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The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
Ike Interview Starts New Round Post Mortems on Ill-Fated Cuban Invasion

GETTYSBURG, Pa. R For nser President Dwight Eisen- hower may have started new round of post mortems on the Cuban invasion by declaring that his outgoing administration had not drawn up an invasion plan.
 Ever since the invasion was crushed at the Bay of Pigs last spring. 1t has been reported that President Kennedy inherited de- tailed invasion plan with many armed units poised throughout the Caribbean area. All that re- mained for Kennedy, these re- ports said, was to give the go ahead signal.
 But Eisenhower told a group of .aa freshmen Republican congress- men yesterday, i've had done nothing except to recognize that these Cuban refugees had great desire too go back to Cuba, so we began organizing them and giving them weapons and training them. But beyond that we could not go, because at that time there was no recognized leader among the refugee Cubans.'
 He added, T was not con- sultant or adviser to the Kennedy Administration in any way. of course"
 A reporter went back to the question later, and Eisenhower anrplified, in March, 1860, we had little meeting in my office as to whether to go ahead and train these people. We set up little group to keep in touch. It was never any more than that.''
 The Central Intelligence Agen- cy has been widely credited, with out contradiction, with starting to line up the ill-fated invasion as much as year before the land- ing.
 The White House declined com ment when asked today about Ei- senhower's statement.
 Asked about his views, on the Soviet Unions resumption of nu- clear testing in the atmosphere, Eisenhower said he believed the Soviets have been secretly test ing nuclear weapons during the three-year moratorium which ended Sept. with the first shot in their new series.
 Eisenhower covered a wide range of subjects in a setting strongly reminiscent of the news conferences he used to hold in his White House days. One difference was that the first-term COP con- sressmen asked most of the ques- tions.
 The first question Eisenhower was asked was about a recent
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
MIGRATORY BIRD TREATIES NOT VIOLATED BY ESKIMOS TAKING FOR FOOD

MINE PAGES of the Congressional Record of Sept. 9th record the presentation to the Congress of the United States by Sen Ernest Gruening. that mi gTatory bird treaties have not been violated by Eski mos taking ducks for food.
 Sen. Gruening reviewed the migratory bird agreements since they first started i'll 1918 when the treaty with Great Britain signed and followed it through each administration, showing the intent of the treaties covering these waterfowl
 He shows that in addition to about five million sportsmen who depend the continuance of the sup ply of wild fowl for sport there is need of conservation for the farmer crops these migratory nsectvorous birds assist in destroying insects injurious to crops Also there is the esthetic viewpoint
 His testimony includes documents showing that the birds killed in the Arctic have not upset te logical balance with natural predators
 His testimony includes letters proving the need of these birds for necessary food
 He summarizes his beliefs that as the treaty has not been enforced for half century was not intend ed to be enforced in the of natives taking this sup ply for food in either Alaska or Canada
 And finally note from Secretary Udall states that he is hopeful that the treaty. will have to re- negotiated and will be resolved in the future
 Once again we reiterate for those Alaskans who still have their doubts about Statehood that it is of great value to have senators in Washington, D. C. who can go to bat for when need arises
 Anyone desiring to read the entire text in the Congress Dictionary may read il at the Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1961-09-13
Gary Thurlow Named Executive Assistant 10 Gov. Egan

JUNEAU M The appoint ment of Gary Thurlow. Deputy State Attorney General, as ex- ecutive assistant to Gov Egan, effective immediately, was an- nounced by Egan today.
 Thurlow, a native of Oklahoma, succeeds Burke Riic;yF, Riley who re- signed the first of this month fol- lowing his appointment as chair man of the Interior Departments Alaska Field Committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Rec .nuine Black
Re : can Captures
MFU's Ted townsend

Zany and unusual things happen
in Helena. For example, there's the
experience of MFU's ace radio COM
mentator, editor and public rela-
tions man Ted Townsend had the
other night upon his return to his
hotel following an early hour
snack. But, to quote Townsend as
he related it to his radio audience
Wednesday night:
=. When got back to my hotel
there weren't many people left on
the street, which is perhaps why /
happened to get adopted by large,
lost black Labrador. The mutt fol-
lowed me into the lobby and up the
stairs and right into the room,
where he took long drink of
spring water and jumped on the
bed.
81 checked his Helena license
number, called the police, and
learned that this dog belongs to
one Donald Nutter. So l called the
Republican State Chairman and
asked him if he wouldn't please
come over and get the Governors
pooch. Well, he said, this is a nice
dog. ! know him personally. He's
black Lab of impeccable breed
ing (who) won't hurt you a bit.
Why don't you just go on to sleep
and I'll pick him up in the morning.
So did and he did and we all lived
happily ever after.
Give heard about people being
in bed with black Republicans, but
| never dreamed it would happen
to me. must say for this dog that
he is extremely well behaved. (He)
didn't say a word about creeping
socialism or a better business eli
mate or any of the rest of that
party-line jazz, and | wouldn't be
a bit ashamed to introduce HIM
to my friends"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Paradise, Job
Program Urged
By Carpenters

KALISPELL - Construction of
Paradise Dam, legislation to stimulate
housing and assistance to revitalize
the mining industry, were urged at
the Feb. 10 meeting of the North
western District Council of Carpen-
tiers here, according to council presi-
dent Martin Haugen.
In so doing, the Carpenters pointed
out that "the current economy of the
State of Montana is at the lowest ebb
in the memory of this generation, !"
and that "the trend of state govern
ment, Legislative, executive and jul
dicial is generally in disregard of
the public interest"
This disregard, said the council,
Seems to stem from and is encour-
aged by body known as the Mon
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
As of Press Time

HB 131-the Coop Tax-is on
Senate General File for debate, fol-
lowing sdo Dass'' committee report.
HB 274-the bill to continue Build
ing Loan exemption from Corpora
ton License Tax came out of COM
mittee on edo not pass" recon-
mendation. Whether committee re-
be seen. .....
lib 44-Wheat Commission-ap-
pears to be dead.
lib 4O6-Hutterite control act
is still in committee.
Sub. lib 53-the bill to give press
Continued On Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
STATE CREDIT NEVER
USED TO PAY CLAIMS

The tired argument about the in
surance reserves belonging to the
state because the states credit was
used over the years was denied by
Senator Wilson when he said, Even
when the funds were not sufficient
to pay losses more than 300, the
State did not help out one red cent.
Others besides James, McKenna
and Wilson standing in opposition
to adjustment of the Hail Board
were Sens. Macdonald (D-Garfield).
MCGOWAN (D-Chouteau) Michels
(D-Sheridan), Thiessen (D-Richland),
Rice (D-Teton), Cotton (D-Valley),
Schoonover (D-Lake), Hank Cd
Prairie), and McKeon (D-Deer
LODGE.
Speaking in favor of abolishing
the board were Hibbs, Shaw (R-
prevailed so frequently in the 1859
legislative session.
s'The death of the bill carries with
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24

to widows or orphans. They felt
nothing for the injured man who will
have to go through expensive litiga-
ton and months and maybe years of
financial stress to establish new
law.
When, on a voice vote, division
was called for on McKeon's mo-
ton to strike the change in defi-
milton only IL senators of the
overwhelmingly Democratic Sem
ate stood on behalf of the injured
workman.
The new amendment was taken
from the Washington law, Senator
Dave Newman (D-PowelD pointed
out, however he said only portion
of that law was taken for Montana
use, therefore any benefits from
in that state will be mean
ingless to Montana workmen. New
man tried to amend the bill to include
the entire definition from the Wash
ington law, with no success. The por-
ton deleted from the proposed Mon
bana law referred to occupational
disease.
Continued On Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Senate Knuckes Under to State Cote
JobIess and Public Welfare, the
Real Victims Under New Comp Act

Think of the people you are 60
ing to hurt, people who are trying to
buy groceries and pay their rent on
$4,000 a week. Feed these people,
keep them off relief, this bill is
wrong, it is morally wrong !. it
should be killed." Senator Reardon
(D-Silver Bow said Wednesday
afternoon in the battle on HB 27.
HB 27 will make ineligible an
estimated one-third of the people
presently receiving unemployment
compensation benefits, and will dras-
tically cut back duration of benefits
for many seasonal workers in such
industries as lumber and heavy con-
struction. For regularly-employed
workers who rarely, if ever, have to
apply for compensation, the maximum
weekly benefit would be increased
from $32 to $34, and the number of
weeks increased from % to 26.
HB .27 praised by proponents for
the " million dollars it is going
to saveaemployers, was condemned
by Reardon and Senators Newman
(D-PowelI, and Hafferman (D-Lin-
coln).
Hafferman called it 'sbill with
two horns and seven tails conceived
after khrushchev landed on our
shores. Somebody is playing into
his hands because they are cutting
benefits almost 50%", he said.'
The original HB 27 was amended
in the Senate for two reasons. One
was to get the House members who
voted for it "off the hook, and the
other to soften the blow to the small
who had been propa-
gandized so thoroughly during the
last campaign about their high rates
being caused by buns and freeload-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Puts
Finger On
81 Senators

Gov. Don Nutter is not happy be-
cause the Senate, in probably its
finest hour this session, refused to
go along with his proposal to loot
the Hail Board fund of $2.1 million,
Monday.
In prepared statement, following
the killing of the bill Glib 1879 to
abolish the Hail Board, Nutter made
it plain that if he can get away with
it he will place the blame for all of
the states fiscal ails and any need
for new taxes in the next couple of
years at the doors of the 81 Senators
who tossed his bill into the rain bar
rel.
But, let Don speak for himself.
Here is his prepared statement ON
the Senate's refusal to rubber stamp
his Hail Board recommendation
HLB
"The killing of the bill to abolish
the Hail Board indicates the mem
bers who voted it's death are inter-
ested only in keeping non-taxpaying
business in competition with private
taxpaying free enterprise.
"The arguments offered by the
opponents to the bill demonstrate
the same mass political hysteria that
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24


mail ran 1901 against abolishing
the board.
Senator McKenna (D-Fergus) said
the procedure was neither legal nor
moral. 81 was taught it was a crime
to steal', he said, 'the state has no
right to this money. The Fergus
county Senator told his colleagues,
1--WE do not even have the backbone
of Castro. He took the sugar planta-
tions, but he made no pretense, be-
was doing anything legal :. here
we are trying to do the same type
of thing under the guise of law, be-
cause we haven't the nerve to
go out and say to the people we have
to have more taxes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24

For the first time in ten years
the bill providing for adjustments
in schedules in the school foun-
dation program was completely
defeated, Thursday afternoon,
when move by Magnus Aasheim
(D-Sheridan), to have the bill
placed on general orders was vot-
ed down 37-57 in the House.
SD 10 came out of the House Edu-
cation Committee with a "do not
pass recommendation Aasheim's
move was to keep the bill alive for
purposes of debate and amending
''to remove some Of the inequities
and complaints of opponents.
AS replacement for the bill kill
ed Thursday, Republicans are offer
ing "per pupil" distribution of state
funds to the schools.
Democrats in the fight to keep SB
ITO alive said the per pupil manner
of distribution only made the rich
districts richer and the poor districts
poorer and completely lost the equal
ization" factors in the schedules.
The vote was along party lines with
only four Republicans voting for the
school foundation schedules.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Only Five Oppose Final
Passage of House Bill Fl

On third reading only five Sena-
tors voted against lib 81. They
were Durkee, Hafferman, McKeon,
Mahoney and Reardon. Newman
was excused because of illness.
Hibbs and Macdonald (Garfieid)
were absent from the Senate at
time of the vote. The vote was
48-5 for passage.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
AN "OUT' FOR HOUSE
MEMBERS

Senate amendments do little or
nothing to soften the bill for the I'M
employed, but employers are given
some relief and House members are
given an "out".
Senator Mahoney (D-Sanders)
tried to amend the bill above and
beyond the Senate committee amend
ments to assure lumber workers in
western Montana of compensation
when they have worked 7-8 months.
He was opposed by Senator Lehrkind
(R-Gallatin) who protested that the
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Cashmere Strikes Back AT Labor -.
Senate Deals Low Blow
To Disabled Worker

when becomes choice for to whom going to be
LIBERAL going be liberal to the injured working
and his widow and orphan and you excluding from
law vast number of presently covered Senator Nc
Keen DDeer Lodge) said Tuesday when he tried to strike
from HB lao the change in the definition injury the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24

dustrial accident law.
Adjustment of the board and
transfer of its $2.1 million reserve
fund into the state general fund was
key recommendation to the legis-
lature by Gov. Don Nutter. The COP
House previously approved HB 167,
1894.
The fight against adjustment of
the Hail Insurance Board was led
by Senator James (D-Liberty) and
climaxed by the pithy presentation
of Senator Wilson (D-Toole).
Support for adjustment was ragged
and uninspired and virtually ended
when Senator Hibbs Try ellowstone)
in answer to question from Senator
Macdonald (D-Garfield) said, eve
just want to take that money and
put it in the pot''.
Success came to opponents to
adjustment in a 1913 vote after
nearly two hours of controversy.
SERVES AS "YARDSTICK, OVER
PRIVATE INSURANCE RATES
Senator James led off with facts
and figures representing much re-
search into the financial history and
patronage pattern of the Hail Board.
James said his research indicated
the pattern of use of this insurance
media for farmers was tied closely
with rates of stock insurance COM
panies.
Opponents to the bill said their
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24

ers, but who were still scheduled to
pay 2.7 per cent premium rate.
The House bill, harsh in the ex-
IRENE, was passed on the claim of
proponents that it was so delicately
and statistically balanced no amend
ments could be put into it.
Word from back home tempered
these statements in the past few weeks
and House members have been saying
they voted for the bill because they
were assured the Senate would amend
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24

Rebuff To Republican Governor =.
BurgIariizing Of Hail
Fund Defeated !, 1919

A well-attended battle developed when the House adj
ouned and the Senate floor and galleries filled capacity
hear the arguments HB 1877 adjustment of the Hail In
Board and the first step confscang for
the 900 of trust that department
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
Higher Levies On Property Certainty :.
House Axes Foundation
Program Adjustments

Republicans really don't hate
children. They just love money
more. Former State Supt. Mary
Condor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24


The change in the law, proponents
said, will eliminate heart cases and
other cases that have been inter-
preted by the Montana Supreme
Court as being eligible for benefits
under the present law. (For more
details on this, see VOICE editorial,
last week..
Advocating the change, DR.. Will
liam Cashmere (R-Lewis & Clark
said it is difficult on the medical
profession when there is confusion"
such as he alleged exists under the
present law. He said the supreme
court "has taken statements wrang-
led out of us (medicos) in court and
made these decisions, and added, eff
this goes on if man is at work and
gets a cold he is going to be COM
pensible we got along good be-
fore attorneys got smart and got
these decisions.
LACK HUMAN COMPASSION
During the dramatic and sometimes
vitrolic debate the Senate sat stoney-
faced. They were not reached by the
arguments of Senator McKeon about
the potential danger of the change
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24

Aasheim said, will be the necessity
for increased voted levies on prop
erty in order to maintain schools.
For Making Needed improvements
In Foundation Program (37)
Aasheim Lewis
Abel LOmbardi
BardanOuve McOmber
Barnard MeIcher
Bradford Mernin
Bremen MOudree
Cerovski Murray
ConkIin Nichols
Coulter Picard
Daniels RaundaI
Emmons SchwfndeR
EskiIdsen Sheldon
Hanks Spahr
Harper Stimatz
HeaIy Sullivan (D.L.)
Higham Teigen
Jensen, Mineral Twedt
Judge Wayrynen
Leuthold
Against improvements (57)
Adams Kolar
Anderson (Ye1) Kvaalen
Anderson (Mad.) Laas
Asbjornson Loman
BALDWIN LOrd
BashOr Lucas
Beam Lundgren
Bentz MatherS
Blewett Nelstead
Breeder Page
Burrel1 Pierce
Bush Reed
Crum Regain
Dykstra Reinecke
Edwards Resell
Etchart Rygg
Falkenstern Schye
Goan Seymour
GustafsOn Smith
Haines Spilde
Hall Stearns
Haughey Stranahan
Hazelbaker Sullivan (S.B)
SWAMI
Killing Thompson
j Jenkins Weeks
Jensen (Lake) Wright
Johnson Hawks
Keller
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-24
SERVES AS "YARDSTICK, OVER
PRIVATE INSURANCE RATES

Opponents to the bill said their
Evening star., 1961-11-08
GIN Car Sales
Set AII-Time
October Mark

DETROIT. Nov. 8 CSpeciaD .
Retail sales of General Mo-
tors automobiles in the United
States during October set an
all-time record for that month,
James NJ. Roche, vice president
in charge of distribution staff,
reported Monday, A year-eud
extra dividend of so cents has
been declared.
United States retail truck
sales during October were the
highest for that month since
1855.
october new car sales totaled
275.394 units, exceeding the pre-
vious record for October set in
1859 when 260,476 units we're
sold at retail. Mr.. Roche said.
Sales during October, 1860, to-
tailed 25l,432.
Evening star., 1961-11-08
ON WINGS
He Has Complaints Too
BY CHARLES YARBRoUGH

end of the runway after re-
ports were received from the
stricken fighter. The 'copter
landed a fire kit
as the wrecked plane skidded
to a halt and then used its
rotor down wash to beat down
flames and clear the cockpit
of fumes, smoke and heat.
-
Montgomery County Council
President William F. Hickey,
highly pleased with the first
year success of the MOntgOm-
cry County Airpark ne ar
Gaithersburg, has promised
that further development will
be expedited to keep in step
with the Federal Airport aid
program.
The county revenue authority
has filed a request with FAA
for so per cent Federal aid
in immediate expansion of the
service area; runway and taxi
way improvements.
x
Sikorsky's S-61 helicopter
last week became the worlds
first twin-turbine helicopter to
be certified by the FAA for
passenger work. Los Angeles
Airways and Chicago He'll
cOpter AirwayS have each or
dered four of the new air
craft. The certification per-
mits a speed of $50 miles an
hour with 81 persons aboard.
- *%
Progress goes which way?
Miami'S Tamiami Airport, the
Nations busiest one last year
from the standpoint of take
offs and landings, is being
closed because it poses such a
hazard to Miami International,
A substitute will be built
from the old Marine Corps air
station at Opa Locka. The
opening is set for next spring.
William w. BrinckerhOff, of
Washington, chairman of the
board of Aircar Engineering In
ternational, Inc. founder of Air
Carrier Service Corp. and senior
vice president and director of
Dynalectron, has resigned to
devote full time to in
ternational aviation insurance
problems.
- &&&
w. Jerome Kane, of BOeing,
has been elected chairman of
the AerOSpace Industries As
sOCiatiOn'S export committee.
L. Thomas Ferguson has
been named acting vice presi-
dent-Sales and service for Allie
gheny Airlines, succeeding Nell
son B, Fry, jr., recently elected
senior vice president and gen.
eral manager. G. Gordon
Brown, vice president of Pied
mont Airlines, is the new first
vice president of the Air Traffic
Conference. Aero Publisher,
Inc, is out with a most-excel-
lent Aviation and Space Die
tiOnary"; price is $40. COM
bined fleets of the Boeing TOT
and 100 in service with % air
lines have accumulated more
than a million hours of flight
time.
Evening star., 1961-11-08
Sears, Roebuck
Sales at Record

CHICAGO, Nov. 8 CAP). -
Sears, Roebuck and Co. has an
nounced record sales for Octo-
ber and the first nine months
of its fiscal year.
Sales for the nine months
ended October 81 were $3.2
billion. a 2.6 per cent increase
over S3.1 billion in sales for the
comparable period in 1860.
October sales totaled $400,-
969.886, which was OF per cent
above the $398,301.453 October.
1860, sales mark. This October
was the first time Sears sales
exceeded S400 million in any
month other than December.
Evening star., 1961-11-08

Perhaps the air passenger
has found a champion in Earl
NJ. Ruppenthal of San Fran
cisco. a Trans World AirIineS
jet captain.
During a flight forum in
Hartford, Conn, last week,
Capt. Ruppenthal charged that
passenger mis-handling at air.
ports has reached major pro-
portions and that New York's
Idlewild is perhaps our great
est monument to passenger in
difference"
He called Idlewild a stop
ping place for sightseeing
tours" with its many terminal
buildings resembling a giant
carousel so that the airport has
almost achieved the status Of
the railroads to Chicago so
years ago-each with its sep
arate passenger stations"
That part of his criticism
alone might be an endorsement
of the Dulles airport plan-a
single terminal which feeds
passengers to aircraft by means
of the huge and revolutionary
mobile lounges.
Capt. Ruppenthal went on to
say that although the jets have
been in use over two years, not
a single commercial airport is
completely adequate for jet OPP
erationS under all conditions.
-
The Air Transport Associa-
tiOn said the Nations trunk
lines edged out of the red dur
ing August for the first time
this year.
But even a profit of Sl.3 mil
lion for the month still left
year-to-date loss of over S13
million.
\
An F-1O5 jet pilot whose
plane broke apart and caught
fire on landing at Seymour
johnson AFB recently was
rescued within two minutes of
impact by a Kaman H-43B
helicopter.
The whirlybird orbited at the
Evening star., 1961-11-08

get handsome choice of hourly flights most OF them Electra u.s.
Americans Expe flights take off from Washington National Airport Tor
onthehaour from IO am to o3O
And welcome convenience flights during
morning and afternoon late evening flights oo