Eskimo Guardsmen Complete First
Week of Training at Camp Dexter
The island units of the First
Scout Battalion. Alaska National
Guard, are completing their first
week of training at the annual
Camp Dexter encampment.
Training the first week con
sisted of rifle marksmanship, map
reading, radio operation and pro
cedure, and intelligence training.
The two-week training program
will be completed next week with
training in scouting and patroling,
radio reporting, and field exer
cises.
All is not work at the camp,
however. Boxing, softball, and
evening movies round out a full
and interesting program. The men
are fed Army rations from the
quartermaster depot at Fort Rich
ardson, Alaska. Six Army mess
personnel are serving well-ac
cepted meals to the Eskimo
Guardsmen.
Delegate Bob Bartlett spent
Tuesday and Wednesday inspect
ing the training and facilities.
The camp is supported by per
manent National Guard employ
es, Army Advisory Groupt both
of which have headquarters in
Nome and U.S. Army of Alaska.
It is hoped the camp will con
tinue to develop until it becomes
Russian Fisheries Minister
Visiting Canadian Pacific
Coast Fisheries
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP) —Rus
sian Fisheries Minister Alexander
Ishkov, already impressed by
Canada’s east coast fishing in
dustry, arrived here Wednesday
to take a one-week look at Pacific
Coast fisheries.
Ishkov, accompanied by Fed
eral Fisheries Minister James
Sinclair and Soviet ambassador
Dmitri Chuvahin, said as he was
welcomed by Mayor Fred Hume
that the Soviet Union and Canada
have “many things in common on
this shore.”
Speaking through an inter
preter, the Soviet minister told
welcomers that he thought such
visits as his and the one Sin
clair made to Russia last year
“will bring us closer and we will
understand each other better.”
RIGHTS 'VIOLATED'
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., UP)—A
disgruntled inmate of the new
Mexico State Penitentiary has
registered a complaint with fed
eral court here. He wrote in part:
“Gentlemen, . . . I’ve been
framed ... I got a raw deal . . .
they’ve violated my civil rights,
and not only my civil rights, gen
tlemen, my state’s rights, too.”
a permanent feature.
An invitation is extended to all
to visit the camp at any time next
week, stated Capt. Bob Ellis of
the 1st Scout Battalion.
All the men and equipment
were flown into Nome from par
ticipating villages by Alaska Air
lines.
The following is the list of men
attending the camp and their
home villages.
From Diomede Island—M/Sgt.
Michael Okpealuk, Sfc. Davis
Mendalook, Sfc. Roy Okpealuk,
Sfc. Paul Soolook, Sgt. David
Soolook, Sgt. Robert Soolook,
Sp3 Patrick Kayoutuk, Sp3 Aaron
Milligrouk, Pfc. James Iyapanna,
Pvt. Raleight Iyapanna.
From Savoonga—M/Sgt. John
Waghiyi, Sfc. Leslie Immingan,
Sfc. Joseph Noongwook, Sgt.
Kermit Kingeekuk, Sp3 Hogarth
Kingeekuk, Sp3 Ronald Kingee
kuk, Sp3 Clarence Waghiyi, Pfc.
Alexander Akeyu, Pfc. Nelson
Alowa, Pfc. Clifford Annogiyuk,
Pfc. Floyd Kingeekuk, Pfc. Emer
son Kogassagoon, Pfc. Elton Ku
lowiyi, Pfc. Chester Noongwook,
Pfc. Wayne Penayah, Pfc. Dennis
Pungowiyi, Pfc. Dqnald Pungo
wiyi, Pfc. Raymond Toolie, Pvt.
Patrick Gologergen, Pvt. Ray
Gologergen, Pvt. Dean Kulowiyi,
Pvt. Edwin Noongwook, Pvt. An
thony Pelowook, Pvt. Gilbert
Pelowook, Pvt. Ivan Pungowiyi,
Pvt. Lane Rookook, Pvt. Jotham
Seppilu, Pfc. Jerry Wongittilin.
From King Island—Sfc. Paul
Anowlic, Sfc. Bernard Katexac,
Sfc. Edward Penatac, Sp3 Igna
tius Annayoc, Pfc. Michael Sac
lamana, Pvt. George Mayac, Pvt.
Gabriel Muktoyuk.
From Gambell — M/Sgt. Willis
Walunga, Sfc. Herbert A. Apas
singok, Sfc. Clifford Iknokinok,
Sgt. Carl O. Iyakitan, Sgt. Win
fred Matuklook, Sp3 Bruce Boo
lowon, Sp3 Victor Campbell, Sp3
Ned Koozaata, Sp3 Joseph Slwoo
ko, Pfc. Nelson Alowa, Pfc. Hol
den Apatiki, Pfc. Ralph Apatiki,
Pfc. John Ayek, Pfc. Lane Iya
kitan, Pfc. Franklin Kaningok,
Pfc. Roger Slwooko, Pfc. Vernon
Slwooko, Pfc. Duffy Uglowook,
Pfc. Donald Ungott, Pvt. Hugo
Apatiki, Pvt. Tommy Antoghame,
Pvt. Alex Oozeva, and Pvt. Jerry
Tungiyan.
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11 Marines Drown
While Swimming
At Okinawa
NAHA, Okinawa, — Eleven
U.S. Marines drowned off the
north shore of Okinawa Sunday
while swimming during a break
in field exercises, the Marine
Corps announced.
The men were knocked off
their feet by a strong undercur
rent which was believed due .to
typhoon conditions, it was said.
Brig. Gen. Victor H. Krulak,
commander of the 3rd Marine
Division, said a freak ocean cur
rent caused the drownings.
At least 12 other Marines were
saved by other leathernecks in
the area.
•The Marine Corps said that the
Marines took a break from their
field problem on the coast of
Okinawa and went for a swim in
apparently calm water.
“Before they got waist deep, the
men were in trouble,” an eye
witness was quoted. “They were
knocked from their feet by a
vicious undercurrent and tumbled
seaward on the bottom.”
A human chain formed* to aid
the bathers was unable to keep
its footing due to the intensity
of the current*
Helicopters were called 'and 2nd
I,t. John L. Shanahan, a skin
diver, raced to the beach with a
rubber raft and pulled many
bathers to safety.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Intermittent light rain tonight
and Saturday with little change
in temperature. Winds 15 to 20
mph. Low temperature expected
tonight in the mid 40’s, and the
high tomorrow in the 50’s.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 56, lowest 46. Max. wind 21
mph from the S.E. Sunrise at 5:01
a.m., sunset at 6:57 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 48, low 46. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 66 in
1911, lowest 26 in 1932.
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Vice President Nixon and Byron Gillam. Republican candidate
for delegate to Congress, discussing Alaska problems and the 1956
election campaign. Gillam declared Nome would be included in any
statehood bill passed while Gillam was Alaska delegate to Congress.
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