THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone Main 125 SI.50 PER MONTH
P. O. Box 610 $16.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 194.1, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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May the Lord Jesus Christ, who conquered death
and brought life and immortality to light, fill our
hearts with eternal spring. This is our wish for your
Happy Easter.
Put on Your Easter Bonnet . . .
TIE CUSTOM OF WEARING new clothes on
Easter Sunday dates from the early days of
Christianity, when newly baptized Christians were
clothed in garments of white linen. Baptism has al
ways been closely associated with Easter. Just as
the Resurrection represents the new life of Christ,
so baptism represents the initiation of the believer
into a new life.
Eventually all Christians began to dress up for a
joyful parade on Easter.
In Nome the winter is not over at Easter and
sometimes a blizzard may howl on that day, but
Nomeites do fill their churches to capacity on Easter
regardless of the weather.
This year their Easter parade will be in parkas
and warm clothes as the after-church celebration will
be watching the dog races.
Everyone will have an opportunity to attend
church as services start early with a non-denomina
tional sunrise service at the school at 7:00 a. m. and
continue through the morning at the other churches.
Some will also have evening services following the
races.
A Vote of Recognition . ..
NOME IS HOST TODAY to the famous dog teams
of the North and their intrepid drivers. Ever
since the sport originated here, over fifty years ago,
it has grown until dog racing has spread through the
state and is popular on the East Coast.
Teams not only drive in from around the penin
sula, but are flown in from Kotzebue and Fairbanks.
The Arctic Club should be given recognition for
their efforts in furthering this Alaskan sport and
making it possible for the purse to be a worthwhile
prize for any dog musher. The merchants deserve
recognition for their cooperation in financing a sou
venir program for the event and the Jaycees for fur
nishing entertainment and novel refreshments during
the dog race days.
Our congratulations to the best team and its
musher and best wishes to the other teams for fur
nishing good competition. Have fun and come again
next year! i
Pay Day Will Come
Off as Scheduled
7o' Lawmakers
JUNEAU UR — Pay day will
come off as scheduled for state
lawmakers and legislative em
ployes.
The House concurred in a Sen
ate amendment which makes a
supplementary legislative pay bill
effective on the day it becomes
law.
The measure which appropri
ates an additional $45,070 for the
expenses of the current Lcgisla
ture, passed the House 22-17 early
this week, but the Republicans
refused to grant the necessary
two-thirds majority which would
make it effective upon approval
by the governor.
The Senate put the effective
date clause back in the bill and
when it came over to the House
for concurrence today the lower
chamber approved the effective
date clause by voice vote.
If the House had not acted the
way it did, pay day for legisla
tors and legislative employes
wouldn’t have come around again
until sometime around the Fourth
of July.
Senate Democrats, in passing
the bill yesterday, beat back Re
publican attempts to cut the ap
propriation and the bill passed
on a straight party vote of 13-7.
As it came out of the Senate,
the bill provides for an appropri
ation of $15,030 for the pay of
legislative employes and an ap
propriation of $30,040 for per
diem and special allowances of
legislators.
It also makes line item trans
fers of funds totaling $8,500. The
lion’s share of that amount, $7,
500, was transferred from legis
lators’ salaries to legislators’ per
diem.
Turns Wrong Tap —
Down the River It Goes
BLADNOCH, Scotland !/P — A
distillery workman turned the
wrong tap Wednesday and 5,000
fifths of fine scotch whiskey
drained off into the River Blad
noch.
The loss stunned the villagers
but the salmon and trout down
stream were reported to be in
toxicatingly gay.
Robert Cassie, manager of the
distillery, sadly told a reporter:
“It is a sorry tale, a horrible
mistake, by one of our own work
men. I would not dream of dis
closing his name. He has suffered
enough already.
The whisky made at Bladnoch
is, like most of the output in these
parts, used in various blends that
are placed on sale under well
known brand names.
The distillery declined to say
what brands contain the delight
ful dew of Bladnoch, now cours
ing down to the ocean, no doubt
to the delight of waiting herring.
The whisky lost to the fish
was valued by Cassie at approxi
mately 10,000 pounds — $28,000.
Villagers figured about 153,90!)
standard nips of Bladnoch’s fam
ous product had gone to cheer
the fish.
That will pickle a lot of herring.
G L l! E P 0 T
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
Will Curtail .">2
Military Rases
WASHINGTON UP — The De
fense Department announced yes
terday the closing or curtailment
of activities at 52 military bases
a^d installations in the United
States.
Twenty-one bases overseas also
are being closed or cut back.
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara said this was the first
phase of the already announced
White House plan to eliminate
obsolete or surplus installations
among the 6,7000 bases at home
and abroad.
The estimated annual savings
may eventually reach S220 mil
lion, although this amount would
not be saved during the several
years needed to carry out the cut
back program.
The cutback will affect 15,000
civilians and military personnel
in the United States and about
19,000 overseas.
Of the 15,000 in the United
States, about 9,000 are civilians
working at bases and 6,000 are
military. Overseas, about 15,000
are military and 4,000 civilians.
McNamara told newsmen the
Defense Department will do all
possible to relocate persons who
lose jobs by the shutdowns.
He said that since the cutback
program will be carried out over
a period ranging from 12 to 36
months, there should not be any
“sudden, sharp, critical impact"
on employes.
The announcement did not
identify the 21 bases which are
being closed down or cut back
overseas. They will be disclosed
sometime during the next two or
three weeks.
STATE OF ALASKA
Invitation to Bidders (No. 815)
Sealed bids will be received by
the Department of Administra
tion, Division of Supply of the
State of Alaska at Room 517,
Alaska Office Building, Juneau,
Alaska until 11:00 a. m. on April
24, 1961, and then publicly
opened, for the purchase of the
following:
Charter of Aircraft for non
cheduled flights over various
areas of Alaska.
Standard bid forms and com
plete specifications may be ob
tained from the Department of
Administration, Division of Sup
ply, Box 2420, Juneau, Alaska.
The State reserves the right to
reject any and all bids to waive
any formality in bidding pro
cedures.
R. G. BERG,
Director, Division of Supply
Pub: March 31, April 7, 14, 1961.
Offire: Rps.
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Total
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12. Metallic
rock
13. May or June
14. Fuss
15. Biblical
king
16. Louisiana
lake
17. Neither
18. Wash
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22. Went in
25. Humorous
26. Prefix: from
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28. Dregs
29. Unclothed
32. Congers
33. Color 42. Leasing fee 50. Prefix: Selenium:
34. Yes: slang 44. Conditions before chern.
35. Printer’s 45. Wild ox 51. Deal with 21.Coaieroil
measure 46. U.S. city 52. Compass 23. Compass
37. Stick 49. Lower point point
38. Give back world god 53. Odin’s son 24. Act
54. Confuse 29. Flashing
55. Color light
Answer to Crossword Puzzle '30. Relative
31. Yacht race
■nnww 32- Supplement
DOWN 33 Blurred
1. Flew 34. Either
upward 35. Weasel
2. Bearlike 36. Muddled
3. Intended 37. Vault
4. Color 39. Declare
5. Extinct bird 40. Tellurium:
6. Some chem.
7. Portico 41. Command
8. Mix cards 43. Hog fat
9. Dogs 47. Medical:
10. Embellish abbr.
11. Maggoty 48. Chum