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Dailv wews "America's Farthest North Daily Newspaper" Vol. LXX 15c Per Copy FAIRBANKS.ALASKA,TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12,1972 22 Pages No.294 Congressman Begich declared dead Stevens eyes trade with China ANCHORAGE (AP)-Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has suggested that thestate send a trade mission to Red China as a means of advertising Alaska goods and promoting Anchorage as the crossroads for East-West trade. Stevens, speaking to the Greater Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, said the Anchorage business community was the most logical group to organize the trade mission. He also said that former governor and U.S.

Interior Secretary Walter Hickel was the most logical person to head the delegation. Hickel said the proposal has great potential not just for Alaska but for the whole United States and the Pacific basin. "If the Alaska business community puts together the type of trade mission which Senator Stevens suggests, I would certainly support it," Hickel said. Stevens said Northwest Orient Airlines, which operated in China before the communists took over, says it could arrange a package from Anchorage to Peking and Shanghai with stopovers in Tokyo for 140 persons for $50,000. He said no state has succeeded in arranging a trade mission, although North Carolina has been attempting for nearly a year.

"The U.S. State Department has assured my office that our government would encourage such a mission," he said. 14th meeting on peace held PARIS (AP) Henry A. and North Vietnam's Le Due Tho opened the 14th meeting of their secret peace talks today in a villa in suburban Gif-sur-Yvette. i i earlier expectedly dropped in on a subcommittee of the top negotiators' deputies details of a possible agreement.

Tho was not present. At the end of the subcommittee meeting, Kissinger and the other participants drove the 12 miles to Gif-sur-Yvette. It was the first time in four years of secret negotiations that Kissinger and Tho set up subcommittees to discuss details of a possible accord immediately before a plenary meeting. The quickened pace suggested that the talks were approaching a climax, but both sides maintained their blanket of secrecy. French dispatches from Peking said Premier Chou En-iai told newsmen Monday: "An agreement could be signed in Paris in the next two or three days." Expectations of a break in the negotiations were heightened by a report from Bangkok.

1 Partly cloudy with occasional snow flurries today through a No significant accumulation expected. High today mid-teens. Low tonight near zero and high Wednesday near 10. Outlook for Thursday partly cloudy and cooler. High Monday 29.

Overnight low 20. Temperature at noon 9. High this date 40 in 1944. Low --57 in 1935. Sunrise Wednesday 9:49.

Sunset at 1:42 for a total of 3 hours 53 minutes of daylight, a loss of three. Jury rules quickly following hearing ERTS CHARTS ALASKA--This photograph was reproduced from one taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth Resources Technology Satellite at an altitude of 560 miles. The area shown is the area around Delta Junction whkh is at lower center portion of the picture. The photo was taken last Aug. 21.

Edge of Alaska Range is at bottom. Smile, you may be next on ERTS (Related story Page 9) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is continually passing over our state photographing the earth's surface in great detail ifromSGO miles up. The Daily News-Miner today is printing a specially prepared 'false' color photograph of the Delta Junction area taken by the a i a was processed by the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute and the Daily News-Miner and a the i i any newspaper has printed a satellite photograph in full color. Coordinators of the project at the Geophysical Institute are Prof. Al Belon and John Miller.

Color separation was made by the News-Miner's Chuck Gray. The data radioed to the earth by the satellite include black and white images from four special scanning imagers. Each scanner is sensitive to energy reflected from the earth's surface in a distinct wavelength band only. These energy bands are the visible green, the visible red, and two different invisible infrared wavelengths. Each scene, when viewed separately, appears much like an i a a a white photograph, but by printing each one in overlay fashion with a different color of ink assigned to each scene, it is possible to reconstitute a very useful color photograph.

The colors, however, are "false" because one of the colors--in this case the green--has been assigned to invisible infrared light from the original scene.This also gives red tint to some of the bare mountains and river beds. There are some interesting features to be noted in this color photograph. It covers an area near Delta Junction 115 115 miles at a scale of one inch equaling 16 miles. It was taken from space at (See ERTS, Page 3) ANCHORAGE (AP)-A special took less than 20 minutes a a i i Congressman Nick Begich and two otherspresumed dead, District Court Judge Dorothy Tyner told the court she would approve the verdict later, although at the moment she was not "prepared to find there is clear and convincing evidence" that the trio is dead. District Court Judge Dorothy Tyner said she would approve the verdict but was not prepared to sign the presumptive death certificate at this time, she said she would take that matter under study.

Under Alaska law, if a judge decides there is "clear and convincing evidence" that the person is dead, the judge may sign a presumptive death certificate sooner than the normal six months waiting period. A ruling would open the way for a special election to name i replacement a Alaska's sole congressman. The three-man, three-womari jury received the case at 9:35 a.m., after hearing Air ForceMaj. Henry Stocker, the last of six witnesses, testify that the 39-day search had failed to uncover any evidence that the men were alive. Stocker, the chief of the Rescue Coordination Center at Elmendorf Air Force Base, said that per cent of the search was over water.

The probability that the men would have survived i exposure suits would have been 30 minutes to two hours if they were in the water, he said. Stocker said to his knowledge there was no water survival gear aboard the light plane that disappeared Oct. 16, carrying Begich, 40; House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, 59; Russell L. Brown, 37, an aide to Begich; and Don E. Jonz, 38, the pilot.

If an emergency locator beacon was aboard the plane, Stocker added, there was a "99 per cent probability factor" searchers would have located the craft. The presumptive death petitions were filed late last month but only for Begich, Brown and Jonz. Juneau District Atty. Joe Balfe said a petition was not filed on Boggs at "the request of the family." Council adopts '73 budget at $7.2 million after cuts Santa's Christmas Fund is rolliing right along with $127 corning in today, bringing the total for the year to $1,396.13. And there is still nearly two weeks to go, so Fairbanks is showing its golden heart early this season.

Thi? Christmas Fund is so designed that the less fortunate and meedy can have a merrier The Clearing House, operated by Santa Claus Jack Murphy and his wife, Midge, is open at First and Bamette. If anyone knows of a needy person, they can either call 452-3364 or go to the Clearing House. The needs of the person, or family, will be checked and delivered in time for Christmas. All requests are asked to be turned in to The Christmas Clearing House by Dec. 22 so that they can delivered on time.

Anyone wishing to contribute to Santa's Christmas Calls may do so by sending their donations to i a Fund, Box 710, Fairbanks. Each contribution will be a i newspaper. Santa is acknowledging $25 from Bob Devlin of Devlin's Alaskan Automotive who also wrote the following ditty: "We're not crying, but to keep Sant, bobbing We are helping by constantly SAABING The Elves at Devlin's are trying to help So our good Fairbanksans won't need to yelp." Bill Hoyt of Hoyt's Jewelry, Santa's old kissin' cousin sent in $20 for the cause. Thanks a lot, Bill. Yam Yamane of Yukon Office Supply beat Santa to the punch this year and sent in $20.

Santa thanks Yam. And also in with $20 is Two Rivers TraiV.ng Post overlooking Chena Hot Springs Road. Santa is more than glad to hear from Two Rivers and he promises to stop. Judd and Mary Sisco, daughter Patricia, and grandson Lewis DeBoard, sent in $15 for the cause. Thanks, Siseo family very much.

Ray Keturi of Ray's Electric sent in $10 with kind wishes, that Santa acknowledges. And so did Everett W. Patton send in $20. Santa thanks Pat for his donation. Our friendly postman, Ken and Fran Gustafson, dropped in with five dollars for the cause.

Thanks Ken and Fran. And out of the Bargain Basement came $2 from the Lin's at 1002 Lakeview Terrace. Thank you. Lins. The Tanana Valley Medical and Surgical Group is heading up Santa's Calls today.

Santa is really going after this bunch of doctors out there on 10th and Noble. He is calling out Al Seeliger first, the manager, as he writes the check. (See SANTA CALLS, Page 3) By FRED PRATT Staff Writer The Fairbanks City Council adopted its 1973 budget last night after approving more than a half million dollars in cuts from the original budget document. In daily work sessions over the last month the council trimmed $507,487 from the budget. This combines with a federal revenue sharing grant of $308,902 to lower the budget for 1973 from $8,022,187 to the i approved last night, $7,205,798.

The total appropriations for general government and the Municiapal Utilities System totals $20,991,198. Reductions included almost every a in city government. In funding the activities of the mayor and council, Fairbanks Mayor Harold Gillam declined the services of an office and secretary and meeting costs were reduced $2,000. This is down $21,500 i year's appropriations. In the city manager's office, the council eliminated the position of the administrative assistant that Bill Green has held for the past year.

The total reduction is $29,758 the original request. The Public Works Department payroll was reduced by 20 positions to a total salary of the works division of $695,998. The council had requested the city manager to lower this figure to $730,000. The department's budget was raised to $970,269 from the 9 4 1 1 9 3 i a appropriation this year, but it was reduced from a request for $1,044,444 in the original budget document fornext year. Several of the public works positions reduced were in the sanitary landfill, which is to be turned over to the Fairbanks North Star Borough next year, and in the building inspection division, which had three officials eliminated and one put on half time.

The Police Department budget was reduced from itsoriginal level of $1,369,739 to $1,033,769. The Fire Department's request for a 50 per cent increase in manning was turned down. The a a trimmed from a recommended $1,930,688 to $1,704,116, although total manning of the fire fighting division only dropped one man. The level is still above this year's funding. The Department of Health and Social Services was the hardest hit a i offices, mainly because federal funds supporting many of its activites are being withheld.

The Division of Social Services, including the position of social services director now held by Don Scott, waseliminated asof Jan. 1. (See COUNCIL, Page 3) REP. NICK BEGICH Should the jury rule that Begich is dead, the way would be cleared for a special election in Alaska to fill the state's vacant scat in Congress. Under state law, such an election would be required not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after the vacancy is declared.

During testimony Monday, Air Force Maj. Henry Stocker said searchers investigated 88 sightings during the search that covered 325,000 square miles. But, said Stocker, chief of the Rescue Coordinatin Center at Elmendorf Air Force Base, "We were not able to establish where the airplane is." Stocker said a weather report from an Air Force helicopter that few part of the planned route just an hour before the Cessna 310 took off from the Anchorage airport for Juneau reported heavy turbulence in the Portage Pass area. Stocker told the six-member jury initial information indicated the plane had an emergency locator beacon. But he said "later we found out it did not." Legislative series starts i i today the Daily News-Miner will run a seven-part series written from interviews with the newly elected and returning state legislators from the Fairbanks Senate and House districts.

Each legislator was asked to give his views on theorganization of the legislative bodies and to comment on what he believes will be some of the most important issues for the state and for Fairbanks during the Eighth Alaska Legislature. All but two of the elected representatives from this area interviewed. Sen. John i is presently on vacation and Rep. John Huber was "too busy" during the past two weeks to participate.

Rep. Andy Warwick, the top vote-getter for the House, begins the series on page 2. Truman's 'signs' reported unstable KANSAS CITY (AP) Harry S. Truman's respiration, pulse and temperature were unstable overnight, the former president's doctors reported today. A spokesman at Research Hospital and Medical Center a i a 88-year-old Truman's "vital signs became somewhat unstable during the night.

Respiration, pulse and temperature increased. Blood pressure remains within normal limits." "If my wife cut my budget like the council trimmed the city manager's, I wouldn't have enough left over to buy a beer.".