Daily Sitka Sentinel (Newspaper) - January 17, 1958, Sitka, Alaska DAILY SENTINEL Sitka's Newspaper Member of The Associated Press lOc a copy VOLUME XIX Friday January 17 1950 NUMBER 12 Giant Airfields would mean says White Forty fields will be used for SAC bombers WASHINGTON Wl The up program to disperse the air command's SAC heavy and medium bombers means that no more giant airdromes will be built Gen Thomas D White air for- ce chief of staff made that plain even before he took over top com- mand and while the program was still in its early phase White said in an address a year ago that we feel would mean super targets The aim of the program is to disperse the SAC bombers this country's main retaliatory force to about 40 fields instead of concentrating them at a dozen home fields President er has asked congress for money to speed the dispersal In general the plan is to de- ploy each of the three squadrons of an SAC wing to a separate field Each heavy and medium bomber squadron has 14 aircraft One squadron would remain at a main base with complete main- tenance facilities including repair refueling and armament ment The two other squadrons would be deployed to satellite bases These satellite bases in most or perhaps all instances would be at existing military fields with improved or special facilities The satellite fields would be in the general geographical area of the main base but far enough a- way to escape destruction or dam age from a hydrogen weapons at- tack on any neighboring air base Tanker aircraft used for in- agrees to parley at lower level LONDON Wl Prime minister Macmillan yesterday urged lai Bulganin to agree to talks at once on a level well below the summit for an open skies in- plan and a ban on lear weapons tests Macmillan replying to a Dec- ember letter from the Soviet pre- mier suggested groups of experts get together to work immediately on the technical details of ament He said it would be at least a beginning of a world pact to end the arms race a beginning which Macmillan said is needed to create real confidence be- tween east and west Peace cannot be secured just by words we need deeds as well Macmillan said As for an east-west summit con which Bulganin declared last week should he held within three months the British leader left the door open Ho a fuller reply to Bulganin's posal in another letter soon but he I am considering these We must not forget that much would he expected by the world from such a meeting and failure or disappointment would be correspondingly grave In tone letter to he firm yet friendly flight refueling of heavy bers and medium bombers would be based usually at fields other than those on which the bom bers are stationed and located as far north as possible This pre- means that the tanker dispersal program will include bases such as Thule in northern Greenland and Ladd air force base in Alaska both far from con United States on trans- polar routes to Russia Directly related to the sal plan is the alert program That has been a key factor in the whole operation of SAC since its inception a decade ago The alert program is ed on the reaction time needed for a portion of a force of planes to get off a base into the air and headed for strikes at Russia ter a warning of approaching en- emy air forces The idea is to get the bombers off the ground before the enemy strikes Until recent months the ted alert time has been as much as two or three hours This was the time Russian bombers would require to reach targets in the United States after they had ped the Distant Early Warning Line at the northern edge of the continent The threat of intercontinental ballistic missiles ICBM has trimmed that alert time to 15 minutes half the time it would take for a Soviet ICBM to travel from its launching point to an American target The air force does not have proof that the Rus- sians now have ICBMs at tional stage But the air force can not afford to overlook any such possibility Bomb score found hoax today LITTLE ROCK Ark IB A bomb scare resulted in a ough search of Central high school by a platoon of Arkansas national guardsmen last night but no explosive was found and the soldiers were withdrawn Classes are not scheduled at the school today Teachers are grading mid-term examinations However an Arkansas tary district spokesman said the normal complement of ed guardsmen about 25 men was on duty today as usual Reds worn Japan of consequences MOSCOW WI The Russians day warned Japan again that it risks if it U S nuclear and missile bases The Soviet government news paper Izvestia charged that the Japanese are discussing the ques tion with the Americans Participation in dangerous ad- policies lefl to Japan's smashing defeat in World War would lead to an even more disastrous defeat in any ture war Izvestia said plane still unsighted HONOLULU Aircraft and ships crisscrossed the path of typhoon Ophelia again today hunting a U S weather naissance plane that vanished Tuesday night with 10 crewmen The missing plane a bomber adapted for weather re- last reported at p m Tuesday when it was some GOO miles north of am heading into the center The center contained winds reported in excess of 140 miles per hour At Yokosuka Japan yesterday the navy reported that listening stations at Guam Hawaii An- and Adak picked up faint SOS signals in the general area of the plane's disappearance They were of short duration and too weak to provide a a navy spokesman said It seemed uncertain whether the signals came from the plane or another source The plane was based on Guam and search operations were be- ing directed from there missile in test made today Missiles director reports firing successful CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The navy launched a Polaris ball istic missile test vehicle here day It was the first Polaris test of- identified as such Judging from its at the start and until it eared down the air force missile test range it was a highly shot It streaked away straight as an arrow toward its undisclosed tar get The Lockheed missile was launc bed at one minute before 8 a m EST less than an hour after sun rise into a cloudless blue sky Watchers in the chill morning air saw it whoosh upward with a considerably greater rate of than that of other big ballistic missiles launched here recently The Polaris is noted for its fantastic speed Red China gives visiting mothers It left a long white wake high out across toward the southeast The roar of its rocket motor came some seconds after the miss He left the ground Almost immediately after the launching the air missile test center here confirmed it with the following A test vehicle in the navy aris program was fired from the missile test center at today In Washington the defense de- director of missiles William Holaday said the firing was considered a success Holaday speaking briefly with newsmen as he arrived at a door session of the armed vices committee said All I ly know now is that they have called it a success Holaday said the device that was tested includes A ner of the Polaris propulsion en- gine We will be making and firing more of these as we go on with the development of the he said Territorial police For the first time in Sitka's history a territorial police car is stationed here permanently having arrived yesterday on the freighter It is a Ford panel equipped with a two-way radio Plans are to install a transmitter in the back of the vehicle for with local authorities Officer Joseph Swain ial patrolman from Ketchikan is here for a few days on traffic enforcement problems including vehicular equipment license plates and moving violations He also will check lights brakes etc A permanent territorial man is expected to be assigned to duty in Sitka later this year Pearson leader of Canada's Liberal party OTTAWA Wl Lester B Pearson newly elected leader of Canada's Liberal party is expected to be- gin consultations immediately with other top Liberals on the question of when and now to force a new election The opposition party's national Advance funds for Alaska mental hospital received Architectural design may now proceed JUNEAU Wl A start on the pre- liminary planning of a hospital at Anchorage appeared imminent today as barriers were cleared for a advance to finance architectural designs The attorney general's office the governor's office and the de- of health said tion on new arrangements for the funds were expected late today or earlier had raised doubts that the territory could borrow money for any purpose other than for rent operating expenses A proposed congressional of to build the hospital now is pending in ington Williams said legal objections had been withdrawn under sions of the new arrangement and that repayment will come from federal funds when and if they become available Acting Gov Waino Hendrickson advised Gov Stepovich by tele- phone to Washington of the new agreement the nor as saying he was very ed that the money now would be available The new agreement provides for so-called progress payments from the total amount of the ad- vance Under the earlier Officials of the federal housing ment the loney was to have id home harl nrn loaned m a lumP sum after tomorrow This will permit us to get the mental health project off the the said Dr Harry son Alaska's acting er of health We regard it as wonderful news and home finance agency had pro posed a loan of the money to the territory two months ago but a snag developed over details of repayment on the loan Just two weeks ago Dr Gibson advised the territorial board completion of the architectural planning career diplomat as its new leader last night in a resounding victory over former health minister Paul Martin Pearson succeeds er prime minister Louis St rent quitting because of his 75 years and will become prime minister if the Liberals win the next election The result of the party ballot was never in doubt The vote was In his acceptance speech son former foreign secretary and Nobel Peace Prize winner this year pledged himself to lead a renewed and eral party back into office soon But he gave no hint of when a general election might be ed Pearson charted eight ives for the 1 A united Canada but not j born of narrow nationalism j 2 Full employment striving to end recessions and depressions 3 An increase in social security 4 Expansion but no diversion of trade A fair sharing of Canada's wealth with primary producers and the regions 6 Financial aid to the continued on page four Man can confine radioactivity of atom LOS ANGELES Wl An Atomic Energy commissioner says there's no doubt now that man can contine radioactivity Produc planning had reached a standstill and the success of the whole ject was in doubt Attorney general J Gerald liams in two days of telephone conferences with officials of the regional office at San Fran Five miners die LES MINES ce in Five miners died today from burns suffered in coal mine explosion yesterday Thirty three other miners also were In- jured HONG KONG Wl Communist China has granted three can mothers permission to stay another week in Shanghai and Peiping visiting their sons im- prisoned on spy charges There was no indication ther the extension might fore- shadow clemency for the cans Two are serving sentences and the other a life term Mrs Redmond of ers N Y said she has formally asked premier Chou to release her son Hugh I'm still hoping but have no answer she said by tele- phone from Shanghai The one-week extension was first announced for Mrs Mary Downey of New Britain Conn visiting lier son John and Mrs Jessie of Lynn Mass visiting her son Richard The ex- tension also applied to Mrs Dow son William 25 who companied his mother to China Mrs Redmond later reported she also had received permission to stay All three mothers ed communist China last week and had planned to leave the country tomorrow after seeing their sons four times eastern by three-day fail of snow Highway and air traffic impeded by The Associated Press A three-day storm that stifled the northeast under a snow blau ket eased today although there was light snow overnight and rain or drizzle along coastal re- gions Heavy snowfall measuring up j to 28 inches in some spots im- highway and air travel The storm center moved ly up the coast and the weather bureau said that rain in the mer coastal areas would change to heavy snow as colder air moves in behind the storm ter Early today most of the area from thc northern plains ward to the Great Lakes and southward nito the Ohio valley and Tennessee was under a vast cloud cover Snow flurries were scattered throughout thc area but thc fall was slight A high pressure system over the southwestern part of the coun try produced dry weather Thc fair weather extended eastward through the Gulf coast states and the south Atlantic region Freezing temperatures were reported as far soutli as central Mississippi and northern Georgia but there was little change in temperatures for most of the country Temperatures and weather con ditions at some key cities early today included Boston 37 and drizzle New York City 30 and cloudy Washington 34 and dy Atlanta 33 and cloudy Miami 51 and clear Detroit 24 and dy Minneapolis 30 and snow attle 48 and rain San Francisco 50 and fog Los Angeles 59 and ments for the funds late day Apparently the new agreement calls for the to be con an advance rather than a loan I don't care what they call Dr Gibson said as long as wo get the money The attorney general's office Quake toll rises to 28 deaths AREQUIPA Peru wi Recovery of additional bodies brought the earthquake death toll here to 28 today Churches were filled with survivors giving thanks The hos are still filled persons but authorities said appeared to be recovering The city throw a work force of 600 men into the job of clearing debris from the canals which bring drinking water to the city Water is the only public service still interrupted A census ed about private houses and 170 office buildings were dam aged sufficiently so they will have to be rebuilt all ed by atomic explosions It has been proved Dr lard F Libby said yesterday at the Atomic Energy test site in the Nevada desert Dr Libby said in an interview that scientists last week located the radioactive heart of a nuclear blast set off last Sept 19 in a tunnel some 800 feet beneath the top of a desert mesa It was still hot the commission er said meaning that ity had been confined there ly four months Libby scientific member of the AEC said the radioactive center was 100 to 150 feet wide He said that for some reason it had ed a little from the place where the nuclear device was exploded The device was estimated to have had a force of to tons of TNT Wetzel executed Miss HI William Alvin Wetzel New York mobster who boasted he never would be executed died in thc gas ber nt the state penitentiary day The native of Sen cca Falls N Y maintained to Ihc last that he was innocent of the fatal throat slashing of gar McGraw Farwest Fishermen Inc merges ANACORTES Wash Wi ties of Farwest Fishermen Inc here and in Alaska have been ken over by Whitney and Co of Seattle The money involved was not announced Announcement of the change in ownership was made today by Mel manager of the can ning plant of Farwest Fishermen Inc here The plant was ly destroyed by fire last Nov 23 Also involved in the tion were Farwest Wrangell Co of Wrangell Alaska and ia Bay Packing Co of Seldovia Alaska The local plant will be known as Farwest Fisheries division of Whitney and Co and will continue as manager Halgren said there are no plans for resumption of fish pack ing operations here but con- is expected to begin im mediately on a driveway to the firm's existing dock and on in- of ice making ment on the pier The pier was undamaged by thc fire Former Alaska lawmaker dies SEATTLE m Andrew N Nylen former member of the Alaska legislature died Monday at North Bonneville Wash friends here were informed yesterday He was 96 Nylen served three terms in the territorial legislature the last in 1931 as a representative from the 2nd division In 1900 Nylen went to Nome on the steamship and engaged mining tions in the Nome area Recently he and his wife have been living at North Bonneville He was a member of the Alaska Yukon Pioneers and Masonic ders Funeral services will be at 1 p m Saturday at the Johnson and Hamilton chapel in Seattle KARACHI Pakistan WI Dr Frank Graham U N mediator for Kashmir arrived today for talks with Pakistani leaders in his search for a settlement of the dispute over Kashmir Marino forecast from Friday to Saturday Outside waters Pelican to Dixon Entrance southerly winds 35 to mph this afternoon diminishing to 20 to no mph late tonight Rain this afternoon and tonight
