CHAMBER MEETING NOTES
Lt. Wm. Trafton, who heads the
Northern District of the State
Police 'Department, was a guest
of the Chamber of Commerce at
its luncheon today, and gave an
interesting report on the new De
partment of Public Safety, which
is now headed by the former FBI
agent M. Underwood, whom the
lieutenant praised highly.
He explained that this new de
partment will include departments
of identification as well as taking
over the duties of the U. S. Mar
shall’s office, and traffic control
in the state. There are now 52
uniformed men in the state in
this department, and more will foe
needed as the new duties are
delegated.
The present plan calls for three
state officers in the Nome area,
and probably a couple of clerks.
Constables, trained for the work,
are planned to foe located in vil
lages having deputy magistrates.
Nome to Siberia
Joe Fisher, local station man
ager for Alaska Airlines, gave
an optimistic report on the pro
posed air route via Nome to Si
beria, stating that from where he
views the proposal, this expanded
service for his company could be
come a reality in the very near
future.
ESC Reports Read
Senator John McNees read the
ESC reports as prepared by the
committee who have been study
ing the situation, as well as a
minority report toy the well-known
Robert Ellis of Ellis Airlines. Sen
ators McNees and Bronson again
asked that businessmen having
opinions on the bill, which would
levy a tax on total wages earned
instead of on a limited amount,
to contact them before they leave
for Juneau next week.
The Chamber also reminded the
legislators present of its continu
ing action to see that Highway 97
is placed among the roads to be
considered in the State highway
system planning; that they sup
port action for a fish survey next
summer, for possibilities of com
mercial fishing in this area.
There was considerable discus
sion to put back into this district
Nunivak Island, where it ethni
cally belongs, and which was de
leted from the area by the Con
stitutional Convention, as an elec
tion district of this area.
The extreme north, or Barrow
•area is no farther from here than
Fairbanks; the Kateel is closer to
Nome than Fairbanks as well as
Nunivak and should be served as
part of the northwestern district.
“Whittling here and there on
the old Second Division must be
closely watched, or it will toe gob
bled up by the other districts,
warned former Sen. Charles D.
Jones as well as Judge Hubert
Gilbert.
astronomy NOTES I
By OLAF HALVERSON
—There will be four eclipses in
the year of 1960. Two eclipses will
be of the sun, and two of the
mon. The partial eclipse of the
sun on September 20, should be
visible in Alaska.
The unusual close grouping of
the planets in one section of the
sky has now continued for almost
two months. During this time
there has been an increased num
ber of earthquakes, high tides,
and storms. Monday, December
28, was a critical time because the
moon and three planets, Jupiter,
Mars and Mercery, were all in
the same gravitational line. The
moon was at a position called peri
gree, which means the closest to
the earth, and the result was the
highest tide on the East Coast for
over one hundred years, flooding
many New England coast towns.
Earthquake tremors were re
corded over large areas, includ
ing California.
ACS OLD-TIMER RETIRES
SEATTLE, OB — M. Sgt. Alfred
Vaughn retired last week after 20
years’ service with the Alaska
Comunications System.
He was stationed at Fairbanks,
Juneau, Nome and Kodiak before
transfer to Seattle headquarters.
His last assignment was circuit
analyst and statistician.
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WASHINGTON, Wl — Senator *
John F. Kennedy Saturday for
mally stepped into the race for
the Democratic Presidential nom
ination.
The 42-year-old Massachusetts
senator said he intends to go into
several Presidential primaries,
beginning with the one in New
Hampshire March 8.
Describing the Presidency as
the “most powerful office in the
free world,” Kennedy’s statement
said leadership at this time is
vital in the life of the American
people.
"For it is in the executive branch
that the most crucial decisions of
this century must be made in the
next four years,” Kennedy said.
He said these decisions involve
“how to end or alter the burden
some arms race, where Soviet
'gains already threaten our very
existence.”
Other decisions, Kennedy said,
will involve maintaining the free
dom and order in newly emerging
nations, rebuilding the stature of
American science and education,
and “how to prevent the collapse
of our farm economy and the de
I cay of our cities.”
j Also involved, Kennedy said,
are decisions on “how to achieve
without further inflation or un
employment, expanded economic
growth benefiting all Americans
and how to give direction to our
traditional moral purpose, awak
ening every American to the dan
gers and opportunities that con
front us.”
Kennedy, the first Roman Cath
olic to bid seriously for his party’s
nomination since A1 Smith was
defeated in 1928, said he will
campaign on those issues in the
drive for the nomination.
Kennedy’s announcement of his
formal candidacy came as no sur
prise. For 40 months he has been
campaigning to win support for
the nomination, tollring every
state in the union.
His entry into the race is ex
pected to bring Kennedy into
headon collision with Senator
Hubert Humphrey CD-Minn) in the
April Wisconsin primary.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
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Russell Hermann, President
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