m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LX No. 28 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1958_Per Copy—15^
Gra vel Contracts
For Highway 97
Advertised Soon
Frank Morris of the Bureau of
Public Roads, revealed today the
dates on which contracts for road
construction in this area will be
sought. V
Morris said the gravel contract
for the Nome-Kougarok road will
be advertised about April 1. This
road is ’’Highway 97.”
Contracts will be sought on
about May 1 for the construction
of bridges over the Snake and
Penny rivers, on the road to
Teller.
The black-top paving contract
on the road to Nome Field will
be advertised about July 15. This
worked is not expected to be done
until the next construction sea
son.
Mr. Morris said the BPR has
ordered a new road grader and
is expecting it on the first boat.
The opening up of new roads has
taxed the BPR maintenance
equipment beyond its capacity
and with the arrival of the new
grader he said motorists can ex
pect considerable improvement in
the roads hereabouts.
$9,000 Needed For
2 Alaskan Children
With Rare Disease
PALO ALTO, Calif., UP> — Be
cause the federal government says
it can allot no more funds until
the next fiscal year, two Alaskan
children with a rare muscular
disease are to be returned to
their homes Saturday, their treat
irlent incomplete.
Clair Crosby, 13, of Anchorage,
and Sharon Rollins, 16, of Homer,
are in Stanford Convalescent
Home here with arthrogryposis,
a condition caused by injury at
birth.
They were sent here Jan. 14
by the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Assn, for treatment and surgery.
The association’s funds have been
depleted and two special appeals
to the Federal Children’s Bureau
have been turned down with the
answer that more money cannot
be provided this fiscal year.
Dr. Gordon Williams, the
home’s assistant medical director,
said the longer the children wait
for treatment, the more compli
cated surgery will be.
“Delay will mean a definite set
back,” he said. “The 'children
cannot be cured completely but
with the right treatment and the
right training they can be made
useful.”
Williams said the home will
carry the burden until Saturday
at $26 a day per child, but that
$9,000 is needed to complete the
treatment. He said it would take
six months.
The Crosby boy has no use of
his lower legs. His hands, arms
and shoulders are weak. He has
learned, to feed himself and can
do jigsaw puzlzes by picking up
the pieces with his tongue and
lips and pushing them into place
with his nose.
j Russians Willing
| To Come To U.S.
For Summit Talks
WASHINGTON, MV— President
Eisenhower said today Russian
leaders have sent word they are
willing to come to Washington for
a summit conference. Hq said he
thinks that might be a good ar
rangement if such a conference
was going to last for a long time.
If it was to be just a short
meeting,. Eisenhower told a news
conference, he would be ready to
go to any convenient place. But
for a long session, he said, he
should stay in the United States.
Many officials think any sum
mit meeting held in this country
probably would not be in Wash
ington because of limited facil
ities.
Eisenhower said, however, it
would be absolutely futile and
damaging\to attempt to hold any
summit meeting at all without
very careful preparation and ad
vance evidence of achievement.
The United States, he contin
ued, never will close the door on
East-West talks. He said if there
is any possible avenue—no matter
how crooked and no matter how
narrow—that will take the world
even one step toward the achieve
ment of peace, he is perfectly
willing to try it.
But he endorsed Secretary of
State Dulles’ warning yesterday
against becoming involved in
some sort of Soviet maneuver
that would amount to a “hoax,”
as Dulles called it.
Atom Sub Crosses
Atlantic in 8 Days,
Submerged
PORTLAND, England, OP)—The
nuclear-powered American sub
marine Skate docked at this Brit
ish naval base today and its skip
per claimed a record for the fast
est transatlantic crossing from
the United States ever made by
submarine.
The sleek sub crossed the At
lantic in 8 days 11 hours—trav
eling under water all the way.
“That’s the way to travel,” said
the skipper, Cmdr. James F. Cal
vert. “I’ve never been so enthu
siastic about any ship in my life.”
The 265-foot Skate, the world’s
third largest nuclear-powered
submarine, sailed from Groton,
Conn., on Feb. 2.4 on her shake
down cruise. She joined the Nau
tilus and Seawolf in the Navy’s
growing nuclear fleet last Decem
ber. The Skate is capable of
traveling 61,000 miles without re
fueling. It cost 31 million dollars
to build.
King and Commoner Collide
OSLO, UP—King Olav V skid
ded into the rear of a truck today
while driving from his country
residence outside Oslo. Neither
the king nor the truck driver was
hurt, but the royal car was badly j
battered.
The 54-year-old monarch con
versed smilingly with the driver1
of the other vehicle while wait
ing for the police to arrive.
Nome ANG Team Loses
One But Stays In Series
! At Juneau Tournament
I JUNEAU, — Nome lost its
| opening round game Monday to
the Haines team 67 to 51.
Other scores were:
Ketchikan 85, Petersburg 45
Angoon ANB 106, Cordova 55.
Douglas 73, Seward 51.
Fairbanks 108, Wrangell 63
Second Round Winners Bracket
Ketchikan 71, Haines 51.
Douglas 76, Angoon 73.
Fairbanks 99, Sitka 74.
Second Round Losers Bracket
Nome 72, Petersburg 63.
(Petersburg eliminated)
Seward 63, Cordova 51
(Cordova eliminated)
Wrangell 86, Hoonah 84.
(Hoonah eliminated).
Czechs Find Russian
Hockey Players Can’t
Take Hard Body Checks
OSLO, (#) — The Czechs have
exposed the weakness of Russia’s
pattern-weaving ice hockey stars
— they don’t like hefty body
j checks.
It all came out in last night’s
| upset 4-4 tie the Czechs played
i with, the Russians in the world
| hockey championships.
' The result has fans here won
j dering if perhaps the Russians,
co-favorites with the Canadians,
haven’t been a bit over-rated.
The Russians took a 3-0 lead
early in the first period. The
Czechs then began handing out
a few hard body checks, and the
Soviets fell apart, at least as a
team.
At the halfway point in the 10
day championship, Canada led in
the eight nation tourney.
The Swedes jolted the United
| States’ chances of a title with an
[ 8-3 victory yesterday. Observers
i give the U.S. team, injury riddled
from exhibition play, the slim
mest chance of upsetting either
Russia’s or Canada’s title aspira
tions.
Attempt Fails to Clear
Military Record of Late
Gen. “Billy” Mitchell
WASHINGTON, UP) — An at
tempt to clear the military record
of the late Brig. Gen. William
“Billy” Mitchell, whose sharp
tongued campaign for a stronger
air force brought him a court
martial, has failed.
Secretary of the Air Force
James Douglas overruled an Air
Force board yesterday and re
jected a petition that the air
pioneer’s 1925 court martial con
viction and sentence be voided.
Douglas had words of" praise for
the stormy, outspoken officer
who died in 1936.
The nation, Douglas said, “is
deeply in his debt.” He added that
[ Mitchell’s views “have been vin
[ dicated” and that his “vision con
cerning the future of air power
was amazingly accurate.”
However, the Secretary said
the evidence submitted against
Mitchell substantiated the charge
and the verdict that he had con
ducted himself to the prejudice of
good order and military discip
line and in a way to bring dis
credit on military service.
Eisenhower Says Government
Alone Cannot Defeat Recession
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Statehood Issue
Not Controversial
Says President
WASHINGTON, UPt— President
Eisenhower said today the prob
lem of whether to admit Hawaii
and Alaska to the union should
not be as controversial as it ap
pears to be.
He told a news conference he
had discussed the matter recent
ly with congressional leaders.
Some congressmen, he said, are
still opposed to adding the two
territories and some favor it. The
President said in his view there
has been more activity of late
on this question.
The President reminded news
men that both Republicans and
Democrats in their national pol
itical platforms have advocated
statehood for both territories.
Therefore, he said, this matter
should not be as controversial as
it appears to be.
James O’Sullivan, Alaska
Steam Agent, Transferred
To Nome From Valdez
SEATTLE, UP>—James F. O’Sul
liyan, Alaska Steamship Co. agent
in Valdez, has been appointed
agent at Nome. His successor at
Valdez has not been named.
O’Sullivan spent six years as
a deck officer after being grad
uated from the Alameda Mari
time Academy.
O’Sullivan left the sea in 1945.
After two years as an enforce
ment officer with the Washing
ton State Liquor Control Board,
he joined the Seattle police de
partment and served as a patrol
man and detective before joining
Alaska Steam in 1955.
Archie Moore, Fortyish
Light Heavy Champ,
TKOs Bert Whitehurst
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., UP)
— Old Archie Moore, a pretty
unimpressive light heavyweight
champion through nine rounds,
finally unwound in the 10th last
night and knocked Baltimore’s
Bert Whitehurst on the seat of
his pants.
The late flurry won the forty
ish champion from San Diego a
technical knockout over his 26
year-old opponent with only 18
seconds left in the non-title fight.
Moore, weighing a chubby
196V£, went into the last round
trailing on the card of one of
ficial and leading not too sub
stantially on the other two.
Whitehurst, who weighed 194t£,
landed a stiff right to tHe chin
halfway through the round and
Archie got mad. He clipped
Whitehurst with a left to the jaw
and put him down for a count of
four..
Whitehurst got up, but didn’t
remain standing long. Moore
scored with three rights and the
last one sent Whitehurst to the
floor seat first. Referee Tommy
Hart stepped in and stopped it.
> By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, UP)— President
Eisenhower said today he does
not believe it is wise to make
the federal government the most
important factor in efforts to de
feat a recession.
Eisenhower told his new con
ference the administration is do
ing and proposes to do many
things to help bring about a busi
ness upturn.
He said he believes this upturn
will come as a result of purchases
by millions of citizens. He added
the economy has a way of steer
ing its own course and federal
and state governments are not the
most important factors.
Earlier in the day Senate Demo
cratic leader Johnson of Texas
had thrown his weight behind a
proposal to estabish a Public
Works Administration with a half
billion dollar job-creating fund.
Eisenhower said the govern
ment is watching the statistics
and indices closely but he doesn’t
believe just spending more fed
eral money is entirely the answer
to achieving an upturn.
The President said the govern
ment is spending a lot of money
now in the current 72 billion dol
lar budget and a relatively few
dollars more doesn’t seem to him
to be the whole answer.
Eisenhower expressed his views
in response to a reporter’s obser
vation that Democrats in Con
gress were preparing various
anti-recession measures in the be
lief that th administration was
not acting swiftly * enough.
Russia Urges Ban of
Nuclear Tests Over Water
| GENEVA, Uft—Russia urged the
world conference on the law of
the sea yesterday to prohibit nu
clear weapons tests over the
oceans.
Soviet delegate G. I. Tunkin
told a news conference the 87
nation meeting would “make a
substantial contribution to the ,
cause of peace” by writing such
a ban into a proposed convention
on the law of the sea.
The United States and Britain
have conducted nuclear tests in
the Pacific, but Russia’s have
been entirely within the Soviet
Union.
“Tests of atomic and hydrogen
weapons on the high seas, with
vast areas being turned into
atomic proving grounds, with
danger being created to naviga
tion and fisheries, with the living
resources of the sea being con
taminated, is incompatible with
the freedom of the high seas,”
Tunkin said.
LITTLE TOO YOUNG
STOCKTON, Calif., W — San
Joaquin county advertised for a
zoo attendant at Micke Grove
County Park.
Wayne Thayer applied.
Randall Prevo, personnel direc
tor, invited Thayer, to visit the
zoo. The happy applicant did and
made friends with many animals,
but he got no job.
He is nine years old!