P«lly Seeks Action
Against Question of
Territorial Jurisdiction
WASHINGTON, UP>—Rep. Pelly
<H-Wash) said Friday the State ]
Department is soliciting Con
gressional reaction to a Canadian
proposal that the limit of Nation
al Territorial waters be fixed at
12 miles.
“Agreement to such a proposal
would be a complete sellout of
Pacific Northwest and Alaska
fishing interests,” Pelly asserted.
The Congressman said he un
drstood the proposal was under
consideration at a United Nations
' conference on the Law of the Sea
now under way in Geneva, Swit
zerland. Representatives of 80
nations, he said, are trying to
settle the question of territorial
jurisdiction.
Pelly said U. S. fishermen in
1&55 caught 20,000 tons of fish
•worth four million dollars off the
Canadian coast outside the three
mile limit. Of this catch, he said
15,000 tons were taken inside the
proposed 12 mile limit.
Pelly said Pacific Northwest
and Alaska fishing interests have
-urged in the past, and urge again,
that fishing rights be settled be
tween nations on the basis of
treaties recognizing differing hab
its of the fish.
Such a treaty with Canada on
halibut, he said, has worked well.
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Winner of 1957 Bendix
Air Race Killed Near
Denver Friday
DENVER, UP) — Capt. Kenneth
D. Chandler, 33, 1957 winner of
the Bendix Air Race, was one of
two Air Force men killed Friday
night in a jet trainer crash near
Lowry Air Force Base, Denver.
Chandler and Lt. Frankie La
tora, also killed in the crash, both
were based with the 11th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron at Duluth,
Minn. The plane crashed while j
making a radar guided landing
approach in heavy overcast.
Chandler, the pilot, was in
communication with radar tech
nicians at Lowry when the base
lost contact with the plane.
A veteran of 15 years with the
Air Force, Chandler won the
Chicago-Washington Bendix Air
Race last Aug. 29. ,He set a new
race record of 679 miles per hour
average speed in leading six sup
ersonic jets to win the trophy.
He fought in the Korean War
as a jet pilot.
Chandler’s wife and three child
ren live in Duluth.
Queen Mary Equipped
With Antirolling Fins
SOUTHHAMPTON, England UP)
The 81,000-ton liner Queen Mary
went looking for trouble today.
The veteran Cunarder headed
into the Atlantic seeking the
roughest weather the experts
could predict to test a new set of
antirolling fins. The fins were
fitted to either side of her hull
at a cost of 500,000 pounds
($1,400,000).
The firm that made the fins
claims they will reduce to 1 Vz de
grees either side of perpendicular.
The Queen Mary has been known
to roll through 30 degrees in bad
storms.
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Jet Trainer Crashes
Into Dwelling But
Nine Occupants Survive
CHARLOTTE, N. C. UPC-An Air
Force jet trainer, low on fuel and
trying to land in almost zero vis
ibility, crashed into a house on
the outskirts of Charlotte before
dawn Saturday, killing the pilot.
Nine sleeping occupants of the
house escaped injury, though the
8-room structure burned to the
ground except for a front wall.
The pilot, flying alone in the
two-seat T33 trainer, was 1st Lt.
Wendell R. Miller, 24, of Salisbury
N. C. He was stationed at Vance
Air Force Base, Enid, Okla.
In a hanger about a mile from
the crash scene, the pilot’s mother,
Mrs. Clancey E. Miller, and sis
ter, Elizabeth, awaited his arrival.
Douglas Municipal Airport per
sonnel said Miller had been cleared
for a landing on runway number
5, but missed the strip in his first
approach and apparently was com
ing around to try again when the
jet struck some trees, then smashed
into the rear of the house.
THANKS EXPRESSED TO
TEACHERS WHO HELPED
IN HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
Mina Bacheldor who lives in
the East End of town called the
Nugget this morning to express
appreciation in this issue to all
those teachers and others in the
community who have made poss
ible the Hot Lunch Program.
She stated that her child and
other children from the East
End have really benefited from
the program and that she feels
the teachers who gave their time
each noon time period should be
recognized for the wonderful
work they have done.
WANT ADS
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row’s election for City Council.
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COOK wants work in camp or
hotel, camp preferred. Quali
fied for fry and dinner cook
and necessary baking experi
ence. Can bring extra waitress.
Contact Jewel Hawkins, Box
557, Kodiak, Alaska. 39
FOR SALE: 1956 Plymouth, 4-dr.
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FOR SALE: Quaker Oil heater,
Room 106 Federal Bldg. $30
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YOUR AVON Representative :s
June Jefferies. if
W.S.C.S. To Hold Their
Traditional Food Sale
At N.C. Store Saturday
The ladies of the Community
Methodist Church will hold their
traditional Easter Food Sale the
day before Easter at the North
ern Commercial Co.
This sale which started about
fifty years ago was originally
planned to give the many men
in the community, who were gold
mining here without their fami
lies, an opportunity to have some
home made food.
According to the record, Angel
Food and Devil’s Food Cakes,
Apple and Lemon Pies and home
made bread were the most popu
lar items, some. of them selling
for as high as ten dollars.
Reservations were accepted
months ahead for the baked goods
of several of Nome’s best cooks
who were known for their own
specialities.
The W. S. C. S. use the funds
from this project for local church
expenses.
Morgan’s Bowling Team
Wins Tournament Play
The playoff between Morgan’s
and CAA 2 was played Sunday
with Morgan’s winning the tro
phy for the tournament. Play
er with the high score on Mor
gan’s team was Fran Smith with
171. High player for CAA was
Mr. Crump with 145.
The new schedule has been
completed and for the present
will be posted in the North Star.
Team captains should take note
of playing dates so players can
be notified.
The alleys are closed this even
ing while the new lighting system
is being installed. The alleys
will be open next Saturday and
Easter Sunday.
First games of the new sched
ule starting Tuesday night will
be between the Trading Post and
BPR-2.
Saturday Is Last Day
! To Make Guesses On
Nenana Ice Classic
April 5th is the closing day for
the Nenana Ice Classic and Alas
kans everywhere are chalking up
their annual guesses on this event
as the closing date gets closer.
Most people follow a hunch
and make a new choice every
year. Others systematically use
the same time year after year re
gardless of predictions as to the
condition of the ice at Nenana.
The complete list of dates on
which the ice moved will be
found on Page 2 of this' issue.
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National Airlines’ Co-pilot
Ruled as Incompetent In
1953 Airliner Crash
NEW ORLEANS, W — A Fed
eral judge has ruled that National
Airlines was negligent about saf
ety procedures and used a com
pletely incompetent co-pilot on a
flight five years ago that carried
46 persons to their deaths.
U. S. Dist. Judge Herbert
Christenberry declared yesterday
that National was negligent in the
Feb. 14, 1953 crash in the Gulf
of Mexico near Mobile, Ala.,
which killed 41 passengers and
five crew members of the Tampa -
New Orleans flight.
Christenberry also ordered that
persons who sued the airline re
cover damages with five per cent
annually from the date of the
crash until paid. He did not rule
on the amount of damages, but
said the case would be fixed for
trial on that issue unless the par
ties agreed within 20 days on the
amount due those who sued.
Christenberry said pediodic pro
gress reports on National Airlines
on the competency of the co-pilot
described him as “completely in
competent” and “dull-below av
erage in radio technique and
knowledge of operating proced
ures.”
| New Gangplank Put Into
Use At Chicago Airport
CHICAGO, UP)—A new tele
scoping gangplank for air line
passengers—extending from 55 to
107 feet — was installed and
shown for the first time Friday.
The movable covered bridge,
connecting planes and terminal
buildings will protect passengers
from airport noises and weather.
The l<yig gangplank was shown
by United Air Lines at O’Hare
Field. It is the first installation
of its kind in the country, said
S. V. Hall, assistant vice presi
dent of facilities at the airport.
Called an “aero-gangplank,”
the device is a three-section ele
vated ramp attached to the side
of the terminal building with its
entrance at second floor level.
When an airliner is parked on
the ramp, the gangplank can be
extended like a giant gooseneck
to the plane’s passenger entrance.
Gordon Stanton of Lockheed
Air Terminal, Inc., Burbank, Cal.
designers of the moving hallway,
says its development was induced
by jet age demands for a quick,
quiet and comfortable method of
handling passengers.
It has been in the process of
development since 1949.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
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Helen Dunbar
V Secretary
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays
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J. A. von der Heydt, WJtl.
Norv ji TT\ Lewis, Sec.
Meet' 1st and 3rd Thursday each monih
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Joe Kroninger
W. Mecklenburg
Wednesday Luncheon