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Senate Defeats Anti
Filibuster Rule
WASHINGTON W — The Sen
ate’s big battle over a new anti
filibuster rule ended Thursday in
defeat for those wanting a tighter
rule.
On a test vote, backers of a new
rule mustered 54 votes to 42 for
the opposition.
This vote was on a motion to
limit debate on the question of
formally taking up a rule change.
Next, the Senate voted 64-33 to
adjourn, a parliamentary step that
wiped out the whole rules fight
that had gripped the Senate since
Congress assembled Jan. 9.
By adjourning, the Senate will
begin a new “legislative day” when
it meets on Monday, which means
a fresh slate of business. When the
Senate recesses, rather than ad
journing, the pending business car
ries over until the next meeting.
Since Jan. 15, the pending busi
ness has been a motion by Sen.
Clinton P. Anderson, D-N.M., to
take up a proposed rules change
that would permit filibusters to be
halted by three-fifths of the sen
ators voting instead of the two
thirds majority required under the
present rule.
The argument over this has kept
the Senate from formally organiz
ing committees and getting on with
legislative business.
TRAGEDY MARS ROYAL
VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND, New Zealand —
Tragedy marred the visit of Queen
Elizabeth II to New Zealand yes
terday, just as on her first visit in
1953.
A bus loaded with Maoris, re
turning from the welcome for the
Queen, plunged over a 130-foot
bank and 15 of the aborigines were
killed.
On Dec. 24, 1953, while the
Queen and Prince Philip were in
Auckland, a train enroute to Auck
land plunged into a river and
killed 200 persons. Many of those
aboard were on their way to see
the royal couple.
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“Face of North America”
Is March Book-of-Month
A book about the grandeur,
beauty and vast variety of our
continent, from the Aleutian Is
lands down to the Florida Keys
and Mexico—Peter Farb’s “Face of
North America” — is the March
Selection of the Book-of-the-Month
Club.
Even Americans who travel
widely tend to take for granted
the country they fly over or drive
through — its vast plains, great
mountains, lakes and rivers, rug
ged sea cliffs and broad, sandy
beaches.
This is the land that Peter Farb
describes in his book, subtitled,
“The Natural History of a Con
tinent,” which represents upward
of 40,000 miles of journeying about
to study and observe or to consult
with experts; and some four years
of research and writing.
“The New World,” Mr. Farb ob
serves is new not only in the sense
of being a recent discovery, but
also in that man traveled to it
across the Bering Strait land bridge
a mere tens of thousands of years
ago, and many animals and plants
are likewise relatively recent ar
rivals from Asia. Until recently
the Bering land bridge had been
visualized as a narrow gateway or
isthmus, but the latest evidence
seems to indicate that it was at
times as much as 1300 miles wide,
completely linking Alaska and
Siberia.”
NEW YORK UR—The tempera
ture plummeted to 2 degrees below
zero at 9 a.m. today, the lowest
reading in the city in two years.
The previous low was 2 below
on Feb. 2, 1961.
The record for this date is 7
below in 1934.
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Anti-Americanism Will
Probably Be Issue Of
Canadian Elections
OTTAWA l— Canada’s plunge
into a new national election cam
paign was accompanied by pres
sure on Prime Minister John Dief
enbaker to go easy on anti-Ameri
canism. The pressure came from
both inside and outside his Con
servative Party.
Diefenbaker, 67, went through
the formalities Wednesday of dis
solving Parliament and calling for
new elections April 8 after his
regime was unseated by two non
confidence votes in the House of
Commons. The move did not affect
the Senate, whose members serve
for life.
Despite his defeat in Commons,
Diefenbaker’s shaken Conservative
Party closed ranks behind him as
its leader.
Although some Conservative
leaders declared that anti-Ameri
canism will not be a campaign
issue, the Prime Minister, as re
cently as Tuesday accused the
United States of more meddling in
Canada. Diefenbaker appeared
committed to hit hard on the ques
tion of Canadian sovereignty and
the idea that “nobody is going to
push Canada around.”
The Liberal Party, under the
leadership of Nobel Peace Prize
winner, Lester Pearson, has de
plored the rift between Canada
and the United States over the
nuclear weapons issue. It says it
hopes anti - Americanism will be
kept out of the campaign.
The conservative Ottawa Jour
nal agreed with Diefenbaker that
the United States was wrong in
intervening in Canada’s nuclear
debate, but it added:
“This issue must not be carried
down into the gutter of reckless
talk. This is no time for ‘no truck
or trade with the Yankees’.”
Supplemental Appropriations
Asked In Amount of $904,524
JUNEAU UR — Five bills calling
for supplemental appropriations
totaling $904,524 were introduced
in the House Thursday by the
Rules Committee at the request of
Gov. Egan.
The largest called for an ap
propriation of $612,386 for the De
partment of Health and Welfare
for general relief, aid to dependent
children, hospital and nursing
home care, care of prisoners and
like categories for the current fis
cal year.
Another measure asked $184,067
for Alaska’s court system.
A third requested $107,016 for
various unpaid claims fior general
relief medicine and for the Youth
and Adult Authority.
The remaining two called for
$126 and $928 for various reim
bursements.
Request President Take Steps To
Hall Destruction Fishing Gear
JUNEAU tfl—A joint resolution
asking the President to take what
ever steps necessary, including the
use of armed force, to prevent
Russian' destruction of American
fishing gear off Kodiak Island was
introduced in the Senate today by
Sen. Lester Bronson.
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Arctic Blasts Bite
New York, New England
A cold wave overspread the
northeast today, jolting New York
City with a windy, cutting 2 below
zero.
The Arctic blast, swept south
eastward off Canada’s Laurentian
uplands on winds of 20 to 30 miles
an hour, swung across New Eng
land and New York to the Atlantic
Ocean beaches.
Extremes included -28 degrees
at Mt. Washington, N.H.; -27 at
Owls Head in New York’s Adiron
dacks, and -14 at Albany.
Boston’s temperature was 1 be
low zero. Hartford, Conn., had -7.
It was -2 in Newark, N.J;
In contrast, the far western lim
its of the northern plains, often
the nation’s hardest bitten by cold,
had some springlike marks in the
upper 30s and 40s. Rapid City, S.D.,
reported 42.
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Sen. Magnuson Asks:
Was Cuba a “Diversionary
Screen” For Soviet
Buildup In Siberia?
WASHINGTON M — Sen. War
ren G. Magnuson, D-Wash., asked
if the Cuban crisis furnished a
“diversionary screen” for a Soviet
buildup of military forces else
where.
Magnuson, in a statement, men
tioned the possibility of new mis
sile bases in Siberia across the
Bering Straits from Alaska.
The senator said he would ask
chairman John Stennis, D-Miss., of
the Senate Preparedness subcom
mittee to seek answers from intel
ligence and defense officials about
a Siberian buildup by Russia.
“The Communists are experts
in both diversion and subterfuge,”
said Magnuson.
“While the Cuban situation is
most serious,” he added, “we must
not overlook the possibility that
Russia is using the Cuban cover to
strengthen Siberian bases where
supply lines are no problem nor
is negotiation for removal a threat.”
ICE WORM LEAGUE
High team game: Nome Tele
phone 633, Starlites 617, Billikins
543.
High team series: Nome Tele
phone 1884, Starlites 1568, Billi
kins 1501.
High individual game: Ilene
Schick 187, Fern Smith 179, Polly
Eberle 178.
High individual series: Polly
Eberle 500, Ilene Schick 499, Jane
Perkins 466.
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Nome Telephone . 8 4
Billikins . 6 6
Bering Sea Belles . 2 10
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