Possibility the AF
Will Make Snow for
Fur Rendezvous
ANCHORAGE — Hopes were
expressed Saturday that the Air
Force would rescue the city from
a snow-less holiday by using its
new snowmaking machine to cover
Fourth Avenue for the Fur Ren
dezvous sled dog races which are
scheduled next weekend.
Pill Strandberg, Greater An
chorage, Inc., president said he
has sent a telegram to Mayor
Robert Wagner of New York City
thanking him for his offer of as
sistance, but advising him that
it is impossible to get the big city
snow here because of transporta
tion difficulties.
“I told him the Air Force is
always prepartd for every emer
gency in Alaska, and we are con
fident that it will make snow
for us,” Strandberg said.
The Air Force expects a new
snow-making machine to arrive
this weekend. Strandberg said he
hopes that machine can be as
sembled, tested and proven in time
for helping the Rendezvous have
dog races.
Strandberg said he hopes Mayor
Wagner does not think he is being
frivolous about such a serious mat
ter.
“It will be a great day when I
can send the mayor a picture of
the Air Force snow-making ma
chine operating on the main down
town street of Anchorage. All I
will have to tell him is, “see?”
Air Force officials have already
expressed willingness to cooperate
in providing the home-made j
snow if the machine arrives in ,
time.
Mayor Wagner told Strandberg
in a telegram that New York City j
has plenty of snow to spare and
offered it free of charge, F. O. B. !
New York City.
West German Defense
Ministry Refuses Social
Invite from Soviet Union
BONN, Germany UP) — The
West German Defense Ministry ■
refused Saturday to let its gener- s
als accept the first social invita- '
tion ever extended them by the j
Soviet Union.
Soviet military missions in j
Buende, Frankfurt and Baden
Baden invited division and corps
commanders and their wives to
attend celebrations next Thurs
day of the 43rd anniversary of the
Soviet army and navy.
Political circles in Bonn were
astonished because the Soviet
Union in the past always has
shunned high-ranking West Ger
man officers, calling them ex
Nazis bent on revenge for defeat
in World War II.
All the defense ministry would
say Saturday about the invita
tion was that it was “politely re
fused without the grounds being
given.”
Best highway slogan of the year:
“Courtesy, caution, common sense
can curtail car casualties.”
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Police Files
Will be Kept as
Confidential Data
JUNEAU (/Pi — Legislation
closing criminal history and iden
tification files to the public is
not intended to keep the press
from information it has been re
ceiving in the past, State Attv.
Gen. Ralph Moody said Saturday.
A bill which classifies such
criminal records and files as pri
vileged material passed the House
last week and was sent to the
Senate for consideration.
The measure places criminal
identification files in the same
vital statistics category as adop
tion proceedings, juvenile records,
medical records and records kept
confidential by federal law and
regulation.
Moody said that under his inter
pretation, the bill would simply
close to public scrutiny police
files on criminal records, identi
fication and investigations.
“The intent of this legislation
is simply to give police a legal
right to withhold the same infor
mation they have been withholding
in the past under their own de
partmental rules.”
“The bill does not change in
any way present policy of the,
department with respect to making
information about complaints and
criminal investigations available
to representatives of the press,
but corrects a defect in the pre
sent law by making statutory
what has long been a policy.”
“Current statutes open our files
to indiscrimiate viewing by any
member of the public, whereby
irreparable harm can be done
to individuals. It is in the same
degree of protection afforded
adoption, juvenile and mental
health records in Alaska and
other states.
“The bill does not suppress the
flow of information to the pub
lic but protects the innocent and
the unjustly accused from the
witch hunter, the gossip monger
and the blackmailer.”
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available at The Nome Nugget
Air Force Will Use
Three Railroad Trains
As Roving Radar Targets
JOPLIN, Mo. OP) — The Ait
Force plans to use three special
railroad trains as roving radar
targets at many sites over the
country where plane crews simu
late bomb drops. Radar crews on
the ground score the crews on
accuracy.
The first radar bomb scoring
train is nearing completion at Og
den Utah Air Force Depot. It will
be sent next week to Milan, Tenn..
where it will become operational
March 1.
Mai. Eugene Butler, of a radar
bomb scoring group near Joplin,
already has gone to Milan, where
he will take command of the
first train crew.
Each train will be manned bv
about 60 men. Others in the first
detail will come from radar groups
at La Junta, Colo., Bismarck, N.
D., Minneapolis, Salt Lake City,
St. Louis and Little Rock.
The trains will be spotted 45
days at a time at remote loca
tions around the country so that
each SAC plane crew can make
at least one practice bombing run
over each site.
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, j
22, 24, 1961.
Weli-Greased Pay Cut for Legislators
Slides Through the State’s House
JUNEAU OP* — A well-greased
legislative pay cut bill slid
through the State House of Repre
sentatives Saturday by a vote of
33 to 6.
Not a voice was raised in debate
against it.
The bill was a substitute ver
sion introduced by the House Fi
nance Committee.
It cuts per diem from $40 to
$35 for legislators from all areas
outside of the Juneau-Douglas
area, election District 5. Law
makers from the 5th District
would get a $25 a day expense
allowance.
The measure would also reduce
annual salaries from $3,000 to
$2,500, but provides for an annual
allowance of $300 for postage,
stationary, stenographic services
and other expenses. Lawmakers
do not now receive such an al
lowance.
The annual allowance for the
President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House would be
trimmed from $600 to $500.
The expected thunder over the
controversial issue aparently had
been taken care of in party cau
cuses before the bill hit the floor.
Only four Democrats and two
Republicans voted against the bill.
They were Democratic Reps.
Frank Cashel of Sitka, Robert
Ditman of Valdez, Harold Hansen
of Cordova and John Nusunginya
of Barrow and Republican Reps.
Walter Kubley and William
Boardman, both of Ketchikan.
The Finance Committee’s ver
1 sion of the bill was a substitute
for one introduced jointly by
Kubley and Boardman, which
called for per diem of $30 and
an annual salary of $2,250.
Only a Token Gesture
After the final passage, Board
man and Kubley issued a joint
statement calling the committee
substitute of their bill “only a
token gesture.”
“There was absolutely nothing
left of our bill except the num
ber,” they said.
“In effect, our orginial bill pro
vided for a 25 per cent across the
board reduction in per diem and
annual salary. We felt this was
reasonable.
“Based on a 60 day annual ses
sion of the Legislature we ‘cost
out’ the committee substitute pro
posal at a total annual renumera
tion of $4,900 plus per diem while
traveling to and from sessions, as
against the present total of
$5,400.
“In reality, the reduction is
only $500 based on annual 60-day
sessions or a percentage decrease
of 9.2 as against our original bill
providing for a 25 per cent de
crease.”
Rep. John Nusunginya of Bar
row said he voted against the bill
because he felt the reduction was
too great.
“Some of the legislators now
will be getting less than legisla
tive employes,” he said.
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SHOWN HERE IS A UNIQUE DRAW-BRIDGE built by engineers
across the Tennessee River in October 1863. The frame super
structure allowed the span between to raise, permitting river
barges to pass.
TO AVOID CONFEDERATE batteries at a bend in the James
River, the engineers dug Dutch Gap Canal near Richmond, Va.
This constituted a major task in view of the lack of mechanical
earth-moving equipment during the Civil War.
THIS PONTOON BRIDGE spanning the James River illustrates
the similarity between bridging of that period and that used
extensively during World Wars I and II.
The Civil War Engineers— .
A Century Has Passed
One hundred years ago when the War Between the States
started, the Corps of Engineers consisted of ninety-three officers
and only one organized company. Of the ninety-three officers,
fifteen resigned to join the Confederate Army and one other took
no part in the war. During the war years that followed, fifty-five
of the ninety-three rose to the rank of general and fifteen died
or were killed.
The one active unit, "A" Company of Engineers, stationed at
West Point, was augmented to form the ‘ Battalion of Engineer
Troops.” This battalion was supplemented by numerous volunteer
engineer units and, together, they wrote military engineering
history by their deeds.
It is fortunate that Matthew Brady, the renowned Civil War
photographer, recognized the efforts of these engineer organiza
tions as being worthy of recording with his camera. The following
pictures are reproduced from the Brady collection.
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