James O’Sullivan Marries
Jean Filter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Filter of Yakima,
■became the bride of Jim OSulli
van. Alaska Steamship Co. agent,
Friday evening in a ceremony
with Magistrate James St. Amour
officiating.
Attendants were Mr. and Mrs.
James Manning of Fairbanks, who
were here for the Midnight Sun
Festival, with the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce.
Following the wedding, a recep
tion was held in their honor at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Hoover.
B. C. University Scientists
Seek ‘Popcorn’ Fish
In Upper Yukon Waters
VANCOUVER, (fPl — University
of British Columbia scientists, led
by Dr. C. C. Lindsay, will make
an expedition to‘the headwaters
of the Peel River in the Yukon
during the summer to seek speci
mens of a mysterious “Popcorn”
• fish seen by bush pilots.
The fish, named by pilots for
its peculiar head bumps resem
bling popcorn, has never been re
ported to exist in any other area
and its description fits no known
species. The scientists will also
visit remote areas of Alaska and
the Bering Sea islands.
BELUGA WHALES SIGHTED
Several beluga whales were
spotted in the roadstead yesterday
by spectators during the Festival
activities
The Order of Eastern Star will
hold its last meeting for the sea
son this evening All members and
visiting Stars are invited to at
tend, as there will be a special
social following the meeting
MINING CO. HELICOPTER
The helicopter which has been
flying over this area for the past
several days belongs to the Bear
Creek Mining Co, which is doing
some exploration in this area
Prank Morris of BPR is here
on road construction conference
from headquarters in Fairbanks,
and states he will be leaving for
assignment in Iraq, where he will
teach techniques of road building
and about road building heavy
equipment.
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Sitka Engineering
Inspector Returned to
Alaska on Forgery Charge
JUNEAU, Iff) — James Dabney,
former chief inspector for an en
gineering company at Sitka, was
returned here Friday to face for
gery charges.
Dabney was arrested at Seattle
May 12, accused of entering four
different forged payroll checks
into the mails. A government at
torney said the checks amounted
to about $1,400.
Dabney was ordered returned
to Alaska after a hearing in Se
attle U. S. District Court Wed
nesday. No date has been set for
a hearing here. Dabney was being
held in jail in lieu of $5,0G0 bail.
Eskimo Dancing, & Games
Add To Festival Color
. Eskimo dancing groups com
peted for first place during the
Festival, with the group headed
by Paul Tiulana being announced
as the winner on Sunday. In addi
tion to a cash prize which they
received, the troupe won a trip to
Fairbanks to attend the Golden
Days Fsetival in July.
Winners of the Eskimo sports
were: High Kick—James Picnak
look, Whitney West. Gerald Ox->
ereok. Blanket Toss — Myrtle
Chambers, John Herman, Edna
Amasuk. Winners of the Sunday
Blanket Toss: Valerie Adams,
Sam Ahwinona, Danny Rockne.
Gates Warns Soviets
Will Continue Slander
WASHINGTON, M—Secretary
of Defense Gates says he expects
more harrassment by the Soviet
Union in the next six or eight
months. But Gates says he does
not expect the Russians to' force
any major issues, such as starting
limited war or creating a crisis
in Berlin. Gates commented at a
news conference at the meeting
of defense leaders in Quantico,
Virginia.
Fin* Job Printing At Tb« NuggoL
NOW THAT I HAVE HELP—
THE BARBERSHOP
WILL BE OPEN
SIX DAYS A WEEK!
— HOURS: 9 A.M. to 6 PJ*. —
CHERRY’S
BARBERSHOP
Harry Johnson Jr. to be
Guest at Music Festival
Harry Johnson Jr.. Nome High
School graduate of 1000, leaves to
morrow for a' week-long city ban
quet of music and social activiyt
as a guest of the Alaska Festival
of Music in Anchorage. 'This is a
scholarship he won along with
four other Alaskan high school
students with musical aptitudes.
■The trip was made possible as
a scholarship through he com
bined generosity of the N. C. Co.,
Northern Consolidated, Reeve
Aleutian and Alaska Airlines.
Others attending are Sally John,
20, of Fort Yukon. Athabascan In
dian; Shirley Shaishnikoff, part
-Aleut, of Unalaska, Elizabeth
Rodgers of Bether, age 16, and a
fourth,- unnamed, from Aniak.
Batter Up!
The first game in the local
softball league, will be played to
night on the recently completed
softball field souh of the bowling
alley on the Sandspit road.
Plenty of parking space has
been provided, and benches as
well.
Tonight’s opening game will be
played between the ACS Nomads
and the 1st Scout Battalion, and
promises to be an outstanding
event, stated one of the players.
NOME SOFTBALL
LEAGUE SCHEDULE
(For Fint Half)
June 20—ACS vs. National
Guard.
June 22—Jaycees vs. Polar Bar.
June 27—National Guard vs.
Jaycees.
June 29—Polar Bar vs. ACS.
July 4—Explorer Scouts vs.
National Guard. v
July 6—ACS vs. Jaycees.
July 11—Polar Bar vs. Explorer
Scouts.
July 13—National Guard vs.
Polar Bar.
J uly 8—ACS vs. Explorer
Scouts.
July 20—Explorer Scouts vs.
Jaycees.
Note: All games start at
7:30 p.m. 1
—SAVE THIS SCHEDULE—
Judge Hubert Gilbert was wel
comed home for a week’s stay fol
lowing hospitalization in Fair
banks, where he was assisting on
the 4th Division Court.
Mr*. Wm. Woodcock welcomed
her mother, Mrt. R. W. Davit of
Hot Springs, Ark., who arrived
last week, and plans to stay for
the summer months.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Book*
available at The Nome Nugget
Interstate Commerce
Plans Management of
Alaska Railroad
WASHINGTON, (ffl — A bill to
put economic regulation of the
government-owned and operated
Alaska Railroad under the Inter
state Commerce Commission was
approved yesterday by the House
Commerce Committee.
Th^ report on the Senate-passed
bill said it is now necessary to
regulate surface transportation in
Alaska “in the same uniform
manner it is now regulated in the
other states.”
New York Senator Tells
Tokyo Rioters Paid At
‘Fantastically High’ Rate
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Sen. Ken
neth Keating (R-NY) says he has
heard Communist demonstrators
in Japan were paid $1.85 a day.
He called this a fantastically high
rate of pay for Japan.
Keating told the Senate Friday
his information came from a
highly reliable source. State De
partment sources had said pre
viously they had information that
Communist money had been sent
to Japan to finance the huge riots
that led to the cancellation of
President Eisenhower’s visit.
SANDY HONORED
Sandy Snyder, popular waitress
of the North Star Restaurant,
who will be cooking at the Kuza
trin this summer and plans to
leave Nome in the fall, was hon
ored with two farewell showers
last week given by and attended
by her many friends here.
Attatayak Infant Dies
Darleen Attatayak, 11-month
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Attatayak, passed away at the
hospital on Friday.
U. S.# Ousts Two
Castro Embassy
Officials as Spies
WASHINGTON, M — The
United States Saturday ordered
two consular officials of Cuba’s
Castro government to leave this
country within, 48 hours. One was
accused of being Cuba’s master
spy in the Miami area.
Under Secretary of State Doug
las Dillon in a note to the Cuban
Embassy said the two are:
Carlos Manuel Lazaro Felix
Sanchez Y Basquet, designated as
an assistant to the Cuban consul
in Miami, Fla,, but described by
State Department spokesmen as
he “principal Cuban intelligence
agent” in that area..
Dr. Berta Pla, cultural attache
in the Cuban Consulate General
in New York. A State Department
spokesman accused her of having
distributed anti-U. S. propaganda.
The two ousters apparently
were in retaliation for the expul
sion from Cuba of two U. S.
assistant legal attaches at the Em
bassy in Havana.
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Lucy Jane Thomas, Robert Ok
soktarok, Wm. Elam. Discharged
— Carrie McLain, Gerry Omede
lana, Ursula Pete, Gertrude
Snowball, Leonard Kobuk, Anna
Jack, Ron Uisak, Isador Pete,
George Washington, Alice and
Clara Waska, and Alexis Mattias.
DH. LEE McKINLEY is here for
his second trip to this area, ,to
keep dental appointments made
during his first visit last month.
He may toe contacted at the Po
laris Hotel.
FRIDAY BASEBALL RESULTS
By the .Associated Press
Pacific Coast League ,
Portland 1, Tacoma 0.
San Diego 2, Seattle 1.
Salt Lake City 5, Spokane 0.
Sacramento 6, Vancouver 1.
National League
Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2.
Chicago 6, Cincinnati 4.
Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 1.
San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 3
American League
Boston 3, Cleveland 1.
New York 4, Chicago 2.
Baltimore 3, Detroit 1.
Washington 3, Kansas City 1.
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