OIJDKST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA —MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 150
NOM\ ALASKA, WLDNIiSDAY, I)!:0 \! AiiR .«>.
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Views with Emissary of Scetv. Defense
A representative group from
the Chamber of Commerce met
yesterday with a special emissary
of the Secretary of Defense, Col.
Chester Charles Cox, Plans and
Operations Officer, from Gen.
George Mundy’s staff at Elmendorf
AFB, for the purpose of hearing
and reporting back to Washington,
D.C., .just what the people of
Northwestern Alaska think about
their position defense-wise.
This special trip was made due
to the fact that our congressmen,
as well as our legislators, have
been on the alert for some time as
to the critical defense needs of this
area and its proximity to Siberia
and have heretofore met with
negative results although North
western Alaska was withdrawn
several years ago as a defense are,..
Sen. Pearse Walsh, who has
worked diligently to have these
needs recognized, opened the hear
ing with the opinion thaat as a
representative of the people of this
area he felt he would be remiss in
his duties unless he left no stone
unturned to seek defense for the
H'-’-'i-ns.- ui uii^, cuud. rrtf eanea ai
tention to the millions in dollars
and concentration of troops in the
little Cuban incident while within
60 miles of Nome there is a vast
build up of hostile defenses ready
to participate by land or sea or air
on unprotected American soil and
the military have taken no step to
improve the situation.
Troops Could Secure Nome
Rep. Bob Blodgett of Teller, who
is identified with 21 years of mili
tary service, stated that two com
panies of troops from Siberia could
secure Nome and Northwestern
Alaska without any retaliation. The
people of this area are expendable
and in their present status merely
pawns of the protection of the
lower 48. The military is supposed
to secure all of Alaska, he stressed,
and that is not being done, he
added.
Rep. Blodgett also called attention
to the fact that a submarine base
in Northwestern Alaska was need
ed to secure Bering Straits in time
of war and that a road was need
ed to unite AC & W sites in the
area. He also recommended the
inu iNoine v_uj' council met m
special session last evening to com
plete the application to HHFA for
the Nome water and sewer proj
ect which has been under way for
a long time. They also completed
the application to the Alaska De
partment of Health and Welfare
on a sewage treatment plant.
Under this accelerated Public
Works Act, grant money is giver
as long as the community binds it
self to spend an equal amount or
some other needed project.
The council approved two proj
jects which would be needed as
follows:
First, expansion of the Nome
Power and Light is imperative as
the projected additional load now
known to be needed will require
a bigger plant.
A1 West who has headed the
electrical department of the US.
Smelting Co., leaves today for the
outside to join his family. He
states he will be back to Alaska
as he is still interested in some
mineral claims which he holds.
Second, work on streets and
drains is imperative.
As the special election is for
revenue bonds, to be paid by the
project itself, all eligible voters
will vote on the issue in January,
not just the taxpayers.
using of AFRS in this area as a
needed defense aid to the people
throughout the area.
Boyd Harwood presented a broad
concept of the work of the mili
tary in development of our nation,
showing how military participa
tion throughout American history
developed first the Mississippi and
moved west to develop the Pacific.
He prophesied that the military has
a big part yet to play in the his
tory of this nation here in Alaska
where they will be needed for a
long time to come. “Out here on
the rim there must be an adequate
defense not only to protect the
lower 43 but to see that pioneering
^Continued on Page Eight'
Council Completes
Application to HHFA
For Water-Sewage Project
TO THE CITIZENS OF NOME:
Last night at a special meeting the Council, Jan. 22. 1963 was set
as the date for a special election to approve the bonding measure that
will enable the construction of our water and sewer system in 1963.
Since December of 1957 Nome has had preliminary plans for a
water and sewer system but, due to many circumstances, the project
did not gel beyond the planning stage until this year. Now, at long
last, the ground work is completed to the point where the people
of Nome can vote intelligently on whether or not they actually want
this much needed improvement in our cilv. Engineering plans indicate
that the total cost of the project will be SI.270,400.00. Of this amount
grants have been applied for which will amount to $814,450.00. This
then leaves approximately $475,000.00 to be provided by the City of
Nome by revenue bonds, as its total share of the cost. This $475,000.00
in revenue bonds will be the issue to be voted upon on Jan. 22. 1963.
The Accelerated Public Works Act, under which the $814,450.00
in grant monies is to be obtained, provides that Nome will spend an
amount equal to its share of the water-sewer cost, $475 000.00, on
other public works in the City if the grants ate approved. This means
that for a total capital improvement to our City of $1,764,450.00, Nome
will need to spend very little more than half of that amount.
The natural question is — how does Nome pay for its share of
the cost? I have already stated that cur share of the water-sewer
cost is proposed to bo paid for by revenue bonds and preliminary
planning at this time indicates that the balance of our share can be
taken care if i i this same manner. In other words, the projects pro
posed shou pay for themselves through revenue bonds and not as
a direct ta> n ■) people c Name.
By mear j of future articles in this paper, other news media, and
direct contact, all of you will receive complete details of these projects
and costs before Jan. 22, 1963, when you will vote on the progress of
Nome.
— Donald M. Hoover, Mayor
GOV. 1 GAN
| Urges Creation
Of Cabinet Level
Dept, of Fisheries
JUNEAU W ----- Gov. Wm. Egan
disclosed today he has again urged
President Kennedy to create, soon,
a cabinet-level Department of
Fisheries and Oceanography.
In a letter dated Dec. 15, Egan
told Kennedy that fisheries are no
longer local matters, but inter
national in scope.
‘'In several coastal areas of
Alaska,” Egan wrote, “American
fishermen are competing with fish
ermen from both Russia and Japan
in fisheries which historically have
been exclusively American.
“Unless we act, these pressures
will increase rather than dimin
ish.”
Egan said American fishermen
along the east coast, in the Gulf of
Mexico and on the tuna grounds
off South America are also in
vlovcd in international complica
tions.
“Despite these pressures, which
have been accompanied by a drop
from second to fifth place in world
fisheries production, the United
States has refused to give fisheries
problems their true significance,”
Egan said.
it nas sougm xo meet xne com
plexities of world fisheries econ
omics hastily and haphazardly
with no effort to develop well
reasoned and stable solutions.”
Egan said that in an “era wher
growing emphasis is being placec
upon the international problems
of fisheries regulation, fisheries
should occupy a significant place
within the structure of our federal
government.
“International questions concern
ing fisheries should be considered
by men well versed in all phases
of this field—and by men who can
speak with authority and weight
of cabinet prestige behind them.”
Six Alaskans Learn
Skin Diving to Get
Down Where the Fish Are
SEATTLE Wt — Six Alaskan
scientists, two of them doctors of
philosophy, concerned with the
fishing industry in the 49th State,
are learning skin-diving and
scubba-diving in Seattle so they
ran “get down where the fish are”
and learn their habits.
The six are learning their new
skill from downtown YMCA in
structors.
Dr. Charles DiConstanzo, chief
of the red salmon studies at Auk
Bay, Dr. David Hoc pcs, John Mar
tin and Robert EHis of the Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries, and John
Vanis and Jim Parker of the Alas
ka Dept, of Fish and Game, took
their first “dive” Monday in Puget
Sound.
Dan Murray, director for tire
aquatic program at the downtown
YMCA, said the group has spent
two weeks studying "theory and
practice" of underwater studies
and made its first dive Monday.
“On the first day they went
down to 22 feet. Today we will go
down to 40 feet, Murray said yes
terday. "Tomorrow, off Bain
bridge Island, we will go down to
70 feet.”
M u r r a y said the downtown
YMCA trained four men last year
and this year’s group will give
the Alaska departments at least
13 men trained in underwater
work with the fish.
Ketchikan Pooches
Heed Ticketed Warnings
KETCHIKAN .? -. Pul ice Chi f!
Henry Miller said today hr be
lieve.-; ' 1« does rear) newspapers. !
or <2> people are keeping their j
pets off the sire; t .
Miller said that since the an- j
nouncement of last week tha* stray ;
dogs will be cited f- ■ r running the •
streets in violation of a city ordi
nance, few dogs haw been as
attended.
He said none has been ticketed ;
although efforts have been made
to do so.
Miller believes the dogs are
reading the paper because friendly
pooches who used to greet his
policeman with a tail wag now turn
tail when they see a gendarme in
the vicinity.
“I guess we shouldn’t have an
nounced our plans," said the chief.
“Then we could have ticketed the
dogs before they knew what was
happening.”
It is believed the dog citing
program is the first ever insti
tuted in the country.
"It (the ticketing program'! has
had some effect, however,” said
Miller, “because there aren’t many
unattended dogs on the streets
anymore. We hope it stays that
way.”
Kennedy and MacMillan
Try to Reach Agreement
On Skybolt Missile Hassle
' NASSAU, Bahamas UP>—Presiden
Kennedy and Prime Minister Mac
Millan personally grappled wit!
‘ the alliance-splitting Skybolt dis
pute today in a determined effor
to work out a quick formula foi
agreement.
Involved in the dispute is the
question—vital to MacMillan — of
Britain’s future as an independent
nuclear power with its own strik
ing force.
Kennedy and MacMillan devoted
two hours to the Skybolt row this
morning, resumed their negotia
tions at a working lunch at Mac
| Millan’s house, and were prepared
to stick with the issue during an i
afternoon meeting if necessary to |
arrive at some kind of decision.
The two leaders were reported
considering several alternatives for
Britain’s future nuclear weapons
course as a result of the indicated
U.S. decision to scrap the Skybolt
program for United States’ use.
The 1,000-mile missile is de
signed for launching from a bomb
er. After a series of test failures
the missile is evidently being aban- |
doned by the United States.
But the development program is !
of major interest to the British be- !
cause MacMillan has counted on
Skybolt to modernize the striking
power ot Britain's Royal Air Force.
5.200 Flight for Minuieman
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (,F — j
A pepped-up version of the Minute
man traveled 5.200 miles, farther
than ever before, in test flight that
was apparently perfect.
Each stage shat off nd ignited
as scheduled Friday niga a", the j
Air Force saiu t'.v war i"ck< t
landed right on target, id':' Ascen
sion Island in the south Atlantic.
THE WEATHER
Cloudy with occasional snow.
Low tonight 0 to -5, high tomorrow
5 to 10. In the last 24 hours: High
of 10, low of -12. Max. wind 0 mph
from the NE. Sunrise at 10:01 a.m..
sunset at 1:56 p.m. Temps, a year
ago today: High of 18, low of -5.
Extremes on this date since 1907:
High of 37 in 1920, low of -36 in
1918.
nn v*s Transit
~*! > il<* s !io
lails to Fmirtion
WASHINGTON .? - The Navy's
:ris:t 5A satellite is failing in it4
primary mb ion of supnlying dahi
■ navigation aid to . ps. affinals
aid todav.
Th< satellite was roeketed aloft
Tun- aes from Point Arguollo.
Calif. -with a bri'lianee visible for
hundreds of miles.
Dr. Rhhard Kersbner. super
visor of Space Development for
the John Hopkir. Applied Physics
T.aborat rv, said the satellite was
in oxc" lien’ orbit, but its radio
rec iver had failed to work on the
fir.-t five attempts to transmit,
data to the satellite.
The Transit 5A satellite was sup
posed to have been the first
operational satellite in a system
of four such vehicles. It was de
signed to help ships and subma
rines determine their positions
more accurately.
Transit 5A now will be useful
as a test vehicle, but not as a
j fully operational satellite, Kersh
t ner said.
1 The scientist said this was the
first time in the whole program
in which the rebd/vely simple
radio command system has failed
1 Without the command system,
1 information cannot be sent up for
: i storing in the memory system of
t \ the satellite, nor can the stabiliza
. I tion devices on the vehicle, de
i I signed to orient it toward earth.
- j be started.
: I Kershner expressed confidence
(the new navigational system will
be in working order sometime in
1963, with four of the satellites in
orbit and transmitting signals.
Launching of the satellite pro
vided a spectacular show along the
West Coast.
Famous Mona Lisa
Arrives In New York
NEW YORK UP — The woman
with the world’s most famous smile
—the Mona Lisa — arrived today
to a royal welcome amid security
precautions befitting the queen of
the art world.
Shortly afterward, the Leonardo
da Vinci painting was placed in
a small, black, airconditioned van,
heavily escorted, for the trip to
Washington, D.C., there, she is to
be exhibited at the National Gal
lery of Art. President Kennedy will
officiate the opening Jan. 8.
For the crossing, the painting
was given a two-room first-class
cabin that normally would cost
more than $2,000 sharing it at in
tervals with four member .if the
French Security Police who ac
companied it here a '■ a guard.
In additi a to nr :• -n pro
vided by lnc.J police, Wit:’ House
pri s secre'arv Pierre S huger rm
r.oir'ced that the painting was
boin ' given the saw ■ S. ere’ Si rv
ice proto.!: m normallv r. -, rv i
for a President of the Umted Stau-s.
A BUMPER YIELD . . .
JOLIET, III. .T Th police
station fen. Vy x prov; a d \ ! • turner
yield.
Colleen >r Walt' r Osman
the weekly withdrawal Monday
from the box into which w t >r
ists drop their 50-cent fines for
over-time parking.
Checking tickets and receipts,
Osman opened a package which
contained $4,400 in old $100, $20
and $10 bills. There was no ex
planation enclosed with the money
—not even a parking ticket.