THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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TWO PROPS FOR THE ONE PRICE
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BACK TO THE BASKET OF GROCERIES?
Americans in 1957 gave some $6,500,000,000 to
philanthropical causes of various kinds, So says the
Associated Press. This modern “charity” on an im
mense scale is typified by two relatively recent devel
opments: that of great nationwide organizations, and
that of united local funds, “community chests.”
Immense ” as is that total the generosity per in
dividual citizen has remained constant: an average of
2 per cent of his income. Have we created this vast
and complicated machinery to come out where we
might have come out with the neighborly basket of
groceries?
That is a valid question. But its answer depends
on answers to a number of other questions:
Can we turn the clock back to a simpler society
in which neighbors had more than a transitory geo
graphical meaning? Are the troubles of every person,
every family, to be' solved or even palliated by a
basket of groceries or a load of wood? Is every neigh
bor, good in the best Biblical sense, or even every
neighborhood or community, qualified by training, ex
perience, or financial resources to meet every need?
We seem compelled by the civilization we live in to
resort to organizations to implement our philanthropy
as we must resort to corporations to furnish our light,
and heat, and transportation.
Yet there is no adequate substitute for true neigh
borliness. “The gift without the giver is bare,” said
the poet Lowell. And organizations can so interpose
between the two that the connection is attenuated
beyond recognition. The directors of such organiza
tions, worthy of their salt know this, lament it, and
strive to bridge the gap.
That'the techniques of merchandising are some
times more conspicuous- in their efforts than are their
successes in preserving and presenting the warm
human values is likely less an indictment of their
genuine concern than it is a commentary on the com
plexity of the problem.
THE YEAR OF THE DOG, 4656 in the Chinese
calendar is just beginning — and it’s going to be a
ring-tailed peeler, according to the elder savants of
San Francisco’s Chinatown, with prosperity across the
nation by June. If these wise old men should be right—
it will be a great disappointment to many politicians, j
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
Saturn’s rings are inclined 27
degrees to the plane of the plan
et’s orbit. They accordingly pre
sent their northern and southern
faces to us alternately.
At intervals of about 15 years,
or twice during the planet’s sid
ereal period of 29V£, the rings are
edgewise. Their thickness is so
small, not more than 10 miles,
that they then disappear through
a small telescope and have the
appearance of a narrow bright
line through the larger telescopes.
The rings consist of solid par
ticles which revolve like satellites
around the planet in nearly cir
cular orbits in the direction of the
planet’s rotation. If the rings
were really/ continuous, all parts
of the ring would rotate in the
same period, and the outside,
having farther to go, would go
around faster than the inside.
The spectrum shows that the in
side of a ring has the faster mo
tion.
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BOWLING SCORES
The opening three series of
games in handicap elimination
tournament bowling were played
Sunday at the Nome Field alleys.
The CAA teanj. defeated BPR2
two out of three games. High
series by A1 Haferbecker with
472 and Bobby Snyder with 429.
High single game 191 by Hafer
becker. Dot Emmons had high
game for BPR with 163.
CAA2 won three from the Fed
eral Bldg. team. For CAA high
series were D. Rhode with 446
and A. Shaw with 451. C. Steele
had high single with 192. Carl
Glavinovich led the Federals with
a 491 series.
ACS took three from the N.C.
team. Zweigle with 400 and V.
Helms with 399 had high series
for ACS. W. Boyer with 434 and
T. Oioms’ 413 paced the NC team.
Tonight at 7:30 the U.S. Merc
team meets the Weather Bureau.
Tuesday — National Guard vs.
North Star.
Wednesday — Airlines vs. Mor
gans.
Thursday—Air Force vs. Hos
pital.
Friday—Trading Post vs. Bank
Sunday—Linaments vs. BPR.
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Wild Animal Trainer
Clawed By Lioness
Before 8,500 Spectators
KANSAS CITY, MV-Wild ani
mal trainer Pat Anthony credits
the screams of a circus crowd
wth helping to save his life after
he was attacked by an enraged
lioness Friday.
Anthony was nearing the end f
of his act with 14 lions and lion
esses. Suddenly the lioness, which
weighs between 400 and 500
pounds, sprang at him as 8,500
people watched at Municipal Au- \
ditori um.
The animal knocked him down
and sent a chair flying out of
his hand. Anthony grabbed her |
around the throat, shoved back
and kicked her in the stomach to
flip her away from him.
Then he leaped to his feet with
blood streaming from his left I
arm. Using a whip and shouts, 1
he cleared the steel enclosure of
lions, driving them into a chute
leading into their cages. As the
last lion entered the chute, An
thony collapsed.
Circus attendants said An
thony’s quick action in throwing
the lioness off probably saved his
life. But Anthony said “I think
all the screaming frightened the
animal and helped allow me to
escape.”
One hundred stitches were re
quired to close Anthony’s claw
and fang wounds. He missed a
performance Friday night but
appeared to take a bow. -
Wire Kite String Is Fatal
KANSAS CITY, UP) — Mickey
Dale Houk, 16, made the classic
mistake when he went out to
fly his kite yesterday.
He used a thin copper wire
instead of a string on the kite.
The wire fouled a 76,000-volt
transmission line and Mickey was
electrocuted.
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