THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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LET’S HOPE THE SAFETY VALVE HOLDS
Nome Volunteer Firemen
THEY GET UP AT ANY HOUR of the night, leave
their jobs at any hour of the day, risk their lives
that Nome might be a safer place in which to live.
We seldom thank them for their efforts, pay
them next to nothing, and take what they do for
granted. We lose no time in condemning them when
a fire gets out of control.
These unsung heroes have given a whole week
to learning new ways and new techniques in fire
fighting and have made the whole community con
scious of the hazards of fire. This is good for all of
us who will benefit from what they have learned,
and will benefit too When we see our fire insurance
rates have gone down.
Let’s all take time to show our appreciation to
the Nome Volunteer Fire Department and assist them
by keeping our premises free from fire hazards.
Light Company Simplifies Billing
ALL USERS OF ELECTRIC POWER will be sur
prised to find a new type of statement in their
Nome Light and Power envelopes
There will not be any computing of the price of
power on the bill as a modern billing procedure will
be employed. Billing will be on the multiple billing
system using a multipe of ten. For example, if your
statement shows you used 42 kilowatt hours you will
be billed as if you had used 40 kwh, or if you used 47
kwh, you will be billed at 50 kwh. This new block
billing will simplfy the bookeeping which is being
set up on a cost accounting system.
Anyone wishing to check their bill can refer to
their old statements for the rate, or if they prefer,
may drop into the office in the City Building for a rate
chart or consultation with Mrs. Doris Wilke who will
explain the bill, stated manager Howard Crinklow.
Barbara and Gary Powers
Have Private Meeting
MOSCOW, l(Pl—Barbara Powers
had a final secret meeting Wed
nesday with her husband, Francis |
Gary Powers, her lawyers dis
closed Thursday.
The young couple were left
completely alone behind the
closed door of his prison cell for :
more than an hour.
It was the first privacy they
had had since before he left Tur
key for his May day U2 flight
over the Soviet Union, which
touched off an explosive situation
internationally and led him to a
10-year sentence for espionage.
“Barbara is much brighter now
than we’ve seen her for some
time,” said attorney Frank Rod
gers of Roanoke, Va.
Rodgers and lawyer Alexander
Parker of Richmond, Va., also
told newsmen they had been un
able to get satisfactory receipts
for Barbara’s mercy petition to
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev
when it was delivered Thursday.
Barbara already has asked So
viet Premier Khrushchev, vaca
tioning at Yalta, to grant her an
interview.
Most of you have purchased
homes in Nome at a time when
property values were low, and
replacement of your home
could be made at low cost.
However, this is not true today.
A small fire could cause dam
age that would exceed the total
insurance many people carry.
The replacement value of
clothing furnishings, appli
ances, sewing machines, camera
equipment, guns and fishing
equipment in the event of a fire
may well exceed the total cov
erage on your home.
A serious fire could cause
financial loss that may take
years to make up. Most of your
homes can be protected at a
rate which is surprisingly low,
as a matter of fact, lower than
the cost of a daily cup of coffee.
An additional service now
available is Personal Liability
Insurance on your property. It
protects you against accidents
involving other persons, law
suits, injuries to children play
ing on your premises, and other
liabilities.
We can insure your summer
camps at Dexter or any loca
tion on Highway 97, Safety La
goon, Fort Davis, Hastings,
Cape Nome, or other locations.
Fire Insurance is available to
home owners in most of the vil
lages and small communities
out of Nome and we invite you
write for our rates with no
obligation.
Call or write the Insurance
Department, or see Don Perkins
Miners & Merchants Bank
Cuban Prime Minister
Praises Khrushchev In
Speech Before OAS
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, HR —
Foreign Minister Raul Roa of
Cuba said Thursday the Soviet
bloc is Cuba’s friend and accused
the United States of meddling in
his island republic, creating Car
ibbean tensions.
He launched into a 100 - page
speech as the final speaker at the
meeting of foreign ministers of
the Organization of American
States and lost no time in as
sailing the United States. He
blamed that country for Cuba’s
troubles and added that the
United States is ‘‘solely to blame
for trying to contain Cuba’s right
to rule itself.”
Within the first two minutes,
Roa praised Premier Khrushchev.
In the next breath he denounced
U.S. Secretary of State Christian
Herter. Although Roa’s words
were harsh, his manner was mild.
Other Latin American foreign
ministers earlier had abandoned
hope for acting as peacemakers
between Fidel Castro and the
United States.
There were growing indications
that Cuba would take a walk as
the Organization of American
States meeting of foreign minis
ters began drafting a resolution
condemning foreign — and parti
cularly Communist—meddling in
the Western Hemisphere.
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Two State Senators
Fail In Bid For
Renoinination
JUNEAU, (/P — Two state sen
ators. Edmund N. Orbeek of Fair
banks and Seaborn J. Buckalew
of Anchorage, failed in their bid
for renomination in the Aug. 9
primary, official state elect.ion
figures disclose.
Orbeek, who was appointed to
the upper chamber during the
last legislative session, was de
feated by E. Johnny Coonjohn for
the Democratic nomination from
District M.
In Senate District G, Buckalew
lost the Democratic nod to State
Rep. Earl D. Hillstrand.
In addition to the those nomi
nated for the Nov. 8 general elec
tion during the primary, the sec
ond District E, Senate at large,
seat will be on the ballot.
The Democrats have nominated
State Rep. Helen A. Fischer as
their candidate for the Senate
seat vacated by Ralph Moody
when he became State Attorney
General. The Republicans have
not yet put up a candidate.
The other state Senate races in
November shape up like this:
District A, Southeast at large:
Sen. James Nolan, Democrat, un
opposed.
District B, Ketchikan-Princc of
Wales: Sen. W. O. Smith, Demo
crat, vs, John L. Sherman, Re
publican.
District D, Juneau - Yakutat:
Sen. Thomas B. Stuart, Democrat,
vs. Elton Engstrom, Republican.
District E, Southcentral at large:
Sen. Irene E. Ryan, Democrat vs.
Vance Phillips, Republican.
District I, Kodiak - Aleutians:
Sen. A1 Owen, Democrat, vs. A.
Holmes Johnson, Republican.
District J, Central at large: Sen.
R. J. McNealy, Democrat, vs. Earl
R. Pilgrim, Republican.
District L, Yukon-Kuskokwim:
Sen. John B. Coghill, Republican,
unopposed.
District N, Northwestern at
large: Sen. Lester Bronson, Demo
crat vr.. Edith R. Bullock, Repub
lican.
District O, Barrow-Kobuk: Sen.
Eben Hopson, Democrat, unop
posed.
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