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64th Year No. 77
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1963
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Kennedy Lauds
Ireland’s Support
To United Nations
DUBLIN (j0 — President Ken
nedy called on the small nations
today to imitate Ireland’s support
of the United Nations as the surest
guarantee of world peace.
To great applause and cheers,
Kennedy addressed a joint session
of the Dail — a parliament form
ed out of centuries of struggle.
The Dail opened its doors and
its heart to the U.S. President, a
great-grandson of an Irish immi
grant. He was the first U.S. Pres
ident ever to address the Dail.
“The peacekeeping machinery
of the United Nations cannot work
without the help of small nations,”
Kennedy said in a half-hour
speech.
“Great powers have their re
sponsibilities and their burdens
but the smaller nations of the
world must fulfill their obligations
as well.”
After his speech, he went to
Dublin Castle to accept honorary
degrees from the National Univer
sity and the University of Dublin,
and the honorary freedom of the
City of Dublin.
He winds up his three-day Irish
tour Saturday in the counties of
Galway, Limerick and Shannon.
The Dail’s reception of Kennedy
was enthusiastic, as have been all
his appearances on this sentiment
al journey.
Kennedy told the Dail the Free
Ireland of today has a future “as
promising as your past is proud”
in the role of “a maker and shaper
of world peace.”
He told his audience that “the
heroic deeds,” the most enduring
literature have emerged from the
small nations of the world.
“Ireland has already set a stand
ard for other small nations to fol
low,” he declared.
Kennedy flew back to Dublin
from Cork, where he was made
a freeman of the city. There he
told a cheering crowd that when
he retires he will take great satis
faction “in not only being Presi
dent of my country but a freeman
of this city.”
State Labor Dept. Alerted
As Possible Peacemaker
In Bristol Bay Dispute
JUNEAU UP — The State De
partment of Labor has been alert
ed to step in as a peacemaker in
the Bristol Bay fish price dispute
if requested to do so by both
sides, Gov. Wm. Egan said today.
Canneries in the Bristol Bay
area have tied up their boats to
back demands for a 20 per cent
increase, to $1.24 a fish for reds.
Egan said he had been contacted
by state Sen. David Harrison, (D
Dillingham), a fisherman, and had
been asked to enter the dispute
personally as a mediator.
The governor said he told Har
rison that if both sides requested
state intervention as a peacemaker,
the State Department of Labor
would be ready and willing to
send a mediator, but that he would
not enter the dispute himself.
Fairbanks Firm Awarded Pain!
Contract for Nome Federal Bldg.
WASHINGTON — The Gen
eral Services Administration will
award a $43,571 contract to Mc
Kinley Painting & Decorating Co.,
Fairbanks, for painting and other
work in the Post Office and Court
house in Nome, Sen. E. L. Bartlett
announced Thursday.
Gov. Egan Approves
Walter Keith’s Dismissal
JUNEAU UP — Gov. Wm. Egan
said today he approved the dis
missal of Walter Keith as director
of the State Division of Air Com
merce for taking outside employ
ment while on the state payroll.
Keith was dismissed by Com
merce Commissioner A. H. Romick
early this week. He had been di
rector of the Division of Air Com
merce since January.
“Keith was occupying a respon
sible administrative position in the
state government, yet he absented
himself from his office without
notification to fly for the Bu
reau of Land Management,” Egan
said.
“We didn’t hire him to fly, we
hired him to be director of the Di
vision of Air Commerce.’
Egan said consideration was also
given in the decision to dismiss
Keith of the former Air Commerce
director’s actions in writing Wash
ington officials direct on matters
of state policy, without first clear
ing through Romick’s office.
sen. trruening
Seeks Restriction
Of Foreign Fishing
WASHINGTON UP) — A bill
aimed at restricting foreign fish
ing off the United States coastline
was introduced in the Senate to
day.
Sen. Ernest Gruening offered
the measure. It would authorize
the President, under certain cir
cumstances and upon the request
of a governor of a state, to pro
hibit or limit foreign fishing with
in 12 miles of the coast line.
The present 3-mile limit, Gruen
ing declared, is “an albatross
around the neck of United States
fishermen.” It should be extend
ed an additional nine miles, he
said.
Canada has extended its 3-mile
limit to 12 miles to prevent over
fishing by large foreign fleets, the
same problem confronting the
United States, Gruening said.
Under Gruening’s proposal, up
on petition of the governor of any
state, the President would convene
a fact finding board of three
people, one of whom would be a
resident of the state making the
complaint.
The board would investigate the
complaint and report to the Presi
dent within 90 days.
Then, if the President found that
fishing by nationals of other na
tions threatened to deplete our own
fishery resources lying within 12
miles off our shores, he could
either prohibit all fishing within
such waters for foreigners or
could establish the conditions under
which they would be permitted to
fish there.
MacMILLAN HOPES TO
LEAD CONSERVATIVE PARTY
LONDON UP) — Prime Minister
Harold MacMillan said tonight he
hopes to lead the Conservative
party in Britain’s next general
election due by October 1964.
On the eve of President Ken
nedy’s 24-hour visit to England,
the 69-year-old British leader ap
peared to lay at rest reports that
he might step down this fall for
a younger man.
“All being well and if I keep
my health and strength, I hope to]
lead the party at the next elec
tion,” he said in an interview
recorded for television.
Nomeites Will Use
New ZIP Code for
Posting Letters
Our five-digit ZIP Code is 99762,
the acting postmaster announced
today.
Everyone in Nome will use this
ZIP Code on all their correspond
ence to speed mail deliveries and
reduce the chance of mis-sent mail.
ZIP Code, the Post Office De
partment’s revolutionary new sys
tem of improved mail dispatch and
delivery, goes into effect nation
ally on July 1.
It is important that all citizens
of Nome learn this city’s ZIP Code
and use it in their return address
on all correspondence. In answer
ing mail ZIP Codes taken from re
turn addresses on incoming mail
should be used.
The ZIP Code is literally the last
word in mail addressing. It should
follow the city and state in ad
dresses.
i ins example is me proper use
of ZIP Code:
Your Name
Your Box No.
Nome, Alaska, 99762
The new ZIP Code for the first
time will permit the Post Office
Department to short-cut repeated
address reading.
The address mail must often be
read as many as 8 or 10 times
by postal employes, to get to the
proper destination. Each handling
slows the process of mail dispatch
and adds to the opportunity foi
human error.
With ZIP Code, a clerk needs
only to glance at the code to know
immediately to what national area,
state and post office the letter is
destined, and to speed it on its
way, cutting up to 24 hours off
the time between deposit and de
livery.
When ZIP Code is in full swing,
the United States will have “the
most modem system of mail distri
bution and delivery in existence.
DEMOS INSIST ON PUSHING
THROUGH A TAX MEASURE
WASHINGTON UR — The thun
der over civil rights legislation has
all but drowned out discussion
over the administration’s tax cut
proposals.
But Democrats insisted today
they intend to push a tax bill
through Congress this year despite
Republican warnings^ that the
chances are dwindling.
It is evident, however, that time
tables are being revised and that
the price for enacting both tax and
civil rights legislation in 1963 may
be a congressional session lasting
almost to year’s end.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
WASHINGTON Uf) — Vice'
President Lyndon Johnson’s 19
year-old daughter, Lynda Bird, is
engaged to a 22-year-old Navy
ensign.
Her engagement to Bernard
Rosenbach, a tall, handsome Tex
an, came to light Wednesday night
when she showed up with an en
gagement ring at a home-from
college party given by the Vice
President and Mrs. Johnson.
Family friends said Rosenbach,
on leave from the destroyer Jonas
Ingram at Mayport, Fla., put the
ring on Lynda Bird’s finger Wed
nesday. No formal announcement
was made since no date for a wed
ding has been set.
Rosenbach is from Comfort,
Tex., about 50 miles from the
j Johnson ranch, and has known
I Lynda Bird for several years.
Nixon Has Audience
With Pope Paul VI
VATICAN CITY Lfl — Richard
Nixon was received in audience
today by Pope Paul VI.
The former Vice President de
scribed the Pope as a “man of
vigor and vitality who looks 10
years younger than his actual age
of 65.”
Nixon and the Pope talked in
the Pontiff’s private library for
more than 15 minutes. Nixon was
accompanied by Archbishop Mar
tin OConner, formerly of Scran
ton, Pa., and now rector of the
North American Pontifical College.
After the private audience, the
Pope also received Mrs. Nixon
J and the Nixon’s daughters, Patri
cia. 17, and Julie, 14.
The Nixons arrived yesterday
from Athens on a private visit.
They will remain here through
July 3, and then visit Florence and
Venice.
Nixon had never met Pope John
XXIII, but had been received in
audience by Pope Pius XII twice,
in 1947 and 1957.
He said Pope Paul expressed
great interest in the American
people, and showed a deep under
standing of world problems.
British Shipping Firm
Will Inspect Alaska's
Three New Ferries
Sen. Bartlett Will
Be Guest Speaker
Here 4tli of July
Sen. E. L. Bartlett will be ar
riving here as guest speaker on
the 4th of July, it was announced
this morning.
Mayor Don Hoover heads the
4th of July committee which is
making plans for a full day of cele
bration next Thursday.
Also named to the committee
are Robert Scott. Robert Harwood,
Jim Blanning, Maurice Kelliher,
Frank Couch, Maj. Bob Steel and
Dan Karmun.
There will be sports and Eskimo
games as is traditional, it has been
announced, and the highlight will
be the visit of the USS Sav
age, which is a destroyer which
operates out of Pearl Harbor, as a
radar picket ship on the mid
Pacific barrier patrol.
Lt. Cmdr. Gerald Bradford, who
recently assumed command of the
Savage, states that the crew is
certainly looking forward to their
visit in Nome.
Open house will be held on the
ship from 1 to 4 p.m. during their
stay and special group tours will
be conducted from 9 to 11 a.m.
Persons organizing special tours
should contact Maj. Bob Steel for
parties not larger than 20 persons.
j uiNit.AU un — A London ship
I ping company, which operates
roll-on-and-roll-off unilized cargo
service between Great Britain and
Western Europe, wants to get a
close look at Alaska’s new ferry
system.
In a letter to Public Works Com
missioner Richard Downing, gen
eral manager Michael Bustard of
the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co.,
said he and another company offi
cial want to inspect Alaska’s three
new ferries, the Malaspina, Mata
nuska and Taku.
Bustard said he and Capt. W.
Johnson, chief marine superin
tendent for the London company,
plan to visit Alaska in July or
September.
‘"We are now giving considera
tion to the building of further
tonnage,” Bustard wrote, “and we
would welcome the opportunity of
inspecting your operation, as I
understand that your ships are
among the most recent developed
in North America.”
Bustard said his firm operates
primarily between London and
ports in Germany and France,
using vessels with a carrying ca
pacity of 100 vehicles and 35 first
class passengers.
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BOTANISTS LOCATE
RARE PLANTS HERE
Three well known Alaskan bo
tanists have been scouring the local
hills for specimens of known but
rare plants, some of which were
cataloged by Charles W. Thornton,
who made a very complete collec
tion many years ago.
They are Christine Heller, well
known in this area; Maxcine Wil
liams, a Juneau resident for 23
years, and Mrs. Lewis Strutz, who
has lived in Anchorage for 43
years. They were successful in lo
cating several of the plants which
they were seeking.
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North Korea Admits Holding
Two U.S. Army Captains
SEOUL, South Korea UP — Com
munist North Korea admitted for ,
the first time today that it is hold- '
ing two U.S. Army captains whose
helicopter made a forced landing
in Communist territory May 17.
Red Chinese Wage Bitter
Campaign to Block
Support for Soviet Policies
MOSCOW UP) — The World
Women’s Congress today was re
ported seething with ideological
squabbling over Chinese Commu
nist objections to Soviet peaceful
coexistence and general disarms
ment policies.
The Chinese delegates were re
ported waging a bitter campaign
in closed committee meetings U>
block any statements of support
for Soviet policies.
One source said the Peking re
presentatives also clashed sharp
ly again with Indian delegates
over the China-India border con
flict.
The Chinese started a row on
the floor of the Congress Wednes
day by demanding to reply at once
to an Indian delegate’s remarks
on the dispute.
A British delegate said she and
her countrywomen sat up with
Chinese representatives until early
this morning trying to persuade
the Chinese to accept Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev’s peaceful co
existence line.
The Chinese were said to have
refused to abandon their oppo
sition to the Soviet propaganda line
and categorically rejected any
moves to rally the Congress around
the Moscow-oriented leadership.
Drops Out at Mile 101
FORT ST. JOHN. B.C. — The
oldest of three men attempting to
walk 1,500 miles from Dawson
Creek, B.C., to Fairbanks, has
dropped out at Mile 101 of the
Alaska Highway.
Parker Seiler, 37, of Lansing,
Mich., says a combination of blis
ters, swollen ankles and leg cramps
forced him to drop out. The others,
also from Lansing, reached Mile
155 today. They are Keith Cossey,
17, and Ted Strubel, 21.
A fourth member of the party,
John Hall, is driving a bus along
with the walkers.
Seiler, a high school teacher,
said he now will spend his time
filming a travelog of the adventure.