THE NOME NUGGET
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Join In The Fun!
IS YOUR COSTUME READY for the Midnight Sun
Festival? Do you have a straw hat or a carnival
hat for the occasion? Is your organization planning
a float for the parade? Are your whiskers showing
Are you supporting a Queen candidate? Do you wear
a Festival button? Do you have a Happy Baby for
the Baby Show? Are you entering a pet in the Pied
Piper Parade?
If you can answer yes to any one of these ques
tions, you are part of the annual spring Festival. If
your answer is negative to all, you have our sympathy,
because you will not have as much fun as the rest of
the local folks.
It is not necessary to have a “Sourdough” outfit
to be in costume for the three-day celebration.
Nothing is more colorful than a gay calico parka.
Take Part — Be In Tune with the many events
listed in The Nugget today, and you will have a better
time, and the Festival will be more successful than
ever before.
An active Committee has been working for many
weeks to make the Midnight Sun Festival bigger and
better than ever. You will be delighted by the things
you’ll see and hear Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Moscow Says Powers
To Go On Trial In July
MOSCOW, Wl — Usually reli
able sources said tonight Francis
Gary Powers will go on trial
early in July for espionage.
The American Embassy said it
liad heard the report but had no
official information.
The informed sources, which
can not be named, indicated the
trial “will not be on July 4th —
America’s na'.ional holiday — but
it likely will be an open trial.”
Premier Khrushchev has said
Powers confessed acting as an
American spy.
OAMBELL CLEAN-UP
Captain Harrold and a group of
servicemen from Fort Richardson,
are enroute to Gambell to pre
pare for a clean-up job which
■will take place there next month.
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MAYOKOK'S "ESKIMO
STORIES" GOES ON SALE
AS FESTIVAL SOUVENIR
As a special feature of the Mid
night Sun Festival, a new book
by Robert Mayokok will be put
on sale here, called “Eskimo
Stories.”
Mayokok, who is well known
here, has published “Eskimo Life”
and “Eskimo Customs,” which
have had a wide circulation.
The new book goes on sale at
Polet’s Store on Friday.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy with little change
in temperature.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 54, lowest 30. Sunrise 1:19
a.m., sunset 10:45 p.m.
The Danny Walsh Family are
in California, getting acquainted
with relatives there on the mo
ther’s side of the family, and also
some of the Walsh family there.
Three Million Filipinos Jam Island
Route to Hail Visiting U. S. President
MANILA, Of) — A joyous, sing
ing, almost uncontrollable mass of
Filipinos Tuesday nearly over
whelmed President Eisenhower
with an enthusiastic welcome.
This land which the United
States set free only 14 years ago
gave Eisenhower perhaps the
greatest tribute he has ever re
ceived overseas. One and one-half
million or more roared their ac
claim along a flag-bedecked route,
showering Eisenhower with a
near blizzard of pastel confetti
and even paper boxes.
The crowd rivaled the nearly
hysterical turnout of Indians who
welcomed Eisenhower to New
Delhi last December.
Sometimes surging out of con
trol, the tide of humanity slowed
his parade to a walk as they
jammed to within inches of the
open car. He rode beside Philip
pine President Carlos Garcia from
the airport to downtown Manila,
a distance of 10 miles.
Acrid fumes from the slow
moving cars occasionally brought
tears to Eisenhower’s eyes. Fili
pino and American security agents
strained to clear a path in humid
85-degree heat.
The Philippine Press Secretary i
said police and military officials
set the total at three million —
with lVfe million in Manila alone.
Dripping with perspiration,
Eisenhower flashed his famous
grin at the crowds. They smiled
and waved back at him with af
fection for a home town boy made
good — The young Army officer
who served here in the 30’s and
later became President. The dis
play was unequalled in the is
lands’ history.
The tone of the popular greet
ing was obvious from the moment
Eisenhower landed at the airport
after a long, tirng flight from
Alaska via Wake Island.
President Garcia Praises U. S.
Garcia — despite political pres
sures that sometimes make it
expedient to strike an unfriendly
pose toward America — was un
stinting in his praise of Eisen
hower and the United Staes as
leaders of the free world in a
quest for peace.
The two Presidents, sitting side
by side in a long convertible,
headed into the city. The route
wound through tree lined residen
tial areas and the bustling, mod
ern heart of Manila rebuilt from
the destruction of World War II.
The crowds were packed 10 and
15 deep in some places. Humidity
made it like a steam bath for
many along the route. But this
put no check on their high spirits.
Beatniks Beat Charges
PONTIAC. Mich., M — “One
character was running around in
a leopard-skin robe and wearing
a turban. A girl was doing a
shake dance. As a matter of fact,
the guy in the leopard skin was
swinging from the trees.”
That was the 1 lament Monday
from Jack Weiler, a public park
manager, about nine beatniks from
the Cave of Nine Cats Coffee
House who invaded his park.
The beats were arrested at the
park Saturday on a charge of dis
turing the peace. But Oakland
County Prosecutor George Tay
lor said he couldn’t find any law
making it illegal for beatniks to
beat bongos, dance and recite
verse in a public park. He or
dered the nine released.
PAKISTAN HEAT WAVE
TAKES HEAVY TOLL
LAHORE, Pakistan, tffl — Some
30 persons have died in a heat
wave in the past four days. Offi
cials said more than 100 cases of
heat stroke had been reported.
The temperature ranged from 101
to 121 degrees.
FINAL
CLOSE-OUT SALE!
ALL REMAINING INVENTORY
Must Be Liquidated
NO LATER THAN JUNE 30, 1960!
NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED!
All Purchases Final, and Merchandise
Must be Removed from Premises
Immediately.
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