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The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
Egan Doubts Die lizards Can Revive Capitol Move Issue

JUNEAU, LR - Gov. William Egan said today he doubted pro- posal to move the capitol from Juneau by constitutional amend ment could muster the necessary tWo-thirds majority in the Legis lature.
 The Governors comment came in the form of an informal reply to declaration by Rep. Bruce Kendall of Anchorage that Ken dall would seek legislative ap- proval for such a constitutional amendment next year.
 Kendall said he considered 'Western Alaska's huge vote to move the capitol as a mandate from the people to all legislators from the South-Central area"
 Alaskan voters, in their pri- mary election last week, turned down Initiative No. l, which pro- Vided for relocation of the cap itol from Juneau to the Cook In- let-railbelt area by 1865.
 Kendall said he was planning to introduce legislation to have the capitol relocation question placed on the 1862 election ballot.
 My feelings against the relo- cation fthe capitol remain the same" Egan said today. My de- cisions are based on what I feel is best for all of Alaska.
 In analyzing the returns of the primary election, there would seem to be little opportunity of capitol relocation amendment ob- taining the required thirds majority in both houses"
 In addition to the tWo-thirds majority, constitutional amend ment would also have to receive the approval of the people. by a simple majority.
 Egan declined to comment on a statement y Kendall that the Governor and U. s. Sen. Ernest Gruening, both up for reelection in 1862 and both foes of Initia- tive No. 1, would change their views.
 Kendall had said:
 "I don't think they CEgan and Gruening) will be so outspoken about trying to shove this thing down the voters neck when their own jobs are at stake too"
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
School Registration Up
 Nearly Two Million Over Last Years Enrolment

WASHINGTON, R - Public and private schools from kinder garten through college will en- roll nearly two million more stu dents this year than last, the Of- flee of Education says.
 A weekend estimate put the 1960-6l enrolment at 48,65000O, compared with 46,720,000 for the last school year. The record en- rollment would provide the 18th consecutive year of increasing figures.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
LATEST PRIMARY RETURNS

JUNEAU, R - Unofficial re- turns from 268 of 292 precincts in last Tuesdays Alaska Primary Election give:
 For U. s. Senate: Bartlett CD 25,373; Brayton CR) 3,891; Me kinley CR 8,110.
 For U. s. House: Boyer CD 3,963; Rivers CD 21,093; Haul gaard (R) l,522; Rettig (R) 5,661; Ryan (R) 4,803.
 Capitol move initiatives: For 17,750; Against 21,079.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
INDIANA TAKES FOURTH TOP PRIZE IN YOUNGSTERS ALL AMERICAN CLASSIC

AKRON, Ohio, R - For the fourth year in a row, an Indiana boy has won the All America Soap Box Derby.
 This time in the 23rd running at Derby Downs Sunday it was 11-year-old Frederick Lane of South Bend The little 80-pound- CT, making his first try, won a $5,000 college scholarship.
 John West, IA, Tacoma, took second place.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
Candidates Labor
 For Voter Appeal
By the Associated Press

The presidential candidates worked today on opposite ways of appealing to voters. One con- centrated on geographic region. The other, a bill before Con- gress.
 After spending part of his weekend politicking in the north, the Republican candidate, Vice President Nixon, planned some quick campaign trips into the south.
 The Democratic candidate, Sen. John Kennedy, rushed into a Senate battle over medical care for the aged. He had promised to do so in a speech Sunday at Hyde Park, NY.
 While at Hyde Park, the home of the late President Franklin D.. Roosevelt, Kennedy also won the political support of Eleanor Roosevelt. She had wanted the Democrats to nominate Adlai E. Stevenson for President.
 Saturday, in Portland, Maine, Nixon said that he believed it would be a mistake for the United States to resume underground nuclear tesing now.
 He said there still was a chance for negotiations to lead to a test ban with proper inspection ar engagements.
 In Washington, Sen. Henry M Jackson of Washington the Demo- cratic National Chairman, said the United States should not wait too long before resuming the test ing. He said his views were his own and he had not discussed them with Kennedy.
 Political footnotes:
 Sen. J. William Fulbright O. Ark says Republican vice-presi- dential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge should resign as US. Am bassador and Adlai E. Stevenson should take his place.
 In Nashville, Tenn, Dr. Ramsay Pollard, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and B. c. Goodpasture, editor of a Church of Christ publication, say minis ters of their churches will use the pulpit to oppose Kennedy, a Catholic.
 In televison interview, Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, says he believes Premier Khrushchev would pre- fer Nixon as President.
 On a TV show, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the Nation al Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, says the Demo- crats have not enhanced their image among Negroes by tabling a Republican civil rights bill in the Senate.
 In Camden, N. J., speech, James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, says Kennedy is irresponsible and a man un- worthy of the trust of the Amer ican people,"
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
TYPHooNs HIT HONG KONG

HONG KONG, R - Typhoon Wendy blew itself out in the Pa cifc toay after leaving Is per sons dead and 26 missing in cen tral Japan. A new tropical storm - Agnes - headed for Hong Kong.
 Agnes was expected to reach the British colony early Tuesday.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
Russian Defense Counsel Satisfies Powers Wife

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 MOSCOW, R-Barbara Powers and two Virginia attorneys spent more than an hour today discus sing with Francis Gary Powers Soviet counsel the defense he may make for the U 2 pilot Powers goes on trial Wednesday.
 The discussion was "very satis- factory" the Virginian said.
 The two attorneys, Frank Rog- CTS of Roanoke and Alexander Parker of Richmond, were the first Americans to see the defense attorney.
 The attorney, Mikhail Ilrich Griniov, appoined by the Soviet government, is gray-haired and looks like a country docor. He is the presiding officer of the Juridicial Council, an advisory legal body of the Soviet Union. He has reputedly handled consid- erable criminal work.
 The trial is expected to last about three days but that is based on surmise because several cor respondents received viSaS good only for four days. This would mean that at the latest the trial would have to terminate on the 20th or 2lst.
 Powers wife, attractive, dark haired Barbara, gave it as her opinion Sunday that since it was a matter of record her husband had piloted the ill-fated U2 it was "normal' for him to plead guilty to the Soviet charge of espionage against him.
 Mrs. Powers and the mother and father of Francis Gary Pow CTS arrived Saturday for the es- pionage trial of the American pilot Powers was shot down 1,400 miles inside Soviet territory May 1 while piloting his reconnais- sance jet high over the Soviet Union.
 Despite her husbands guilty plea, Barbara told a news con- ference he should not be called a spy.
 "I look upon him as a recon naissance scout,' she said, and he shouldn't be labeled a spy He never disguised; he never pre- tended to be what he wasn't"
 Although it admitted the Pow CTS family to the Sovie Union for the trial, the Soviet govern ment has told the U. s. Embassy no Americans would be allowed to see the pilot before his trial. Barbara also said she had no word yet on her request to see Premier Khrushchev to make a personal appeal.
 The striking brunette has been dubbed 'The lady who never smiles" by the staff of the Soviet Skaya Hotel where the family is staying. She and her in-laws are objects of much curiosity to the hotel staff which has treated them with courtesy and consideration.
The Nome nugget., 1960-08-15
U. s. BACKS UP U. N. CONGO FORCES

WIESBADEN, Germany, R - The U. s. Air Force announced today it has started airlifting an additional 4,100 soldiers and 500 tons of equipment to strengthen the United Nations forces in the Congo.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

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Evening star., 1960-01-17
Military Increase
Planned by Jopun

TOKYO, Jan. Is (AP). =
Japan plans to have a 17l,500-
man army, a navy of 10000
tons and a 1.115-plane air
force by the end of the fiscal
year ending March 81, 1861,
the Japan Self Defense Board
disclosed today.
The increase in ground per-
sonnel will be $500 men over
that of the current fiscal year.
The navy plans to construct
7 ships, including a 2,600-ton
eStroyer which will be
EQUIPPED with United States
supplied Tartar surface-to-air
missiles. Its purchase report
edly is now under negotiation.
Funds also were set aside for
the purchase of so Sidewinder
air-to-air missiles, from the
United States. The board plans
to send a 45-man group to
America this year to learn how
to handle the Nike Ajax
ground-to-air missile.
The Japanese cabinet re-
Gently approved a $4.36 billion
national budget for the new
fiscal year. 1t is subject to ap-
proval by parliament.
Evening star., 1960-01-17
CRASH

Continued From First Page
at a point 1T miles south Of
Wilmington.
Came Out of Clouds
In and out Of clouds, he re-
ported coming out ."on top" of
the cloud deck a short time
later, concluding the radio le-
port by saying out" 1t was
the last word.
Then something haI penHd
to the plane. 1t made a 90
degree turn to a north north
west fight path ejecting Mr..
Franks legless oody, a badly
torn flight bag, clothing. mat
ting, rugging, lining, cabin in
sulation and a part of the for
ward, righthand fuselage on
Kure Beach.
The plane crashed into the
muck approximately eight min
utes later. A listener on the
ground said the engines were
sputtering off and on. Another
thought he heard something
Evening star., 1960-01-17

chips of wood, pieces of paint
and things of that sort"
Yesterday, the CAB told
Senator Monroney that bits Of
the gray cat first reported as
blue) flight bag which Mr..
Frank carried aboard and re-
portedly weighed 20 pounds,
were imbedded in his body. He
was not wearing a gray suit.
One theory is that sudden
de- presentation of the cabin
by a puncture or tearing Of the
fuselage would not be OF sufIi.
cient force to thrust cloth
/ fragments into human flesh.
Investigators are placlng
high hope for additional clues
on reconstruction of the wreck
age, which is expected to b.
completed this week end.
Blade Theory DispeIled
Another theory that pro.
peller blade had slashed into
the cabin was dispelled by tht
finding of all four engines
their four-bladed propeller
still attached. There were in
dications that the forwaIC
Evening star., 1960-01-17

righthand part of the fuselage
had been struck by the pro-
peller of the number 3 fright
inboard) engine.
Lacking Interpretation by the
CAB, these conditions would in
dicate that some force slammed
the right, forward fuselage into
the propeller, tearing out an
8-foot section.
Disclosure of the unusual
findings to the committee be-
fore final cause of the crash
is determined was an unusual
procedure and came about this
way:
AS the Monroney group
opened hearings on air safety
last Monday, it was agreed tina.
testimony would be given on all
crashes which had been solved
but that information thus far
gathered on unsolved ones
would be disclosed only in closed
sessions.
Crash Was Discussed
During one OF these, the
North Carolina crash was dis
cussed. When the unusual as
Evening star., 1960-01-17

poets of it became known,
Senator Monroney asked that
it be made public lin the public
interest"
Nearing the noon recess last
Thursday, the Senator an
nounced that it would go into
executive session and might
have an announcement" later
Half an hour later. it was an
nounced that the CAB would
return to disclose current find
ings in the North Carolina
CraSh.s
Only prior precedent fol
board disclosure Of an uncom.
pleted investigation before ar
open congressional committee
session was in July Of 1885,
when the House Commerct
Committee was probing TIL
Grand Canyon crash.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

first turned official attention
on Mr.. Frank?
The man. well-dreSsed with
well-manicured fingernails,
gave the clue at Idlewild Air
port Sunday and has not been
seen since.
He approached j. F. Reilly,
jr., who was supervising the
loading of two National Air
lines flights. beckoned, and
made the odd remark: Come
here, won't hurt you"
Mr.. Reilly quoted him as say
ing further:
Julian Frank was a paSSen-
ger on that flight. I happen to
know that within the past few
months he took out S500,000
insurance. He's been in trouble
the last few months.
Hinted He Wouldn't Return
4 "It's generally known around
Westport he's been saying he
wouldn't last long Before this
trip he said he was betting
against himself returning from
this flight.
"I can't say he did it, but
this might have been his way.
I feel sorry for his wife; she's
a wonderful person"
Mr. Reilly jotted notes. As
he did so, the man vanished
Why has he not come for
ward? Police have published
his description and have made
known they would like to talk
with him.
If Mr.. Frank contemplated
suicide, and intended to cover
it up as an accident, why die
he repeatedly hint that he
might not return from the
flight?
The questions go on.
Evening star., 1960-01-17
President Baqs
Limit Of Quail

ALBANY. Ga, Jan. Is (AP) Z.
President Eisenhower's hunting
luck was all good today. He
brought down IL quail, the
daily legal limit.
The President hunted for 3l2
hours during the morning, took
time out for lunch of broiled
quail in the fields, then got in
another 312 hours of bird
shooting in sunny, ideal
weather.
1t was a good day for Mr..
Eisenhower's friends, too. The
six men who hunted with him
also each bagged II birds
James ]. Rowley, White House
Secret Service chief, reported
For the second day in a row
the President and his party
hunted on the 14,000-acre Blue
Springs plantation of his host
Nv. Alton (Pete) Jones. board
chairman of the Cities Service
Co.
Mr.. Eisenhower plans tc
travel back to Washington by
Ijet plane tomorrow afternoon.
Today the President was
Joined for lunch in the fields
and during the afternoon hunt
ing by George M. Humphrey
the Eisenhower administra-
tons first Secretary of the
Treasury, and by John Hay
Jock Whitney, Ambassador
to Britain.
The party went to a picnic
area at the edge of a spring fol
lunch. Domestic workers from
the Jones plantation home hac
open fires going under grills
The quail, bagged earlier, wert
wrapped in foil for cooking.
Throughout the day Mr.
Eisenhower was accompanied
by the 79-year-old White Hous
physician, Mai. Gen. Howard
M. Snyder, who rode horseback
Evening star., 1960-01-17

Orleans in November and had
indicated to a confidential
source that he was going to Los
Angeles to shake down DR..
Loomis and then depart for
Mexico"
Most of the wreckage Of the
plane and all but 13 of the
bodies went down in 700 feet
of water.
The plane itself was a Delta
Airlines ship being flown by a
National crew on an inter-
change agreement sanctioned
among airlineS. Fsa
Evening star., 1960-01-17

Two complaints lodged with
the District Attorneys Office
alleged he misused funds. If
proven, the charges could have
led to disbarment.
Mr. Frank had reason for
dependency. But could his
financial deals have made him
q target of foreign intrigue or
of underworld plotters?
Investigators were not rul-
ing out any possibility.
Was Mr.. Frank involved in
behind-the-scenes deals with
Cubans? If so, were they with
forces friendly to or opposed
to the new regime?
The FBI, silent on its inves-
tigation, repeatedly was delv-
ing into possible Cuban as
poets in questioning those who
knew Mr.. Frank.
Cuban Banker Among Victims
Among those killed in the
crash was Carlos Ramos, vice
president of the Continental
Bank of Cuba Whether they
knew each other or were to-
gether was unknown.
Was Mr.. Frank beholden in
some way to gamblers or
mobSters? Had he aroused
their enmity? Why had he
visited Las Vegas recently?
Authorities leaned to the
theory he carried a bomb
aboard in a small blue valise
and took his own life-and
those of 33 others aboard the
New York-to- Miami f1ight-as
a way of his problems.
But here, too. there were
nagging questions.
AS a lawyer, Mr.. Frank. al.
most certainly knew the life
insurance would be voideo by
suicide and that his family
would not benefit.
If he carried a bomb aboard
where did he make il. or gel
It?
Why did he buy a roundtrir
ticket?
Why, if he we're Sulc1oe.
minded. was he gaily drinking
champagne on New Years, si1
days before the fight. anc
talking of buying a boat?
Wife Doubts Suicide
His blond wife. the forme
Janet Wagner, who was a $40
an-hour fashion model, appar
emily had no inkling of an,
suicide intentions.
Il can't believe these in
situations" she cried in tn
$45.000 home at Westport
Conn.,, which the couple ha,
bought only two months age
She has been staying in Sc
cltisinn with her two children
Insurance holdings Of accl
dent victims are investigated
as a matter of course. but VIII,
waA the man who last Sunda,
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Bomb Suspicion Roised
In Gulf Plane Crash

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan.
.16 tAP).-A hint that a Ma
tional Air Lines-operated plane
which crashed into the Gulf of
Mexico November 16 was shat
tered by a bomb was raised to-
lay at a Civil Aeronautics Board
hearing.
Testimony was given that
Dr.. Robert Spears of Dallas,
Tex, who was listed as one of
the passengers. had once
threatened to blow up a hos
pital.
| At the time of the crash,
which took AZ lives, DR.. Spears
was free on bond under a Los
Angeles indictment charging
him with conspiracy to COM
NIT abortion. He previously
had served a term in Leaven-
worth Penitentiary for forgery
The testimony came indi-
rectly from Julian Blodgett,
chief investigator of the Dis
trict Attorneys Office in Los
Angeles. Mr.. Blodgett'S state
ment, made to the FBI in New
Orleans, was read to the hear
ing by Charles S. Collar, a
CAB investigator.
Testimony on Spears
Mr.. Blodgett was quoted as
saying "he had received infor-
nation from a confidential
source to the effect that DR.
Spears had made the statement
that for $500 he would blow
up a hospital where the source
had previously been employed
There was no elaboration or
this part of the testimony.
The Los Angeles investigator
advanced a theory that Dr.
Spears might have had some
one travel for him to collec
a large insurance policy fo
the benefit of his Young wife.
In Tampa. Where the plant
; took off for New Orleans thCrr
has been speculation that vii
liam Allen Taylor, 60-year-olt
Tampa salesman. may hav,
boarded the plane in place o
DR.. Spears.
Mr.. Taylor bought a $37, so
air travel insurance policy a
the Tampa Airport shortly be
fore the plane took of, but h
was not listed on the Dassenge
manifesto. He has not sine
been seen. His son was lamet
as beneficiary in the Taylo
policy.
CAB Check Planned
After the hearing Mr.. Col
lar said he did not know tn
amount of insurance carried b!
DR.. Spears. He said the Cal
now will check out every in
dividual on the passenger lis
of the ill-fated plane.
: DR.. Donald Loomis of Palo
! VerdeS Estates, Calf, was a co
, defendant with DR.. Spears i
the adoption cases.
2 Mr.. Blodgett was quoted a
e saying that DR.. Spears wa
known to have been in Ne
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Czech Reds to Meet

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia,
Jan. Is (AP) ).-Czechoslovakia's S
ruling Communist Party has
called a Party congress for
July 5 to discuss a new con-
stitution and new flve-year
economic plan for the country.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

like the rending and ripping of
metal. Then there was "a big
boom like dynamite"
In his appearance before the
Senate committee on Thursday,
Oscar Bake, director Of the
CABS Bureau of Safety, said
1T is clear that the manner
in which the limbs (Mr
Franks legs) were severed, and
other'such damage to the body
that was sustained. was not at
all similar to other injuries
that can be associated with the
breakup of an airplane in
flight"
Bits of Foreign Material
Mr.. Bake, in reply to {
question by Senator Monroney
agreed that a bomb explosion
quite possibly" could make tht
radio useless and also incapaci'
tate the crew.
The witness also said tina
parts of the body had beer
deeply impregnated with bit'
and pieces of foreign material
such as pieces of steel, wire
small brass articles, and Other
Evening star., 1960-01-17
julian Frank Mystery
In Air Crash Deepens

NEW YORK. Jan. Is (AP)-The mystery of Julian Franz
deepened today.
suicide possibly murder when the young attorney
who had almost 100000 life went to his death
IN an apparently bomb blasted arlner January in North
Carolina?
investigators he had troubles financial and legal
Evening star., 1960-01-17

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Evening star., 1960-08-10
Moscow Labels
Presidents Plan
Provocative

LONDON, Aug. 10 (AP).-A
Moscow radio commentator
said today the Soviet Union
will continue to reduce its
armed forces despite President
Eisenhower's provocative" call
for a strengthening of American
armed might.
President Eisenhower's pro-
posals to Congress-" the COM
mentator said, "are a program
for further aggravating inter-
national tensions, a program OF
balancing on the brink of war.
But despite this provocative
call for ornaments, this pro-
gram will not compel the Soviet
Union to Swerve from its cause
for peace.
I'VE shall continue to reduce
our armed forces as announced
and to increase investments in
civil industry"
The commentator added:
when we learn from the
Presidents message ito Con-
greSs) that units of RB-47
bombers have been put into a
state of combat readiness, we
can see how correct the Soviet
military command was in shoot
ing down that bomber after it
had violated Soviet air space" "
Evening star., 1960-08-10
U.N. Force for Freeing Satellites?

of the Republic of Korea.
probably would have been
successful in their annexa-
ton program. -,
The United Nations by
formal resolution of the as
sembly declared in 1851 that
Red China was an aggressor,
, but nothing has ever been
done by the U.N. itself to
punish the aggressor. In fact,
many members want to re-
ward the aggressor by ad-
mitting Red China to the
United Nations. Although
an armistice was signed be-
tween the United Nations
forces and the Communists,
it has been repeatedly vio-
lated by both the Red Chinese
and the North Korean
armies.
Evidence Of an indisputable
character also has been re-
vealed showing that the So
Wet government furnished
arms and ammunition to the
forces of the Red Chinese
and North Koreans. Mr..
Vishinski formally confessed
this at a U. N. meeting. This
act of. treason against the
United Nations has gone un-
punished. The U. N. Charter
says:
"All members shall give the
United Nations every assist
ance in any action it takes
in accordance with the pro-
visions of the present Char
ter. and shall refrain from
giving assistance to any state
against which the United
Nations is taking preventive
or enforcement action"
But since the Soviet gov
ernment has the right Of
veto in the Security Council.
it disregards that plain warn
ing. That's why the Soviet
threats that have been made
recently to intervene in the
Congo and the wanton use
of Communist propaganda to
upset peaceful governments
in independent countries go
on unchecked. Seemingly,
only the smaller countries
Ike Belgium, which seek to
protect their nationals in
troubled areas of the world,
must obey the U. N.
tCopyrisht. 196O)