THE NOME NUGGET
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LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU
EVERY LITTLE VOTE COUNTS
Last week in the U.S. District Court a new citizen
of the United States by naturalization expressed his
gratitude to the court by saying “This is a dream come
fame. I feel like a new man.”
This man should make a better citizen than those
of us who come by our freedom by birth because he
has worked hard to achieve this status.
In the same manner all Alaskans who have worked
toward achieving their full citizenship as American
citizens will appreciate being full-fledged Americans
and exercise their precious right to vote for the leaders
of the nation.
Alaskans will express themselves by turning out
in full force tomorrow and voting for statehood, and
placing their “X” in favor of the Alaska - Tennessee
Plan, which will hasten voting representation in Con
gress after their acceptance of the Alaska Constitution.
“My little vote doesn’t count,” said one Nome
housewife not long ago. Unfortunately this idea is
shared by many people, and how wrong it is!
The Enterprise Courier of Oregon City says about
these non-voters: “Disinterest in our own government
is a moral crime—it could mean we are taking away
from our children and grandchldren the greatest single
privilege granted any people.”
Each little vote is necessary if we are to have a
government by the majority—not by a controlled or
organized minority. The right of franchise is the bul
wark of representative government—which means it
is the bulwark of freedom!
PARENTS HELD RESPONSIBLE
J. Edgar Hoover, an authority on crime if there
ever was one, has placed the blame for juvenile delin
quence squarely on the parent.
He said: “The regrettable fact is that the irrespon
sible parents who neglect their duty continue to do so
because they are not held responsible for their derelic
tion. .■. . The startling crime conditions existing today
reflect that in America the home is failing in its tradi
tional function as the first and foremost classroom—
a place of learning how to live, as well as a place of
living.”
Jets, Shamrocks
Victorious in
Softball Contest
There was action a-plenty last
Friday evening as the Base-City
Indoor Softball League contest
neared its end. The first game saw
the Air Force Jets, known here
abouts as the “Comeback Kids,”
take a close one from the Polar
Hornets. Final score was 7 to 6 as
the Hornets failed to take advan
age of their “last-at-bats.”
Pitman and Louis went the
route for the Jets; Tony Willoya
and Arne Castell formed the Hor
net battery. The ACS Shamrocks
cinched the B-C League trophy
with a real thriller over the hard
fighting Nome Nanooks. The Nan
ooks led 4 to 3 as the Shamrocks
came to bat in the last half of the
final inning. Grosbegauer drew a
walk, Ahkolik singled to center,
Dave Willoya hit into right field,
and the bases were loaded. Major
Frank Siegwart calmly stepped up
to the plate and blasted the second
pitch into the bleachers for a
trophy-winning double.
The Arctic Flash, Norman Atuk,
hurled for the Shamrocks with his
usual' cool control. To date, Atuk
has posted a record of 45 strike
outs for "n average of nine per
game. Vince Ahkolik caught for
the winners. Corky Kost and Don
Miller went the route for the Nan
ooks.
The final game of the season will
be played this week. Watch the
Nugget for the date.
Nome Pistol & Rifle Club
Meeting Wednesday for
All Civilians and Military
All interested parties are ad
vised that Wednesday evening,
April 25, marks the opening of
the Nome Pistol and Rifle Club. A
meeting will be held at 7:30 that
evening in the National Guard
i Armory.
Maj. Frank Siegwart and Lt.
Bob Steel extend an invitation to
all persons, civilian and military
alike. Here is another sport await
ing only the support of Nome’s
youth. Let’s get behind it.
Soviet Union Makes
Strict Salmon Fishing
Rules Aimed at Japan
LONDON UP>—The Soviet Union
yesterday laid down strict rules
on salmon fishing aimed at Jap
anese fishermen she accuses of
threatening the salmon supply in
Soviet territorial waters.
Moscow radio broadcast the
new rules which provide also for
special Soviet patrol boats to
prowl her Pacific coastal waters.
The rules provide for a total
limit of 50,000 tons or 25 million
salmon taken during the May 15
Sept. 15 season this year.
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Farm Horse Stamps, and
Kills 20-Months-Old Boy
MOUNT OLIVE, Miss., MB — A
horse lifted a 20-month-old child
across a fence with his teeth and
kicked the infant to death, the
child’s uncle said today.
Vesta Barnes, uncle of little
Johnnie Ray Nicholas, said the
child was standing against the
outside of the fence when the
work horse suddenly stretched his
neck across it, caught the boy’s
clothing in his teeth and lifted
him inside the pen.
The animal then viciously kick
ed the child in the head and
stamped him, the uncle reported.
The boy was dead when a doctor
arrived.
Alaska Primary . . .
(Continued trom Page One)
November.
The Republicans also have con
tests to settle for national commit
teeman and -woman.
Although presidential prefer
ence primaries will be held in two
states at the same time, the Alaska
outcome will be a main event be
cause it is the only one in which
a head-on clash between Steven
son and Kefauver is a feature.
Actually, it is a popularity con
test. The delegates to the Demo
cratic National Convention are not
bound by the outcome of the vot
ing. A poll of the delegates has
shown about a 3 to 1 preference
for Stevenson. The delegation is
not committed to support of any
candidate and any strong swing
by Alaska’s Democratic voters
might well have an influence on
the delegates.
The contests in which most of
the fur has been flying are over
the proposed constitution ratifica
tion and Peter Wood’s aggressive
campaign against Delegate E. L.
Bartlett for Alaska's non-voting
seat in Congress.
Three Men Parachute To
Safety, One Dies In Crash
Of 2 Jets Over Cook Inlet
ANCHORAGE, — Three of
four men aboard two jet fighter
planes parachuted to safety Fri
day when the aircraft collided
over Cook Inlet, southwest of
here.
One of the planes was from the
Alaska Air National Guard unit
at Anchorage and the other from
Elmendorf Air Force Base. The
missing man, Capt. Blinn F. Web
ster, 36, of Anchorage, was aboard
the Guard plane.
Rescued by Air Force helicop
ters after their successful bailout
were:
Capi. John T. Walker, 39, Pitts
burgh, Pa.; 1st Lt. Lloyd E. Harsh
Jr., 24, York, Pa., and Lt. Col. *
John F,. Vogt, 40, Ducor, Calif.,
and Anchorage, senior air adviser
to the Air National Guard.
The trio suffered only minor
injuries in the jump. Cause of the
crash has not been determined.
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