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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd 'S ear No. 112
NOML, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SLPTFMBFR 21. 1962
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Soviet Union Warns U.S. . . .
Attack On Cuba Would Mean War
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (T —
The Soviet Union warned again
today that a U.S. attack on Cuba
would mean war. The United States
promptly retorted that it was Mos
cow and not Washington which
was threatening peace.
The exchange took place in the
108-nation General Assembly
where Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko accused the Unit
ed States of planning aggression
against the regime of Fidel Castro.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai Steven
son told the assembly the United
States is not taking and will not
take any offensive action in the
Western Hemisphere. He said,
however, his government is deter
mined not to permit aggression by
others.
The real threat, he said, arises
from the shipments of Soviet mili- i
tary materials and technicians into j
Cuba which "is creating grave con
cern not only in this country but
throughout the hemisphere.”
"If the Soviet Union desires to
keep the peace in the Caribbean,”
he declared, "let it stop this war
like posturing . . . this stuffing of
Cuba with arms.”
Gromyko called for condemna
tion of U.S. Cuban policy. He said
it could cause grave consequences
for the cause of peace, if contin
ued.
He then warned that any U.S.
attack on the Fidel Castro regime
would have the results mentioned
in a Soviet statement of Sept. 11.
This statement said: “If this attack
is made, this will be the beginning
of the unleashing of war.”
The Soviet leader asserted only
a madman can pursue a policy from
positions of strength. He added
that the Soviet Union and its al
lies possess the same means as the
capitalist countries and declared
nothing can be solved by “rattling
the saber or by way of threats.”
Gromyko accused President Ken
nedy of going contrary to the U.N.
charter in his Cuban policy and
struck out at what he called cam
paigns in the United States to whip
up war hysteria on the Cuban
issue.
“The more brazen politicians in
the United States,” he said, “clear
ly losing control of their reasoning,
declare that it is necessary, if you
please, to control the movement of
Justice Dept. Files
Contempt Citations
Against U of Mississippi
MEREDIAN, Miss. OP) — The
Justice Department moved quick
ly today for federal court contempt
citations in the James Meredith
desegregation case at the Univer
sity of Mississippi.
Ignoring Gov. Ross Barnett, who
personally turned away the 29
vear-old Negro in a dramatic cam
pus encounter yesterday, the Jus
tice Department went before fed
eral judges at two different levels
at two different cities seeking con
tempt citations.
Instead of aiming at Barnett,
the Justice Department levelled at
the persons named in federal court
orders rejecting Meredith’s ad
mission — the university officials
and the state college board.
Barnett, in an impassioned radio
television speech last week, prom
ised to go to jail, if necessary, to
preserve segregation at the 114
year-old university. And he said
he thought all other state officials
should do the same, or resign.
Soviet ships carrying goods to
Cuba ... it is not clear that such
appeals arc appeals for piracy, and
they must be resolutely condemn
ed.”
Gromyko ranged over the whole
field of world problems.
On other issues he said:
Disarmament—the Soviet Union
is prepared to agree that a number
of global missiles, anti-missiles,
and anti-aircraft missiles of the
ground-to-air type would remain
at the disposal of the Soviet Union
and the United States pending
agreement to destroy all weapons
capable of delivering nuclear
bombs.
Congo financing— “Let no one
entertain the belief that the Soviet
Union will divert a single kopeck,
or a single cent to aiding the col
onialists to sanctify their criminal
deeds” in the Congo.
U.N. Plane
Reported Shot
Down In Katanga
ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga [ffi
— The United Nations announced
today one Swede was killed, five
injured and four unhurt when their
C-47 plane crashed Thursday in
north Katanga. The plane was re
ported shot down.
A U.N. reconnaissance aircraft
sighted the wreckage. It was an
nounced in Leopoldville that a
rescue mission has been dispatched
from Kamina. Of the injured men,
only one was reported in serious
condition.
A U.N. military source in Leo
poldville said three of the injured
survivors bore bullet wounds.
U.N. helicopter rescue teams, in
a message to Elisabethville, in
dicated the plane was surrounded
by troops of the Congolese Nation
al Army when it was found.
Earlier U.N. military sources
said the plane crashed in terri
tory controlled by Katanga forces.
These sources said the aircraft
had not sent a distress signal be
fore crashing and it was therefore
believed it was shot down.
But search operations began
within minutes of the crash and
a jet fighter spotted an army truck
standing about 500 yards from the
wreckage, in flat open country.
Robert Gardiner, chief of U.N.
operations, who had advised the
Katanga government by letter that
search operations would start to
day, warned:
•‘If helicopters should be haras
sed in any way, escorting jet fight
ters will immediately open fire on
any movement.”
Katanga president Moise Tshom
be replied that orders had been
given to his forces to avoid inci
dents.
Tshombe charged the plane was
downed by Congolese central gov
ernment troops stationed in Ka
tanga.
THE WEATHER
Continued cloudy with light
rain. Low tonight 43, high tomor
row 47. In the last 24 hours: High
of 47, low of 43. Max. wind 28
mph from the east. Sunrise at
5:41 a.m., sunset at 6:07 p.m.
Temps, a year ago today: High of
46, low of 40. Extremes on this
date since 1907: High of 58 in
1939, low of 18 in 1927.
[Jean Rusk Palis
Foreign Aid (Ait
A Costlv Economy
WASHINGTON >.•?' -. Secretary
of State Dean Rusk today described
a deep House cut in Ionian aid
appropriations as "a false and
costly economy” and appealed to
the Senate for its restoration.
Rusk also told reporters a House
amendment to cut off foreign aid
to any country whose ships carry
goods of any kind to Cuba would
put this country "in a straitjacket”
in dealing with its allies.
“It's very important that this
amendment come out,” Rusk said.
"I don’t think we should by leg
islation concentrate all our nation
al interest on this one point.” he
told newsmen. "We need all the
| unity (with our allies) we can get
S with Berlin and the other problems
i ahead of us.”
| Rusk’s testimony completed Sen
j ate hearings on the foreign aid
| money bill. The committee will
meet Wednesday or Thursday of
next week to vote on the adminis
tration's requests.
After Rusk's appearance severa
committeemen indicated the grout
will recommend a substantial re
storation of funds.
"There is not too much prospcc
of getting the full amount.” Rusl
said, "but I should hope to get ;
substantial restoration.”
On money matters Rusk de
voted himself to the $1.1 billioi
cut voted by the House Thursda;
night for the basic foreign ait
program, trimming it nearly ;
fourth below the requested $4.!
billion.
The over-all appropriation, alsc
covering such related matters a;
Cuban refugee aid, was cut nearly
$1.4 billion to $5,956,852,000.
The most restrictive of the House
provisions on Cuban commerce
would deny foreign aid to a coun
try whose ships carry trade of any
kind to that Communist-controlled
country.
Another, by Rep. Thomas Pelly
(R-Wn.), was aimed at nations
whose vessels transport arms oi
strategic materials to the Castrc
regime. Pellv said West Germany
Greece, Italy and Great Britain
would be includeel in this cate
gory.
The House tourned a deaf ear tc
President Kennedy in passing the
chopped-down money bill.
Not a voice was raised to sup
port the President’s contention
that the cut in this year’s appro
priations “poses a threat to free
world security."
With anti-Cuban feelings run
ning high, amendn.cnts aimed a1
choking off shipments to the Cas
tro government got shouting votes
of approval.
The appropriations measure now
goes to the Senate, which has made
it a practice to restore sizeable por
tions of House cuts in foreign aid
As for the Cuban amendments
both the Senate and the Presidem
would have to approve before they
could become law.
GIRL SCOUTS TO HOLD
REGISTRATION PARTY
Brownie Scouts, Girl Scouts and
Senior Girl Scouts and all gb'ls
who wish to be in girl scouting
and are not now members, are
cordially invited to the Registra
tion Party Sept. 22 at the Nome
School Multipurpose Room from
2 to 3 p.m. Each girl who attends
is requested to bring her SI legis
tration fee.
(Traffic on Alaska Ilwy.
This Year Expected to
Exceed All Past Records
TOR JUNCTION J” T: ;
year's traffic into A1 iska oyer the
Alaska Highway is expected to ex
j cocci all past records.
} William Craig. U.S. In nieration
| officer at the Tok Junction Cus
| toms Office, made the predictsoi.
While the totals for vehicles and
; passengers going through the Ca
tion since Jan. 1 are still slightly
I below last year and those for na
j ord-breaking 1959, Craig apparent
i ly based his forecast on the con
i tinning movement of hunter.- and
I rotating military families.
1 A total of 3,354 vehicles carrying
i 10,451 passengers were checked
through the station during August.
! This brings the totals for the first
i eight months of this year to 13,945
j vehicles and 33.535 passengers.
! During the first 18 days of this
| month, another 974 vehicles and
2,021 passengers have arrived in
the state via the highway.
Jan. 1 through Aug. 31 totals
for the past three years have been
as follows: 1961. 14.302 vehicles
with 39,866 passengers: I960, 13,
i 390 vehicles and 30,190 passengers;
I and 1959, 14.577 vehicles and 40.
1 I 879 passengers.
• | To match the all-year 1959 rec
I ords of 16,812 vehicles and 46.592
t | passengers, another 1.893 vehicle.
: ! with 5,386 passengers will have t<
i travel into Alaska before Dec. 31
’ \ Seldovia First Class City
JUNEAU i/F — A proclamatioi
I designating Seldovia as an incor
porated city of the first class wa
I issued by Secretary of State Hugh
Wade today.
Seldovia residents recently voted
1 74-38 to reclassify the city. It pre
viously was a city of the second
class.
Ted Stevens Claims
Egan Can't Attack
Mike’s Labor Program
ANCHORAGE UP'—1Ted Stevens,
Republican candidate for the U.S.
Senate, today accused Gov. Wm.
Egan of attacking him because
Egan ’‘couldn’t attack Mike Stepo
vich’s labor program.”
Egan, a Democrat, and Stepo
vich, a Republican, are both seek
ing the position now held by Egan.
After a speech by Stevens be
fore the State Federation of Labor
Convention in Juneau Wednesday.
Egan said the address was vicious
and lacked basic decency.
Stevens, who had devoted much
of his speech to the record and
background of his opponent, U.S.
Sen. Ernest Gruening, spoke after
Stepovich had outlined a 10-po:nt
labor program which drew a stand
ing ovation.
In his speech, Stevens said that
if Gruening won in November be
cause of his age and “according
to life expectancy tables, the next
governor of Alaska will probably
have the duty to appoint a U.S.
Senator.”
Commenting on Egan’s charge,
Stevens said:
-If he thinks my comments were
untrue, he should come up with
some life expectancy tables to
show that they are untrue.
"If he thinks I was a little rough
on my opponent he ought to go
back and see what Ernie said
about Mike in 1958 (when Gruening
and Stepovich were opponents for
the Senate seat won by Gruening).
“If my opponent wants to
answer for himself I would still
be glad to meet him in a public
debate.”
JFK In Political
I i^hlinii Form.
Starts (lam|Kii“;iiiii<r
HARRISBURG, Pa. .•?• — Presi
dent Kenned;, i. fork in p Kit!ca 1
fighting form find ron-iy to follow
up his first 1 962 campaign sortie
into Pennsylvania with another in
We.-t Virginia.
K( niu.'dy slashed a* • e Mepub
iiean record and c.illed for strength
ened Dernocratie support in Con
re - before !■ .1)00 partisans Thurs
day night.
Tia American people, he said,
will determine in the Nov. 6 < lec
| lion “whether we are to step up
j the progress already made or re
turn to deadlock and drift.’’
It's been more than a year and
a half since Kennedy ha.- done
any r< al, out-in-the-open campaign
imp. Obviously he hasn’t lost his
touch.
He started in as soon ,. a heli
copter from Washington lowered
him onto the Harrisburg Airport.
It was. chilly and cloudy in the late
afternoon, but the President had a
sunny smile for a welcoming crowd
that the state police estimated
generously at 3,000.
He did some handshaking and
made a little talk.
"Eighteen months ago," he
mused, “I used to do this six times
a day. but I haven't done it for a
long time, and we start today, and
most appropriately in Pennsyl
vania, on the fall campaign of
1 1962.’’
The President figured that Penn
sylvania support made possible his
nomination and election to the
Presidency — Ik* carried the state
by 116,000 votes and the country
by 113,000.
Andrew Hatcher, acting White
House secretary, said Kennedy’s
next political port of call will be
Wheeling, W. Vu., Thursday. It
was West Virginia which gave
Kennedy a key victory in the pri
mary along with its electoral votes
in the general election.
The Democratic State Finance
Committee said it sold more than
10,000 tickets at $100 a plate and
will make more than a million dol
lars from a dinner held in an ex
hibition hall next to the arena
where Kennedy spoke.
j i'm Ted’s Brother”
HARRISBURG, Pa. UP — Presi
dent Kennedy evoked a roar of
laughter at a fund-raising dinner
of Pennsylvania Democrats Thurs
day night when he said he would
introduce himself.
•'I am Ted's Kennedy’s brother,”
he said.
Edward (Ted> Kennedy won the
Democratic Senatorial nomination
in Massachusetts Tuesday.
Soviet Nuclear Subs
Ready to Put to Sea
MOSCOW U?) — The official So
viet military newspaper Red Star
denounced today the U.S. Senate
resolution on Cuba and said So
viet nuclear submarines are ready
to put to sea.
In an editorial, the newspaper
said “the Soviet servicemen are
vigilantly following the vile in
trigues of the warmongers and if
the frantic aggressor should force
us to do it, the submarines of
the Soviet fleet will immediately
head for sea, ready to bring down
upon the enemy the inevitable
might of rocket blows and to strike
with its accurate torpedoes.”