OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 5
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1963
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Slate Chamber
Proposes Change
In ESC Measure
JUNEAU (jW — The State Cham
ber of Commerce has recommend
ed that the number of weekly
benefit payments under the State’s
Employment Security Law be re
lated to the work history of the
claimant.
The suggestion was one of a
number included in resolutions
adopted during a three-day legis
lative policy conference of the
Chamber’s Board of Directors and
committee chairmen.
The Chamber said its employ
ment security proposal would re
flect each worker’s attachment to
the labor market.
Such a variable duration formu
la, the Chamber said, would have
a minimum qualification of 20
work weeks. The proposal would
replace the present high quarter
formula.
The Chamber also said it was
opposed to mandatory coverage of
state employes under the employ
ment security, because, it said,
they already have the option of
having coverage and mandatory
coverage would increase the tax
burden by $600,000 a year.
Rep.vament of the 1958 tempor
ary unemployment compensation
loan of $927,000 direct from the
employment security benefit trust
fund was also recommended by the
Chamber.
On other legislative matters, the
Chamber:
Recommended a cut in state
taxes.
Urged continuance of the in
dustrial tax incentive program.
Recommended that the $1 mil
lion agricultural revolving loan
fund be increased by a $200,000
appropriation in each of the next
five years.
Went on record against the cre
ation of an exclusive state work
men’s compensation insurance fund.
Urged legislation to hold the
state minimum wage at $1.65 an
hour.
. Directed the Chamber’s Execu
tive Committee to keep close watch
on legislation dealing with the
public school foundation program
law enacted last year, particularly
in regard to the millage rate which
is scheduled to be set this year.
Urged legislative approval of a
$10,000 appropriation to help pay
nation-wide distribution of the
film “Alaska! America’s Brightest
Star.”
Cuban Leader Says U.S.
Promised No Air Support
For Bay of Pigs Invasion
WASHINGTON UD — One of the
leaders of the Bay of Pigs invasion
said today his forces had never
been promised air support by the
U.S. government.
Jose Perez San Roman, com
mander of the 2506th Brigade of
the Cuban Liberation Armed
Forces made the statement during
a visit with five of his comrades
to the Justice Department.
“We had our own planes, but
they were knocked out,” Perez said
in an interview in Atty. Gen.
Robert Kennedy’s reception office.
The question of support by U.S.
forces has been one of the most
controversial points in public dis
cussions of the ill-fated 1931 at
tempt by Cuban rebels to over
throw Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
Ernie Gustafson is in Fairbanks
where he is attending a meeting of
the Tourist Advisory Board of
which he is a member.
Four Marine Biologists
Take a 3-Hour Piggy
Back Ride On a Whale
SAN DIEGO, Calif. UD — Four
marine biologists say they rode
the back of a 45-foot long finback
whale for three hours off the
coast of San Diego.
The biologists, wearing skin
diving equipment, said the whale
had become entangled in a fish
net and line and apparently was
fatigued from towing them when
they spotted it Tuesday.
“We were looking for lobster,”
said Charles Nicklin Jr., “but when
we saw the whale’s spout we pulled
alongside.”
Nicklin said he and his com
panions jumped on its back one at
a time. They said they sat in the
spray blown from its spout. And
they took pictures to prove it.
“He was so exhausted he couldn’t
swim away,” said Nicklin. “When
we first jumped on, he rolled a
little and ducked his head, but
that was the only opposition.”
Then, Nicklin said, they freed the
whale from the net and fish line.
The last they saw of the whale
it was headed out to sea.
Brinkley Show
Continues to Draw
More Protests
ANCHORAGE \ff> — David
Brinkley’s show on Alaska as pre
sented Monday night as Brinkley’s
Journal to a nation-wide television
audience continued yesterday to
draw protests from Alaskans en
raged over the nature of the pro
gram.
Robert A. Baker, President of
the Alaska State Chamber of Com
merce said he was “quite sur
prised to learn the show was spon
sored by the Douglas Fir Plywood
Assn.
“The business interests of Wash
ington and Oregon, two states
which are heavy producers of
Douglas fir plywood, depend on
Alaska for a sizable portion of
their export trade,” Baker noted.
“It seems inconceivable that one
of the major industries would be
responsible for any adverse pub
licity which would affect the econ
omy of their own area and future
trade relationships. I am quite
satisfied our friends in the North
west were disappointed with the
program and will take appropriate
action to discredit the production.”
Baker said it was his personal
feeling that “we in Alaska should
ignore Mr. Brinkley’s remarks on
this. particular show,” noting that
like in the past the state “can ex
pect criticism in the future by ir
responsible writers and commenta
tors who have little knowledge and
no real interest in our country.”
He said Alaskans “should not al
low any of these ‘hecklers’ to divert
our attention or discourage us in
any way.”
The State Chamber leader, in
stead, urged a “self-evaluation” for
Alaska, urging that the state “take
advantage of the publicity and na
tional recognition” released pre
viously, such as that during the
recent trade trip to New York.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy with occasional light
snow with NE winds 15 to 25 mph.
Low tonight 20, high tomorrow 28.
In the last 24 hours. High of 24,
low of 9. Max. wind 33 mph from
the NE. Sunrise as 9:43 a.m., sun
set at 2:37 p.m. Temps, a year ago
today: High of 27, low of 15.
Sen. Bartlett Says
Soviet Fishermen
Must Be Halted
WASHINGTON \m — The United
States and its A1i:cs may soon have
to call a halt what appears to
be a world-w5'*' push by Soviet
f’^hermen into water of other na
tions, Sen. E. L Bartlett said today.
TTe referred t^ reports of Soviet
+rawlers mov'r ' into territorial
”aters, disturb^'~ fishermen and
damaging gear off the Coast of
Alaska, France F.ngland and Ire
land.
“These incid^^ts of increasing
freouency and 0 uousness suggest
a nattern of So":et disregard for
the legitimate f!shing efforts of
r,ot only our ”"i:onals but those
''f our Allies,” ^urtlett said.
They show “^arming accelera
t;on of the So^'et fishing effort
throughout the world.” Bartlett
said in a letter to Dean Rusk, Sec
retary of State.
“I believe.” said Bartlett, “we
are swiftly being carried toward
the time when it will be necessary
for the free nations to consider
action in concert to give notice
that . . . our governments will
always stand ready to protect the
life and property of our fishermen
in the peaceful pursuit of their oc
cupation immediately off our shores
or any other place in the world.”
Bartlett predicted the Russian
thrust into the Gulf of Alaska
would not stop there.
Tshombe Agrees to Entry
ELISABETHVILLE, Katanga UP
President Moise Tshombe has
agreed to give the United Nations
free entry to his last stronghold,
Kolwezi, and freedom of move
ment elsewhere if the U.N. allows
him to remain provincial resident,
Western diplomats said today.
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U.S. Warns Countries
Shipping to Cuba They
May Lose Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON UFi — The United
States has warned countries whose
ships go to Cuba that they run the
danger of losing U.S. foreign aid,
the State Department said today.
Press officer Joseph Reap de
clined to list countries that have
received the warning.
He said, however, that efforts
have been under way to persuade
various maritime countries to end
their shipping spots at Cuban
ports. This is being done to carry
out the provisions in the new aid
law, he said.
The aid bill which became law
last October, included provisions
requiring — as Reap put it —
that, “aid shall be cut off to coun
tries whose ships carry goods to
Cuba.”
In addition, the Kennedy ad
ministration has been preparing a
set of regulations designed to cut
the flow of non-Communist ship
ping to Cuba. This is part of a drive
to isolate the regime of Prime
Minister Fidel Castro and make
it more expensive for the Commu
nist bloc to supply him.
The rules are expected to come
out next week.
Soviet Migs Enroute to India
NEW DELHI, India — A
number of Soviet Mig-21 jet fight
ers are enroute from Russia to
India, a Foreign Ministry spokes
man said yesterday.
He would not give the number
of planes, the route, they are tak
ing or when they are expected.
He said they were not being flown
in.
MV Malaspina
Undergoes Test
SEATTLE W — The MV Mala
spina, “Queen” and first ship of
the new Alaska Ferry System fleet,
moved out into Puget Sound again
today for another planned several- i
hours test run.
The Malaspina put out shortly
before 8 a.m. with an Alaska dele
gation aboard, accompanied by!
Capt. Ed Kent, contract adminis
trator for the ship’s builder, the
Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock.
Yesterday’s initial run lasted near
ly all day.
Workmen and technicians first
gave Seattle a maritime show as
they jockeyed the Malaspina about
Elliott Bay, swinging her compass
and checking instruments. They
finished the day with speed runs
farther out on the sound.
Spectators from shore saw a
trim, black and white ship, big and
impressive looking for a ferry, with
streamlined funnel and jaunty,
functional lines.
She is 352 feet long, with a beam
of 74 feet, a draft of 15 feet and a
displacement of 3,585 tons. Two
turbo-charged diesel engines de
veloped 8,000 horsepower yesterday
to drive her through the water at
18 knots. Twin controllable-pitch
propellers helped her, uopn occa
sion, wriggle through a sort of
“Nautical twist.”
Alaska plans to take delivery ol
the Malaspina Jan. 21. By Apri'
30 her sisters, the Taku and Ma
I tanuska, are scheduled for com
pletion.
As they are delivered the three
ferries will got into service on
the Alaska Ferry System’s new
“Marine Highway” route between
Prince Fupert, B.C., and Haines,
Alaska.
There’s more to the Malaspina’s
size than show. Her car-deck has
a capacity of 109 autos or 51 truck
trailers. She can accommodate 500
passengers in airplane-type reclin
ing chairs. On overnight runs her
14 staterooms will house 28 pas
sengers. She also carries lounge,
cocktail and dining facilities.
Arctic Winds and
Tornado Slash
Across Lower 48
Arctic wind blasts and a destruc
tive Tennessee tornado slashed the
nation today.
The twister ripped through
Spring Hill, Ter:n., in early morn
ing, causing injuries and heavy
damage. It was the most violent
aspect of a squall line which
churned across the Ohio Valley
ahead of the sharp cold front.
Eight buildings were smashed by
the tornado which skipped over an
orphanage where 180 children
slept.
The new cold surge blew as far
as Southern Texas and New Eng
land from a bitter reservoir which
covered the northern plains and
Rockies. It precipitated sleet from
northern Texas through the middle
Mississippi and Ohio Valley region.
It also loosed snow in sections of
the north.
Temperatures plunged to 35 de
grees below zero in Drummond,
Mont. Readings of 20 below and
lower were reported in much of
Wyoming and Montana. The be
low-zero .belt stretched from the
western Great Lakes through the
central and northern Rockies.
Navy Plane Crashes
At Kodiak; Five
Survive; 7 Missing
KODIAK — Five crewmen
survived and seven apparently
were killed as a Navy plane slam
med into a hillside and burned
last night after an attempted land
ing in rainy weather at mountain
rimmed Kodiak Airport.
The five, thrown from the tail
section, were in fair to good con
dition.
Adm. Fred Bakutis, Commander
of the 17th Naval District here,
said removal and identification of
other bodies was delayed until to
day.
The twin-engine P2V, arriving
from Anchorage, touched down and
bounced on the runway, Adm.
Kakutis said. Then the pilot pulled
up and atempted to go around for
another landing attempt.
“It got up to about 500 feet,”
said Haryardinger, passenger agent
' for PNA, “then the pilot tried a
steep pullup and apparently
stalled.”
The plane hit on Aviation Hill,
one of several mountains about
1,000 feet high rimming the air
port. It burned for more than an
hour.
Cmdr. J. E. White, Navy informa
tion officer, said the five survivors
were found on the mountainside
close to the wreckage. They were
• taken to a hospital at Kodiak
I Naval Station.
The rain, darkness and rough
terrain delayed the search for
others.
The airport had been closed yes
terday because of ice but was re
opened after it was sanded.
100 Americans
Will Return from
Cuba On Sunday
HAVANA UP) — One hundred
Americans will return to the
United States Sunday aboard an
airliner bringing ransom medical
supplies to Cuba, a Swiss diplomat
said today.
He said the plane was due to
leave for Havana from Miami, Fla.,
today but that the flight was de
layed to give the repatriates time
to get ready for the trip.
The Americans have been living
in Cuba and have expressed a de
sire to leave. They remained be
hind despite a general repatriation
of Americans in Cuba some time
ago.
The diplomatic informant said
the group leaving will include men,
women and children.
He said he did not know if there
would be similar operations after
Sunday’s flight. He hinted some
form of agreement on the matter
of repatriation had been reached
with Cuban authorities.
There are about 300 Americans
registered at the Swiss Embassy,
which now handles U.S. interests
in Cuba.
About 170 other Americans are
working with Prime Minister Fidel
Castro’s government.
Barry Wants to Think It Over
WASHINGTIN UPi — Sen. Barry
Goldwater, (R-Ariz.), says he has
asked friends who want to push
him into the 1964 Presidential pic
ture to give him a year to make
up his mind.
Goldwater told a reporter yes
terday, “I’d rather stay in a fluid
position and see how the situation
looks.” i