64th Year No. 96
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1963
Per Copy 15C
Rusk Testifies
For Test Treaty
WASHINGTON (*> — Secretary I
of State Dean Rusk said today the
United States will maintain “very i
large nuclear superiority” over
Soviet Russia if the Senate rati
fies the limited nuclear test ban
treaty.
Rusk told senators that Russia,
like other nuclear powers, has
looked “into the pit of the infer
no,” and has a common interest
with the United States and Great
Britain in putting “at least a little
lid” on the arms race, and taking
a small step toward avoiding “a
nuclear war.”
But, Rusk assured members of
the Senate Foreign Relations,
Armed Services and Joint Atomic
Energy Committees the treaty
banning tests in the atmosphere,
under water and outer space is
not based on trust of Russia.”
He said that facilities for re
sumption of atmospheric testing
will be kept in a constant “state
of readiness” in event the Soviets
violate the agreement.
When the hearing was recessed
for luncheon, several senators
commended Rusk on his state
ment. Sen. Richard Russell, D-Ga.,
said he particularly liked its tone.
Republican leader Everett M.
Dirksen called it “an excellent
statement.”
Dirksen later told a reporter
that Rusk had satisfied him on
the point on whether East Ger
many would develop any ad
vanced status by virtue of sign
ing the treaty.
But Dirksen said he wants to
hear military leaders, among
others, before making up his mind
whether to support ratification of
the treaty.”
Rusk said: “The United States
and the Soviet Union already have
enough nuclear power to inflict
enormous destruction on each
other. Still, the search for bigger,
more destructive weapons goes on.
“Yet greater armament has not
demonstrably brought greater se
curity. The treaty, if observed,
should slow this spiral, without
damage to our relative strength.”
Treasury Secretary
Dillon Recommends
$11 Billion Tax Cut
WASHINGTON UP — Secretary
of the Treasury Douglas Dillon
put before the House Ways and
Means Committee today a proposal
for an $11 billion tax cut in two
steps beginning Jan. 1.
Individual tax rates would
range from 14 per cent on the
first $500 of income to a 70 per
cent top. The present range is 20
on the first $2,000 to a top of 91.
Corporate income taxes would
be reduced from the present 52
per cent to 48 per cent.
Dillon's proposals were present
ed at a closed meeting of the com
mittee. Dillon declined to tell
newsmen about them, but other
sources filed in some details.
Since tax revisions already ap
proved by the committee and ex
pected to be approved would re
sult in an increase of something
over $1 billion a year in revenue,
the net effect if the Treasury
prepared rate schedules were ac
cepted would be a reduction of
something between $9 billion and
$10 billion when the new provi
sions are fully effective.
The committee is nearing the
end of its work on a tax bill that
is expected to go to the House
for consideration early in Septem
ber.
Alaska Will Enforce Own \\
Laws Keeping Foreign
Fishing Boats at Distance
JUNEAU (/PI — Gov. William A.
Egan said today that an emergency
regulation issued Saturday by the '
State Fish and Game Department
came as a result of acknowledge
ment by the State Department that
Alaska is empowered to enforce
her own laws when violated by
foreign fishermen.
Egan said that in answer to two
“strong" telegrams he had sent to
federal officials after reported in
cursions by Japanese and Russian
ships into Alaska territorial wat
ers, the State Department admit
ted there is only limited equip
ment for patrolling a large area,
but reminded the states that it has
authority to prosecute violations of
Alaska regulations.
The governor said that it had
been ruled earlier that foreign na
tionals could not be denied fish
ing licenses because of their na
tionality, but the new regulations
prohibit aliens “not lawfully ad
mitted to the United States from
engaging in fishing or whaling
activities.”
Egan described the order as a
“necessary legal pre-requisite to
direct action by the state to pre
serve its sovereignty."
Violation of the new emergency
regulations would carry with it a
penalty of a fine up to $5,000,
and/or six months imprisonment
as well as seizure of gear and ves
sel.
190 Seafood Plants
Operating In Alaska
JUNEAU — The State De
partment of Health and Welfare
has reported that 190 seafood
plants are operating throughout
Alaska this summer. They include
floating and stationary canneries,
freezer ships and cold storage
plants which handle, salmon, hali
but, crabs, shrimp, razor clams
and other delicacies.
Health Division Director Dr. Ed
win Wicks said that since his
agency is charged with the res
ponsibility of maintaining health
standards, the premises, product,
and personnel are all inspected
regularly. But Dr. Wicks added
that the industry polices itself thru
the standards set up by the Na
tional Canners Association, and
the Division of Public Health
works with the industry group and
the Federal Food and Drug Ad
ministration.
Bishop Gordon Flies
Own Plane 3,300 Miles
To Attend Meeting
TORONTO (#> — Rt. Rev. W. J.
Gordon, Episcopalian Bishop of
Alaska, taxied into Toronto Inter
national Airport Sunday after fly
ing his own plane 3.300 miles from
Fairbanks to attend the Anglican
World Congress here.
He left with his wife and two
delegates Friday morning and
stopped over in Edmonton and
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Total flying time in the four
seat, single - engine plane was 21
hours and 40 minutes.
Bishop Gordon said he first
went to Alaska from North Caro
lina 15 years ago. At that time, he
traveled by dog sled in much of
his diocesan work.
Now, he says, he travels about
50,000 miles a year to cover his
diocese. There are 46 missions and
only 11 of them are near a high
way or a railroad, he said.
“Everyone flies out there. We’re
used to it.”
Stale Employes May
Elold Non-Partisan
Political Jobs
JUNEAU LF — Personnel direc
,or John S. Beard assured state
employees today that they are not
jarred by law from participating
n non-partisan political activity.
Replying to several inquiries,
Beard said state law does not pre
dude employees from serving on
aorough assemblies, city councils,
school boards, planning and zon
ing commissions and other local
offices. But he explained that they
would be expected to disqualify
themselves on issues where there
is a conflict of interest.
The personnel director said the
same ruling would apply to state
employees working on federal
matching programs who are sub
ject to the Hatch Act.
Aerial Pickup at Ice Island
Held Up By Heavy Fog
FAIRBANKS t/P — An aerial
recovery plane flew to the North
Pole today but a fog over a float
ing ice island postponed attempts
to pick up the body of a scientist.
The plane, a B17, was return
ing to Barrow where it is sched
uled to make a second try Tues
day. The flight out and back is
over 2,000 miles.
The scientist, Jerome Hirsch
mann, 39, of the University of
Wisconsin, died last month on Ar
lis II, a U. S. research station.
Eight men are still on the island.
The recovery must be made
from the air because the runway
there is slushy and planes cannot
land. Supplies are dropped by
parachute.
Senate Adjourns Today
In Respect For Late
Sen. Estes Kefauver
WASHINGTON W — The Sen
ate formally expressed its “pro
found sorrow and deep regret” to
day over the death Saturday of
Sen. Estes Kefauver and quickly
adjourned as a mark of respect to
his memory.
Sen. Albert Gore, Tennessee's
junior Democratic senator, in a
brief and solemn speech, perform
ed the traditional rite of formal
announcement of the death at this
first session of the chamber since
Kefauver died unexpectedly of a
heart attack.
“It is my sad duty,” Gore said,
“a duty which I perform with a
heavy heart, a sense of personal
loss, and a sense of great loss to
my country,” to announce that
“my colleague, my personal friend.
Sen. Estes Kefauver has passed
from this life.”
As a mark of respect to Ke
fauver, the Senate adjourned only
eight minutes after it had con
vened, setting aside until tomor
row the scheduled start of the de
bate on pending legislation to
create a National Service Corps,
popularly termed a “domestic
peace corps.”
50 NATIONS NOW HAVE
SIGNED TEST BAN TREATY
WASHINGTON (/P> — The num
ber of nations signing the limited
test ban treaty passed the 50 mark
today as eight more envoys queued
up for signing ceremonies at the
State Department.
Jordan, Uruguay, Iceland, Trini
dad-Tobago, Sweden, Laos, Leba
non and Nicaragua were on the
signing list.
Official U.S. sources urged the
joining countries to sign at all
three capitals of the original at
omic signatories.
Rep. Charles Ilalteck.
House Minority Leader
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Racked as Standard Bearer
WASHINGTON Wi — Colleagues
of Rep. Charles A. Halleek of In
diana have quietly and informally
launched an effort to win the 19(54
Republican presidential nomina
tion for the House Minority Lead
er.
They sounded out some top Re
publican leaders and report a fa
vorable reaction.
Halleek himself would not com
ment, but persons close to him
said he is doing nothing to nip
the move. They represent him as
being “available” for the nomina
tion and ready to make a fight for
it if victory should appear within
reach.
The Halleek backers claim that
of all the Republicans who have
been mentioned as presidential
possibilities, the tough - talking,
hard-hitting 63-year-old Hoosier
is among the most widely known
nationally. His position as House
GOP leader and as one of the stars
of the weekly “Ev and Charlie
Show” sponsored for broadcast by
congressional Republicans have
kept him in the public eye.
15-Year-Old Youth Dies
After Being Shot While
Attempting to Flee Police
EVERETT, Wash. UP — Fifteen
year-old Fred Fowler died in a
hospital Sunday after he was shot
by a police officer during a chase
Saturday.
Police quoted the officer, Henry
Collins, as saying he chased Fow
ler and another boy after he spot
ted them driving a car that had
been reported stolen.
Collins said the car swerved into
an empty lot and the two boys
jumped out and ran while it was
still rolling.
He ordered them to stop and
when they didn’t he fired two
warning shots into the air. He
fired at the legs of one as they
kept running.
A bullet hit young Fowler in
the small of the back and he fell
to the ground. His companion,
who stopped when Fowler fell,
was turned over to juvenile au
thorities.
11 SOLDIERS KILLED IN
EXERCISE SWIFT STRIKE III
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (T> —Five
soldiers participating in S wift
Strike III, the nation’s biggest
peacetime military maneuvers,
were killed over the weekend.
At least 11 servicemen have
died violently^ during the w a r
games. Five were killed in air
craft crashes, four died in traffic
accidents, and two drowned.
A single engine L18 plane crash
ed Sunday, killing both occupants.
Two soldier fell from the back of
a moving truck and were run
over by another truck. The fifth
soldier was killed when he wras
struck by a vehicle.
WILL STAN MUSIAL
QUIT AFTER THIS YEAR?
MILWAUKEE i.-P — The now
nearly annual report that Stan
Musial, the great hitting star of
the St. Louis Cardinals, will quit
at the end of this season has
popped up again.
Milwaukee Sentinel baseball
writer Lou Chapman said Sunday
a close friend of the 42-year-old
Musial quoted him as saying. 'Til
be in the front office next year.”
Musial, wrho has more than 3.600
hits—a record unequaled in the
major leagues — w’as asked aboul
the report and said: ‘‘It’s too early
to talk about next year.”
President and Children
Visit Mrs. Kennedy
In Air Force Hospital
OTIS AIR FORCE BASE, Mass.
— President Kennedy today
brought his two children to the
hospital again, along with the fam
ily dog, Charley, to see Mrs. John
F. Kennedy.
Caroline and little John Jr.
were carrying chewing gum in
their hands as they went inside
for another cheer - up visit with
their mother.
Mrs. Kennedy is recovering after
the birth of a third child who
lived less than two days.
The President brought them by
helicopter.
John Jr., striding manfully,
looked around with some wonder
ment at the reporters and camera
men, and the airmen clustered at
attention.
Sunday, the President brought
them on separate visits, the first
they had made to their mother
since she was rushed to the hos
pital last Wednesday.
Mrs. Kennedy continues to be
making an excellent recovery
from the Caesarean birth.
Sunday night, John Jr. watched
photographers’ flashlights as he
visited his mother’s hospital suite.
Looking out of their car with an
air of one who had made a great
discovery, the 2V£-year-old young
ster declared: “I betcha they’re
taking our picture.”
President Kennedy, like every
one else who heard it, burst into
laughter.
British Police Seek Five
Criminals In Connection
With Big Train Robbery
LONDON iJPl — An informer’s
tip sent detectives combing Lon
don’s sleazy east end today for five
criminals reported missing from
their homes since history’s great
est train robbery.
No arrests were made, but Scot
land Yard posted a watch at each
of the five addresses.
About 15 masked men halted
the Glasgow - London mail train
Thursday and made off with bags
of registered mail worth more than
$7 million.
Police were convinced that most
of the gang must still be in Brit
ain. The precision with which the
gang worked aroused speculation
that the master mind was a former
military man.
Spurred by reward offers to
taling 260,000 pounds <$720,000),
hundreds of Britons called police
stations, claiming to have infor
mation that might help the police.
Crop Dusting Insecticide
Mishap Sends 38
Persons to Hospital
TOPPENISH, Wash. — A
crop dusting mishap killed two
cows and sent 38 persons to the
hospital Saturday night.
Two planes were spraying a
field of hops in the lower Yakima
Valley about seven miles west of
here with an insecticide that con
tained Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate,
known as Tepp, a poison that af
fects the nervous and respiratory
systems.
Ordinarily, the spray settles to
the ground, but a weather condi
tion known as a thermal inver
sion held it in the air, where it
hovered in a white cloud.
Rancher Ray Cerna said he saw
the cloud, hanging near the
ground, and went to a shed where
he found two dead heifers.
Authorities evacuated 38 men,
women and children in the area to
a hospital.