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The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02
Donald Mcdonald
Killed In Plane
Crash Near Bethel

Donald MAC" Mcdonald, for
merly bush pilot for Alaska
Airlines, and well known here,
was killed Saturday when the
plane he was flying crashed and
burned near Bethel. With him
was. George Pete, who lives in
that area. Bad weather and poor
visibility were reported as the
cause of the tragedy.
Mac had been flying for In
terror Always on a Dew Line
project.
He is survived by his widow,
Myra, who left last week to be
with her sister who is critically
i'll in Seattle.
Mrs. Mcdonald works for the
Northern Commercial Co. store
in Nome and it was through the
NC. in Seattle that she was con-
tacted Saturday night with the
news of her husbands death.
The remains were flown to
Kotzebue where burial was to be
made today.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02
JACK WHALEY THREE
HOURS OVERDUE FROM
GRANITE MOUNTAIN

Jack Whaley of NUM- Always
was reported three hours overdue
at $3.50 this afternoon on flight
from Granite Mountain.
1t was not known if Whaley
had any passengers in the twin
engine Dehaviland Dove plane
which he recently brought to
Nome.
Several search planes, Nome
bush pilots and CAP search flyers
flew out to search for the missing
plane.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02

the tragedy The Constellation
carried "a passengers and crew
of six; the Oct, SO passengers
and five crew members.
The wreckage was found on
two jagged buttes at the south
eastern tip of the canyon, one of
Americas most beautiful but
rugged and inaccessible areas.
The buttes are two-day hike
over perilous terrain from the
nearest road. The only way to
reach the masses of metal frag-
ments and torn bodies sooner is
by helicopter.
Capt James Womack, a hell
copter pilot who flew to the crash
scene yesterday with two other
men, had this comment on the
plan to remove bodies from the
area:
There's not a hell of a lot
down there that anyone's going
TO get out.
Events leading up to the twin
crash were fantastic series of
condolences.
The tragic flights began on a
sunny morning in Los Angeles.
The planes took off three min
utes apart. the Super-Constella-
ton first, then the Oct.
At Daggett, Calf, on the Mo-
have Desert, the CAA reported,
the TWA pilot asked to change
his altitude from $4,000 to $1,000
feet. Before the CAA could tell
him United was flying at that
altitude, the pilot said he would
change his flight plan to visual
flying 1000 feet on top of the
cloud level.
The CAA approved and in
formed the TWA pilot that the
United craft was at $1,000 feet.
An official said he did not know
if the Oct knew of the slight
change but that notification was
not necessary because the TWA
craft was supposed to be flying
in the clear.
The two liners were next heard
from over the Arizona California
border about 200 miles east of
Los Angeles.
The Constellation, bound for
Kansas City, checked in at 1885
am. CMST). To the south, the
Oct, enroute to New York, re-
ported it was over Lake Mohave
on the Colorado River at 1888.
The next and last message
heard from either plane came
from the DC-7 at 1882 an. It
said eve are going -
According to flight plans, both
pilots were supposed to check in
over spot on the Painted Des-
ert, some 20 miles west of Grand
Canyon Village, at precisely the
same time, 1l:3l am.
The head of the search and res
cue mission said that at the time
of the crash the thunderheads
rolled as high as 10000 feet.
One of the senior search Off
GERS, discussing the crash later,
called it "one-in-a-million--
one-in-a-billion crash"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02
Planes Collide, 128 Die

BY FRANK wETzEL and LAWRENCE MALKIN
GRAND CANYON Ariz., (49-Helicopter crews
flew into the treacherous eastern neck of Arizonas
Grand Canyon today to remove 1913 dead from the
wreckage of two giant arliners which crashed in
commercial aviations worst disaster.
There were no survivors.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02
Gov. Hartman
Criticizes Ike's
Reading Habits
BY THE ASSOCIATED rREss

Three Democratic presidential
hopefuls flung weekend criticism
at President NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
supporters continued to hold
firmly today to the unconfirmed
assumption he will again be the
Republican candidate.
Gov. Averell Hartman of New
York issued the sharpest blast
during a farm-belt tour of Iowa,
Minnesota and North Dakota.
Hartman said in Des Moines
Eisenhower was "a great soldier
but he is not qualified for the
presidency" He said the Presi-
dent understands neither the
farm problem nor critical factors
in the cold war.
Not a Book Reader
"He hasn't read book" Har-
riman said, she doesn't read the
papers. He doesn't read anything
except what they put before him.
So, he just doesn't know what's
going on
In New York, the Republican
state chairman, L. Judson Nor
house, retorted.
ANY candidate has the right
to make a jackass of himself, but
no candidate ever availed HIM
self so completely of the dubious
privilege as Mr.. Hartman did in
Iowa"
Morhouse predicted New Work
would give Eisenhower a million
vote reelection margin, "espe-
cially if Mr.. Hartman is the
Democratic candidate"
Book on Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson, the unsuc-
cessful 1852 Democratic nominee
and generally conceded front
runner for this years Democratic
nod, joined other Democrats in
rapping the administration for
giving a reporter access to min
utes of top-level Cabinet meet
ings.
The material was furnished to
Robert j. Donovan of the New
York Herald Tribune for his re-
cent book, Eisenhower: the In
side Story"
Stevenson called it further
evidence of the administrations
reliance on advertising and pub
lie relations techniques."
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02
ARMY AIRBoRNE DIVISION
COMING TO ALASKA IN ST

WASHINGTON R-The Army
said today one combat team from
the 82nd Airborne Division will
be airlifted to Alaska next jan
uary. The announcement was
made in connection with list of
seven major field maneuvers
scheduled by the Army in the
next IL months to test new tacti-
cal concepts. One is set for Fort
Lewis, Wash.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-07-02

The 4th of July edition Of
the Nugget will be published
on Tuesday evening and will
contain the full Fourth of July
program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
BY DAVID KOoNCE

The fight this year for control of
Congress and 80 State governor
ships, overshadowed at present by
the more spectacular presidential
race, finds Democrats counting on
statistics and Republicans pinning
their hopes on combination of po-
litical history and the pull Of Presi-
dent Eisenhower's coattails.
The Republicans are confident
that this is not a year that will vio-
late the old political maxim that
the party that wins the presidency
will also win control Of Congress.
They are assuming. of course. that
Mr.. Eisenhower will be reelected,
an assumption the re-invigorated
Democrats refuse to accept. The
Republicans also bolster their
optimism for recapturing Congress
and several governorships with the
vision Of the popular Mr.. Eisen-
hover going. as he has indicated
he would, into areas where Repub-
licans need his help.
Democrats are more confident
that they will retain control Of
Congress than they are that they
will win the White House.
The Senote Races
Starting with the Senate. the
Democrats point out that Of their
10 seats on the block this year. nine
are in the indisputably safe" South
and at least three more are In nor
mally Democratic Border States.
leaving seven seats in States that
may be more doubtful--or. less
sure as they put it. OF II Repub-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
The Campaigns:
GO. P. Steps In

President Eisenhower announced
that he will open his campaign for
reelection Wednesday at his Get
tysburg farm with a picnic-rally
attended by 400 to 500 Republican
leaders from over the country. He
and Vice President Nixon. he said,
just want ito talk over the cam
paign."
The Presidents schedule for the
early phase of the campaign sug-
gests that he will play much more
active role than had been previ-
ously indicated. 1t also reflected
growing Republican emphasis on
the Importance Of holding the farm
vote.
The President said Wednesday
he will follow-up major radio-TV
speech from the White House on
September 10 with a trip to the
National Flowing Contest at New
ton. Iowa, two days later. That
will be followed in about a week
with another address to the Nation
dealing with the agricultural COM
munity."
Following the President in his
Iowa engagement will be Demo-
cratic candidate Adlai Stevenson,
who will address the farmers the
next day. September %.
On Wednesday Mr.. Stevenson.
addressing the national convention
of the American Legion in Los An-
geles, said he believed the military
draft could be ended in the fore
seeable future" and should be end
ed at the earliest moment con-
sistent with national safety" He
attacked the Republicans campaign
emphasis on peace, declaring that
peace is not an issue in this cleo
tion.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Sc Races Pit Statistics Against History and CoottoiIs

publicans usually elect the COVER
nors. But the Democrats say the
trend here also is toward their cam
didates. Eight of the Republicans
now in Office won with margin of
less than 5 per cent. Only five
Democrats were such close winners.
At present. the lineup is 81 to 81 in
favor Of the Democrats, who have
increased their governorships by
nine since 1882 Democrats also
picked up 500 seats in State legisla-
lures in four years.
The statistics can be carried to
questionable conclusions, however.
For instance. some Democratic opti-
mists argue that they can win the
White House this year If they carry
only the States that elected Demo-
cratic Governors in 1854 and 1855.
These 81 States carry an electoral
college vote Of 282. 16 more than
required TO win the presidency.
zone Of these. New York with its
As. electoral votes. elected a Demo-
cratic Governor In 1854 with a
margin Of only 11.125 votes out Of
5.161 ,942).
Democrats also say that II they
are given the electoral votes Of
n States that in 1854 either elected
a Democratic Senator or gave DEM
ocrats the majority in House con-
tests. they win have 20 more than
enough to win the presidency.
Republicans concede that the fig-
ures are interesting. but they have
a happy answer to all the statistics:
Dwight D. Eisenhower will be
on the ballots in 1856: he wasn't
in 1854
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

lican Senate seats at stake, only
seven are in usually solid" G. o. P.
States-the Midwest and New
Hampshire and Vermont.
Earlier this year, the odds
seemed to favor the Democrats
heavily. But developments in re-
cent months have given the COP.
new hopes of recapturing the Sem
ate, now divided between 40 Demo-
Gratis and Al Republicans. For in
stance, Democratic squabbling in
Kentucky makes the Republicans
task easier in this State where two
Senate seats are at stake. Not only
that. but the Republicans have two
strong candidates. both backed by
President Eisenhower. Democratic
Whip Earle Clements faces in his
reelection fight Thruston Morton,
a popular former congressman and
State Department official. Former
Gov. Lawrence Wetherby will face
ex-senator and former Ambassador
to India John Sherman Cooper, one
Of the most widely-liked Kentucky
Republicans in decades. 1t took
Alben Barley to defeat Mr.. Cooper
in 1854. and then the margin of
victory was less than 5 per cent.
Both Senator Clements and Mr..
Wetherby we're nominated in a Bit
ter party fight which found Gov.
A. B. Chandler in vigorous oppose
ton to them.
AS another example. when it was
assumed that Senator Herbert Leh-
man would seek denomination in
New York, that seat was regarded
as being about as safe as any Dem
ocratic seat outside the South can
be. But Senator Lehman. who
would have been . shoo-in, has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

opposed the Governors plan
though they do not favor integra-
tion-because they felt it might
speed a showdown. The Gray
Commission plan for pupil assign
ment and tuition grants had been
considered by many Virginians as
the course most likely to succeed in
delaying indignation. Mr.. Stanley's
administration, however, has Bit
terly opposed any pupil assignment
plan because they feel it admits
to the possibility Of eventual class
room indignation.
Last week, Gov. Stanley's sup
porters in the General Assembly
accepted a modified assignment
plan which was considered only a
supplement to the Governors mo
indignation" plan, and not a substi-
tute.
The overall situation was not
vastly different from the one that
existed century ago when many
southerners were torn by opposing
voices of conscience and tradition
on the question of slavery. Then,
SouthernerS paid for their devo-
ton to status quo in blood and
wealth. Today they appear ready to
pay with the education of their
children, white and Negro.
Now, as then, there is feeling
in the South that time and change
cannot be resisted forever. But
there is no resignation to the inevi-
table.
Novelist William Faulkner, a
southerner, not long ago described
the predicament many Southerners
feel but few admit:
ITO live anywhere in the world
of today and be against equality
because Of race or color, is like
living in Alaska and being against
snow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

These are Alabama, Florida, Geor-
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina. South Carolina and Vir-
GINA. Three districts were inte-
grated in Arkansas last year in
counties with relatively small Negro
populations. Tennessee has two
integrated districts. One of these
is Clinton. the other Oak Ridge.
which is operated by the Federal
Government. In Texas approx
mately 100 school districts have
been integrated to a degree, but
all of these are in counties in West
and South Texas, where the Negro
population is less than 10 per cent
of the total.
This year, according to the au-
thoritative Southern Education Re-
porting Service, 80 more school
districts have been desegregated in
Texas, one in Delaware, 46 in Ken
lucky, IL in Maryland. six in Mis-
souri,, AZ in Oklahoma and three
in West Virginia.
At the higher education level in
the Southern and border States a
total of LOT of the 208 publicly sup
ported colleges accept Negroes and
whites. In only five States-Mis-
siSsippi, Alabama. Georgia. Florida
and South Carolina-are there no
integrated te-flnanced colleges.
Meanwhile, Negro organizations,
led by the militant National Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF
Colored People. show no signs Of
retreating from their hard deter
mination to pry open the doors OF
segregated public schools in most
areas.
But, State governments appear
no more amenable to mixed class
rooms than they were two years
ago. Legislatures in nine Southern
States have enacted laws designed
to circumvent the Supreme Courts
ruling or delay de facto integration
indefinitely.
Virginia Still Struggles
In Richmond. the Virginia Legis-
lature ended the second week of
a special session called to deal with
the problem of school segregation.
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley wants the
State to openly defy the Supreme
Court by refusing State money to
any white school that admits a
Negro, even If it does so under
order from Federal court.
Many Of the Assembly delegates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

seem to have the advantage in
California, Illinois and Indiana.
The House Races
Democrats say that mathematics
also favors them in the House races.
Congressional Quarterly found that,
of the 203 House Republicans elect
ed in 1854. So won by IS per cent or
less Of the vote. The Democrats,
according to the CO study. hold
only 81 such marginal seats To
win control of the House. the Re-
publicans must make net gain OF
Is seats this year.
The figures show that. since 1852.
the Republican won-lost record is
on the debit side. In the eight by
elections in 1858, the Democrats
won seven, including two which had
always been held by Republicans.
In 1854, the Democrats increased
their number in the House by 10
from 203 TO 232-and took control
from the O. o. P. The Democrats
also like to point to the 1852 vote
figures in House races. In that year.
when the Republican Standard
bearer captured all but nine States.
the total Democratic vote over the
Nation for the House exceeded the
Republican total by 174.2e3. MANY
Of these. however. were Democratic
votes in lopsided Southern districtsJ
The Governorships
OF the 80 governorships on the
block this year. IA are now held by
Democrats and Is by Republicans.
Eight Of the ofiices are in the South
or usually Democratic Border States
and eight are in States where Re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

stepped down, and it appears that
the Democratic nominee will be
New York Mayor Robert Wagner. II
Mr.. Wagner's opponent is State
Attorney General Jacob Javits.
elected to his present Office in q
Democratic sweep. it is expected to
be close race Both parties will
pick candidates tomorrow.
Before ex-senator Willard Tydings
quit the Maryland race against
Senator John Marshall Butler,
Democrats were claiming the Butler
seat as theirs. Republicans main
tanned it was a toss-up. NOW. con-
sidering the torn state Of the
Democratic Party in Maryland. it
looks like toss-up TO many Demo-
Gratis.
Despite patched-up Democratic
differences in West Virginia, Repub-
leans are hoping they can capture
the seat of the late Harley Klgore.
They are running former Senator
Chapman Revercomb against Gov.
william G. Marland.
The poIlsters we're busy early in
this election year. and a number Of
Independent surveys have been
taken in States where Senate races
promise any degree Of contest. The
consensus Of them is that, Who
ever wins the Senate. the margin
OF control will be close. The sur
yeys generally agree that Demo-
cratic seats are in danger in Oregon.
Nevada. Maryland. New York and
Kentucky. Republican seats APP
pear In danger in Connecticut. Ohio,
Colorado and Pennsylvania. Demo-
Gratis are given the edge in Arizona.
Missouri. West Virginia and one
Kentucky seat. and Republicans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
Justice Minton
Steps Down

Associate Justice Sherman Min
ton, appointed TO the Supreme
Court by former President Truman
in l949. will retire on october IS.
Mr.. Justice Minton. who suffers
pernicious anemia. gave health as
his reason
Justice Minton. who as Senator
was one Of the outstanding liberal
champions Of the New Deal. Joined
the court with the reputation Of a
liberal, but he often voted with the
so-called conservative bloc
During his one term as Senator
from Indiana, 1935-194i. he was
one OF the leaders In the night
behind President Roosevelt's at
tempt TO enlarge the Supreme Court.
Mentioned as possible successors
to Justice Minton we're Attorney
General Brownell. Secretary "
State Dulles, former Assistan At
torney General Stanley Barnss md
Thomas z. Dewey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
REVIEW OF THE WEEK
School Days With Discords

quiet and cautious steps the adj
ministration has recently taken in
response to distant signs Of an
inf1ationary upturn.
On Sunday, Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell released sta
tistics showing employment at an
all-time high of 66.8 million, and
followed it up the next day with
more figures and a report declar-
ing that the economy has never
been higher in peace or war" On
Wednesday, President Eisenhower
told his press conference that if the
labor leaders who are backing Adlaf
Stevenson base their sympathies on
the general state of the economy,
they were ION very weak ground"
because statistics" prove they are
wrong.
While Mr. Mitchell was releasing
the statistics of record high econ
omy Mr.. Stevenson was preparing
a Labor Day speech which accused
the Eisenhower administration of
tlCW4A1S oIdOAOblOs
The economy. Mr.. Stevenson said.
is in an unbalanced state. He said
that in the course of his campaign
he would propose special programs
to eradicate what he called "the
ugly patches of poverty and inse-
curity" that is the lot of almost
one-fifth of all American families"
Either side can go to statistics
to support its arguments. Mr.. Eli
senhower had his figures on rec
ord high employment. But the
Democrats could answer that en-
ployment should be expected to rise
as population increases, and that
some of those 66.8 million employed
are students working on summer
jobs. Further, the number OF job
less last month was 5000. COM
pared to 1904, 900 in August, 1852.
Department store sales are up
2 per cent over the same period
last year, but the total consumers
installment debt pushed to a new
high for the fifth straight month
in July. New construction during
the first eight months of this year
topped the record rate Of 1855. but
there was a slight and perhaps
ominous drop in farm prices be-
tween mid-July and mid-August.
The Internal Revenue Service said
it expects the excise tax yield to
reach a new record of $10.8 billion
this fiscal year. Federal spending.
however, remained at peak levels.
Certain steps taken by the adj
ministration indicate a concern over
the possibility of more imitation.
The President has ordered a re-
port on the ACCESSIBILITY of standby
controls. Credit was frightened
three weeks ago when the Federal
Reserve Board upped its discount
rates to member banks. which in
turn passed the increase along in
the form of higher interest rates to
borrowers. The administration re-
jected a proposal by Housing ADJ
ministrator Albert M. Cole that
down payments on Government
insured home mortgages be dropped
to per cent.
The steps indicate that a fear Of
imitation has replaced the fear Of
deflation felt during last springs
lag in the economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

and two dynamite blasts were set
off in the Negro section of the
town.
The Clinton school resumed
classes on Tuesday and nine of the
IL registered Negro children attend
ed, with the militia guaranteeing
their safety. A tank was parked in
front of the school. Only about
one-third of the 800 white pupils
registered attended school that day.
But the situation was quieter, and
Gen. Henry sent 200 troops home.
BY midweek. an organized cam
paign of intimidation had developed
against parents who sent their chill
dren to integrated classes. Mothers
reported telephoned warnings that
their homes would be dynamited
after the. Guard departed if they
did not keep their children home.
On Friday a vigilante police force
was organized to prepare for the
day the National Guard leaves Clin-
ton.
Other Trouble Spots
There were scattered tensions
elsewhere as schools opened again,
some of them-in border States
integrated for the first time. Pro-
tests were held in Poolesville. Md.
and in Matoaka, w. Va. Three
Negro boys who attempted to enter
a Texarkana tTexas) junior coll
lege, where they had been registered,
were turned back by a picket line.
In Clay. KY. few miles from Stur-
gis, a mob of more than 100 white
men ran five newspapermen out of
town when they tried to cover a
racial demonstration.
The Overall Picture
In the more than two years that
have passed since the Supreme
Court handed down the desegre-
cation decision, 723 previously ALL
white school districts have been
integrated. But the progress is not
as great as the figure might indi-
cate. All except a handful Of these
districts are in Border States; the
former Confederacy is still holding
tenaciously to its traditions. There
are 5000 school districts still seq
regated by law in the Nation. More
than "a million Negroes still at
tend segregated schools.
Eight of the IL States of the
"old" South have no integrated
schools below the college level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09
TheEconomy::
Political Issue

Labor Day speeches by cam
paigners of both parties last week
set of running exchange over
the sturdiness of the Eisenhower
prosperity'-one OF the three "p's"
in the 1856 Republican slogan of
Peace, Prosperity and Progress.
The debate further pointed up the