THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
tx>st office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
GETTING THE HINT?
It s a Privilege to Vote
NOTHIXCi IS MORI: important tomorrow to the American
people than the privilege of casting their votes at the general
election.
Nuclear holocaust, that could wipe out our civilization; what
the Kremlin is doing or what action the U.N. is taking; trouble
with Cuba—all are secondary to voting for it is bv using this
privilege that the citizens direct the future of our country.
It is up to the voters to endorse or protest against welfare
state, inflation, intimidation of business, lack of defense in North
western Alaska and many other problems bv returning to Wash
ington and Juneau, only those candidates who support freedom
and seek to check the deficits in spending or by electing new
candidates dedicated to a strong America and a healthy Alaska.
Lack of concern in considering a single vote is not good
citizenship.
In the confusion of having four ballots placed before the
voters this year one bonding proposition stands out above the
rest. Bonding Proposition No. 1 for S5,960,000 for the University
of Alaska must not be overlooked. This will benefit the whole
state as it is estimated that within five years a staff of 1,000 re
search scientists and other personnel will be required for the
projects covered in this issue. Many of these people will become
permanent residents and a thousand employes is a big payroll.
From this research of the Arctic regions, branches, experimental
stations, and research headquarters will be set up in many places
in the north to help unravel many mysteries on Arctic problems.
Those who have visited the Arctic Research Laboratory at Point
Barrow can realize how many phases of scientific exploration
exists in the Arctic and have a small idea of how much there
is to be done.
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Hopes of W inning
Governors' Posts
| WASHINGTON OP—Republicans
! looking toward the 1964 presiden
tial contest nurtured high hopes
1 today of winning key governors’
posts when about 50 million Am
| erieans go to the polls Tuesday.
In an interim election which
may be influenced by the contin
uing crisis over Cuba, Democrats
| expected to come close to holding
their own in House contests and
even talked of the possibility of
! small Senate gains.
At about 169,000 polling places
from Maine to Hawaii, voters will
j officially choose 35 governors, 39
senators and 435 House members.
If the usual pattern is maintain
ed. balloting will begin shortly
after midnight tonight in a couple
i of New Hampshire hamlets and
end at 2 a.m. EST. Wednesday in
the reaches of Alaska’s farthest
1 west time zone tBSTh
President Kennedy was sched
uled to fly to Boston late today
to cast his ballot there Tuesday
for his brother, Edward M. Ken
riedp. who is rated a sure winner
; in the Massachusetts race for the
i President’s old Senate seat.
On the eve of the election. Re
publicans were favored to win 19
I of the governorship races, Demo
; erats 16. This could alter radical
; ly the present basis of power in
the states where presidential elee
j tions are won or lost,
i Because their chances of mak
1 ing any substantial gains in the
House and Senate races appear
dim. Republicans are looking to
the governor contests not only to
i give them an upward surge to
! u-irH t' r, lQfu
The American Way
The following is a reprint of
a 1958 election day column
which was given a Freedoms
Foundation award “for an out
standing contribution to under
standing of the American way.”
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
\To matter how many times you
have seen it there is always some
thing new and wonderful about it.
Millions of men and women,
marking little pieces of paper or
pulling levers in curtained polling
booths.
Dropping by the polling place
casually, on their way to or from
work. Asking no man’s yea or nay,
secure in their right to govern
themselves.
Maybe it isn’t really a national
election. Maybe it’s just a district
or state election. Maybe many of
them don’t know how they’ll vote
until they see the familiar name on
the list, or a party label. Maybe
most of them don’t even stop to
think of the vast implications of
their act.
But they know that on this day
they exercise an individual right.
As the majority agrees, so will
their representatives be chosen.
No political cabal will nullify their
reaction on the morrow.
They walk in freedom, and for
ever their faith in the efficacy of
their vote is a testimonial to the
American way.
U2 PLANE SHOT DOWN BY
ANTI-AIRCRAFT OVER CUBA
Harlow Curtice, Fx
Presiclent of GMC, Pas.-es
FLINT, Mich t/P) — Harlow !1
Curtice, retired former president
of General Motors Corp., died at
his home here Saturday, lit- vva<
!69
| rhe cause of death was not
1 given immediately.
I Curtice, one of the big men for
years in the automobile industry,
was the late former Secretary of
Defense Charles Wilson’s succes
sor as General Motors president.
Curtice retired from GM in the
late 1950s.
Curtice became president oi
General Motors, world’s largest
| manufacturing organization, in 1953
; and stayed at the post until 1958,
: when he retired.
I In his five years as GM’s No.
1 man he led the firm to new
i production records in car making.
DA OFFICES WILL REMAIN
OPEN UNTIL POLLS CLOSE
JUNEAU U’1 —- All state district
attorneys offices in Alaska will re
main open until poll-closing time
in their areas tomorrow, Atty.
Gen. George Hayes said today.
Hayes said district attorneys
have been instructed to give all
possible heip to election officials
and to be ready to make immediate
investigations of any matters in
volving possible election irregu
larities.
Powers Working for Lockheed
BURBANK, Calif. iffi — Francis
Gary Powers is now working for
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. as an en
| gineering test pilot.
He is the U.S. pilot who was
captured in the Soviet Union
I when his U-2 reconnaissance plane
! went down.
Lockheed which made the U-2
' said Powers is testing craft re turn
! ed to the factory for modification
; and repair.
In 1800 there was only some $5
! in coin and paper money for each
I person in this country — but the
I figure today is $166.
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key west, Eia. uy) — Havana
radio said today U.S. U2 pilot
Rudolf Anderson was shot down
by “antiaircraft defenses" in
western Cuba.
“He penetrated deeply into Cu
ban air space in the western zone
of the country," the radio said,
“and was knocked down by the
antiaircraft defenses of the Army
of the West.”
Mrs. FDR Condition Unchanged
NEW YORK UP) — Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt was reported “rest
ing quietly” today, but a family
spokesman said there was no
change in her condition.
Tiie 78-year-old former First
Lady has been suffering from
anemia and a lung infection. She
recently was removed from a hos
pital to her east side Manhattan
apartment.
MIDNIGHT! . . .
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. W — Un
less police officials find a better
solution, the department may have
a dog on the detective staff.
Midnight, a 3-year-old German
shepard, has lived and worked
with officer Billy Goforth since
I he was a pup. The dog won’t
i work w'ith another officer.
Goforth has been promoted to
detective and police are pondering
| whether to promote Midnight too.
j but to point toward a possible
I nominee to oppose President Ken
j nedy.
1 The governor races in New York,
! California, Pennsylvania and Mi
| ehigan are drawing the lion’s
i share of attention from both Rc
j publicans and Democrats,
j In New York, Gov. Nelson A.
j Rockefeller probably has to win
| big over Robert M. Morgenthau to
j preserve his position as a top pros
I pect for the 1964 party nomina
tion to oppose Kennedy.
In California, former Vice Pres
ident Richard M. Nixon is staking
his political life on the outcome
of his battle with Democratic Gov.
Edmund G. Brown.
In Pennsylvania, Rep. William
W. Scranton could make himself a
rising star in the Republican party
by winning the governorship in
his race against Democrat Rich
ardson Dilworth.
I In Michigan. George Romney,
the former compact car man, could
rise to challenge Rockefeller and
others for the prize two years
from now with a victory over
Democratic Gov. John Swainson.
■
LOWELL THOMAS JR.
Campaign Headquarters
1
P.O. Box 793
Anchorage, Alaska
Dear Friends:
1 want to thank all the candidates running for the
State House and Senate in both parties who have
worked and helped me.
Sincerely yours,
Lowell Thomas Jr.