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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 11
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1962
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ILS. Rocket Heads
For the Moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. UR —
The United States today rocketed
a 727-pound Ranger 3 payload
towards the Moon to take closeup
television pictures and land an
r instrument package to measure
moonquakes and meteor hits.
The towering Atlas Agena B
rocket blasted away from Cape
Canaveral at 3:30 p.m. with the
Ranger payload riding in its nose.
Just 30 minutes later, the
launching vehicle had sent the
Ranger package on its way toward
the Moon some 66 hours and
236,024 miles away.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration said that a
deep space tracking station in
South Africa, listening to the
spacecraft’s signals, reported that
“it appears we have a nominal
flight”
However, several intricate man
euvers must be made by Ranger
3 before the scheduled Monday
morning lunar rendezvous, and
failure of any one of them could
prevent its reaching the Moon.
Included is a tricky firing of a
mid-course rocket «16 hours after
launching to direct the payload
on a collision course with the
Moon.
If successful, Ranger 3 will re
lay television pictures of the
Moon from as close as 15 miles
away and will produce the first
recordings of seismic activity and
other information about the com
position of the lunar surface.
The data, plus that to be
gathered by more sophisticated
machines in the next few years,
will help stake out the landing
site for the first U.S. manned
lunar landing, hopefully by 1967.'
Two Demo Lawmakers’
Phone Lines are Tapped
JUNEAU iff) — Two Democratic
lawmakers said today that they
have definite proof that the tele
phone in the apartment which
they share is being tapped.
Reps. Robert Ditman of Val
dez and Harold Hansen of Cor
dova said they had been shown
written copies of the telephone
conversations dating as far back
as Jan. 16.
They declined to say who made
the copies available to them, but
said they saw them for the first
time last night.
“There is no doubt whatsoever
that the phone has been bugged,”
Ditman said. “The written reports
quoted our conversations exactly.”
Ditman added that he had no
idea why anyone would want to
tap the phone.
Responding Satisfactorily
WICHITA, Kan. (ffi — Mr. and
■Mrs. Robert Riggs of Wichita took
their 2-year-old son, Tommy, to
the hospital when his temperature
reached 104.8.
The doctor found that Tommy
had chicken pox, measles, and
pneumonia.
Tommy entered the hospital on
Wednesday. Last night attendants
said he is responding satisfactorily
to treatment.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Partly cloudy with ice fog. Little
change in temperature. Low to
night -30, high tomorrow -18. In
the last 24 hours: High of -18, low
of -28. Max. wind ill mph from
the east. Sunrise at 9:03 am., sun
set at 3:26 pm. Temps, a year
ago today: High of 34, low of 30.
Extremes on this date since 1907:
High of 39 in 1929, low of -41 in
1919.
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House Gets a Big Surprise .. . Can’t
Find the Director for Div. of Aviation
By Virginia Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP) — The House took
a look into the affairs of the
State Division of Aviation and—
to its surprise—couldn’t find a
director of the division.
Eugene Roguszka, who is listed
as the Director of the Division in
the latest available directory of
state officials, said he was noti
fied two weeks ago that his au
thority had been limited to engi
neering and construction.
He said he was advised in a
letter dated Jan. 9 from Deputy
Public Works Commissioner Law
rence Wilson that Milton Donner,
who carries the title of Aviation
Administrator, was the actual ad
ministrative head of the di
vision.
But Donner, obviously irritated,
told the House that he had re
ceived no written notice ol such
authority.
Roguszka and Donner appeared
before what was billed as a special
Remittee to investigate the ac
tivities and programming of the
Division ol Aviation. Actually, the
meeting was held in the House,
and the whole House sat in on it.
Lawmakers ordered die. probe
on the opening day of the session
to seek, among other things, an
explanation of what was termed
a lack of activity in the budt aiis
field construction program the
Legislature authorised in a $1.5
million bond issue last year.
The marathon session, which
more than four ^ours, was
a-,
guszka said he had been advised
that only $275,000 of the bonds
had been sold and Finance Com
mittee members insisted that
$550,000 had been sold.
“Where’s the other $275,000?”
asked Rep. Walter Kubley, GR
Ketchikan), a member of the Fi
nance Committee.
“I don’t know,” said Roguszka.
“The Division of Aviation doesn’t
handle the money. All I know is
that we were advised that $275,
000 of the bonds were sold. The
funds became available to us on
Aug. 30 which was just about
the end of the construction se&^
son.”
After a prolonged absence from
the chamber, Kubley returned
and confirmed Roguszka’s figures.
(Lawmakers seesawed bade and
forth with complaints over size,
site location and construction of
assorted air fields throughout the
state, and attempts to clarify the
matter of who is responsible for
what within the division.
SOFT LANDING . . .
PHONEIX, Ariz. C9» It’s been
raining heavily in normally arid
Phoenix for several days and
John Burris is mighty thankful
for it.
Burris, 19, accidentally fall 60
feet from the fifth floor roof of
an apartment building yesterday.
Because the ground was so soft,
he escaped injury.
He did need help, however.
The momentum of his fall drove
Mm into mud up tb his knees and
friends ha<f to pull him out
Hearings to Be
Held Monday on
Hwy. Division
JUNEAU UPl — An announce
ment by Sen. R. J. McNealy of
the Senate Highways Investiga
tion Committee that initial meet
ings of the group might be closed
to the public touched off a heated
debate in the Senate today.
Sen. B. J. Logan immediately
objected and later offered a mo
tion to force public sessions of the
committee. The motion was with
drawn after a debate lasting al
most an hour.
Sen. A1 Owen said that while
he was basically opposed to closed
meetings, the committee “will do
a thorough abjective job and will
not hurt anyone inadvertantly,
which might happen in a fish
bowl type of hearing.”
Sens. Howard Pollock and
George McNabb sided with Logan
and said the public has a great
interest in the state’s road pro
gram and should be aware of all
testimony.
we are dealing with public
officials, who are spending public
money on public projects and
they should testify in public,”
McNabb said.
“If there are any fears that this
investigation might be a white
wash, then all of the testimony
should be given in public.”
McNealy later said the com
mittee would start hearings Mon
day night and he said that th«
meetings would be open sessions
Before the Senate started argu
ing the question for open or
closed sessions for the committee,
Senate President Frank Peratro
vich had a wire from Verne O.
Martin of Anchorage, a Republi
can gubernatorial candidate, read
to the Senate.
Telegram Raps Sen. Bronson
The telegram to Sen. Peratro- ,
vich was as follows:
“I noted with considerable con
cern the appointment of the hon
orable Lester Bronson to the com
mittee charged with investigating
the apparent shocking condition of
the Highway Dept, and I feel I
should call to your attention the
fact that Sen. Bronson is engaged
in the highway contracting busi
ness in the Nome area as a part
ner of Axel Edman under the
name of E & B Contracting Co.
It should be noted that Grace
Edman, the wife of Axel Edman,
is employed as the office manager
of the Highway Department at
Nome where the E & B Contract
ing Co. recently completed high
way project No. S-014K6) in the
total amount oi $3au,7re.vu. it
occurs to me there may be a con
flict of interest involved in the
investigation and there is a pos
sibility that this may result in
white wash rather than in un
biased investigation.”
Bronson told the Senate he was
a partner in the firm with Axel
Edman, but that none of the work
the company has done has been
under state contract.
"All of our work was received
under federal bid, prior to the
state's takeover of highway con
struction,” Bronson said. "I deep
ly resent this attack on my in
tegrity.”
Bill Calls for $5 Million to
Construct Secondary Beads
JUNEAU (A — Sen. Howard
Pollock, CR-Anchorage), today in
troduced a bill calling for an ap
propriation of || million for the
construction of Class B secondary
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ARA Board Takes Shape in Nome
Wednesday evening the City
Hall was filled with 66 persons
interested in forming the Nome
Area Redevelopment Board and
starting new industry.
Under the direction of the of
ficers of the Nome Planning Com
mission, with Don Hoover acting
as pro tern chairman, the program
was explained to the group as
well as what steps were needed
for the ARA to start functioning
here. It was clearly stated that
any funds requesting through the
Board to be formed, would not
exceed 65 per cent in federal
money and 10 per cent in state
funds. The balance must come
from other sources. It was also
explained that the money could
only be used for construction of
such business that would create
new industry for a long period of
time.
It was voted that the entire
group assembled as well as vil
lages represented by letter re
quests and nominations would
constitute Nome Precinct Area
Development Board.
It was voted that an Executive
Board of nine members would
govern the Board with members
serving three year terms. To that
Board, Ash Craft was elected
president and Myrtle Johnson
secretary, with three other mem
bers from Nome; Carl Glavino
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1 Astronaut Glenn.
* Ready for Historic
Trip Into Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. OP) —
Astronaut John Glenn Jr. was
described today as being well pre
pared to make his historic trip
tomorrow around the world in a
space capsule.
iMeanwhile weather conditions
for the flight still looked good;
that is, the seas were fairly calm
and the skies were still clear,
'both here and downrange.
For the first time since the
news briefing began for the
launching of the astronaut, a Na
tional Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration spokesman, Lt. Col.
John Powers, emphasized the ele
ment of risk involved in the pro
gram.
Powers said that if the brak
ing rockets, for example, failed
to fire, thus preventing Glenn’s
return to earth, the space cap
sule would remain in orbit for a
week or ilO days before slipping
back to the atmosphere.
He pointed out that Glenn
would have oxygen only for 24
hours, and that the carbon dioxide
removal unit would function for
about 24 hours in space.
In the course of the discussion
about the projected man flight,
Powers also said there was no
firm commitment to go three
orbits, that this would depend on
launch time. '
Barring unforeseen launching
difficulties or in-flight problems,
the NASA spokesman said that
Glenn probably would make three
orbits if launched around 7:30
am. Saturday. Glenn will make
only two orbits if launched after
11 am.
The NASA spokesman said that
throughout the flight, Glenn would
talk to the earth every 30 seconds.
The element that will possibly
limit the number of orbits for
Glenn is daylight. Hunter aircraft
and ships must have daylight to
see the descent of the capsule into
its ocean landing area.
vich, Pete Reader and Conrad
Potter. From the villages, execu
tive Board members elected were
Herbert Apassingak of Gambell;
John Kakarak, Teller; Frank
Degnan, Unalakleet and Martin
Olson, Golovin.
Four persons were named to
do the necesary research and
write sections of the application,
relating to description of the
area, background of organization
and other necessary features.
These chairmen are Don Hoover,
Howard Crinklaw, Jean Burand
and Con Potter.
The next step will be the pre
paration of the Overall Econ
omic Development Program for
the Nome District, which must be
submitted and approved by the
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Gov. Nutter of Montana
Dies in Plane Crash
WOLF CREEK, Mont. UPl
Gov. Donald Nutter of Montana,
his executive secretary, the State
Agriculture Commissioner, and
three crew members perished yes
terday in a plane crash.
Death of the Republican gover
nor, who recently refused to pro
claim. United Nations Day in Mon
tana, shocked this state of about
675,000 inhabitants.
Nutter, 46, a World War II
bomber pilot and former State
\ GOP Chairman, completed his
1 first year in office Jan. 1. He was
»] elected in November 1960 to a
' I four-year term ending in Janu
I ary 1965.
I Taking over as chief executive
/ will be the Lt. Governor, Repub
/ lican Tim Babcock, 42, a Billings
/ truck firm operator and former
' state legislator.
"I’ve lost the best friend I had
and Montana has lost the best
friend it had,” said Babcock from
the governor’s mansion where he
was called by close friends of the
governor’s attractive, dark-haired
widow, Maxine.
The twin-engine C-47 National
Guard plane was carrying the
governor and his party to a speak
ing engagement at Cut Bank in
northern Montana near the Cana
dian border.
Lucky Luciano
Dies from Heart Attack
NAPLES, Italy UPl — Charles
[Lucky) Luciano, pre-World War
II vice lord in the United States,
died here today of a heart attack.
The 64-year-old Italian col
lapsed at Naples Capodichino Air
port while he was waiting for
friends arriving on a plane from
Palermo.
He had been living in this
southern Italian city, under po
lice surveillance, almost all the
time since he was deported to his
native Italy from New York after
World War II.
He was deported after serving
10 years of a 30-year sentence for
white slavery. His conviction in
New York in 103tf was brought
about by crime-busting prosecutor
Thomas Dewey. Ten years later,
as Governor of New York, Dewey
pardoned Luciano from prison
and ordered him deported, since
he never had had citizenship
papers.
Luciano claimed the pardon was
granted for services he rendered
to the U.S. Navy just prior to the
invasion of Sicily. Af*er eight
months in Italy, he took a trip
to Cuba. An uproar followed in
the United States and Luciano was
bounced right back to Italy.