22 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1962
Per Copv 15C
63rd Year No. 89
7 Senators Urge
Gold Subsidy Plan
Or Want Alternate
I
WASHINGTON IT) — Secretary
of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon
was urged today by seven senators
to endorse their plan for increas
ing U.S. gold production or offer
an alternative.
The group of senators wrote
Dillon:
“In the light of your statement
that you would like to see more
gold produced, we think you ought
to either support our suggestion
or come up with a better one.”
Dillon testified recently before
a House subcommittee “We cer
tainly would like to see more gold
produced if there were any way to
produce it without giving the ap
pearance of having two prices
for gold.”
Sen. Clair Engle, fD-Calif.), au
thor of a bill backed by the seven
senators, said the measure would
not establish two prices for gold
and would provide that the Treas
ury price of gold shall not be
changed.
The measure calls for a subsidy,
varying from mine to mine, to
supply an incentive to get the
limping domestic gold industry
back to capacity operations, he
said.
Other senators joining in the
letter were Karl E. Mundt, <R
S.D.), Thomas H. Kuchel, (R-Cal.>,
Frank Church, (D-Idahol, J. J.
Hickey, (D-Wyo), E. L. Bartlett
and Ernest Gruening.
$155 Billion In New Funds
WASHINGTON UPI — The House
Appropriations Committee recom
mended more than $155 billion in
new funds today for construction
of public buildings and altera
tions on others.
Included in the recommendation
is an $11,240,900 appropriation for
Juneau, Alaska.
ON RELIEF WITH $17,177
CLEVELAND, Ohio UP) — Robert
Southers, who says he is unem
ployed and his wife is on relief
wrecked his car in an accident. In
the car police found a paper bag
containing $17,177, mostly in $20
bills.
Police say Southers, 54, refuses
to tell where he got the money.
Southers’ wife, Maddie, says she
had no knowledge of where her
husband obtained it. She says he
has been saving money from
workmen’s compensation checks
after he suffered an injury in a
foundry a few years ago, but that
she didn’t know how much he had
saved or where he put it.
Southers told police Thursday
he has been receiving state com
pensation benefits and his wife is
getting support payments from aid
to dependent children.
Police held him on a suspicious
persons charge.
ISRAEL PLANS TO
MAINTAIN ARMY FORCE
TEL AVIV, Israel UPl — Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion said
Thursday night that if Israel and
the United Arab Repulic go to
war again and Israel wins, “then
Egypt will remain. But if Egypt
were to defeat us, then that would
mean our utter destruction.”
“They are ready to do to the
two millions in Israel what Hitler
did to the six million Jews in
Europe,” he said in a speech here.
‘‘In view of this reality we have
to maintain the deterrent force of
our army so as to prevent war.”
IDENTIFY VIRUS OF
GERMAN MEASLES
WASHINGTON UP — Identifica- !
tion of the virus that, causes Ger- j
man measles was announced yes- i
terday by the U.S. Public Health i
Service, raising hopes for devel
opment of an immunization pro
gram.
The new virus was isolated by
Drs. John Sever and Gilbert Schiff,
scientists connected with a col
laborated project of the National
Institute of Neurological Diseases
and Blindness.
They tested five groups of mili
tary recruits and children infected
with rubella, commonly called
German measles, in different geo
graphical areas and isolated the
new virus from 82 per cent of the
patients. When cultivated and ad
ministered to volunteers, the virus
was found to cause rubella.
FAIRBANKS MAN FOUND
SAFE AFTER NINE DAYS IN
WISCONSIN WILDERNESS
WINTER, Wis. UP — A 45-year
old Alaska man missing in Wis
consin’s north woods for nine days
turned up safely today and was
reported in good condition.
Alfred Kenigv of Fairbanks,
Alaska, who had been the object
of an intensive search for a week,
walked out of the woods near
Ohibwa in mid-morning today and
asked a farmer for help. The farm
er told the Sawyer County Sheriff’s
Office, ‘‘He’s OK.”
Kenigv, an experienced woods
man, survived the rigors of the
rugged forest during a period in
which the temperature dropped
into the 40s at night. He emerged
from the woods more than 10 miles
west of the area in which Sheriff
James Rankin and a team of ex
perienced trappers and hunters,
aided by a Conservation Depart
ment plane, had been looking for
him.
Kenigy left his hotel here July
18 saying he was going to visit a
160-acre plot he owned in the
area. He failed to return and of
ficers found his borrowed car on
a roadway. Woodsmen followed a
trail on both sides of a county
road but found no further trace of
Kenigy. On Wednesday of this
week. Sheriff Rankin called off
the search after woodsmen went
all the way around the 160 acres
without finding a sign that anyone
had left the area.
YOUNG MP's LITTLE
WORLD FALLS APART
KANSAS CITY (/P) — A 17-year
old soldier, wearing a military
policeman’s uniform, has been
working around the bus stations in
Kansas City several days, arrest
ing AWOL soldiers.
He even arrested a civilian for
drunkenness and testified against
him in Magistrates Court, winning
a conviction.
Then the young MP’s little world
fell apart yesterday.
He was arrested himself, and
police learned he was Pvt. Eddie
Roger Neal of Kansas City, AWOL
from Ft. Carson, Colo., since July
2.
His club was homemade, and
his pistol was a plastic toy—paint
ed to look real.
His downfall followed a tele
phone call from Mrs. James Mar
tin, a ticket seller at a bus depot
who became curious because Neal’s
uniform was getting dirty and
sloppy. She told the MP Office:
“He wasn’t sharp looking and
he carried his club under his
belt.”
The MP’s promptly asked city
police to pick Neal up.
Communications
Satellite Bill Is
i
Stalled In Senate
WASHINGTON l/P — The Sen
ate was brought to a standstill to
day by the filibuster tactics of a
small band of Democratic senators
against the administration’s com
munication’s satellite bill.
The dispute, largely a public
vs. private ownership fight, forced
cancellation of committee hearings
and blocked action on the $48 bil
lion defense appropriation bill and
other legislation.
The pending bill would provide
for a private, government-regulated
corporation to own and operate
the U S. portion of a global sys
tem for relaying telephone, radio
and television signals to satellites
and back to earth.
Its opponents want outright
government ownership of the sys
tem. contending private ownership
would amount to a give-away of
government-developed techniques.
Holding the fort for the public
ownership advocates was Sen.
Wayne Morse, who took the floor
at the start of today’s session with
a speech he said he planned to
continue for hours. The filibuster
was mounted Thursday by Demo
cratic liberals.
Morse’s avowed objective was
to force leaders to put off a vote
on the administration’s bill until
after the November elections.
Senate Democratic leader Mike
Mansfield told newsmen that he
frankly didn’t know how it would
be possible to work out of the
parliamentary squeeze that foes of
the bill were applying with their
delaying tactics.
Stories of Jinxed
Ship Flow Along
The Waterfront
PORTLAND, Ore. UP) — Old
sea stories of a jinxed ship flew
along the waterfront today follow
ing the departure of the German
freighter Carl Fritzen.
The master of the ship, ill and
despondent, hanged himself in his
cabin at San Pedro, Calif., 10 days
ago.
The steward found him. Two
days later the steward suffered a
heart attack and had to be re
lieved.
Then the chief engineer died.
The chief mate had to be re
lieved of his duties. No reason was
given.
The boatswain suffered a heart
attack.
A new master and chief engi
neer were flown from Germany,
and the steamship sailed for Port
land to load a cargo of grain.
At Astoria, where the ship en
tered the Columbia River to head
for Portland, the second officer
had to be relived of his duites. As
was the case of the chief mate,
there was no explanation.
By that time a new chief mate
had arrived from Germany. He
joined the ship at Astoria and made
the journey 100 miles upstream to
Portland.
But Portland turned out to be
the wrong port. The mistake was
not explained, but the ship was
told to turn around and sail for
Seattle, where the ship’s 11,000-ton
load of grain was waiting.
So the Carl Fritzen headed back
out of Portland Thursday night.
The new officers professed to
be undisturbed by it all.
They did not discuss a jinx.
UK's fallout sum.h r
PROGRAM DRAWS A XO
WASHINGTON <J? — A Presi- :
dential request for 858,755,000 to
start an extensive fallout shelter
construction program drew a "no" .
today from the House Appropria
tions Committee.
In a report accompanying an :
SI 1,501,141,000 appropriation hill,
the committee said it believes that 1
before the nation embarks on a i
program that would cost billions |
of dollars, more study and re
search should be applied to the
vast and complex problems in
volved.
It approved $10 million for fur
ther civil defense research by the
Defense Department.
President Kennedy had request
ed $400 million for grants to cover
part of the cost of shelters in non
profit institutions, $35 million for
shelters in federal buildings, S56 j
million for stocking supplies in
shelters and $17,755,000 for re
search and development.
Car Salesmen Indicted
NEW YORK i/P — Three auto
salesmen have been indicted on
charges of defrauding customers
by selling used cars which they
represented as new. One of the
gimmicks was to spray on a scent
that gave used cars that factory
fresh smell, authorities said.
U.S. MAY NOT FIRE MORE
HIGH - ALTITUDE SHOTS
WASHINGTON OP — A third
failure to explode a U.S. nuclear
device high over the Pacific has
raised the question whether the
test series will be brought to a
halt.
The fizzle Wednesday night at
Johnston Island led Thursday to
an hours-long conference of De
fense Department and Atomic En
ergy Commission officials.
The subjects discussed and any
agreements that may have been
reached were kept secret. But,
clearly, the United States is in the
process of deciding what nuclear
I step to take next.
In any event, it will take weeks
before another test could be con
ducted at Johnston Island. The de
struction of a Thor missile on the
island’s only launch pad Wednes
day night caused damage that a
broadcast from Johnston said would
I take at least four weeks to re
pair. Officials here declined com
ment on the damage.
One Millionth Visitor
WASHINGTON LT) — A startled
school principal who at first
thought “they weren’t going to let
me in” is the one millionth visitor
to the White House in 1962.
William Nealy of Chester, Pa.,
was stopped at the visitors gate
Thursday and presented with an
autographed picture of President
Kennedy.
CAMPAIGN HAZARDS
JERSEYVILLE, 111. UD — O. A.
Wilson can attest that campaigning
in a rural Illinois county has its
hazards.
Wilson, a Democrat runnirf£»for
re-election as Jersey County Su
perintendent of Schools, said yes
terday he has been bitten by three
dogs and chased by a turkey gob
bler in his door-to-door campaign.
But, he said, the attacks seem to
be non-partisan. Two of the dogs
were owned by Democrats and one
by a Republican.
Wilson didn’t learn the party
affiliation of the gobbler’s owner.
“I didn’t stick around long
enough to find out,” he said. “You
have to be chased by one to un
derstand.”
Tw O ^ of
Extortion Enough
For \.Y. Man
NEW YORK ,P — Thomas Nan
gle’s trouble.-: began in 1960 when
won 1 nf his $45,000 inheritance
got around.
Nangle, 52, stands only 4 0 feet
tall, and three neighborhood bul
lies figured he'd be easy pickings.
So for the last two years, he
told police, they visited him on the
average of once a week in a brutal
extortion plan. During that period,
police said, Nangle forked over
nearly $5,000 to them.
On occasionss when he didn’t
have enough money to suit them,
they beat him senseless, police
said. And always the threat of
more physical violence — even
death — hung over his head if
he “told the cops.’’
Nangle, a $120-a-week advertis
ing clerk, never told. He just kept
on paying.
Early yesterday, police said, the
bullies broke through Nangle’s
apartment door and relieved him
i of $25, and one of them added:
“Have $400 ready at 1 o'clock this
afternoon or we’ll kill you.’’ To
emphasize their threat, they gave
him another beating.
Later in the morning, when
Nangle went to work, his super
visor noticed his bruised face and
blackened eye. Nangle explained
what had been going on. and the
supervisor convinced him to call
police.
Detectives gave Nangle $50 in
marked bills and watched from a
parked car outside his house later
in the day as he handed over the
money to Ramon Rodriguez. 30,
identified as one of the trio of
extortionists, police said.
Rodriguez ran when he spotted
the officers closing in but was col
lared after a short chase. He was
booked on charges of assualt, rob
bery, extortion and burglary, and
police began a search for his ac
complices.
At a police station, where the
6-foot Rodriguez was manacled to
a chair to restrain him, Nangle
looked down and remarked:
“Thank God. The nightmare
. . . it’s over.’’
ARMY TO BEGIN TROOP
ROTATION IN EUROPE
WASHINGTON W — The Army
has announced it is sending three
battle groups to Europe for six
month tours beginning Oct. 1 in
an expanded trial of its new troop
rotation program.
The program is designed to train
units for rapid deployment any
where in the world in emergencies.
Secretary of Defense Robert Mc
Namara also has said it could cut.
I bv SI.000 to $3,000 per soldier the
annual outflow of U.S. gold.
In announcing the expanded
test Wednesday, the Army said
groups sent overseas under the
! rotation program will not be per
mitted to take their dependents.
Two of the three 1,500-man
groups to be stationed in Europe
for six months will be battle
groups from the 2nd Infantry Di
vision at Ft. Henning, Ga. The
other group has not yet been de
signated.
They will replace two battle
groups of the 8th Infantry Di
vision in Germany, and a third
overseas group not yet selected.
One troop rotation move already
has been completed. A battle group
of the 4th Infantry Division re
turned to Ft. Lewis, Wn., and was
replaced by a group from the 1st
Infantry Division, Ft. Riley, Kan.