THE
NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 46
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1963
Per Copy 15*
Hard to Prove
Poaehing Of
Bering Halibut
VANCOUVER, B.C. W*—Canada
knows Japanese and Russian fleets
are poaching halibut in the eastern
Bering Sea, an official said today.
But it is impossible to prove it,
said R. T. Hagar, of the Interna
tional North Pacific Fisheries Com
mission.
“It’s not just the Japanese who
are giiilty. The Soviets have been
taking millions of pounds of fish
out of the area.”
Hager said the situation will get
worse unless the existing treaty
between Canada, United States
and Japan is re-negotiated or a
new one signed.
“Without some law, every coun
try in the world will be fishing 12
months of the year to the three
mile limit off our shores.”
Patrol boats have found it im
possible to catch the foreign fleets
because they cut their lines or
take other maneuvers, said Hager.
B.C. fishermen are meanwhile
unhappy with a recommendation
by the Fisheries Commission to
let Japanese boats take halibut in
the eastern Bering.
“Yet not one in 1,000 of them
has even bothered to read the
treaty,” he said. ‘They are mostly
bothered by the smokescreen put
out by their own union. And that
policy seems to be: “Hate the
UJS.; to hell with the Japs but
never mention the Soviets.”
Escort Ship Skipper Cited
For Failure to Report Last
Messages from Thresher
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. UFI — A
Navy court of inquiry has cited Lt.
Cmdr. Stanley W. Hecker, skipper
of the submarine escort vessel
Skylark, for what it called his
failure of report the last messages
from the ill - fated submarine
Thresher “for an unreasonable
length of time.”
The court on Tuesday named
Hecker, 36, of Brooklyn, a party
to its investigation of the loss of
the Thresher with 129 men aboard.
The five-member court then re
cessed and announced it would re
sume hearings after Hecker has
obtained counsel and examined
evidence given thus far.
The Skylark was accompanying
the nuclear submarine when it
made its fatal dive.
The court said Hecker s conduct
as the Skylark’s commanding offi
cer “appears to be subject to in
quiry,” but emphasized he is not
blamed for the loss of the sub.
Rear Adm. Lawson P. Ramage,
deputy commander of the Atlantic
Fleet Submarine Force and the in
itial commander of the search ef
fort, testified he did not learn for
a few days that Thresher had in
dicated the possibility of trouble.
Lt. James C. Watson, 43, Heck
er’s navigator on Skylark, testified
before the inquiry board that the
last distinguishable message from
Thresher to Skylark was: “Ex
periencing minor difficulty. Have
positive up angle. Trying to blow.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued fair with little change
in temperatures. Lowest expected
tonight 5, the high tomorrow 10.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 10, lowest 0. Max. wind 30
mph from the N.W. Sunrise at
7:43 a.m., sunset at 4:18 p.m.
A year ago today: highest temp.
21, lowest -3.
Alaska Residents Purchase
Crooked Gambling Devices
JUNEAU UP) — Atty. Gen. Geo.
Hayes said today he has been ad
vised by Sheriff Richard Oglivie
of Cook County, 111., that several
Alaska residents purchased crook
ed gambling equipment from a
Chicago card company raided re
cently.
Hayes said Oglivie advised him
the raid netted a considerable
amount of gambling parapherna
lia, including crooked dice and
marked cards.
Oglivie also sent Hayes some
photostatic copies of correspond
ence from the company to various
Alaska residents, indicating the
purchase by Alaskans of marked
cards or fixed dice.
Hayes said at least two of the
letters were addressed to bar and
restaurant owners. The photostatic
copies of the letters, Hayes said,
have been turned over to the Al
coholic Beverage Control Board.
Soviet Concert Pianist
Asks Asylum In Britain
LONDON UP) — Vladimir Ash
kenazy, the Soviet Union’s leading
young concert pianist, and his wife
were hiding somewhere in Eng
land today after announcing they
had left the U.S.S.R. indefinitely to
live in Britain.
The 25-year-old pianist insisted
he was not seeking political asy
lum, saying, “I am a Russian and
I love my country.” But the im
pression here was that he had de
fected, as Leningrad ballet star Ru
dolf Nureyev did in Paris in 1961.
Ashkanazy, who is Jewish, came
to Britain on a concert tour last
month and brought his wife and
year-old son, Vladimir. He said the
Soviet government had given him
permission for an indefinite stay
but he “turned to British author
ities because we did not know
when the Russian permission al
lowing us to stay in England
might be revoked.”
The Home Office said Ashkan
azy’s wife, Dodie, a native of Ice
land, was a resident of Britain for
17 years before she married and
had asked to be allowed to take
up residence in Britain again. A
spokesman said this was granted
and, in accordance with normal
custom, the same privilege was ex
tended to her husband.
Ashkanazy s position among
young Soviet pianists was under
lined last year when the Soviet
government picked him to enter
the second Tchiakovsky competi
tion. The first Tchaikovsky prize
was won in 1958 by an American,
Van Cliburn, and the Russians
wanted a Russian to get it. Ash
kanazy divided the first prize with
John Ogden, a Briton.
BRITAIN LAUNCHES
FIRST ATOMIC SUB
BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Eng
land — Britain’s first atomic
powered submarine, Dreadnaught,
was commissioned today as a
hunter-killer of enemy underwater
craft.
The Dreadnaught’s nuclear re
actor is of American design.
Diefenbaker Resigns
OTTAWA — Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker said today he
has handed his resignation to
Governor-General Georges P. Van
ier effective at noon Monday.
This will clear the way for Les
ter B. Pearson, whose Liberal
party won the most Parliament
seats in the April 8 elections, to
become Canada’s 14th prime min
ister.
Steel Price Rises
By JACK LEFLER
NEW YORK MV-Selective steel
price rises all but completed a
sweep through the industry today.
The nation’s seven largest pro
ducers had fallen into line, and
after them tumbled a growing
stream of large and small steel
makers.
Rounding out the top seven to
day were Bethlehem Steel Co., Na
tional Steel Corp., and Youngs
town Sheet & Tube Co., second,
fifth and seventh ranking firms.
Their announcements came less
than 24 hours after the dam broke
when U.S. Steel Corp., industry
giant, posted markups after sev
eral days of hesitation.
Despite some variations, the
Bethlehem and National markups
held to the general pattern set
previously, corresponding closely
with those posted yesterday by
U.S. Steel which were the lowest
of those announced so far, aver
aging $4.85 a ton.
“Big Steel” and the other com
panies cited five rises in labor
costs since 1958, when the last gen
eral steel price increase came.
‘‘Earnings have dropped sub
stantially, dividends have been re
duced and employment has de
clined,” U.S. Steel president Leslie
B. Worthington said.
Industry
MAJ. GEN. REEVES OF AIR
FORCE TO SUCCEED MUNDY
AS ALASKAN COMMANDER
WASHINGTON UR — President
Kennedy announced today he is
naming Maj. Gen. Raymond J.
Reeves to succeed Lt. Gen. George
W. Mundy as commander-in-chief,
Alaskan Command. Reeves, an Air
Force officer, will be promoted to
lieutenant general.
RCA Electronics
To NHS Students
Nome high school students heard
Mr. Abe Schwartz speak Tuesday
afternoon on opportunities in elec
tronics and the program of educa
tion in that field sponsored by the
Radio Corporation of America.
Mr. Schwartz is the head of the
computer section of the RCA
Technical Institute in New York
City.
Mr. Schwartz showed a film
which outlined the type of schools,
civilian and military, offering
technical electronics training, and
the scope of occupations in which
trainees could find well paid em
ployment.
He said that all RCA Institute
trainees from Alaska are employed
in the state, if they so desire, at
salaries ranging from $10,000 to
$12,000 a year.
The opportunity to enroll for
18 months training at RCA insti
tutes in New York City or Los
Angeles is open to graduates of
Nome High School. The training
is open to both men and women.
Mr. Schwartz was accompanied
by Jens Forshaug, vocational and
placement officer from the Fair
banks office of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs. Mr. Forshaug ac
quainted the students with a scho
larship grant that will be made to
successful applicants for the RCA
training and who are of native
blood. Mr. Forshaug encouraged
students to make inquiries about
training opportunities through the
local BIA and the local State Em
ployment office.
Experts
Cuban Exile Leader
Accuses United States of
Violating Its Promises
MIAMI Ufr—Cuban Revolution
ary Council president Jose Miro
Cardona accused the United States
today of unleashing against his
reputation “a violent campaign
without parallel in the history of
this great nation.”
By this action, Miro said, the
State Department ‘‘violates an
other of its promises.”
The exile leader said the State
Dept, had asked him not to make
public a document detailing his
relations with the U. S. govern
ment. This request, Miro said, was
in order that “the crisis created
could be solved in a short period.”
Miro referred to a “crisis” in
relations between the Council and
the U.S. government.
Nine days have passed since
the request was made, Miro said,
and he charged that instead of
solving the crisis, the State Dept,
heaped abuse on him.
“I shall feel free to make public
the document,” he declared.
“I have been placed in a situa
tion where I have to defend my
self, and I shall do it by replying
to all the charges imputed against
me.
The anti - Castro leader’s state
ments came on the second anni
versary of the U.S.-endorsed Bay
of Pigs invasion, smashed by Fidel
Castro’s army.
In observance of the anniver
sary, the council deferred until to
morrow night a meeting to act or
the “crisis.”
Exiles hung black crepe or
their doors.
Hawaiians Start Cleaning
Up After Worst Storm
In 12 Years
HONOLULU — The job of
cleaning up after Hawaii’s worst j
storm in 12 years got under way
today. The state asked President
Kennedy to help.
Gov. John A. Burns declared
the hardest hit islands of Oahu
and Kauai as disaster areas and
appealed to the President to make
available federal emergency assist
ance to aid in restoring public
property.
Skies cleared over the mid-Pa
cific islands yesterday. Residents
forced from their homes by rising
water began trudging back to sur
vey damage.
Two veteran soldiers drowned
when a fast-rising stream forced
their jeep into flood waters. The
bodies of Lt. Col. Chester F. Sun
ski, 43, of Seattle, and Sgt. Maj.
Oliver F. Anderson, 45, of Wilkes
boro, N.C., were recovered yes
terday.
East German Armored Car
Breaks Thru Berlin Wall
BERLIN UPi — An armored per
sonnel carrier of the East German
army broke through the Commun
ist wall dividing Berlin tonight
and was fired on by East German
border guards. At least one man
inside the vehicle reached West
Berlin safely but was seriously
wounded.
There was no immediate infor
mation on whether more than one
man was in the armored car. Po
lice said the wounded man was a
member of the East German army.
He was taken to a West Berlin
hospital.
This was the first time an ar
mored vehicle of the Blast German
army was used in an escape thru
the concrete wall.
The escape occurred in the Am
erican section.
Nome Voters
Vote “Yes” for
New Power Plant
The people of Nome gave their
approval for the expansion of
power and light facilities in a
bonding election yesterday with
295 voting in favor of the issue
and 23 against.
The revenue bonds will provide
the money for a new plant in an
area considered by the engineers
most centrally located as it will
be serving the vocational school
at Satellite Field. This location is
on the west side of Snake River
across from the airport. The new
power plant will be housed in a
steel building which is so con
structed that it can be expanded
at any time with the removal of
one wall. Both fuel and water are
easily accessible.
Howard Crinklaw, manager of
the utilities and Leonard Anseth,
vice president of the Utility Board,
who are in Seattle at a Northwest
Power Assn, meeting, will both
look over the new equipment
needed for the plant.
Pro Football Greats
Suspended for Betting
By JACK HAND
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (Pi —Paul Hornung
of the Green Bay Packers and
Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions
’ were suspended indefinitely by
the National Football League to
, day.
Five other Detroit players were
fined $2,000 each and the Detroit
club was fined $4,000 as a result
of an investigation into pro foot
ball betting.
Commissioner Pete Rozelle su
pervised the investigation and an
nounced the findings at a news
conference in his office.
Rozelle said Homing, the lea
! gue’s most valuable player in 1961
with the champion Packers but
hobbled by injuries during most of
the 1962 season, had placed bets
on NFL and college games in some
instances reaching the sum of $500,
from 1959 through 1961. Rozelle
said Hornung also had transmitted
specific information concerning
NFL games for betting purposes.
The commissioner said this con
stituted serious breaches of the
player’s contract and the league’s
by-laws and constitution which
forbid betting on games. He is a
halfback.
Karras, the 250-pound defensive
tackle of the Lions, who said in a
television interview he bet on
games but only for cigarettes and
cigars, was judged guilty of asso
ciating with individuals described
by Detroit police as “known hood
lums.”
Rozelle said there was no evi
dence of any criminal wrongdoing
or any evidence that Karras sold
information for betting purposes or
ever bet against his own team.
I
Stale Expects 125-150 Persons
To Take Inaugural Cruise of
Malaspina April 27-May 2
JUNEAU UP) — A total of 47
persons have already made firm
reservations for the inaugural
cruise of the state ferry Malaspina
April 27-May 2, Director Morris
Ford of the Alaska Travel Divi
sion said today.
Ford said the state expected ev
entually to receive affirmative an
swers from at least 125-150 per
sons, including some of the na
tion’s top travel editors.