TIIE NOME NUGGET
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Entered ns second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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What Are We Waiting For?
I HAT I HE FLECTION is over, it is safe to extend
J. 1 a word of praise to a deserving congressman for his bold
and truthful public statement concerning the lack of defenses
on the coast of North America in the area which lies within sight
of Soviet Siberia. He pointed his finger right on the spot of this
weakness without hesitation.
While congressmen are taking trips to many parts of the
world to orient themselves on the many problems which come
before them, it would be timely for a group of them, particularly
from the eastern part of the USA to do just what Sen. Bob Bart
lett did . . . fly over Nome and St. Lawrence Island in the Bering
Sea and feel and see what its like to be within sight of Siberia
and see first hand that Anchorage and Fairbanks, where there
is some military strength and air power, are not just around
the corner as they would appear on the map, but "states” away.
Congressmen and Pentagon leaders have a busy life, but only
a few hours in the air along the Alaskan Coastline w;ould give
those who direct the destiny of America time to cogitate on the
fact that Siberia is to America what Cuba is to America, only a
lot more so and that THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE TRAINED
ARMY, NAVY OR AIR FORCE installation or a single musket
available for use if challenged by an aggressor by land, sea or
air along this coast.
What are we waiting for?
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How fo Survive Radioactive Fallout
COLLEGE — What is fallout?
There is a sick joke going around
that "seat belts will prevent fall
out." but that’s another kind. The
fallout we're talking about is cre
ated when a nuclear explosion oc
curs close to the ground.
Thousands of tons of earth and
other materials are carried up
ward into a mushroom shaped
cloud. The dust mixes with the
radioactive material from the ex
plosion and becomes radioactive.
It is carried by wind until it settles
back to earth as "fallout."
Probably 50 per cent of this
radioactive dust will fallout with
in the first 1? hours or so. The
rest falls more gradually, unless
washed down by rain.
Most radioactive elements lose
their strength quickly. The general
rule on decay of the radioactive
particles is figured this way: For
every seven units of time, the
radioactivity is reduced ten times.
In other words, if fallout was oc
euring at a rate of 1,000 roentgens
per hour 'roentgens are a unit for
measuring radioactivity in relation
to time*, then in seven hours the
rate would be 100 roentgens per
hour. In 49 hours it would be down
to 10 roentgens per hour, and so
3n.
important Types of Radiation
What are the important types of
radiation? Gamma rays and beta
particles are the two most im
portant types of radiation in fall
out. Gamma rays are the greatest
immediate danger. They travel in
a straight line and go through
solid materials just as X-rays do.
Gamma rays can cause serious in
jury to living tissue by destroying
body cells.
Man and animals can be pro
tected only by remaining under
shielding materials that have
enough density to absorb the ra
diation until its intensity decays
to a safe level. Uusally this is
only a matter of hours or, at most,
a few days for gamma radiation.
If injury is not too severe, the
damage will heal in time, much
like a burn heals.
Bad Skin Burns
Beta radiation is quite different
than gamma radiation. Beta par
ticles are not very penetrating.
Ordinary clothing will serve as
protection. However, beta radiation
can cause bad skin burns and, if
swallowed on food or in water,
can cause serious injury to internal
organs. Some long-lived beta par
ticles can become a food hazard
if large quantities settle on soil
or crops.
To protect yourself from beta
radiation, avoid contact with
radioactive dust and keep it out
of food. If food becomes con
taminated with fallout, it must be
decontaminated. This is not dif
ficult with fresh fallout when de
posits are only on the surface and
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Christmas
Is less than two months
away.
And in Nome you plan
early for the holidays, or your
plans are not fulfilled.
Have you ordered your
Christmas Cards yet?
If not, we suggest that you
stop by at the Nome Nugget
office and place your order j
NOW, in order to assure that
they’ll be here in time for
mailing.
Business houses are remind
ed this is the last week for
calendar orders.
Nome Nugget
' can be easily removed by washing
or brushing off
If you should be covered with
radioactive dust, you can remove
the contaminated clothing. Wash
with soap and water (particularly
your hands and hair* and put on
clean clothes. This will decon
taminate you and prevent the beta
dust from getting on others.
Car.not Catch Radiation
Can you catch radioactivity'.’ No.
Regardless of the amount of radi
ation you might be exposed to
you will never become radioactive.
Even if you become ill. another
person cannot “catch” radiation
or radiation sickness from you.
Only the dust is radioactive.
For more information on fall
out. shelters and radioactivity,
contact your nearest Cooperative
Extension Service agent, vour local
Civil Defense office, or write Co
operative Extension Service, Uni
versity of Alaska, College, Alaska.
Available publications include'
Home and Garden Bulletin No. 77,
"Family Food Stockpile for Sur
vival.” printed by the US. Dept,
of Agriculture.
The university's film library also
has several Civil Defense films
available. Titles are: And a Voice
Shall Be Heard, Civil Defense in
Schools, Fallout and Agriculture.
Radiological Defense, and Rural
Community Defense.
John nahnke Employed
As Maintenance Supt.
Of Nome Public Schools
John Bahnko was employed as
maintenance superintendent for
the Nome Schools at the School
Board meeting last Tuesday night.
Presently working for the USSR
Mining Co., Bahnke will assume
his new duties soon.
Other business covered was the
board approval of fees and poli
cies for use or rental of the build
ing or its parts for other than
school use. The members received
1 copies of the school’s Civil De
! fense emergency plans, reviewed
j employe evaluation and super
j visorv plans, and organizational
| plans.
| Mrs. Carolyn Coons, reading
| supervisor, attended as the visitor
from the Nome Education Assn.,
and also had been invited to pre
sent a short resume of her work
teaching remedial reading. She
spoke of the progress being made
by 3rd. 4th, 5th and 6th grade
pupils with whom she is working.
Other visitors were Mrs. Howard
Kelley, and Mrs. Robert Baldwin.
The 1963-64 school budget was
presented and given tentative ap
j proval by the board and will next
be presented to the City Council.
Attending the meeting were
President Ash Craft, Dick Galle
her, clerk; Roy Snyder, treasurer;
and members James Oksoktaruk
and Paul Mandeville; Mrs. Vera
Gelzer, secretary; Mark Beau
champ, elementary principal; Lar
ry Bourger, high school principal;
and Victor Charles, superintend
ent.
| The next meeting will be Nov.
j 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Remedial
j Reading Room.
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Adopts Nino
Resolutions
Dun Hoover, representative of
the Nome Chamber of Commerce'
on the State Chamber Hoard of
Directors who attended the recent
meeting in Anchorage, reports that
the State Chamber successfully
raised $a0.000 for its operations
this past year.
He states that nine resolution::
were adopted by the convention.
The nine are:
1. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce is in
favor of, and supports, the pro
posed transfer of the Fairbanks,
Juneau route from Pan American
to Wien and urges expeditious and
favorable action by the CAR.
2. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce urge
thi' immediate construction of a
nower grid linking all power gen
eration facilities—built, or to be
built—in Central Alaska.
3. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce em
bark upon a vigorous public re
lations and promotion program to
the end that the Rampart power
project be built at the earliest
possible time.
4. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce pre
vail upon the state to study ways
and means of entering an informa
tion center at the New York
World’s Fair.
5. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce urge
the Alaska State Dept, of Economic
Development and Planning to or
ganize and carry out conference
workshops on business and indus
trial development problems, such
workshops to be held in various
locations throughout the State of
6. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce co
operate and participate in the study
proposed by Senate Joint Resolu
tion 137 authorizing a study of
the adequacy of the federal high
way program in Alaska so that
Alaskan needs and experiences
can be adequately represented.
7. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce urges
support of the program of the
Pacific Northwest Trade Assn, for
a comprehensive cooperative pro
gram designed both to stimulate
greater utilization of the North
West and Alaska area bv its resi
dents and to promote wider appre
ciation and enjoyment of our
recreational resources by tourists
from other parts of the world.
8. Resolved, that the Alaska
State Chamber of Commerce call
a regional conference on the sub
ject of paving the Alaska High
way, with participation from all
interested groups in Alaska, Canada
and other states.
9. This resolution covered the
expression of appreciation to the
many organizations and individ
uals whose efforts contributed to
the success of the convention.
COMING and GOING with WIEN
From Fairbanks: L. E. Hough,
Guy Green, Ernie Parr, Mr. Huff
man, Ray Shields, Capt. Caldwell,
Jim West.
From Kotzebue: John Black,
Bill Moore, Jean Burand.
To Fairbanks: Caleb Pungowiyi,
Thomas Octuck, Erni Ailak, James
Bell, Aaron Bell, Floyd Nagozruk.
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