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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 93
NOMI:, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1962
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President Kennedy
Will Give Decision
On Monday For or
Against Tax Cut
WASHINGTON W — President
Kennedy will address the Ameri
can people on the national econ
omy by radio and television at 7
p.m. EDT Monday.
By then he will have made up
his mind for or against an imme
diate tax cut.
A White House announcement
of the plans followed a conference
between the chief executive and
his economic advisers.
They went over the latest in
dicators on the state of the nation
al economy — indicators on which
Kennedy had said he would base
his decision on whether to recom
mend to Congress an immediate
slash in taxes.
Signs have been multiplying
that Kennedy was leaning in the
direction of a negative decision—
no cut at this time.
At the capital Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey, <D-Minnd, told a re
porter he does not know whether
any final decision on a tax cut
was made at the White House
meeting. But the senator, who has
been plugging for an immediate
tax reduction, said he thinks Ken
nedy might call for new weapons
to combat a possible recession.
‘‘It might be logical for the
President to say that he favors an
immediate tax cut but recognizes
the difficulties in getting it at this
time,” Humphrey said. “As an al
ternative, he might suggest that
Congress give him standby author
ity to initiate public works proj
ects if a recession threatens.”
Humphrey, one of those who
participates in the weekly White
House meeting of Kennedy with
legislative leaders, said he is con
vinced the President favors an im
mediate tax cut.
Soblen’s Deportation
Runs Into New Snag
LONDON W — British efforts
to get runaway spy Robert Soblen
back to the United States ran into
a new snag tonight, hours before
a midnight deadline imposed by
the government.
The regular Friday night flight
by El Al, the Israeli airline, which
was supposed to pick up the 61
year-old psychiatrist, was canceled
before it could leave Tel Aviv en
route here. The only explanation
was “technical reasons.’’
El Al and the Israeli govern
ment have refused in the past to
carry Soblen on to the United
States. Even so, informants in
London reported during the day
there was “a strong possibility”
he soon would be on his way.
Order Blocks Strike
NEW YORK — A federal
judge has extended a restraining
order blocking a strike scheduled
for midnight Friday by the Trans
port Workers Union, AFL-CTO,
against Pan American World Air
ways.
US. Dist. Judge John Dooling
Jr., ordered that the restraint re
main effective until the court rules
on an application by Pan Ameri
can for a temporary injunction.
Extension of the restraining
order came after the union an
nounced in Miami, Fla., it intend
ed to strike as scheduled Friday
night in a contract dispute.
Verne Martin Says He
Has Endorsment of Grand
President of the ANB
ANCHORAGE G" — Republican
gubernatorial candidate Verne O.
Martin today claimed the endorse
ment of William L. Paul Sr.. Grand
i President Emeritus of the Alaska
■ Native Brotherhood.
Martin's campaign headquarters
| said Paul had wired Cyrus Peck,
Grand Secretary of the ANB, that j
“on the strength of their published •
platforms, I think your office should
tell our membership that those who i
vote the Republican ticket should !
favor Verne O. Martin for gov- i
[ ernor.’’
Peck was not available to con
firm receipt of Paul’s wire.
Martin said Paul’s endorsement
also included criticism of the j
state’s congressional delegation for
■‘denying” that natives have abori
| ginal land rights in Alaska and
criticism of Gov. Wm. Egan, whom
Paul said had “refused to take a
| stand on the question.”
I
AMA Clears Enovid Pill
Blamed for Bloodclotting
CHICAGO — There is no
evidence that the use of of the oral
contraceptive pills cause blood clot
ting, says the American Medical
Assn, and the president of the drug
| firm which manufactures the pill
I enovid.
; The AMA statement Thursday
i followed a report of thrombophle
, bitis cases affecting women who
j had taken the pill enovid. Dr. F. J.
I Blasingame, executive vice presi- j
| dent, said the AMA had made a j
! careful scientific review of oral
| contraceptives.
The study, he said, “has found |
absolutely no evidence that the j
j use of the oral contraceptive !
| caused the reported cases of \
\ thrombophlebitis ibloodclottingb” j
j Public concern over the reported '
| cases led to a ban on the sale of
the drug in Norway.
John Searle, president of the G.
D. Searle & Co., manufacturers of
enovid, said in a letter to the com
pany's more than 16,000 stock
holders that intensive search was
made into the possibility of ad
verse side effects after the com
pany was told in December 1961
that two women, who died in Los
Angeles of pulmonary embolism as
a result of blood clotting,'had been
taking enovid.
“What Is It ?”
EDWARDS AIR FORCE RASE.
Calif. (#> — A Space Agency photo- ;
graph of a hand-sized object tumb- j
ling above the X-15 rocket plane
left the viewer with a “what is it?”
impression.
It shows a little gray-white oh- j
ject above and behind the space
craft. The viewer undoubtedly
agrees with the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration
statement that the object cannot
yet be identified nor its presence
in space explained.
A NASA spokesman said the
photograph was from 16mm colored
movie film taken at 270.000 feet by
a camera in the X-15 July 17 when
Air Force Maj. Robert White flew
the X-15 to a record 314,750 feet
altitude.
The picture was released after
Air Force Maj. Robert Rush worth
made a routine X-15 flight to 90,000
feet Wednesday and told newsmen
he saw bits of insulation floating
between twin panes of the rocket
plane’s windshield.
American Legion
Opens Convention
CORDOVA '/?»—'The 13rd anmi.il
Convention of the Alaska Depart
ment of the American Legion
opened here yesterday for a three
day run.
In the first major speech of the
meeting, Gov. Wm. Egan said Alas
ka has progressed rapidly in the
first few years of statehood.
He said the state’s gross busi
ness volume jumped almost 50 per
cent arid resource industry pro
duction increased 38 per cent.
General Alaska exports. Egan
added, have shot up 400 per cent.
“We are no longer bottled up.
stifled by outmoded, outdated rules
and regulations, by distant rule
and exploitation,” the governor
said. “The cork has been pulled.”
Egan congratulated the Alaska
Legionnaires on winning the Na
tional Legion membership contest
this year, thus earning the right
to lead the Legion’s National Con
vention Parade in Las Vegas, Nev.,
Oct. 8.
Charles Bacon of Kansas City,
the National Commander of the
Legion, is scheduled to arrive Sat
urday to address the convention's
final banquet Saturday night.
Sheep Hunting Rules
Sheep season in all local units
opens Aug. 10 (Units 7, 9, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and
25 south of the Yukon). The
sheep season in the Arctic units
opened Aug. 1. This year sheep
hunters can legally take ptarmi
gan and grouse while waiting for
that 3 % curl ram to put in an ap
pearance. Locally the season on
sheep will close Aug. 20; in Units
7 and 15 (the Kenai Peninsula)
the season will close Aug. 31.
Sheep hunters are again re
minded that they must have a
sheep harvest ticket prior to
taking sheep. The tickets are
non-revenue and are available
at all license vendors and Alas
ka Dept, of Fish and Game of
fices.
S8.446.000 for Alaska Defense
WASHINGTON (.<?> — The House
Appropriations C o m m i t t e e ap
proved today an appropriation of
$341,587,000 for construction of
defense installations in the various
states.
Alaska was slated for $8,446,000
and includes:
Air Force: Barter Island D. S.,
$291,000; Cape Romanzof AFS,
$311,000; Cape Lisburne, $366,000;
Tin City AFS, $366,000.
Diefenbaker
Shuffles Cabinet
OTTAWA t/Pl — Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker shuffled his
cabinet Thursday, moving Donald
Fleming out of the Finance Minis
try he headed during perennially
unbalanced budgets and the de
valuation of the Canadian dollar.
George Clyde Nowlan, 63, Minis
ter of National Revenue, became
Finance Minister in Diefenbaker’s
first major cabinet revamping
since October 1960. Fleming, 57,
was made Justice Minister and
Attorney General.
Diefenbaker gave new jobs to
six ministers and brought three
new men into his cabinet, largely
as a result of the defeat of five
ministers in the June 18 general
elections.
Senate Beats Off Attempt
To Sideline Satellite Bill
WASHINGTON Th. Sen
ate beat off today an attempt by
Democratic liberal.- to put a. id<- the
administration':- c o rn m unications
satellite bill.
A 70-14 roll call vote tabled a
motion by Sen. Wayne Alorsw iD
Ore.i, U> lay aside the -atellite
measure and to bring up iti t< ad
a proposed rule ehang 1 which
would permit a limitation of Seri
ate debate when a majority favors
it.
As the Senate rules now stand,
two-thirds support of those voting
is required to limit debate.
Democratic leader Mike Mans
field moved to table and thus kill
Morse’s motion.
Morse's motion was the first
skirmish in what may become a
renewed filibuster against the satel
lite bill.
Morse followed it up with a mo
tion to displace the satellite bill
with the farm bill. This was tabled
69-15.
Bids on New Chena Bridge
To Be Opened Sept. f>
JUNEAU — Bids for con
struction of a long-proposed bridge
over the Chena Paver in Fairbanks
at University Avenue will be open
ed Sept. 6, the Department oi
Highways said today.
The 267-foot span wil eliminatt
approximately five miles over :
roundabout route through the cit;
between the University of Alask;
and Fairbanks International Air
port.
Charles Smith, chief bridge er
gineer for the Highways Dept
said the span will have a lighter
48-foot wide roadway, with side
walks. The design calls for three
span, welded plate girders with £
concrete deck.
Ik<* Lunches \\ ith
Queen Lliziiheth.
Visits Willi \\ iiinie
I-ON DON Fnrn.-r Presi
dent Dwight ESi-nhower had I'inch
I at Buckingham Palace with Queen
Elizabeth II today and then called
! on his old friend, Sir Winston
j Churchill.
Eisenhower drove to London’s
Middlesex Hospital in mid-after
; noon in an American Embassy car
i escorted by two motorcycle police.
Sir Winston, 87. recovering in
the hospital since June 29 frorn a
j broken hip. was reported to be
| out * if bed and sitting up in a
| chair. His wife. Lady Churchill,
1 visited him a short time before
i Eisenhower arrived and said Sir
! Winston “seems a lot better and
is happy.’’
Eisenhower was greeted by loud
cheers from a crowd of 200 as he
entered the hospital. He responded
by giving the crowd his familiar
two-handed wave and smiled to
hospital employes and office work
ers nearby who were leaning from
windows.
The former President and his
wife lacked the lively company of
Prince Philip at the palace lunch
eon. The Queen’s husband, the
controversial dynamo at most
. Buckingham Palace meals, was
i sailing at the Royal Cowes Regatta,
r and getting a ducking when his
j boats capsized.
Eisenhower, with his wife and
grandchildren -—- Barbara Anne,
- | 13, and David, 14 — arrived Thurs
. j day from Paris for a 12-day senti
, j mental visit to Britain. While the
- I former chief executive and Mrs.
■ j Eisenhower were at Buckingham
. . Palace, the grandchildren went
i sightseeing by car.
207 Candidates Jam Tuesday’s Ballot
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff \V ter
JUNEAU — A primary elec
tion campaign which has produced
little in the realm of major issues,
but which involves a virtual log
jam of candidates, comes to a head
Tuesday when the voters have
their final say.
A bulky field of 207 candidates,
who have stumped practically
every city and village in the state,
will be trimmed to 108 for the
Nov. 6 general election, when 54
state offices will be filled.
The ballot box congestion of
vote-seekers will be at its peak in
the populous Eighth <" Anchorage*
District, where the names of 70
candidates will be on the ballot.
Top interest in the primary has
centered on the gubernatorial
nomination fights in both parties.
The incumbent Democrat. Wil
liam Egan, is opposed by former
Anchorage Mayor George Dyer.
Anchor Point homesteader David
Newton Boyer and Warren A. Tay
lor. Fairbanks attorney and Speak
er of the State House of Rrepre
sentatives.
Byer, a proven vote-getter in
the Anchorage area, is generally
conceded to be Egan’s strongest
opponent.
Two state senators, John B. Cog
hill of Nenann and Howard W.
Pollock of Anchorage, and former
territorial governor Mike Stepo
vich, a Fairbanks attorney, head
a field of five Republican candi
dates.
Rounding cut the GOP field are
Verm O. Martin, an Anchorage
attorney who has been campaign
I in" hard since last December, and
Dr Milo Fritz, an Anchorage
physician.
Martin has been plugging the
need for a right to work law hard
and what effect, if any, this con
troversial issue will have on the
vote, particularly in the North
west District, will be watched
closely.
Three men are running for the
state’s only other elective, execu
tive office, the job of Secretary
of State.
Hugh .T. Wade, the incumbent,
is unopposed on the Democratic
J side. Jack T. Gilliland and Robert
A. Ross, both of Anchorage, are the
Republican hopefuls.
U.S. Sen. Ernest Omening has
Democratic opposition from. R. T,.
Veach. an Anchorage school Varh
: or, while Frank Cook and T I
Stevens, both of Anchor.me. are
GOP primary opponents.
Lowell Thomas Jr., Anchorage
lecturer and photographer, and
Henry S. Pratt, Anchnragt in ur
anceman and member of t e State
House of Representative-, are both
| seeking the Republi an nomin.a
1 tion for the U.S. House of Rep*- -
sontatives. The incumbent. Demo
crat Ralph J. River unopposed.
In all. voters will nominate
Democratic and R> ublican candi
dates for 50 sea'.- in the State Leg
islature. including half of the 20
State Senate seats and all 40 of
tine House seats.
Polls will open at 11 a.m and
will close at 8 p.m., local time.
The first returns are expect'd
within minutes after the polls close
in Southeast Alaska, at 8 a.m.,
1 PST.