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ARCTIC REFRIGERATOR
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST item, and certainly the most in
teresting piece of freight on the SS North Star when it goes
into the Arctic, will he the big refrigerator which is being given
to the people of Diomede Island to presene their food and improve
a way of life which has gone on for centuries.
Through the cooperation of the Dow Chemical Co., Onan
and Sons, Fremont Electric Co., the Denver-Chicago Trucking Co.,
the large refrigerator with portable generator measuring 40 feet
by 12 feet has been made possible. Nor must the originator of the
idea. Rev. James Flynn who lives on the island with the Diomeders
be overlooked, because it was through his efforts that the plan was
conceived.
The island people should be continuously grateful for this
opportunity to keep their seasonal food supply from spoiling
and be assured of a year round stock of food for the entire village.
This will no doubt encourage more of them to remain on the island.
CAB Suspends AA's
Proposed Reduction In
Southbound Cargo Rates
WASHINGTON LF — The Civil
Aeronautics Board suspended Wed
nesday, pending an investigation,
proposals of Alaska Airlines to
cancel its current southbound
specific commodity cargo rates and
to reduce southbound general com
modity cargo rates from Anchor
age and Fairbanks to Seattle.
The board said the proposed
general commodity rates, which
were to go into effect today, were:
Substantially below the present
rates, had been supported only
with “negligible reasoning and
factual data,” and were clearly be
low cost.
At the same time the board per
mitted the airline to put into ef
fect reduced northbound specific
commodity rates on meat or poul
try — except for live produce —
from Seattle to Anchorage and
Fairbanks.
These rates, the board said, were
not out of line with other rates
in comparable markets and were
not shown to be likely to divert
traffic from competing carriers.
Pacific Northern Airlines and
Pan American World Airways filed
complaints against the proposed
reductions, which would have cut
current southbound general com
modity rates by 53 to 70 per cent.
Alaska Airlines also proposed
reductions in certain general
commodity rates between six cities
in Alaska. There were no com
plaints with regard to these cuts,
and the CAB therefore took no
action against them.
Reslore Trade Privileges
WASHINGTON UP — The Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
has voted to restore President
Kennedy’s authority to give Com
munist Poland and Yugoslavia the
kind of trade privileges it extends
to its closest friends.
The action by a 9-5 vote Tues
day was a major victory for the
administration. It is expected to
generate a fight when the foreign
aid bill reaches the Senate.
In another action, the commit
tee added $105 million to the $272
million it has recommended be
cut from Kennedy’s $4.5 billion
foreign aid program.
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Nixon Calls on West
Not to be Deceived By
Khrushchev's Mellowness
BERLIN CP — Former Vice
President Richard Nixon told the
West Thursday not to be deceived
by the apparent mellowness of
Premier Khrushchev over the test
ban treaty.
He told a news conference that
j to believe Khrushchev’s attitude
meant relaxation of tension or pro
i gress toward ending the cold war
"is the most woolley headed think
1 ing possible.”
Nixon asked: “What is Mr.
1 Khrushchev mellowing on? Go to
East Berlin, to Budapest and other
places behind the Iron Curtain
and you’ll find no evidence of
mellowing there.”
He said that from his visit to
East Berlin Wednesday he con
cluded East Germany was the
most tightly repressed police state
in the world.
“I told Communist officials
shadowing me that they were mur
derers,” he said.
If Khrushchev really wanted re
laxation he could prove it by
granting more freedom to Commu
nist-ruled nations and calling off
the world-wide Communist sub
version offensive, Nixon said.
"I know it is very easy to be a
Monday morning quarterback, but
I can point to two failures by
both administrations to take action
over Communist moves — the
Hungarian revolt and the building
j of the Berlin Wall,” Nixon said.
In referring to Hungary he said
he realized he was criticizing an
administration of which he was a
member.
Nixon twice visited East Berlin
Wednesday. He made an unher
alded visit Wednesday night and
told a reporter he found that
"Communism is a complete fail
ure in East Berlin.”
Does fear of the death penalty
keep down the number of mur
ders? Sociologists say the homi
I cide rate is no higher in states
which have outlawed capital pun
: ishment than in neighboring states
which still execute criminals.
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Railroads Agree to
Put Off New Work
Rules for 30 Days
j
WASHINGTON IF — The na
tion’s railroads agreed Thursday
to put off for 30 days the posting
of new manpower-trimming work
rules. This averts a threatened
nationwide strike next Tuesday.
Daniel Loomis, president of the
Assn, of American Railroads, an
nounced the decision at a House
Commerce Committee meeting.
Loomis said the 195 carriers in
volved in the explosive work rules
dispute would not impose the
changes until 12:01 a.m. Aug. 29.
Loomis said the railroads were
taking this step in order to co
operate with Congress which is
considering President Kennedy’s
plan to turn the 4-year-old work
rules controversy over to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The chairman of the House and
Senate Commerce Committees had
requested the delay Wednesday,
saying Congress didn’t have time
to act by Monday evening.
When the request was made,
Loomis’ immediate response was
to say the railroads would be forced
to continue “unnecessary payments
for work not needed or not per
formed.”
Loomis said such expenditures
by the railroad industry are “in
tolerable under present conditions.”
Sen. John Pastore, • D-R.D, act
ing chairman of the Senate Com
merce Committee, had warned that
several senators already had pre
pared resolutions to force a 30
day standstill in the dispute.
“But it would be most unfortu
nate for Congress to have to take
that kind of action,” Pastore said.
Key issue in the controversy is
the makeup of the crews that
operate trains. The railroads want
to do away with some 60,000 jobs
including those of 32,000 firemen
and impose a variety of other rule
changes.
Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz
argued the administration’s case
before the House committee for six
hours Wednesday, while Loomis
and Wolfe appeared before the
Senate committee’s four-hour night
hearing.
Cadet Deg nan Will Complete
Six Weeks of ROTC Training
FT. LEWIS, Wn.—Cadet Charles
Degnan, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Degnan, of Unalakleet, is sched
uled to complete six weeks of
training at the Reserve Officer
Training Corps (ROTC) summer
camp at Ft. Lewis Aug. 2.
Cadet Degnan is active in the
ROTC program at the University
of Alaska.
He was graduated from Mount
Edgecumbe High School in 1959.
Bill Balcher Named CD
Director for Unalakleet
Civil Defense area Director Les
ter Bronson has announced the
appointment of Bill Balcher as
Civil Defense Director of Una
lakleet with Frank Degnan as de
puty director.
Mr. Balcher replaces Don Baker
who has been transferred from
the village.
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PANMUNJOM. Korea tifl —
Marking the 10th anniversary of
the Korean Armistice a day early,
a Communist general today renew
ed the perennial North Korean
demand that U.S. troops get out
of South Korea.
He displayed a pile of clothing
and equipment and said it was
American and was taken off South
Korean spies caught in North
Korea.
“You carry on like a cheap bur
lesque actor,” U.S. Marine Gen.
George Cloud replied to Maj. Gen.
Chang Chung-Wan at a meeting
of the Armistice Control Commis
sion.
Rejecting Chang’s demand.
Cloud added: “Control yourself.
Discipline yourself.
“The items you have displayed
can be bought in any market place
around the world and you have
proven nothing.”
BASEBALL STANDINGS
National League
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Houston
New York
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52 48 .520 10M»
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32 69 .317 31
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New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Minnesota
Boston
Cleveland
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Detroit
Washington
W L
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54 44
55 46
54 45
51 46
48 52
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48 55
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Northern Division
W L Pet. B
Spokane 64 44 .593
Tacoma 60 46 .566 3
Portland 51 55 .481 12
Hawaii 49 55 .471 13
Seattle 45 63 .417 19
Southern Division
W L Pet. B
Oklahoma City 58 47 .552
Dallas-Ft. Worth 56 50 .528 2Vz
Salt Lake City 50 51 .495 6
San Diego 51 57 .472 8Vi>
Denver 44 60 .423 13Vfc
It takes more than 500 gallons
of water to produce a loaf of
bread, 110,000 gallons to make a
ton of steel.
“Puts Mosquitoes
Into A Tailspin”
Said Circle Placer fields miners, 20 years
ago, in voting BUHACH as Science’s 2nd
greatest contribution to Miners, lust as
effective today. Burn a little woenever
you want peace, comfort and a good
night s rest.
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Rep. R. Rivers Seeks
Payment of Transportation
For Federal Employes
WASHINGTON CP — Rep. Ralph
Rivers asked a House subcom
mittee Thursday to approve legis
lation which would allow the gov
ernment to pay transportation costs
for automobiles owned by federal
civilian employes transferred to
Alaska.
He told a House Government
Operations Subcommittee that law
does not permit the government
to foot the bill since Alaska is re
garded as within the Continental
United States.
Expenses of transporting auto
mobiles are paid by the govern
ment only where the civilian em
ploye is assigned to Hawaii or out
side the Continental United States.
Rivers’ bill also was supported
by representatives of the Army
and of the Budget Bureau.
George Mullins, representing
the Budget Bureau and John Will
representing the Army, both rec
ommended the bill be amended so
that the government might pay
the costs of storing furniture of
federal employes transferred to
Alaska.
Will said, for instance, it would
cost the government to store for
two years the furniture of a family
sent from St. Louis to Anchorage
whereas it would cost $4,800 to
transport the goods to Anchorage
and back to St. Louis two years
later.
Will said the over-all cost on
automobile transportation and fur
niture storage would not be great
since the number of employes re
cruited for Alaska duty in other
states is relatively small.
There was no action on the bill
by the subcommittee.
CASE DELAYED . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. CP — The
pre-trial hearing of Teamster
President James Hoffa in U.S. Dis
trict Court Wednesday was delay
ed by a balky closet door.
The stuck door defied the best
efforts of a husky U.S. marshal,
several bailiffs and numerous at
torneys. While the government
sent for a carpenter, Hoffa re
moved his left shoe and flailed
away at the hinges.
Judge Frank Grey called a re
cess until the carpenter broke
open the door.
The closet contained the defense
attorney’s briefcases.
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