THE NOME NUGGET
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SOMEBODY PRETTY HARD TO TALK DOWN!
Tribute to Dr. Langsam
For Long and Efficient Service
Nome is about to say farewell to its only doctor,
who for the past seven years has quietly and efficiently
served the community and surrounding areas faithfully
and generously.
Although some have not always agreed with his
decisions, we believe that the longer he stayed the
better he was understood and appreciated.
Dr. Fred M. Langsam carried more than a full load
of responsibility with the problems of the sick and
ailing, as proved by the fact that two people are being
sent to replace him. Yet he found time to do his share
of civic duties in the community, serving as president
of the Chamber of Commerce, taking a very active part
in the civilian defense program, and sharing in the
work of his church. Some of those who criticize him
freely might look in the mirror and see if they have
served as well.
Dr. Langsam states he has pledged his life to work
as a missionary doctor and leaves Nome for work
among the Africans. The best wishes of the community
go with him as he serves at the other end of the globe.
LUXURY BUSES
Now come luxury buses on the American scene,
to be put in service between Denver and Pueblo, Colo.,
this month. The buses are 60 feet long and will carry
64 passengers.
They were built in Germany and use a new feature
which allows them to make turns that conventional
buses cannot make, even though they are longer. The
German invention ,is an accordion-like pleat in the
middle section of the bus, which allows the vehicle to
bend as it travels around corners.
It is, one might say, a two-section bus, which
bends in the middle. The buses feature uniformed
hostesses, snack bars, restrooms, carpeted floors, and
even recorded music. The idea is to attract passengers
from the railroads, or from other means of luxury
travel, and get them to ride the luxurious buses.
It is a good idea, and we think that the bus of the
future may provide a manner of luxurious travel,
• unlike most buses in the past. If this can be done, then
a new form of luxury travel will be offered to
Americans.
Leftists Harass
U.S. Pilots at
Japan Air Base
TACHIKAWA, Japan, UP—Jap
anese police scuffled briefly Sat
urday with leftist demonstrators
who put up three 60-foot poles at
the end of a runway to harass
American pilots at Tachikawa
air base.
No one was hurt in the .clash
between 170 police and 50 Jap
anese villagers. The villagers op- .
pose expansion of the U.S. air j
base into Japanese land.
The demonstrators—landowners j
from nearby Sumakawa village, j
bolstered by labor union mem- |
bers and leftist students—erected ;
the poles yesterday just outside !
the base and facing the main |
runway. Japanese flags streamed
from the tops.
The U.S. Air Force asked the
Japanese poice to haul them
down, calling the obstructions “a
hazard to safe flying,” but nor
mal operations continued at the
base.
It was the latest in a long ser
ies of outbreaks caused by efforts
to extend Tachikawa’s main run
way to accommodate the newest
in jet fighters and bombers.
The protesting villagers claim
the Japanese government, which
is financing the expansion, pays
them only a pittance for their
land. Eventually the base is to be
turned over to Japan.
Portland Mayor
Acquitted of
Perjury Charge
PORTLAND'. Ore. UP)—Portland
Mayor Terry Schrunk was acquit
ted Friday of a charge of perjury,
but he still faces e long battle to
clear his name.
A state circuit court jury delib
erated less than two hours before
deciding unanimously that the
44-year-old mayor had not lied
to a vice probing grand jury when
he denied taking a gambler’s
bribe.
It is believed the charge of
bribery against Schrunk may be
dropped now, but State Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton, who is in
charge of the prosecution of Port
land’s vice cases, could not be
reached for comment immediate
ly.
Three other charges, stemming
from the year-long vice probe of
this city of 415,000, have been
filed against the mayor, accusing
him of illegally copying a wire
tap, conspiracy to obtain a wire
tap, and subornation of perjury.
Trial dates for these charges have
not yet been set.
Schrunk maintains the accusa
tions against him are part of a
plot by gamblers who feared his
election as mayor would drive
them out of business.
An awkward age for kids: too
old for babysitters but still too
old to date.
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EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION IN CAMERON
FROM HURRICANE AUDREY
By STANLEY MEISLER
CAMERON, Ala. (#—Death, de
termination, numbed horror min
gled in this little town Saturday
as stunned survivors hunted their
missing families in makeshift
evacuation camps for the heart
rending task of hunting loved
ones.
Charles LeBoeuf, a young Cam
eron man looking for his mother,
keynoted the feelings of other
dogred searchers.
“I may find her body, but not
her,” he said.
Letters Tied in Ribbon
Take a close look at Cameron:
Walk thru the main street. Tip
toe over fallen power lines. Walk
thru the ruin that was once a
neighbor’s house. Pick up the shoe
of a dead wife. Look, at a bundle
of letters tied in ribbons. Look
away quickly. Move on. /
Tears and shows of emotion
after Friday’s revelation of the
vast destruction and loss of life
gave way to a numbness the next
day.
Numbness Replaces Tears
The people talked constantly of
death, but without apparent feel
ing. They exchanged family news
this way.
“I lost my nephew,” said Sher
iff O. B. Carter to a deputy.
“You did?” was the reply. “I
lost a brother, and did you hear
about (he fellow who lost five?”
Charles Jeffers, who got out of
Cameron before the full force of
hurricane Audrey lashed the area,
1,500 Japanese Villagers
Flee Spouting Volcano
JAKARTA (At—More than 1,500
villagers fled from the Merapi
volcano area in central Java Sat- j
urday after the mountain threw
out clouds of ash that blotted out
the sun. Other villagers in the
region were being evacuated.
returned to look for friends.
50 People in School
“There were about 50 people
who gathered at the school before
the storm,” he said. “I begged
them to get out of' Cameron. I tolH
them to get in your cars or any
thing. I told them to lie on tops
of cars if they couldn’t find room
inside.
“Only five crawled in with me.
The rest were stubborn.”
He said many of them were
missing.
Coast Guard Reproached
Jeffers reproached the Coast
Guard and Weather Bureau. “The
Coast Guard should have person
ally warned everybody and forced
them to flee if necessary,” he said.
“The Weather Bureau should have
told people that Cameron specif
ically was in danger.”
A dead cow in the center of the
main street greeted the first res
cue workers. It seemed to sym
bolize the death of the city and
many of its 3,000 residents.
Later it seemed to dare people
to live in spite of the death about
them.
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