m NOME NUGGET
FARTHEST WEST NEWSPAPER IN THE 50 STATES"
64th Year No. 89
NOMF, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1963
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Kennedy Makes Appeal to Nation to
Support Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
WASHINGTON UP — President
Kennedy goes before the nation
tonight to whip up support for a
nuclear test ban treaty dramatic
ally initialed Thursday in Moscow
and heralded as a major break in
the cold war.
The Presidential message at 7 j
p.m. EDT on radio and television
will be part of an administration
campaign to convince critics the
pact — ending testing in outer
space, in the atmosphere and un
der water—will not endanger U.S. j
security.
To become effective the U.S., j
Soviet and British agreement must
be ratified by two-thirds vote of
the Senate, and the measure of
public support for the treaty may
tip the scales there.
The agreement climaxes years ,
of on-and-off negotiations — splin- i
tered at times by the thunder of
nuclear tests — almost as old as
the nuclear age itself.
The White House declared the
President was gratified by the
agreement in which the three
powers also affirmed their deter
mination to strive for a complete
test ban and implied they will
give no nuclear aid to nations
that will not go along with the
pact.
With two notable exceptions,
leaders of West and East hailed
the initialing of the agreement as
the first step on the road to peace.
Lord Home called the agreement
“the first of any substance which
the West has been able to make
with the Russians” since the Aus
trian treaty of 1955.
And from Japan, the only coun
try seared by wartime atom
bombs, the chief Japanese cabinet
secretary said the partial ban
could be a stepping stone to total
elimination of nuclear testing.
But in Paris, President Charles
De Gaulle’s government reaffirmed
that it would not be bound by the
agreement in its effort to make
France an independent nuclear
power.
Red China, striving to become
BARROW CHARTER
DUE HERE TOMORROW
The Barrow Chamber of Com
merce has scheduled a charter
flight which is due to arrive here
tomorrow morning. This will be
the second successive year that the
Barrow' people have elected to
visit Nome during the summer.
They will be greeted at the air
port by the President of the Nome
Chamber of Commerce and given
the keys to the city. Housing ar
rangements are being made by
Ernie Gustafson.
In the party are Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Fravel, Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Llydg Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Brewer, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Zent, Dr. and
Mrs. Burton Rexford, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Suvlu, Mr. and Mrs. Irving
Igtonloc, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Burnell, Clay Kaigelak, Elizabeth
Thibedeau, John Schindler, Tony
Krier, Jerry Crow, George Leavitt,
May Panigeo, Ida Numnik, Mary
Itta. Florence Ningeok, Gordon
Osborne, Molly Itta, Marjorie Ak
pik, Mildred Leavitt, Laura Hod
gins, Margaret Neakok, and Mary
Aveoganna.
The party w'ill remain overnight
in Nome. N
a nuclear power itself as it moves
farther away from the Soviet Un
ion in the world Communist align
ment, denounced the agreement in
advance.
Besides the U.S. Senate, the
treaty must also be approved by
the British Parliament and the
Supreme Soviet. But this is con
sidered a formality because of the
Conservative party’s large majority
in the House of Commons and the
Soviet government’s control of the
Supreme Soviet.
Harriman is due to fly back to
the United States to report to
President Kennedy at Hyannis
Port Sunday.
In the treaty — a marvel of con
ciseness at about 800 words — each
of the three powers “undertakes
to prohibit, to prevent and not to
carry out any nuclear weapon test
or any other nuclear explosion at
any place under its jurisdiction or
control.”
Further, the treaty provides a
ban against tests “in any other
environment if such explosion
causes radioactive debris to be
present outside the territorial
limits of the state under whose
jurisdiction or control the explo
sion is conducted.”
U.S. officials explained although
underground tests are not included
in the ban, they must be conducted
in a way that keeps radioactive
fallout from other countries.
The agreement makes no mention
of inspection or controls — the big
stumbling block in previous test
ban negotiations.
Khrushchev Looks
Forward to Total
Nuclear Disarmament
MOSCOW —Premier Khrush
chev declared today that the agree
ment on the new nuclear test ban
treaty created favorable oppor
tunities to proceed to total dis
armament.
He made the statement in answer
to questions from correspondents
of Izvestia and Pravda submitted
to him in writing.
The answers were read to cor
respondents at a press conference
in the Foreign Office shortly after
Undersecretary of State Averell
Harriman made a declaration in the
same spirit at a news conference
in the U.S. Embassy.
Khrushchev turned immediately
to the theme that he pushed dur
ing the negotiations of the past 12
days that led to the initialing
Thursday night of the test ban
treaty.
That theme was the achievement
of a non-aggression pact between
the 15 nations of NATO and the
seven Communist states of the
Warsaw pact.
Harriman called on Khrushchev
in the Kremlin and was received
with a great show of warmth by
the Premier.
Turning to the non-aggression
pact, Khrushchev said in the inter
view: “The Soviet government is
confident that if in the solution
of the non-aggression pact, the
same good will is shown as was
shown in the negotiations of the
nuclear weapons test ban, it will
be possible quickly to achieve an
agreement on a non-aggression
pact.”
Khrushchev said there were
other problems that now might
be approached with the possibility
of success.
1.000 Feared Dead
In Yugoslavia
Earthquake
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — A
catastrophic earthquake struck the
minareted city of Skopje at dawn
today toppling biuldings and
homes and possibly killing more
than 1,000 people.
Radio Belgrade said there are
“thousands of injured,” adding it
was impossible to say how many
were killed but the number “must
be very great.” The official news
agency Tanjug put the estimated
death toll over 1,000.
Most of the city’s population of
270.000 were caught in their beds
by the thunderous quake.
Tens of thousands stood in the
rubble-filled streets, some weep
ing, other just staring at their for
mer homes which had collapsed.
Tanjug reported that the earth
quake’s center lay right in the
heart of Skopje, the capital of the
Province of Macedonia.
Roads leading to the stricken city
were jammed with trucks bringing
in supplies and manpower and then
turning around to evacuate the in
jured.
The first shock hit with shatter
ing force at 5:17 a.m. while most
of the inhabitants were asleep.
This was fllowed by a series of
lighter shocks.
The great quake was felt in wide
areas of southern Yugoslavia and
as far away as Greece, but dam
age seemed to be confined to the
Skopje area.
Senate Group Will
Examine Ban Agreement
WASHINGTON <*> — Chairman
John Stennis, (D-Miss.), announced
today that a Senate defense watch
dog group will examine in detail
the proposed new agreement with
Britain and Soviet Russia for a ban
on most nuclear weapons testing.
His announcement could mean
some delay in apparent adminis
tration efforts for quick Senate
ratification of the agreement ini
tialed in Moscow Thursday.
Stennis said his seven-member
Armed Services Subcommittee
wants to know “whether this
agreement fully protects our na
tional security and whether any
risks which may be involved in it
are truly acceptable."
Sen. Barry Goldwater, a mem
ber of the investigating panel,
previously announced his opposi
tion to the test ban after hearing
an explanation by Secretary of
State Dean Rusk.
Communications Satellite1
Will Hover in One Spot
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. UP —
The Svncom 2 communications
satellite soared into orbit today
and after more than 0V2 hours of
flight a small on-board motor ig
nited to kick the payload toward a
path where it would hang over
one area of the globe at all times.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration reported the
motor fired as planned, 5 hours and
33 minutes after the satellite blast
ed off from Cape Canaveral atop
a Delta rocket.
The motor fired when Svncom
reached an altitude of 22,548 miles.
Purpose of the firing was to arrest
the 147-pound payload near that
altitude. Otherwise, it would have
continued in an elliptical path
ranging from 140 to 22,548 miles
—the course on which it was pro
pelled by the Delta rocket.
Living Costs Show a
Rise in Month of June
WASHINGTON OP — Living
costs in June rose four-tenths of
one per cent to a record high,
the Labor Department reported to
day.
The rise was the highest for a
single month since September of
last year when an increase of six
tenths of one per cent was record
ed.
The June index at 106.6 compared
to the 100 base for 1957-59, and
was 1.2 per cent above last year.
The figures mean it cost $10.66
to buy in June the same living
cost items which could be bought
for $10 in the 1957-59 period.
Arnold Chase, Asst. Commis
sioner for prices and living con
ditions in the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, said the June increase
was due primarily to higher prices
for food, housing and medical care.
23 Racial Demonstrators
Arrested In Seattle
SEATTLE (if> — Twenty-three
young white and Negro demon
strators picketing a civil rights
hearing were arrested Thursday |
night.
The City Council, which was
considering appointments to a Hu
man Rights Commission, ordered
the arrests.
The bi-racial pickets sat or lay
on the floor through most of a week
in support of demands for more
Negroes on the commission.
The demonstrators, the oldest of
whom was 22, were removed from
a foyer outside the City Council
Chamber. Some hung limp in the
arms of arresting officers, others
walked, but not resisting seriously.
Nine of the demonstrators were
booked on charges of loitering, re
sisting arrest and disturbing the
peace. Bail for each was $200.
The younger youngsters, all un
der 16, were turned over to ju
venile authorities and released to
their parents.
The arrests came as the City
Council recommended confirma
tion of Mayor Gordon Clinton’s
nominations for the 12-man com
mission, which is being established
primarily to promote open housing
in the city.
Clinton included two Negroes
among his nominees. The demon
strators contended half the com
mission should be Negro.
JFK Accepts Postmaster
Day's Resignation
WASHINGTON W — President
Kennedy accepted today the resig
nation of Postmaster J. Edward
Day and told him he “brought to
the position a high degree of man
agement skill and dedication to
the public interest.”
Day submitted his resignation
July 19 and becomes effective
Aug. 9.
Kennedy wrote Day that he ac
cepted his resignation “with deep
regret.”
Kennedy also told Day he ap
preciated “the sacrifice that you
made when you agreed, in January
1961. to serve as Postmaster Gen
eral.”
Day left a S60,000-a-year position
as a West Coast insurance execu
tive to join Kennedy’s cabinet.
There are rumors that Day’s
successor might be former Demo
cratic Sen. Benjamin A. Smith oi
Massachusetts.
Day, 49, will become a partnei
in charge of the Washington lav
office of the Chicago firm of Sid
ley, Austin, Burgess and Smith.
Railroad Head
Doesn't Favor
Kennedy's Plan
WASHINGTON M — Roy E.
Davidson, head of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, told the
Senate Commerce Committee today
that President Kennedy’s plan to
settle the railroad dispute is wholly
unacceptable.
He said he has no doubt he would
be kicked out of his job as Grand
Chief Engineer if he went along
with the plan to turn the issues
over to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for judgment for the
next two years.
Davidson led off for the Brother
hoods in presenting their first re
action to Congress on the Presi
dent’s proposal.
He told a reporter he is certain
each of the other four unions of
on-train workers involved in the
dispute oppose the plan for deal
ing with proposals by the carriers
to put in new manpower-cutting
work rules.
With the threat of a nationwide
strike postponed for 30 days, ICC
chairman Lawrence Wallrath went
before the House Commerce Com
mittee and said: “Although we do
not seek delegation of the task, we
are prepared to accept the re
sponsibility.”
President Kennedy proposed
Monday Congress pass legislation
to avert a strike by turning the
work rules dispute over to the ICC
for two years.
Railroad unions are critical of
the Kennedy formula but man
agement has endorsed it although
suggesting some revisions.
Married Couple Start On
Flight Over the Pole From
Anchorage to Norway
ANCHORAGE — Einar S.
Pederson, Norwegian - born navi
gator for Scandinavian Airlines
System, and his Swedish wife In
grid were due to leave here today
in a single-engine plane on the
first leg of a long-planned polar
flight to Norway.
The Pedersons originally were
scheduled to leave International
Airport here at 11 a.m., but were
delayed because of bad weather
in northern Alaska.
The Pedersons said they still ex
pected to take off from here for
a jump at least as far as Fair
banks, where additional weather
data might be obtained before be
ginning the 30 - hour flight over
the North Pole.
The trip of 3.000 nautical miles
will take the husband and wife
team over Point Barrow, Arlis II
ice island, north Greenland, and
Bodo, Norway.
They expect to reach Nord,
Greenland, in 20 hours—with the
last 10-hour leg of the trip to
Bodo.
The couple hopes to be the first
to make a summer landing at the
Longyercity airstrip on King’s Bay
where 800 gallons of fuel has been
stored for the Pederson's return
trip to Alaska.
Pederson will handle navigat
ing and photographic work on the
flight. His wife will pilot the
plane.
Although she hopes to become
the first woman to pilot a small
i plane over the pole, the couple
• says there is no “stunt” atmos
E phere connected with the trip.
r The Weather: Decreasing cloudi
er ness today, variable cloudiness to
- night. Lowest temp, expected to
* night 45, the high tomorrow 50-55.