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Sanitation Course Starts Here Oct. 17;
Empty Oil Drums Will Play Big Role
JUNEAU, Sept. 12—The second
training course for village sanita
tion aides is scheduled to begin
Oct. 17 in Nome, according to
Richard S. Holmgren, Alaska De
partment of Health sanitary engi
neer, who is training officer for
the program. Lauris Parker, sani
tarian for the Health Dept., is
assistant officer.
A candidate from each of 10
villages in' the Nome - Kotzebue
area is being selected to attend
the four-week course in which the
trainees receive practical instruc
tion in meeting water supply,
waste disposal and general sanita
tion needs in their communities.
An illustrated guide geared es
pecially to sanitation problems of
Alaskan villages has been devel
oped for use as a text- during the
training course and also as a
guide for the trainees when they
return to their communities to
work with residents there in im
proving sanitary conditions of the
areas.
Utilization of materials and
supplies readily available in the
villages is stressed by the course.
Empty 50-gallon oil drums play a
large role in the water storage and
garbage disposal plans.
The first sanitation aide train
ing course was held in Bethel in
June. Five trainees attended from
Hooper Bay, Chevak, Tununak,
Kwethluk and Kwigillingok.
Selection of candidates to at
tend the second school will be
completed as soon as villagers
have returned to their homes af
ter summer absences at fishing
camps and other activities, Mr.
Holmgren "said.
Quarters for the school and the
trainees will be at the Maynard
MacDougall Hospital in Nome.
The training program is under
joint sponsorship of the U.S. Pub
lic Health Service and- the Alaska
Department of Health. The Alaska
Native Service also sponsored the
work at its inception and prior to
turning over of that agency’s med
ical services to the U.S. Public
Health Service on July 1.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy this afternoon.
Fair tonight and Thursday. Cold
er tonight. Warmer Thursday.
Lowr temperature expected to
night 35, high tomorrow 47.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 45, lowest 35. Max. wind 25
mph from the S.W. Sunrise at
5:24 a.m., sunset at 6:32 p.m.
A year ago today: high temper
ature 52, low 32. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 60 in
1929, lowest 25 in 1908.
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GAMBELL NEWS
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
August 1955
Man Killer, Killed by Man
Savoonga boat returned from
their trip east with 9 foot shark.
The killer was sighted swimming
with its fins visible above the
water in a dead calm sea, the re
port stated. One or two shots were
fired, but both missed the animal.
When it did not go down, they
trailed behind and when right
moment came, the harpooner
struck the killer with walrus har
poon.
Knowing it was going to be a
long battle, the hunters had
spliced 2 lengths of walrus ropes.
When the killer was harpooned,
the fight began. Two lengths of
rope were not long enough. They
let the line go when holding the
end of line seemed risky.
The wounded animal raced and
struggled for dear life, but the
skin boat with 25 hoursepower
Evinrude was too much for
wounded killer.
Thus end the life of a lone un
derwater prowler in the Bering
Sea. Dead sharks have been found
long, long time ago.
Winter in Summer
Unexpected snow blizzard in
what we called “middle of the
summer month” killed hundreds
of young birds nesting on St. Law
rence Island. Campers reported
dead birds were found on the i
water and land. Some reported
seeing dead terns on the lee side
of boulders.
The birds may have sought shel
ters under rocks, but freezing
snow and gale which lasted many
i days killed warm climate birds
i and ducks. This storm forced
i thousands of migratory birds to
j leave their nesting grounds in the
| area, and possibly other places,
| too.
j Foot Soldiers Trek Westward
The Alaska National Guard boys
| from Savoonga, under the Com
j mand of 1st Lt. Tim Gologergen
arrived here walking all the way,
crossing rivers and creeks. They
camped two nights before they
arrived Gambell.
One guard arrived with badly
bruised and swollen face. He had
missed a footing while walking
over rocky trail, and landed on
his face. His buddy had to help
him recover when he did not re
! spond to a call. He was uncon
scious for few minutes. Although
complaining some headache, he
managed to keep up with the rest
of the boys.
The Guards were helped across
Lake Troutman with skin canoe.
Five trips were made across the
lake. The Guards had covered
more than 50 miles with their
heavy packs.
Walking across tundra is not
new to these great soldiers. They
had done it before, when there
were deer on the island. Every
summer, these young men would
spend sometimes two weeks or
more herding reindeer, and yet
come home with high morale.
Blue Whale
For Toothless Soongarook
Willard Kaningok left young
blue whale near dying when his
gas went low while hunting the
other day. In two or three days,
Conrad Oozeva found it in front
of his tent, Sept. 7th, 1955.
The whale was still fresh. The
black muktuk of the blue whale
was good to eat.
Soongarook will have some dif
ficulty chewing tough muktuk.
Hope Santa Claus will bring him
two front teeth.
Red China Envoy Presses for Talks
At ‘Higher Level’ and End of Embargo
GENEVA, (A*>—Red Chinese am
bassador Wan Ping-nan today
proposed talks with the United
States at “a higher level,” pre
sumably between Secretary of
State Dulles and Premier-Foreign
Minister Chou En-lai.
The Chinese envoy also de
manded removal of the western
trade embargo against the Peiping
government.
The U.S. representative in the
talks with Wang here, Ambassa
dors U. Alexis Johnson, refused
for the time being to discuss any
thing but the repatriation of Am
erican civilians held in China.
Peiping is holding 19 American
civilians in jail but says machin
ery has been set up so they can
arrange to go home. Twenty-two
others whose release was prom
ised last week are still in Commu
nist territory. The Americans also
have agreed to facilitate the de
parture of Chinese nationals in
the United States who want to go
to Red China.
Wang’s delegation contended
earlier today that these announce
ments on the civilians wound up
that phase of the negotiations
which began Aug. 1 In the con
The two envoys met for an hour
and 40 minutes today. Although
they apparently came to no agree
ment on what to take up next,
they agreed to meet again next
Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Wang previously had been ex
pected to take up with Johnson
the question of seating Red China
in the United Nations. Now Pei
ping apparently realizes this ques
tion could hot be discussed use
fully at the ambassadorial level.
This would indicate the Commu
nists have given up any h6pe of
getting into the U.N. this year
but plan a strong play for getting
there in 1956.
However, Johnson and Chang
meet next on the day the U.N.
General Assembly opens in New
York. Russia is almost certain to
make a renewed demand there for
seating Red China.
Wang’s demand that the lifting
of the West’s embargo on the
shipment of strategic goods to
China receive top priority in fu
ture talks with Johnson had spe
cial significance. It suggested the
embargo hurts the Reds more
than diplomatic nonrecognition or
political and military uncertainty
in Southeast Asia.
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