“FARTHEST WEST NEWSPAPER IN THE 50 STATES”
6‘ith Year No. 95
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1965
Per Copy 15<?
Gang Robs British
Mail Train of
Nearly $7,000,000
LONDON (iP — Known losses in
history’s greatest train robbery ap
proached the $7 million mark to
day. Scotland Yard and police of
14 counties hunted the gang that
ambushed the Glasgow - London
mail train.
As bank after bank reported on
the cash shipments seized by ban
dits at a rural junction Thursday,
the total climbed to 2,472,000
pounds ($6,921,000).
Unofficial estimates placed the
loot at a staggering 3 million
pounds ($8,400,000).
Most of the loot in the holdup,
40 miles northwest of London,
comprised used banknotes, British
paper currency. The currency, still
negotiable, was being shipped by
banks to London to be destroyed.
Rewards offered by the post
office, insurance companies and
banks for apprehension of the rob
ber’s climbed to a total of 60,000
pounds ($168,000).
A gang of about 15 masked
bandits halted the 10-coach “tra
veling post office” before dawn on
a lonely stretch of country-side 40
miles northwest of London. The
bandits overpowered the two train
crewmen in the locomotive, held
postal sorters in the first two
coaches at bay, and escaped with
120 bags of registered mail, in
cluding gems and quantities of ne
gotiable banknotes.
It was the first successful rob
bery- of a mail train in the 125
years the traveling post offices
have been in operation.
Police were convinced that the
gang had been told when and
where to strike by an employe of
either the post office or the gov
ernment-operated railroads.
The coup was carried out in 15
minutes with split-second timing
probably based on months of plan
ning and spying on the line. Only
afterwards did people living in
the nearby village of Cheddington
remember men who came to take
movies of the trains rattling by.
Catholic Priest Found
Stabbed To Death
NEW YORK UD — The body of
a Roman Catholic priest, stabbed
twice in the chest, was found in
a bedroom closet of his sister’s
apartment, the victim of an ap
parent homicide, police said today.
A blood-stained steak knife was
found near the kitchen of the Man
hattan apartment where the body
of the Rev. Frances J. McShane,
42, was found Thursday night by
his brother, also a priest.
The knife matched a set found
in a station wagon parked nearby
which had been stolen last Tues
day from Yonkers, police said.
The dead priest’s brother, the '
Rev. Vincent McShane of Larch
mont, N.Y., had gone in search of
his brother after being told that
he had not appeared at his parish ,
in the Westchester County com- j
munity of Elmsford.
Police said there had been no
signs of a struggle in the apart- ^
ment of Miss Margaret McShane,
the sister, who was reported on a
cruise.
Police also issued a radio alarm
for a 1960 sedan and indicated
that the priest's clerical street
clothes had been stolen and might
be worn by the driver of the car. i
Police investigated the station i
wagon, in which the packet of <
knives was found, after a woman
neighbor reported that she saw the 1
priest and another man leave the 1
car about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. j
BIA Will Spend $400,000
In Street Improvements
At Village of Barrow
JUNEAU oft — The Bureau of
Indian Affairs has advised Sen. E.
L. Bartlett that it plans to spend
an estimated $400,000 on street
improvements at Barrow includ
ing $80,000 for moving approxi
mately 80 houses on to lots next
summer.
The street work will also be
performed in the summer of 1984
following completion by the Bu
reau of Land Management of the
townsite survey now underway.
The survey plans include 60-foot
rights of way to permit drainage.
Sen. Bartlett said, “I am grati
fied that work is proceeding so
well. The need for action at Bar
row was underscored by the pas
sage last year of my bill permit
ting the drilling of an additional
well to bring natural gas to Bar
row residents, and Rep. Ralph
Rivers’ bill signed into law which
made possible the Barrow town
site survey.”
Letter to the Editor
Aug. 7, 1963
Mayor Don Hoover and State
Senator Pearse Walsh left Wash
ington this afternoon after having
been in the nation’s capital for
several days seeking a desired ac
celerated public works allocation
for the proposed Nome water and
sewer system.
As you know, the chief diffi
culty in gaining approval has been
for a basic reason that we all ex
perience from time to time in our
individual capacities — lack of
money. The program for the en
tire nation has been a rather mod
est one. and applications already
received are for far, far more
than the amount of money avail
able. Indeed, the agency has of late
been operating under ceiling lim
itation of around $300,000 for any
given project. This serves as a
barrier to Nome, which requires
around $750,000 in federal funds.
As this is written, it must be
admitted that the prospects are
not good.
Yet a final adverse determina
tion has not been made.
Whatever the final decision is, I
want the people of Nome to know
that Senator Walsh and Mayor
Hoover served them well while
here. They saw every official who
should have been seen. They were
constantly busy. Every argument
that could be used, they used.
If the project has to be post
aoned because the grant would be 1
too big for APW’s treasury in its
aresent condition, I can assert
aositively out of personal knowl
edge that the decision will be
nade on the federal level most
“eluctantly, and this would largely \
ae the case because of the spendid ,
mpression made by Mayor Hoo
/er and Senator Walsh. .
If, on the other hand, the light ,
hould turn green instead of red. ]
)r to use another metaphor, if the ]
vater valve should be turned on
nstead of left off, then it will be (
argely because Nome sent two (
ine men down to Washington and (
hey were successful beyond wild
>st expectations. j
With best wish, I am
Sincerely yours,
Bob Bartlett 1
WEATHER OUTLOOK ]
Mostly clear this afternoon and ;
)artly cloudy tonight. Light rain "
s forecast for tomorrow with little
hange in temperature. <
In the last 24 hours: High of 48,
ow of 37. Max. wind 14 mph from 1
he SE. Sunrise at 3:34 a.m., sun
et 8:41 p.m.
Kennedy Baby,
Born Yesterday,
Died This Morning
BOSTON Ut) — The new son of
President and Mrs. Kennedy died
early today while top medical men
battled the lung disease that sti
fled his heart.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died
at 4:04 a.m. and press secretary
Pierre Salinger told newsmen of
the baby’s death in a hastily
called news conferenc at the Bos
ton Children’s Medical Center at
4:26 a.m.
The President flew out of Bos
ton a few hours later to carry the
tragic news to his wife, recuper
ating from the Caesarian delivery
Wednesday at Otis Air Force Base
on Cape Cod.
At Otis, Salinger attributed
death to Hyaline Membrane Dis
ease, a membrane formation in the
lungs and an ailment dreaded in
premature babies.
Private funeral services will be
held Saturday at a time and place
to be announced, Salinger said.
There were strong indications
that Richard Cardinal Cushing,
Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Boston and a close friend of the
Kennedy family, would celebrate
the funeral mass.
The President was only a few
steps away from the big breathing
apparatus that held his son when
doctors told him the breathing dif
ficulties had overstrained the
child’s tiny heart.
Reportedly, the news of her
baby’s death was kept from Mrs.
Kennedy until the President could
reach her in a special wing of the
Otis hospital.
Only Thursday afternoon, doc
tors placed the child in the hyper
baric chamber, a submarine - like
device 31 feet long and 8 feet in
diameter to aid his lungs to
breathe. The apparatus is the only
one of its kind in existence.
The President and his wife lost
a child in 1956 when Mrs. Ken
nedy suffered an internal hemor
rhage. Mrs. Kennedy also suffered
a miscarriage in 1953.
U.S. Jeep and Helicopter
Accidentally Kill Two
Vietnamese Children
DON TIN, South Viet Nam GW—
a U.S. jeep convoying U.S. Am
bassador Frederick E. Bolting on
an official inspection tour ran over
and killed a 3-year-old boy here
rhursday
At almost the same moment, a j
J.S. Army helicopter accidentally (
ired a burst of machine gun bul- j
ets into the village killing a 6
,ear-old boy and wounding five ]
ither persons including the child’s
nother.
The ambassador was heading for ^
i nearby strategic hamlet which j
vas being renamed “Nolting” in
iis honor. Three helicopters were <
iis security escort.
A spokesman said the crew chief
>n one of them tangled the cord
>f his microphone around the ma- (
:hine gun trigger and set it off. ,
rarihesi . . . Soonest (
SEATTLE GW — Anchorage, the ;
earn that came the farthest, went
lome to soonest from the sectional <
3ony League tournament. The Al- :
iska team lost to Northwest 8-6 .
rhursday night.
International downed Southeast,
5-5, in a winners’ bracket game.
Northwest will meet Southeast
Friday and the winner will meet
international Saturday for the
:hampionship.
Woman Dies After
Being Lost For Five
Days In Texas Desert
PECOS, Tex. Iff) — Mrs. Vera
Greer, 67, who was rescued by an
Air Force helicopter Thursday
after spending five days in a
sweltering and lonely stretch of
far west Texas, died today.
Parched by her ordeal, Mrs.
Greer regained consciousness only
for brief periods and was not co
herent, attendants at the Pecos
hospital said.
She was found in a rattlesnake
ridden area of dense salt cedar
growth with her German shepherd
dog, which presumably saved, her
from snakebite in 10 miles of wan
dering.
Mrs. Greer and a daughter, Mrs.
R.C. Brumley, started to go fish
ing Sunday. A flat tire on their
car forced a roadside halt.
While Mrs. Brumley was chang
ing the tire, her mother and the
dog strayed away. Mrs. Brumley
searched through the night and
then appealed for help.
Rusk anti Mr. K
Meet For Shirt
Sleeve Conference
By GEORGE SYVERTSEN
Associated Press Staff Writer
GAGRA. U.S.S.R U?> — U.S. Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk and So
viet Premier Khrushchev sat
down today for a shirt-sleeve con
ference on cold war issues at the
premier’s luxurious estate over
looking the Black Sea
Rusk arrived in Gagra Thurs
day. After a night at a govern
ment guest house he drove in an
open convertible to the estate.
Khrushchev and h i s family
awaited the American cabinet
member in the estate’s recreation
building. The premier walked
down the steps of the building
with two of his small grandsons,
Vanya and Nikita, flanking him.
The premier introduced the boys
to the secretary and warmly greet
ed members of Rusk’s party. They
included Assistant Secretary of
State Richard Davis, U.S. ambas
sador Foy D. Kohler, Llewellyn
Thompson, former ambassador to
Moscow and now Rusk’s top ad
viser on Soviet affairs, and their
,vives.
Khrushchev good naturedly
ined up with his guests on the
steps for a dozen Russian and Am
>rican photographers.
Khrushchev and Rusk were ex
pected to talk for about two or
hree hours and then retire to the
llassed in veranda of the main
louse for lunch.
It was assumed Rusk and the
premier again would range over
najor East-West issues, including
he future of divided Berlin and
Khrushchev’s proposals for an
Cast-West nonaggression pact and
Rationing of observers on both
ides of the iron curtain to guard
igainst surprise attack.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The
Chamber of Commerce claimed to
iay Nevada has lost the distinc
ion of being the nation's smallest
capital city—a title it held for 99
■ears.
The chamber said, on the basis
)f population estimates, that Car
;on City has passed Juneau,
Maska, and Pierre, S.D.
Carson City has an estimated
[0,500 residents, the chamber said,
;o 10,250 for Pierre and Juneau’s
1,500.
The official 1960 populations of
the three were Carson City 5,162,
Pierre 10,088 and Juneau 6,797. I
It’s Yes or ]\o
Next Week on
Water and Sewage
o
Mayor Don Hoover and Senator
Pearse Walsh, special delegation
to Washington, D.C., on Nome’s
water and sewage application to
the Accelerated Public Works
Administration, returned home
after a busy session in the na
tion's capital.
Mr. Walsh stated that “when we
arrived in Washington we were
one of 10,000 applications and
when we left we were one of 25
applications for special study on
the desk of William Batt of APW.
Today our congressional delega
tion will meet with APW ofticials
and next week there will be a
policy meeting of the various de
partments involved in the APW
spending at which time we will
know with a definite yes or no to
our application.”
Mayor Don Hoover stated, “Sen.
Bob Bartlett and his staff were
most helpful throughout our stay
and opened all doors and arranged
for us to see the people important
to our project.”
Sen. Ernest Gruening and Rep.
Ralph Rivers were also helpful.
The meetings arranged included
those with Mr. Miller of the Com
munity Facilities Administration;
' Mrs. Pat Galey, Area Redevelop
ment Agency; Dr. Hober, head
of the APW Administration Dept,
of the APW funds and Public
Health officials and many others
too many to mention who were
interested in our plea and need.
Mr. Walsh stated that the bro
chure by the Chamber of Com
merce in appealing and present
ing the need of Nome received
high praise from many sources
and was considered among the
best presentations on file.
Japanese Say Bartlett s
Seizure Legislation
Is Unfriendly Sentiment
TOKYO \JP! — Japanese fishery
agency officials said Thursday
proposed U.S. legislation for per
mitting U. S. seizure of Russian
and Japanese fishing boats in Al
askan territorial waters will “not
directly affect” Japan’s fishing
operations.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett, who intro
duced the legislation, Tuesday told
the Senate that vessels of both na
tions were sighted last month
ivithin three miles of the Alaskan
mast.
Officials here asserted Japanese
'ishermen never violated Alaskan
territorial seas and well under
stand it is illegal to enter such an
area.
They said they regarded the bill
as just a manifestation of un
riendlv sentiment against Japa
aese fishermen.
The bill would provide a fine
>f up to $10,000 or imprisonment
>f up to one year, or both for any
naster or other person in charge
af a ship seized in territorial
waters, while under the present
aw the Coast Guard can only stop
and board a foreign vessel and or
der it to leave the area.
MRS. TOM MARTON WILL
RETURN HOME SUNDAY
The many friends of Mrs. Tom
Martin will be happy to learn that
she is expected to return on the
Sunday flight of Alaska Airlines
from Anchorage at 8:30 a.m. She
will be accompanied by two
friends, Mrs. Bob Schick and Mrs.
Pete Reader.