THE NOME NUGGET
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MAYBE HE CAN’T JAM THIS ONE !
Sourdoughs Elect Officers
OAKLAND, Calif., (Jn_-Eighty
eight-year-old Walter Hamilton,
retired Vancouver, B.C. real es
tate man, was elected president
Saturday of the 29th annual In
ternational Sourdough Reunion.
Several hundred Alaska pio
neers, most of them active in
Alaska around the turn of the
century, showed up for this year’s
reunion at Oakland’s Claremont
Hotel.
Mrs. Crystal McQueston Mor
gan of Berkeley, daughter of Jack
McQueston, “Father of the Yu
kon,” was elected first vice presi
dent. Hans Greenaa of Seattle, a
Ketchikan ship’s outfitter for 30
years, is second vice president.
Lulu M. Fairbanks of Seattle
was re-elected treasurer. Mrs.
Esther Birdsall Darling of Au
burn, Wash., and Andrew Baird
of Vancouver, B.C., were named
honorary vice presidents.
Self-Service Elevators For
Capitol Building at Juneau
JUNEAU, Oft —The State De
partment of Public Works Sat
urday called for bids for self
operating elevators to be installed
in the Capitol Building.
The department set Sept. 15 as
the deadline for submitting bids
for installation of the automatic
passenger lifts.
J Sen. Kennedy Will Open
1 His Campaign In Alaska
! At Anchorage Sept. 3
! KANSAS CITY, UP)—Sen. John
I Kennedy Saturday switched the
| formal opening of his presidential
campaign from Hawaii to Alaska
and scheduled visits to Washing
ton Sept. 6 and Oregon Sept. 7.
The Democratic campaign still
will have a double kickoff Sept.
3—Kennedy at Anchorage, and
his Vice Presidential teammate,
Sen. Lyndon Johnson, on the
same day at Honolulu.
Originally they had planned
to launch their “New Frontiers”
campaign together in the newest
state.
This had to go by the board
when it became apparent Con
gress will run on beyond Sept. 1
Some Dew
HOUSTON, Tex., UP) — More
| than a thousand little cars are
going back to France for repairs.
The 1,303 new Renaults were
damaged in a June flood while
on a storage lot.
“The water was waist deep on
a tall man,” a Renault spokes
man said. “That’s pretty deep on
a Renault.”
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Set The Record Straight
The Nugget is in receipt of a
letter signed by Art Zylstra,
manager of KICY, stating that
“I was disconcerted to find a
flagrant case of misinformed re
porting that places myself and
KICY in rather a dim light in the
city of Nome.”
The Nugget reported on the
City Council meeting Wednesday
night, stating that a letter was re
ceived “protesting property tax
on the radio station.”
Mr. Zylstra adds “I am greatly
disturbed by the sort of public
image this sort of ‘slanted’ re
porting may create for us in ;
Nome and I feel certain that it '
is not the sort of reporting you !
would normally condone. I would ;
be happy for reassurance from ]
you in this respect.”
As the Nugget has always tried
to be impartial and unbiased in
reporting of all kinds and in all
fairness to KICY we take this
opportunity of printing the letter |
which was received by the Nome
Ctiy Council so that our readers
may draw their own conclusions
and not accept our interpretation.
* * *
August 8, 1960
Nome Common Council
Nome, Alaska
Sirs:
At the request of my superiors
in the organization of the Evan
gelical Covenant Church of Am
erica, I should again like to raise
the question regarding charges for
taxes against property and build
ings owned by the denomination
in the City of Nome.
Counsel for the denomination
has advised their officials that
there appears to be a strong case
for contesting the previous deci
sion of the Council to charge
taxes on property owned by the
denomination. Before entering
into litigation, however, the den
omination officials feel it would
be well to request a further dis
cussion of the matter by the
Council or by the Board of
Equalization.
The reason for this feeling is
because at one meeting of the
Board of Equalization, which Ex
ecutive Secretary of Foreign Mis
sions, Rev. Ralph Hanson, at
tended, there seemed to be a fa
vorable reaction toward exemp
tion from tax payment. At a
later meeting of the Council, j
when Rev. Hanson was not pre
sent, this reaction was completely
reversed. At this second meeting,
the position of Council was:
greatly fortified by the telling of
a partial truth by a then council- i
man who no longer serves on the 1
Council. This related to a com-1
parison of the tax status of May- i
nard MacDougall Memorial Hos- ,
pita] and properties owned by the i
Covenant and leased to Arctic i
Broadcasting Association for use j
by KICY.
Since there seems to be an area ■
here for further discussion and |
clarification, the undersigned j
would like to request a reopen
ing of this matter for discussion
at a time to be appointed by the
present Council.
This request is respectfully
submitted in the hope that the
matter can be amiably settled
without engaging in litigation
likely to be costly to both the
City and the denomination.
Very truly yours,
Arthur R. Zylstra
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Cape Thompson -- Project Chariot
What’s Going On Up There?
By RODNEY BOUCHER
The question most frequently
asked about this project—What’s
going on up there?—is easily an
swered. Plenty! What follows is
a summary of what has been
done, is being done, and what
will be done to complete Project
Chariot.
The main objective of this pro
gram is not just to blast a har
bor but—
1. Extend the knowledge of
cratering effects of nuclear deto
nations of higher yields than
those conducted in Nevada, and
to determine the effects of simul
taneous multiple detonations.
2. Gain additional data on con
tainment and distribution of radio
activity; and
3. Increase knowledge of air
blast pressure from deeply buried
nuclear explosions.
Many have been mislead to be
lieve that the intent of this proj
ect was to make a harbor, as was
the original idea, but since there
is a shortage of funds, no dock
will be built, unless a private firm
wants to follow.
At this time no less than ten
separate agencies have personnel
at or near the scene of the blast
conducting the studies necessary
to complete each particular
branch of the program.
The following is an outline of
studies undertaken in this pro
gram: (1) Biological inventory of
Cape Thompson area—classifica
tion of flora and fauna of the
area, according to their natural
relationships; (2> Mapping and
photographing biotic patterns —
vegetable map, animal concen
trations, etc.; (3) Aspects of nat
ural biological processes—(a) food
chains—how each animal depends
on the ones preceding it in this
chain, <b> productivity (land, sea,
fresh water), (c) Migrations — of
people, other land and sea mam
mals, birds and fish, (d) Pheno
logical records—relationships be
tween climate and periodic bio
logical phenomena such as migra
tion and breeding of birds, fruit
ing of plants, etc.; (4) Studies of
human populations—food habits,
season migrations; (5) Studies of
physical environment, (a) geology,
including the study and preser
vation of fossil deposits; (b) me
teorology, weather, (c) ocean cur- |
rents, <d> radiological background
measurements, of plants, animals
and soils—pre-shot and post-shot,
(el landscape documentation —
changes that will take place in
the physical features and appear
ance of the area.
Project Chariot, Phase II was
approved by the Atomic Energy
Commission on May 22, 1959; it
was also decided that by Jan. 1,
1960, the general manager would
recommend, on the basis of the
summer’s studies and other fac
tors, whether the project should
proceed or be indefinitely sus
pended.
The program was begun in
June 1959. Phase II ended in May
this year and Phase III (a con
tinuation of Phase II studies) be
gan in June. Following the deto
nation, post-shot investigations
similar to those before the shot,
will be made to find the effects
produced. It is very unlikely that
the atomic detonation will not be
made before 1962.
This shot will be underground
and only five per cent of the
radiation is expected to escape
into the air. This is not enough
to be dangerous to life even in
the immediate area. The detona
tion will occur at a time of year
when there will be the least bio
logical disturbance.
Material is expected to blown
about 30,000 feet into the air
when the predicted 30 million
cubic yards of dirt and rock are
moved. The. blast may possibly be
detected by the unaided ear as far
away as Kotzebue, although 30
miles away at Pt. Hope, it won’t
be necessary to evacuate the pop
ulation.
Why was this place, 30 miles
south of Pt. Hope and 60 miles
north of Kivalina, chosen? Sev
eral reasons—(1) distance from
dense human population (not be
cause of potential damage, but be
cause this type of things hasn’t
been proven to the world yet and
the administration feels that it is
better to work in a place where
the general public would not hin
der the progress); (2) Simplicity
of life cycle; (3) Simplicity of con
struction of land; and (4) The area
is still in its natural state, that is,
undisturbed by man. All of these
factors help to make it easier to
determine any effects the blast
might have.
An example of the fact that
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