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Nome Gospel Home Plans
Two Weeks Bible School
Starting Monday, a “Sailing
With Christ” Bible School is
planned for the Nome Gospel
Home. Exciting voyages to Bible
lands via the scriptures and other
interesting adventures have been
planned. One of the themes will
be “With Jesus by the Sea.” An
i other is “Bible Ship Adventures.”
A come-alive map and other
features will be used along with a
rhythm band to help make a live
program.
This special series of meetings
will last two weeks, five days a
week, Monday to Friday. The
hours are one to three in the af
ternoon.
Atlin Says Yes
To Hydro Project
ATLIN, B.C., (£>—A five-stage
industrial power project, largest
ever attempted by a private com
pany anywhere in the world, has
been approved by the 200 resi
dents of this gold-mining town in
the northwest corner of Canada.
They gave their approval Tues
day, but the news was delayed as
storms chopped at the communi
cation systems along the Yukon
and Alaska borders.
The $750,000,000 project, pro
posed by Northwest Power Indus
tries Ltd.—a subsidiary of Fro
bisher—will harness the huge
watershed of the Yukon and raise
the level of Atlin Lake 20 feet.
The decision to accept the multi
million-dollar hydroelectric and
industrial empire on their door
step came on the eve of Discovery
Day—the 58th anniversary of the
finding of the glittering gold nug
get which drew thousands to the
Klondike.
No opposition to the plan was
offered at the open hearing here.
Northwest Power’s application
calls for a water license covering
the 60,000-square-mile drainage
system, second in North America
only to the Great Lakes system.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy tonight with in
termittent rain or drizzle Satur
day. Little change in temperature.
Winds NW 5-15 mph becoming
SW Saturday. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight 45, highest
Saturday 55.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
56, low 45. Max. wind 22 mph.
from the west. Sunrise 4:06 a.m.,
sunset 8:06 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 54, low 43. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 70 in 1917,
low 28 in 1929.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 34 Rain
Kotzebue 48 Drizzle
Wales 47 Part cloudy
Nome 48 Cloudy
Unalakleet 50 Drizzle
Bethel 51 Cloudy
McGrath 48 Rain
Anchorage 59 Cloudy
Fairbanks 50 Cloudy
Whitehorse 51 Part cloudy
Edmonton 65 Part cloudy
Juneau 50 Cloudy
Ketchikan 57 Part cloudy
Seattle 60 Cloudy
San Francisco 66 Clear
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Top Test Pilot Assigned
To Jet Fighter Squadron
At Elmendorf Field
ANCHORAGE, UR—One of the
Air Force’s top test pilots has
been assigned a jet fighter squad
ron stationed at Alaska’s largest
air base.
Lt. Col. Richard L. Midkiff ar
rived here this week to assume
command of the 66th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron at Elmen
dorf Air Force Base.
Col. Midkiff, a B-29 pilot in
World War II, has been instru
mental in the development of
many of the Air Force’s newest
warplanes. He has flown 127 dif
ferent types of aircraft, including
the new supersonic F-100.
For the past two years, Col.
Midkiff has been project officer
for the F-100 Super Sabre jet
fighter of the Flight Test Division
at Wright Research and Develop
ment Command, Wright-Patter
son AFB, Ohio.
‘Quickie’ Firing Ruled
Okay for Inefficient
Government Workers
WASHINGTON, UR—The U. S.
Court of Appeals ruled Thursday
that government agencies may
use “quickie” procedures to fire
workers on inefficiency charges.
Under the procedure it is possi
ble to dismiss an employe almost
summarily.
The court held government
agencies, if they see fit, may fol
low procedures provided by the
Lloyd-LaFollette Act of 1912, the
basic civil service law, instead
of the Performance Rating Act of
1950.
Some dismissal proceedings un
der the latter law have dragged
on for well over a year. Under it,
the first step is to give an em
ploye a rating of unsatisfactory
and 90 days in which to improve
his work. Following that, an em
ploye is entitled to an involved
series of appeals.
Under the Lloyd-LaFollette Act
which the courts say may still be
used, charges are filed, a hearing
held and a ruling made. The en
tire procedure may be completed
within a week or so.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Dick Benson, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGS AM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3d Monday of each month.
□Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
G. f. O’DELL
— Notary Public —
Bookkeeping & Secretarial Service
Til FRONT STR.
P.O. BOX 201 MAIN 14
2 P.M. to 10 P.M.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis, WM.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each