LEGISLATURE URGES
RECONSIDERATION OF
IKES PAN AM DECISION
JUNEAU, (/P — Legislative ac
tion was completed in the House
today urging reconsideration of
Republican decision which denies
Pan American World Airways
the right to fly a Newr York to
Tokyo route by way of Fairbanks.
After the final passage of Sen
ate Joint Memorial No. 1 on a
voice vote. House Speaker Warren
Taylor ordered that telegrams be
sent to President Kennedy, the
Secretary of Commerce and Civil
Aeronautics Board, urging action
to overturn a decision by former
President Eisenhower rejecting
Pan Am’s application.
The Civil Aeronautics Board
had recommended that Pan Am
•be permitted to fly the route.
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT
HANDED SETBACK
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
— Buenos Aires voters have de
feated President Arturo Fron
dizi’s senatorial candidate, favor
ing men from two other parties
and killing Frondizi’s hopes for
a prestige showing.
The president’s great majority
in Congress remains unaffected,
but Frondizi had hoped that vic
tory for his choice in Buenos
Aires’ election would be a sign
the people's accept the govern
ment’s austerity policies.
American Woman Sings to
Calm Survivors of Ship
Sinking in Tokyo Bay
YOKOHAMA, Japan, \/P> — An
American woman stood on the
deck of a sinking ship in Tokyo
Bay Sunday night and sang “The
Lord’s Prayer” to calm the ex
cited survivors.
The singer was Mrs. Victor An
drews of Laguna Beach, Calif., a
passenger on the 6,419-ton Danish
freighter Laust Maersk. The ship
sank after colloding with the
6,419-ton American cargo ship j
Alcoa Pioneer.
The Japanese Coast Guard said '
one Danish crewman died in the 1
crash and three others were miss
ing. Forty-three persons—includ
ing Mrs. Andrews and three
other American passengers—were
rescued.
The American ship docked un
der her own power, her bow rip
ped and tangled. The Laust
Maersk went down in 20 minutes.
DOWN THE DRAIN ! 1 -
LIVERPOOL, England —
Prof. William Kershaw’s marriage
went down the drain when he
insisted on taking a bath with the
bathroom door open. His wife,
Maureen got so upset she walked
out on him. A judge awarded Ker
shaw a divorce Friday on grounds
of desertion.
You’ve never seen laundry i :
so CLEAN
yet finished so quickly! 1
All ready for you to iron and
put away — including blankets
and slipcovers!
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Coal and Industrial Hardware
STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
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WHO SAYS THERE'S NO
FISH IN BERING SEA?
THE HARD WAY
Who says there’s no fish in
the Bering Sea?
According to Capt. Ed Shields
of the C. A. Thayer, codfish ship
now in the Bering Sea, a record
catch of 161,000 fish has been
made in one area. This was the
gist of a story that apeared in
the Nome Nugget of July H, 1949.
This is very unusual as it is
customary to move around every
two or three days. They are re
ported to have been in the same
[ place for six weeks.
(Maybe they got them allh
WILLING TAXPAYER!
ST. LOUIS, UPl —Now here’s
a willing taxpayer!
Assessor Francis H. Kennedy
says that when a woman in St.
Louis county got a notice that the
; assessed valuation of her pro
perty had been raised to $20,000,
she promptly sent in a check for
that amount.
The actual tax is only a small
1 percentage of the assessed valu
ation.
Hot chocolate, when introduced
into London in 1760, was hailed
as a wonder drug in the treatment
of gout, biliousness, flatulence,
morbidity and the itch.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Julia Stanley pleaded not guilty
to disorderly conduct and trial
was set for Wednesday.
Dwight Milligruck received a
$25 fine, suspended, for disor
derly conduct.
Irene Joe, aged 52, was sen
tenced to 30 days in the City
Jail for disorderly conduct.
Home Arts Club Meets Tuesday
The Home Arts Club will meet
at the home of Louise Maakestad
on Tuesday evening with Elsie
May Smith as co-hostess.
ANB MEETING
8 P.M. THURSDAY
Invitation TO BID
Sealed bids, in writing, will be
accepted at the Office of the City
Clerk of the City of Nome until
5 p. m. Feb. 27, 1961 for the pur
chase from the City of Nome of
the following real and personal
property:
3 Wood frame houses
1 Quonset type house
Along with contents therein.
Buildings are located on Lot 8
Block 64 and must be removed
within 90 days of bid acceptance.
Bids may be for one or all
of the four items together. All
bids must be accompanied by
cash or check in amount of bid.
City reserves the right to refuse
and reject any and all bids.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Pub. Jan. 25, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20,
22, 24, 1961.
ATTENTION O.E.S
The Order of Eastern Star will
hold its first regular meeting to
night with the new officers pre
siding. Visiting Stars are urged to
attend.
—Barbara Martin, WM.
MOTHER'S CLUB
Meets Monday night, Feb. 6 at
7:30 p. m. at LYW Community
Center. Mrs. Louise Bockman will
be the guest speaker.
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at Nugget and pay for ad. 3t
FOUND: Keychain with two
keys.
FOR RENT—3 Unmodern cabins.
Black 196 before 6 p.m.; Main
120 after 6 pjn.
FOR RENT: Warm Cabin. Call
Main 247. l?c
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
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COURT SYSTEM
CUTS BACKLOG
ANCHORAGE, WV—The Alaska
Court System cut its backlog of
cases by 222 during the month
of December, David Luce, State
Court System administrator, said
today.
The court system had 5,715
cases pending before it when the
month of December started. The
courts terminated 1,452 cases and
received 1,230 new filings, leav
ing a backlog of 5,493 cases when
the month ended.
FIRE DAMAGES BUILDINGS
AT U. S. ANTARCTIC BASE
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (fft—
Fire at the U. S. Antarctic base
on Ross Island, McMurdo Sound,
burned two buildings Wednesday
night and caused $2 million dam
age, the New Zealand Press As
sociation reported. There Was no
report of injuries.
RUSSIAN SHIPPING LANES
STILL OPEN THIS WINTER
LONDON — For the first
time in history, ships are arriving
and departing from the port of
Leningrad in the middle of win
ter, Moscow radio said. The
broadcast explained this was due
to two factors: The winter has
been unusually mild thus far and
the growing Soviet icebreaker
fleet is able to keep channels open
in the Gulf of Finland and the
Neva River.
$510,000 Contract Let
For Plans For $15 Million
Juneau Federal Building
WASHINGTON, Oft—'The Gen
eral Services Administration has
awarded a contract to three firms
for designing of a federal office
building at Juneau, the state’s
congressional delegation announ
ced today.
The contract, for $510,000 went
to Olsen & Sands and Linn For
est, both of Juneau, and John
Graham & Co., Seattle.
The design for the $15 million
structure is to be completed by
March 1962.
The GSA is now acquiring the
“■ball park” site for the building.
Congress has appropriated
$1,690,000 for site acquisition and
architectural work.
GERMAN TRACKING STATION
HEARS SATELLITE SIGNALS
BOCHUM, Germany (iW—Volks
sternwarte Observatory here re
ported today it has again picked
up signals believed to originate
from the Soviet satellite launched
last Saturday.
Heinz Kaminski, head of the
observatory, said the signals con
sist of beeps on the 19.993 and
19.994 megacycle frequencies.
No signals had been picked up
Saturday or Sunday after the So
viets announced orbiting a seven
ton Sputnik.