ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Many of the Pioneers of Alaska
•witnessed the spectacular appear
ance of Halley’s Comet in 1910.
Those were childhood days for
many of the Pioneers, days when
Alaska, too, was young, and dog
teams were the chief means of
travel during the greater portion
of the year. It was a time when
roadhouses were havens of rest
for the weary travelers of the
northern trails. Interesting stories
were related by the evening fire
sides. Snowshoes, traps and furs
adorned the walls of the road
houses.
Forty-nine years have passed
since those early days, and only
twenty-seven remain before the
return of this interesting comet.
It will reappear in 1986, and many
of the Pioneers will see it again.
In 1948, the comet was at its
greatest distance away from the
earth. For eleven years it has been
on its return.
If that seems too far away,
many may look forward to a total
eclipse of the sun on July 20,
1963. It will be total at Bethel
and at Seward. Another total
eclipse will occur on July 10, 1972,
at Kotzebue.
Guest House Scene of
Kampmann Farewell Fete
A Civil Air Patrol Cadet sur
prise farewell party was given for
Commandant Del Kampmann at
the F.AA.. Guest House Lounge,
Wednesday, October 21.
The party was directed by Ca
det officers Grant Doyle and Mon
ica Boucher; assisted by Douglas
Lee, Thomas Boucher, Chuck
Burnett and Sig Savok.
The evening’s highlight was the
presentation of an etched ivory
letter-opener t o Commandant
Kampmann by Cadet Commander
Doyle on behalf of the squadron.
An enjoyable supper of wieners
and marshmallows roasted in the
open fireplace was supplemented
•by casseroles, chips, coffee and
punch.
Guests were Mrs. Del Kamp
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Galla
her, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Doyle,
Jack Cattron, Sr. CAP officers
Scottie and Dusty Rhode.
With the detachment of Com
mandant Kampmann from the
local squadron, the duties of re
sponsibilities are being assumed
by Roy Conklin.
PAA Will Install Jets On
Alaska Flights if Runways
Are Adequately Extended
SEATTLE, UP) — Pan American
World Airways definitely are
planning jet service between Se
attle and Alaska, Ed Swofford,
the airline’s director for the Pa
cific Northwest and Alaska, said
this week.
Swofford estimated the service
will not be launched before late
next year at the earliest.
Fairbanks probably will have
the first suitable runway, 10,500
feet long, in the fall of 1960,
Swofford said. It now is 7,500
feet long. ,
Annette Island, the Ketchikan
airport, now has a 7,500-foot run
way and needs 1,000 more as an
intermediate airport. This exten
sion has been proposed to the Fed
eral Aviation Agency, but noth
ing firm has been decided.
Juneau has a 6,400-foot run
way and needs a 2,000-foot ex
tension for jet service, Swofford
! said. A bond issue to finance this,
j with FA A help, is being proposed.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Castro Faces New
Threat In Army
Officers’ Defiance
HAVANA, — Fidel Castro
mobilized Cuba’s workers yester
day for another show of strength
to combat the gravest threat yet
to his 10-month regime, a threat
sparked by defiance of anti
communist revolutionary aimy
officers.
The Cuban Labor Federation
called for a one-hour nationwide
strike of its million and a half
members in a demonstration of
loyalty to the Cuban strongman.
Castro used the same strike
technique in whipping up popular
support for his ouster of Presi
dent Manuel Urrutia last July
after the president spoke out
against the Red menace.
The country rumbled with un
rest before the eyes of 2,000
American travel agents holding a
convention in Havana.
Two mysterious planes flew
over Havana Wednesday, shower
ing the capitol with anti-Castro
leaflets, and anti-government
gangs carried out hit-and-run
bombing raids.
Two persons were reported
killed and at least 42 injured in
the attacks from speeding cars
and the panic generated by the
aerial leaflet bombardment. All
the casualties were apparently
Cubans. Planes of the Cuban Air
Force took off in pursuit of the
aerial intruders, but there was no
word that they were caught. Nor
was there any announcement that
any of the ground attackers were
arrested.
Castro himself had rushed to
Camaguey, 300 miles southeast of
Havana and the capitol of a rich
farming province, where his pro
vincial commander, Maj. Hubert
Matos, and 30 of his officers re
signed in a challenge to the leftist
swing of the revolution.
The prime minister pinned the
traitor brand on the 40-year-old
Matos, an old friend and hero of
the fighting that overthrew Dic
tator Fulgencio Batista.
There was no indication of any
link between the officers’ action
and the raids on the capitol, which
were believed carried out in the
presence of the American travel
agents to embarrass the regime’s
efforts to revive Cuba’s slumping
tourist trade.
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
[Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
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Norvm V*. Lewis, Sec
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
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Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Secty.
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