THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
E P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
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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.
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Letter
To The Editor
Dear Editor:
After reading your editorial,
“Civic Pride in Nome,” I do have
a suggestion. I think the City
should have several garbage cans
on the sidewalks at intervals so
the people have a place to dispose
of wrappers and other trash.
There is a type that isn’t unsight
ly and am sure that this would I
help some. The city should also
have street cleaners to sweep the
streets and keep them clean. Some
towns use jail inmates lor this.
Some children would also be glad j
to do this for a small fee and it
would be worth it to have the
streets kept clean.
Also think the City of Nome
should do a little more to fix the
broken sidewalks that are all over
Nome. If this is not the City’s re
sponsibility, they should see to it
that the property owners keep
them in repair.
Each property owner should
sweep their own sidewalk in front
of all the business places. If you
have garbage cans around, then
the police and other adults could
all help remind the children to
use the garbage cans. There is no
place to throw anything except in
the street now.
Sitka is a very good example of
a clean town and an attractive
one. Every morning at eight
o’clock you see the street cleaners
out working, all day. They have
their garbage cans on the side
walks and everyone cooperates.
Mrs. John Short
Nome, Alaska
Wilson Orders
Slowed Payment
To Contractors.
WASHINGTON, WV—Secretary
of Defense Wilson yesterday or
dered reduced progress payments
to military contractors. The cut is
expected to trim spending by
about $266 million in the next 12
months.
The latest Pentagon economy
action will affect many defense
contract signed starting Sept. 1.
It covers all purchases on which
the contractor is permitted to
draw part of his money as the
job goes along, in proportion to
what he has done.
In a directive to the military
departments and to purchasing
agencies, Wilson reduced the rate
of such payments by five percent
across the board.
The order puts a limit of 70
percent of total costs on the
amount which makers of military
items may draw while the work
is being done. The previous rate
was 75 percent.
A Pentagon official said the
face value of military contracts
covered by progress payments at
the end of 1956 totaled about $25
billion.
JULY 1957 WAS
NOME’S DRIEST
IN 35 YEARS
Compiled Oy the
Special Associated Press Correspondent
Altho July was cool, with per
sistant low clouds and fog, it was
the driest recorded for over 25
years.
The dry summer has caused
some nearby streams to become
quite low which has hindered
local p’acer mining operations.
The average temperature last
month was 48 degrees, 1.6 de
grees less than the normal aver
age. Highest temperature of 66
occurred on the 11th; lowest of
36, on the 22nd.
Precipitation for July totaled
only .44 inch, 2.02 inches less than
normal for July here.
The sun shone 38 percent of the
possible number of hours.
Anchorage Land Freed
For Freeway System
WASHINGTON (JV-The Senate
Interior Committee has approved
a House-passed bill to give 640
acres in Anchorage to the Terri
tory of Alaska. A committee re
port said the land is needed by
the city for a street, expressway
and freeway system.
.
Pan American Airways
Departing Tuesday for Seattle:
Mrs. Helen Russell, ' Dorothy,
Wayne, Bruce and Robert Rus- j
sell, Rev. Knudson, Leon Bige
row; for Fairbanks: Joe Nesbitt,
Earl Lewis, T. Hammon, L. W.
Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Westmont,
Geo. Curtaz, Mrs. Helen Castel
and child, Fred Plaifcratz, Glenn
Carlson, Mrs. J. Manning and
daughter, and Todd Purcell.
Incoming passengers: Mrs. Jo
Gannon, Mrs. Flintoff and son,
and the following, last names
only available: McCorkle, Mc
Cune, . Downey, Carter, Beers,
Peterson, Corcoran, Lundeen,
Veronick, and Dean Westby.
Wien Airlines
From Fairbanks: Mary Lou
Simpson, Pat Simpson, Robert
Vocelie, Thomas Miller, J. Ship
man, John Gotchius, B. Stone.
To Fairbanks: J. Maxwell, L.
Black, Helen Lebiz, Dick Miller,
John Gotchius, J. Kwamey.
From Kotzebue: Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Walker.
To Kotzebue: Cora Hadley.
To Candle: Wm, Helen, Larry,
Wayne and Billy Jones.
To Deering Fannie Oksoktaruk, j
Frank Morris.
Alaska Airlines
To McGrath: D. J. Amaer, K. I
Kunkel, Mrs. Jean Burand, Irene '
Aukongak.
To Unalakleet: Fred Yenney,
Harriet Klementson, R. P. Huff,
L. J. Daw.
From Unalakleet: Andy Earles,
J. T. Gamble.
To Kotzebue: Minnie Koklhok,
Mac Emerson, Ruby Singyke, H.
Pilcher, J.B. Woods, G. Bullis, J.
Townsend, Ray Scholl, Gary Ball,
Lenore Ball, Fay Ball.
Asphalt Truck Collides
With Diesel Locomotive;
Flames Seen Four Miles
FORT WORTH, Tex., OPl—An
asphalt truck and the Santa Fe
Railroad’s Texas Chief collided
and burst into flames at a cross
ing near here Monday, killing
three persons.
Hot tar from the maintenance
truck spewed over a wide area
after the collision. The lead unit
of the four-unit diesel engine was
engulfed in flames along with the
truck.
The victims were J. H. Estes,
engineer; Grady Robinson, fire
man; and Grover C. Shivers, the
truck driver. A passenger in the
truck, L. G. Ellis, was seriously
injured.
The fiery crash occured at a
crossing near Sagina, Tex., 13
miles north of here. The burning
locomotive could be seen four
miles away.
SUPPER WENT OUT WINDOW
DURING THE LAST INNING
DETROIT, UP1—Raymond Neff,
43, testified that his wife, Elsie,
53, was often temperamental in
their 12 years of marriage.
Neff got a divorce yesterday
after telling the court Mrs. Neff
threw his supper into an alley'
because he listened to the last
inning of a baseball game on the
radio before eating.
First Shipload Salmon,
To Reach Seattle
Gets Royal Welcome
SEATTLE, (£1—The first major
load of canned salmon—314,000
cases valued at about $13 million
—arrived in Seattle last evening
aboard the Alaska Steamship Co.
freighter Tonsina.
The ship was given a Seafair
welcome, sponsored by the Seat
tle Committee for National
Canned Salmon Week. Taking
part in the ceremonies was Stan
ly Donogh, president of Greater
Seattle, Inc., Joseph Gandy, pres
ident of the Chamber of Com
merce, and Mayor Gordon S.
Clinton.
Other guests included Diana
Shafer, Miss Salmon Mermaid,
representatives of the Alaska
Yukon Pioneers and the Ladies of
the Golden North.
DOG GIVES POSTMAN
A WET WELCOME
NORMAN, Okla., U’l—Ferocious
dogs are the usual ones for post
men, but letter carrier E. M. Rob
inson ha been stymied by an
over-friendly pup.
Robinson didn’t mind the dog’s
friendliness each time he ap
proached the mail box of the
Norman home. It was just that
the pup’s three-year-old master
had attached a water hose to the
dog’s collar with the spray di
rected straight ahead.
‘Powder Room Pink’ Is
New Color of Mess Hall
ft. McArthur, calif., w—
The food may not be much dif
ferent from regular Army chow,
but the mess hall in which the
men of the 47 th Anti-Aircraft
Brigade eat it certainly is.
It’s pink. And a shade described
as “potoder room pink,” at that.
Brigade headquarters said the
color was suggested by the cooks.
As the last touches of paint
were being applied to the walls
yesterday, one of the cooks nod
ded approvingly and said:
“At least it makes the place
look cleaner. And it’s going to
cause a lot of talk.
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