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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Per Copy 154
63rd Year No. 44
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1962
Wien Takes Over
PAA’s Juneau -
Fairbanks Route
An agreement has been reached
between Pan American Airways
and Wien Airlines for the Fair
banks-^Whitehorse-Juneau route,
stated Pearse Walsh this morning,
for a sum of $71,000. Service
should be started within a couple
of months, he anticipated.
Sen. Walsh, who is Wien Air
lines traffic manager here, was
very pleased with the announce
ment, as he feels it is a big step
forward in unifying the State.
With this service, people from
Nome can make the trip to Juneau
in a single day with Wien F-27
turbo-prop jets, and tie in with
better schedules for such places
as Sitka.
With this kind of service the
need for changing the capitol be
comes much less important, he
stated.
He also explained that this does
not mean that Pan American is
withdrawing from Alaska by any
means. Its big jets will continue
serving Fairbanks on direct flights
from the lower forty-eight.
Sen. Walsh expects to be back
early next week following con
ferences in Anchorage and Fair
banks.
HOUSE
SUBMITS DUAL FILING
FOR GOVERNOR & HOUSE
JUNEAU — House Speaker
Warren A. Taylor of Fairbanks
already a candidate for the Demo
SPEAKER TAYLOR
crauc nommauoii iui guveiiiui,
today also filed his candidacy for
re-election to the House of Repre
sentatives.
The filing was accepted by Sec
retary of State Hugh Wade, who
said he could find nothing in the
State Election Code to prevent
such a dual filing.
Wade said, however, that he
would seek formal legal opinion
on the matter from Atty. Gen.
Ralph Moridy before the filing
deadline May 1.
Prior to Statehood, John Butro
vieh of Fairbanks, a Republican,
filed for both the State Senate
and for U.S. Senator under the
Alaska-Tennessee plan. He lost on
both bids.
Also filing today was Frank
Peratrovich of Klawock. who has
served as President of the State
Senate for the past two years.
Peratrovich, a Democrat, filed
for the Southeast Alaska at-large
seat, from Senate District A.
Other filings reported by Wade
today were those of:
State Sen. Irwin Metcalf, Sew
ard, a Democrat, for the Senate
from Senate District H.
State Rep. Marcus Jensen, Doug
las, a Democrat, for the House of
Representatives from election Dis
trict No. 4.
State Rep. John Nusunginya,
Barrow, a Democrat, for the Sen
ate from Senate District N.
Dr. William Whitehead, Juneau,
a Democrat, for the House of Re
presentatives from election District
No. 4.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Pauline Oquilluk,
Craig Baldwin, George and Joy
Minix, Russell Tocktoo.
Discharged: Betty Doyle.
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SCOUT TENDERFOOT <
INVESTITURE TONIGHT
Has your heart surged with
pride and hope as you watched
your 11-year-old son solemnly re
cite the Scout Oath and Law dur- “
ing his Tenderfoot investiture? The
parents of Bobby Walsh, Doug
Jones, James Kelliher, Robbie •
O’Conner, John Trulin, Harold Pot- -
ter, Tom Streb and Richard Adams
will observe this candle light cere- 1
mony tonight at the school gym at
7:30, when the Boy Scout Troops '
63 and 66 conduct a joint meeting '
culminating in a basketball game.
Each mother will be presented with
a miniature tenderfoot pin. Offi
cials for the game are all Explorer
Scouts.
The opening ceremony will be
led by Buddy Walker of Troop 63.
The Investiture will be conducted
by Willie Hoogendom of Troop 66.
The only adult participation will
be a welcome by Rev. Maakestad
and closing remarks by Rev. Savok.
Taps will be played by John
Amundson of Troop 63 at the
very end.
The public is cordially invited
free of charge to enjoy the game
and to observe scouting at its
finest. The scoutmaster of Troop
63, which is sponsored by the
Covenant Church and meets each
Wednesday at 7:00 is Ralph Fon
dell. The scoutmaster for Troop
66, which is sponsored by the
Nome Rotary Club and meets at the
Scout Hall, at 7:30 each Wednes
day is Maj. David Money.
A project of the Scouts for the
two - day dog races will be the
building of an igloo on Front
Street. The snow blocks for the
igloo will be trucked into town
from out near Nome Field.
Nikita Rebuffs
ILS.-British Plea
For Test Ban Pact
LONDON — Soviet Premier
Khrushchev rebuffed today an
American-British plea to join in
speeding a treaty banning nuclear
weapons tests, a qualified diplo
mat reported.
Khrushchev, in a long reply to
Prime Minister Harold MacMil
lan, described the Western move
as propaganda, the informant said.
President Kennedy and MacMil
lan last Tuesday published terms
of a request that Russia allow in
ternational inspectors to check any
suspicious bangs.
Soviet agreement, they said,
would dear the way for an early
test ban treaty, but Soviet refusal
would mean the American series
of nuclear tests will have to go for
ward later this month, as planned.
Soviet Ambassador Alexander
Soldatov delivered the Premier’s
message to the Foreign Office. A
Foreign Office spokesman declined
to disclose its contents immediately.
Khrushchev today, according to
the source, dwelt at length on this
question of East-West suspicion
and distrust. He was said to have
argued that he conceded the right
of the West to distrust Russian
good faith. He said he assumed he
had the same right to distrust West
ern intentions. Yet, he argued,
these suspicions have not led the
Soviet Union to submit excessive
and rigid demands for safeguards
in a test ban treaty.
CAB Rules Alaska
Airline’s Jet Fares
\re Way Too Low
WASHINGTON (fl> — The Civil
\eronautics Board ruled today that
\laska Airlines’ $99 jet fare be
;ween Seattle and Fairbanks is un
•easonably low.
The board also rejected a pro
posal by Pan American World Air
ways to offer a matching Seattle
?airbanks fare.
The CAB said the lowest rea
sonable one-way jet fares between
the two cities are:
For Pan American’s deluxe class
service with Boeing 707 jets, $125.
For Alaska Airlines’ Convair
880-M jets with less than 110 seats
$109.
For Pan American’s 707 tourist
class service and Alaska’s 880-M
jets with 110 seats, $99.
Alaska currently offers only one
class of service for a $99 fare. Pan
American had proposed to reduce
its $125 deluxe and $99 tourist class
jet fares to $99 and $90 respective
ly.
The board order also decreed
that the $99 jet tourist class serv
ice on both airlines must be in
planes that do not provide a lounge,
motion picture compartment or
convertible-seat table feature.
Alaska had been providing these
advantages, including the showing
of in-flight movies and a binge
game with $6 in prizes on eact
flight.
Alaska told the CAB, during <
hearing, that it had no intentioi
of operating ilBBstprcsent service
at a $109 fare or at any othei
middle level fare, but would meel
the low fare and make whatever
service standard adjustments were
required by the board.
The CAB explained that both
airlines operate in the Seattle
Fairbanks market at a loss and
therefore neither can be permitted
to obtain any kind of temporary
advantage through competitive
maneuvering.
Gov. Egan Veto* Bill
JUNEAU UR — Gov. Wm. Egan
today exercised for the first time
a veto on legislation approved by
the 1902 legislature, which ad
journed early yesterday morning.
Egan gave the thumbs down
treatment to CSHB29, which would
nave boosted to $7,500 the amount
of loans on which interest could
be collected in advance. The pre
sent amount is $3,500.
Louella O. Parsons in Hospital
HOLLYWOOD UR — Veteran
Hollywood columnist Louella 6.
Parsons is a patient at Cedars of
Lebanon, undergoing tests for an
undisclosed ailment.
Her condition was reported as
fair.
Hospital attendants said she was
admitted Tuesday and was slightly
improved early today.
Miss Parsons is in her early 70s,
friends say.
Friday the 13th .. .
NEW YORK U> - Don’t walk
under any ladders today.
Don’t let a black cat cross your
path.
Don’t forget it’s Friday the 13th.
P.S. — Don’t be superstitious.
US. MERC PROVIDES
DOG TEAM DELIVERIES
Dog team delivery service start
ed promptly at 9:00 am. this morn
ing at the U.S. Merc with Pete
Castell and Ray Foster on hand
with their teams to make the de
liveries.
Camera fans were out to get
pictures of this novel, “back to
the good old days” service featured
in connection with the annual Dog
Race Derby, which starts tomor
row afternoon at 1:00.
The race, on a 20-mile course,
starts in front of the N.C. Store,
going east to Steadman Ave., out
Steadman on a marked trail toward
Dexter and returns via Steadman
Ave. also.
Several check points are being
set up along the trail so the teams
will be followed throughout the
race on both days.
Presentation of prizes will be
made on Front St. after the race on
Sunday.
Refreshments are being served
during the race by the Jaycees,
who will have a barbecue stand,
it reported, at the same place as
last year.
Peace Corps Budget Doubled
WASHINGTON UP> — Congress
has voted to more than double the
Peace Corps budget and let the
agency sign up thousands of new
volunteers.
The Senate passed the author
ization bill yesterday and sent it
to President Kennedy, who had
asked for the expansion.
Under the measure, Kennedy is
I authorized to spend $63.75 mil
lion to nut 9.970 volunteers intc
, the Corps by the fall of 1963.
The Peace Corps now has about
900 volunteers, but expects to have
2,400 on its roster by June 30,
and 5,100 by next fall.
Discuss Matters on
Territorial Waters
Around Alaska
JUNEAU Ub — Gov. Wm. Egan
and Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody met
today with representatives of the
State Department and the Interior
Department on matters of relating
to the territorial waters surround
ing Alaska.
Egan said the discussions would
center primarily on the waters
of Shelikov Strait, which the state
claims as territorial waters.
It is in Shelikov Strait where a
Japanese fishing fleet, consisting
of the mothership “Banshu Maru”
and five catcher boats have been
operating for the past two weeks.
The state protested bitterly to
the State Department when the
presence of the Japanese fleet in
Shelikov Strait became known.
“It is our intention to point out
to the federal government during
these discussions just how serious
we feel the situation to be/’ Egan
said.
The governor also confirmed re
ports from Anchorage that two
representatives of the State Fish
and Game Department boarded the
Banshu Maru early this week.
Egan described the visit as merely
a “courtesy call.”
Language difficulties held con
versation to a bare minimum, Egan
said. He added that the two state
agents did not see anything to in
dicate the Japanese were taking
anything but herring, for roe.
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JFK Gets Break
In Opposition to
Steel Price Boost
WASHINGTON iff> — The Ken
nedy Administration got a major
break in its opposition to the steel
price increase today with an an
nouncement that one major pro
KAISER STEEL WON'T
RAISE PRICES NOW
OAKLAND, Cali. — Kaiser
Steel Corp. said today it will not
raise its mill prices now, but it
may find it necessary to do so
later.
“The company has recently com
pleted a $225 million expansion
program, doubling its capacity to
serve the country and the grow
ing West,” said a statement by
Edgar F. Kaiser, chairman of the
board,
“As a result, the company has
incurred heavy fixed charges which
may require some mill price ad
justments in the future, but not at
this time.”
NEW YORK m — United States
Steel Corp. rescinded today the
steel price increase it initiated.
Tuesday.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. UP> — Bethle
hem Steel Corp today rescinded
the $6 a ton increase in steel that
it had placed in effect Tuesday.
ducer will not join the price pa
Iraae. At aunosx me same minute
it moved to shift its own business
to companies which hold the line.
President Kennedy himself un
derscored the importance which
the administration attaches to the
break in the ranks of the steel
makers.
Told by newsmen at the White
House that Inland Steel Co. of Chi
cago had announced it would not.
go along, Kennedy responded:
“Good, good; very good.”
That set the tone for comment*
from others high in administration
councils, who already had been
summoned to a high-level con
ference — the second in two days
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NOME BLM OFFICE TO
OPEN ON MONTHLY BASIS
Mr. Richard Quintus, District
Manager of the Bureau of Land
Management, Fairbanks District,
anonunced today that the Nome
Information Office will be opened
on a monthly basis from April
through October. The office is lo
cated in Room 104 of the Federal
Bldg, will be open from 3:00 am.
to 5:00 pm. on the second Thurs
day and Friday of each month.
Information on lands and min
erals problems concerned with
public domain lands, both case and
non-case, can be requested from
the office. Pamphlets, forms, and
other information material will also
be available to the public. The of
fice will be manned during the sea
son by permanent professional
personnel on duty with the bureau’s
offices in Alaska. Mr. Daniel Jones,
Fairbanks Land Office manager
arrived yesterday.
He stated that the office would
be open at other specific times for
various other purposes, such as
grazing, forest firest, etc., as the f
need arises.
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