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Soviets IkicL i jiba |
On Dcnumi! to
Halt U.S. Flights
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (,T —
The Soviet. Union today backed
up Fidel Castro’s demand for a
halt of U.S. reconnaissance High's
over Cuba.
But the United States declared
bluntly it would continue to use
all means necessary to protect the
Western Hemisphere against the
threat of aggression from Cuba.
The U.S. and Soviet exchange
took place in the General As
sembly's 110-nation Political Com
mittee which earlier had heard a
Cuban representative warn that
anv U.S. olanes flvine over Pnhn I
would run the ri.-k of destruction.
A similar warning was sent to
acting Secretary-General U Thant
last night by the Cuban Prime
Minister and published by the
United Nations this morning.
US. Ambassador Arthur Dean,
referring to Castro’s threat, told
the committee the United States
would be forced to take its own
precautionary measures until an in
spection system had been set up
to verify the withdrawal of Soviet
offensive weapons from Cuba.
Dean said the United States was
acting in accordance with a man
date of the Organization of Amer
ican States and “will continue to
use all means necessary to assure
that this is done.”
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian Zorin called the U.S. re
connaissance flights “unlawful”
and declared the U.S. decision to
continue the flights is causing
“deep concern for the peace of
the world.”
Earlier U.S. sources said the
surveillance flights would continue
unless there is adequate verifica
tion of the removal of offensive
weapons from Cuba.
No attacks on U.S. reconnais
sance planes over Cuba have been
officially reported since a U-2
piloted by Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Jr. disappeared on Oct. 27. The
Cubans later returned Anderson’s
body to the United States and pub- j
lished pictures of the wreckage of
the U-2. Some experts believe ^
Anderson was shot down by a ^
Soviet-built anti-aircraft missile. ,
CAB Opposes
Fbks.-Juneau Air
Route for Wien
WASHINGTON UPl — Transfer
of the Fairbanks-Juneau Alaska
air route from Pan American
World Airways Inc., to Wien Alas
ka Airlines Inc., was opposed Wed
nesday by the Civil Aeronautics
Board's Bureau of Economic Regu
lations.
Both airlines supported the ■
transfer at. a hearing last month
before a CAB examiner. They ,
said Wien, a local carrier, could ,
provide more flexible and effi
cient service.
John Lindsey, bureau counsel,
said in a brief that the hearing
record “shows unmistakably that
this transfer would mean the shift
ing of a small loss segment of a
large international carrier to a
subsidized carrier.”
This would result in an increased
subsidy need, he added, noting that
the CAB has expressed concern
over substantial subsidies for ,
Alaska air service.
“Approval of this transfer will
increase these expenditures with
out any appreciable betterment of <
service,” Lindsey said. ]
Tnaugurafion Coremonies
Set For January 24
JUNEAU UP» — Inauguration
ceremonies for Gov. Wm. Egan
and Secretary of State Hugh Wade
were set today for Jan. 24, four
days prior to the opening of the
1963 legislative session.
Formal oaths of office will be
administered Dec. 3.
Egan said the decision to hold
off on the actual inauguration
ceremonies was made to avoid
conflict with the holiday season
and in recognition of the desire
expressed by a number of Alaskans
that the ceremonies be held close
to the convening of the next legis
lature.
The governor said consideration
had been given to holding the in
augural ceremonies on Jan. 3, the
mission as a state.
“This was abandoned, however,
as being in conflict with the holi
day season as well as out of de
ference to those who wish to at
tend both the inaugural and the
opening of the legislative session,”
Egan said.
The governor said committees
to handle arrangements in con
nection with inauguration cere
monies will be named shortly.
Saturn Rocket
Makes Third
Successful Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. UP> —
The mammoth Saturn rocket, in
tened in its later development tc
ferry astronauts to the moon,
scored its third straight test
flight success today.
With its gigantic eight-engine
power plant carrying a full load
of fuel for the first time, the
world’s largest known rocket thun
dered away from its launch pad at
12:45 p.m. in a brief flight of
ess than five minutes. Only the
’irst stage was fired.
Minutes after launching, the
National Aeronautics and Space
\dministration reported that Sat
lrn No. 3 had performed as well
is its two predecessors, and the
Jnited States had taken another
ong stride toward its goal of land
ng men on the moon in this
lecade.
As the 162-foot, 550-ton rocket
■eached the high point of its traj
ectory, about 104 miles up and 130
uiles southeast of Cape Canaveral,
i radio signal from the ground set
if dynamite charges to blow the
-ocket apart as planned.
This action, 4 minutes and 55
seconds after launching, spewed
13,000 gallons of water into the
’rigid upper atmosphere to create
i huge cloud of ice particles. The
water, weighed 95 tons, simulated
weight of upper stages to be car
ded on future Saturns.
Observers at Cape Canaveral and
ip and down the east Florida
mast spotted the cloud as it bios
;omed into a huge white mass and
hen disappeared within seconds.
About 10 planes were in the air
:odav to photograph the cloud in
m effort to learn more about at
Tiospheric physics.
Ten seconds passed before the
5aturn cleared the top of its 310
foot-tall service tower. Then the
rocket pitched gradually over on a
southeast heading, picking up
;peed as the tons of fuel were
luicklv consumed.
Weather Outlook
Cloudy with occasional light
now. Easterly winds 15-25 mph.
jOw tonight 25, high tomorroy 30.
j Ii<‘d Chinese
Launch Massive
Attack on Indians
i NEW DELHI. India — The j
i Chinese Communists have launched
j a massive attack on Indian troops
! at the east end of the Ilimala.vans
: and fierce fighting is non going
on. a Defense Milistry spokesman
said today.
The Chinese attack on Indian
positions near Walong followed an ■
Indian attack that captured some j
Chinese outposts, the spokesman ,
said. After restricted fighting in i
one area which began Wednesday. \
the Red Chinese attacked on a |
| massive scale north and west of ■
Waking, he said.
; Chinese troops are attacking in j
| considerably supcriar numbi rs, j
the spokesman said.
No other action was reported j
| on the Himalayan battle front. The
: Walong attack was the first major !
fighting since the offensive into
India ground to a temporary halt
I three weeks ago after capture of
| some 2.500 square miles.
The Walong thrust, 15 miles
! west of the Burma border, is po
tentially one of the most danger
ous of 13 Red Chinese penetrations
into India.
Walong lies in the valley of the
Luhit River that forms a natural
highway through the mountains
to the densely populated plans of
upper Assam state.
Winds from Karen
! Hit Japanese Islands
I TOKYO — Fringe winds of
I Typhoon Karen, which battered
j Guam Sunday, struck the Japanese
islands today.
The Central Meteorological
Agency said airline and train j
schedules, shipping and commu
nication were disrupted as the
typhoon, with 95 to 100 mile an I
hour winds at the center approach
ed. The weathermen said the ty
phoon is expected to swing east
ward away from Japan Saturday.
The Maritime Safety Board said
a 39-ton Japanese tuna fishing
boat with 15 crewmen aboard was
missing south of Japan and a 220
ton Japanese minesweeper ran
aground on a reef off northern
Kyushu.
TURKEY SHOOT SUNDAY
Local Lions say they have a
good thing going for “pigeons”
and turkeys. They have scheduled
a “turkey shoot” at 1 Sunday just
behind the Q Club, about a mile
north of town on the Bessie road.
Each contest will consist of ten
.gunners shooting at clay pigeons
launched from stationery traps.
The fee for ten shots is $1.50—
using your own ammunition. In
addition a grand-slam finale shoot
off is planned among the winners
of the individual contests.
The Q Club will be open and
warm as a comfort station for
gunners and spectators.
ALMOST WORTH IT?
ATLANTA, Ga. U’'—A man has
been sentenced to six months in
federal prison for slapping an in
come tax collector.
Roy W. Wilson, 50, a television
repairman, was convicted yester
day of striking Tax Collector Metz
K. Clements.
According to testimony before
U.S. District Judge Boyd Sloan,
Clements was struck at Wilson’s
home during an argument. Inter
nal Revenue Service agents said
Clements was trying to collect
back taxes of about $100 from
Wilson.
Alaskans Warm*'! of
Referral Sc*! I in Schemes
JUNEAU A'' y Gen. C.h ■ :. <•
Hayes warned Ala-kan toda; to:
beware of so-called ‘•referral .-■■•11-.
ing" schemes.
Under this type of business
op< ration, the purchaser of goods
is promised tne return of his pur
chase price if he can refer a
certain number of .. customers
to the business organization.
“Experience has shown." Hayes
said, "that operations of this type .
often have resulted in the unwary
customer being victimized.
“It: a typical operation, the on -
tomcr. after purchasing the goods
on a costly installment contract,
finds that the company and sale--- ;
man have disappeared, leaving the
cm to: .< r’s enforce able- not.- in ’he
hands of a local financial institu
tion, with no one around to give |
the buyer the refund."
Hayes said purchasers should ex
plore comparative prices before
making purchases of this type and
should know the company and the
salesman with whom they are deal
ing.
FERRY TERMINAL
BECOMES OPERATIONAL
WRANGELL dP—The Wrangell j
ferry terminal, said to be the first
such facility on the new South- |
eastern Alaska route ready to !
berth a ferry, became operational |
| yesterday.
j Juneau contractor Cliff Berg
I said some minor work remained!
I to be completed, but added “if a
| ferry came in today. Wrangell is
j ready to receive it.”
State Sen. James Nolan, instru
mental in getting the ferry system I
I established, drove the first car
over the new bridge approach. j
Boat Loses Duel with Swordfish
TOKYO —A 39-ton Japanese
tuna trawler, pierced by a sword- ‘
fish, sank tonight south of Wake '
Island after a 24-hour flight to j
keep afloat. The Maritime Safety
Board said all 15 crewmen of the j *
Genyo Maru were reported picked j
up by two Japanese fishing boats | s
in the vicinity. j £
1962 Salmon Pack Up
208.438 Cases Over ’61 (
JUNEAU OP — Alaska’s 1962 1
salmon pack outstripped the 1961
pack by 208,436 cases, the State
Department of Fish and Game 1
said today.
In a preliminary report on total
salmon production this year, the £
department said the 1962 pack was '
3.420.400 cases, compared with 3,- '
211,962 cases in 1961. 1
The total pack in Central Alas- ! 1
ka, bolstered by a pack of 565.800 ! £
cases of pinks in the Kodiak area, i '
was 1,989,100 cases.
The Southeastern Alaska pack; 1
was 910,000 cases, including 592,- ! 1
300 cases of pinks. ■
In Western Alaska, an extreme- I
cut the 1962 pack to a mere 521.300
cases, about half of the 1961 pack.
By specie, the 1962 pack includ
ed 43,600 cases of kines, 757.200
cases of reds, 95.900 cases of cohos,
1,842,100 cases of pinks and 681,
600 cases of chums.
Four Nomeites Take
RCA Training Course
The following were accepted for
RCA training and departed Nome
Nov. 14 and 15:
From Nome were Floyd Nagzo
ruk, James B. Bell, Aaron W. Bell,
Ernest Ailak.
Thomas E. Punguk, Golovin;
Thomas K. Octuk, Teller.
!i£i<ki'iiationa! Tea
is xSjonsona! bv
Homr Arts #Jis!>
The Interna* ional Tea being
:ponsored by the Howe Arts Club
• .-morrow afternoon :>; the borne
‘ the president, Morva Hoover,
•r the benefit of CARE Literacy
\:ts for countries with over 70
•» r cent rlliter ■< y veil! be from
! to 4 o’clock.
Much interest is being shown
n the tea, not only because the
irojeet is worthy of support, but
•realise of th many exhibits
Vom foreign countries which are
icing made.
Through the cooperate -n of
■<nv peon!,, ..v*,n are ta t members
• f t:.c organization many unusual
items will be on exhibit among
'"inch are such things as mother of
! - rl jewelry from Jenj.-alem;
silver work and weaving from
Peru: wood and mends from India;
weaving and -il .■ r werh from
Mexico; hand m ide silks from
Japan and Thailand; lacqut r from
Japan; bather and cutlery from
Finland; needlepoint from Korea;
ivory carving from Africa and
India and many other exquisite
samples for foreign workmanship.
Some other countries represented
are Mexico. Holland, Pakistan,
Africa and Panama. Also a for
eign doll collection has been
loaned.
Some of the members of the
organization will be in foreign
costume.
The tea is open to all women
of the community and the entrance
to the Hoover apartment is the
east door of the M & M Bank
Bldg.
The proceeds from the volun
tary offering will go for such
things as pencils, chalk, books,
ind paper for the children and
idults of such places as Hong
Cong, India, Costa Rica, Mexico,
Turkey. Pakistan. Iran, and Gua
amala. In this way Alaskans
Carry the Light of Learning —to
trengthen the Army of Liberty,”
s is being done in the other 49
tates.
)pen House
K ell Attended
Vt Nome Schools
Over 400 parents and friends
ttended the open house and pro
Tams of the Nome Public Schools
ast night. The American Educa
ion Week event consisted of pro
rrams in the Multipurpose Room
ind gym, and tours of the class
■ooms and buildings.
Many visitors had not previous
y had the opportunity to see the
wo new rooms added to the high
school last summer, or the new
ighter paint on the interior of
he old building. Teachers were
n their rooms after the programs
:o talk with parents and friends.
Rooms were usually displays of
pupils’ work and exhibited the
books, equipment and supplies
used in the educational program.
Coffee and cookies were served
until 9:45 p.m.
School personnel wish to thank
the citizens of Nome for the in
terest shown in their schools.
OTTAWA OP — Russia’s nation
al hockey team opened its nine
game tour of Canada on an im
pressive note Thursday night,
scoring a 7-3 victory over the
Ottawa Senior Montagnards.