THE NOME NUGGET
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THEIR STAR RECRUIT
Modern Piping Now Possible Here
Are we ready to set aside some of the last remain
ing obstacles of pioneer days and adopt a modern water
supply and sewerage system? This is the challenge
before the people of Nome today.
Heretofore, when the problem has been approached
from both health and convenience standpoints, the civic
groups and individuals have been stopped by perma
frost conditions which could not be overcome without
costs far beyond the income of the city. *
A proposed plan prepared by the Alaska Public
Works makes it now possible for Nome to be a clean,
mcxlei?i community and at the same time at a cost to
the business houses and home owners which will be a
saving to them over present antiquated systems.
The preliminary layout as prepared by the APW is
like a dream come true to residents who have thought
that modern plumbing was not possible here. For the
newer residents who plan to make Nome their home,
it means they can hope to raise their families in homes
like they left behind in the States.
Mayor Andersen and the Nome City Council, whose
interest has made the project come to the attention of
the APW, should be encouraged to go ahead and take
the necessary steps to make the necessary application
for federal assistance. This is not a gift but a loan, to be
paid back over a period of 20 years from the income
derived from these utilities. We should urge them to
continue to explore the proposed plan and get the neces
sary assistance to prepare an estimate to make the ap
plication.
STYLE NOTE FOR 1957-58
The U.S., we are told, will shoot at least ten instru
ment-laden moonlets hundreds of miles into outer space
during the International Geophysical Year. We have
yet to hear how many of these satellites the other 40
participating nations intend to launch. Bui, with just
our own and their loads of 25 to 50 pounds of innards,
circling the earth until they get tired and start dowrn,
we predict that iron hats will again be popular.
It costs twice as much to live beyond one’s means
as it did a few years ago.
Alaska’s Mineral
Production In ’54
Valued $26 Million
JUNEAU—The total value of
the mineral production in Alaska
rose to $26 million in 1954, to ex
ceed the 1953 value by more than
$2 million and to reach the highest
level since 1941.
More than half the rise was due
to the increased value of sand and
gravel production. An increased
production of mercury and tin and
first production of chromite since
1944 accounted for the remaining
half of the rise. The combined val
ues of gold, coal, and platinum
group metals practically equalled
the 1953 value for the same group
of commodities.
In 1954, gold was again in'first
place among the territory’s miner
al commodities in terms of value
of output. Coal ranked a close sec
ond to gold; sand and gravel was
in third place. Output of the three
commodities, gold, coal, and sand
and gravel accounted for 89 per
cent of the total value of the min
eral production in Alaska.
The government, through the
Defense Minerals Exploration Ad
ministration, continued to aid in
financing the exploration and
search for strategic and critical
minerals in 1954. From the begin
ning of the program in 1951 thru
1952, contracts to the amount of
$929,091 had been authorized for
exploration work for antimony,
cobalt, mercury, nickel, tin, and
tungsten at 10 localities in Alaska.
During 1953, an additional $238,
649 was authorized for DMEA
contracts for the exploration of tin
at two locations, mercury at two
locations, and platinum at one lo
cation in Alaska. During 1954,
three additional DMEA contracts
totaling $143,850 were signed for
exploration at two tungsten mines
and one copper mine From its be
ginning in 1951 to the end of 1954,
DMEA contracts in the amount of
$1,311,590 had been authorized;
government participation to $1,
015,441.50 had been approved.
Twenty Below Zero
In Fraser, Colorado
(By the Associated Press)
Freezing cold slammed into the
northern border region today to
replace the weekend blizzard that
played havoc with the central and
northern plains area.
The storm, which dumped as
much as 16 inches of snow over
the prairie area, wheeled and
turned toward Canada.
The resulting cold wave plung
ed temperatures well below zero
across the northern border section
with Fraser, Colo., President Ei
senhower’s favorite fishing spot,
reporting the lowest reading at
a minus 20 degrees.
Snow fell in Seattle early in
the day, but later turned to rain.
14 USO ENTERTAINERS
WILL VISIT ALASKA BASES
THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON
HOLLYWOOD, tP)—A USO
troupe of 14 entertainers and 3
musicians will perform for U.S.
military personnel in Alaska and
the Aleutian Islands this Christ
mas season.
A movie industry spokesman
said Friday the performers will
leave here by plane Dec. 16. The
Appearances will be scheduled
by military officials in the areas
involved.
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Students Hang Governor in Effigy
For Raising Racial Issue in Sports
ATLANTA, WV-Angry Georgia*
Tech students in an all-night pro
test against a move to take Tech
out of the Sugar Bowl, hanged
Gov. Marvin Griffin in effigy all
over town, broke into the state
capitol and staged a 2 a.m. demon
stration at the governor’s mansion.
Meanwhile, a source close to the
governor said Tech would be al
lowed to play in the Sugar Bowl
against Pittsburgh. The source de
clined to be quoted by name.
Griffin had raised the racial is
sue, calling for a ban on Georgia
college teams playing others that
have Negro members. Pittsburgh
has Bobby Girer, a Negro, on its
team.
At the same time, Chairman
Robert O. Arnold of Covington
New Alaska Church Job
Given to Alice Green
NEW YORK, UR—Miss Alice
Green, of Denver, Saturday was
named to a pioneering church job
in Alaska.
The National Council of Church
es named her to .the newly-created
position of coordinator-director of
hospital ministries in that north
ern land.
An experienced hand in Alaska,
she will work as religious educa
tional director and chaplain for
Eskimos and Indians in a 400-bed
hospital maintained by the U.S.
Public Health Service at Anchor
age.
Miss Green spent the last eight
years in the Eskimo village of Sa
voonga on St. Lawrence Island in
the Bering Strait—a community
of 243 persons and 1,000 sled dogs
—as a Presbyterian missionary.
There, she preached, counseled
and directed Sunday school work,
including lessons for the menfolk
to take with them on annual wal
rus hunts and trapping expedi
tions.
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SERVICE
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called a meeting of the university
system Board of Regents for today
to consider the issue. Since he and
Tech Coach Bobby Dodd are to
appear a: the regents meeting,
Tech President Blake Van Leer
•postponed a promised statement
on the dispute.
Griffin said the demonstration
at the mansion came in two waves,
the last in the pre-dawn hours.
“It was an orderly demonstra
tion,” Griffin said just before he
and his son, Sam, a Tech stdent,
left on a south Georgia quail hunt.
“They hooted and sang and
hanged me to a sour apple tree,
but it was-just a bunch of college
boys having a good time and I
never get excited about that.”
Griffin said the state patrol sent
over a few men “to keep them
from knocking down the shrub
bery or damaging property but
that was all.”
A short time earlier, the dem
onstrators marched from Atlanta’s
famed Five Points to the state
capital a few blocks away and
broke in They smashed two of the
ground floor doors to gain en
trance and did some damage to
the interior. A lone guard, who was
armed, attempted to stop them by
“wrestling with a few of them,”
but did not try to use his gun.
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