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The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
WHAT HE DOES WITH HIS FREE TIME

EVANSVILLE, Calif., lR - In a busy two hours early today, trusty Charles V. Van Worst broke out of Yuba County Jail and bur glarized three service stations, two cafes and offices of the Cali fornia State Division of Highways.
 Police caught up with him on his sixth job, one of the cafes. His total loot was about $170 in cash, they said.
 Van Worst, 20, was serving time on three counts of burglary. He had been made a jail trusty Christmas Day.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
Meth0dists View Plans For New Church

Last evening about 75 mem bers and friends of the Commun- ity Methodist Church gathered at the Seaview Dining Room to see the plans for the beautiful new church to be built here next sum- mer.
 The present church, which was built at the turn of the century, was found by engineers several years ago to be impractical to rehabilitate due to permafrost conditions.
 Rev Fred McGinnis, who heads Methodist work in the state, re- viewed the plans and helped the local building board ons minor changes in the planning before the actual construction gets under way.
 Also at the dinner was Dean Heller of the Alaska Methodist University who gave a short re- sume of the plans for the first year of the college, which is to open in the fall, telling some thing of the scope of the educa- tional program and new teaching methods to be employed. pr. Heller, who comes from an east ern university, is a former Alas kan, having attended the Uni versity of Alaska in 1928.
 This evening at 6:30 high school seniors will hear about Alaska's S new college from Dr. Heller and Rev. McGinnis, who is acting president.
 Dean Heller is the nephew of Lynn Smith who lived in Nome during the early pioneer days and later was US. Marshal at Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
Firearms Taken From
 Non-UniOn Workers at Minnesota Packing Plant

ALBERT LEA, Minn., R m No charges are being filed against nine non-union workers in whose cars weapons were found as they arrived to reopen the Wilson CO. meat packing plant here Monday. V The workers were held in jail until O. Russell Olson, Freeborn County attorney, ruled Monday night that they could not be charged with contempt because they had not been officially served with District Court order barring firearms near the plant.
 The nine were. jailed after Ma tional Guardsmen under direction of Sheriff Everette Stevern dis covered the guns during inspec- tion of the cars of 200 workers entering the plant.
 ''I have decided the benefit of doubt must be given these men and no statutory criminal action will therefore be taken" Olson said. He warned future violations would bring action.
 Other than finding of the wea- pons, the reopening was without incident. It marked first slaught- ering done at the plant since mar tial law was declared December II in the wake of violence be- tween United Westinghouse Work CTS pickets and 500 non-union workers Wilson had been using.
 A federal court ruled last week that closing of the plant under the martial law edict was illegal. The union has been on strike since November 3.
 Negotiations seeking to resolve differences between Wilson and the union were resumed yesterday in Chicago.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
Heavy Shows, Gales, Lash Eastern Section of U. $.
(By The Associated Press)

A blockbuster storm dumped heavy snow on the northeastern quarter of the nation yesterday. , Power lines snapped under a burden of ice. Travel slowed or stalled in snow that ranged up to foot in depth.
 Nineteen deaths were reported in the nation. Included were New York 3, Massachusetts 3, Maine 3, Kansas 2, Wisconsin 2, Iowa 2, and Oregon 4.
 It was the worst storm of the winter in New England. Lighter snowfalls were reported west ward as far as the Mississippi Valley.
 Many chilled homes lacked light and heat after ice broke power lines. Many plane flights were cancelled. Buses ran behind schedule.
 Gale warnings were hoisted along the New England coast.
 Scores of accidents on perilous highways were reported in the northeastern quarter.
 A freeze followed 36 hours of rain and iced streets in Detroit. A sleet and freezing rain felled trees and broke power lines in central Michigan.
 Four University of Washington students were killed when their car crashed into a truck on an icy, foggy road near Eugene, Ore. The victims were bound for the Rose Bowl football game in Pasadena, Calf.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
 CFCOMn DIVISION

STATE OF ALASKA
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 ANTONIO POLET, Deceased,
 ALVIN A. c. POLET and EMILY P. BOUCHER, Co-Executors.
 No. lilo
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, by order of the Probate Court for the Cape Nome Precinct, Second Division, State of Alaska, the undersigned have been appointed Co-Executors for the Estate of ANTONIO POLET, Deceased. All persons having claims against said estate should present them, with proper vouchers, within six months from the date hereof to the undersigned, at the office of COLLINS & CLASBY, Attor- neys for said estate, in Fairbanks, Alaska, which office is hereby desig- hated as the place where the principal business of said estate will be conducted. DATED this, the 30th day of De cember, 1859.
 ALVIN A. G. POLET,
 EMILY P. BOUCHER,
 Co-Executors. Pub. Dec 30, 1859, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 1860.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
YEAR END OBSERVANCE AT LUTHERAN CHURCH

Thursday December 31, tam fly social and watchnight service are planned at Our Savior's Lu- theran Church. The social will begin at g pm, with games in the quonset. The watch-night serv- ice will be held in the church, beginning at II o'clock, and end- ing at Midnight.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
CORDOVA AIRLINES GRANTED ADDED MAIL COMPENSATION

WASHINGTON, LR - The Civil Aeronautics Board has granted Cordova Airlines $11,509 in addi- tional pay for carrying mail in Alaska from December g, 1857, through September 30, 1858.
 The payment brings the total in mail compensation for Cordova for that period to $477,696.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
Earth Tremors Reported

HOLLISTER, CaIlf., R - A rolling earthquake shook this north central California agricul- tural area Monday evening, topping boxes from shelves, shaking ornaments from Christ mas trees and alarming Hollis ter's 5000 residents.
 No noticeable damage was reported
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30
RETIRED CGS OFFICER DIED ON CHRISTMAS

SEATTLE, R-Capt. Frederick B. T. Stems, Fl, retired Coast and Geodetic Survey officer well known in Pacific Northwest mari time circles, died of heart attack on Christmas Day.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-30

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
DORIS FLEEsON
Nixon May Extend Travels

document 3 powerful record
OF prescience about Russia's
postwar course.
In this connection it is
noteworthy that Mr.. Harri-
man has refused to join the
New York rebellion against
the leadership of Carmine
DeSapio. The former Gov
ernor clearly has decided
that his interests demand his
active presence among the
kingmakers of the powerful
New York delegation in 1860.
1t is possible that Chair
man J. william Fulbright Of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee might give either
Mr.. Stevenson or Mr.. Harri-
man a race for Secretary Of
State should his party pre-
vail. The Senator has the
advantage Of domestic posi-
ton today; he is, of course,
known in the best possible
light in all other countries
because Of the Fulbright
scholarships.
What remains to be seen
about the Nixon travels is
whether Secretary Of State
Christian A. Herter will be
responsive to the Nixon hope
of entering the Iron Curtain
countries where so many rel
atives of United States vot-
ing blocs still live. Mr.. Dulles
vetoed that Nixon idea firmly
and regularly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Attorney General Rogers arrests ~ racketeers 1t shows
Republican couragegyng ~ votes to the Demo-
Gratis at Gtime like this.
The New York Yankees hit the cellar Of the
League Casey Stengel is so upset he's talking to himself
and getting replies in English.
Secretary Herter enterains foreign ministers
Trouble at Geneva is that the chow line handy nobody
has to eat his words.
Harold Sassen. running for Philadelphia Mayor after
trying for President and Governor intrigued by the pot
ica hsnessand determined to get to the bottom of it,
3 o
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nothing but you next to nothing something
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bureau charged with coaxng everybody like Americans
except Americans ewho fortunately exempt under
like everybody act.
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American GIs in Germany forbidden to drink before
pm. els complain we've Endorsed Russias two-Germany
policy-the one before shutdown and the one after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Statehood Proposal Believed Threat
To Commonwealth Economy

cans are American citizens.
In the fullest sense Of the
word. Since the common
wealth has been In operation,
Puerto Rico has transformed
itself from what was once
called the .'poorhouse Of the
Caribbean" into a vigorous.
expanding economy. This 1t
has done by attracting pri-
vate investment-not, be ii
remembered. Federal largesse
Ito the island.
Puerto Rico has imple-
mented a program for eco
nomic self-development that
has been studied by almost
every underdeveloped coun-
try in the world. both OFFICIAL
ly and unofi1cially. Impressive
facts and figures are avail
able to attest to the increas-
ing success of the program.
And recently Puerto Rico. in
a bill introduced in Congress
by the Puerto Rican Resident
Commissioner, offers to take
over, at the commemorative
expense, a gradually increas-
ing share Of the costs to the
Federal government in the
commonwealth.
Yet. despite these facts and
the phenomenal success Of
the commonwealth in solving
Puerto Rico's greatest prob
lem. its peoples standard of
living, there exists today a
threat to the continuation Of
the success. The threat is one
not easy to fight, for it is
nothing less than a renewed
agitation for statehood. The
advocates of statehood for
Puerto Rico (about "a per
cent Of the electorate in pre-
vious polls) have been given
new vigor by the admittance
of Alaska and Hawaii to the
Union.
Resisting statehood. in
some respects. is similar to
resisting good health. peace.
motherhood and virtue. But
statehood at this time to
Puerto Rico would spell dis
aSter economically. Since the
latest hue and cry for state
hood was raised. IL out of
some so firms which had in
Dictated interest in locating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Reversal Sought
As Court Frees 7
Truunts for Term

The Corporation Counsel's
Office today will ask Juvenile
Court Judge Orm W. Ketcham
to change his ruling which per-
mitted two l4-year-old truants
to remain out of school for the
rest Of the term.
The cases involve a boy who
attended the seventh grade, at
Brown Junior High School and
a girl enrolled at Langley Jun
ior High. The boy had missed
IS days Of school during the
current year when he appeared
before the judge on May IL, The
girl had been out u days when
she was brought to court on
May 8.
Judge Ketcham refused to
comment yesterday when asked
why he permitted the two child
rem to stay out Of school. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Vice President Believed Planning Visit
-. To Friendly CopitoIs After Moscow
DORIS FLEEsON

PARIS. - Preliminary in
quiries made here suggest
that Vice President Richard
M. Nixon may extend his
scheduled Moscow journey
this sum m er to various
friendly capitals. AS he has
already visited Great Britain,
he presumably would this
time stick to the continent.
There can be no question Of
his welcome. The Washing
ton traveller learns quickly
that public opinion circles
abroad as well as politicians
are intensely curious about
the coming United States
presidential election, even
though the nominating con-
ventions are still more than
q year away.
1t Is realized, moreover
perhaps even more than at
home--that not only will this
interdependent world soon
confront e new President but
a whole new family of Amer
lean decision-makers in every
field, including foreign policy.
That realization was no
doubt quickened by the rapid
decline Of John Foster Dulles
and the sudden death of Dep
uty Secretary of Defense Dom
aid A. Quarles. But much
more than at home and in
sharper terms, the press in
Britain and France has re-
marked upon the static quail
ity Of the Eisenhower admin
tstration in its concluding
months. c
One influential newspaper
the London Fimes-calmly
remarked it would seem a
long time until it ended. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

The hackers of Senator
Hubert H. Humphrey Of
Minnesota for the 1860 DEM
ocratic presidential nomina-
ton have determined on
the biggest gamble of the
preconvention campaign.
Though they do not care to
put the matter quite so
strongly, even in private, the
plain fact is this: They are
stalking everything on one roll
of the. dice.
Knowing quite well that
their strategy has its perils,
they have decided to present
Senator Humphrey as "the"
Roosevelt New Dealer in the
field Of aspirants. Their risks
are plain. Their strategy is,
in military terms, like COM
hitting every last resource
to a massive counterattack
in full awareness that If it
fails the whole war is lost
then and there.
But their candid conclusion
Is that for Mr.. Humphrey it
must be all or nothing.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is
IA years in his grave and
this is a new political world
with different problems from
those he met 50 long ago.
Since his death, a spirit of
accommodation. of modera-
ton. has swept the Demo-
cratic Party.
The old Roosevelt New
Dealers are for the most part
no longer in power anywhere,
either in public office or in
the party Too, Mr.. Roose-
welt, of course made power
full enemies with long men,
cries. The image of Senator
Humphrey as the man who
seeks frankly to be the heir
to FDR will, beyond doubt,
stir UP these enemies again.
And, finally. the policy of
the Humphrey strategists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Negotiations at AmbossodofioI Level
Called Only Way to Make Progress

net result Is the same as the
preliminary rounds Of q box
ing match. when no really
hard blows are struck.
Unfortunately. even this
analogy isn't altogether app
plicable, because not one OF
the combatants. figurativeiy
speaking, is authorized with
out prior consultation to say
anything that could be de-
cisive. Diplomacy has its own
language Of antiquities. and
only when 1t is reduced to
writing can anything be said
to be defnitive.
The real significance OF the
latest dinner parley was that
each side wanted to find out
II the other side was ready to
make any substantial conces-
sions from the positions taken
In the speeches at the formal
sessions. Almost two weeks
have gone by, and the prog
ress of the conference to
date is exactly zero. Another
week Of such aimless discus.
sion will inevitably bring a
demand from the public that
the conference farce be end
ed and the problem of nego-
tiating agreements be turned
over TO the ambassadors who
represent the same govern
ments at each others capitals.
One wonders. indeed, why
the groundwork for an agree
ment shouldn't be laid by the
regularly assigned diplomats,
leaving it to the top ministers
OF state TO get together only
If the differences have been
narrowed to the point where
there is some sign that an
agreement is really in sight.
But today an uniformed
public demands Big-Four
conferences and meetings at
the summit in the mistaken
belief that this is the way to
solve crises.
Actually the cum ber-
some procedure prevents
agreement because. If there
is to be any backing down
on a single point-even for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
VILLAIN s.WHlTE
Humphrey Forces Take q Gamble

Humphrey = kinder things,
by far, than she has said for
any other hopeful. Efforts,
indeed, are now being made
to bring Mrs. Roosevelt and
also former Gov. Averell
Hartman of New York OPP
emily into Senator Hum
phrey's support.
Mr.. Rowe. himself. oddly
enough. did not initiate the
decision Of the Humphrey
camp to run the Senator as
a mid-eentury FDR. He
has. however, concluded it
is a wise decision and 1t will
form the basis for all his
future sorties in seeking to
gather up convention dele
gates for Senator Hum
phrey.
The analysis of the Hum
phrey people is about this:
Hubert Humphrey never
would be given the nomi-
nation anyhow by q conven-
ton determined on q mod.
crate" candidate. Such a
convention. in conn on
sense, would turn, instead,
to Senator Lyndon B. john
son of Texas. Senator Sym
ington or Senator John F.
Kennedy Of Massachusetts,.
Senator Humphrey would
never. in any case. be accept
able to the conventions con-
servatives. - and certainly
never to those from the South.
Thus. far more even than any
of his rivals, he is barred from
playing any kind Of waiting
and hoping game. He must
sharply and clearly - and
early and often and bluntly-
identify himself and seek the
sort Of delegate strength open
to him. He must do this
even at the cost of alienat-
ing other, and more iffy,
strength.
1t is the case Of the New
Deal bird in hand, or more or
less in hand. against K num-
Der Of possible non-New Deal
birds in the bush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
CONSTANTINE BROWN
The Success Of Puerto Rico

in Puerto Rico have recon.
sidered. Why would a United
States firm locate In the is~
land, where raw materials
must be imported and fin-
ished products exported, II
all the tax levies customary
to States had to be added to
costs?
Gov. Munoz has agreed to
a plebiscite on the issue. He
is quite confident Of winning !,
1t. But he insists that the
plebiscite, once held. be final.
so that uncertainty about
the islands future status
may not further embarrass
the commonwealth's eco
nomic development. And he /.
has also insisted that the
voters choice be between
commonwealth. as it pres
emily exists; statehood. or
independence tthe latter's
advocates poll. about IL per
cent of the island vote).
A 5lst State would be well
come to the Union, and
Puerto Rico would be par
ticularly so, in view of its
startling progress and self ,
suficiency. But should q
system so widely considered
to be the most notable in 4
the history Of colonial
emergence be abandoned?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

GENEVA. = The hopes Of
Che world have been raised
TO the point where many
people naively believe that q
conference either OF foreign
ministers or Of chiefs Of
state can really settle inter-
national disputes. But what
happened here last night
illustrates the utter irnprac-
ticability Of the method,
especially when complex sub
jects like the security OF a
continent are under discus
sion.
For several days formal
sessions have been held to no
avail. At last the word went
around that a dinner was to
be given. at which only the
four foreign ministers and
their top aides would sit
down together. There would
be no taking ofAnotes or re-
cording OF things said. It
would be what was pro-
claimed beforehand as a So
cial affair. But everybody in
town. particularly the news
men. noted that business suits
were to be worn. and 1t was
described by ofiicial spokes-
men as an informal dinner.
So great was the interest in
the getting together OF the
four foreign ministers that
each delegation let 1T be
known in advance that it
really had nothing to offer
and didn't seek to put for
ward any new proposals.
AL this means that each
side was waiting to let the
other take the initiative. Yet
what could possibly scome out
Of such q social" dinner?
Certainly the Foreign Min
listers representing Great
Britain, France and the
United States could not make
answer in q chorus to an
important question. Not one
OF them would venture to
take a position different from
what had been agreed upon
before with the others. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
World PorIeys Ineffective

the purpose OF trying out the
other side-the change Is
promptly reported in the
press Of the world as a re-
treat. and neither side can
afford that kind of pub
licity.
So it's Just q matter OF
time before the utter futility
Of the public conference
method will be conclusively
proved and there will be a
return 10 the private discus
sions Of ambassadors.
There Is no good reason
why the British. French and
American ambassadors could
not sit down with either the
foreign minister or the
premier In Moscow or why
the Soviet ambassador in
Washington couldn't have
conferences with the British
and French ambassadors and
the Secretary Of State and
the President. The same kind
Of thing could happen at
London or Paris and In the
end there would be more
progress toward agfeement
If. indeed. there sis i sincere
desire on both sides toreach
agreement.
Unhappily. the spectacular
setting here and the or
ganized propaeanda devices
merely emphasize that.
neither side can afford to
negotiate or compromise, 2
and the end result must be
failure. y
The peace of the world is
too important in the life OF
all peoples to remain un-
settled for lack of q method
of talking things over. The
old way-practiced long be-
fore the propaganda instru-
ments Of today were invented
was a far better means Of
achieving some kind of equi-
librium in the world. The
only defect in the historic
process was that conclusions
were kept secret even after
the conferences we're finished.
Public opinion today rightly
demands the revelation of
any agreements reached.
(copyrights 1882
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

consciousness Of impending
change is also suggested by
the many new faces on the
scene here. Another genera
ton is not going to take. over
all at once. of course, but 1t
is on its way.
An Englishman asks not
Just whether Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller will decide to
stand for the Republican
nomination against Mr.. Nix
on, but he does want to know
what men the eventual NOM
inee might bring, to, ONCE
with him. 1t is apparent that
he thinks they might be very
different groups and that Mr..
Nixon's ties with the Repub-
lican right wing are known
to him.
No Democratic candidate
for President has made any
real impression abroad so
far, except the available Ad-
lai Stevenson. 1t is widely as
Sumed that he would be, II
not at the head Of a
Democratic administration,
at least Secretary Of State.
But the present travels Of
former Gov. Averell Harri-
man Of New York show that
there is more than one cam
didate for that Job, too. Mr..
Hartman, now in Russia,
has asked the State Depart
ment for permission to enter
Red China and for that pur-
pose has entered the wide
spread amateur competition
with the working press. As
former Ambassador to Rus
STA and Marshall Plan adj
ministrator, Mr.. Hartman
has credentials that are inn
pressive, and he can also