Cuban Exiles Defiant
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His report came on the heels of
the weekend crackdown on Miami’s
anti-Castro groups.
It also reported the Coast Guard
and the Immigration Service were
increasing their staffs to prevent
forays against Cuba such as two
recent attacks against Soviet ships.
In Washington, the State and
Justice Departments announced
jointly Saturday that the United
States would “take every step
necessary” to make certain Amer
ican soil is not used as a base
for Cuban refugee raids on Cuba
and on Soviet shipping.
Officials indicated that the main
legal weapon they would use
against hit-and-run raiders would
be the American Neutrality Law,
which provides penalties up to
three years imprisonment and
$3,000 fine for taking part in “a
military or naval expedition de
parting from the United States”
to attack a nation with which the
United States is not at war.
One Cuban leader said: “This is
the last straw. No invasion. No
government in exile. No jobs and
now, no more attacks on Castro.”
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Volcano Near Katmai
Erupts This Morning
ANCHORAGE itf—A short-lived
but apparently violent volcanic
eruption occurred on the Alaska
Peninsula this morning, about 400
miles southwest of here.
Mt. Mageik, a 7,040-foot peak
adjacent to Mt. Katmai in the Kat
mai National Monument, blew up
with great velocity shortly after
8 a.m.
The Air Force at nearby King
Salmon measured the mushroom
ing cloud which followed the erup
tion at 46,000 feet.
Northern Consolidated Airlines
at King Salmon said that by noon
the cloud has leveled out, or dis
spated. A spokesman said it pro
bably was “just a one-time shot.”
The smoke from the blast could
be seen at King Salmon, less than
100 miles from the park.
There was no human danger in
volved, since the monument area
is uninhabited at this time of the
year.
Hedberg Suffers "Small Coronary'
JUNEAU (ft — Henry Hedberg,
lobbyist for the State Federation
of Labor, was hospitalized here to
day with what doctors described
as a “small coronary.”
Hedberg apparently was taken
ill last night, and was hospitalized
today after an electro-cardiograph
was taken.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
House Passes Bill
Giving Power To
Board of Education
JUNEAU (in — A bill which
would make the Board of Educa
tion the administrative and fiscal
head of the Department of Educa
tion, with powers to hire and fire
the commissioner passed the House
today 22-18.
Transmittal to the Senate, how
ever, was held up because of the
notice of reconsideration given by
Rep. Warren Taylor.
A similar measure also passed
the lower chamber last year, only
to die in the predominantly Demo
cratic Senate.
Aside from Taylor’s switch to
the prevailing side to be in a po
sition for reconsideration, only
three members broke party ranks
as the Democrats opposed the bill
and the Republicans backed it.
Republican John Longworth of
Petersburg, voted against it, and
Democrats Dora Sweeney of Ju
neau and Carl Lottsfeldt of An
chorage voted for it.
During the hour-and-a-half de
bate on the bill, proponents argued
that the move would insulate the
Commissioner of Education from
politics, and opponents argued that
it would, by the same token in
sulate the commissioner from the
elected representatives of the
people.
Karl Marx, critic of capitalism,
once was turned down for a rail
way clerical job in England be
cause his handwriting was so poor.
$3,000 For Basketball Tournament
JUNEAU Of)—A state appropri
ation of $3,000 to help pay for par
ticipation by the Fairbanks Gold
Panners in the 1964 National Bas
ketball Tournament at Wichita.
Kansas, was approved today by
the state senate.
$25,000 For Civil Right Commission
JUNEAU Of) — The Senate gave
its okeh today to a bill appropriat
ing $25,000 for the operation of
the State Commission for Civil
Rights.
Legislation creating the commis
sion, which would be charged with
enforcing Alaska’s anti-discrimin
ation laws, was signed into law
by Gov. Egan on March 19.
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Phantom Phone Calls
Stymie Company Officials
MONETTE, Ark. — A most
exciting event in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Max Cope is the ring
of their telephone.
Since last Aug. 7, a mysterious
quirk in the telephone system has
been connecting them with phones
from Alaska to Puerto Rico, from
Hawaii to Canada.
Nobody is placing the calls. Both
phone ring simultaneously.
The United Telephone Co., which
operates the Monette system, has
called in experts from American
Telephone & Telegraph which
operates the long-distance system.
But there is no theory on what is
happening. N
Cope, a postal clerk, and his
school teacher wife at first com
plained about the calls. Then they
found it fascinating.
Robert Cannon, assistant man
ager of the United System, offer
ed to give them another number.
“You wouldn’t dare!” he quoted
Mrs. Cope as saying. “I don’t
mind getting up at night. Besides,
I’m having a ball.”
The Copes are keeping records
of their haywire calls and have
filled two large pages of a note
book.
Radio station KFRB in Fair
banks, Alaska, got one of the calls
Cannon said, and put the conversa
tion on the air.
Once they got a dial-a-prayer
in Louisville, Ky.
The Copes have talked to persons
in Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Vir
ginia, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Arizona, Missouri and Utah.
Cannon said he is sure the calls
are authentic.
The thing that really bugs the
telephone company is that it can’t
bill anyone for the calls.
United has been working on the
mystery for six months, and Can
non said it is no nearer a solution
than when the calls began.
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Tom Balone, Secty.
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