THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER ... Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY ... Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October, 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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PROGRESS REPORT BY
NOME UTILITY BOARD
The Nome Light & Power Util
ity Board wish to inform the peo
ple of Nome about some of the
projects which are now in prog
ress and improvements thus far
to the power system.
The installation of a new Coop
er-Bessemer Unit with a 600-kilo
watt generating capacity has pro
yided ample power for the City
of Nome, the Nome Airport and
the Alaska Communication Sys
tem installations. The City Coun
cil have recently signed a contract
whereby a complete 300-kilowatt
generating unit will be trans
ferred from the C.A.A. to the City
of Nome on a lease basis. When
this engine is installed in the
Nome Power House we will have
a maximum total capacity of
about 1,200 kilowatts.
Extensive improvements are
being made to the power house—
repainting, pillars and truss in
stalled for strengthening the ceil
DAUGHTER BORN TO
JACKIE COOPER AND WIFE
HOLLYWOOD, (JV—It’s a bab;y
daughter for actor Jackie Cooper
and his wife Barbara.
The baby, named Jolie Mere
dith, weighed in Sunday at 5
pounds 7 ounces. The Coopers
have a two-year-old boy, and the
TV star is the father of Jackie Jr.,
*11, by a previous marriage.
Wien Airlines
To Kotzebue: Father McIntyre,
Charlie Clark, Joe Amarok, Har
old Wilkalia, Bemardine Elanna.
To Fairbanks: Borgny Reader,
A1 Dorsh, Dick and Lou Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanberg,
Mary Jo Swanberg, Ronald Pow
ers, S. Farr, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Cartwright, Glen Carlson, Gerald
Halmo, Zed McCauley.
From Fairbanks: Ida Vertrees,
Barbara Trigg, Ernest Blatchford
and Joyce and 'Devan Vertreps.
From Kotzebue: Lyman Mad
den, Francis Hensley, John Belo
braidich, Joe Amarok.
Guaranteed Lang and Olympic
„D*P«d*M. Ranges
Fuel Serv,« Heaters
LP Gas STOVE PARTS
and Appliances AND REPAIRS
Main 152 Quaker oil
GREEN’S
CITY FUEL & TRANSFER
ome Plumbing & Heating
A. E. BOHRER V. A. MILLER
for
Plumbmgi Fittings and Fixtures
Heating Systems Warm air. Steam, Hot water
Sheet Metal Work — Welding
Burner Service, Parts, Repairs
Shop Open • ajn. to 5 pan.
ing and roof, new parts room, etc.
The Nome Light & Power Util
ity Board sponsored the start of
the new street lighting sys
tem by installing five mercury
vapor lamps. This movement was
then taken up by the City Coun
cil, who requested a number of
new lamps installed. Several bus
inessmen have generously donat
ed a mercury vapor lamp to the
city.
Efforts are being made to in
crease the voltage in areas of low
voltage by the installation of
more transformers and shortening
the secondary lines.
A sui'vey was made of our dis
tribution and plant, and a basic
plan is being developed for future
! growth.
Negotiations are being made to
determine if R.E.A. funds might
be available for the improvement
of our distribution system.
Dates of the Utility Board
meetings are advertised in the
local paper and citizens of Nome
are invited to attend these meet
ings.
UNSEASONAL
TORNADOES
TAKE 15 LIVES
MURPHYBORO, 111.. <i?E-The
death toll reached 15 today from
the unseasonal tornadoes which
tore thru southern Illinois and
eastern Missouri late Wednesday.
Scores of homes were flattened
and unofficial estimates put prop
erty damage in the millions of
dollars.
Destruction was greatest in Mt.
Vernon as the twisters slammed
thru the “tornado alley” of south
ern Illinois.
But Murphysboro had the most
human misery.
Here nine persons died. Work
ers dug thru debris in search of
other bodies. At least 35 were
hospitalized and 30 homes were
destroyed, 15 by fires which fol
lowed the twisters.
New Ferber Novel
Brings $350,000
For Film Rights
JUNEAU—According to the
motion picture trade paper Daily
Variety, the new Edna* Ferber
novel, “Ice Palace,” which is a
story of contemporary Alaska, j
has been acquired for filming by '
the Warner Brothers at a price of
$350,000 plus 15 percent of the
net profits.
The novel is reported to be
scheduled for publication by
Doubleday on March 28, simul
taneously with its serialization in
Good Housekeeping magazine.
It will be recalled that Miss
Ferber was a frequent visitor to
the territory during 1955 and
1956, and that she was reported
then to be doing research for a
novel on Alaska. She made sever
al visits to Juneau.
Her previous novel, “Giant,”
was also filmed by Warner Broth
ers; and, in addition to garnering
an Academy nomination as one
of the best films of 1956, it has
been a fantastic success at the
box office.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
FORT GREELY WILL GET FIRST
ALASKA ATOMIC POWER PLANT
ANCHORAGE—Construction of
a $6,675,000 steam model nuclear
power plant—the first to be lo
cated in Alaska—has been author-!
ized by the Army and will go up
at Fort Greely.
The Corps of Engineers, Alaska
District Engineer at Anchorage,
was instructed to proceed with
necessary action to obtain the
contract for building the plant 69
miles south of Fairbanks on the
Alaska Highway.
The plant will generate both
electricity and heat for the post,
and will be modeled after the pro
totype plant in operation at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia.
Under emergency conditions, it
would be possible to fly the com
ponents of such an Army field
plant to a remote site. However,
for practical considerations of
economy, conventional means of
transportation are expected to be
utilized by the contractor, the
Army said.
Nuclear power will be available
to the military for the operation
! of weapons and other equipment,
even tho normal supply lines are
disrupted by enemy action
One loading of fuel will operate
the reactor for an extended • per
iod of time, while thousands of
tons of conventional fuel would
be required for a comparable per
iod of operation.
"PEDNIK" FOR CHRISTMAS
LONDON, UR—Moscow radio to
day said a revolving toy Sputnik,
powered by a foot pedal and
known as a pednik, is all the rage
with Soviet Christmas shoppers.
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ALASKA AIRLINES
serves ALASKA best!
Alaska Airlines serves over 75 points
within the Territory on a scheduled
basis, and of course, charters that go
anywhere! And now, Alaska Airlines
provides the only non-stop, overnight
service from Fairbanks to Seattle,
every day except Sunday, aboard
luxurious “Starliners.”
SOME CONVENIENT NEW SCHEDULES
SERVING THE NOME AREA_
NOME - UN ALAKLEET. NOME
MO WE FR FR Wi MO
9:00 9:00 9:00 LV Nome AR 1:05 4:10 12:55
F — 9:20 AR Solomon LV F F F
9:45 9:45 9:55 AR White Mountain LV 12:20 F 12:10
10:10 10:10 10:20 AR Golovin LV 11:55 F 11:45
10:35 F 10:45 AR Elim LV F F F
11:00 F 11:10 AR Motes Point LV 11:20 F 11:10
11:05 AR Haycock IV 2:30
11:30 AR Koyuk LV 2:05
F AR Shaktoolik LV 1:30
12:30 AR Unalakleet LV 12:50
KOTZEBUE - NOME - KOTZEBUE
Tu-Th-Sa Fri Frl Tu-Th-Sa
8:00 8:00 LV Kotzebue AR 1:35 12:10
F 8:45 AR Candle LV 12:50 F
F 9:20 AR Deering LV 12:25 F
9:50 10:45 AR Nome LV 11:10 10:20
NOME . SHISHMAREF- NOME
TU TH SA SA TH TU
9:00 9:00 9:00 LV Nome AR 1:05 1:40 12:50
9:40 9:40 9:40 AR Teller LV 12:25 1;00 12:10
F F F AR Lost River LV F F F
F 10:40 10:40 AR Tin City LV F F F
10:45 11:00 11:00 AR Wales LV 11:26 F 11:05
_11:50 AR Shishmaref_LV - 12:10 -
. DAILY FLIGHTS
TO ANCHORAGE
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ules to fit the business and pleasure
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people of the Territory... making it
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