First Semester Ends
Today ended a very active
school week for students and
teachers, who have been engaged
with end-of-term final examina
tions. The first half of the 1959
60 school year ended officially
this afternoon, and report ca'rds
will be issued next Wednesday at
lunchtime.
Art Workshop
The recent Art Workshop, con
ducted by Mrs. Kay Mizar of the
Anchorage Schools, proved a great
success, and has contributed im
measurably to our local school
program. A display of the ma
terials created by students and
adults during the activity can be
viewed in the window of Polet’s
Store. We would like to express
our appreciation to all of the
mothers and patrons who contrib
uted their time and efforts to
the program.
High School Accredited Again
We have received our Certifi
cate of Accreditation for the
1950-1960 school year from the ac
crediting committee of the North
west Association of Secondary
and Higher Schols. We have naet
the ten standards set forth by the
Association, and we are fully ac
credited. The Certificate has been
framed, and will be displayed per
manently in the High School
trophy case.
An Invitation
The Nome High School Band
will present its first band con
cert next Tuesday evening at 7:30
p.m., in thp Gym. The admission
price for adults is 50 cents, and
will toe 25 cents for children. In
addition to this concert, the Band
will share in three public pro
grams during the months of Feb
ruary, March and April, which
will include special readings toy
High School students and three
one-act plays. Everyone is cor
dially invited to attend the Con
cert on Tuesday evening.
Hoi Lunch Program
The Hot Lunch Program is well
underway, with an average of 150
people participating each day. We
are anticipating an increase to at
least 175 participants by the end
of the month. The ten basic menus
are proving to be tasty, nourishing
and substantial. We plan to adjust
them from time to time, to make
them even better. We would like
to remind all of you who have
children participating that we
make our collections each week
on the Friday prior to the ser
vice week. We are sending out
a brief note to this effect at the
close of school each Thursday.
We have one problem, some of
you mothers might Uke to help
us with — we seem to run shdrt
of dish towels before the end of
each week, and would appreciate
any donations you might want to
send along to us.
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At The Nugget .
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★ SEAL BLUBBER IN CANS
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Two Escape From
Crash of B47 Jet
Near Eielson AFB
FAIRBANKS; (tft — A six-en
gine B-47 jet bomber crashed
after takeoff yesterday and burst
into flames, showering a wooded
area with exploding 20-millimeter
cannon shells.
One man leaped out, then
braved the flames to rescue the
pilot. Two other men were be
lieved trapped in the wreckage
and killed. The plane crashed just
off a rurrway at Eielson AFB.
The Air Force said the plane
had trouble retracting its landing
gear and started circling the field.
Then more mechanical trouble
developed.
Under radar and radio control,
the plane was guide away from
the base housing area and brought
down in a level, wooded patch.
“I jumped out and started to
run,” said Capt. Alfred S. Despres,
the copilot. “Then I realized there
was nobody with me. I ran back
to the plane and saw that Capt.
(Daniel J.) Hahn was trapped in
the cockpit. His parachute har
ness was tangled around some
wreckage and his clothes were
burning. I got him out of there
and beat out the flames on his
clothes. Then I ran back to the
plane to see if the other two men
were there, but the flames drove
me back.”
Despres and Hahn were hos
pitalized with minor injuries.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyd, who
have been here during the con
struction of the FAA houses at
Nome Field, are scheduled to
leave today for Anchorage, and
then plan a trip to the States.
Mi;. Boyd has been the govern
ment inspector on the job, and
both Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have
been active in civic affairs during
their stay here.
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with light snow
and light variable winds. Much
colder tonight and tomorrow with
a low expected tonight of -35 and
a high tomorrow of -25.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temperature -10, lowest -26. Sun
rise at 9:33 a.m., sunset 2:50 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 4, lowest -17. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest
33 in 1926, lowest -37 in 1934.
BLANKS WILL BE FIRED
IN 1ST SCOUTS EXERCISES
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY
It is announced from head
quarters of Co. A, 1st Scout Bat
talion, that blank ammunition
will be fired in the Chicken Hill
area on Monday night, January
18, and Wednesday night, Jan
uary 20, beginning at 7:30 o’clock,
and continuing for one hour?
For Packing, Painting or Puppies
Old Newspapers—25c Bundle
For Sale at the Nugget
1960 Fishing, Hunting and
Trapping Licenses For Sale
at Nome Hardware Store
Is —
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
Federal Jury Fails
To Indict for
Negro Lynching
BILOXI, Miss., OP) — A fed
eral grand jury considering >he
Mack Charles Parker lynch case
told Federal Judge Sidney Mize
today it was unable to return any
indictments.'
The 21-man jury entered the
new court room at 10:39 a.m.
and jury foreman Charles Long
read the decision.
He told Judge Mize that “On
the basis of the evidence pre
sented, we were unable to arrive
at any true bills.’’
This was the ninth day of de
liberation into the lynching of
the 23-year-old Negro accused of
raping a pregnant white woman.
Parker was kidnaped from a jail
cell at Poplarville last April. His
body was found 10 days later, in
the Pearl River.
Mize congratulated the jury “on
the manner in which you have
conducted yourselves.”
Long, a Gulfport insurance
agency operator, told Mize the
jury had heard 32 witnesses.
A.J. STOCK ACTIVE ON
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, UPi — Stock of A.
J. Industries, once an Alaskan
gold producing firm, continued
very active in early trading on
the New York Stock Exchange
Thursday and gained another
fraction of a point.
In early dealing, the stock was
up V4 to 6% on 12,000 shares sold,
actively traded on the exchange
Wednesday with a turnover of
154,800 shares. It rose $1.12 tq
$6.37 in the heavy trading, fol
lowing a gain of 37 cents on the
previous day.
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