THE NOME NllGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome Will Miss the Bayer Family
SOMETIMES A PERSON has to pack up and move
out of a community before it is realized how im
portant that person and his family are to a community.
Just such a person is George Bayer who has gone
quietly and efficiently about his business, serving the
community in many ways, for many years.
As he leaves tomorrow to become U. S. Marshal
for the State of Alaska, it necessitates the appointment
of a new Clerk of Superior Court, a new Deputy Magi- j
strate, a replacement for the mortician, as George has
been the only undertaker, an appointment of another '
member to the Nome School Board, an appointment
ito replace him as vice president of the Association of j
Alaskan School Boards. A replacement will be needed
for this district on the State Hospital Advisory Board
for his wife who has served so capably in that office.
The family will be missed, but the community is
proud of their achievement and success and congratu
lations and good will go with them to their new home
in Anchorage.
French Stage Fourth
Atomic Blast in Sahara
PARIS lfr — France staged her
fourth atomic test blast in the
Sahara yesterday, and a govern
ment announcement aroused
speculation that she had succeed
ed in constructing a portable A
bomb.
The French scientists have been
trying to achieve a bomb capable
of being transported by air, thus
giving France • military atomic
capability.
The announcement said the ex
plosion was the last of the above
ground atomic tests of the French
program in North Africa. This
was taken as an indication that
the miniaturization program had
been successful.
Government sources said the
explosion at Reggane, deep in the
Sahara, was another tower shot
of “weak” power. They added
that “all precautions have been
taken so that radio active fallout
poses no danger to populations.”
Announcement of the blast
startled Frenchmen absorbed in
the Algerian crisis.
$8,000 in Depressed Area
Funds Allotted to
Barrow and Ft. Yukon
JUNEAU (if) — The allocation
of $3,000 in state depressed area
funds to Barrow and a similar1
amount to Fort Yukon was an- !
nounced by Gov. Egan Tuesday.
The Barrow allocation will be
used to pay labor costs in con- i
structing a community building
for use as a jail, fire hall and city
council office and for other work
projects to improve sewage dis
posal and sanitation conditions.
The Fort Yukon allocation will
I be used to help pay labor costs
' involved in cutting and erecting
26 light poles and installation of
street lighting, drainage work,
clearance of proposed street sites
and rebuilding the old Hudson
Bay Fort.
Alaska has a population of
more than 200,000 people. That’s
a sales force of more than 200,
000 “salesmen” to convince this
year’s tourists we’re the friend
I liest, most helpful travel desti
| nation in America, say the Alaska
| Division of Tourism.
Cily (louncil Notes
j
The Sanitation Department pre
sented a report on health and sani
tation within the community and
the district sanitarian Harry Car
ter asked for cooperation of the
Council.
The report included the fol
lowing: Hypochloration equipment
for the Moonlight Water and
Bronson Wider Delivery, to con
firmance to state codes; dog im
munizations for distemper and
rabies; rat control program;
Nome public school sewage dis
posal alleviation as raw sewage
now goes on the city street; bet
ter maintenance at the city dump
as now scavengers sometimes have
to dump on the banks instead of
in the garbage pit making it ac
cessible to wind and those who
rummage through the garbage;
alleviation of garbage and body
wastes being dumped on the shore
at King Island.
Bids
Bids are to be called for the
following: oil, water and scaven
ger service. Call for applications
for: fire and police chief, utilities
man, superintendent of jails.
One bid was received for a new
patrol car from Larry Galvin for
a Dodge at $4,085.
Three bids were received for
houses offered by the city with
W. W. Laws getting the smaller
house for $325 and Bon Davis
the larger house for $1,105.
Lyman Madden also bid $275 on
the small house and $375 on the
larger house.
Appointments
Appointments included: Dr.
John Barrow, health officer; Vir
gil Vochoska, city attorney; City
Planning Commission, Ash Craft,
Howard Crinklaw, Donald Hoover,
Carl Glavinovich, William Gillis,
Ella Tanner, Emily Boucher, Boyd
Harwood and Jerome Trigg.
City Council Committees: Fire
and Water, Hedreen and Herman;
Finance and Building, Reader and
Frazier; Health and Relief, Mc
Lean and Reader; Laws, Ordi
nances and Printing, Frazier and
Perkins; Police and Jail, Herman
and McLean; Streets, Alleys and
Lights, Perkins and Hedreen.
The Council appointed Clinton
Gray for the vacancy on the
School Board created by the res
ignation of George Bayer. Ash
Craft, School Board member,
recommended the appointment of
Dorothy Grant
On Elections
A letter received from Secre
tary of State Hugh Wade instruct
ed the city to plan for two vot
ing precincts for the next elec
tions as there are over 500 votes
being cast here.
Leases and Rents
The end of D Street was rented
again to the MMM Hospital for
a garage. A lease was granted to 1
FAA for their installation on 5th
Avenue for a period from 1961
to 1964.
Howard Crinklaw requested
that members of the Council at
tend the meeting of the Utilities
Board to be held late this week
with Mr. Rankin, of the Ruther
ford Assn., who will review the
report on the preliminary study
of the power system. Councilman
Reader was appointed to repre
sent the Council.
Further work on the Water and
Sewage System was turned over
to the Planning Commission in
cluding a letter received from Paul
Emmert concerning the treatment
plant.
Mrs. Kennedy Brushes
Up on Her Tennis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mrs. Ken
nedy is brushing up on her tennis
so she can provide tougher op
position for the President next
time they play.
Mrs. Kennedy played tennis yes
terday afternoon with a Washing
i ton area professional on the White
House tennis court. Her press aide,
Miss Pamela Turnure, said Mrs.
Kennedy was “picking up a few
pointers.”
Pc-serk Elephant
Tramples Man to Death
SAN ANGELO, Tex. An ele
: phant suddenly went berserk
Monday, and trampled to death an
elderly man and injured its train
er as hundreds of bystanders
i stood by in helpless horror.
The 40-year-old elephant,
i named Henrietta, had spent the
morning pulling children in a
wagon around a shopping center
parking lot. At the time of the
accident she was tethered near a
truck.
“I don’t know what hapnened,
she must have gotten scared.” said
Earl Tillman, the trainer.
Tillman said he saw James
John Orr, 67, walking around the
elephant and the animal sudden
ly swung at Orr.
Orr started to run. Before he
got five feet the elephant knock
ed him down.
Orr died a few minutes after
being trampled.
The elephant then grabbed the
trainer by the arm and tossed
him over her back. Tillman suf
fered a broken arm and brusies.
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112 New Airports
Reeommended for
Alaska by F A A
WASHINGTON W — Thirty
; two new Alaska airports, most
! of them at remote locations, and
improvements at 86 airfields now
in operation were recommended
by the Federal Aviation Agency
yesterday.
They were included in the
agency’s recommendations that
within the next five years 465
j new airports be built over the
l nation and that 2,834 already
built should be improved.
Major improvements were urged
at the Anchorage and Fairbanks
International Airports and a num
ber of other principal cities in
Alaska.
Construction of a new control
tower, new fire and crash crew
building, paving and land acqui
sition for future development were
l included in work outlined for
I Fairbanks.
Some of the new airports in
clude:
Barrow, Buckland, Mountain
Village, St. George Island, St.
Michael, Savoonga, Shageluk,
Stebbins and Teller.
In addition to Anchorage and
Fairbanks, airport improvements
would be made in many towns in
this area. They are:
Alakanuk, Bethel. Gambell, Ko
buk, Kotzebue, Marshall, Mc
Grath, Meyoryuk, Moses Point,
Noorvik, Nulato, Pilot Point, Pilot
Station, Unalakleet, Wales and
White Mountain.
WIN T E R S CIIE D U L E
FAIRBANKS TO NOME (Via Kotzebue)
EACH MONDAY and FRIDAY — FLIGHT 309
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 8:20 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:45 a.m.
EACH WEDNESDAY — FLIGHT 309
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 9:00 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:40 a.m. Ar. Nome 10:45 a.m.
FAIRBANKS TO NOME
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY — FLIGHT 311
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Tanana *8:05 a.m.
Lv. Tanana *8:15 a.m. Ar. Galena *8:55 a.m.
Lv. Galena *9:25 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:25 a.m.
FAIRBANKS TO NOME (Direct)
EACH THURSDAY — FLIGHT 311
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Nome 8:40 a.m.
NOME TO FAIRBANKS (Direct)
EACH MONDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 10:45 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *1:55 p.m.
EACH WEDNESDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 4:30 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *8:40 p.m.
EACH FRIDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 2:00 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *5:10 p.m.
NOME TO FAIRBANKS (Via Kotzebue)
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY — FLIGHT 312
Lv. Nome 10:25 p.m. Ar. Kotzebue 11:10 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 11:50 a.m. Ar. Galene *1:45 p.m.
Lv. Galena *2:00 p.m. Ar. Tanana *2:40 p.m.
Lv. Tanana *2:50 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *3:25 p.m.
EACH THURSDAY — FLIGHT 312
Lv. Nome 9:40 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 10:25 a.m.
Lv. Kotezebue 11:05 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *1:55 p.m.
(*) Alaska Standard Time. All other times Bering Standard
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