THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
A Chance to Get The Facts
THE MEETING of the League of Alaskan Cities in
Nome, starting tomorrow, gives Nomeites a tre
mendous advantage in acquiring a better understand
ing of the changing functions of the new State govern
ment. with the aid of professional guidance.
Mayor Andersen has emphasized that all sessions,
all luncheons and dinners are open to the public.
Every session is of much importance to civic-minded
individuals interested in the future of the State of
Alaska. v
Do you understand how the District Magistrate
Courts will replace the judicial functions of the U. S.
Commissioners and Municipal Magistrate Courts?
Do you know what drafting a municipal home
rule charter means?
What do you know about the Federal program of
Community Facilities Administration; Regional Ad
ministration of housing and home finance?
Does Nome need a city manager?
What is a borough?
These are some of the projects before the League,
during the three-day meeting. Members of the City
Council, School Board, Home Arts Club, P-TA, Cham
ber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and youth groups,
should be present and be able to report at their next
club meetings.
The local committee urges that persons not
having time to eat with the groups, come and “sit in”
during the talks if possible. Know what is happening
in this new State, and what will happen before the
government is complete !
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LEGAL NOTICE
' Public sale of government property located at the follow
ing White Alice stations:
ANIAK
BEAR CREEK (approx. 7 miles from Tanana)
BIG MOUNTAIN (approy. 25 miles from Iliamna)
BOSWELL BAY (approx. 14 miles from Cordova)
CAPE LISBURNE *
FORT YUKON
GRANITE MOUNTAIN (approx. 136 miles east of Nome)
KALAKAKET CREEK (approx. 25 miles from Galena)
MIDDLETON ISLAND
CAPE NEWENHAM
NOME (Staging Area, Nome Airport)
NORTH RIVER (approx. 6 miles from Unalakleet) #
ROMANZOF
SOLDOTNA
SPARREVOHN ,
TATALINA (approx. 6 miles from McGrath)
Materials to be sold consist of shelierwells, skid shacks,
electrical and plumbing supplies, camp and kitchen items, and
ipiscellaneous construction materials. Detailed lists may be
reviewed at Federal Electric Corporation, Anchorage, and at
the above listed locations.
Material will be available for inspection at all stations
from 20 November to 30 November, 1959.
Bids will be opened 10:00 A.M., 15 December, 1959, at
Federal Electric Corporation, Anchorage.
Conditions of Sale:
1. Prospective buyers are responsible for their own
expenses.
2. There will be no lodging or messing facilities available
at the stations.
3. There are security clearances to be obtained prior to
visiting each station.
4. Bids must be made on "Invitation to Bid" Form 114
which is available at Federal Electric Corporation Head
quarters Building, 205 East Fifth Avenue, Anchorage; While
j Alice stations. Anchorage Main Post Office, and post offices
near the stations.
5. Federal Electric Corp., and Northern Services, Inc.,
employes and their dependents are not eligible to submit bids.
Additional information may be obtained by writing to
Federal Electric Corporation, P. O. Box 7-153, Anchorage,
Alaska, or calling Broadway 6-2401, ext; 314 or ext. 311.
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Xavier Cugat Tells
He Was Helped
To Win $16,000
WASHINGTON, (tf>— Orchestra
leader Xavier Cugat told con
gressional probers Tuesday he re
ceived advance help as a con
testant on “The $64,000 Chal
lenge” TV quiz program.
Cugat was the leadoff witness
at Tuesday’s session of House sub
committee hearings which have
exposed rigging of once top-rated
quiz programs.
He said he appeared on the
program starting in June 1958
for publicity purposes, but “no
body told' me in advance that I
was going to win any particular
amount of money or that I was
going to win at all.”
He actually won $16,000, he
said, of which 10 per cent went
to his publicity man who ar
ranged the appearence, some
went to his brother, some to
Spanish and Italian orphanages,
and “most of the balance went
for taxes.”
“I know I broke no law,” he
said. “I know I intended no in
jury to any person. I know that
as an* entertainer I am called
upon all the time to make-be
lieve, to help make a good show.
“I suppose the producers of
‘The $64,000 Challenge’ also
wanted to make a better show,
and so they made-believe, too. If
there was too much make-beleive,
I wish you could do something
about it without giving entertain
ment too much of a black eye.”
Cugat, his attorney by his side,
read a prepared statement in the
accent familiar to radio and tele
vision fans.
At the time, he said, “I thought
the quiz shows were on the up
and up. I was interested in pub
licity but I did not want to make
a fool of myself.”
Cugat wanted questions on
Latin-American music or art, but
his category turned out to be
popular music. Cugat said he pro
tested to his publicity man, and
was told “not to worry about a
thing.”
A day or two before he went
on the show, Cugat recalled, a
member of the producer’s staff
came to his apartment and asked
a series of questions.
“I knew the answers to some,
but I didn’t know the answers to
others,” Cugat said, and “when I
didn’t know the answers, he gave
them to me.”
“When the questions were
asked on the show they were the
very same questions I had been
asked in my apartment,” he testi
fied.
Nixon Says Politics
Is Hard on Hair
LOS ANGELES, OP) — “I don’t
have much more money now than
I had then. And I have consider
ably less hair.”
That, says Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon, is the difference
between his life today and 14
years ago when he was launched
on a political career by friends
in Southern California.
Nixon came home Monday night
with his wife, Pat, to speak at a
banquet reunion of the Commit
tee of 100 that selected him to
run for Congress in 1946.
WATER
DELIVERY
PIONEER
MAIN 14
Pure, Natural Water
Juneau Retains Two Law
Firms For Possible Bout
To Retain State Capitol
JUNEAU — The Juneau Cham
ber of Commerce has retained two
local law firms to investigate and
prepare for legal action if
necessary—on a proposed initia
tive petition to move the capital
from Juneau.
Anchorage Rep. Earl Hillstrand
recently announced plans for an
initiative vote on a proposal to
move the capital to the Copk
Inlet-rail belt area.
Juneau attorney Robert Booch
ever and state Sen. Howard Brad
shaw of Sitka called the initiative
move an effort to circumvent the
state constitution, which estab
lishes the capital at Juneau. The
constitution cannot be amended
by an initiative petition, they
said.
The Chamber authorized its
board to retain the firms of
Faulkner, Banfield and Booch
ever, and Robertson, Monagle
and Eastaugh, to prepare for
legal action which may become
necessary if the move for an in
itiative vote proceeds.
Sen. Fong Greeted By
Father's 'Townies'
SAIGON, South Viet Nam, _
Sen. Hiram L. Fong (R-Hawaii)
arrived here from Singapore.
Vietnamese representatives, U.S.
Ambassador and Mrs. Elbridge
Dubrow, and six Chinese from
Chungsan Canton, home village
of Fong’s father, greeted him.
Fong said his country desires
an elevated living standard for
all Asian nations.
New Australia-Japan
Nonstop Jet Record Set
TOKYO, (#1 — Two U. S. Air
Force supersonic jets set a new
nonstop record between Austra
lia and Japan today.
The F-100 fighters flew from
Darwin, Australia, to Itazuke,
Japan, 430 miles southeast of
Tokyo, in 6 hours 35 minutes. The
distance is about 3,700 miles. The
two planes were refueled over
Indonesia and the Philippines.
The old record was set in 1955
by four Air Force F-84s which
flew from Tokyo to Williamtown,
Australia, in 12 hours.
Deaths Create Two Empty
Democratic House Seats
WASHINGTON, UP) — Repre
sentative Steven V. Carter (D
Iowa) died early today. First
stricken by cancer in 1957, he
had been gradually losing ground
in his battle with the disease and
was under treatment in the Navy
Medical Center at Bethesda, Md.
Another Democratic congress
man, Rep. Charles Bovl, 52, of -
Chicago, was killed today when
his car rammed an elevated train
pillar ther&. The two deaths left
the Demdcrats with 281 House
seats to the Republicans’ 153.
Carter drew nationwide atten
tion soon after coming to Wash
ington when he became involved
in a controversy surrounding nep
otism — employment of relatives
by persons on government pay
rolls. There is nothing illegal
about the practice.
Carter hired his son, Steven
Anthony, 19, to work in his of
fice at an annual salary of $11,
873. He said the youth carried the
brunt of his work load while he
was hospitalized with cancer.
Young Carter also attended
George Washington University as
a freshman pre-law student while
working in his dad’s office.
Carter, after his release from
the hospital, took the House floor
to announce that he was cutting
his son’s salary back to $6,402
a year.
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