THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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DESTROYING THE IRREPLACEABLE
Carelessness, ignorance, and exploitation are ene
mies we must fight. Fire, stream pollution, game hogs,
those who seine illegaly for fish—these menace the ex
istence of the irreplaceable. Don’t be one of them.
About 150 years ago, John James Audubon, the
painter of the monumental “Birds of America,” esti
mated -that he saw two billion passenger pigeons at one
time. They darkened the sky and whitened the earth
as they passed. The last passenger pigeon died in a
midwestern zoo early in this century, and the species
is now extinct.
Less than a century ago, buffalo roamed the west
ern plains in vast herds. Now only a comparative hand
ful are left.
Th e giant whooping crane was once known in great
numbers. New only'about 30 have been counted in the
Florida sanctuary to which they migrate, and there is
grave fear that this species may soon go the way of the
passenger pigeon.
The tragedy is that we can destroy wildlife re
sources—destroy them relatively quickly. But we can
bring them back from the brink of destruction only
with the greatest difficulty—and often we cannot bring
them back at all.
It is a rare American who has no stake and no
interest in the out-of-doors and its creatures. In a re
cent year something like 14 million fishing licenses
were sold. Many millions go hunting. Untold numbers
go to the streams, the mountains, the seashores for
recreation and restoration of the spirit. Is it not the
part of the most elementary wisdom—selfish wisdom—
for everyone to help conserve these resources to the
limit of his ability?
Navy’s Supply Fleet
Starts Ice-Clogged Trip
To Supply DEW Line
SEATTLE, (£)—The Navy’s 46
ship arctic supply expedition has
arrived off Point Barrow and has
started threading thru ice-strewn
waters to reach radar stations
along a 1,750-mile stretch of the
northern coast.
A message on progress of the
ships, which left Seattle July 13,
reached here Monday from the
flagship Eldorado, commanded by
Rear Adm. Frederick C. Stelter.
The supply ships, led by ice
breakers, will move eastward
thru the narrow gap of navigable
waters between the polar ice cap
and the northern coast of Alaska.
They are carrying 193,000 bar
rels of petroleum and 19.655 tons
of general cargo to supply the
DEW Line of radar stations.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Linda Grotha.
Discharged: Devon Alexander.
Alaska Airlines Will Buy
Two DC-7Cs to Join
States-Fairbanks Run
SEATTLE, UP)—Alaska Airlines
| Inc. announced Monday it will
j purchase two DC-7Cs to join the
I company’s airlines operating on
the Portland - Seattle - Fairbanks
run.
The planes have pressurized
cabins, which permit turbulent
free, high altitude flights. The
first plane will go into servie im
mediately and the second in 30
days when contract negotiations
are completed.
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Wise. Republicans
Nominate Friend
Of Eisenhower
MILWAUKEE, W**—Wisconsin
Republicans nominated a firm
friend of President Eisenhower’s
modern Republicanism yesterday
for the Senate seat previously
held by Ike-baiting Joseph R.
McCarthy, who died May 2.
Walter J. Kohler Jr., 53-year
old, three-time governor of the
state, edged out former Rep.
Glenn R. Davis in a finish decided
■by the last vote counting in met
ropolitan Milwaukee precincts.
Kohler was alone in the seven
man GOP field in his full support
of the President. Davis is a 41
year-old veteran of five terms in
the House, where he supported
some of Eisenhower’s domestic
program but—like most “regular”
Wisconsin Republicans — opposed
the administration on foreign aid
and foreign policy in general.
None of the fireworks atten
dant on the career of Sen. Mc
Carthy carried over into the cam
paign. Only State Sen. Gerald
Lorge, who ran a poor sixth,
called upon McCarthy’s old sup
porters for help.
Kohler will be opposed in the
general election Aug. 27 by Wil
liam Proxmire, whom he beat
twice previously in gubernatorial
elections.
The August election is for the
remainder of McCarthy’s term,
which expires in January 1959.
Rescuers Find
More Victims of
Mexican ’Quake
MEXICO CITY, (Jft—A crew of
500 men dug into the ruins of an
apartment building yesterday in
search of the last victims of Sun
day’s earthquake.
The five-story apartment house
which crumbled into a pile of
concrete and dust was the worst
death trap of the 90-odd buildings
that collapsed in the capital.
The number of known dead in
Mexico City was 52 and the total
for the country 66. All were Mex
icans.
There were unconfirmed re
ports a family on the lower floor
of the apartment house had been
having a large party at the time
of the quake.
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i Alaska Health Education
| And Welfare Council
(Plans for Convention
FAIRBANKS—Health legisla
tion adopted oy the 23rd Territor
ial legislature will be evaluated
when the third annual conference
of the Alaska Health Education
and Welfare Council convenes at
j the University of Alaska from
Aug. 12 to 15.'
The council will also adopt res
olutions preparatory to the devel
opment of future legislation in
behalf of health, education and
welfare ’projects in Alaska.
The AHEWC executive com
mittee, mindful of the fact that 89
delegates from Juneau to Arctic
Village attended the conference
last year, are planning for a pos
sible roster of 150, according to
Rt. Rev. William J.‘Gordon, pres
ident of the AHEWC.
Delegates are expected from
all divisions of the territory.
BOILING POINT
OKLAHOMA CITY, OP)—Harris
Kelley McCauley, 38, of Marietta,
Okla., was jailed for investigation
j here after a hotel porter filed
charges of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Porter Sam Barnes told police
that McCauley, apparently irate
because ice water was not deliv
ered to his room at an Oklahoma
City hotel, backed up his demand
for service by brandishing a .38
pistol. The temperature was 94
here at noon yesterday.
Poliee seized the weapon and
arrested McCauley.
8 Land Management
Fire Control Officials
Sent to Help Alaska
PORTLAND UD—Eight fire con
trol supervisors have been sent
from the Oregon district office of
the Bureau of Land Management
to help fight extensive grass and
timber fires in Alaska.
The went to Fairbanks to be as
signed firefighting duties.
The BLM said crews from the
United States are being rotated to
help fight the fires which have
been burning for two months.
A PEACEFUL MARRIAGE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., UP)—A
couple who took out a marriage
license yesterday ought to have a
head start on a peaceful life to
gether.
He is Billy Olive. She is Lorene
Branch.
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