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Kntered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post of£ice at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
FITTING!
M. J. Walsh, An Outstanding Alaskan
A LASKA HAS LOST ANOTHER prominent early pioneer with
** the death of M. J. Walsh, who has been a Nome resident
since 1906. Mr. Walsh has been an outstanding leader of the
community and the State and it is his type of pioneering which
has built Alaska.
Warm hearted and quick witted, he was equally at home
with leaders of our nation who visited here, or w'ith the down
and out old sourdough for whom he always had a word of cheer
or a helping hand.. His was a life well spent in promoting the
land of his adoption and being a friend to man.
His passing leaves a real vacancy in the ranks of the fast
disappearing pioneers of Alaska, and no one who knew him
will ever forget him or his many deeds of kindness.
He leaves nine children to carry on the tradition of one of
Alaska’s first families, four sons and five daughters all of whom
are here to pay tribute today and help keep alive the memory
of their beloved father.
"If one listens you can almost hear,
Those old pioneers traveling along,
On the Heavenly pathway bright and clear—
The Last Trail to the Land of Beyond
Senate Votes to Make
Sir Winston Churchill
An Honorary Citizen
WASHINGTON UB — The Sen
ate passed by voice vote Tuesday
and sent to President Kennedy a
bill to make Sir Winston Churchill,
World War II Prime Minister of
Great Britain, an honorary citizen
of the United States.
Senate Republican leader Ever
ett Dirksen called up the measure
less than an hour after the Senate
Judiciary Committee had approved
it unanimously.
There was no discussion as the
Senate moved to give Churchill
an unprecedented honor.
The Judiciary Committee said
citizenship should be conferred
4‘in recognition of one of America’s
greatest friends and the many
contributions made by Sir Win
ston Churchill to the free world.”
The bill directs the President
to issue a proclamation declaring
Churchill an honorary citizen.
Cuba Expresses Regrets;
It Was a Mistaken Attack
WASHINGTON W — Cuba ex
pressed regrets Tuesday for what
it said was a mistaken attack on
a U.S. freighter last Thursday. It
promised to try to prevent such
incidents in the future.
At the same time Cuba asked
the United States to consider the
“seriousness of the situation” in
the Caribbean and to stop hit-and
run raids on Cuba.
This was reported by Czech
Ambassador Miloslav Ruzek, who
handed the State Department the
Castro regime’s reply to the US.
demand for a “full explanation”
of the March 28 incident.
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Gen. Mundy Says
Reports of Russian
Flights ‘Incorrect’
ANCHORAGE W — Alaska’s
military defenses were praised yes
terday by Lt. Gen. George Mundy,
who said two Russian planes
came within about two seconds of
being shot down March 14.
Mundy said in an interview
there had been “a lot of misin
formation and emotionalism”
about the flight of two Soviet
reconnaissance planes over South
west Alaska last month.
Mundy, Commander-in-Chief of
the Joint Air Force-Army-Navy
Alaskan Command, said super
sonic, Delta-winged F-102 jet in
terceptors were within 15 miles
of the Russian planes whey they
veered away from Alaska.
“Had the Russians not turned,”
he said, “they would have been
intercepted shortly and destroyed.”
Mundy, who also commands the
Alaska section of the North Amer
ican Air Defense Command
(NORAD), gave this reply to
charges Alaska defenses are in
adequate, the Soviet intrusion was
deep and the military network may
have been caught napping.
“None of these things is true.
It was an outstanding performance
by our entire air defense system.
Relatively, Alaska is better de
fended today than any other part
of the United States.”
Criticism of the Defense De
partment has been simmering in
Alaska since the incident. Gov.
Wm. Egan said the state has been
“screaming” for better protection
along its west coast.
The Anchorage Daily Times
called Alaska’s defense system in
adequate and described the over
flight as a “happy junket of Rus
sians” which brought “feeble re
sponse” from the United States.
Mundy said the Soviet planes
were quickly detected by an Air
Force radar station in the Kus
kokwim Bay area as they neared
the Pribilof Islands.
The warning was flashed and
I an undisclosed number of F-102
Dagger jet interceptors took off
under perilous weather conditions
from King Salmon, at the base of
the Alaska Peninsula.
“The field was actually closed
by the weather,” Mundy said. “The
runway was a solid sheet of ice.
There was a 30-knot crosswind,
darkness and a low ceiling.”
The Russian planes had reach
ed the Kuskokwim area as the
F-102s closed in. One turned 90
degrees northwest and headed
back toward Siberia. The other
flew about 30 miles over unin
habited coastline and they turned
sharply away from Alaska.
Other F-102s from Galena were
approaching the Russians from an
other direction. Alaska has 40
of the speedy interceptors, sta
tioned at Galena, King Salmon and
Eielson Air Force Base.
Mundy also said that to his
knowledge there had been no pre
vious overflights of Alaska by
Russian planes and reports of other
such incidents were “absolutely
incorrect.”
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JUNEAU (jP — A bill dealing
with the operation of the legis
lature, CSHB12, was passed by the
Senate on a 15-0 vote yesterday
and sent back to the House for
action on Senate amendments.
The bill sets per diem for all
members of the legislature at $35,
including those from the Juneau
district, who have been receiving
$25. The per diem is applicable
to time spent in necessary travel
to and from legislative sessions.
The Senate, in two major
changes, eliminated a provision for
an advance meeting of the Joint
Finance Committee before the
second regular session of each leg
islature, and raised the maximum
on excess baggage allowed for
each legislator from 50 to 100
pounds.
Defendants Would Not Be
Assessed Costs in Criminal Action
JUNEAU W — Defendants in a
criminal action could not be as
sessed costs, unless otherwise
directed by the State Supreme
Court, under the provisions of a
bill approved by the Senate yes
terday.
The measure goes back to the
House for concurrence in a Senate
amendment which inserted the
reference to the State Supreme
Court.
COMIN' and GOIN'
From Fairbanks: Ken Cohen, W.
Olanna, Joann Billman, Peter Ol
steins, Mrs. Mclver, Bill Major, V.
Hoy, E. Brown, L. Strance, M.
Howard, Wm. McGahan.
From Kotzebue: Jim Daulph, S.
Rotman, Sally Galahom.
To Kotzebue: Arthur Nagozruk,
Stan Sobocienski, Sally Gallahorn,
Seymour Rotman, Myra McDonald,
Lillian Olanna, Lorena and Sheryl
Boehler, Alice Daniels, Rachel
Dimmick, Levi Mills Jr.
To Fairbanks: Harold and Mary
Pilcher.
Nenana Ice Classic
Will Close Ticket Sales
Saturday at Midnight
Ticket sales for the 1963 Nenana
Ice Classic will close Saturday at
the stroke of 12 midnight and ice
is 50 inches thick.
That’s the latest report from Don
Clark, manager of the guessing
game that challenges thousands pf
Alaskans each year.
The ice thickness was consider
ably more than expected, accord
ing to Clark. Measurements were
taken in three places and found
to be 50 inches at the break-up
tripod. Last year it was 46 inches
there.
Near the village dock and in
the main channel of the Tanana
River, the ice is 33 inches through.
But cold weather was still keep
ing the ice firmly locked in po
sition.
Clark says that March rains and
snows contributed to the extra
density of the ice layer. Earlier it
had been felt there was only about
36 inches of ice at the tripod, less
than in previous years.
Ticket sales are progressing
“about normal,” according to deal
ers. The big rush is expected to
come on Friday and Saturday, the
final two days of the 1963 sales.
More than a million dollars in
prize money was meted out in
the past ten years. Last year’s
winners took home $84,000 for cor
rectly guessing the break-up time.
Ketchikan Woman Will Represent
Alaska In Mrs. America Contest
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. UD — Mrs.
Jan Ross, 32, Ketchikan, was
named Monday to represent Alas
ka in the Mrs. America contest.
The choice was made by the
Mrs. America Homemaking Coun
cil. The national contest will be
held here April 22-29.
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