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ALASKA, MONDAY, DLCLMBLK 10, 1962
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Jtiiieaii-Douglas
Area Pelted With
40 Inches of Snow
JUNEAU (J*’ — A crippling i
snowstorm, packing winds up to 60
knots, cut air and ground traffic
to a bare minimum in the northern
portion of the Alaska Panhandle
during the weekend and forced
schools to close.
The snowfall started Friday
morning and picked up in intensity
that afternoon and evening.
It started snowing steadily at
6:35 a.m. Saturday and continued
unabated until 2:12 p.m. Sunday,
when it tapered off into snow
showers.
During the 24-hour period from
10 a.m. Saturday until 10 a.m.
Sunday, 25.6 inches of snow fell
at Juneau Municipal Airport, the
heaviest 24-hour December snow
fall there during the 19 venrr
records have been kept.
The snow depth at the airport
at 4 a.m. today was 40 inches,
another December record and a
snow depth exceeded only by the I
41 inches recorded on Feb. 24-25 !
1949.
While winds at the airport were
generally light — not more than
eight or nine knots — gusts from
50 to 60 kots raked the Juneau
waterfront and northern channels,
creating blizzard conditions at the
height of the storm.
Temperatures ranged in the low
20s and high teens.
-Schools at- Skagway^ Haines and
Juneau-Douglas were closed to
day, with drifts clogging streets
and highways and creating haz
ardous driving conditions. 1
Air traffic in the area was limit
ed to a few flights by Alaska
Coastal-Ellis Airlines.
Pacific Northern Airlines and i
Pan American World Airways l
both canceled northbound and ^
southbound flights into the capi- t
tal city.
Gov. Wm. Egan, in a special
order issued late last night, ex- l
cused some state employes from
work today, without loss of pay,
because of traveling conditions.
The order applied to state em
ployes who work in Juneau and
live outside of the city, those who
work in Douglas but live outside
of Douglas and those with physi
cal impairments.
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Nehru Believes Chinese
Maneuver Is a Trick
NEW DELHI, India W) — Prime
Minister Nehru said today Red
China’s cease-fire and withdraw
al maneuver may be only a trick
and warned his front line troops
that fighting might flare up again
in the Himalayas.
The Indian leader delivered his
warning in a radio address after
rejecting Peking’s terms of settle
ment of the border conflict.
Nehru offered to refer the
frontier dispute to the Interna
tional Court of Justice if China
withdraws from Indian territory.
He made the offer in an appear
ance in Parliament. Later he made
his radio address to Indian sol
diers, telling them to be prepared
for a long struggle.
He said there is a lull now be
cause China ordered a cease-fire
but: “We do not know how long
it will continue.”
The fight will go on for years
if the Chinese aggression was not
ended, Nehru told the soldiers.
“The whole country stands
jolidly behind you in facing the
Chinese aggression.” '
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Rigorous Winter Weathei
Takes Toll of 50 Lives
New snow squalls dumped parr
lyzing drifts today on parts c
Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and New York, stoppin
traffic, closing schools and raisin
the toll of rigorous weather death
to 50.
The season’s coldest air grippe
the nation from the Rockies to th
Atlantic Coast and southward t
the Gulf Shore of Florida, the onl;
section in the area to escap<
freezing nighttime temperatures.
Northwest winds which continue!
to bury south and east shores o
the Great Lakes in snow also pre
cipitated heavy snow showers ii
the Appalachians.
Lowest temperature was 9 be
low zero at International Falls
Minn.
It was 9 at Chicago and 10 a
Cincinnati.
The strong cold air push, fron
the Arctic and the Yukon, con
tained more frigid ingredients ex
pectecl to reach northeastern area
of the United States Tuesday.
A state of emergency was de
creed in South Bend, Ind., near th<
southern tip of Lake Michigai
where 50 schools remained closec
today.
Eighty schools were closed ii
southwestern Michigan.
Twenty to 24 inches of nev
snow in northeastern Ohio wer
heaped into four and five-foo
drifts by 25-mile an hour winds.
‘ Where s Jackie?” . . .
WASHINGTON UP) — Presiden
Kennedy flew back today from i
our of nuclear installations in th<
vest and a brief weekend of re
axation under the desert sun.
His big jet plane landed at
Andrews Air Force Base at 8:25
■m., just four and a half hours
fter takeoff from Palm Springs,
Jalif., airport.
Kennedy brought back with
im a Roman Catholic priest’s
ublic hint he should take Mrs.
Kennedy on his next trip.
The Rev. Alphonse Edwards,
astor of the church which Ken
pdv attenripH SnnHav
is sermon by welcoming Kennedy
id reporting that many parishion
•s wanted to know, “where’s
ickie?”
Father Edwards did not ela
irate on this rather puzzling re
ark until newsmen questioned
m after the service. Then he
:plained that his flock had seen
e President on a visit last March
id had hoped to see Mrs. Ken
'dy this time.
“They love her, that’s all,” he
id. And he threw up his hands
emphasize that he certainly
isn’t admonishing the First Lady
r not being present.
am Mulvihill Awarded
ne Week Trip to Observe
egislature In Session
A one week trip to Juneau, au
orized by the state legislature
d financed by the Legislative
>uncil, was awarded to Pamela!
ulvihill and certification of this !
lection will be sent to Juneau. I
According to S.B. 288, a student
am each high school in Alaska !
n be sent to Juneau for a week’s |
ldv to observe the legislature in i
ssion.
There will be an essay contest j
/en to student guests of the j
jislature and the winner of the j
itest will receive a $1,000
lolarship to the University of
Jska.
jrood luck, Pamela.
• Ecumenical Council Votes
To Find Clearer Way to
. Preach Christian Doctrine
f VATICAN CITY 0P» — The cur
rent Ecumenical Council is unique
" in the history of the Roman Cath
? olic Church.
s Twenty councils met before, al
ways to condemn an error in the
t eyes of the church or battle what
- was considered a philosophical
J evil.
’ But the present council which
- recessed over the weekend until
the fall, has a positive cause to
1 plead instead of a complaint.
I That cause is internal renewal
■ of Catholicism — “to let in fresh
i air,” as Pope John XXIII said
before going on to seek union with
all the churches of Christianity.
’ Basic changes are already un
derway within the Roman Catholic
t Church. The very calling of the
council shows it. As a prominent
i theologian explained:
“The council cannot now be
- undone. Subsequent failure would
; only serve as a summons for an
other Vatican Council.”
Pope John announced before the
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i started work Oet. 11 that the
i council “will not deal in new doc- I
trine or sensational formulas.” I
i But the tone of the council was
to adopt for itself — pastorial or
r doctrinal — hung in the balance
5 while a crucial debate raged mid
t way through the initial state that
ended Saturday.
The hard-fought thesis was on
divine revelation. The Catholic
Church teaches that scripture and
t tradition are the sources of God’s
i revealed word. Protestants believe
. in scripture alone.
Was the council to stress doc
trine in the rigid, scholastic termi
nology used in seminaries?
Or would it be better to find
a new and different way to illus- ;
trate the same doctrine, a clearer i
way designed to reach all the
people in simple terms witnout re- i
viving old reformation arguments? a
The issue came to a vote, and £
most of the 2,200 bishops chose
the latter course. Pope John then f
pulled the revelation thesis out of c
| the council, creating a special i
commission heavily staffed with
Christian unity experts. The Pope n
ordered a vigorous rewriting of ji
the thesis. c
Rusk Says U.S. Cannot
Accept Soviet Troops In
Cuba As “Normal”
WASHINGTON I/Pi — Secretary
of State Dean Rusk said today the
United States and its Western
hemisphere allies cannot accept
“any Soviet military presence” in
Cuba as a normal situation.
Rusk said thousands of Soviet
troops are still in Cuba although
the Soviet government has indi
cated they will bo withdrawn.
Their presence is a matter of great
concern to the U.S. government.
Rusk said.
At his first public nows confer
ence here since July, Rusk also:
1. Said the controversy o v e r
U. N. Ambasasdor Adlai Steven
son’s role in making Cuban crisis
policy last October would not
cause other officials to hold back
advice from President Kennedy.
He dismissed the issues involved in
tlie Stevenson controversy as tri
vial.
2. Reported the United States is
trying to work out with its NATO
allies agreed guidelines on nuclear
strategy. He also affirmed that this
country continues willing to join
with Allied governments in set
ting up a European nuclear strik
ng force.
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Minuteman ICBM Blows
Up After Launch Under
Combat Conditions
VANDENEERG A J R FORCE
BASE, Calif, f*?' — A Minuteman
ICBM — second generation inter
continental missile expected soon
to be declared operational — ex
ploded today moments after
launch.
The 53 - foot three - stage solid
fuel rocket, fired from an armor
ed hole, appeared to have lifted
off normally. Then it vanished in
a ball of fire 15 or 20 miles sea
ward.
It was the second straight failure
in attempts to fire a Minuteman
from the west coast under combat
conditions. The first, last Sept.
23, failed when an undisclosed
malfunction forced the range
safety officer to destroy it 59 sec
onds after launch.
The missile is capable of hurling
nuclear warheads 6,000 miles.
Judge Denies Hoffa
Motion For Mistrial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. WP) — U.S.
Dist. Judge Wm. Miller over
ruled today as “utterly groundless
if not utterly fantastic" a defense
motion for a mistrial as a result
of the air pistol attack last week
on Teamster Union President
James Hoffa.
The action followed replace
I ment of a regular juror with ar
alternate for the conspiracy tria
in the wake of published report:
that an alleged attempt had beer
made to approach one of the jurors.
The judge, in a strongly word
ed statement, said he was amazed
at statements made in affidavits
filed in support of the motion. He
said he “had a ringside seat” to
-he shooting and to the subsequent
ictivities of Hoffa and his attor
neys.
In the mistrial motion, the de
ense said Hoffa and his attorneys
vere unnerved bv the shooting and
pprehensive for their cnfot^
Miller said he noted the de
ense lawyers were “remarkably
aim” and Hoffa “appeared to be
i complete control of himself.”
The judge said physical exami
ation showed Hoffa was not in- 1
jred by the pellets and the in- '
ident, not witnessed by the jury,
ad not materially interfered with ! 1
ie presentation of the defense’s } '
ise. I c
Miller rejected defense protests j 1
: his decision to station armed j
tarshals inside the courtroom and : ;
) search spectators as a means of I '
reventing a recurrence. He said | -
lose actions did not constitute a '' ■
"eign of terror" in the courtroom. '
HENDERSON, Tex. OP — Wen- j ,
ell A. Gregory, 45, was killed ; ~
hen his automobile overturned i '
i Highway 26 just inside the ]
enderson city limits Saturday.
Gregory, an Anchorage, Alaska,
■elding contractor in Texas on
usiness, was alone in his car 1
hen he lost control, struck a 5
tlvert and flipped, ow r.
THE WEATHER
C'oudv with occasional mvov.G
ortlieasterly winds 20 mph dim- !
ushing tonight. Lowest temper- ;
hire expected tonight 10, the high v
»morrow 12.
In the past 24 hours: highest
■mp. 26, lowest 20. Max. wind 39
iph from the northeast, with peak j :
ists to 53 mph. Sunrise at 9:48 1 !
m., sunset at 2:01 p.m. J ,
A year ago today: highest temp. I
'» lowest -16. Extremes on this j t
te since 1907: highest 37 in
32, lowest -30 in 192II.
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Admits S l ran" 1 i n
17-1 ear-Old Sister
BOSTON ■? — A 14-year-old
accused of strangling his prottv
17-year-old sister after a quarrel
! a or a radio was held today for
a mental test by the Massachusetts
Youth Service Board <YSB>.
In a closed, juvenile session of
East Boston District Court,
Thomas Cadigan’s case was put
over until ,Jan. 11 by Judge Au
gustus Loschi, who directed the
YSB submit a written report on
the boy’s mental test.
Victim of the slaying was Mar
cared Cadigan. pretty drum ma
jorette and drill captain in the
Catholic Youth Organization. She
| :mn i nomas — ciescribed by a
| priest as a good boy and a good
student — were allegedly alone in
their home in suburban Winthrop
before Margaret’s body was found
Friday in her third-floor bed
room.
Medical examiner Luongo said
trie girl had been strangled with
a pair of pajama pants.
Police patrols had been intensi
fied as Winthrop residents feared
the killer responsible for the
strangulation of seven women in
Greater Boston in the past six
months had claimed a victim in
their city. The seven slayings are
still unsolved.
But Saturday night state police
; announced young Thomas, an hon
I or student as was his dead sister,
I had signed a statement saying he
I killed Margaret during a fit of
I temper over whether or not a
radio should be played.
Special Committee Named
To Take Hard Look
At Foreign Aid Program
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy formed a special com
mittee today to scrutinize the for
eign aid program and determine
whether it is achieving the goals
set for it.
Kennedy named retired Gen.
-ucius D. Clay to head the group
nade up of both Democrats and
Republicans.
White House sources indicated
he President wanted to take a
:ard look at U. S. military and
‘Conomic assistance, which has
>een costing about $4 billion a
ear, and ascertain whether
hanges are necessary. One ob
’ious aim was to present a pro
.1 am which will gain congres
icnal and public approval next
ear.
Sew York City
sewspauers Shut Down
5y Striking Printers
NEW YORK W — Federal
mediators tried in vain today to
>udge tlie labor impasse that has
hut down all nine daily news
)apers in this city of eight million
“We are father apart today
•■an we have been,” Bertram A.
’nwers, president of the striking
•’.'inters' union, said after the 40
inute meeting end< l. No date for
'urther talks was s. t.
The session was called by the
•Vderal Mediation Service, which
dsn ordered it adjourned. Stephen
seholssberg, assistant to the di
ector of tht,' service, commented:
"We are send ng both sides
ome to do their homework. There
some serious homework to do