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Natural Gas Business Pioneered By
Cold Government Agency Officers
Alaska Flag To Be
Flown at South Pole
WASHINGTON, UPt—The North
Star soon will be seen over the
South Pole. *
This will come about early in
October when members of the
Operation Deep Freeze supply sta
tion in Antarctica hoist the Alas
ka flag over their camp.
Aides of Delegate E. L. Bartlett
said today they have agreed to
provide the flag for delivery by
Rear Adm. George Dufek, com
mander of the Antarctic Naval
' support force for the Interna
tional Geophysical Year.
It will be flown over the
camp, at the geographical South
Pole, and returned to E^artlett for
presentation later to the State in
connection with Alaska’s official
admission to the Union.
Senate Committee Urges
Swift Action On
Outer Space Uses
WASHINGTON, UFi — A special
Senate subcommittee urges swift
action in the United Nations to
prevent outer space from being
used for military purposes.
This recommendation is con
tained in a final report issued yes
terday by the subcommittee on
disarmament studies begun three
years ago. The report was ap
proved unanimously by the 12
member bipartisan group.
The subcommittee also urged
an international agreement to sus
pend nuclear weapons tests. It
said such an agreement would
serve U. S. interests—but only if
a reliable system for detecting
any violations is established.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
Astronomy is the oldest of the
true sciences. Its early history is
buried somewhere in the great
depths of time, though we can
definitely trace it back to about
5,000 years ago.
There is no doubt that the ris
ing and setting of the sun and
moon must have caused wonder
ment even at the very dawn of
mankind. Ancient people must
have been awed by the heavenly
bodies which we see today.
The earliest records known are
those of the Chinese. Next come
the records of the Babylonians
and the Egyptians. It was not
until the time of the Greeks that
related astronomical observations
were recorded. Much of what we
know about the structure of the
Universe is due to the study made
by the Greeks.
Copernicus, who hundreds of
years later" came up with the basic
plan of the Solar System, gives
credit to Pythagoras (569-470 B.C.)
for the original idea that he
made.
NOME SANITARY
SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P.O. Box 558
f By FRANK CORMIER
WASHINGTON, UP) — Com
! merce Department officials re
i ported today economic minded
I bureaucrats have pioneered a
| natural gas business in Arctic
Alaska and saved the govern
i ment big money,
i They also are helping them
i selves keep warm,
i Six years ago, the officials re
| lated, the Navy drilled for oil
I near Point Barrow but found
! only natural gas. Not needing the
I gas, the Navy sealed up the wells
| and departed, leaving behind
: thousands of dollars worth of
pipe that could be hauled out
i only at prohibitive cost.
Civilian employes of four fed
eral agencies were having their
troubles keeping warm in Point
Barrow — and they looked with
longing at the capped gas wells.
If the gas could be piped into
their government offices and liv
ing quarters, they thought, it
would save hauling coal 150 miles
by dogsled and moving fuel oil
by water from Seattle.
The employes of the Weather
Bureau, Public Health Service,
Bureau of Standards, and Inter
ior Department decided to try
cutting through red tape.
In 1956 they got a Navy waiver
permitting their agencies to use
the gas free of charge. The Sen
ate Armed Services Committee
agreed to this. The Navy also
turned over the pipe and other
surplus materials lying about the
frozen countryside.
Then the Air Force lent a hand,
offering the use of bulldozers and
other construction gear at Point
Barrow. Finally the four civilian
agencies made available about
$350,000 to build a 5Vfe-mile pipe
line and install a generating plant
to produce electricity from some
of the gas.
Commerce aides said the gas
distribution system, which went
into operation recently, will save
the government $150,000 to $200,
000 a year in fuel and hauling
charges. At that rate the system
will pay for itself in two or
three years.
FIRST FIRE BRINGS BEES
BOISE, Idaho, UP)—Mrs. Charles
O. Brady built the first fire -of
the season in the fireplace Wed
nesday. The heat melted honey
from a bee hive in the chimney.
It dripped down and a swarm of
angry bees followed. She stopped
up the chimney to keep the bees
out of the house, but no one quite
knew how to get them out of the
chimney.
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News Letter
By CLARENCE M. IRRIGOO
SUMMER, 1958
North vs. South
Independence Day was cele
brated as usual but there were
no white people to participate in
the games. In the past military
men used to play against the Es
kimo. This summer the games
were played with fellow villagers.
NORTH against SOUTH played
the “Tug-of-war.” There was a
long struggle between the strong
men of south and north sides of
the village. South side won the
game after a long and gruelling
fight. When the noise of the ap
plauders quieted down, the angry
uproar of the LOSERS raised
their voices to “do it all over
again.” The uproar was so ter
rific that the judges of the games
decided to pay the losers as well
as the winners — "to avoid pos
sible civil war."
Good Housekeeping
A young lady was brought in
from Savoonga recently with a
ggn shot wound in her hands.
Reports revealed that Judith Peel
oowook was sweeping her room
when a .22 rifle fell and went off.
hitting her hands. She was evac
uated to Nome by the Air Force
plane.
School
Very nice couple are teaching |
here this time. The school chil
dren are happy once. more. Every
one says “now we can eat until
we are full.” They had complained
of being hungry in school since
the Archie Demerts left. School
lunch cooks tell of the friendly
atmosphere in the school house
makes everyone happy.
For many years the school had
no toilets for the children —
ever since the running water and
sewage pipes were out of order.
This summer two places are fixed
for latrines just outside of the
school house.*Another addition to
make children happy.
Election
August 26 was a big day for the
voters. 19 and -20 years’ were ex
pected but only 2 came to cast
their ballots.' Where and why
didn’t the others take thi^* won
derful opportunity? Only 19 year
old replied when asked why she
didn’t come to vote, — "I don't
want to"
The Hut
Some years ago a sheet of paper
was found thumb-tacked on the
wall in store. Notice says that
those who wants a loan from gov
ernment to repair or build their
house “write your name here.”
The writer of this newsletter was
first to write his name. Years
passed but nothing happened.
This summer it was learned that
the old army tamp near here is
condemned and abandoned, and is
given to the public. Because the
need for lumber for housing had
bee critical for many years, the
public made a good use for the
I old huts, etc. The government
can rest assured that the “loan
problem” is being solved at least
for the present.
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Service Work on Alaska Transition
Artillery Halts
Attempt to Run
Quemoy Bloekade ;
By ROBERT. TUCKMAN j
TAIPEI, UPi — The Chinese;
Nationalists held back their at- j
tempt to run the Communist j
blockade of Quemoy today while
the Reds peppered the offshore
islands with more artillery fire.
As the Formosa Strait crisis'
rounded out a third week, Nation
alist military headquarters re
ported Red shore batteries
sprayed nearly 300 shells on Que
moy and nearby Nationalist is
lands.
Although the shelling was com
paratively light, the Nationalists
decided against trying again to
push supplies to the besieged is
land in the face of the Red gun
fire which foiled the last two
attempts.
Some Nationalist military men
and the Taipei press voiced de
mands for more American action
in getting supplies to Quemoy.
They wrote off as ineffective the
use of U. S. warships to escort
the supply ships across the For
mosa Strait only to within three
miles of Quemoy.
Associated Press Correspondent
James Carey, who was aboard a
Nationalist supply ship which
was forced under Red shelling
Thursday to pull off the beach at
Quemoy before unloading, said
the grim fact is “that the Com
munist blockade is highly effec
tive and critically serious.”
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
> WASHINGTON, UP — A Budget
Bureau spokesman said yesterday
the bureau has established liaison
with the Public Administration
Service to work on problems of
Alaska’s transition to Statehood.
A firm of private consultants
has been hired by the Territorial
government and the Alaska State
hood Commission to study needs
of the transition period from
Alaska’s view. A federal study,
ordered by President Eisenhower,
will be coordinated by Harold
Seidman in the Budget Bureau.
Seidman said today the bureau’
and PAS has agreed to cooper
ate the study, each calling to the,
other’s attention any matter which
it might uncover in the other’s
field of operation.
The Budget Bureau now is await
ing returns from the various fed
eral agencies and departments in
response to the President’s direc
tive that they spell out the effect
Statehood will have on their in
dividual programs.
From these replies, due next
week, Seidman says he expects
to “flush out the problems.” Be
cause of the growth of the fed
eral government since the admis
sion of the last two states in 1912,
the transition problem in connec
tion with Alaska is without pre
cedent.
It is further complicated at the
present because — until Alaska’s
Nov. 25 election —..there is no
official pr body to speak officially
for the new State. Seidman ex
pects to go to Alaska after the
election to confer with the elected
governor on problems involving
coordinated action by federal and
state goverments.
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
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