™e NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LXII No. 128 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1960 Per Copy 15<*
C. W. Snedden of
Fairbanks Named
Chamber President
FAIRBANKS, Oft—C. W. 'Bill)
Snedden of Fairbanks has been
elected president of the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce, it
was announced at the opening
session of the Chamber’s annual
meeting today. Snedden is pub
lisher of the Daily News-Miner.
Others elected were A1 Seeliger
of Fairbanks, vice president; (for
Alaska’s Western region) and B
Frank Heintzleman of Juneau,
former governor of the territory,
for the east. Robert Baker, presi
dent of the Matanuska Valley
Bank, Anchorage, was elected sec
retary-treasurer.
Officers will be installed to
morrow night.
Nearly 150 delegates and speak
ers were on hand for the open
ing meeting this morning, Aftei
a welcome by outgoing president
Robert Jernberg of Ketchikar
and Fairbanks Mayor Dr. Joseph
Ribar, a panel of state cabinel
speakers was presented.
A. H. Romick, Commissioner ol
the Alaska Department of Com
merce, discussed the coming Cen
tury 21 Exposition in Seattle.
Richard R. Downing, Commis
sioner of the State Department oi
Public Works, justified the state’s
decision to take over the federal
road program this year. Downing
said the state felt a slow, transi
tional changeover as permitted by
Omnibus Act would be more ex
pensive to the state due to paral
lel operation and administrative
costs. He discussed state construc
tion projects underway and those
contemplated and touched on the
need for the proposed ferry sys
tem as a “marine highway” tc
connect all of Alaska’s main cities
Named to the Resolutions Com
mittee were C. C. Cloudy of Ket
chikan, Don Pearson of Fair
banks, John Burney of Juneau
Ken Sheppard of Anchorage
James Nolan of Wrangell, and
Bill Hardesty of Cordova.
George Sharrock of Anchorage
was named chairman of the Leg
islative committee. He will be
aided by A1 Polet of Fairbanks
and Charles King of Sitka.
It was decided to hold a meet
ing of the State Chamber in Pal
mer on March 11 and 12, 1962
The next state convention will be
held in Ketchikan next fall.
This afternoon’s program in
cludes talks by Dr. William Wood
president of the University of Al
aska, Alaska’s Sen. E. L. Bart
lett, Sen. Ernest Gruening, and
Rep. Ralph Rivers; also a talk by
Robert Atwood, publisher of the
Anchorage Times.
Sessions scheduled tomorrow
include those devoted to trans
portation, forestry, commerce and
petroleum.
The Chamber meeting will con
clude with an annual banquet to
morrow night.
Magistrate James St. Amoui
reports that 102 absentee ballots
have been filed here, which is
about double the number filed in
the primary election.
! City Council Withholds
License Approval From
Firms Owing Sales Tax
The Nome City Council, in a
special session Thursday noon,
voted to inform the Alcoholic
Control Board that several license
holders in Nome were delinquent
in their sales taxes and the Coun
cil was withholding approval of
the license applications for that
reason.
On the list were the Bering Sea
Club, Anchor Tavern, Wallace
Liquor Store, Nome Liquor Store,
Breakers Bar, and the North Star.
U.S. Suspects
Reds Cheat On
Nuclear Test Ban
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Top U. S.
officials are increasingly sus
picious that the Soviet Union is
cheating on the moratorium on
nuclear weapons test explosions.
But so far as can be determined
from public statements, and in
formation obtained privately from
Eisenhower administration lead
ers, the United States has been
unable to get proof.
What Vice President Nixon told
a Toledo, Ohio, audience had al
ready been stated by chairman
John A. McCone of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
In essence, it was that Soviet
underground blasts have been de
tected without firm evidence as
to whether they were nuclear.
The Soviets say they were not.
Some administration officials
said they believe substantially
the same information has been
given to Sen. John Kennedy, the
Democratic presidential candidate.
McCone told newsmen at Hot
Springs, Va., last week that the
Russians have stated they were
firing heavy chemical explosions,
evidently meaning huge blasts of
dynamite or TNT.
“But we don’t know why such
high chemical explosions would
serve any useful purpose,” Mc
Cone said.
REP. RALPH RIVERS AND
SEN. BOB BARTLETT
COMING TO NOME MONDAY
Rep. Ralph J. Rivers is sched
uled to arrive here on his cam
paign through northern Alaska. A
rally is planned for Monday eve
ning at 8 o’clock at the multipur
pose room of the school.
A late phone call today con
firmed that Sen. Bob Bartlett
will accompany Rivers.
Democratic Campaign Head
quarters have opened today in the
Alaska Airlines Building on Front
Street.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional light
snow. Lowest temp, expected to
night 5 to 10, high tmorrow 20.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 19, lowest 3. Max. wind 17
mph from the north. Sunrise at
7:38 a.m., sunset at 3:55 p.m.
A year ago today: highest temp.
39, lowest 32. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 45 in
1911, lowest 0 in 1947.
New Lutheran
Building to he
Dedicated Sunday
Dr. Wm. H. Nies of Detroit,
Mich., will officiate at the dedica
tion of the new Christian Educa
DR. WM. H. NIES
tion Building, Social Hall, and
Parsonage of Our Savior’s Luth
eran Church on Sunday, Oct. 30.
Construction, under direction of
Mr. Gordon Dufseth of Fairbanks
continued through the summer,
and as been completed.
Dr. Nies, the official guest, is
chairman of the Board of Home
Missions of the American Luther
an Church, a post he has held for
ten years. He was recently chosen
chairman of the Board of Ameri
can Missions, to assume office
Jan. 1, 1961.
The Lutheran clergyman was
born at Pittsburgh, Pa. He grad
uated from Capital University and
Seminary at Columbus, Ohio. He
began Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
as a Home Mission Congregation
in 1925, the year of his ordina
tion. It’s membership now num
bers 4,600, and one of the assist
ant pastors is the doctor’s own
son, Rev. Wm. L. Nies.
Dr. Nies will deliver the ser
mon at the 11 a.m. morning wor
ship. The dedication ceremonies
are scheduled to -begin at 3 p.m.
in the church, to be followed by
Open House, 4 to 6 p.m. Light
refreshments will be served by
ladies of the congregation. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend these festivities.
Gold Price $36.26 Today
On London Market
LONDON, WV—The price of gold
went up to $36.26 a fine ounce
during early dealings on the bul
lion market today. The previous
day’s closing price was $35.56.
It was a thin market—that is,
supplies were short and the price
sensitive to even moderate de
mand—and the quotation quickly
rose 28 cents from the price of
$35.98 fixed as a basis for early
dealings.
This compared with a peak of
$40.60 reached in a buying spree
on the exchange last week, and
the official U.S. Treasury price
of $35.
Northwest Airliner
Crashes In Montana
Killing All 12 Aboard
MISSOLA, Mont., OP)—A North
west Airlines passenger plane
crashed in flames in mountain
country near here today and
police said all 12 persons aboard
perished.
Northwest headquarters at St.
Paul said the plane carried eight
passengers and a crew of four.
The east-bound plane left Port
land at 8:20 a.m. and stopped at
Spokane before heading into Mon
tana.
Student pilot Ken Siler return
ed from a flight over the scene
and reported “there are no sur
vivors.”
The Missoula man said, “They
flew right into the mountain.”
Missoula area police radio re
ports confirmed there were no
survivors.
289 Nomeites Have
Blood Typed In
Current Survey
Two hundred eighty nine people
took advantage of the opportunity
to have their blood typed in the
survey this week. Type A positive
is the most common type found
in this area with O positive fol
lowing as a close second.
In the United States in general
these are reversed with about 45
per cent of the population O pos
itive and only 42 per cent A posi
tive. The only type that was not
found in the survey is AB nega
tive. As far as can be determined
it is believed that there is only
one AB negative in town.
Those who helped in the sur
vey were Jo Decker, Dorothy
Grant, Erma Johnson, Margaret
Swanberg, Violet Glass, Lavonne
Small, Alice Hudson, Eleanor Os
borne, (Catherine Dickson, and
Barbara McKinnis.
The Public Health Department
and the MMM Hospital would like
to thank these people for their
time and assistance.
Anyone who would like to add
their name to the blood donor list
but who was unable to have their
blood typed during this survey
and have not previously donated
here, may do so by having their
blood typed at the hospital.
Gov. Egan's Office Distributes
Monthly Mimeograph Publication
"Your Stale Government"
JUNEAU, W>—Gov. William A.
Egan’s staff started distribution
today of a mimeographed report
on state activities, to be issued at
least once a month and called
“Your State Government.”
Frank Vaille, Egan’s press sec
retary, said the report will hit
the highlights of the previous
month’s activities in each of the
major state agencies, based on
their reports to the governor.
Present circulation is limited
to newspapers, radio stations,
television stations and members
of the legislature, but Vaille said
the publication would be avail
able to any citizen of‘the state
on mailed request.
Eisenhower Makes
Slashing Attack
On Sen. Kennedy
PHILADELPHIA, UP* — Presi
dent Eisenhower tonight made a
slashing direct attack on Sen.
John Kennedy, saying this “most
powerful” of nations needs a lead
er “who will think first, and then
act wisely.”
“By all odds, Richard Nixon isr
the best qualified man to be the
next President of the United
States,” Eisenhower said.
Eisenhower criticized Kennedy’s:
assertions that American prestige
is falling abroad and that the
United States is “standing still” in
domestic affairs.
“If the great things (that have
been) done are ‘standing still,'
then I say America needs more of
it,” he continued.
He described Nixon as a man
with “character, ability, respon
sibility, experience,” who should
be elected.
The President made his first
major entry into the boiling pol
itical campaign with a plea for
the election of what he called “a
superlative team” — Vice Presi
dent Nixon and Henry Cabot
Lodge.
Hammering hard on the theme
of Nixon’s ability to be the chief
of state, Eisenhowed said in a
prepared speech:
“He will be your spokesman,
presenting to the world your
ideals; your firmness in the right;
your strength—in fact, the true
image of your country.”
Alaska Airlines
To Start Jet Service
In Mid-Spring
FAIRBANKS, UTi— Alaska Air
lines will begin jet service next
spring with a Convair 880M trans
port, the airline announced today.
Charles F. Willis Jr., president
and general manager, said the
Seattle-based line would take de
livery of a jet liner from the
Convair Division of General Dy
namics Corp. in mid-spring.
The intermediate-range jet will
be assigned to the runs between
Seattle - Tacoma and Fairbanks
and between Fairbanks and An
chorage.
The plane will have 74 seats,
arranged two by two, and a 12
seat passenger lounge.
Willis said Alaska Airlines will
pay for the plane with a private
equipment loan and the proceeds
of sales of surplus piston-engine
equipment.
Supervisory flight personnel
are being trained to fly jets, Willis
said.
Peter Egelak, Aged About 80,
Passes Away In Golovin
Peter Egelak, about 00 years of
age, passed away at Golovin
where he moved recently from
White Mountain with his wife.
Surviving also are two grown
adopted children and their chil
dren.
Mr. Egelak has been a subscrib
er to the Nugget for almost 20
years. He will be buried Saturday
at Golovin.
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