Northwest Will Start
Night Flight From
Anchorage Sept. 16
Elmer Sellin, sales representa
tive for Northwest Airlines, ac
companied by Mrs. Sellin, arrived
from Anchorage yesterday to
meet with local people and tell
them about the new connecting
flight out of Anchorage which
will be offered daily after Sept.
16th. This flight leaves Anchorage
about 10 p.m. every evening and
on Friday night will be a jet air
liner.
Mr. Sellin is also chairman of
the tourist commitee for Anchor
age and conferred with Bob Har
wood, local tourist chairman, on
matters of interest in Nome for
tourists coming through Anchor
age.
U.S. Sprinter Ray Norton
Ready to Quit Competing
After Olympic Foul-Up
ROME, lift — “I’ve had it — I’m
through running,” Ray Norton
said Thursday after his foul cost
the United States victory in the
400 meter sprint relay.
“Everything I have done in
these Olympics is wrong,” he
added. “I plan to run at Athens
and London with the team, then
go home on Sept. 15.
“I want to finish school at San
Jose State. I have about another
semester left, and then I’ll start
trying to make a living. I hope to
coach or teach.”
Norton, in his eagerness, over
ran his lane in accepting the baton
from teammate Frank Rudd in
the first handoff of the relay. The
Americans beat the Germans but
later were disqualified because of
Norton’s mistake.
MYF Spaghetti Dinner
Sunday Evening
The MYF of the Community
Methodist Church have announ
ced a spaghetti dinner as a fare
well for departing students on
Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. This
will be followed by the first reg
ular meeting of the group at 6:15
p.m.
NOTICE
As of Sept. 9, the W. W. Laws
property has been sold to Charles
Fra.der and Don Perkins, and all
rents and contract payments as
of this date, will be payable at
the Billikin Gift Shop.
Charles Frazier
and Don Perkins
Truman Predicts The
Presidential Campaign
Will Be A Rough One
, CHICAGO, un—Harry S. Tru
man believes the rival presiden
' tial candidates this fall “will be
i throwing everything but the kit
j chen stove at each other—and in
! my opinion that’s a good idea.”
| The former President made a
| stopover in Chicago on a train
I trip with Mrs. Truman enroute
I from Independence, Mo., to New
j York to visit their daughter and
! son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Daniels, and their two children.
Truman told a news conference
his present plans call for a speech
each week in behalf of the Demo
cratic ticket.
Asked whom he considered the
best campaigner-—Vice President
Richard M. Nixon or Thomas E.
Dewey, the former GOP presi
| dential nominee Truman defeated,
Truman said:
“I only saw one of them in ac
tion and I was very well satisfied
with Mr. Dewey.”
Truman said it is too early to
assess the present status of the
campaigns by Nixon and Sen.
John Kennedy, the Democratic
nominee, but added he feels Ken
nedy will make the best impres
sion on the voters.
He predicted it will be a “real
| campaign and probably a rough
I one.”
Asked what he regarded as
rough, he made the comment
about the kitchen stove.
j TODAY is Friday, September 9,
i the 253rd day of I960. There are
j 113 days left in the year.
On this day in 1830, the first
1 balloon flight in the United States
I by a native-born American was
, made by Charles Durant. He was
! also the first to land on a ship.
I Thought for today: It’s a poor
joke when a little child is brought
j to tears.
NOTICE ANG
All 1st Scout Battalion person
nel in the area are asked to con
tact headquarters today or to
morrow.
ST. JOSEPH'S
! - CATHOLIC CHURCH
3rd and Steadman
SUNDAY MASSES
8:00 and 10:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
CONFESSIONS
Saturday, 4-5 and 7-8 p.m.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Sieamship Company
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY HAS AMPLE STOCKS
OF INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PLYWOOD FROM Vi" TO Vi
THERE IS AN ASSORTMENT, SOME CLEAR ON ONE SIDE,
SOME ON BOTH SIDES. MASONITE IS ALSO STOCKED.
MAIN 147 BOX 700
SS TALKEETNA SCHEDULED TO SAIL
SEPT. 20 FROM PIER 42
FOR ST. MICHAEL AND NOME
LOADING FROM SEPT. I TO 16
Alaska Backs PA AI
Bid For N. Pacific
Route to f )rienl
WASHINGTON, 'JP—'The State I
of Alaska stands solidly behind [
Pan American World Airways in
its bid for a New York - Tokyo
route via Fairbanks, Gov. William
A. Egan told the Civil Aeronautics
Board yesterday.
A recommendation by CAB Ex
aminer William J. Madden that
Pan Am be permitted to fly the
route will give Alaska “closer ties
with both the eastern United
States and the Far East," Egan I
said.
Egan said no area in the West
ern Hemisphere is more depend
ent on aviation than is Alaska.
“Our vast land mass and great
distances . . . sharply limited
rail and highway mileage all un
derscore aviation’s importance to
Alaska,” Egan said.
“ . . . Our globally strategic
location lends greater weight to
our position on all matters con- {
cerning aviation, for that loca- j
tion destines us to serve as the l
airport for the world for trans- i
polar and north trans-Paeific traf
fic.”
Egan said the Anchorage and
Fairbanks International airports
are now undergoing runway ex
tension and other improvements.
He said he will recommend to the
next state legislature that facil
ities at both airports be expanded
to keep pace with increased traf
fic.
RUMMAGE SALE
ST. JOSEPH'S HALL
10 a.m. — SATURDAY
ALTAR SOCIETY
NOTICE
The Polaris Coffee Shop, oper
ated under my management, this
past summer, has closed and I
will no longer be associated with
the Polaris.
I wish to express my appreci
ation to the public for their pat
ronage.
—Marge Shute
WANT A D S
FOUND — Single aluminum key.
Call at Nugget.
LOST—6-month-old puppy, black
male. See Ben Herman.
FOUND—Man’s large white gold
wedding ring. Call at Nugget.
FOR RENT — 4 - room furnished
apartment. Call Main 171.
FOUND — This side of Salmon
Lake — One (li left shoepac.
Claim at Nugget.
FOR SALE — Kitchen Cabinet,
Spark oil heater, Morris chair.
3 braided rugs, kitchen work
table, Lang oil cook stove. Call
White 45. 109c
FOR SALE — PA-16, very reas
onable, Muntz Inti. Nome. Con
tact Tin City Flying Club, at
Tin City. 107p
PFAFF MACHINES --
the week, $4; or month. $1C.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE—Henslee 3 Bedroom
furnished mobile home, 10 ft.
wide, 50 ft. long. Also ’59 Ford
Pickup, like new. Call M-109. 1f
FOR SALE — Centrifugal pump
with motor, 85-gal. tank, port
able cabinet kerosene heater,
| small butane heater. No reason
able offer refused. Red 179.
SELL — Those surplus items that
you don’t need. Just let a
Nugget Classified Ad convert
them into cash for you.
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Comments and Complaints — Main 151
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BEN YOUNG_
Letter To The Editor
It seems an explanation, clar
ifying election matters, is due
the public after several allega
tions made by Stanley Smith, re
cent candidate on the Democratic
ticket for State Senator, District
N, in the Primary Election on
Aug. 9.
The change-over of Alaska from
territory to state had created
some confusion in the recent pri
mary election, mainly in the man
ner of absentee voting. Under ter
ritorial status, postmasters were
assigned the ballots which were
called for by individuals of their
localities. Under the state, the
Chief Magistrate in Nome and
five Deputy Magistrates in this
Northwestern District were given
this assignment and the Office of
the Director of Election used the
media of announcing “over the
air” as a direct contact to every
Alaskan desiring to vote absentee.
How, when and where to vote ab
sentee was explained over every
radio network in Alaska, starting
June 1st, stating absentee ballots
were obtainable from June 30 to
Aug. 7. Radio Station KICY that
reaches these villages, made this
broadcast and gave additional in
formation over “The Musical
Mailbag” from time to time.
The Director of Elections has
explained the largest absentee
vote ever made in Alaska, occur
red in this recent primary, so
Alaskans somewhere were “listen
ing in.” In checking over the ab
sentee voters of the Voters’ List
for the Primary Election 1958,
four of the towns enumerated by
Mr. Smith, recently — Scammon
Bay, Hamilton, Kwiguk and Pilot
Station, cast a combined vote of
53. This is not a very good show
ing, considering that the people
in those villages still had access
| to the absentee ballots through
their postmasters.
Another allegation made, was
that some precincts had not been
issued enough official ballots and
voters were turned away. No
voter is turned away when sample
ballots and hand written ballots
are certified to by the election
board. A certificate is part of the
election material sent each elec
tion board for this purpose.
The Election Director explained
that the customary procedure is
to issue 40 per cent more ballots
to each election precinct than
votes cast at the preceding elec
tion, and that of 300 precincts,
296 were found to have had en
ough ballots by this method.
Mr. Smith has been informed
that Kwiguk’s postmaster had
been advised to have the resi
dents apply for their absentee
ballots to the deputy magistrate
at Fortuna Ledge, where a double
supply had been sent. Also Kwi
guk had been asked to inform us
of their year-around voting pop
ulation so a precinct could be es
tablished before another Primary
Election look place, and my letter
never was answered. I have come
to realize that this area on the
lower Yukon and Hooper Bay is
somewhat inaccessible in spite of
air-borne mail. The postmaster at
Hooper Bay informed the Juneau
office that their letter was over
a month reaching him. This is a
regrettable situation when elec
tion material and information
must be “stepped along” with
some rapidity.
No qualified voter should be
denied the right to vote in any
part of Alaska. I am sure when
the Election Director had absen
tee balloting explained “over the
air” he felt this was the best
contact that could be made to Al
askan voters in the remote areas.
— Carrie McLean, Election
Supervisor, N.W. District