THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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Educated ‘Meteor’
Military authorities have come up
with an explanation of the mysterious flying
Object which received much publicity last week in this
area, and shows up the weakness in the Alaskan
defense.
They have announced it to be a meteor. Maybe
they are right, and if so, it is really a phenomenon,
because it is the first known meteor that we have
heard about that could fly horizontal to the horizon,
follow the coast line easterly at Nome and westerly at
Unalakleet, and even ascent at Cape Nome to avoid
hitting the Cape.
This appears to be an educated meteor.
Whatever it was, the fact remains there were no
U. S. Air Force planes in the vicinity to investigate,
or to discourage other “meteors” from visiting north
western Alaska, for scientific or other reasons.
Billions for defense in other countries, which do
not a1 ways appreciate our efforts, nor want our bases,
but n rt even one stay-out sign on the gateway of the
Northern Frontier!
Safety for The Worker
GOVERNOR WILLIAM EGAN has proclaimed the
week of February 28 to March 5 as Job Safety
Week.
The proclamation states that 20 workers in the
State of Alaska were killed, and another 5,394 were
injured in accidents at their work places.
It has been demonstrated that none of these
tragedies were inevitable — that methods exist or
can be devised to eliminate almost all occupational
accidents.
The Governor calls upon all citizens of Alaska to
join with him in making JOB SAFETY WEEK a
success., and job safety a reality during all the weeks
to come.
four-in-one
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, UP) —
Allen Orwin, 4, is going to cele
brate his first birthday next
week, and he’s a little miffed
about it.
Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Orvin, was born Leap Year’s
Day, 1956. His friends have been
having birthday parties and pres
ents every year since. But there
has been no February 29 until
this year.
Next Monday, Allen gets a
party of his own, with one candle
on the cake.
He says glumly: “I’ll just never
be old.”
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Ike Turns Thumbs
Down on Water
Pollution Control
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presient
Eisenhower vetoed a 900 million
dollar water pollution control bill
yesterday on the ground that state
and local governments, rather
than the federal government,
should foot most of the bill.
“Because water pollution is a
uniquely local blight,” Eisenhower
said in a message to the House,
“primary responsiblity for solv
ing the problem lies not with the
federal government but rather
must be assumed and exercised
as it has been by state and local
governments. This being so, the
defects of H.R. 3610 (the vetoed
bill) are apparent.
“By holding forth the promise
of a large scale program of long
term federal support, it would
tempt municipalities to delay es
sential water pollution abate
ment efforts while they waited
for federal funds.”
House leaders, sure the veto
would come, already have laid
plans to attempt to override it,
perhaps Thursday. They aren’t
optimistic about the prospects,
however.
Unalakleet Principal Will
Attend White House
Youth Conference
JUNEAU — The Juneau Area
Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
has received word of the selec
tion of Mr. John A. Moore, Prin
cipal at Unalakleet, as one of the
Alaskan representatives to the
Golden Anniversary White House
Conference on Children and
Youth which will take place in
Washington, D. C., during the
week of March 28. Mr. Moore
has been named as alternate to
Congressman Ralph Rivers, who
will be unable to attend the
conference.
WARD OF THE COURT
ELIZABETH, N. J., (Ah — Dor
othy Mercready of Plainfield
didn’t mind sitting on a murder
jury for six weeks, but she had
to board her pet cocker spaniel
in a kennel because the panel
was locked up every night.
After the trial, Mrs. Mercready
sent the Union County Court a
bill for $51.75, the cost of board
ing the dog.
The court ordered the bill paid.
Icelandic Gunboat Fires
‘Blanks’ At British Fishing i
Boat Within 12-Mile Limit
LONDON, UP) — The Federation
of British Trawlers said an Ice
landic gunboat had fired on the
666-ton British fishing boat James
Barrie and its crew of 20 two
days ago. A British Admiralty
spokesman said the shots did no
damage “and so presumably were
blanks.”
The federation said the James
Barrie was fishing five miles off
the coast of Iceland. Iceland has
ordered foreign boats not to fish
within 12 miles of its shores, The
British insist on the old three
mile limit.
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Brazilian and U. S. Presidents Unite in ‘Declaration
Of Brazilia’ on Crusade for Hemispheric Development
By EDWARD T. BUTLER
BRAZILIA, Brazil, UP) — Chief
executives of the two biggest na
tions in the Americas yesterday
pledged their joint determination
to help develop the hemisphere
materially and morally with the
goal of “greater prosperity and
harmony for all.”
President Eisenhower and Pres
ident' Juscelino Kubitschek of
Brazil, in a “Declaration of Bra
silia,” expressed confidence in the
success of a hemispheric crusade
for economic development. At the
same time they asserted their
support of "the fight against ra
cial discrimination” and their be
lief in freedom of thought and
religion.
The “Declaration of Brasilia,”
was drafted in advance in ex
changes between the two Presi
dents and their foreign affairs
departments.
Eisenhower flew to Brazil from
Puerto Rico, crossing the Amazon
and heading for this still-building
city which is due to become Bra
zil’s capitol two months from now.
The two Presidents’ declara
tion said the improvement of the
Americas’ living standards is
keyed to preservation of world
peace and democratic rights. Not
ing that the American nations
already have achieved much, the
two Presidents said they are “firm
in the conviction that action still
more fruitful should be taken.”
Secretary of State Christian
Herter was designated to read the
declaration in English and the
Brazilian foreign minister, Horacio
Lafer, to read it in Portuguese,
at the site of a monument com
memorating Eisenhower’s visit to
Brazilia.
The declaration is to be in
scribed at the monument in this
spectacular new city, hewn from j
the wilderness on a plateau 600
miles northwest of Rio.
“Your decision to carve a beau
tiful city out of the wilderness
reminds us of our own decision
many years ago to move the cap
itol of our fledgling nation from
Philadelphia to the District of
Columbia,” President Eisenhower
said in a brief address prepared
for a civic reception.
BROWNIE TROOP NOTES
By Sharon Doyle
Snowbird Brownie Troop 48
has had six meetings since Christ
mas. All the girls are paid up in
their dues.
We had a Valentine party, and
thought about Scouting and
“Thinking Week.” We gave a dol
lar to the Juliette Lowe Fund,
and wrote letters to a Brownie
troop in Pennsylvania.
One of our girls moved to
Seattle, so if there is a third
grade girl who is not a Brownie
now, she can join our troop and
have a lot of fun. If you are
coming, come next week, please.
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