McNamara Lashes
Out at Critics
WASHINGTON Lfl — Secretary
of Defense McNamara lashed out
Wednesday at critics, who charged
he acts like a dictator, accusing
one such complainant of backing
“irresponsible” action.
Saying it is his job to make the
tough decisions on defense policy,
McNamara told the Advertising
Council, in a response to criticism
by Rep. Leslie Arends, R-I11-*
“The man who made that attack
is the ranking minority member of
the committee that added $1.1 bil
lion to the defense budget. I don’t
think it is right when we have a
man to support an irresponsible
action in adding over a billion dol
lars to the budget that is not need
ed and then criticize the responsi
ble official who took out the
billion.”
McNamara said it is “true in a
sense” that he has acted as a
dictator.
“The budget submitted by the
Chiefs of Staff and service secre
taries totaled $67 billion,” he said.
“I took $14 billion out of that.”
This comment drew loud ap
plause from the audience of busi
'Plan to Stock Polar Bear
At Mendenhall Glacier
Given the “Deep Six"
JUNEAU UP> — A concurrent re
solution asking that polar bear
cubs be introduced to the Menden
hall Glacier area near Juneau
brought its four authors in for
some ribbing in the Senate yes
terday, before it was given the
deep six.
When the resolution came up for
consideration, Sen. Harold Hansen
offered an amendment which
would have substituted the names
of the four authors for the words
“Polar Bear Cubs” throughout the
resolution.
Senate President Frank Pera
trovich, with a wide smile on his
face, ignored the amendment and
asked for debate on passage.
Sen. Yule Kilcher told the Sen
ate that after ‘‘watching the Ice
Bloc in action, I’m a little leery
of Greeks bearing gifts.”
Sen. W. O. Smith said he felt
that the people of the Juneau area
should be permitted to vote on the
matter.
Hansen said that “not too many
months ago a boy was mauled by
a bear in this same general area
and as a result is now blind.
McNamara continued, “If I don’t
do it who’s going to? I shouldn’t
turn over all the tough problems
to the President. I turn over
enough already.”
In response to a question about
Republican predictions they will
cut the defense budget by $3 bil
lion, McNamara said that since
Republican Arends has joined in
adding $1.1 billion to the budget
“now they’ve got to cut $4 billion.”
McNamara did not expand on
the matter in his appearance be
fore the advertising group.
In a statement as the House
opened debate on a $15.8 billion
military buying bill Tuesday, Ar
ends had accused McNamara of
trying to take over congressional
responsibilities by squelching the
RS70 aircraft program.
NOTICE
Declaration of Candidacy forms
for the City Election may be ob
tained at the City Clerk's Office.
A candidate must be at least 19
years of age, a resident of Alaska
for at least 2 years and of the City
of Nome for at least 1 year next
preceding the date of declaration
—EXCEPT that a candidate for
the Utility Board must have been
a resident of the City of Nome for
at least 2 years and must have at
tained the age of 25 years at the
time of his elecion.
Deadline for filing is 5 o'clock
pan., March 25, 1963. Filing fee
is $10.00.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish: March 13, 15, 18, 20
22, 25, 1963.
I
i minx me resolution is just
about as facetious as the amend
ment I offered.”
Sen. Eben Hopson, who intro
duced the bill along with Demo
cratic Sens. Lester Bronson, Pete
Walsh and Neal Foster, commented
that the four authors felt sincerely
that such a move would be good
from the tourist standpoint.
“There is no place a tourist can
see a live polar bear in Alaska at
the present time,” Hopson said,
“except those who come here to
hunt the animals.”
Foster told the Senate the reso
lution was offered in good faith,
but Sen. John Coghill, a member
of the Senate Finance Committee
said he feared it might open the
door to added state expenses.
“This could be just the start ol
a state zoo, if we pass it.” Coghill
said.
The resolution was eventually
turned down on a voice vote.
Much of the world abroad has
suffered the worst winter storms
in many years. CARE food and
supplies reach many isolated vil
lages, often airlifted by helicopters.
Contributions in any amount can
be applied to CARE emergency
relief programs. Send them to
CARE, Frederick & Nelson, Seat
tle, or local volunteer outlets.
PIONEER CARD PARTIES
Fourth Game Saturday, March 16
8 P.M. at PIONEER IGLOO
5th Game
APRIL 6th
6th Game
APRIL 20th
- AND -
AFTER THE CARD GAMES PLAY
ALASKA’S FAVORITE GAME
PRIZES FOR EACH GAME OF SERIES
AND GRAND PRIZES AT END OF SERIES
$1.25
$1.25
Admission
Sally Walker Will
Represent Nome at
I Festival of Music
ANCHORAGE — Twelve Eski
mo, Aleut and Indian high school
seniors have been selected to come
to Anchorage for the Alaska Festi
val of Music June 12-27, under
terms of a Scars Roebuck Founda
tion grant.
The Sears Foundation grant of
$2,500 will pay transportation
costs of the young people. While
in Anchorage they will be guests
in local homes where high school
seniors of their own age and
similar interests are to be found.
From as far north as Pt. Barrow
and as far south as Ketchikan,
about 2,000 miles, these young
folks will come, representing five
Indian tribes, and the Eskimo and
Aleut peoples, for a schedule of
events ranging from Japanese folk
singing, a summary of Eskimo
music, to the music of Bach and
Beethoven.
Representing tne LsKimos will
be Elizabeth Nashaknik of Pt.
Barrow, Sally Walker of Nome,
Harry Harvey of Noorvik and
Shirley Major of Fairbanks. From
the Chilkat Indians will be Kath
ryn Dennis of Skagway and Sacha
Soboleff of Juneau.
Wes Morrison of the Haida In
dians will come from Ketchikan;
Kenneth Cameron, Tlingits, from
Sitka; Ethel Milne, Tsimpshians,
Metlakatla; and Christine Charley
of Glenallen and Rose Frank,
Copper Valley School, will repre
sent the Athabascan Indians.
Bonnie Anderson, of full Aleut
blood, will come from Kodiak.
To Anchorage for the final VIP
luncheon honoring the 12 visitors
will come Louis Bye, general
manager of the Sears Roebuck
mail order branch, and E. R. I
Cameron, regional director of the
Sears Roebuck Foundation.
Final details of this event were
arranged in Seattle by Mrs. Mary
Hale, founder-advisor of the Alas
ka Festival, now responsible for
planning and foundation contacts.
Other foundations assisting in the
festival program include the
Martha Baird Rockefeller Aid to
Music Fund; the T. Lloyd Kelly
Foundation of Chicago; the Rocke
feller Foundation; the Asia Foun
dation, the Ford Foundation thru
its center for Asian Art, University
of Washington; and Alaska’s own
Z. J. Loussac Foundation.
At seve?al functions of the fes
tival, they will get acquainted with
Anchorage’s and Alaska’s leaders
in economic and political life, as
well as with the citizens who work
for the state’s cultural develop
ment.
ORDINANCE NO. 416
(Published By Title Only)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
NOME. ALASKA, FIXING THE SAL
ARY OF THE CITY CLERK TO BE
ELECTED IN THE MUNICIPAL ELEC
TION ON APRIL 2. 1963.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the
Nome Common Council of the City of
Nome, Alaska in regular session as
sembled, March 11, 1963.
/s/ Donald M. Hoover,
Mayor
Attest: /s/ Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 13, 15, 18, 1963.
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Billy Graham Film
To Be Shown at Nome
School Wednesday Night
Evangelist Billy Graham’s new
est feature-length dramatic film,
“Shadow of the Boomerang,” will
have its Nome showing, Wednes
day, March 20, at the Multipurpose
Room of the Nome School at 7:30
p.m.
Starring vivacious Georgia Lee
and television’s Buffalo Bill Jr.,
Dick Jones, “Shadow of the
Boomerang” is an oudoor action
picture with all of the excitement
and breath-taking scope of the
land “down under.” Setting for
the screen drama is Australia’s
“outback,” the continent’s vast in
terior region where some of the
world’s largest cattle stations are
located.
The two young Americans head
an all-Australian supporting cast,
playing brother and sister roles in
a turbulent story of homestead life.
Their arrival in Australia to man
age newly acquired family hold
ings, plunges the couple into
strange surroundings and situa
tions with which they find it dif
ficult to cope. The brother is im
mature and impetuous, slow to ac
cept Australian ways. His sister
is much more democratic, readily
accepted by her friends with whom
she joins in an attempt to install
understanding and tolerance in
her brother.
ARCTIC LEAGUE
High team series: Alaska Air
lines 2736, Shrine Club 2626, Polar
Eskimos 2548.
High team game: Alaska Air
lines 975, Shrine Club 946.
High individual series: Carl Gla
vinovich 563, Ike Larson 528,
Laurence Nevue 521.
High individual game: Carl Gla
vinovich 200, Ike Larson 192,
Laurence Nevue 190.
The last park census showed
New York City had 2,341,497 trees
— or better than one for every
three persons.
FAA Tigers
Polaris Hotel
Lions Club
Alaska Airlines
Shrine Club
Polar Eskimos
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47 33
46 34
45 35
33 47
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BRING YOUR
WATCH
to the
Nome Drug Store
for
EXPERT REPAIRS
U.S. House Okelis
Record $15 Billion
To Military Buying
WASHINGTON UP) — The House
passed the biggest military buying
bill in history — a $15.8-billion
authorization for aircraft, missiles
and ships.
The measure goes beyond the
administration’s wishes and those
of Republicans bent on cutting the
budget.
The $363.7 million tacked on
by the Armed Services Committee
to build an extra pair of RS-70
reconnaissance strike planes touch
ed off most of the controversy
before the bill was passed Wednes
day on a 374-33 roll call vote.
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara doesn’t want to build
any more than the three RS-70s
already authorized, but in a sepa
rate vote on the issues the House
backed the committee 236 to 179.
This puts the RS-70 controversy
up to the Senate, which gets the
bill now.
Rep. Thomas Curtis, (R-Mo.),
sponsored a GOP bid for an across
the-board slash in defense author
izations. Curtis sought a 5 per cent
reduction in each procurement au
thorization, and a 12 Vi per cent
cut in the research and develop
ment category.
His motion was defeated on a
268 to 149 roll call, largely along
party lines.
Republicans have said President
Kennedy's $98.8-billion budget can
be slashed by $5 billion to $15
billion.
The procurement bill authorizes
purchase of 3,000 aircraft, about
60,000 missiles and 43 new naval
ships. It also authorizes conver
sion work to modernize 35 old
ships.
It was George Bernard Shaw
who observed, “When a stupid
man is doing something he is
ashamed of, he always declares
that it is his duty.”
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ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY
—AUTOMATIC SERVICE—
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Oil VST oil
St. Patrick’s Eve
PARTY & BUFFET
Saturday, March 16
North Star
☆
Seaview Room
Featuring Irish Turkey
(Corned Beef and Cabbage)
$3.75
DON’T FORGET PRAWN NIGHT TONIGHT