222 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 73
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1963
Per Copy 15£
Kennedy Presents Sweeping
Civil Rights Proposals to Congress
WASHINGTON UPi — President j
Kennedy sent Congress today a
five-point civil rights program
which he said would provide the
most “responsible, reasonable and
urgently needed solutions” to dis
crimination in public accommo
dations, education and employ
ment.
In a 5,500-word special message,
Kennedy proposed one of the
broadest civil rights programs in
nearly a century to meet what he
termed “the growing moral crisis
in American race relations.”
Presented in language that took
full account of the inevitable bit
ter fight over them in Congress,
Kennedy’s proposals would:
1. Bar racial discrimination by
hotels, restaurants, theaters, stores
and sports arenas. As a last re
sort the Attorney General would
have authority to sue in such a
case if the rejected individual
could not finance the case himself.
2. Add $400 million to next year’s
budget to broaden existing and
proposed federal programs aimed
at training and developing skilled
manpower, and explaining the em
ployment opportunities of young
people. Kennedy said “unemploy
ment falls with special cruelty
on minority groups.”
3. Authorize the Attorney Gen
eral to initiate federal court suits
to force desegregation of public
schools and colleges when students
have been “denied equal protec
tion of the laws.”
4. Create a federal community
relations service to work with bi
racial human relations committees
in local.communities “to help ease
tensions and suspicions to help
resolve inter-racial disputes and
to work quietly to improve rela
tions in any community threatened
or torn with strife.”
5. Enact a law, “making it clear
that the federal government is not
required to . . . furnish any kind
of financial assistance . . to any
program or activity in which racial
discrimination occurs.”
He called discrimination against
Negroes in public accommoda
tions “a daily insult that has no
Kremlin Approves
i(,Hot Line*’ Link
GENEVA W — The Soviet Un
ion today gave its approval to an
agreement for a “Hot Line” link
between Washington and the
Kremlin.
The Soviet disarmament nego
tiator, Semyon Tsarapkin, in
formed U.S. Ambassador Charles
Stelle of the Soviet action at a two
hour meeting at the Soviet dele
gation headquarters.
Tsarapkin and Stelle are co
chairmen of the 17-nation disar
ament conference.
The agreement was reached here
on June 4 after a month of talks
between Stelle, Tsarapkin and
communications experts of both
sides.
The U.S. government gave its
immediate approval, but Soviet ap
proval was delayed by an argu
ment over signing procedure.
i place in a country proud of its
heritage — the heritage of the
melting pot, of equal rights, of one
nation and one people.”
Kennedy asked all Congress
members to “set aside sectional
and political ties” at what he
termed a time of national crisis.
And he called on them to stay
in session until the program is en
acted, preferably as a package,
“however long it may take and
however troublesome it may be.”
At the same time, Kennedy
cautioned against any demonstra
tions at the capitol to protest an
expected southern filibuster
against his proposals. Negro lead
ers are planning for such mass
action.
The President said:
“Unruly tactics or pressures will
not help and may hinder the ef
fective consideration of these
measures.”
Glimmer of Hope
For Racial Peace
JACKSON, Miss. UPl — A glim
mer of hope for racial peace show
ed today in Jackson — one week
after the slaying of integration
leader Medgar Evers — after Ne
groes tentatively agreed to end
' demonstrations.
The agreement, with minor dis
sent, came at a Negro mass meet
ing last night in answer to further
conciliation by city officials to re
quests of integration leaders.
Reports persisted, however, that
the Congress of Racial Equality,
the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, and the Student Non
Violent Coordinating Committee
would carry on demonstrations.
An official of the National Assn,
for the Advancement of Colored
People — which, led by Evers,
had spearheaded the drive — said
there was no truth to reports of
dissension among Negro leaders.
“The main strategy and force
will be turned toward registering
to vote. That’s going to be the main
thing,” said the Rev. G. R. Haugh
ton, a Negro leader who with four
others met yesterday with Mayor
Allen Thompson and two city
commissioners.
Thompson, spurred by telephone
calls from President Kennedy and
A tty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, for
the first time set specific dates
and numbers on already conceded
demands for Negro policemen and
school-crossing guards.
FOOD FOR ESKIMO DOGS
SEATTLE (if) — A Philadelphia
man flew to Alaska today with
plans to distribute four tons of
food for dogs in Eskimo villages.
Owen B. Hunt, president of the
American Anti-Vivisection Society,
said that on an Alaska trip last
year he learned that many dogs
suffer from malnutrion because
their Eskimo owners lacked proper
food for them.
Hunt said he sent questionaires
to 120 villages and received re
plies from 62. He said the society
raised $2,000 to buy the food.
Cardinals Walk
Solemnly Into
Conclave Today
VATICAN CITY (M — The car
dinals of the Roman Catholic
Church walked solemnly into con
clave today to elect a new Pope.
The 80 cardinals—their average
age is 72 — still wore the violet
robes of mourning they put on
after the death on June 3 of Pope
John XXIII.
The will not change into their
crimson robes again until they
emerge from the conclave after
electing the church’s 262nd Su
preme Pontiff.
They must eat and sleep in the
sealed area around the Sistine
Chapel until they give the world’s
half billion Roman Catholics a
new spiritual ruler.
The princes of the church gath
ered at the Pauline Chapel and
then walked in solemn procession
150 feet to the famous Sistine
Chapel, the scene of conclaves for
the past century.
Then a prelate commanded “ex
tra omnes” — all unauthorized
persons out — and the time came
to close off the cardinals from
the outside world. '
Voting will begin Thursday.
Four ballots will be held daily in
the Sistine Chapel — two in the
morning and two in the afternoon ,
— until one man gets 54 votes, a
two-thirds majority. Although
church law does not bar a lesser
prelate or even a layman, the new
Pope is certain to be a cardinal
and probably will be an Italian.
White Soldier Beaten to
Death by Five Negroes
WASHINGTON (jP> — A white
soldier was beaten to death early
today in a fight that involved two
other white soldiers and five Ne
groes, police reported.
Killed was Pvt. Edward Betcher,
19, of Brooklyn, N.Y. stationed at I
Ft. Belvoir, Va.
Police inspector Lawrence Hart
nett said Betcher apparently had
been beaten with “an unknown
heavy object.”
His two companions, Pvts. Philip
Cheng, 27, and James Spencer, 22,
told police they had been beaten
only with fists. They were not :
severely injured.
The police version:
The three soldiers were riding I
in a convertible and were stopped
at a traffic light when a car oc
cupied by five Negro males and
two Negro females pulled along
side.
The Negroes made some remarks
about the blaring radio in the sol
diers’ car. The light changed and
Betcher drove away. The Negroes
followed and some distance away
forced the soldiers’ car to the curb.
Two of the Negroes jumped out
of their car, dragged Betcher from
behind the wheel and began beat
ing him. The two other soldiers
also were pulled from the car and
beaten.
Mrs. Emily Hite returned Mon
day from Seattle to start closing
her late husband, George Hite’s
estate which includes much real
estate and rental units.
Russia’s First Lady of Space Returns
To Earth After History-Making Flight
MOSCOW M—Nursing a bruised
nose, Russia’s blonde first lady of ;
space returned to earth today after i
a history-making space flight. Her
male partner also landed safely
and with new records in space. i
Tass, the official Soviet news
agency, said Lt. Col. Valery By- ,
kovsky came down on his 82nd .
orbit and Valentina Tereshkova on
her 49th.
Valentina’s slight injury was
disclosed in a telephone conversa
tion with Premier Khrushchev.
She told Khrushchev she was
received by Russians who offered
her the traditional bread and salt
given a visitor.
“I landed well, the glade was
flat,” she said. “I am feeling well.”
“So there are no scratches?” in
quired Khrushchev.
“No, no, only my nose is
I bruised,” she replied.
“So your nose is bruised?” he
said.
“Well, this nothing,” she assured
him. “It will pass!”
Khrushchev reported on his con
versation to a meeting of the Cen
tral Committe of the Communist
party.
A later message from the com
mittee addressed to “the peoples
and governments of all countries”
said Bykovsky flew around the
I globe 81 times and Valentina 48
times.
A gigantic celebration is in pre
paration for them in Moscow’s
Red Square later in the week.
Tereshkova, “the girl with the
cornflower blue eyes,” traveled
more than 1,240,000 miles in 71
hours of flight.
Bykovsky traveled more than
two million miles in 119 hours.
They landed about 600 miles apart
in the Soviet Republic of Ka
zakhstan, the customary area for
return of Soviet space travelers.
Premier Khrushchev said:
“She talked with a calm voice
without any sign of fatigue.”
She had been in space just short
of three days and Bykovsky just
short of five.
Valentina was the first down at
11:20 a.m. She had tucked her
blonde curls under her space hel
met and blasted off at 12:30 p.m.
last Sunday.
Bykovsky followed Valentina
down at 2:06 p.m. He had taken
off at 3 p.m. Friday.
Preparations already were under
way for a gigantic celebration in
Moscow with emphasis on the ac
complishment of Valentina, already
the darling of the Soviet capital.
She and Bykovsky were under
going the usual checkups for as
tronauts and are expected in the
capital later in the week.
Bykovsky’s 82-orbit flight ex
ceeded the 64 orbits made by So
viet cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev
last August.
Valentina’s 49 orbits was way
ahead of the 22 orbits made by
Air Force Maj. L. Gordon Cooper
Jr., the U.S. record holder.
The Soviet Union is accustomed
to celebrating the return of male
I cosmonauts — but the flight of
[ the first woman clearly has caught
the imagination of the Soviet
people
Excited broadcasters could hard
ly control their voices as they de
scribed the event.
“Her eyes are like cornflowers,”
said a television announcer as he
ran a film of Valentina in her last
loops around the globe.
MIDNIGHT SlIN FESTIVAL
Daily Events June 20, 21, 22 23
20-Minute Flights to view Nome's Goldfields by arrangement with
Munz-Northern Airways—Phone 2215
10:00-4:00 Nome Mother's Club Eskimo Arts and Crafts Show.
New Lobby of Nomerama Theater. Chairmen Lily Walker
Sophie Swanson.
10:00-4:00 K.K. Library Club Art Show — New Lobby of
Nomerama Theater. Chairman Mrs. Don Hoover.
1:30-4:30 Omie McCarthy Roadhouse"—H. Crinklaw residence
Kiddies' Kounlry Kitchen " "
7:30-8:30 "Omie McCarthy Roadhouse"— " "
Kiddies' Kountry Kitchen " "
11:00-12:00 Midnight Sun Flights—One Hour Flights to view
Midnight Sun. Chairman Bob Harwood.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
1:00-3:00 Pied Piper Parade for the young and young at heart.
Pied Piper, John Amundsen; Parade Marshall, Arthur
Sandstrom; Platform Mgr. Bill Posey.
7:00-9:00 Eskimo Games and Dancing.
9:00-12:00 p.m.—STREET DANCE on Federal Bldg. ramp.
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
2:00-4:00 Mother's Club Alaskan Baby Show for children under
4. Small auditorium. Chairman Mina Bachelder.
2:00-5:00 Horseshoe Pitching Contest behind Polar Bar.
Doubles. Singles for Ladies and Men. Prizes. Chairman
Roy Luke.
5:30-9:00 Progressive Dinner. Tickets on sale at North Star.
Polar. Breakers, Bering Sea Club. Polar Curio Shop.
7:00-9:00 Eliminations continue in Eskimo games and dancino
9:00-10:30 Variety Show at School. 9
10:30-12:00 Alaska's Favorite Game by the Rotary Club at
School Small Auditorium.