THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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‘Stand TJp and Be Counted’
r TAKES A COURAGEOUS MAN to stand up
against a multitude and state his views, when the
majority of the people are opposed.
Anyone having the fortitude to assert himself or
herself on civic, state or national problems, is a good
American, as there are always two sides to every
question. Too often a community gets in a groove,
with a “let the other fellow do it” attitude, and then
criticizes that individual for his efforts.
This was demonstrated in a recent civic crisis,
'concerning the City taking over the jail system.
Because there was opposition to the plan, everybody
involved is better informed, a better plan has evolved,
and a very alert and interested citizenry will watch
the development of the project. The interest will, in
turn, provide more constructive suggestions, and
everyone will benefit ultimately.
As long as every man is free to give his opinion,
this will remain a free country. Let’s keep it that way.
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Measure Would Outlaw
Discrimintion In State
Public Housing
JUNEAU, U— A bill dealing
with discrimination in public
housing and against automobile
rentors have been added to the
rapidly filling legislative hopper.
Rep. James Fisher introduced a
bill Saturday which would ban
discrimination by reason of race,
creed or color in public housing,
accommodations and amusements.
The housing provisions would
cover the sale or lease of property
as well as rentals and would ap
ply also to public accommodation
facilities.
The bill dealing with automo
bile rentals was introduced by
Rep. Robert Giersdorf. It would
lower the annual registration fee
from $50 to $20.
Giersdorf said other states pro
vide a “break” in such registra
tion fees. The Alaska law groups
rented automobiles with ambu
lances, trucks, trailers, wreckers
and tractors, he said.
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Dead WWII Flyers Found
WASHINGTON, UPI — The
bodies of five of the nine crew
men aboard the fabled World War
II bomber “Lady Be Good,” have
been found on the Libyan Desert,
the Air Force said Saturday.
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Alaska Airlines
Campaign Nets
Million In Tourists
SEATTLE, UP) — A one-million
dollar boost for Alaska’s tourist
business was announced Friday
by Charles F. Willis Jr., presi
dent and general manager of
Alaska Airlines.
Willis said a two-week sales
drive by Alaska Airlines in the
West Coast cities of Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Portland and Se
attle “has assured us slightly
more than one million dollars in
tourist trade for Fairbanks, An
chorage, and other Alaska points
this year.”
Advance bookings for Alaska
Airlines’ all-expense tours, origin
ating in Seattle, have already
topped last year’s record break
ing season, the airline executive
said.
Popular tours booked by the
sales team include Alaska Air
lines’ Yukon River float trip, a
tour to Mount McKinley National
Park, a tour to Nome and Kotze
bue, two fishing tours to Una
lakleet and Talkeetna and an all
inclusive 14-day tour of the 49th
State.
Army Cautions Pilots
Of Increased Air Activity
In Gulkana Maneuvers
Airmen of Alaska are being
cautioned that there will be much
flying by several kinds of air
craft in the Gulkana area, dur
ing U. S. Army winter maneuvers,
lasting through February 27.
The Federal Aviation Agency
calls widespread pilot attention
to the problems raised by the
maneuvers. The aircraft in the
maneuvers operate from the Gul
kana Airport, Nikolai Lake, Tol
sona Lake, and several unpre
pared sites throughout the area,
operating 24 hours a day.
Helicopters and fixed wing air
craft in the maneuver operate
within the area at 6,000 feet and
under, but other aircraft will be
operating outside the area at un
specified altitudes.
On the east shore at Tolsona
Lake, the'' Army establishes air
traffic control, with communica
tions on 125.0 and 241.0 MC. Light
signals are used with aircraft
without radio, and use is made of
the standard left-hand traffic
pattern.
The area is bounded roughly by
Glen Highway between Tazlina
Lodge and Gulkana, north
through Lake Louise to the Tol
sona Lake area.
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French A-Bomb Explosion in Sahara
Elevates Nation to Ranks of Top Powers
PARIS, OP) — France exploded
a plutonium bomb deep in the
Sahara Desert Saturday, and be
came the world’s fourth atomic
power.
President Charles De Gaulle
announced France’s first nuclear
blast in a communique issued by
the Defense Ministry. It de
clared France is now in a better
position to negotiate with the
United States, Britain and the
Soviet Union toward nuclear dis
armament.
The terse communique said an
“atomic device” went off success
fully from a tower at Point Zero
at Tanezrouf, deep in the desert
near Reggane at 6 a.m.
The explosion came after more
than a year in which no atomic
blasts had been announced by the
other powers pending negotiations
on a test ban. France had made
plain, however, she did not feel
bound by this “gentlemen’s agree
ment” to ban tests.
Three hours after the bomb ex
ploded the Defense Ministry said
that there was no radioactive fall
out in inhabited regions of the
Sahara area.
The announcement said the
power of the bomb was what has
been expected. It was understoel
to be equal to about 20,000 tons of
TNT — the strength of the first
American A-bombs to hit Hiroshi
ma and Nagasaki at the end of
World War II. The Sahara blast
is expected to have the following
effects on diplomatic and mili
tary fronts:
1. Strengthen De Gaulle’s hand
when he plays host to Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev next month and
during the French President’s
ensuing trips to London and
Washington.
2. Mark a big step toward giv
ing France atomic capability al
though she will not havce an ap
preciable nuclear punch until
1963.
3. Boost the morale of French
military leaders who have been
sensitive about not having atomic
weapons in their arsenal, a factor
r1
that could improve French co
operation within the North At
lantic Treaty Organization.
The explosion will also go a
long way toward restoring the
power of France in the councils
of the world — one of De Gaulle’s
prime aims since he took power
in 1958.
The bomb was an all-French
effort. The government had pre
viously denied any foreign tech
nicians were used.
The United States had furn
ished France with enriched plu
tonium but all this had gone into
other atomic energy projects.
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