THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone 443 - 2381 $1.50 PER MONTH
P. O. Box 810 $18.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER ... Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
tonal « MccnA elm matter October 14. 1043, at the
po« ofHce at Nowe. Alaaka, under A ct of Marcb 3. 1479.
Lost and Found Department • . •
HAVE YOU misplaced your false teeth? Do you
know someone who has? Are you short of a pair
of spectacles? Do you need a key for your door or for
your neighbor's? Do you know of a one handed person
who needs a mitten or a glove?
Hava you a friend with one ear who needs an
earring? Or a one legged friend who could use a size
13 overshoe?
All these and other items not specifically men
tioned can be found at the Nugget office of Host and
found items. We would like to get rid of the collection
so we can make room for more.
X-15 Rocket
Plane Flashes to a
Record 4,070 mpli
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. — The X-15 rocket plane
flashed a record 4,070 miles an
hour Thursday in its long await
ed all-out speed dash — and
landed safely despite a shattered
windshield.
The famed edge of-space re
search craft, its mighty engine
for the first time wide open until
fuel exhaustion, topped its 4,000
mph designed maximum -speed by
7°o!5rti.S. and «j|ssian astro
nauts in missile-boosted capsules
have gone faster than Air Force
Maj. Bob White flew in the X-15
Thursday.
The 37-year-old test pilot set
his mark in a level run at 95,000
feet, pulled up to 100,000 feet
while maneuvering to test high
speed handling, then experienced
3, shattered windshield as he
glided to earth.
He radioed that the right hall
of the split windshield was “com
pletely shattered,” blocking hi®
'***«>«* to
a man that) good advice.”^
PHS^omtoT8H™,"fc
Daily Radioactivity
In Alaskan Areas
1
The Division of Civil Defense
has noted an increased general
concern over radioactive fallout
from recent Russian nuclear tests.
At the present time, the fallout
from these tests is not considered
as dangerous. The State Division
of Health monitors daily the radio
activity background in the sev
eral areas. These radiological
monitors have been set up in
cooperation with t h e Public
Health Service. If the fallout in
the state should rise to the po
tential danger levels, precaution
ary measures would then be im
mediately advised to the general
public. However, at the present
time, the radioactive levels are
far below the minimum accepted
standards.
There are over 200 trained
radiological instructors, with
teams of men trained in the use
of radiological instruments, sta
tioned throughout Alaska. They
are mainly FAA personnel. Should
fallout ever approach dangerous
levels, the Division of Civil De
fense would request these person
nel to take readings as necessary
on the background count. These
tests would then be sent to a cen
tral location so that precaution
ary measures could then be is
sued. The Department of Civil
Defense maintains over 200 radio
logical instruments capable of
monitoring everything from the
normal background count up to
and incKiaing lethal amounts of
radiation. These instruments, al
though distributed throughout
Alaska at the present time, are
in the process of being recali
brated to keep them accurte.
The FAA is currently
ing a radiological instructor
course, will be cftil^tied to teach
other personnel in tjie use of
radiological instruments that
measure radioactivity.
President Says:
UJS. Packs Military
Power Second to
None in the World
By Whitney Shoemaker
WASHINGTON UP! — President
Kennedy says the United States
packs military power second to
none in the world and won’t be
| fooled by the Soviets Into losing
! this strength.
To maintain the U.S. position,
he proposes:
To seek additional money for
defense next year.
To keep a steady eye on U.S.
strength, intelligence and com
mitments in relation to the capa
bilities of its adversaries. -
To get ready for nuclear tests
in the atmosphere and to Con
duct them if necessary.
It was in connection with nu
clear test readiness that Kennedy
declared Wednesday the United
States is determined not be
maneuvered out of a position of
power. He reminded his news
conference that the Soviet Union
prepared for its current series of
nuclear blasts while discussing a
test ban over the conference table.
“If they fooled us once, it is
their fault,” Kennedy said, “and
if they fool us twice, it is our
fault.”
Kennedy, who previously had
signaled a rise in military ex
penditures, did not say how much
he would ask Congress to appro
priate next year. The 1961-62 de
fense budget, increased $6 bil
lion since he took office in Janu
ary, is about $47 billion.
This was Kennedy’s 18th Presi
dential news conference — his
first in nearly a month. It ran for
about a half hour and was light
ened by flashes of humor. While
it produced nothing especially
new, it gave the President a
chance to express his views on
many things — from military
power to recent Democratic tri
umphs at the polls.
He is reluctant, Kennedy said, to
predict the future results on the
'basis of past elections. But had
Mayor Robert Wagner of New
York, Gov.-elect Richard Hughes
of New Jersey and Rep.-elect
Henry Gonzalez pf Texas lost, he
said, “it would have been inter
preted as a stunning setback for
his administration.” So he said he
would break his rule and say their
victories were a “source Of satis
faction to us.”
Kennedy replied with vigor
when a questioner said some
people rgard the views of Prime
Minister Nehru of India as tend
ing to be pro-Communist.
“I know of no rational man in
the United States Who holds that
view," Kennedy asserted; Nehru
is an Washington far talks with
the President.
Kennedy also announced for
mer President Dwight Eisenhower
had agreed to serve as board
Chairmafc of a new “People to
People” organization designed to
promote contacts with citizens of
other nations. The original pro
gram was established under Ei
senhower in IBM.
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS |i |* |+ |s $ KX&»®«7 l» I* l1* 1
I. Rested
7. Immense
11. Fruit
13. Cloak pjj | f
14. Shatter
M'«l H
II. Pea point
S&JCuiipil
note
34. Bare
■ 38. Farthest
39. Boy's
nickname
>0. Arabian
rulers '
31. Noted the
time
33. Thoron:
chem.
84. Drew off
36. Eras 42. Of a cereal 52. More bright 19. Brittle
36. Either 45. Feline 54. Torn 22. Happiness
39. Prefix: 47. Grassland 55. Milk food 24. Apportions
under 49. European 26. Prefix:
*41. Woman's nation vuiwuv three
title 51. Happening DOW* 27. Worship
_town t» n—«t_ 1. Covenant 28. Color
lUSTaTi'Itt I oBMfniTiirxl 2- Stage part 30. Incise
L |b tLlni>hf?K?fclSlvL I 3- Chemical 32. Teach
Il’EvET i ■ M nWrlV 1? r?T I element 33. Meddle
Itltti 1 ffTm7rrl 4Girl’s 35. inn
tMVppiNRmV|OMS|UlMl nickname 37. German
SBTnT$]|KIoH|Oia]¥|v1 5. Reverbera- city
SHBHia|N|ofM3nisWmlt ti°n 40. Bundles
8.Perform 42.Not in
UUtnH 7- ^uck 43. Argon:
1 i'PfiI 6. El shaped chem.
8. Piloted 44. Near
pLpliMfdfVIxRoarNro'ul 10 savored 46. Biblical
tsiafelNlv iloMMisivrabl 12. Indian citv
ted n1v1wWjli8I J i LLU ?Plrit 48. Explosive
Ir^l^TrTff^W^T 13- Insane 50. Article
16. Sun god 53. Suffix
Egan to Attend
Get Acquainted Meeting
JUNEAU m — Gov. Wm. Egan
said yesterday he will meet with
state employes of the Anchorage
area late this month in what the
Chief Executive described as a
get-acquainted session.
Egan said the meeting was re
quested by Paul Dixon, chairman
of the Anchorage Chapter of the
Alaska State Employes Assn. Dix
on is employed by the State Di
vision of Aviation.
While Egan said the meeting
would involve a general discus
sion of state affairs, Dixon said
in a news release received here
that the session would center
around state operations, “particu
larly in the field of personnel
management.”
Egan Said no definite time or
place hod been picked for the
Anchorage meeting as yet.
Two-Week Milk
Drought Ends in New York
NEW YORK — A two-week
milk drought in the city and Long
Island ended on this election day
with an agreement to submit to
arbitration the last remaining is
sue in a Teamsters Union strike.
The strike involves overtime pay.
An industry spokesman said
home deliveries, beginning in
some sections of the city at the
breakfast hour, would widen to
other sections later in the day.
Before the strike began Oct.
24, 6.5 million quarts were con
sumed each day in the city and
another 1.5 million in the Long
Island counties of Nassau and
Suffolk.
—
Lake Superior, the world’s
largest lake, contains enough
water to keep Niagara Falls flow
ing at its present rate for 100
-. : \ \ r' ir' 'H ' . *■} .1- p I • h M • 1-J5S5 ,
j j
Your favorite BRAND
... we stock ’em all in
our new cooler . . . tjie
beverage of moderation
at the ideal tempera*
Sis.,h* S* *
f
Bi^
11' tfTOMATIVI? I
^ H w Vi it- »«•« I
II. . ;• • bis- ' ;•* •'r'V- -' '*
jfciL H A . if- . V-Ci if n a I
‘ . v * * BAJBT A tbp^ .*>£ '»
i fa I ?B 9 tl BB : ~B.' a ''': ■'a B B .«*,% I
1 ar; I