THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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NOW WHAT ?
Cancer Crusade
Goes Over The Top
JUNEAU — Mrs. William A.
Egan, State Chairman for the 1960
Cancer Crusade, reported that the
Fund Raising and Cancer Edu
cation Crusade which concludes
at midnight tonight, is expected
to be the most successful ever
conducted in the State of Alaska.
Many communities raised more
money than ever before for this
great purpose, and more import
antly reached more people with
the life saving facts about cancer.
Mrs. Egan went on to say that
while all communities of Alaska
have done a remarkable job this
year, special mention should be
made of the two communities
which conducted a cancer cru
sade for the first time and had
outstanding results — they are
Skagway with Mrs. Hans Soldin
as chairman who turned in over
$400, and Kotzebue with Mrs.
David Johnson as chairman who
turned in over $800 to the Alaska
Division in Juneau.
The State Crusade has already
counted over $53,000 and is ex
pected to exceed $57,000 when the
final report is made.
Two Airmen Simulating
Flight To The Moon
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., tfl-Two
Air Force pilots, in the midst of
a simulated trip to the moon,
broke the record for time spent
in a make-believe space ship.
Capt. William Habluetzel, 36,
and Lt. John Hargreaves eclipsed
the old record of 13 days, 20 hours
and 40 minutes set last February
by Sgt. Hobard Craft and Wm.
Henderson.
There was little fanfare with
the record breaking and observ
ers at the School of Aviation
Medicine said the pair took no
notice of their achievement.
The men were sealed in the
tank Aug. 15. They plan to stay
inside their “space-ship” at least
17 days, which is the length of
time believed necessary for a
flight to the moon and back using
equipment and fuel expected to
be available in the near future.
Barbara Powers
Not Satisfied With
Effort for Husband
WASHINGTON, UP — Barbara
Powers was back in Washington,
still saying she was not satisfied
with what the U. S. government
has done so far in behalf of her
U2 pilot husband, Francis Gary
Powers.
Mrs. Powers declined to an
swer newsmen’s questions on her
arrival Monday night.
She was sobbing Monday in
New York City when she started
down the ramp of the plane on
which she had flown from Paris.
Two guards gripped her arms
after he started to fall once but
caught herself. After she had
gone less than 100 feet she sud
denly put her hands to her fore
head and collapsed to the pave
ment before police could catch
her.
Policemen carried her inside the
airport building, where she quick
ly recovered. She walked to the
press room to talk with newsmen
15 minutes later.
“I’ve done all I can do. I think
our government should be able
to do something. I’m glad to be
home. I really don’t know what
j else to say,” she told newsmen.
Two Boys Drown In Storm Drain
I CAMDEN, Ark., UP—Two boys
splashing in a rain-flooded street
drowned when they were sucked
down a storm sewer.
The body of Jodie Kilgore, 14,
was found a quarter-mile away,
where the 36 - inch sewer pipe
drains into a ditch. The body of
Billy Alford, 15, was caught in
the pipe a few feet from the drain
where the Negro boys were drag
ged under by rushing water Mon
day.
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Letter
Fo i he Editor
Kwiguk, Alaska
August 25, 1960
First I would like to thank you
for that small piece you put in
the paper when I visited' Nome
the day before election. I did en
joy meeting many people at
Nome and I find it a very inter
esting place.
I have not heard the final of
ficial election results. The last
word I had was the unofficial
report published in the Nugget on
Aug. 15. It showed that I was
behind Mr. Bronson by 157 votes.
I presume that very few addi
tional votes will be added to those
totals. From all appearances it
would seem that the people have
made their choice for the Repub
lican and Democratic candidates
for the various offices. I take ex
ception to this when it comes to
the office of state senator.
More than 300 voters were de
nied the right to vote. That fig
ure may be higher, for I am only
speaking of the lower Yukon
River. Here we have a total of
nine villages that were unable
to cast a single vote. Included
in these nine villages are three
villages where I have spent the
better part of the last 10 years.
Now these villages are not just
small villages. Two of them are
over 400 in population. They rep
resent a native population of over
1,400 people.
In the past, ballots have been
sent out to the Postmasters in
these villages, and they have
passed them out to a.ualified vot
ers and then sent them in with
their postal stamp on the back.
They naturally expected the same
thing to happen again, since they
received no contrary instructions,
j On election day everyone was
calling for ballots and there were
I none.
More than 60 people begged
j and borrowed gasoline and made
i the six-mile trip from Kwiguk to
Alakanuk just to vote. Alakanuk
didn’t even have enough ballots
for their own village (a common
complaint' so they numbered and
used the sample ballots. Evident
ly these votes were thrown out,
for I see by the results, there is
a total of about 40 votes counted
at Alakanuk.
Is this a case of bureaucratic
bungling or were these people
purposely denied their privilege
of voting? To me it seems there
is a complete lack of concern for
the people out in these small vil
lages, and that was the whole rea
son I was running in the first
place. So—I am still running for
a write - in vote. I don’t know
whether I can muster the finan
cial means to make a trip all the
way north, but, one way or an
other, I am going to make mystelf
heard. I’ll let the people decide
if this was a valid election.
Unfortunately in the last elec
tion, I did not have the time nor
the means to campaign as I
wanted to. You may wonder just
j
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Flag-Raising Ceremony
Planned Friday For
Remodeled Capitol
WASHINGTON, tffi—There will
be a flag-raising ceremony over
the new white marble East Front
of the Capitol Friday.
At a cost of 10 million dollars,
32'/2 feet has been added to the
East Front The work is not yet
complete, but a permanent new
flag pole now is in place.
At Friday’s ceremony, House
Speaker Sam Rayburn will hand
a Marine color guard the first flag
to fly from it.
As this flag is raised, one which
has been flown from a temporary
pole used during the rebuilding
project will be lowered.
Gary Crosby Denies Engagement
To Las Vegas Showgirl
LAS VEGAS, Nev., UR—Shapely
Barbara Stuart, a Las Vegas
showgirl, said Tuesday she’s go
ing to marry Gary Crosby. Cros
by, 26, however, denied they are
engaged.
He is crooner Bing Crosby’s
oldest son and is doing a solo
night club act in Reno.
Miss Stuart, 27, a blonde from
New York City, said Crosby pro
posed to her when they were
working together.
exactly who I am and .what I am
doing out here on the coast. I
have been a school teacher since
195.3 and an officer in the 2nd
Eskimo Scout Battalion. Back in
1958 I gave some assistance to a
native company that was begin
ning competition against one of
the big monopolistic companies of
this area. This past spring I was
told by the BIA, to either stop
mixing in commercial ventures or
resign, so I resigned. I am build
ing a log house in the village of
Kwiguk and starting a local air
craft charter business in partner
ship with a full native partner.
With five children and no pre
sent income, it is obvious why I
wasn’t able to campaign and I
would have accepted the results
of the last election if so many
people hadn’t been able to vote.
I know my chances are slim,
but there is still a chance, and if
some people will wake up and
realize that these people are sin
cerely interested in their govern
ment and highly resent being sold
short on their votes, then a good
purpose will be served.
— Stanley L. Smith
Russians Dangle Kuriles
As Bait For Japan to
Break U.S. Security Pact
MOSCOW, (if)—Soviet Premier
Khrushchev has raised the pos
sibility that the Soviet Union
might return the southern Kurile
Islands to Japan if Japan breaks
its alliance with the United States
and becomes a “truly neutral na
tion.”
Khrushchev made the sugges
tion Monday to a visiting delega
tion from Japan’s Socialist party,
1 telling them the Soviet Union
; might “reconsider its position" on
the islands north of the Japanese
, island of Hokkaido.
NOTICE
The Nome Common Council has
extended the date of delinquency
for 1959 Real and Personal Pro
perty Taxes until Aug. 31. 1960.
All taxes not paid by this date
will be charged penalty and in
terest.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish Aug. 26, 29, 31, I960.
ORDINANCE NO. 404
An Ordinance of the City of
Nome, Alaska, defining hours in
which liquor business. under
Alaska stale license, may be car
ried on within the limits of the
City of Nome. Alaska.
Be it Ordained and Enacted by
the Common Council of the City
of Nome, Alaska, as follows:
No person may consume, sell,
offer for sale, give, furnish or de
liver from an authorized licensee
any intoxicating liquor on any
licensed premises within the City
of Nome between the hours of
3 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Monday
through Saturday and between
5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. cn Sunday.
Provided however, that the
closing hours on New Year's Day,
Thanksgiving, Christmas and the
Fourth of July shall be 5:00 a.m.
It is further provided that the
hours set forth above may be ex
tended during legal holidays and
special occasions with the approv
al of the Common Council.
This ordinance shall be become
effective the 1st day ot Septem
ber, 1960.
Passed by the Common Council
of the City of Nome, Alaska, at
special session assembled, this
29th day of August, I960.
Steffen Anderson,
Attest: Mayor
Robert F. Scott,
(Seal) City Clerk
Publish Aug. 31, Sept. 2, 7. 1960
DAILY FLIGHTS
TO FAIRBANKS
★—★—★—★—★—★
Fairbanks to Nome (direct)
— FLIGHT 311 —
Lv. Fairbanks 8:00 a.m.
Arr. Nome 9:10 a.m.
Nome to Fairbanks (via Kotzebue)
— FLIGHT 312 —
Lv. Nome 1:00 p.m.
Arr. Kotzebue 1:50 p.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 2:45 p.m.
Arr. Fairbanks5:40 p.m.
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