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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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JUST SO THERE’LL BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING
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Problem of Migratory Waterfowl . . .
HUNDREDS OF LETTERS have been sent to state
legislators and to Washington, D. C. concerning
the enforcement campaign in Alaska on the taking
of migratory fowl in the spring.
Gov. Wm. Egan in a letter to Robert Blodgett
stated that he cannot condone bureaucratic policy that
leads to violence and hunger. “People are going to
eat when they are hungry and they are going to eat
what is available for them. Many Alaskans, as their
fathers and their father’s fathers, have always lived
off the country. They will continue to live that way
rather than go hungry, no matter what outside sports
men may think and no matter what is written in
treaties with other nations.”
“The Native Alaskans who for thousands of years
have subsisted on what game they could find before
fish become available in the spring, were not consulted
when outside forces decided those natives should not
eat birds in the spring.”
“In Alaska the federal government has long
recognized that the treaty allowed a certain latitude
of enforcement. To start now on an all-out, intensified
enforcement campaign is simply an invitation for
trouble.”
Alaskans want to be law abiding citizens and it
is not teaching good citizenship to have laws which
cannot be enforced and obeyed. This the time to amend
the law so that it is fair to Alaskans especially in re
mote areas. To see movies and see pictures of the de
struction of thousands of these birds in Mexico in the
fall when they go south because they are a nuisance,
would indicate that some changes are in order soon if
the law is to be respected.
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The Graduating Class of 1961 . . .
STARTING TOMORROW, the graduating class of
1961 will be too old for the irresponsibilities of
carefree youth and too young for the excuses of old
age.
From now on their “homework” will never be
finished as the new challenges of this fast changing
world of tomorrow will determine their behavior and
their success.
They can’t all be astronauts, nor would they want
to be as there is much on this earth to be accomplished.
They can each do their part by furthering their edu
cation, if possible, and by taking their place in the
community and sharing in the many civic responsi
bilities. One person can’t do everything, but each can
do his part. In the words of Edward Everett Hale: “I
am only one man; I can’t do everything but I can do
something; what I can do, I ought to do; and what I
ought to do, by the Grace of God I will do.”
Eisenhower Receives
Sylvanus Thayer Medal
At West Point
WEST POINT, N. Y. UP) — “It’s
trite but true says West Point
grad Dwight D. Eisenhower, “that
the older you get the more value
West Point has for you.”
“Fashions come and go,” the
former President added. “Every
thing changes in the world but
human nature.”
“The values for which West
Point is noted are imperishable,”
he continued and added: “Values
change but never the value of in
tegrity.”
Eisenhower talked of his alma
mater Monday night as he re
ceived the Sylvanus Thayer
Medal, top honor of the Asso
ciation of Graduates of the U. S.
Military Academy.
The gold medal was for “out
standing service to the nation.”
Eisenhower was the fourth reci
pient of the honor and the first
West Point graduate to lcceive it.
The award is named for Brig.
Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, who was
graduated from West Point in 1808
and was its superintendent from
1817 to 1833. Thayer is known as
■ he father of the academy be
cause he established standards of
academic and military training
that continues today.
Eisenhower, who received the
medal at the Annual Founder’s
Day dinner at the academy, said
he accepted it with “gratitude
and humility.”
Pres, of Stock Exchange
Warns of Buying Stocks
NEW YORK UP) — A rush to
buy low-priced stocks and new
issues of unseasoned companies
has brought the second warning
in six weeks from Keith Funston,
president of the New York Stock
Exchange.
Funston said yesterday such a
concentration of demand “makes
a mockery of the word ‘invest
ing’ .”
And he cautioned in a state
ment that the person who invests
on vague tips is “courting fi
nancial disaster.”
Funston said that despite his
earlier appeal for caution, un
wise speculation continues to
warrant concern.
“As experienced investors have
long known, neither low price nor
new issues are guarantees of any
thing except perhaps a propor
tionately greater degree of risk,”
he said.
A BIG HAUL . . .
NEW YORK UP) — Seven Army
officers and 1,150 civilian work
ers pull enough junk out of New
York harbor each year to build
a pile a block wide and 15 times
high as the Empire State Build
ing.
Recent hauls included the car
cass of a giraffe and a grand
piano.
FRESH POTTED PLANTS
AT U. S. MERC
AND NOME HARDWARE
Nixon Says Juvenile
Delinquency Is on the
Increase in All Countries
LOS ANGELES UP> — Volun
teer organizations can do more
in the long run to curb juvenile
delinquency than big government,
says former Vice President Nixon.
Nixon addressed more than 400
persons Monday night at the an
nual banquet of the Big Brothers
of Greater Los Angeles, a youth
service organization.
“Juvenile delinquency is not a
unique problem in the United
States,” he said, “it’s on the in
crease in all countries, including
the Soviet Union.
“But the United States is uni
que in that we turn not to gov
ernment as the first resort but
as the last resort in dealing with
this problem.”
Nixon, who received the first
annual Big Brothers award as
“the American who has been the
greatest inspiration to our youth,”
said volunteer organizations pro
vide the essential personal touch.
Dr. Paul McIntyre Named
Prof, of Music at U of A
REGINA, Sask. UP) — Dr. Paul
McIntyre, 30, former conductor
of the Regina Symphony Orches
tra and for the last year an or
ganist, composer and music teach
er, has been named professor of
music at the University of Alas
ka at Fairbanks.
Dr. McIntyre, a Regina resi
dent for two years, left this week
for Tor> into where he will spend
the summer months completing a
number of compositions.
He wi'l move to Fairbanks in
September. Dr. McIntyre, one of
the few musicians to hold the
Canadian Doctor of Music degree,
was born in Peterborough, Ont.
He has studied in Toronto, Paris
and Salzburg. He obtained his
doctor’s degree at the University
of Toronto.
King Salmon Run In Taku Inlet
Appears to Weak Again This Year
JUNEAU UP) — The State De
partment of Fish and Game said
yesterday the king salmon run
in Taku Inlet appears to be weak
again this year, based on the
catch of the first two weeks of
the inlet gillnet season.
Walt Kirkness, chief of the
Commercial Fisheries Division,
said while the number of boats
fishing the inlet had decreased by
20 from last year, there was also
a drop in the number of fish
caught per boat.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Vera Harris was fined in Magi
strate’s Court, $50 for being
drunk and disorderly.
John Thomas was fined $25 on
a drunk and disorderly charge.
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U of A Will Have $12
Million to Spend on
Oceanographic Program
WASHINGTON l/P) — The Uni
versity of Alaska Arctic Re
search Laboratory would have
about $12 million to spend in some
22 fields of activity if a 10-year
oceanographic program material
izes.
In announcing this, Sen. Bart
lett said:
“The program,” he said, “would
recommend a yearly allocation of
$1,125,000 to the laboratory for
the 1962 through 1970 fiscal
years.” He added it is believed
a total of $1,210,000 would be
made available to the laboratory
before July 1.
"The Arctic Research Labor
atory, located at Point Barrow,
furnishes logistic support to sci
cntists working under individual
contracts with the Office of
Naval Research and other govern
ment agencies as well as govern
ment scientific and engineering
Dersonnel,” Bartlett said in a news
letter.
Bartlett said the report states
that the Arctic Research Labor
atory would continue serving as
the basic logistic support to or
ganizations conducting Arctic en
vironmental investigations. In ad
dition “studies in 22 areas would
be accomplished with the intent
of insuring a continuous flow of
pertinent data on Arctic phe
nomena through the defense es
tablishment,” it added.
Some of the fields covered,
Bartlett said, are tides, currents,
wave pressure, marine biology,
magnetic surveys, earth currents,
and ice drifts.
Gov. Egan Elected Chairman
Of Western Governors Conference
SALT LAKE CITY 0P> — Gov.
William A. Egan of Alaska today
was elected the new chairman of
the Western Governors Confer
ence.
He immediately announced the
1962 meeting will be in Anchor
age.
Egan succeeds Gov. George D.
Clyde of Utah. Gov. Paul Fannin
of Arizona was elected vice chair
man.
Ben Wilkens from Seattle
Managing NC Store
Ben Wilkens from the Seattle
headquarters of the Northern
Commercial Co. is managing the
local store during the absence of
Gene White who is on vacation.
Wilkens has been with the com
pany several years and has been
in the Anchorage store also. An
other new face at the N. C. is
Larry Stine who will be office
manager this summer.
Note of Thanks
The Junior Class of 1961 takes
opportunity to express its ap
preciation to the people of Nome
for their fine support in con
nection with the Junior Prom
held last Saturday evening.
At least four forms of animal
life have exceeded the present
70 - year biblical span of man:
giant tortoise 152 years, box
turtle 123; and swan 102 years.
Elephants have been known
to live to be 69, eagles 55, horses
50, toads 36, cobras 28, and Eng
lish sparrows 23.
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