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The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Three Persons Dead, Two Missing
 In Major Earthquake In SEE. Alaska

JUNEAU, R - Three persons were reported dead and two miss ing from a major earthquake which struck Southeastern Alas ka Wednesday night.
 The report of the three killed came from the fishing village of Yakutat, 0nl the Gulf of Alaska about 200 miles northwest of here
 The victims were listed as Mrs Jean Welsh Walton, head of a Bellinghan, Wash, family which owns the Icy Straits Canning Co. Cannery at Yakutat, and MT. and Mrs. Robert Tibble of the CAA station there.
 The three were reported to have died when about 500 yards of the south end of Khantaak Island rose about 20 feet at the height of the quake and then fell into Yakutat Bay. They were believed to have gone to the island berry picking.
 The missing couple was iden- tified as MT. and Mrs. Orville Wagner. of Elfin Cove, near Ju- neau, who were aboard their 55- foot fishing troller Sunmore when it was swept by huge waves out of Lituya Bay on the gulf 125 miles west of here
 The Coast Guard said it had a report that the temblor shook ice off the Lituya glacier and that the ice smashing may have caused the wave.
 pr. Don Tocher, seismologist at the University of California at Berkely, said the quake was a major one and had it's center in the Gulf of Alaska.
 Dr. Charles Richeter of the California Institute of Technology seismological laboratory at Pasa- dena said that had the quake oc- cured in a populated area it would have cause a disaster.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
COIdfine Accused Of Contempt Of Congress

WASHINGTON, R - Counsel for House investigators today accused Bernard Goldfine of contempt of Congress after the Boston industrialist refused to answer 23 questions about his financial affair.
 The questions had been specially drawn up to prepare the way for possible contempt action.
 Robert w. Lishman, lawyer for the subcommittee checking Gold fines dealings with Presidential assistant Sherman Adams and federal agencies, charged that Goldfine was in contempt.
 The charge was not immediately acted on. But the subcommittee headed by Rep. Harris had taken steps toward citing Goldfine for not answering questions which they said were pertinent to their inquiry.
 Goldfine declared again and again that these had nothing to do with the House probe of regu- latory agencies. Harris said the questions definitely were perti- nent.
 q contend that this subcommit- tee has no right to inquire into the internal affairs of the com panies concerned" Goldfine main tained.
 That contempt, Lishman de clared, consists of a Goldfine "ef- fort to prevent the subcommittee from performing the responsibil- ities of remedial legislation to take care of the public interest" :"
 Harris aimed a shaft at the White House, where Adams has acknowledged seeking information on Goldfine cases before federal regulatory agencies but insisted he did nothing to influence the agencies.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Alaskans To Vote On Statehood
 Before August l

SAN FRANCISCO, R - Gov. Mike Stepovich said Thursday he will set a date before Aug. 1 for a plebiscite on Alaskan state hood-with an emphatic "yes'' vote indicated.
 He said he had received of ficial notice from President Eisen- hover that the bill to make the vast territory the 49th state has been enacted and signed.
 Predicting an overwhelming ives" vote on the statehood issue, Stepovich commented:
 "The people will accept the provisions of the statehood bill. These include the boundaries set out in the bill and the authori- zation to the President to make national defense withdrawals of 1O3,OOO acres in Northwest Alaska.
 we want to get our elections out of the way so that we may seat our two US. senators and our one representative in the 1859 Congress-
 Stepovich said he hadn't made up his mind yet on whether to run for senator or governor of the new state.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
James E. Hawkins Director of Alaska Indian Affairs

WASHINGTON, R III The ap- pointment of James E. Hawkins as area director for the Indian Affairs Bureau in Alaska was an- nounced by the Interior Depart ment.
 Born at Buenos Aires, Argen- tina, in 1922 of American parents, Hawkins has spent much of his adult life in Alaska and is a for mer executive director of the Alaska Rural Development Board.
 In his new post he succeeds William H. Olsen, who resigned May 12. He will report for duty in Juneau about Aug. l.
 Hawkins salary will be $12,- ITO annually plus 25 per cent Alaska cost of living differen- tial.
 Hawkins resigned effective May 23 as director of the Rural Development Board to accept a post in West Pakistan as an advisor for the International Cooperation Administration.
 Hawkins was principal of the Ninilchik school from 1850 to 1853, and was superintendent of the Dillingham; school from 1854 to 1856.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Early Departure Saves
 Mountain Climbers From Wednesdays Earthquake

VANCOUVER, B.C., A pilots worry over the weather took 10 Canadian mountain climbers out of Lituya Bay, Alaska, one day earlier than planned this week.
 And it was one day before an earthquake rocked the area and a gigantic wave struck the bay. Three persons were drowned; two are listed as missing.
 The climbing party had just accomplished the first Canadian ascent of 15,3O0-foot Mt. Fair weather and was camped on the beach Wednesday.
 The mammoth post-quake, es- timated at 50 to 75 feet high, swept over the party's camping site.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Polio Shots Are Still Available Here

Margaret SWanberg, Pubhc Health nurse, has announced that 400 adults took advantage of the polio shot program offered here on Monday evening and received either their first. or second shot, through the cooperation of the Sah Yungah Timmim chapter of the National Foundation for h. fantile Paralysis.
 Mrs. Swanberg states that those who were unable to come last Monday will have one more opportunity next Thursday af- ternoon from l to 5 pm. at her office in the MNGM Hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Senate Bill
 Would Subsidize Tungsten and Lead

WASHINGTON, LR - The Sen ate today rejected an amendment that would have eliminated tung- sten from bill to establish gov- ernment-subsidized price guar antees for various minerals.
 The amendment, offered by Sen. John Williams R-DeD. was defeated 57-25 on rollcall vote.
 The vote was the first test of strength on the bill denounced by Williams as the opening wedge for shift to subsidies instead of tariffs to aid industries hard hit by imports.
 The measure would provide a stabilization price of $36 ton for tungsten.
 Domestic producers receiving less than this in the open market would be paid the difference by the government.
 Similar subsidy payments are provided for producers of lead, zinc and acid grade fluorspar. In addition, the bill calls for gov ernment purchases within one year of 15O,O0O tons of copper at the market price, up to 271s cents a pound.
 Senators from western mining states strongly defended the bill in the face of Williams protest that 'once we've started this, we've started the mining indus try down the road to socializ- ation.'
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11

way to effect repairs. The Lenoir is operated by the Transporta- tion Corps and based in Seattle for the primary purpose of main taining the submarine cables of the US Army Alaska Communica- ton System.
 According to Colonel Hatch. there are multiple breaks in the submarine cable between Juneau and, Skagway which appear to be the worst series of breaks ex- perienced in the history of the ACS. These cables provide the principal telephone and telegraph link between Seattle and Alaska. Pending repairs to the cable, pri- ority circuits have been rerouted via landline facilities and com munications between Central Alas ka and the Seattle terminus will be available on limited basis.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Bartlett Coming to
 Alaska for 10 Days

WASHINGTON, R - Delegate Bartlett is headed home on the first leg of trip which may de- eide the course of Alaska's ven ture into statehood.
 Before his return in approxi- mately 10 days, he said he prob ably will have reached deci- sion on whether to seek election as Alaska's first governor or to run for the Senate.
 As Alaska's voteless delegate to Congress for the last A years, Bartlett is a kingpin of the ter ritory's political scene. As such, few if any potential candidates are expected to announce their plans until he has made his de- cision.
 Bartlett stayed overnight in Spokane, and goes to Yakima, Wash, where he will be the two day guest at the Washington State Democratic Convention.
 He plans to leave Seattle for Juneau, Monday, be in Anchor age Tuesday and attend a state hood dinner in Kodiak Wedesday before going on to Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
CITY POLICE TO RIGIDLY ENFORCE 1O:OO PM. CURFEW

The Chief of Police John Mar vik announce today that the cur few at 10:O0 p.m.. will be strictly enforced due to vandalism, dam age to houses and cars and the threatening of women at very late hours by boys ranging from 8 to Is years of age.
 Parents are urged to see that all minors are at home after ten o'clock.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Search Continues For Nose Cone
 Containing Space-Traveling Mouse

performed satisfactorily.
 Only the Shark, a jet-propelled missile that travels only at 500 m.p.h., has covered the intercon- tinental distance up to now. It is not a space weapon, however.
 The test rocket-a Douglas Thor intermediate range missile coupled with a modified Van guard second stage vehicle streaked into the starlit Florida sky with an ear-splitting roar and a flash of yellow flame.
 The firing was sighted as far away as Jacksonville, 160 miles north of Cape Canaveral.
 The mouse was nicknamed "Mia IT. for Mouse in Able"
 The original 'Mia" died when the first Thor Able rocket be- came lost in space and apparent ly plunged into the Atlantic last April 23.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, R- The Air Force continued a last resort search in the Atlantic Ocean for top secret nose cone that carried a white mouse 5000 miles through space, but the re- covery chances appeared to be slim.
 Officials said they still had no progress report to make some, 10 hours after three specially equipped planes began the final phase of search operation.
 A mighty Thor-Able rocket carrying the mouse in it's highly secret warhead thundered aloft from the test center Wednesday night.
 The Air Force announced IS minutes after what appeared to be a perfect launching that pre- liminary data showed the missile
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
ACS Rushes Repairs To Submarine Cable After Earthquake

SEATTLE-F'ifteen minutes af- ter news that the Alaska earth quake had disrupted submarine cable communications between Seattle and Southeastern Alaska communities Colonel Frank S.. Ison, commander, US Army Transportation Terminal Agency Seattle, and Colonel Carl H. Hatch, commander, US Army Alaska Communication System, joined forces to get the cableship Colonel Basil O. Lenoir" under
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
Queries About
 Alaska Swamp Bartlett's Office

WASHINGTON, lR m "What is raised beside large cabbage heads?"
 The blunt question, contained in a letter by an Illinois mother, is typical of the hundreds which have swept the office staff of Delegate Bartlett from seeing the tops of their desks since passage of the bill to make Alaska the 49th state.
 Long accustomed-but not with out a grimace-to receiving let ters addressed unknowingly to the embassy of Alaska" or Ambas- sador E. l.. Bartlett" even Bart let's longtime employees, Mary Lee Council and Mrs. Doug Smith, are getting an insight on the rest of the worlds lack of knowledge concerning Alaska.
 Many of the letters perhaps the largest single group-express an interest in homesteading in the new state. This, of course, still would be possible on federal land holdings which will continue to be roughly 70 per cent of Alaska's $ area.
 Others have an eye to the 103 million acre land grant to which Alaska is entitled under the statehood bill. Apparently in the impression it will be put up for grabs.
 Some of it may be. Bartlett and Alaska's Gov. Mike Stepovich already have suggested the state may draft new homesteading reg ulations covering it's own lands to meet conditions as Alaskans see them.
 But this would be months away possibly years in some areas Alaska has 25 years in which tC select it's 103 million acre en- titlement.
 In any event, the report heard 1 by the Illinois housewife-that dwellings are on the land anc ready to be moved into''-isn't correct.
 But if Bartlett's staff is toc showed under tho pun intended, to answer the land grant prob lem in it's entirety, they can take solace in the brevity required tc dispose of another of the Illinois ] housewife's queries.
 'Is there any snakes or are they all frozen?"
 The answer is no.
The Nome nugget., 1958-07-11
THURSDAY BALL SCORES
American League

American League New York "A, Cleveland 4-3 Baltimore 6-3, Kansas City 3-2 Boston II, Chicago 2 Washington 5, Detroit 4
 National League Chicago 8, Pittsburgh Philadelphia 13, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 8, Los Angeles 4 4, San Francisco 0
 Pacific Coast League Vancouver 3, San Diego 2 Phoenix 7, Spokane 0 Sacramento 10, Seattle g. Portland 6, Salt Lake City 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17
DORIS FLEEsoN
FuIbright Poses Mideost Issue

debate ought TO take. It does
not question the Presidents
present tactics or his right
and duty to take what steps
he now sees At. 1t does go to
the heart Of the Presidents
reasons for so acting.
The Senator's view is that
the Eisenhower administra-
ton has never made "the
fundamental policy decision
as to whether Arab national
ism (epitomized in Egypt's
Nasser) was a force with
which we should try to work
or o force which we should
oppose" Instead, he charged,
''our day-to-day actions have
vacillated between tempting
Arab nationalism with offers
Of assistance on the one hand
and on the other hand taunt-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17
DAVID LAWRENcE
War Possibility in Near East

rection was further supported
by stable amounts Of arms.
ammunition and money and
by personnel infltrated from
Syria 10 iight against the
lawful authorities"
This Is the Presidents pub
lie indictment Of Doth the
Moscow and Cairo govern
ments. Il forms the basis for
future action by the West.
The President summarized II
succinctly IS follows:
Indirect aggression and
violence are being promoted
in the Near East IN clear vio-
lation OF the provisions Of
the United Nations Charter"
This puts up 10 the U. N.
the issue Of whether It win
again denounce. as II did In
It's Korean resolution In 1850.
the crime Of "fomenting Of
civil strife In the interest Of q
foreign power" So. while the
United States Is asking the
u. N. TO intervene and take
over the problem. the Govern
ment here Is prepared never
theless TO form q collective
security" group under Article
81 Of the u. N. Charter and
take the action that such q
group Il permitted. under the
Charter-irrespective Of Sc
curity Council vetoes--to
carry On until peace h re-
stored.
It looks Ike the beginning
Of q long struggle. There
win be no big war. however.
unless the Soviets precipitate
1t. There win be no local war,
either, II the u. N. has the
courage to suuelch the intru-
sions Of Soviet agents In the
Middle East,
It's going to be q highly
ticklish business and q nerv-
Gus time for peoples every
where. But most imperative
at the moment Is the need
for small-minded politicians
in the United States and in
Britain and elsewhere In the
parliaments Of the West 10
keep muzzleo. For II the So
viets become convinced that
the Western countries lack
internal unity. risks may be
taken and q dangerous situa-
ton might arise that could
bring on the major war which
neither the East nor the West
really wants.
(Reproduetion RIGHTS Reserved)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17

well prepared that the usually
excellent Turkish intelligence
In that country and also the
intelligence OF the late Prime
Minister Nuri Said had no
mixing Of the plot which
has ended temporarily At
leastO the regime Of King
Faisal. It Is obvious that
Iraq Is considered BY both
Col. Nasser and Mr.. Khru-
shchev as more important
than Jordan and Lebanon.
There has been for some time
q saying In that area that
"as Iraq goes. so goes the
Middle East"
Iraq Is not gone" yet.
however. The Kurds In the
northeast--the best elements
OF the Iraqi Army--are re-
ported on the march against
the junta in Baghdad. The
Kurds hate pan-Arahism and
are bitter foes Of its principal
apostle. Col. Nasser. Besides
this unverified report. there
Is q possibility that the re-
naming members Of the
Baghdad pact. who have just
completed q three-day con-
ference at Ankara. may de-
eide to act as soon as the new
monarch Of Iraq. King
Hussein Of Jordan. appeals
for assistance. He Is the legal
successor Of King Faisal In
the Jordan-Iraqi confedera-
ton established a few months
ago.
The Turkish Army's % d.
visions are battle ready. An
operation in IraQ. according to
observers, would not require
more than one or q maxi
mum Of two divisions. These
are available at the Turkish
Iraqi borders.
II there has been some
hesitancy so far. 1t was be-
cause nobody can gauge yet
the reaction Of the Soviet
Union in such an eventual
ity. But the prospects are
that the men in the Kremlin
cannot afford to see the
fruits Of the four-year-long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Moscow and the Middle East

efforts Of intrigues and brib-
cry 20 with the wind. They
cannot AFFORD TO allow those
Middle Eastern peoples who
have not yet been caught
In the Cairo Moscow web 10
decide to resist now that
America has reasserted her.
self the willing helper Of those
who are determined 10 pre-
serve their freedom from In
ternational communism.
The question uppefmost In
the minds Of our policy
makers Is whether Russia viii
choose 10 make the Middle
East q scene Of war against
freedom. II Is known that
the Soviets have In the Cau-
easus at the present time
some 80 mechanical and
armored divisions. This num-
Der easily could be doubled In
a matter Of two weeks. The
consensus Of a number OF
so-called experts" nobody
In the West can gauge the
mind and the intentions Of
Mr.. Khrushchev) Is that even
II the Turks were 10 intervene
In Iraq the Soviet troops
would not cross the Soviet's
Turkish border. But the Rus
SLAMS may be sufficiently dar-
ing to send volunteers" In
every area Of the Middle East
where their presence becomes
necessary TO support Col.
Nasser. These volunteers"
would have to be sent by air.
The Red air transports would
have to be protected by MICS
because they would have TO
violate the air space Of either
Iran or Turkey to reach
their assigned places.
The defense Of their air
space by the Turks and the
Iranians may unleash the
most serious brush fire since
the end Of the war. These are
the reasons why Western
military experts fear the
whole Middle East has been
chosen by the international
Communists as their main
scene Of activity. They feel
they can fight the West there
without risking a nuclear war
on q large scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17

to the President. In the
White House conference with
congressional leaders. Mr..
Eisenhower accepted 1t as
proved that all he was doing
was opposing Moscow. He
would not entertain hints
from Speaker Rayburn and
Senator Fulbright that he is
dealing as well with the
emotional tides of : Arab
nationalism.
Unquestionably. fear Of
being thought not sufficiently
Communist has silenced
much past discussion Of ex-
actly this point. Such de-
bate sank to a mere murmur
In the heyday Of the late
Senator Mccarthy who based
his power drive wholly on
fear Of communism. Nor is
McCarthyism entirely dead
yet.
Senator Fulbright has not
been much of q crusader at
home; he has notably not
led in his own State of
Arkansas on Little Rock. But
he has unusual warrant to
proceed with the above mat
tiers and he will have some
audience even If his views
prove presently unappealing
on q wide front.
1t is always possible. too.
that in q situation like the
present the roar Of guns may
end all debate for the fore
seeable future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Marine 10 buddy in Beirut "You won't believe this but
back home they said wasn't old enough TO get into the
TAN cedars Of Lebanon"
Arab ode: Abou sherm Adams. may his tribe increase
got and coats and pants with The angel Gold
nne gave TO all with zest And 10. sherm Adams led
all the rest
They're calling Kes order TO send troops TO Lebanon
the most un-Esenhowerke decision he ever made.
Leo Hoegh is in director Of civilian mobiSa-
ton. It's his job TO get civilians 10 mobilize somewhere
besides the center Of four-ane highways.
One wife says she's proud she's got husband who
thinks for himself he ever tried thinking for the rest
Of the family he'd ruin 1t.
The United States going into LEBANON is the same
as Britain and France invading Egypt In this case It's
the Middle Eas-not the middle Of American election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17

ing 1t with refusals to sell
wheat, refusal TO continue
CARE programs and similar
petty annoyances."
Senator Fulbright raised
the question Of whether the
dangers involved were Of a
military nature with their
solution possible by military
means. He suggested that
"the pat military answers" Of
the Baghdad pact and Ell
senhower doctrine "obscured
the basic problems and post
poned their solution"
He also questioned whether
We have not "lost touch with
the ordinary people. not only
in the Middle East but in
much Of the rest Of the
world"
In his conclusion. Senator
Fulbright ventured into the
politically DOGGY ground
which has up to now scared
of the kind Of debate he
would like to see.
The fact that the Kremlin
approves violent revolutions
is not necessarily equivalent
to its domination Of revolu-
TONS" he insisted. Perhaps
we have been so obsessed
with our fear OF communism
that we are unable fairly to
appraise the motivations Of
such violent revolutions as
are occurring in the Middle
East"
This is the gauge direct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17
Senator Says Decision for or Against
Arob NotionoIism Hasn't Been Made

fairs among young Americans.
Even with these advan-
tages, 1t may be that he is
embarked upon q course
reminiscent Of winston
Churchill's efforts prior to
World War II while England
slept. Perhaps the country
does not yet want to reason
why. Senator Fulbright him.
self ruefully recalls that the
remarkably president Adlai
Stevenson lost by q landslide
to President Eisenhower less
than two years ago.
Anyway, the Senator has
offered now o skeleton outline
Of the form he thinks Senate