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VOL. LXIII No. 5 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961_Per Copy 15<
Inaugural Ball
To be Held in
New ANG Armory
The Slate of Alaska’s first Pres
idential Inaugural Ball will be
the entire United State’s last In
augural Ball — as far as time
zones are concerned.
Bering Standard Time, which
includes Nome, is indeed six
hours behind Eastern Standard
Time in which Washington, D. C.
is located, as well as the last
U. S. time zone West before the
International Date Line turns to
day into tomorrow. This also
means that Nome’s Inaugural Ball
will be the closest one ever held
to the Soviet Union. It is only
some 140 air miles from Nome to
the first perimeter of Russian
territory.
Friday evening, Jan. 20 at 9
o’clock at the new National Guard
Armory wil be the time and place
for this unique first in Nome’s
history.
A 5-piece orchestra direct from
Fort Richardson will furnish
music for all ages, and refresh
ments will be available.
At 11 o’clock a short flag cere
mony, comducted by Civil Air
Patrol Cadets, and playing of the
National Anthem will intervene.
An invocation, along with brief
statements by Nome’s Mayor
Steffen Andersen and Lt. Col.
Richardson of the U. S. Army,
will be given in keeping with the
non-partisan spirit and tribute in
welcoming the new President of
the United States.
Our new National Guard Ar
mory is a fitting place to hold
this event inasmuch as our in
coming President will also be
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
The public is cordially invited
to attend, with admission price
$1.00 per person. Net proceeds
from the function will be donated
to the 1961 New March of Dimes.
Kotzebue “Huskies”
Invade Nanooks Maple
The Kotzebue High School
basketball team, the “Huskies,”
arrived today by Twin-Beech for
their “first” game with the Nome
High School Nanooks.
This is the first intra - school
basketball game to be played in
Northwestern Alaska.
Coach Don Moline accompan
ied the six players, who are:
Robert Lee, Dave Sherbahn,
Gene Sampson, Hale Hunnic,
Fletcher Gregg, and John Riley.
Game time is 7 o’clock at the
School Gym. An added attraction
will be the introduction of the
Alaska Junior Miss contestants.
PETE RADEMACHER TO
FIGHT IN ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE UP> — Pete Rade
macher has agreed to fight next
month in Anchorage, during that
city’s annual Fur Rendezvous. The
former Olympic heavyweight
champion reached Seattle Friday
to train for his Jan. 23 fight here
with Donnie Fleeman of Mid
lothian, Tex.
George Chambers, Rade'mach
er’s trainer, said an opponent had
not yet been named for the An
chorage scrap.
Rademacher, a Yakima Valley
man now living in Columbus, Ga.,
fought Floyd Patterson for the
world heavyweight title in his
first professional appearance,
losing by a knockout.
Kennedy’s Cabinet
Appointees Are
Being Accepted
WASHINGTON UP) — The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee today
approved without objection the
selection of Robert F. Kennedy
to be Attorney General in the
cabinet of his brother President
elect John F. Kennedy.
The committee acted immediate
ly after a two-hour hearing at
which some of the Republican
members made a point of the 35
year-old Kennedy’s lack of ex
perience in the private practice
of law.
The action was informal but
clears the way for quick formal
approval once Kennedy is inaug
urated and can send the Senate
his nominations for cabinet posi
tions.
The Attorney General-desig
nate came under some needling
from Republicans but there was
every prospect that the commit
tee would approve his nomination.
There was smooth sailing for
other cabinet appointees of the
new administration, several of
whom were before other Senate
committees simultaneously.
The Senate Labor Committee
informally approved the choice of
Arthur J. Goldberg to be Sec
retary of Labor. Formal action
can’t be taken until after Ken
nedy’s inauguration.
Gov. Abraham A. Ribicoff of
Connecticut, the Secretary of Wel
fare-designate, had a friendly
meeting with the Senate Finance
Comittee and heard a prediction
by Chairman Harry F. Byrd, D
Va., that he would be confirmed
unanimously by the Senate.
Byrd also told newsmen he be
lieved that Douglas Dillon would
have no trouble in winning con
firmation as Secretary of the
Treasury.
Former Gov. Orville L. Free
man of Minnesota, the Secretary
of Agriculture-designate, had a
two-hour meeting with the Senate
Agriculture Committee and was
told by Chairman Allen J. El
lender, D-Ala., that the commit
tee would approve his nomina
tion within minutes after it be
gins formal consideration.
GAMBELL NATIVES
RUN OUT OF
FUEL OIL
By Clarence Irrigoo
January 11 — Today Gambell
Native Store sold the last gallon
of stove oil! With 5 Vi months
more until the next re-fuel —
what we Gambell residents will
do is a ibig problem. Anyone with
workable ideas, contact the
writer of this news promptly.
PRINCESS SORAYA TRIES TO
HEAL HER BROKEN HEART
MILAN, Italy UP> — The Milan
magazine Gente said Princess
Soraya is trying to heal her heart
in Kitzbuhel, Austria, after a
broken American romance. The
magazine linked the name of the
former Queen of Iran with that
of American TV action star Hugh
O’Brian.
Gente said Soraya was forced
to return to Europe from Ameri
ca when her father phoned her
that Shah Reza Pahlevi disap
proved of the romance. The Shah
divorced Soraya in 1958 because
she had no children. He has since
remarried and has a son.
Gente said the Shah threatened
reduction, or suspension, of Sor
aya’s alimony.
The Show Goes On
Despite Protests by
Bureau of Prisons
NEW YORK UP) — Ten stations
of the American Broadcasting Co.
presented the taped TV show
“The Untouchables” last night
despite a warning from the
Director of the U. S. Bureau of
Prisons.
At the end of the one-hour pro
gram came a network anounce
ment that nothing in the show
was intended to reflect on the in
tegrity of the Bureau.
In a telegram last Monday the
Bureau’s director, James V. Ben
nett, told the 10 TV stations that
his organization would oppose re
newal of their broadcasting li
censes if they showed the second
installment of the two-part pro
gram called “The Big Train.”
ABC said about 100 stations
presented the show. Most of them
do not have licenses coming up
for renewal as do the 10 singled
out by Bennett.
The theme — admittedly fiction
—involved an abortive attempt
by mobsters to free A1 Capone
from a transcontinental train
transferring him and other prison
ers from Atlanta to Alcatraz Pri
son in San Francisco Bay. The
show depicted a prison guard as
being in cahoots with Capone.
Bennett, after the first install
ment, asked ABC to withhold the
second until he had consulted
with Federal Communications
Commission and the U. S. At
torney General.
“To picture honorable and
courageous officers as venal, and
a public institution like the At
lanta Penitentiary as toadying to a
character like Capone,” said Ben
nett, “is an unforgiveable public
disservice.”
Omar F. Elder Jr., vice presi
dent and general counsel of ABC,
had wired a reply to Bennett in
which he said he doubted anyone
would interpret the unfavorable
portrayal of one or two guards
as “representative of, or cast any
general reflection upon, the in
tegrity of other members of that
group.”
In Santa Fe, N. M., Harold A.
Cox, who was an official at At
lanta Prison when Capone was
moved from there, said he was
“highly incensed” by the pro
gram.
Cox, now warden of New Mex
ico Penitentiary, said the program
should be labeled as fiction if it
was intended as such.
NBC Cancels Comedy
Skit Based on President
Elect and Spouse
NEW YORK — A scheduled
comedy skit on President-elect
John F. Kennedy and his wife,
Jacqueline, has been scrapped by
the National Broadcasting Co.
An eight-minute sketch had been
written for comedian Art Car
ney’s NBC-TV show next Tues
day, three days before Kennedy’s
Inauguration as the nation’s 35th
President.
Carney was to have played the
role of Kennedy and actress Lee
Remick the part of Mrs. Ken
nedy. The setting was to have
been the White House after Ken
nedy’s Inauguration.
An NBC spokesman said yes
terday “we thought it would have
been improper to have performers
actually portraying the President
and his wife. Our decision was
based on a matter of good taste.”
Kennedy’s Assets
Valued Up to
$10 Million
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
PALM BEACH, Fla. UP) — Pres
ident-elect John F. Kennedy ap
pears to have investment assets
valued at perhaps up to $10 mil
lion.
This was indicated last night
when it was disclosed that Ken
nedy has converted all of his in
vestments over which he had con
trol into government bonds —
federal, state and municipal.
Pierre Salinger, his press sec
retary, told newsmen in response
to questions that the President
elect’s total holdings now consist
of such bonds, plus the houses
he owns in Washington and at
Hyannis Port, Mass., and three
trust funds set up for him and his
brothers and sisters by their fa
ther, Joseph P. Kennedy.
Salinger said the President
elect’s income from those trusts
—set up in 1926, 1936 and 1949—
amounts to about $100,000 annual
ly, after taxes. The income be
fore taxes reportedly is about
$500,000 a year.
Assuming interest at the rate
of about 4 to 5 per cent, the
funds could have a principal
value of close to $10 million. Ken
nedy has other holdings, includ
ing the undisclosed value of in
vestments he has converted into
government bonds.
His home in Washington’s fash
ionable Georgtown area reported
ly is valued at about $100,000.
The Hyannis Port place is an ad
ditional asset.
Salinger refused to give fig
ures on Kennedy’s holdings be
yond the income realized from
the trust funds.
The three trusts are irrevocable,
which means the President-elect
has no control over investment of
the principal. His mother report
edly is one of the trustees.
Pioneers to Hold Annual
Card Party Tournament
The annual Pioneer Card Party
Tournament will commence on
Saturday, Jan. 29.
This traditional winter activity,
open to the public and conducted
by the Pioneers of Alaska since
the early days of Nome, will con
sist of a series of six evenings
of Whist with prizes awarded
each evening.
Also, there will be grand prizes
for the winners of the tourna
ment. Tentative dates selected for
the series games are Jan. 28, Feb.
11 and 25, March 11 and 25 and
April 8.
EISENHOWER PRESIDES OVER
FINAL CABINET MEETING
WASHINGTON UP — President
Eisenhower presided over his fi
nal cabinet meeting today.
Before the cabinet meeting got
under way, newsmen were ad
mitted for a picture taking ses
sion. In addition to cabinet mem
bers, high-ranking White House
staff members who normally at
tend cabinet meetings were
present.
No-Host Banquet Scheduled
For Junior Miss Contestants
A no-host banquet at the Sea
view Room, honoring Alaska’s
Junior Miss and contestants, is
planned for Sunday evening at
7:30. Reservations may be made
with the North Star and the
price will be $4.00 a plate.
Junior Miss
Contestants Arrive
Set for Pageant
Alaska’s Junior Miss Pageant
began with the arrival of three
contestants by plane this morn
ing. TeresS Hanson of Anchorage,
Martina Oyoumick of Unalakleet
and Mary Black of Fairbanks
were met at the airport by a wel
coming committee and the Nome
contestant, Clarice Hardy.
The four girls were the guests
of the Nome Jaycees at a luncheon
at the North Star. They will have
dinner this evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Barrow Morgan.
Then, at the Kotzebue-Nome
basketball game tonight, the four
Junior Misses will be introduced
to the general public for the first
time. After the basketball game
they will be guests of honor at an
informal dance in the Multi-Pur
pose Room of the school from 9
to 12. Music will be provided by
Louie Green and his band.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the girls
will start out with a tour of the
town and vicinity. At noon they
will lunch with the Contest
Judges and the Jaycee commit
tee.
At 8 o’clock Saturday evening,
at the School Auditorium, Alas
ka’s Junior Miss will be selected.
The judges will be Rev. Deal,
Methodist minister from Anchor
age; Jeff Bayer, chief stewardess
for Alaska Airlines, and Maj.
Lillie of the Army Advisor De
tachment in Juneau.
On Sunday morning the girls
will attend the church of their
choice. Lunch will be with the
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority at the
Seaview Room, at noon.
In the afternoon the girls will
be taken for dog team rides and
an outing with Nome High School
students with Clarice Hardy and
Edna Johnsen as hostesses.
The evening will end with a no
host banquet for the contestants
at the Seaview Room.
On Monday morning, before
their departure for home, the girls
will breakfast with their hosts,
the Jaycee Committee at the
North Star.
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Public Service Commission
Holds Hearings on
Proposed Regulations
The State Public Service Com
mission held a hearing yesterday
in the Grand Jury Room of the
Federal Building on proposed
commerce regulations to be recom
mended to the state legislature.
The hearing dealt with mat
ters of air commerce, motor
freight carriers, and public util
ities.
Members of the Commission are
Chuck Herbert, chairman of An
chorage; Clyde Courtnage, of
Ketchikan, and Karl Walter Jr.,
of Fairbanks. Also present was
Jim Lowell, counsel for the Wash
ington State Public Service Com
mission; Neal W. Foster, Direc
tor of Air Commerce and Wil
liam Meehan Jr., Director of
Motor Freight Traffic.
Presenting testimony before the
Commission on the matter of air
commerce were: Martin Olson of
Golovin, Rep. Art Johnson of
Nome and Rep. Bob Blodgett of
Teller.
Howard Crinklaw of the Nome
Power and Light Utilities and
Mrs. Pete Reader testified
public utilities .
Recorder for the Commit
, Mrs. Pat Wood of An$