THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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Our Fabulous New World
ALASKANS LIVING IN this northwestern part of
our great new State know that it is a storehouse
- of minerals of many kinds and of vast quantities. For
a generation, ways and means have been sought and
tried, te wrest this wealth from the ground, but in
most ventures it has been too costly. Mining costs,
coupled with transportation problems, often have been
insurmountable.
All problems have solutions, and Operation
Chariot may revolutionize mining in this area. The
proposed atomic blast harbor at Cape Thompson may
not only prove to the world that this energy is not
necessarily a force of destruction but a work force
that may speedily and harmlessly remove the perma
frost which covers our gold, tin, iron ore, copper,
bismuth, coal and other valuable minerals, and could
also extract oil from the rocks in the area. This
experimentation promises a fabulous new world of
economic progress, and presents a possibility of pro
viding our nation with those vital products which we
must now import, in some cases from unfriendly
nations. The scientists and engineers who have
studied this area know that when production gets
under way, trade with our neighbor, Japan, can be
carried on, fos Japan needs fuel for her industries.
Alaska is fortunate in being chosen for this test
which, we are told, will take more money prior to the
blast to be sure that animals, plant life, fish and people
will not be injured, than for the blast itself. Northern
Alaska gains a harbor for the coast which has none,
and, if testing is successful, can result in other harbors
for the ships that will come to carry out its wealth.
The possibilities of the economic development are so
vast — so overwhelming — that it is difficult to realize
what the future holds for this icebound treasure chest
that is a part of the richest state in the U. S. A.
Dr. Edward Teller, who visited Nome Sunday,
expressed the power of atomic energy and the use to
which it might be put, very simply: “If you want to
move a mountain, just drop us a card.”
Diabetic Lost In Woods,
Found In Good Shape
KAMLOOPS, B. C., OP) — John
E. Salmon, 73, Seattle business
man, who is a diabetic, was re
ported in surprisingly good condi
tion Tuesday at a hospital here
after being lost in the woods for
49 hours.
Salmon was found by a * dog
working with a party of 50 men
under the direction of Royal Cana
dian Mounted Police. He was ex
hausted but coherent when res
cuers discovered him in the brush
about four miles from the John
son Lake fishing camp.
Salmon disappeared Saturday
afternoon after leaving a fishing
companion to return to their cabin
about 50 yards away.
CALIF. POPULATION BOOMS
SACRAMENTO, OP) — Califor
nia’s booming population, its climb
slowed only slightly by last year’s
recession, reached an estimated
15,280,000 today — an increase
of 528,000 during the past year.
Nome-U-Wash
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ROTARY HEARS ACCOUNT
OF RIVER TRIP TO TELLER
At Rotary today, President Ash
Craft arrived from Teller just in
time to preside over his first
meeting of the year.
Ash gave an account of the
Explorer Scout canoe trip from
Cottonwood, on Highway 97, to
Teller.
Guests were: Doug Ackley of
Fairbanks, architect for the pro
posed new Community Methodist
Church here, Don Hoover, and
Cliff Rolff of Seattle.
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July 4th
Alaska Takes Over
Airports Today
From the Daily Alaska Empire
JUNEAU — Presidential ap
proval of the Alaska Omnibus Act
will-put the new state in the air
port business today.
Under terms of the measure
signed by President Eisenhower,
title to the Anchorage and Fair
banks International Airports will
transfer to Alaska.
Over' the next 18 months, the
state also will acquire 17 so-called
intermediate airports scattered
throughout the state from Annette
Island to Nome.
The agreement marked a suc
cessful climax to nearly six weeks
of negotiations headed by Richard
Downing, State Commissioner of
Public Works; Floyd Guertin,
Commissioner of Administration,
and A1 Hulen of Anchorage,
F.A.A. Administrator for Alaska.
The omnibus law authorizes fed
eral payments totaling 28Vfe mil
lion dollars to Alaska over the
next five years, to aid in the tran
sition from territorial status.
Guertin said four separate but
related agreements were part of
the F.A.A. airport package.
Chief interest has focused on an
operating agreement under which
74 employes of the Anchorage and
Fairbanks airports will continue
management of those fields for
the state.
Another agreement would pro
vide hangar facilities for the
F.A.A. as part of its Anchorage
operation.
The third would provide for
quitclaim deeds of the Interna
tional Airport properties to the
state and an assumption agree
ment covering the operating
functions.
The fourth agreement concerned
transfer of the 17 intermediate
airports.
The 17 intermediate fields are
Annette Island, Aniak, Betties,
Big Delta, Cordova, Galena, Gus
tavus, Iliamna, Kenai, King Sal
mon, McGrath, Nenana, Nome,
Talkeetna, Tanana, Unalakleet
and Yakutat.
Downing also said the state was
nearing final agreement with the
Bureau of Public Roads on pro
posed operating contracts similar
to those covered in the FA.A.
agreements at the Fairbanks and
Anchorage International Airports.
The omnibus act provides for a
contract under which the federal
B.P.R. could act in state highway
matters, under agreements with
the Alaska Public Works Depart
ment.
MONDAY BASEBALL SCORES
Pacific Coast League
Vancouver 4, San Diego 3.
Spokane 7, Salt Lake City 4.
National League
San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 4.
American League
Kansas City 10, Detroit 3.
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Wildlife Refuge
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“I am a fervent conservation
ist, but I have found that conser
vationists differ at times,” Gruen
ing testified. “I believe we should
not preserve the species for itself,
but for the future human genera
tions.”
Gruening said he opposes the
bill because it would not promote
conservation since wildlife can be
adequately protected under exist
ing law and that setting aside an
area now would not insure that
the species there would remain.
“We have excellent laws in
Alaska to protect wildlife and we
do not need this remote area,”
he said. ^
On this point, Leffler disagreed
strongly, saying that “with the
dramatic increase in population
and with improved facilities and
equipment for surface and air
transportation, the area will cease
to be remote sooner than we
think.”
Would Decrease Highway Funds
Another objection by Gruening
was that if more Alaskan territory
is withdrawn, the state would lose
federal funds under the highway
act. This financial aid is allocated
on the basis . of the relationship
the unreserved public domain in
a state bears to the state’s total
area.
Gruening said an area bigger
than that of Vermont, Rhode Is
land, Massachusetts and Connec
ticut has already been withdrawn
in Alaska, and that “if any more
is to be set aside, it should be by
the state. We need no further
federal reservations,” he added.
Legislation to establish the Arc
tic preserve was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Magnuson (D
Wash), and in the House by Rep
resentative Bonner CD-NC).
Warren Cusses Author
WASHINGTON, UP) — Writer
Earl Mazo yesterday described as
accurate a report that Chief Jus
tice Earl Warren in a personal
I exchange had taken angry excep
tion to parts of Mazo’s book about
Vice President Nixon. -
In answer to questions, he con
firmed that at one point in the
discussion at a cocktail party War
ren had called him a “damned
liar.”
Warren was reported to feel
that the book promoted Nixon at
Warren’s expense.
That was reported as Warren’s
rejoinder to a contention from
Mazo that he had written an ob
jective, honest report of political
affairs involving Nixon and
Warren.
Alaska Senators Propose
Status Change for Airport
Aid Extension Act
WASHINGTON, UP) — The 49th
state is still treated as a territory
when it comes to receiving federal
money for airports.
A proposal before a Senate Com
merce subcommittee would change
that. Hearings will be held next)
week.
President Eisenhower, in sign
ing the Airport Aid Extension Act,
pointed out that Alaska is treated
as a territory under the law. It
would receive half as much fed
eral money as it would if it were
considered as a state.
A hill to change Alaska’s status
under the act was introduced by
its two senators, Democrats Bob
Bartlett and Ernest Gruening.
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