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63rd Year No. 130_ NOMF, ALASKA, FRl7) A^VnONTMBFrX 1962
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Hard-Hitting Political Campaign
Comes to a Climax Next Tuesday
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU —-A hard-hitting
political campaign which has left
its mark on just about every city
and village in Alaska comes to a
climax Tuesday, when the voters
take over.
Some fin,000 Alaskans are ex
pected to cast ballots in the
state’s second general election,
approximately 19,000 more than
voted in the Aug. 14 primary
election this year.
Matched in the top battle arc
Gov. Wm. Egan, a Democrat who
seeks a second term as the state’s
chief executive, and Mike Stepo
vich, a Republican and former ap
pointed governor of Alaska.
Running with Egan for the job
of Secretary of State, the state’s
only other executive, is the in
cumbent, Hugh Wade. Stepovich’s
running mate is Robert Ross of
Anchorage.
Sen. Ernest Gruening, the state’s
junior senator and also a Demo
crat, faces the challenge of Tod
Stevens, a young Anchorage attor
ney who once served as the U.S.
Interior Department’s chief coun
sel, under Secretary Fred Seaton.
Rep. Ralph Rivers, another
Democrat and the state’s lone re
presentative in the U.S. House, is
oppposed by Republican Lowell
Thomas Jr., an Anchorage photo
grapuer ana lecturer.
Also to be elected are 10 mem
bers of the 20-seat State Senate
and all 40 members of the State
House of Representatives.
Hot Battle Looms
One of the hottest battles of
the election will revolve around
Initiative No. 1, the capital relo
cation proposal.
A similar initiative was defeated
two years ago, 23,972-18,865.
Also to be voted upon Tuesday
are four general obligation bond
ing proposals adding up to a total
of $17,325,000.
They would provide funds for
school construction, $5 million;
improvements at the University of
Alaska, $5,950,000; trunk airports
on the lower Yukon and at Sand
Point, Barrow, Sitka and Savoon
ga, $4,175,000; and a vocational
education school in the Kodiak
Aleutians Senate Dist., $2.2 million.
The voters will also be asked
to determine if they want to re
tain Buell A. Nesbett and John
H. Dimond as members of the
State Supreme Court. Nesbett is
Chief Justice of the high tribunal.
Both Egan and Stepovich, along
with the other major candidates,
have crisscrossed Alaska in an in
tensive campaign on both sides.
One of the key points in Stepo
vich’s campaign was the claim
that Egan has used his office to
fashion a political machine com
posed of state employes and that
Egan’s financial policies are leading
the state toward bankruptcy.
In mid-September, Egan’s ad
ministration issued a financial re
port which claimed a general fund
balance in excess of $24 million
as of the close of the 1962 fiscal
year last June 30.
Subsequently, Egan said the gen
oral fund balance as of next June
30 will be at least $24.8 million
and could be more.
Stepovich has questioned both
figures.
Stevens has based a substantial
portion of his campaign on what
he claims is the need for bipar
tisan representation in Washing
ton a need he claimed was vital
for a young state.
Gruening countered with the
argument that the present Demo
cratic team — Sen. E. L. Bartlett,
Rivers anl Gruening — has func
tioned exceedingly well as a unit.
Thomas, in campaigning against
Rivers, argued that the Fairbanks j
Democrat had failed to take the
initiative in attempting to solve
many of the problems facing Alas
ka, particularly in regard to the
intrusion of foreign fishing fleets ;
into traditionally Alaskan grounds j
and in relation to Alaska native
land rights.
Rivers, who has served in a wide j
variety of governmental posts in j
Alaska, contended that Thomas had
neither the residency nor the ex
perience to represent the state
adequately in Washington.
Ex-Teamster Beck
Acquitted in Latest Trial
NEW YORK UP) — Dave Beck,
the former laundry truck driver
who was a millionaire by the time
he stepped out as head of the
Teamsters Union, won another
court fight last night.
A federal court jury acquitted
him of charges that he illegally
borrowed $200,000 from trucking
concerns. Acquitted also were the
two trucking executives and three
corporations charged with him as
a result of the 1954 transaction.
But prison still awaits the 68
year-old former labor leader who
preceded James Hoffa as boss of
the vast Teamsters organization.
Beck was temporarily released
from a federal prison in Washing
ton State to stand trial here.
The jury, seven men and five
women, had tried to report itself
deadlocked in considering the loan
case. U.S. Dist. Judge Wilfred
Feinberg sent them back into deli
beration, and 45 minutes later the
acquittals were announced.
Last June 19, three days after
his birthday, Beck entered prison
to serve five years for filing a
false income tax return for the
union.
SULPHITE WORKERS
ASKED TO DELAY STRIKE
SEATTLE UP) — A federal con
ciliator appealed to union officials
Friday to delay a threatened
strike tonight of 500 at the Alaska
Lumber & Pulp Co. near Sitka.
Barney Toner, the conciliator,
left for Sitka to arrange media
tion meetings between the com
pany and the Pulp & Sulphite
Workers’ Union.
The contract between the com
pany and union expired Oct. 21.
The union set tonight’s strike
deadline after negotiations dead
locked, Toner said.
Robert Hollingsworth
Named BIA Field
Representative in Nome
JUNEAU — The transfer of
Robert D. Hollingsworth, Bureau
of Indian Affairs field representa
tive at Bethel, to a similar position
at Nome was announced Thursday
by BIA Director Robert Bennett.
Hollingsworth, stationed at
Bethel for the past six years, will
replace Robert J. Grant at Nome.
Grant was recently transferred to
the Pima Indian Agency in Ari
zona.
No successor to Hollingsworth
at Bethel was named.
HUSKIES AND TROJANS
CLASH TOMORROW
Washington’s Huskies and the
Trojans of Southern California
collide tomorrow at Los Angeles
in the football battle that should
decide the Big Six championship
that brings with it the Rose Bowl
invitation.
Both West Coast powerhouses
are undefeated although Washing
ton has been tied by Purdue and
Oregon.
R. W. Hamilton
Makes Write - In Bid
For Governor's Post
FAIRBANKS Iff! — A third
candidate for the Alaska gover
nor’s seat, R. W. Hamilton, has
initiated a state-wide write-ir
campaign after “feeling the puls<
of Alaskans in every city, village
nook, and corner of the state.”
The “pulse” indicated to him
he says, that both Stepovich and
Egan have demonstrated their in
competence to the saturation point
of the great majority of of Alas
kans . . . and that the time is
ripe and the people are ready
for a change.
In a 16-page pamphlet that has
been distributed all over the state
Hamilton, lists these qualifications
for the top job in Alaska:
He understands public educa
tion having worked in administra
tive and teaching capacities for
many years.
A former grade foreman for a
road and bridge contractor, Hamil
ton says of roads, “if you want
more road building and less sur
veying, write-in and vote for R.
W. Hamilton.”
Five years ago Hamilton left the
professional work and opened a
gas station and garage, “the poor
est paying business in America.”
He did this to gain first hand
knowledge about business and
labor conditions in Alaska.
His varied background and edu
cation qualifies him for the job
of governor of Alaska, Hamilton
says.
He first came to Alaska in 1949
and went to Unalakleet where he
was in charge of the BIA school
there for two years.
From 1951 to 1955 he was in
charge of the education program
for the military in Alaska.
In a statement to the News
Miner Hamilton said, “I realized
from the beginning that it was not
possible to do this on my own
popularity, but since the campaign
got under way the unpopularity of
the opposition is sufficient for my
election.”
U.S. Arms Airlift
| Gets Underway
To Bolster India
NEW DELHI — An American
arms airlift Rot underway from
Germany today to give India’s
hard-pressed Himalayan army bet
ter weapons to use against invaders
from Red China.
The first of 10 U.S. Air Force
C-135 jet transports lifted off the
runway at the big Rhein-Main
Air Base near Frankfurt and flew
off into heavily overcast skies. It
i was due in Calcutta Saturday.
A round-the-clock airlift was
! planned, and relief crews were
flown to Calcutta to take the big
planes back to Germany for re
; loading.
The airlift is bringing fast-firing
! light infantry weapons, including
| mountain artillery, sorely needed
| to counter the Communists’ su
! ncrior firepower.
U.S. Ambassador John Gal
, braith warned the Indians against
j expecting American arms alone
| to “work magic’’ against the Chi
j nese invaders.
i "The great task remains with
the Indian army,” he declared. “We
| are happy to help with equipment
to stop aggression but equipment
| is only part of the problem.”
Galbraith said no American
instructors were coming with the
arms, which he described as
“standard stuff.” He also empha
L sized there were no plans for U.S
> military personnel to go to th<
frontier.
The ambassador told newsmer
the United States is considering
supplying the emergency arms
shipments on a long loan basis but
said the terms have not been
worked out.
India’s request for Western
military aid marked a sharp de
parture from a long-standing policy
of cash purchases, to maintain
India’s determined neutralism. Ini
tial shipments of new British
weapons have already arrived
here.
Castro Increases Ransom
For Release of Abortive
Invasion Prisoners
MIAMI, Fla. Ufi — Fidel Castro
has increased the price for release
of the Bay of Pigs invasion prison
ers and imposed certain new con
ditions, the Miami News said.
Retail value of medicines, drugs,
medical supplies and other goods
demanded is estimated by Castro
at $100 million, the News said.
James Donovan, the New York
attorney negotiating for release of
the prisoners, said earlier Castro
had demanded $62 million worth
of drugs, medical stupplies and
baby foods.
Hal Hendrix, Latin - American
editor for the News, said Castro
had sent the following conditions
to Donovan for release of the pri
soners.
1. One year’s supply of blood
blood plasma.
2. Detention of Capt. Manuel
Artime Buesa, commander of the
invasion brigade.
3. A pledge that the United
States will not participate in any
repetition of the Bay of Pigs in
vasion.
Kremlin Backs
Fidel Castro's
Five Proposals
By The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS. N Y. UP —
Premier Khrushchev’s special en
voy to Cuba asserted today the
Soviet Union supports Fidel Cas
tro's proposals to settle the crisis
over the Caribbean island. The
United States reported clear in
dications that Soviet missiles in
Cuba are being dismantled and
that negotiations with the Russians
on the matter are well under way.
Soviet First Deputy Premier
Anastas Mikoyan. with his state
ment of support for Castro, added
new confusion to the Cuban situa
tion at a moment when the United
States was reported considering a
Moscow proposal to verify the ab
sence of military cargoes.
Mikoyan, just before boarding a
plane for Cuba to talk to Castro,
mentioned Soviet support for the
Cuban leader’s five-point proposal,
without listing the items specific
i ally. The Castro points include
insistence on U.S. surrender of the
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, an
end to Cuban exile action against
the Castro regime and an end to
the U.S. Naval quarantine of Cuba.
“These proposals of the revolu
tionary- government of Cuba, aimed
at insuring the security of Cuba,
are supported by the Soviet Union,
which considers them just,” said
Mikoyan.
The United States reported from
j. Washington clear indications that
1 the Soviet missile bases which
sparked the blockade are being
dismantled. Defense Secretary
Robert McNamara said these were
the findings of a preliminary study
of new aerial photographs made
A short time later, a State De
partment spokesman said nego
tiations with the Russians on the
matter are well under way. The
spokesman, Lincoln White, empha
sized that the United States is
sticking to its demand for inter
national inspection to verify re
moval of offensive arms from
Cuba, against which Castro has set
his face.
Castro categorically rejected last
night any supervision of the dis
mantling operation, and repeated
his demands that the United States
get out of Guantanamo.
Castro said last night that
“strategic arms” were being re
moved, “but the rest of the weap
| ons stay in our country.”
Castro acknowledged that “we
have some motive for discontent”
with the Soviet Union. But he re
minded his people of all the So
viets had done for them and as
serted, “we are friends of the So
viet Union.”
! Castro said U.N. inspection on
Cuban soil would be “one more
attempt to humiliate our country”
and would violate Cuban sover
! eignty.
Rationing In Bulgaria
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia GPl —
The Bulgarian government has or
! dered rationing of several basic
foodstuffs, the Yugoslav News
1 Agency Tanjug reports from Sofia.
Rationed foods include onions,
potatoes, beans and rice. The
shortage was blamed on drought.
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