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The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
Britain Refuses Dr.. SOblen Asylum

LONDON (R = The British gov ernment refused Thursday to grant fugitive spy Dr. Robert Soblen asylum and ordered him returned to the United States.
 Home Secretary Henry Brooke announced in the House of Com mons the decision to deport Soblen to the United States, where he faces life Imprisonment as spy for the Soviet Union.
 Brooke said Soblen had no valid claim for political asylum, having been convicted of espionage in the court of democratic country and was not victim of political or racial persecution.
 The 61-year-old Jewish psychia- trist previously was expelled from Israel, to which he fled aboard an Israeli airliner. He was hospitalized for a time in London, then trans ferred to Brixton prison.
 Brooke said that, but for the self inflicted wounds, Soblen would undoubtedly and probably have been refused leave to land and the airline would have been re- quired to remove him at once on the plane on which he arrived.'
 Soblen, convicted in a US. court of passing war time secrets to the Soviet Union, has been offered asylum in Czechoslovakia. Friends in Israel and Britain have urged that he be allowed to go there, saying he is leukemia victim with only short time to live.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
COSMIC TEST BALLOON RELEASES CAPSULES CARRYING LIVE ANIMALS

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. R-A huge plastic research balloon launched from Goose Bay, Labra- dor, released it's live cargo today in q wilderness area about 55 miles northeast of here.
 The capsule dropped from the balloon contained two monkeys, two hamsters, flour beetles and an assortment of seeds and nerve cells
 They were sent aloft to test the effects of cosmic radiation in space and travelled across the country at heights of 112,oOO to 128,00O feet.
 The 380 foot balloon was the second in a series being launched by the US. National Aeronautics and Space Administrations The first was launched July IA from Goose Bay on a 54-hour flight to within a few miles of the spot where the second balloon dropped it's capsule today.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
HEAVY CLOUDS. LIGHT RAIN

Two low centers, one over the eastern interior and the other over the central Bering Sea, brought heavy clouds and light rain to broad areas of Alaska today.
 Thunderstorms were reported over scattered points in the interior early last night, but they gave way to light but increasing rain.
 Along the Arctic slope, skies were clear in the east and cloudy in the west. Bristol Bay had clear ing skies, while fair skies contin- ued over the northern panhandle. The southern panhandle had cloudy skies.
 Overnight temperatures ranged from low of 45 at Barter Island to high of 59 at Fairbanks The high yesterday was 83 at Fair banks.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
MORMON OFFICIALS VISIT HERE ON TOUR

Arriving here on tour today will be President Hugh Brown, Second Counselor of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormons).
 Accompanying him will be Pre- sident Milton l.. Weilenmann, head of the Alaska Canadian Mission with headquarters in Vancouver, B.C.
 The distinguished visitors are overnighting here and plan to visit Valdez. Kenai, Fairbanks, Point Hope, Unalakleet and Juneau. Pre- sident Brown was named to his present position last year. Pre- viously he was member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, and served as an assistant to the Council
 At the time of his call as a church authority, Brown headed the Richland Oil Development Co. of Canada.
 Although the Mormons do not have a church in Nome, regular meetings are held in the home of one of the members.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION AUG. 8-ll

Gov. William A. Egan will head the list of speakers at the 43rd An nual American Legion Convention. Hosting the convention is the city of Cordova on August 8-11.Z
 A full delegation is expected from all over the state and they will have the opportunity to hear from many distinguished speakers.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
Looking5Ahead

NEW YORK R-S Snow doesn't do too well in 80-degree heat, but the city sanitation department is looking eoolly ahead.
 Joining the departments snow fighting forces Thursday were IF new salt spreaders with snow blows attached. Each machine weighs 13 tons.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
SITTER CONTROLS

WASHINGTON LR - President Kennedy promises stiffer govern ment controls to avert drug tragedies and urges every woman in the country to guard against taking thalidomide.
 He asks all women to look through their medicine cabinets and turn in any thalidomide they find to health authorities. The drug is blamed for thousands of mal- formed births in Europe.
 Kennedy issued the warning, along with an appeal for Congress to establish new safeguards against potentially harmful drugs, at his news conference Wednesday.
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03
WRONG SUBJECT

PORTLAND lP = Alaska Gov. William A Egan won't be telling the Western States Democratic Conference at Seattle about waste at military bases and federal proj- ects
 C. Girard Davidson, chairman of the conference, said today his Portland office erroneously report ed Egan would discuss such a topic.
 Davidson said the news release should have attributed that state ment to Clifford Warren, chair man of the subcommittee on con- tracing of the Small Business Committee. He said Egan has a high regard for the military in Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-03

Notice on a Washington bureau crats desk: The secrecy of my job doesn't permit me to know what I'm doing"
Evening star., 1962-12-30
Another Lie

Premier KhruShchev'S letter to
Chancellor Adenauer has been properly
received in West Germany: 1t has been
ridiculed as Just another example of the
technique of the Big Lie, practiced alike
by the late Adolf Hitler and the late
Josef Stain, both unlamented.
The Khrushchev missive charges,
among other things, that DR.. Adenauer
has been deliberately stirring up trouble
in Berlin in an effort to set off civil
war between the East and West Ger
mans. 1t charges also that he has done
his best to goad the United States and
the Soviet Union into a thermonuclear
conflict over Cuba. This is monstrous
nonsense, and DR.. Adenauer's Socialist
opposition in Bonn has given him full
backing in condemning it as such.
Bonn'S press office has summed up
the whole business well enough: Mr.. KS
letter is "disgraceful, untrue and insult
ing" and its accusation is "the most
grotesque ever made" This is strong
language, but hardly an exaggeration.
Whenever the Kremlin speaks against
Bonn, 1t resorts to outrageous hyberbole.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
Alas, Poor Merrick

II was front-page news, II there had
been any front pages In New York, when
Play Producer David Merrick recently
announced postponement of his mu-
steal "Oliver" until the daily newspaper
critics return to duty. AS the most head
lined OF critic-baiters, Mr.. Merrick's la
ment for their absence in the New York
newspaper strike was almost tearfully
touching.
Mr.. Merrick spoke for more than his
own interest in rueing the idleness Of the
da!lies' aisle-sitters. The effect OF the
newspaper strike on Broadway has pro-
duced a state Of near-panic, one effect
OF which is curtain speeches by stars
urging patrons to send their friends TO
the theater.
For whatever 1t is worth, Broadway
can be assured, however, that the news
blackout will not last forever. The critics
will be back to a welcome warm as 1t is
likely TO be short-lived.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
California, No. !

The time has come for all of us
POSSIBLY excepting New Yorkers) to peal
out a rouSing "Eureka" for the Golden
State Of California For now (by Cali
fornia estimates at least) the third
largest State in area has become the
first in population. Even Horace Gree
ley, who didn't say go west, young
man." but indirectly offered the same
advice, would be astounded by what has
happened in little more than a century.
SO many young-and so many more
older folks-have gone west, the eager
natives are claiming they have passed
New York'S l7.3 million total even be-
fore the United States Census Bureau
figured 1t would happen-sometime next
spring. II New Workers, who have held
the national lead since 1920, grudgingly
insist they'll still be in front until next
AuguSt-well, let them have their mo-
ment Of fading glory.
New Workers will Just have TO
swallow hard, as Texans must have
when Alaska shot down some OF their
colossal boasts. Why, way back In 1860,
WiCH NulllOLllld was BtbJlllB lJo llIoL
honest census count Of 379994, New
York had booming 3,880,735. 90 west,
indeed Now California statisticians,
not at all over-modest, figure the State
Is roaring along at a rate Of l,700
additions day. BY the year 1000, they
say, there will be As million enjoying
the sunshine and whatever has replaced
smog. (That's only million less than
the entire Nation totaled about 80 years
ago.
Statistics! But there is another
factor Washington will hear much more
about. Redistricting will follow the 1870
census, and that means political in
fluence will go west, too, more than
ever before. For New York must then
surrender It's No. spot OF 43 legislators
In the Capital compared TO Californias
present 40; with a comparable reshuf-
fling Of supremacy In the national
conventions and the electoral college.
All the foregoing adds up to big
Evening star., 1962-12-30
Here We Go Again

For the third time in little more
than year the United Nations force
in the Congo is at war with the Ka-
tangese. And, as usual, it is difficult
to know what or whom to believe.
The shooting apparently started
after the U. N. command replaced con-
tingent of French-speaking Tunisians
with an Ethiopian unit. The TunisianS,
using the same language, had been on
more or less friendly terms with the Ka-
tanga soldiers. But when one of the
latter, approaching the Ethiopian unit,
was ordered to halt, he did not under
stand the command. So the Ethiopian
fired in the air and the KatangeSe, pre-
tending to be wounded, rolled down a
hill toward his comrades. The latter
started shooting, and in this preposter-
Gus fashion the third u N.-Katanga
war was launched.
Apparently, Katanga's President
Tshombe tried unSucceSsfully to stop
. his soldiers from shooting at U. N.
troops. There is dispute on this point.
But at any rate, after enduring the fire
for several hours, the U. N. units started
to shoot back, and air raids were
launched against EliSabethville and the
mining town of Kolwezi. AS of yeSter-
day morning, the u. N. casualties totaled
one Ethiopian killed and five wounded.
So the fighting, obviously, did not
amount to much. Still, If the report is
true that the U. N. forces opened fire
only after being persistently attacked
by the Katangese, they had ample JUS
tification to take this action in self
defense.
There are indications, however, that
this report is not true, or at least that it
may not be the whole truth.
A dispatch fromSU. N. headquarters
in New York quotes "grim-faced" off,
cial as saying that this time there will
be no stopping short of total victory"
In brief, Katanga is to be crushed once
and for all.
The background news over the past
few days lends considerable support to
the belief that this is the fact. If so,
a protracted guerrilla war in the bush is
possible, but not likely. If the United
States furnishes the additional weapons
which have been discussed, 1t is hard to
see how TShombe, even If he is still at
large, can hold out for long. One would
expect that the resistance will be
crushed, and that then political settle
ment will be imposed-in violation of
repeated assurances given by the U. N.
and underwritten by our own State De-
partment. AS for this, however, it is
best to wait and see. The next few days
should tell the story.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
Monumental Cuff

Respecting Lacey Rey-
nolds' letter, in support Of
the Aquarium, we Washing
ton residents who are op-
posed to the project agree
with him that the Aquarium
will be a monumental con-
tribution to the Washington
scene" 1t would be delight
full to dodge the hard ques-
ton kids or fish2" by pro-
viding, as Mr.. Reynolds sug-
gests, for both.
There are two troubles
with this view, however. One
Is that the Aquarium does,
in fact, compete for the tax
dollar with other urgent
needs-for example, replace
ment Of the many obsolete
schools, a new plant for the
atrocious District General
Hospital and solution to the
Junior Village problem by
both construction and an ag-
gressive, well-financed foster
home program. Maybe this
rich country could afford
these and a Sl0-million
Aquarium, too. but IL does not
appear that this will come
about. The fish are provided
for, and real human needs
are left out.
Why are fish more impor-
tant TO put on display than,
say. squirrels or butterflies?
Why not build a Mushroom
Vault for the display Of spe-
cial forms OF Ascomycetes2
Or a Terrarium. to display in
tanks OF earth, glassed cross
sections showing the intricate
geology OF soil. worms. in
sects, fungi. and bacteriap
Each OF these is. In its way,
important and interesting.
Each could be made satisfy
ingly monumental. But the
real question remains unan-
swered: Why build the huge
structure at all, filling II with
tanks Of something or other
fish, mushrooms, or worms?
There is, as Mr.. Reynolds
says, nonsense" about the
Aquarium. The nonsense Is
monumental. 1t is the $40
million for the Aquarium It.
self. Elliott Roberts.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
FROM THE STAR FILES..

be incompatible with the
public welfare, and therefore
requested them to resume
their public functions. The
two secretaries promptly an
swered that they had re-
turned to their departments
In obedience to his COM
mand. :" The crisis was
over. AS Lincoln put 1t, Nov
I can ride. / have got q
pumpkin in each end Of my
bag. I have the biggest half
Of the hog. I shall accept
neither resignation" There
after, Seward confined him
self to State Department af-
fairs, and stopped being med
dlesome.
Evening star., 1962-12-30

sound ideas for winning the
war. And worst of all he was
manipulating the president
TO his own way Of thinking.
The Senate caucus passed a
resolution d de m q nding "a
change In and partial recon-
struction Of the cabinet" and
decided to send a group to
see the President. Seward,
given warning Of what had
taken place, wrote out his
resignation to protect the
President from being wronged
by his own unpopularity. The
Star Of December 10, 1862,
reported: ". .As the resolu-
ton finally adopted by the
caucus carefully excludes any
allusion to any particular
member Of. the cabinet, It
seems TO be universally taken
for granted here that all his
colleagues will follow Mr..
Stewards example, leaving the
President entirely untram-
melled In the matter OF re-
modelling his official coun-'
ell. :" The next day this
paper said: Secretary Chase
has rendered his resignation
TO the President. :" This
was the result OF adroit ma
neuvering by Lincoln. and II
saved his cabinet. The Presi-
dent trapped Chase into re-
vealing his duplicity and
pushed him into writing his
own resignation. II the Pres
ident was forced 10 accept
Stewards resignation. then he
would also accept that OF
Chase. And Chase's Senate
friends didn't want that. Lin
coin made 1t clear that he
didn't want any cabinet
changes whatever. Under the
heading The Conclusion"
The Star Of December %,
1862, reported: THE Presi-
dent on Saturday tDec. 20)
acknowledged the reception
OF the designations OF the
Secretary OF State and the
Secretary of the Treasury,
and informed them that aft
er due dellberation he had
come TO the conclusion that
an acceptance Of them would
Evening star., 1962-12-30
100 Years AGO

TTcSlucHL LlIlCOln B snip OF
state seemed about to cap
size a century ago. 1t was
buffeted by blasts of ill-tem-
pered public opinion and
rolled in the backwash Of
Fredericksburg's crimson
tide. There was a deep un-
dercurrent Of dissatisfaction
with the way the Federal
Government was conducting
the war. Lincoln himself was
the subject Of much criti-
cism, but most of the blame
was heaped on his Cabinet.
Harper's Weekly said ". =.
(The people) have borne, ST.
lently and grimly, imbecility,
treachery, failure, privation,
loss Of friends and means,
almost every suffering which
can afflict a brave people.
But they cannot be expected
to suffer that such massa-
cres as this at Fredericksburg
shall be repeated. Matters
are ripening for a military
dictatorship" The New York
Times, usually friendly and
sympathetic to Lincoln, said:
"The heaviest load which the
friends of the Government
have been compelled to carry
has been the inactivity
and inefficiency Of the ad-
ministration. The country
has given the Government
over a million men and all
the money they could possi-
bly, use. The fate OF the
Nation must no longer be
committed TO Generals, who.
like Essex In the English
Revolution, next to a great
defeat. dread a great victo-
ry'." The Star reported Sen
ate Republicans caucused In
secret on December l6, 1852,
10 decide how TO rescue" the
Nation. The concensus was
that Lincoln was too greatly
influenced by his Secretary OF
State. William II. Seward.
One OF those who inspired
this Senate rebellion was
Treasury Secretary Salmon
p. Chase, who with some JUS
tification accused Seward Of
having "backstairs influence"
at the White House. All sorts
Of charges we're made against
Seward: His compromising
views we're running the I'm
ion; he obstructed vigorous
prosecution Of the war ef-
fort; he was In favor Of q
patched-up. phony peace; he
overruled other members OF
the cabinet who advanced
Evening star., 1962-12-30

reflected our own features, is
that we carry about with us
our principal problem-our-
selves! AS we look at our
selves, thinking Of what we
were and seeing what we
we are, the question which
goes to the heart of our hui
man enterprise is, whats
new?" What will be the hon.
est answer to that question
at the end of the first month
of 1868, or at the end Of the
sixth month, or when the
twelfth month has gone?
What has happened to me?
whats new2"
Now what is registered in
ourselves will depend largely
on our attitude to others. It
is in others that we really
find our more abundant a
selves. What is new in you
will depend on what you do
in the new year with the
truth of Christmas which is
revolutionary. 1t involves q
love for all people, of all
races, Of all colors, Of all
creeds and of all tonguesl
Whats new" in you will
depend on what you really do
with the resolution to think
less Of your rights, and more
Of your responsibilities, to
thrill most of all at the
chance Of putting a little
more into the common pool
than you take out; to re-
member that the faces of
men and women are but
masks they wear, that behind
every one is a heart longing
for sympathy and under
standing. What will be new
in you depends upon how you
keep, day by day, the resolu-
ton to minister to the needs
Of children, to re m m ber
sympathetically the shadows,
the shrinking from the inev-
liable, the poignant loneli-
ness of those who are grow
ing old, to bear one another's
burdens, to have done with
pride and prejudice, with
ugly thoughts and wounding
gossip.
To live up to this is to be
able to say, IT have grown
a little taller todayl" And
when there are enough indi-
viduals across all borders
who care intensely for the
want ana woe OF others, ana
when all the frontiers of con-
Germ are rubbed out, the an
swer to the question, what's
new?" will be the world-the
new world glimpsed In the
prophetic hymn: -aFs
These things shall be: a loft
Ter race
Than e'er the tDorld hath
knotDn shall rise
With flame of freedom In
their souls
And light OF knowledge In
their eyes.
Nation tDith nation, land tUith
land,
harmed shall iUe as CON-
rGdes free;
In eUery heart and brain
shall thTob
The pulse of one fraternity.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
Stiqmu

Mr.. Stein stated in his re-
cent letter that former mem
tai patients have told him
mo one will hire me when
I tell them I was at st.
Elizabeths." The same reply,
in more subtle form, is often
given to former patients Of
more expensive institutions.
A very close relative spent
more than six months in a
private hospital in a nearby
State, at $700 monthly ex-
penSe. His health insurance,
fortunately, paid for 80 per
cent Of the cost, so that his
family was able to keep him
in fairly pleasant surround
ings. But the stigma Of being
in the institution has dogged
him for the past six months,
and he has no prospect of
employment.
When hospitalized, not one
person in his firm sent a
Christmas card or inquired of
his welfare. He may have
been fairly treated" in re-
gard to discharge pay, but
the firm has refused to con-
slider him for unemployment.
Now in his mid-40s, this
well-trained insurance execu-
tive faces continued months
Of unemployment and the
danger Of slipping back into
an institution, perhaps that
operated by the State and
the taxpayers. This is in ad-
dition to the continued
emotional stress and strain
on his mother and relatives.
I trust that employers will
give more serious considera-
ton to hiring persons who
have been cured of mental ILL
ness, and treat them the
same as persons who have
suffered from cancer, heart
disease, etc.
''Virginian."
Evening star., 1962-12-30

for tn cir questionable ap-
probation because of the per-
sonal prestige attached to the
invitation to be among the
privileged few. Why use the
Mona Lisa to portray yet
another poor image of Amer
lea?
Eartruda Ciu,ou
Evening star., 1962-12-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letter. carry iOriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
tion. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied by SELF addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-12-30
so Years Ago

The Brothers Rockefeller
apparently didn't hit it off
too well so years ago. The
Star Of December 20, 1912,
frontpaged q story quoting
Frank Rockefeller as saying
Of John D.: That brother OF
mine is the most lonesome
man In the world; there is
no man who walks the earth
he can call his real friend.
I'd rather live on a 150-acre
Western homestead (actual-
ly he had a million dollar
Kansas ranch) than live like
John d. does. In his palaces.
John d. is afraid Of being
kidnapped and held for ran
som. He never stirs without
his guards. II he goes from
his house a few steps, there
are several armed men with
him or standing at windows
with their eyes on him. Years
ago he attempted 10 stop me
from going hunting for fear
/ would be kidnapped and he
would be called upon TO pay
the ransom. It's a regular
mania with him now. :"
The battle OF survival be-
tween pedestrians and mo-
torists was becoming so
bloody 30 years ago that the
city fathers intervened with
a new set OF traffic regula-
tions. The Star OF December
80, 1912, decreed that begin
ming February /. 1918, "pe-
destrians shall have the right
OF way over vehicles at street
crossings and at right an
giles. A regulation which will
be welcomed by pedestrians
is one ordering that no vehicle
shall approach within Is feet
OF q street car which has
stopped or Is stopping 10 take
on or off passengers"
Evening star., 1962-12-30
Why?

Why all the Snobbishness
about the Mona Lisa7 To
wait for the return Of the
Congressmen TO Washington
and deny the public the priv
ilege OF seeing this fine work
OF art for a period OF two
weeks, at a time particularly
when the Capital has so
many visitors and students
who may never again have
an opportunity to see the
Mona Lisa, is Incompetent
sible. II the facts were really
known, the very people for
whom this privilege is re-
served have undoubtedly been
70 Paris on so-called Jun
ketS" at taxpayers expense.
but probably never took the
time 10 go 10 the Louvre TO
see any OF the masterpieces
there. But OF course they will
attend the unveiling reserved