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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Community Survey Questionable
Fr EVERY Post Office Box tomorrow will be found
a copy of the Community Survey Questionaire
mailed out from the office of the Superintendent of
the Nome Public Schools to as many adults in the
community as possible.
It is not intended just for parents and should not
be set aside and forigotten because the box holder has
no children in school. Everyone will find some ques
tions he or she can answer as a taxpayer, as an indi
vidual as well as those questions only parents can
answer. It does not have to be signed and any com
ments on the operation of the school, other than the
questionaire itself are welcomed.
If ydo are interested in where your tax money
fgoes, teacher’s pay, Communism, civic conscious teach
ers, more use of the school buildings throughout the
year, kindergarten, music, athletics, curriculum, more
school construction, then this is your opportunity to
give your opinion on the operation which uses most
of our tax money.
If the questionaire accomplishes nothing else, it
will show the individual a lot of things he doesn’t
know and might like to know about. So do your share
and cooperate by filling in any part of it that you am.
Seward Has Cold
Diesel Oil Problem
KETCHIKAN W - the MV
Alaska Standard sailed from Ket
chikan for Seward where a short
age of stove oil has created an
emergency, it was announced yes
terday.
The Alaska Standard, under
command of Capt. Robert Hunt,
will unload 14,000 barrels —
588,000 gallons of oil — on arrival
in Seward Thursday afternoon.
The need for stove oil developed
because of low temperatures which
caused diesel oil to congeal in
lines, a spokesman for Standard
Oil Co. said. Stove oil is used to
thin the diesel fuel and make it
withstand lower temperatures, it
was explained.
There was ho shortage of stove
oil for home heating in Seward,
it was understood.
The Alaska Standard arrived
here New Year’s Eve, southbound
for Richmond Beach, near Seattle.
She was diverted when the
emergency developed at Seward,
the spokesman said.
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Keel for Alaska's Second
Ferry to Be Laid Friday
JUNEAU W — The keel for
Alaska’s second big ferry will be
laid at Seattle Friday, almost/a
month ahead of schedule, the Di
vision of Marine Transportation
said yesterday.
The keel for the first of four
boats to be operated in Alaska’s
new ferry system was laid a1
Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock
Co.’s Seattle yard Dec. 14.
The first ship was named the
Malaspina. The name for the sec
ond vessel has not been announced
as yet.
The keel for the third ship k
the four-ferry system is scheduled
to be laid June 7, Director B. E.
Lewellen otf the Marine Trans
portation Division said.
SEVERS FINGER
LONDON UP) — The Up of Van
Johnson’s middle finger was
stitched back on Monday nigh!
after the actor severed it in a
door while performing in “The
Music Man.” Johnson returned to
his leading role in the musical
last night.
Lowell Thomas
UJS* Should
Build Anchorage
Reception Center
ANCHORAGE M — Lowell,
Thomas, world traveler, radio
commentator and lecturer, told
the Anchorage Rotary Club that
the federal government should in
vest several millions of dollars
in the reception center that' has
been proposed at the Anchorage
International Airport.
He said the local airport is prob
ably North America's greatest
center for international travel,
with more transient airline pas
sengers than anywhere else.
Thomas also told the club of
the economic value of promoting
Alaska as a winter sports area.
He said the business that goes
with ski enterprises in Vermont
is one of the main sources of in
come for the entire state.
Thomas cited some of the op
portunities to make the airport
reception center unique for Alas
ka as well as the nation. He sug
gested a pictorial presentation,
possibly including a motion pic
ture on Alaska, and the story of
the development of aviation as
this state’s main transportation
system.
He also cited the selection of
Alyeska for the National Alpine
Ski Championships in 1963 as
one of the greatest developments
for this area. He urged local resi
dents to arrange for one of the
nation’s best ski coaches to train
an Alaskan team for the competi
tion.
“It would be a miracle if the
team won, but it is not impos
sible,” he said. “The publicity
that would result from such an
effort would be enormous and
1 would pay dividends for many
years.”
NEW TEACHERS ARRIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Michael O’Neil
arrived from Boston, Mass., yes
terday for the Nome School Staff.
Mr. O’Neil will replace Bill Er
win, who resigned as he will be
going to Juneau where he repre
sents Seward in the House of
Representatives. Mrs. O’Neil will
substitute for Russell Lahti, who
left suddenly.
New Loran Tower at
Port Clarence Completed
JUNEAU l/P> — A new Loran
“C” transmitting tower, de
scribed as one of the largest trans
mitting towers in the world, has
been completed at Port Clarence
on the Seward Peninsula, the Coast
Guard said yesterday.
The Coast Guard did not list the
exact height of the $5.5 million
transmitter tower, but said it was
almost as ’ igh as the 1,472-foot
Empire State Building in New
York City.
The tower, constructed to with
stand winds up to 125 miles per
hour, was built by Rayber-Kief,
Inc., of Seattle and the Sperry
Gyroscope Corp.
The station will be manned by
35 Coast Guardmen.
Loran stands for long range aids
to navigation.
East Germans Boast
Of Their High Wall
BERLIN Ufl — East German
Communists boasted yesterday
that their wall through Berlin is
“so high and strong that neither
God nor the devil” can help in
getting across. But West Berlin
newspapers reported at least two
refugees escaped over the week
end.
The Communist statement was
directed at Bishop Otto Dibelius
head of the German Evangelical
Church. Bishop Dibelius in a New
Year’s message quoted a line
from the 18th Pslam about leap
ing over a wall with the help of
God.
Neues Deutschland, the official
East Berlin Communist daily
commented sarcastically: “In the
first place our walls, unlike those
of Jericho, are so high and strong
that neither God nor the devil’s
help would permit him to get
over it.”
SIX MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
FROZEN TO DEATH
OITA, Japan UPt — Six Japan
ese mountain climbers were frozen
to death, another is missing, and
two are suffering from serious
frost bites, police reported yes
terday.
Police said the dead were try
ing to scale 5,865-foot Mt. Kuju
on Kyushu Island to welcome the
New Year.
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