THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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Its Time to Start Taking Steps . . .
RECENTLY the Canadian Government announced
plans to rebuild the Yukon River paddle-wheel
ers, which have been on the banks of the river for
many years and placing them in a park as a major
tourist attraction. They also plan to fireproof the
house that Sam McGee lived in and turn it into a
museum.
It might be well for Alaskans of this part of the
state to consider taking steps to save some if its relics
of the historical Gold Rush Days before it is too late.
One of its coastwise mail boats or tug boats could be
turned into a small museum, which would also be a
major tourist attraction. Legislators from this district
might start thinking of some way to encourage people
to save relics, rather than destroy them, or ship them
to other places. Both Eskimo relics and Stampede Day
relics are equally important.
FA A Authorizies
Arming of Crews of
On Commercial Airliners
WASHINGTON UP) — The Fed
eral government yesterday au
thorized the arming of crews of
commercial airliners in view of
an attempted hijacking incident
at El Paso, Tex.
Najeeb E. Halaby, Administra
tor of the Federal Aviation Agen
cy, authorized this step in a tele
gram to all U. S. air carriers.
He said crew members should
be armed “only when they have
recent training and demonstrate
able proficiency” in the use of
sidearms.
He also announced that the fed
eral government is offering a $10,
000 reward for information lead
ing to the arrest of persons at
tempting hijacking of planes.
The Department of Justice also
announced the posting of the $10,
000 reward.
$113,400 in Advances
Made to Fairbanks
For School Planning
WASHINGTON UP) — Three ad
vances totaling $113,400 to help
school construction planning at
Fairbanks were approved by the
Community Facilities Administra
tion Wednesday.
The Alaska congressional dele
gation said the funds will go to
the Fairbanks Independent School
District. The money is repayable
on the start of construction.
The advances are: $56,000 to
plan a 14-classroom elementary
school in the Westgate area to
cost $1,455,000; $36,000 to plan
an addition to the High School of
Science Laboratories, shops and
a Library to cost $893,000; and
$21,400 to plan a 10-classroom ad
dition to the University Park El
ementary School to cost $486,000.
Marine Corps Opens
Its Ranks to Volunteer
Long-Term Active Duty
WASHINGTON UP — The
Marine Corps yesterday opened
its ranks to volunteer long-term
active duty lor 2,500 enlisted re
servists. Priority would be given
to men of rank or corporal or
below.
Active duty tours of 2, 3 and 4
years will be provided.
The program is designed to help
meet the expansion of the Marines
to a 190,000-man force under the
military buildup approved by
Congress.
Present strength of the Corps
is about 176,000.
Hhe Marine Corps at this time
has about 208,000 in its ready
reserves, including 44,000 in or
ganized units, and 27,000 in the
standby reserve.
Tightsqueeze . . .
TIGHTSQUEEZE, Va. UP) —
After a brief fling at Fairview,
Tightsqueeze is Tightsqueeze once
more.
This town got its old name back
Wednesday when the Pittsylvania
County Board of Supervisors
bowed to overwhelming sentiment
for Tightsqueeze by Tight
squeezers.
The tiny community’s name
was changed to Fairview a
couple of months ago at the re
quest of a district supervisor who
said he thought the old name was
“ugly.”
Ugly or not, the Tightsqueezers
boiled over and Wednesday had
the action rescinded. And what’s
more, they accomplished one thing
they didn’t have before the fuss
started. A new Highway Dept,
sign stands alongside the high
way boldly proclaiming: “Tight
squeeze.”
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12 Canoeist
Complete 1,200
Mile Trip to Juneau
JUNEAU (iP — Twelve weary
weathered canoeists stroked
through blustery wind and rain
into Juneau Wednesday, com
pleted a 1,200-mile, 53-day trip
from Tacoma.
Jim Horton, 15-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Horton of
Kennewick, summed it up for the
group as he put down his paddle
for the last time:
"It was a swell trip, but I'll
never do it again.’’
The faces of the adventurers
were turned to a deep, nut-brown
tan by wind and sun during their
long trip north through Alaska’s
inside passage.
Twelve persons, including four
counselors and eight boys ranging
in age from 13 to 17, started out
on the trip June 10.
The first three canoes arrived
at 4 p. m. Wednesday afternoon.
The other two canoes pulled into
Juneau about three hours later.
Taku Inlet is approximately 12
miles southeast of Juneau.
“We had good weather most of
the way,” Dr. A. L. Schultz of
Tacoma, a wiry, silver-haired
man, said, holding a calloused
hand to a tender back muscle and
rain.
“We ate good all of the way,
with plenty of steamed clams and
crabs to fill out the menu.
Robert Schildknecht of Fresno,
Calif, at 13, was the youngest
member of the group of adven
turers.
The others, besides Schultz,
Horton and young Schildknecht,
were Gary Davis, counselor and
law student at the University of
Chicago; Ralph Perry, counselor
and law student at Stanford Uni
versity; Neal Killion, a profes
sional photographer from San
Diego;
George Heilig, 17, Portland;
George Hopkins, 17, San Bernar
dino; Mike Ellis, 15, Palm Springs;
David Aasen, 17, Longview, Wn.;
and Chuck Hufford and Tommy
Wicks, both 17-year-old residents
of Tacoma. ,
Dr. Schultz said the group
plans to spend two or three days
in Juneau and then head back the
easy way, by plane.
METHODIST U GRANT
! AWARDED TO LAURA ATUK
Winners of general scholarships,
special scholarships and university
grants for the 1961-62 school year
were announced recently by Dean
Herbert L. Heller of Alaska
Methodist University.
Dr. Heller also announced
names of students to receive Uni
versity grants. Ministerial herit
age grants go to John Walkup,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Frank J.
Walkup of Anchorage, and Miss
Sara Carriker, daughter of Chap
lain and Mrs. E. J. Carriker of
EJmendorf AFB.
Among the general grants (
awarded, was one to Miss Laura j
Atuk, freshman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Atuk of Nome.
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World-Wide Study Being Made for
Launching Sites for Moon Vehicles
WASHINGTON 0P> — World
wide study of possible launching
sites for Moon vehicles and even
farther ranging spacecraft is being
conducted by the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion in cooperation with the De
fense Department.
Among potential sites already
inspected are the Gulf Coast near
Brownsdale, Tex., the White
Sands Proving Ground in New
Mexico, Christmas Island in the
Pacific, and an area in Hawaii.
A spokesman for NASA said
the site study team is also making
a thorough review of the possible
adaptation of present launching
installations at Cape Canaveral,
Fla., and Vandenberg Air Force
Base, Calif., for the much larger
and more powerful rockets for
Moon and planetary research.
“No decision has been made,
and the studies are continuing,”
he said.
President Signs Bill
To Authorize Spending
On Missiles-Planes-Ships
WASHINGTON UH — President
Kennedy signed a bill yesterday
to authorize spending an extra
billion dollars on missiles, ships
and planes to bolster the armed
services in the face of Soviet
threat against Berlin.
The Senate meanwhile pre
pared to act on an expanded
$47 billion defense money bill
including Kennedy’s request for
an extra $3.5 billion — some of
it for items in the newly passed
authorization bill. Passage appear
ed certain, with leaders of both
parties endorsing the added
funds.
Kennedy acted with rare speed
in signing the authorization
measure. He penned his name on
the bill less than 24 hours after
the House rushed it to him by a
unanimous 403-0 vote.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" a
Big Hit in Peiping Theater
TOKYO — A stage adapta
tion of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” con
tinues to be one of the big hits
of the Peiping theater, the New
China News Agency reports.
NASA already has briefed
1,200 contractor representatives
on technical details of its Apollo
Project to land men on the Moon.
Contractor proposals are to be
submitted next month, and NASA
plans to award the first Apollo
research and development con
tracts late this year.
The plan is for three-man Apol
lo teams to orbit the earth per
haps as early as 1964, fly around
the Moon possibly in 1964, and
land on the Moon late in 1966 or
in 1967.
NASA already has awarded the
Martin Co., Baltimore, a con
tract to study the launch vehicle
requirements for a Lunar land
ing, and also establishment of
a permanent 12-man Lunar base.
The launching vehicle, with its
Apollo craft, would weigh more
than 100 tons standing on the
pad.
Earth orbital flights of the Apol
lo craft, or flights around the
Moon and back, will be launched
by Saturn rockets 160 feet tall.
For Lunar landings a 22-engine
rocket of 12 million pounds
thrust will be required.
The size, power, shattering
noise and potential danger of the
Saturn and Nova rockets are the
reasons for the current search for
launching sites providing great
er isolation and public safety than
is currently available.
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