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Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
OF JOHN F. KENNEDY...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY started his Administration
as the 35th President of the United States by dedicating himself
to two shining goals — survival of liberty at home, and peace in
a world shivering in an "uncertain balance of terror.”
He invited the Communist world to join in a new' beginning
of "the quest for peace” before the dark powers of destruction
unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental
self-destruction.”
’’Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to
negotiate,” he said in his inaugural address that was devoted almost
entirely to foreign policy and foreign affairs.
John Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass., May 29, 1917. He
received his bachelor of science degree cum laude from Harvard in
1940 and then studied at the London School of Economics. He
entered politics at the age of 29, when he was elected to Congress
in 1946. After winning re-election twice, he ran for the Senate
in 1952 and defeated Senator Lodge. Winning re-election in 1958
by the largest plurality' ever piled up for a Senate seat in Massa
chusetts, almost 900,000, further enhanced his political stock. He
was sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 1961.
John Kennedy and Miss Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were married
in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in 1953. A daughter, Caroline
Bouvier, was born in 1957. Three years later there was a son,
John F. Jr.
John F. Kennedy is gone — murdered by the bullet of an
assassin. Our lives and the world with its seemingly never-ending
series of crises, out of which arose his death, will go on, but there
is now an emptiness where he once stood. All sane peoples are
shocked by the manner in which this great man came to his end . . .
and all are silently speculating on their own futures.
FBI TRANSFERS
Joseph A. Sullivan, Special
Agent in Charge of the Alaska Di- ,
vision, FBI, announced last week
that he has been transferred to
FBI Headquarters in Washington,
D.C. Mr. Sullivan has been in An
chorage since 1958. He advised he
would be replaced by John P.
Mull, Jr. as Special Agent in
Charge. Mr. Mull has been As
sistant Special Agent in Charge
at Anchorage for the past 13
months.
Mr. Mull has been associated
with the FBI for 16 years and
served at the FBI Headquarters
at Washington, D.C., for 10 years
prior to coming to Alaska.
Interior Dept. Invites Rids
WASHINGTON OP — The De
partment of Interior has asked for
proposals from furriers for the
processing and sale of cured gov
ernment-owned Alaska sealskins.
The Interior Department says it
will accept proosals for handling
the thousands of Pribilof Island
sealskins until March 1st.
The Department gave “Supara”
the contract eary this year after
terminating a contract with the
Fouke Fur Company that had run
for 40 years. An investigation re
quested by two Senators brought
about the invalidation of the “Su
para” contract.
i Khrushchev Says
President's Death
Is ‘Heavy Blow’
MOSCOW W—Premier Khrush
chov drove to the American Em
bassy in Moscow Saturday — to
personally convey what he termed
his deep sadness over the assas
sination of the President of the
United States. The Russian pre
mier returned to Mocow from a
tour especially to make the call.
Ho went to the Embassy after
sending the following telegram to
President Johnson:
••The death of President Ken
nedy is a heavy blow to all people
who cherish the cause of peace
and Soviet-American cooperation."
"The assassination came at a
time when there appeared signs of
a relaxation of international ten
sion and the prospect of improved
relations between the USSR and [
the United States.”
Premier Khrushchev and his
wife also sent telegrams to Mrs.
Kennedy, expressing their con
! dolences. Khrushchev told Mrs.
1 Kennedy that all people who knew
the President respected him. He
said: ‘‘I shall always keep the
memory of my meetings with him.”
At the Embassy, Khrushchev
signed a book placed in a hall
way by Ambassador Foy Kohler
i for condolences by diplomats.
Khrushchev and Gromyko were
accompanied to the Embassy by
, two uniformed body guards. It’s
I the first time that uniformed
guards have been seen accompany
ing the Russian premier, who is
usually guarded by plainclothes
men.
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First Alaska Forestery
. Gathering Apprised of Pulp
And Timber Potential
In a meeting of State and Fed
eral Forestry people at Anchorage
last week, Don Christman, BLM
Forester, stated that Alaska is still
a storehouse of wood fiber for the
nation. Our timber sales and free
use permits do not approach even
1 per cent of the estimated annual
sustained yield production, he
said. On public domain lands, this
production or annual growth is
about 2 billion board feet—enough
to build an average frame house
every 2 or 3 minutes, night and
day year after year.
State Forester A. Earl Plourde
said that the meeting, the first
of its kind in Alaska, was a great
benefit in promoting better under
standing among the various for
estry agencies. Plourde plans to
hold a similar meeting next year.
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Alaskans Join In Deep Mourning
Alaskans have joined other
Americans and othe peoples the
world over in mourning the death
of President. John Kennedy. Gov
ernmental and religious leaders in i
the 49th State have joined in ex- j
pressing a common sense of sor
row at the tragic death of the
President.
Gov. William Egan has flown
to Washington to attend funeral !
services for the late President, i
Egan and Rep. Ralph Rivers were j
both in Anchorage when the as- I
sassination occurred. They were :
to attend a Democratic convention
over the weekend, which had been
canceled.
Rivers has called the President’s
death a shocking and disgraceful
tragedy — an irreparable loss to
the American people and to the
world.
Gov. Egan issued a statement
which read: “President Kennedy
will always be a symbol to the
world of a great human being'
who truly signaled the beginning ‘
of the end for bigotry, intolerance
and international injustice.
“I think too, that Vice President
Lyndon Johnson, who has been so
close to the President and has
such a great record in the US. Sen- ,
ate and knowledge of human prob
lems, will pursue with great vigor
the policies of President Kennedy.”
Governor Egan’s statement con
tinues — “All of us have lost a man
of great humility and understand
ing.”
Senator E. L. Bartlett has termed
the assassination of President Ken- ;
Funds Alloted for
Immunization in Alaska
JUNEAU (JV—The Public Health
Service has approved an $80,288
grant to the State Division of Pub
lic Health for an intensive immu
nization program in Alaska, Sen.
E. L. Bartlett advised the Asso
ciated Press in a wire from Wash
ington Saturday.
Americans undergo nearly 16
million major surgical operations
each year.
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nody one of the great tragedies in
American history. Bartlett says
that the nation's capital was in a
near state of shock on hearing
i of the President’s death.
In Anchorage, the Right Rever
end J. Edgar Gallant — pastor
of Holy Family Catholic Church —
said he was deeply shocked and
grieved at the tragic news. Father
Gallant said that the nation and
the President’s family will be in
; the thoughts and prayers of many
persons.
Maj. Gen. James Jensen — act
ing Alaska Commander in Chief—
said that now is a time to pray
for the late President Kennedy
and for Lyndon Johnson — the
new President of the United States.
Look Out for Phony
Insurance, Warns Division
The Division of Insurance, De
partment of Commerce, once again
calls the attention of Alaskans to
a flood of mail advertising cur
rently being received in the state,
from non-admitted insurance agen
cies.
As in the past instances where
advertising of non-admitted com
panies has appeared, the Division
! of Insurance wants to stress that
insurance of any kind should be
purchased only from those com
panies which are licensed by the
State. In the event of a contested
claim with an unlicensed com
| pany, suit would have to be fill'd
in the courts of the state where
the company is domiciled and not.
in the courts of this State.
Should Alaskans have any doubts
as to a company’s status, or that
of an individual representing him
self as an agent, they should con
tact the Division of Insurance,
Department of Commerce, Alaska
i Office Building, Juneau, PRIOR to
the purchase of a policy.
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