International Skating
Union Cancels 1961
Skating Championships
DAVOS, Switzerland U' — The
International Skating Union
Thursday decided to cancel the
1961 world figure skating cham
pionships scheduled to open in
Prague next Wednesday. The
tournament was called off be
cause of the deaths of 18 mem
bers of the American team in
the Brussels plane crash.
George Haesler, Secretary-Gen
eral of the ISU, said the decision
was made by the ISU’s executive
committee.
The Prague Organizing Com
mittee after meeting to discuss
the firm situation, had decided
to go ahead with the champion
ships, pending approval of the
ISU.
SENATE CHANGES MIND
AND RECOMMITS BILL
JUNEAU Utl — The Senate
Thursday changed its mind and
recommitted to committee a bill
it had killed Wednesday.
The measure would transfer
the State Division of Civil De
fense from the Department of
Public Safety to the Department
of Military Affairs.
After the Senate turned down
the bill, on a 6-13 vote, Sen. How
ard Pollock gave notice of re
consideration.
Pollock said he wanted to get
the opinion of Lt. Gen. Frank
Armstrong, Commander of the
Alaska Command, on the merits
of the bill.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
Taxpayers are Responsible
For Facts and Figures
Each federal income taxpayer
is responsible for the facts and
figures entered in the return he
signs, even if it is prepared with
the assistance of an Internal Rev
enue Service agent, District Direc
tor Lewis Conrad said.
“In advising taxpayers of this
responsibility,” Conrad said, “we
must remind them that they are
responsible under law for all en
tries and all supporting docu
ments in their returns no matter
who prepares it.”
The Revenue Service, he said,!
welcomes returns prepared by
competent professional persons,
but such assistors can only rely
upon information provided by the
taxpayer.
“The taxpayers themselves are
the persons primarily and finally
responsible,” he said.
Avalanche Takes the
Lives of Two Ski Soldiers
FAIRBANKS t'P) — Two soldiers
participating in ski maneuvers
were killed Wednesday when an 1
avalanche thundered down on
them.
Fifteen other soldiers escaped
the slide. All were members of
the Cold Weather and Mountain
School at Ft. Greely.
The accident occurred near the
Richardson Highway about mid
way between Fairbanks and An
chorage. Passing motorists and
highway employes helped recover
the bodies of the two victims.
Names of the soldier’s were
withheld pending notification of i
next of kin.
Lone American Passenger
Tic'urns to Portugal
Aboard the Santa Maria
LISBON, Portugal UP> — The
Santa Maria sailed home Thurs
day to a triumphant welcome
from a crowd of 100,000 and with
only one passegner aboard — one
American.
Howard Weisberger, Las Vegas,
stayed with the liner after it was
freed from his hi-jackers rather
than accept the alternate free
transportation home provided for
the rest of the nearly 600 pas
sengers.
Weisberger had his automobile
on the Santa Maria and apparently
was determined not to be parted
from it. The liner’s owners will
send him and the car back to the
United States free on another
ship.
Silver Dollar Sale . . .
SANTA MONICA, Calif. UP> —
“Merchants are always having
sales or discounting this and
that,” Bank President Aubrey E.
Austin, Jr. explained.
So, when it came time for the
Santa Monica dollar, his bank an
nounced: “Silver dollars marked
down to 98 cents.”
The result yesterday was a rush
of customers at the Santa Monica
Bank. Thirty were lined up out
side before the doors opened. By
noon the bank hald sold 2,500
cut-rate dollars, many to young
sters.
A Treasury Department spokes
man said there was nothing il
legal abou the sale. “You can give
them away if you want to,” he
added.
acpo't on Alaska’s
Invcsfment Potential is
“Forthright and Explosive’’
Juneau UPi — Rep. Bruce Ken
dall, Republican Minority Lead
er in the House, yesterday des
cribed the Little Co.’s report on
Alaska’s investment potential as
“forthright and explosive.”
“They apparently believe that
Alaska must be ever mindful that
any resources we have to develop
and market must meet the com
petition of the international mar
ket place,” Kendall said, “be
! cause Alaska doesn’t have the
population necessary to provide
local manufacture.
“They also emphasize our re
; moteness to populated areas of
1 the world.
i “I was dismayed as an Alas
1 kan resident when their report
revealed that our hydroelectric
development could expect little
progress for the next decade.
“They revealed that 3V£-mill
power in Norway, for example,
had no industrial takers at the
moment.
“However, it’s best we know the
truth, regardless of how much it
might hurt us to hear it.”
Desperately Unemployed ! i i
IRWIN, Pa. — A gunman
entered the First National Bank
at Hermine, herded seven em
ployes into a vault and fled with
$22,900.
Most of the money was in new
5, 10 and 20 dollar bills.
Before fleeing the bandit told
the employes: “Don’t call any
body for five minutes. I’m des
perately unemployed. I intend to
return the money.”
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National Guard Will Show
Fire Power On Ice In
Front of Town Tomorrow
This Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2:00
p. m. in back of the Bering Sea
Hotel the National Guard will
put on a demonstration of the
fire power it has. Public invited.
7th Special Forces team held
open house to Nome residents
at the National Guard Armory
on Feb. 15, between the hours
of 1:00 p. m. thru 8:00 p. m. A
continuous crowd of people kept
the Special Forces personnel busy
all day.
Display was set up of all medi
[ cal aspects with a qualified in
! structor to demonstrate and show
| the Nomeites what their Nation
! al Guard Scouts had been in
| structed in the past, also on dis
play were several types of radio
communication in which the
youngsters present had a fine time
in communicating to one another.
Next to the communications were
a variety of explosives such as
caps, TNT, plastic composition
C-3 and 4, improvised shape
charges, home made bombs, de
tonating cord, fuzes and booby
traps and last on display was
the soldier’s best friend his
personal weapons.
At this station boy’s of all
ages, from 5 to 60, were very
much interested and had a chance
to handle them.
To end the day’s activities there
were free movies for all.
You may believe nature gave
you an odd anatomy, but you
could be a lot stranger in shape,
for example: A shrimp has its
heart and stomach in its head,
the cuttlefish has three hearts,
and crabs have teeth in their
stomachs.
Nome Directory
Nome
Shrine Club
Werner Bohrer, Pres.
H. M. Crinklaw, Sec.
Meets First Thursday of Each Month
Masonic Hall
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Don Hoover, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Barbara Martin
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
A. E. BOHRER, W. M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Robert Grant
'j/g'j i 'vl President
^ Dusty Rhode
' Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Mina Bachelder, President
Jane Foster, Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOME—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Wm. H. Cameron, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Li.-Col. Dusty Rhode, Cmdr.
Main 118 or 165
Meetings - Monthly, Last Tuesday 8 p.m.
Staff Conferences - Each Tuesday 8 p.m.
Group Hdqtrs., Nome Airport
Nome Cadet Squadron
1st Lt. Jesse Jones, Cmdr.
Main 118 or 334
Meetings - Each THursday 7:30 p.m.