Seely, of Army
Stahr Submits
Resignation
WASHINGTON tm — Secretary
of the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr. has
submitted his resignation, effective
June 30, to accept the presidency
of Indiana University.
President Kennedy accepted
Stahr’s resignation today “with re
gret and reluctance.”
Stahr takes over the university
office July 1, succeeding Dr. Her
man B. Wells, who has been presi
dent for 25 years.
The shift had been announced
in advance of the word from the
White House by William Hickman,
president of the University Board
of Trustees.
Stahr’s resignation was the sec
ond one from the Pentagon’s top
ranks within recent months.
John B. Connally, Navy Secre
tary, resigned last December to
seek the Texas gubernatorial nomi
nation.
An exchange of letters between
Stahr and the President was made
public by the White House.
Stahr recalled in his letter,
dated yesterday, that he left the
presidency of West Virginia to be
come Army Secretary “only be
cause I shared your conviction
about the need for our country to
develop a much stronger Army.”
Stahr added:
“The opportunity to lead one of
America’s great universities comes
to few men even once in a life
time.”
Kennedy’s reply, dated today,
said Stahr’s “personal dedication
to the task, and to the Army, has
been an inspiration to the men and
women of the United States Army.”
The White House did not name
a successor to Stahr but attention
focused cm 50-year-old Stephen
Ailes, now Undersecretary of the
Army.
21-teAh-old Youth files
ANCHORAGE <*> — The young
est candidate seeking a House seat
at Juneau is Jonathan R. Fritz, 21,
who filed for the Republican nomi
nation before the Monday deadline.
Young Fritz is the son of Dr.
Milo H. Fritz, one of five GOP
gubernatorial candidates. ~
The youth is a sophomore at
Alaska Methodist University. He
is majoring in political science and
working toward a degree in inter
national law. He was bom in Ket
chikan.
RUSK DOES NOT
FORESEE RELAXATION
OF WORLD TENSIONS
ATHENS, Greece — U.S. Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk, arriv
ing here for a North Atlantic
Treaty Organization meeting, told
newsmen today he saw no prospect
of immediate relaxation of world
tensions.
I “For the immediate future I wish
II could hold out a prospect for re
laxation but I cannot,” Rusk said
in an airport statement.
But he said the tide of freedom
“is in the long term indeed irresist
I ible as long as there are those
who will work and sacrifice for
that cause.”
He praised Greece which, he
said, has an especially warm place
in the hearts of Americans because
of its ancient heritage and the
dedication of its people in liberty.
Foreign and defense ministers
from the nations of NATO will
make one of their periodic apprais
als of NATO policies, touching on
the Berlin situation, nuclear power
and East-West relations, in ses
sions here.
Charles Richmond Promoted
Charles Richmond, education
specialist in the Nome area field
office, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
has been promoted to department
head (academic) and transferred
to Barrow Day School in this ca
pacity. He will report for duty in
his new assignment July 1, follow
ing annual leave, along with his
family.
His successor in the Nome office
will be selected and announced
shortly.
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U.S. Will Give
Warning Before
Missile-Borne Tests
WASHINGTON Wl — The United
States will give the world’s sci
entists about four days’ notice be
fore firing three missile-bome nu
clear test devices over the Pacific
in June or July.
The Pentagon said yesterday ad
vance word of the three blasts will
be given so that geophysicists and
other scientists can make measure
ments of interest to the scientific
community.
Atmospheric effects of the high
altitude blasts could include auro
ral displays resembling the
Northern Lights over the south
seas and interference with Pacific
radio communications over a wide
area.
Similar temporary effect follow
ed a 1958 blast over Johnston
Island. It produced a spectacular
auroral display above Samoa, about
2,000 miles south of the test site,
and interferred temporarily with
high-frequency radio communica
tions over an area extending 2,000
miles.
Distortion of the earth’s mag
netic field by atomic particles from
the test explosion was blamed for
the side effects.
The Pentagon spokesman said
two of the high-altitude blasts in
the Johnston Island area will be
equivalent to fewer than a million
tons of TNT.
He said one of these shots will
be at an altitude .measured in tens
of kilometers, the other at hun
dreds of kilometers. A kilometer
is five-eights of a mile.
The third shot will be in the
megaton-yield range, and will be
fired at hundreds of kilometers, the
spokesman said.
Shipping nnci air traffic was ban
ned from the Johnston Island test
area Monday.
While the Pentagon announced
some detairs of the planned high
altitude shots, the United States
told Japan the Pacific tests would
end immediately if the Soviet
; Union changes its previous posi
tion and now concludes a test ban
I treaty.
To Attend Meeting In Cordova
Don Hoover, manager of the
M & M Bank and Boyd Harwood
chairman of the Board of Directors
leave today for Cordova to attend
the State Bankers Assn, meeting
being held there.
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WENDELL KAY WILL NOT
SEEK GOVERNOR’S POST
ANCHORAGE UD — Wendell
Kay, former state chairman, yester
day eliminated himself as a candi
date from the governorship of
Alaska.
Others who have filed are Gov.
Wm. Egan, attorney John L. Rader
of Anchorage, former Anchorage
mayor George Byer, House Speak
er Warren Taylor of Fairbanks and
David Boyer of Anchor Point.
Kay was replaced as State De
mocratic Chairman by Senate Pres
ident Frank Peratrovich of Kla
wock at the party’s 1962 conven
tion which ended at Nome late
Sunday night.
Kay, an Anchorage attorney and
a former member of the Territorial
House of Representatives, hinted
in a statement announcing his de
cision that his support would not
be thrown to Egan, although Kay
did not say whom he would back
in the Aug. 14 primary election.
“I have decided not to run for
governor,” Kay said. “The purpose
of a primary election is to afford
the voters a reasonable choice be
tween the man they already have
and someone who might do a bet
ter job.
“The wisdom and experience of
Mr. Taylor, and the youthful vigor
of Mr. Rader, would seem to pro
vide the voters with an ample
choice.
“I deeply regret that this state
ment will probably disappoint
many fine people who have urged
me to run. It will probably also
disappoint a number of my enemies
who have been busy dipping ar
rows for the past several months.
I can only advise them to save
their ammunition for “he wkc
fights and runs away may live tc
fight another day,” as Genera
Custer would have been well ad
vised.”
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Nome Chamber I
Meeting News I
George Sundborg was main
speaker at the Chamber luncheon
on Monday and gave an interest
ing first-hand account of what’s
going on in Washington for Al
askans. He stated that adjourn
ment was not expected until Oc
tober, with many problems in the
international field.
He felt most important to Al
askans was Senate Bill 137 on
public works which is to be a
study on road construction in Al
aska so that the federal govern
ment can assist in the road pro
gram and “put Alaska on par with
the other 48 states.” $800,000 is
asked for this study.
With the large number of per
sons registered as candidates in
the race for the chair of the gov
ernor of Alaska, he observed,
“never have so many sought to
govern so few.”
He also talked on the gold hear
ing coming up on May 4, of which
Sen. Gruening is a member, stat
ing that he could not predict the
outcome, but “something will be
done.”
Sundborg praised Pete Walsh
for the “military zip” he puts into
getting Northwestern Alaska rec
ognized as an important spot in
the defense picture.
John Satterfield, president of the
American Bar Assn., and Mrs.
Satterfield were guests of the
Chamber and Thornton Owen
from Washington, D.C.
Another guest of importance was
Victor Charles, new superintend
ent of the Nome School, here for
1 a few days from Bethel, and who
showed an interest in civic affairs.
Women’s Society of the Method
i ist Church will hold their monthly
i meeting at the Fellowship Hall at
8 o’clock Friday evening. Visitors
are welcome to attend.
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Anchorage to Kotzebue - Flight 301
Lv.
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Anchorage 7:00 a.m. Ar. Nome
*8:20 am.
Lv.
Nome
*9:40 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue *10:45 am.
Kotzebue to Anchorage - Flight 300
Lv.
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Kotzebue *11:15 ajn. Ar. Nome
*12:20 p.m.
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Lv.
Nome * 1:00 p.m. Ar. Unalakleet 2:55 p.m.
Unalakleet 3:15 pm. Ar. Anchorage 5:20 p.m
Tuesday and Thursday
anchorage to Nome - Flight 301 -
Lv. Anchorage 7:00 a.m. Ar. McGrath 8:25 a.m.
Lv. McGrath
8:35 a.m.
Ar. Unalakleet 9:40 a.m.
Lv. Unalakleet 10:10 a.m.
Ar.
Nome
*10:05 am.
Nome to Anchorage - Flight 300
Lv.
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Nome *1:00 p.m. Ar. Unalakleet
2:55 pm.
8;
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