RAIL AND HIGHWAY
COMMISSION MEN
MEET WITH NOMEITES
Through the alertness of^Pearse
Walsh, president of the NWA
Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Carl
Junge, executive director of the
Alaska International Rail and
Highway Commission, and Dr.
Robert Lund of the firm doing re
search for the board, who were
passing through Nome on tour,
were invited to talk to Chamber
members and other interested
persons, on the work they are
doing.
They gave a comprehensive re
view of the basis on which they
will make their recommendations
for roads, railroads, ports, etc., in
the northwestern part of North
America, which is being compiled
in relation to Oil and Gas, Tim
ber, Minerals, Fishing and Tour
ism.
Of interest to people of this area
was their statement that the “Ko
buk has more ore than the Ken
nicott Mine,” but due to transpor
tation, its development is given a
dim view.
In their transportation plans,
they definitely favor the ferry
system for Southeastern Alaska,
as well as about 400 miles more
of road in this area of Alaska and
Canada; much development of
timber, with three mills to be
built; development of coal and
gas in both the Fairbanks and the
Anchorage areas.
Since Northwestern Alaska is
at the extreme western part of
the State, and farthest from the
Alaska-Canada studies, not much
emphasis is given to this section,
although these men stated they
have asked for engineering figures
on the construction of a road from
Ruby to Haycock, as well as fig
ures for a road/along the northern
side of the Alaskan Range to Mc
Grath, and from McGrath up to
Ruby as well.
Although potentials were dis
cussed on other oil areas and min
Scientists Still Hear
Pioneer V 11 Million
Miles Out in Space
WASHINGTON, UR — The “Big
Voice” of America’s space craft
Pioneer V — which had 'been ex
pected to keep radio contact with
the earth out to 100 million miles
— has been turned off because of
battery trouble.
But the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration an
nounced today the smaller of
Pioneer’s two transmitters has
been turned on again — and is
sending good signals expected to
be heard out to 20 million miles
from the earth.
Pioneer V yesterday was 11,100,
000 miles from the earth in its
long journey around the sun. It
has traveled approximately 125
million miles in space since it
was launched in March.
EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY
FAIRBANKS, UPl — A very light
earthquake was recorded at the
University of Alaska’s magnetic
and seismological laboratory yes
terday at <5:57 p.m.
Clyde Beers, observer in charge
of the laboratory, said readings
indicated the quake was centered
about 300 miles south of Fair
banks.
The temblor was not recorded
on the laboratory’s regular seis
mograph because its intensity was
too mild.
eral areas, little mention was
made of the Kateel potential.
The men were between planes,
and the meeting, which was called
on an hour’s notice, was well at
tended. Many questions were
asked by local people on the im
portance of the tin operation and
its relation to the road. The visi
tors indicated that tin ore was
more directly connected to the
water transportation problem.
Mr. Junge and Dr. Lund left
via Alaska Airlines, having spent
their entire layover at the meet
ing.
Bob Oliver Being
Considered for Juneau
Customs Collector Post
Robert W. Oliver, former 'U. S.
Marshal and Commissioner at
Nome, is under consideration fbr
appointment to the federal post
of Collector of Customs in Juneau.
Oliver was Commirsioner and
Marshal at Nome for several years
prior to statehood. His Marshal's
post was eliminated when the
state court system went into effect
this year.
The current collector of cus
toms is Walter Heizel, whose term
expired last year. He is now serv
ing until a succesror is named.
The position is one of the last
major political appointments the
Republicans hold in Alaska. The
collector is apointed by the Presi
dent, and must be confirmed by
Congress. However, with the pend
ing Presidential election, it is un
likely any major appointments
will be confirmed until after the
new President takes office.
It was not determined if Oliver
had received endorsement of Alas
ka’s GOP leadership. However, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents have been checking asso
ciates of Oliver to determine his
fitness to hold the post' — a regu
lar procedure in thir type of ap
pointment.
Oliver is the first serious can
didate for the post since former
territorial Labor Commissioner
Henry Benson, a Republican, was
unable to receive clearance for the
position last year.
Guess Who ? ? ?
LaGRANGE, Ky., UPI — “We was
robbed,” hollered the Ft. Knox
baseball team today even though
they whipped a team of Kentucky
State Reformatory inmates, 11-10.
When the soldiers returned to
the locker room they found miss
ing from their belongings about
$200 in cash, seven wrist watches
and four or five pair of G.I. shoes.
The locker room had been pad
locked, but Deputy Warden Parter
Lady said, “A lock doesn’t mean
much to some of our boys.”
Russians Claim U. S. Spy
Planes Annoy New
Red Atomic Icebreaker
LONDON, un — The Soviet
Union charged that U. S. planes
made a series of spying passes
over the new Soviet atomic ice
breaker Lenin.
The official news agency Tass
sad that on a recent trip from the
Baltic to Murmansk the ice
breaker “was repeatedly over
flown by spying American planes.”
“They usually made three to
four passes, flying close to the
masts on both sides of the ship,”
Tass said.
Tass did not elaborate. Its brief
mention came in a dispatch from
the Arctic port of^urmanks tell
ing of preparations to send the
atomic icebreaker on its first
scientific expedition to the Arctic.
In Washington, the U. S. De
fense Department said it had no
comment on the Tass report.
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Lorene Nershak, Perry Kagoona,
Beverly Gelzer, Mathew Tiulana,
Gerald Smith, Jennie Frazier,
Isaac Koyuk.
Dscharged: R. Leight, Robert
Kimoktoak, Joe Burnett, Ray Ka
vairlook, Gene Adams, Billy Au
liye, John Kost III, Gloria Kay
onkluk, Nanqy Nassuk.
John Scoll returned to Nome
yesterday from West Virginia
where he is attending college. His
wife, the former Kitty Bjomstad,
preceded him by about a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kriger of
Elim passed through Nome en
route to Buffalo N.Y., their home.
They have been teachers at Elim
and will be returning in about
a month to resume their work
there.
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OAKY DOAKS
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McKinley Took
Heavy Payment for
Yielding Summit
ANCHORAGE, 1* — The final
chapter was about completed yes
terday in a huge mountain res
cue operation that took the lives
of two airmen and cost thousands
of dollars.
All that remained with the re
turn from the slopes of Mt. Mc
Kinley of 15 to 20 Of the 50 climb
ers who took part in the rescue
of five stranded mountaineers.
The last two of the five to make
it down safely were the 31-year
old Whittaker twins — James and
Louis — of Redmond, Wash. They
walked down the 20,200-foot peak
Monday night to a helicopter
perched on a glacier.
The Whittakers and two climb
ing companions had been stranded
at the 17,200-foot level last Tues
day night when the four fell 400
feet down an icy slope.
John Day, 51, of Central Point,
Ore., most seriously injured of
the 'four, was rescued by helicop
ter Friday night. The same heli
copter picked up Pete Schoening,
51, of Seattle, the following day.
Also plucked from the stormy
mountainside was Mrs. Helen
Bading of Anchorage, a member
of another climbing party. She
became seriously ill at the 14,000
foot level and was whisked to
safety Friday by a light plane.
It was Friday, during a supply
dropping mssion, that the two
men were killed. Bill Stevenson,
33, of Spenard, and T/Sgt. Robert
Elliott of Humboldt, 111., died
when their light plane smashed
into the mountainside.
Schoening returned to Seattle
and faces about 10 days in thd
hospital for treatment of frost
bite. Day still is in the Elmendorf
AFB Hospital with a broken left
leg, a dislocated ankle and severe
frostbite.
DROPSY ... e
SAN JOSE, Calif., UP) — The '
meeting of the County Supervisors
was dull and a spectator, appar
ently bored, got up to leave.
Suddenly he slumped to the
floor. A county official called an
ambulance and the fire resusci
tator squad.
“Nonsense,” said the 73-year-old
gentleman. “I didn’t have a heart
attack. My foot went to sleep and
gave way when I stood on it.”
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER HO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYRON Q. REED, W.M.
Norvtn W. Lewis, See.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLU3
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
MINA BACHELDER, President
JANE FOSTER. Secretary
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