5 jets trans
t ported 6,000 troops from Ft. Lewis,
4 Wn., to Frankfurt, Germany.
' While the main “Great Bear”
“ battles will be fought fn this area,
; / there will be small-scale exercises
I elsewhere in Alaska in conjunc
/ tion.
ine Canadian paratroopers will
jump into Nome sometime this
week and join with an Eskimo
Scout Battalion to attempt to re
pel an “aggressor” force which
[will have landed. This aggressor
force will be played by a unit
from the 1st Battle Group, 23rd.
Infantry stationed at Ft. Rich
ardson.
Unconventional warfare troops
will also play a part in “Great
Bear.”
A detachment of the 7th Special
Troops from Ft. Bragg, N.C., has
been in Alaska for several weeks.
It will team up with Alaska Na
tional Guard units to engage in
guerrilla operations.
The “Great Bear” exercise area
will be approximately 160 miles
long in some 32,000 square miles.
The exercise itself is a continua
tion of a “war” that began five
years ago and has continued each
winter with the “American**
forces, usually played by soldiers
from the other states, attempting
to prevent an aggressor from ad
vancing on the Anchorage area.
FORD ANNOUNCES
PROFIT OF $409.5 MILLION
DETROIT ifff — Ford Motor Co.
announced a 1961 profit of $400 5
million, equal to $7.45 a share.
This compared with $427.9 million,
or $7.80 a share in 1960.
Dollar sales were $6.71 billion
compared with $6.79 in 1960.
Previously General Motors had
announced earnings of $893 mil
lion for 1961 and Chrysler report
ed a profit of $11.1 million.
All On February 9th
MIWAUKEE, Wis. I® — On Feb.
9, 1954 a girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Lasieur.
On Feb. 9,1958, they had a son.
It was another girl on Friday,
Feb. 9.
The couple has two other chil
I dren with different birthdays.