Poke of Gold “Dust”
Deposited in Bank Causes
Flurry o? Commotion
SEATTI E W) — Otto A. Nel
son of Chit inn Alaska, stopped in
at the main office of the National
Bank of Commerce Friday to
leave a poke of gold dust, first
such deposit there in more than
15 years.
The occurrence was so unusual
that a gold scale could not be
found immediately to make an
exact measure of the deposit. The
gold weighed about 26^ pounds.
Nelson, former postmaster in
Chitina, operates a general store
there. The community is in the
heart of the old Alaska gold
fields. He said he had collected
the gold during several years.
The dust will be sent to the
United States Mint Assay office
in San Francisco, where it will
be refined and its exact value
determined.
In its unrefined state the dust
now contains about 10 to 35 per
cent silver. Pure gold is worth
$35 an ounce.
Resolution Calls for National
Park in Lake George Area
JUNEAU (J’l — A resolution call
ing for the establishment of a na
tional park in the Lake George
area in Southcentral Alaska
passed the House unanimously
Friday.
The measure was sponsored by
Rep. R. W. Stratton said Lake
George was probably “the world’s
greatest ice-dumping lake.”
Stratton told the House that if
the Department of Interior saw
fit to make the area a national
park, it would add un to “$1 mil
lion in publicity to Alaska.”
The lake, fed by 12 glaciers, is
located about 18 miles off the
highway between Anchorage and
Palmer.
OFFERS KISSES . . .
LONG BEACH, Calif. (*> —
Police said several housewives
complained that salesman, Roland
Hicks, called at their homes and
offered to exchange trading
stamps for kisses. Hicks, 45, was
booked on a drunkenness charge.
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W'O PIPc Economy
on Ce*s Underway
Minus Two Ramblers
I.OS ANGELES W — Sixty- |
five U. S. passenger cars headed i
across California to Tucson, Ariz., |
Saturday on the first lap of the j
2,500-mile Mohilgas Economy Run.
Two Ramblers withdrew at the !
last minute in a dispute over the j
type equipment they were per
mitted.
The six-day run, ending in Chi
cago, sets competing models
against each other on a gasoline
mileage basis. Speeds are care
fully controlled.
Fifteen women and 50 men
drove the cars, selected from
dealer showrooms. They left at
dawn from the Los Angeles Coli
seum.
The competition is sponsored
by the United States Auto Club.
Rambler charged that officials
descriminated by not letting it
use what it called its standard
production carburetor. A. C. Pills
bury replied that the Ramblers
were selected at random and
checks showed they were typical
cars of that model being sold to
the public. Rambler was a top
winner in 1959 and 1960.
Alaska Open Chess
Tournament to he Held
Tn Fairbanks March 24-2(5
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska
Open Chess Tournament will be
held at Fairbanks USO March 24
36. The tournament is being spon
sored by the Greater Fairbanks
Chess Club, a United States Chess
Federation affiliate, as part of the
Fairbanks Winter Carniavl.
Only USCF members will be
eligible to compete in the six
round Swiss System Tournament.
Membership and tournament en
try can be obtained prior to the
first round of play, 2:00 p. m.
March 25, or by writing to Peter
Longley, Box 345, College, Alaska.
Entry fee is $5, $2 of which is
refunded upon completion of all
games without forfeiture. A year’s
membership in the USCF is an
additional $5. USCF members are
nationally rated, receive monthly
copies of “Chess Life”, and are
entitled to discounts on chess
books and supplies.
The Alaska Junior Champion
ship title and trophy will be
awarded to the player under 21
years of age who ranks highest
in the final tournament standings.
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ixon W ill Not
‘ *j for Governor
SACRAMENTO. Calif. l/P —
Richard M. Nixon said Friday
night he will no', run for governor
of California next year.
He urged California Republi
cans to launch a talent search for
new faces in the 1962 election
campaign.
“I am confident that we can
win a sweeping victory in Cali
fornia,” he told the Republican
State Central Committee.
“Rut I have a word of warning.
We cannot win by assuming that
the present governor will inevit
ably fall on his face and be a
pushover.”
The former Vice President, in
his first political speech since he
lost the Presidential election last
November, outlined a program of
action designed to restore the
once-dominant GOP to power in
Ihe state.
Nixon offered to provide lead
ership to his home state party.
But he did so only after ruling
out his own possible candidacy
for governor.
He authorized a group of legis
lators who conferred with him
to quote him as saying: “I am not
a candidate. I have no intention
to be a candidate or institute a
draft.”
On Republican prospects ahead,
Nixon said the key to victory in
1964 lies in the elections of 1962.
Missing 4-Year-Old Boy
Found in Deep Freezer
CHICAGO UP\ — Johnny Cleary,
4, is warming up in a hospital
after spending more than an hour
trapped in his family’s home
freezer.
He was discovered by his father,
who noticed a chair standing near
the closed freezer in the basement
of the home Friday night.
Johnny’s mother, had tele
phoned police, who were scouring
the Cleary’s southside neighbor
hood when Cleary returned from
work and found the boy.
He was crouched in the freezer,
half-conscious. He could barely
move when his father found him.
At Holy Cross Hospital, doctors
said Johnny’s temperature was 95
degrees, nearly four degrees be
low body temperature. “And that
was after he’d warmed up for
some time,” one physician said.
The boy’s condition was described
at fair.
CALLED THE ARMY’S TORTURE
CHAMBERS, the three automo
tive test areas at Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Md, evaluate
everything that moves on
tracks or wheels for the Army,
and often for its sister services.
The unique Ordnance Corps
activity has only one goal—
to insure that the combat
equipment of the American
so fier is the best in the world.
Above, the amphibious ca
pabilities of a new aluminum
armored personnel carrier are
tested in the “bathtub" of the
Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Left, a medium tank scales a
40-inch wall on another test
course at the home of Army
Ordnance Corps.
ALYCE SLY ELAST^ 635
IN BOWLING TOURNAMENT
Alyce Sly. daughter of Frank
Martin of Nome, was the winner
of the Heart Pin Handicap Singles
Bowling Tourament scoring in
competition with bowlers from 1
Tooele. Salt Lake City. Dugway
and Bingham, Utah.
Entered in the tournament were \
398 bowlers. The champion of
the Women’s Division was Alyce
Sly with a 636 series. Some of
the highest scores ever posted
were rolled in this tournament j
according to the Tooele Tran
script.
Also from Nome bowling in
the tournament were Kenneth Sly
and Mrs. L. Magee, who is also a ;
daughter of Mr. Martin.
Frank Martin who probably has
lived in Nome longer than any
other present resident will soon |
join the ranks of the Alaskan
octogenarians.
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100-Mile Ski and Snovvshoe
Trek Gels Underway from
McGrath to Unalakieet
A 300-mile ski and snow shoe
trek over some of Alaska's most
rugged terrain got underway Sun
day, March 12, for men of Recon
naissance Platoon, 1st Battle
Group, 23 Infantry.
The long range overland patrol,
headed by 1st Lt. Arthur W. Gar
rett, will start from McGrath and
end 300 miles later at Unalakleet.
Lt. Garrett and 38 men of the
Reconnaissance Platoon were air
lifted from the Anchorage area to
McGrath in a C-123 U. S. Air
Force transport plane. At Mc
Grath they established a base
camp and supply point and set
out on the 300-mile march.
The patrol is expected to take
about 25 days, during which the
men will map the area and test
two Polaris Snow-Travelers.
McGrath to Unalakleet was se
lected for the ski-snowshoe patrol
because it has not been used for
extensive Army reconnaissance
missions in the past, according to
Lt. Garrett.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids, in writing, will be
accepted at the Office of the City
Clerk of the City of Nome until
5 p. m. March 13. 1961 for the pur
chase from the City of Nome ot
the following real and personal
property:
2 Wood frame houses
1 Quonset type house
Along with contents therein.
Buildings are located on Lot 8
Block 64 and must be removed
within 90 days of bid acceptance.
Bids may be for one or all
of the three items together. All
bids must be accompanied by
cash or check in amount of bid.
City reserves the right to refuse
and reject any and all bids.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By Robert F. Scott.
City Clerk
Pub. March 6, 8, 10, 13, 1961.
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