THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, IMS, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1379.
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tome, Sweet Home . . .
46\W/"HY DO YOU stay in that forsaken part of the
country?” Have you ever been asked that
question? Most of us have.
Beauty is for those with eyes to see it. The house
wife sees a rainbow in the soap bubbles of her dish
pan. Motorist pauses to watch the midnight sunset
over the northern foothills. A pilot admires the twink
ling ights of ithe community in mid-winter thousands
of feet under him and the nearness of the stars above
him.
We don’t have palm-lined beache^ or paved high
ways, but who can deny the beauty of the open sea
rippling in the sunlight, the circling of the birds in the
early morning or late evening, the beach bonfire
and the berry covered hills in late fall.
Beauty is where you find it says Roger Chance—^
“The beauty of people, neighbors pulling together for
a better school—or to aid a stricken family, or that
friendly slap on the back and a “Hi, Buddy” as you sit
drinking coffee. Laughter of children, wit and humor
and homey gossip among women who are working
together—can be summed up as “neighborliness.”
“How can you stand to live in Nome? Why friends,
its easy—it’s beautiful. Stand still and look. Isn’t it?”
First traveler: “It’s nice to visit Miami, but I
wouldn’t want to live there.”
Second traveler: “It’s always fun to go away, but
it’s nice to get home.”
Home, it would appear, is where the heart is.
Senator Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska advocates
placing unions under antitrust laws, in order to deal -
with their mnopoly power. If this is done, he believes,
many featherbedding practices will vanish and col
lusion in boycotts will be removed.
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Rockefeller
Divorce Plans
May Change J
Political Picture
NEW YORK J® The news
that Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and
his wife are contemplating a di
vorce can change the whole na
tional political picture.
Rockefeller has been a potent
ial candidate — and indeed a
front runner — for the Republi
can Presidential nomination in
1964.
The shock of his split with his
wife can only mean a reassess
ment of the GOP political situa
tion.
Rockefeller — in spite of a di
vorce? Former Vice President
Richard Nixon, if he wins elec
tion as Governor of California?
Sen. Barry Goldwater, the conser
vative?
Americans are accustomed to
a family in the White House. They
have one now in President John
Kennedy, his wife, and children.
They had one in Dwight and
Mamie Eisenhower and their son,
John, and the grandchildren.
They had one in Franklin D.
Roosevelt, his wife, Eleauqr, and
their children.
They had one in President Tru
man, his wife, Bess, and daughter
Margaret.
No divorced man ever has been
elected President of the United
States.
Adlai Stevenson, divorced, was
the last Presidential candidate to
buck the trend. He lost twice to
Eisenhower — in 1952 and 1956
Nobody claims the divorce was
the principal reason — in view
of Eisenhower’s w'ideapre.ad popu
larity — but it didn’t help. "The
idea of a sister rather than a wife
and mother as “the First Lady”
was not a vote-getting proposi
tion.
It all adds up to a minus for
Rockefeller’s chances of gaining j
his party’s Presidential nomina
tion.
Reds Claim Ability to
{Rocket Warhead Delivery
To Any Part of Globe
MOSCOW ;— Red Star claim
ed Saturday the Soviet Union has
rocket warheads equivalent to
100 millions tons of TNT, plus
rockets that can “lift and deliver
any warhead to any point on the
globe.”
The claims were made by the
official military newspaper in an
article that denounced Western
ers who belittle Soviet rocket ca
pabilities.
Premier Khrushchev announced
Oct. 17 in opening the 22nd So
viet Communist Party Congress
that the Soviet Union has a 100
megaton nuclear bomb — equi
valent to 100-million tons of TNT.
Khrushchev said it would not
be exploded in the Soviets latest
test series because, “if we hap
pen to explode it in the wrong
place, we might break our own
windows.”
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Three Alaskan Housewives Take
In the Highlights of New York City
NEW YORK UP) — It’s a long
way front Ketchikan to Broadway
—hut not when three Alaskan
housewives decide they want to
take in the shows.
Three such visitors are spending
a week here doing just that.
Doing a bit of shopping, too,
naturally.
They are Mrs. Robert Jernberg,
wife of an attorney; Mrs. Louis
Salazar, whose husband is a physi
cian; and Mrs. A. A. Lindstrom,
wife of a barber.
It is the first trip to New York
for Mrs. Salazar and Mrs. Lind
strom, and they’ve found the
sights range from depressing to
highly exciting.
A couple of months ago Mrs.
Jernberg got to thinkipg it would
be fun to fly to New York and
see as many Broadway produc
tions as possible. She figured it
would be even more fun if some
of here friends would go too. Mrs.
Salazar and Mrs. Lindstrom
weren’t hard to convince.
It’s costing them about $1,000
each. That included a three-day
sightseeing stopover in Washing
ton, D.C., before coming here Sun
day. They’ve had no reason to
kick about the cost so far.
“We have been on the go night
and day,” said Mrs. Jernberg, “but
it has really bden delightful.”
The shows they’re seeing are
“Camelot,” “Shot in the Dark,”
“The Unsinkable Molly Brown,”
“Carnival” and Mary, Mary.”
But the women also have tour
ed the night clubs, watched the
Rockettes perform at the Radio
City Music Hall and enjoyed the
greatest transportation nickel’s
worth on earth — the ferry ride
to Staten Island. They were es
pecially thrilled as they passed
the Statue of Liberty.
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WRONG CAR . . .
LONG BEACH, Calif. OP) —
George Evans doesn’t like it when
cars drive past his home in a
hurry. Friday morning he did
something about it.
Police say he tossed a wet sack
of coffee grounds at a car that
sped past him.
The coffee grounds splattered
all over the windshield. The
blinded driver stopped in a hur
ry and backed up fast.
The car’s driver — a policeman
— arrested Evans.
Mrs. Salazar said she knew
how things would look “because
you see New \ork in the movies
so often.” But neither she nor
Mrs. Lindstrom were prepared for
some things.
Among them were the crowds
on the streets and jams of auto
mobiles. “I’d sure hate to drive
here,” remarked Mrs. Salazar. “If
I had to live here,” she added
with a wry twist, “I think I’d
move out.”
Mrs. Jemberg said Mrs Sala
zar and Mrs. Lindstrom “can't
get over the fact that it’s crowd
ed all the time.” She said they
also were impressed by the sub
ways — finding them “terrible.”
The women got a surprise Wed
nesday night. Their husbands tele
phoned from Ketchikan and talk
ed about 30 minutes. “I thought
it was a little expensive, prob
ably costing $50 or $60. But it
was nice,” said Mrs. Jemberg.
And what did the ladies think
of the great city in general?
“I wouldn’t trade Ketchikan for
all of it,” said MrS. Salazar.
Possibility of State Going
Into the Liquor Business
To Be Studied by ABC
KETCHIKAN UR — Jack Davis
of the Alaska Alcoholic Control
Board said the decision to study
the possibility of the state going
into the liquor business is just
an opportunity to test the feel
ings of interested parties. The de
cision, he said, does not neces
sarily mean that board members
are for such a change.
Davis, director of the ABC
Board and signer of all licenses,
said he is definitely not for such
state action.
“Government is already in too
much business and we don’t need
any more,” he said in a telephone
interview here.
He was in the city to help Gwen
Sapp, a liquor store owner meet
requirements of a license exten
sion for her bar which was burn
ed out. She is being allowed to
open a bar on a temporary basis
in her liquor store until she finds
new headquarters in which to
operate normally.
The' dove is a symbol of peace
but actually it is far from being
a gentle bird. A dove in love will
peck a rival to death.
Winter Schedule ^ J
Effective November 16
Anchorage to Kotzebue-FIight 301
MONDAY — FRIDAY
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Lt. Nome 11:30 ajn. Ar. Kotiebue 12:35 IMP*
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Lt. Anchorage 8:00 aun. Ar. Nome 11:05 turn.
Kotzebue & Nome to Anchorage
Flight 300
MONDAY — FRIDAY Iv]
Lt. Kotiebue 1:15 p-m. Ar.
Lt. Nome 3:00 p.m. Ar.
TUESDAY