Juneau Mayor Resigns
JUNEAU GF — Wayne Johnson,
a member of the Juneau City
Council who was elected mayor
after city voters approved a
council-manager form of city ad
ministration last fall, resigned
last night.
Johnson’s expected resignation
came after the approval by Ju
neau voters Tuesday of another
_ change in city government, from
council-manager to mayor-coun
cil.
Johnson, the operator of a
cleaning firm, said his business
would not permit him to act as
a fulltime mayor. He also declined
reappointment to the council
after resigning as mayor.
The City Council, following
Johnson’s resignation, elected an
other one of its members, A. W.
Boddy, to serve as mayor until
next October’s municipal elec
tion.
Boddy immediately announced
the appointment of Lauris Park
er, former mayor and city man
ager as Boddy’s pricipal assistant.
Parker will continue to receive
the $1,000 a month aslary and
$100 a month car allowance he re
ceived as city manager, before
his old job was eliminated Tues
day.
$938,359 IN BENEFITS PAID
TO ALASKANS IN APRIL
JUNEAU — Labor Commission
er Gil Johnson announced that
$983,359 in unemployment com
pensation insurance benefits were
paid to Alaskans during April.
A breakdown of the money re
turned to the economies of Alas
ka’s cities during April showed
these figures:
The largest amount went to
Anchorage, a total of $420,525 in
cluding $361,121 under the state
program.
Nome received a total of $21,
935, including $18,295 under the
state program.
DISCOVERER DIES
OSLO GF — The last surviving
discoverer of the South Pole,
Olav Mjaaland, died Thursday
night at his home in Morgedal,
Eastern Norway. He was 88.
EXPENSIVE OVERALLS . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. GF — A pair
of workhouse overalls cost a pri
soner a $50 fine in city court.
Officers said Joel Clark Hill
charged with petty larceny, was
wearing the overalls when he
escaped recently. He was re
captured, they said Monday, but
the overalls were not recovered.
NOME SANITARY
SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P.O. Box 460
Anchorage Among 114
Areas Eligible For
Depressed Area Funds
WASHINGTON UP> — The gov
ernment today named the first
114 areas which are eligible for
special federal aid under the new
program to help root out pockets
of Jieavy and persistent unem
ployment. They included the An
chorage, Alaska area.
In making the announcement,
Administrator William L. Batt
Jr. of the Area Redevelopment
Administration said other depress
ed areas will be added in the near
future. He said additions are
being studied by Secretary of
Labor Arthur Goldberg.
The areas in the first list were
scattered among 29 states and
Puerto Rico. They will be eligi
ble to share in nearly $400 mil
lion of federal loans and grants
designed to revive their econo
mies.
Batt noted that an area will
not automatically receive aid be
cause it is on the list of sections
officially designated as “rede
velopment areas.”
He said a community or area
must devise an approved plan for
reviving its local economy before
seeking help from Uncle Sam.
KK PUBLIC LIBRARY
For summer reading the KK
Public Library, which is open on
Friday evenings and Saturday
afternoons, has announced the re
ceipt of several new books which
were requested.
In addition to these there are
many new books for children and
teen-agers now on the shelves.
Just received are:
Lonely Land by Olson; Rise and
Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer;
Philosophy of Civilization by
Schwitzer; Village of Stars by
Stanton; The Saga of Andy Bur
nett by Stewart; Mason the Young
Titan by Van Wyck; The Leopard
by Di Lampedua; Deans Watch
by Goudge; and Thunder on the
Right by Stewart.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
Cigars—Cigarettes
Tobacco
Candy
Fresh Ice Cream
Every Day
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Enviroiimenntal
Changes Expected
In Project Chariot
By Fritz Wiiti
WASHINGTON Ufi — Dig a
hole in the ground and you cre
ate “environmental perturbation.”
That is, tossing stuff out around
the hole.
And if the hole is big enough,
the environmental perturbation
can add up to quite a problem.
That’s one of the questions
being studied by the Atomic En
ergy Commission in its Project
Chariot plan to blast out a huge
crater with nuclear explosions
at Cape Thompson in Northern
Alaska.
“Redeposition of an estimated
30 million cubic yards of debris,”
is the way the AEC put the
problem Thursday in its first
summary report on studies into
possible effects of the experi
mental blast on the surrounding
area.
The report summarizes 30 sci
entific studies made in 1959 and
1960 on area plant and animal
life. The information will be
used in making a preliminary
estimate of the possible effects
of the experiment.
The studies also center on the
effect of possible local shore cur
rent changes when the blasted j
out hole fills with sea water and
the deposit of radio-active ma
terials on land and sea.
The commission said studies
will continue into all possible ef
fects of the explosions.
“The commission would ap
prove conduct of this experiment
only if there is assurance that it
will not jeopardize the local in
habitants or the plant and animal
species from which they derive
their livelihood,” the report said.
As now planned, the experiment
would involve simultaneous de
tonation of four 20 kiloton de
vices buried at about 400 feet and
one of 200 kilotons buried at 800
feet.
A kiloton is equivalent to the
force of 1,000 tons of TNT.
The detonation would be ex
pected to produce a channel about
900 feet wide and about 2,000
feet long, with an additional basin
of about 1,800 feet in diameter—
to create a lot of what the AEC
calls environmental perturbation.
Considering predicted distribu
tion and characteristics of fall
out, the report said, “morpho
logical abnormalities, pathological
effects, or population changes as i
a result of radiation, are not ex- J
pected to occur” in the animal j
and plant life beyond the throw- i
out area.
“Nonetheless, possibility of such
effects must be the subject of in
tensive continuing pre- and post
shot studies.”
Major environmental changes
are expected in connection with
creation of the crater and throw
out material.
Rummage Sale!
SATURDAY
June 10th—10 A.M.
Large Stock
Of Good Rummage
for
Babies — Children
Men — Women
also some
Furniture
Camping Equipment
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splinters by picking up
the pieces with mois
tened cotton.
Doctor In Nixon's Household
LOS ANGELES W — There’s
a doctor in the Richard M. Nixon
household now.
The former Vice President’s
wife, Pat, returned Thursday to
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, her alma mater, and re
ceived an honorary degree as a
doctor of humane letters.
You Are Always Welcome at The
BIBLE
BAPTIST
CHURCH
• SUNDAY
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
7:00 p.m. Evening Worship
• WEDNESDAY
7:00 p.m. Bible Study
• THURSDAY
7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting
• FRIDAY
4:00 p.m. Good News Club
7:30 p.m. Youth Fellowship
Ren. Bob Leight — Missionary Pastor
Drinking Spree on
Duplicating Fluid
Leaves Two Men Dead
KODIAK UP) — A drinking
spree on duplicating fluid stolen
from the schoolhouse at the
village of Old Harbor left two
men dead and 10 other persons
ill in the hospital here.
The survivors, four women and
six men, were reported out at
danger Thursday after being on
the critical list for 24 hours.
Dead were Luzan Lukovitch
and Herman Kehutak.
State Trooper Jim Hussey, who
flew to the Kodiak island village
after receiving word of the Tues
■ day drinking bout, said the men
broke into the schoolhouse to ob
tain the duplicating fluid, which
contains wood alcohol. All who
drank it became gravely ill.
INVITATION TO BID
{ Sealed bids will be accepted by
the Nome School Board up to 5
p.m. Tuesday, June 13 for moving
building T-29. size 20x120, located
at Nome Field, to a designated
site near the Nome Public School.
Details and specifications are
available at the office of Super
intendent of Schools.
The School Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Nome School Board,
By Conrad F. Potter,
Supt. of Schools
i Publish May 24, 31, June 7, 9.
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— BRANCH OFFICE IN KOTZEBUE —
WARNING!
Fish Pox
VERY CONTAGIOUS TO ADULT MALES
Symptoms—Continual complaint as to need for
fresh air, sunshine and relaxation. Patient has
blank expressions, sometimes deaf to wife. Has no
taste for work of any kind. Frequent pawing
through tackle bax. Hangs out in Sporting Goods
Stores longer than usual. Secret night phone calls
to fishing pals. Mumbles. Lies to everyone. No
Known Cure.
Treatment—Medication is useless. Disease is not
fatal. See your Sporting Goods Dealer now. Victim
should go fishing as often as possible.
MORGAN & SON
— Open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. —