NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA —MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 29
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1962
Per Copy I5t
MMM Hospital
Will Have Two
Doctors on Staff
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the MiMIM Hospital Ad
visory Board last evening infor
mation about the new administra
tor was announced as well as a
replacement for Dr. John Barrow
when he terminates in June.
Emma Burris, chairman of the
staff of the Social Welfare and
Medical Work for the Women’s
Division of Christian Service of
the Board of Missions of the
Methodist Church advised the
board that a long sought goal has
at last been achieved and the
local hospital will have two doc
tors on its staff.
Dr. Robert Fenstermacher will
arrive the April 1 to be adminis
trator of the hospital. He has re
cently been evacuated from the
Minga Congo Beige in Africa
where he served as a medical
missionary. He will be accom
panied by his wife and three
sons.
Replacing Dr. Barrow will be
Dr. John Schadler, who has had
several years experience in Okla
homa and Texas. He will be
bringing his wife and family of
five children when school is out
in the spring.
Both doctors are highly recom
mended, not only as physicians
and surgeons, but also with their
wives, have avocations which will
make them valuable to the com
munity.
The hospital is also in receipt
of a letter from the Women’s Di
vision advising that $30,000 has
been set aside to supplement the
receipts of the hospital for the
year. In addition to this supple
mentary amount to carry on the
hospital work here the Division
plans to provide new boilers for
the hospital and make necessary
roof repairs.
Newly elected members of the
Advisory Board are Don Hoover,
Juanita Huffer and Robert Oliver.
Reelected as chairman of the
board was Steffen Andersen. The
other members of the board are
Roy Snyder, Lennie Mae Nerland,
Emily Boucher, Virgil Vochoska,
and Robert Baldwin.
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BETHEL CHARTER DUE
AGAIN THIS WEEKEND
Bethel residents are not about
to give up their trip to Nome. If
at first you don’t succeed, try
and try again, seems to be their
motto as they plan for the fourth
time to visit Nome this weekend.
Their charter trip and their
basketball team have been ready,
Nome has had the welcome mat
out, but the weatherman was not
in accord.
A welcome awaits them when
ever that time comes.
Included in the party is the
District Governor of the Lions
Club, Murlin Day.
The basketball games are tenta
Huolw eat #ni> Cstiiwln.. o_
day evenings.
At 7:30 each evening the 7th
and 8th grades will play the
high school freshmen and at 8:30
the Bethel team vs. the All-Stars
of Nome.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with occasional rain and
snow. Low tonight 30, high to
morrow 35. In the last 24 hours:
High of 32, low of 25. Max. wind
18 mph Aram east. Sunrise at
6:42 a.m., sunset at 5:44 p.m.
Temps, a year ago today: High
of 0, low of -23. Extremes on this
date since 1907: High of 37 in
1918, low of -38 in 1911.
BARTLETT AND EGAN
T/RGE UDALL TO BAN
METLAKATLA FISH TRAPS
JUNEAU iff) — Sen. Bartlett
and Gov. Egan today urged Sec
retary of the Interior Udall to
say immediately whether the
village of Metlakatla will be per
mitted to operate fish traps.
The U.S. Supreme Court Mon
day ruled against the operation
of traps by Angoon and Kake, but
said the decision as to whether
Metlakatla traps should continue
to be permitted was a decision
for the Interior Department, be
cause Metlakatla is on a federal
reservation.
“The court said such a decision
must be made before the 1963
fishing season,” Bartlett and Egan
said in a joint wire to Udall.
“That determination should be
made now.”
Bartlett and Egan said Udall’s
intentions should be made known
immediately so that, if necessary,
congressional consideration “may
be given to removal of the last
fish traps from Alaska waters.
“Until the matter is decided,”
Bartlett and Egan said, “one com
munity alone is placed in a favor
ed, economically segregated po
sition at variance with national
philosophy and heritage of equal
opportunity.
“This ironic condition has
evolved not by design but by
chance. The Supreme Court has
declared it within your power
to remedy.”
BELLE STILL WAITING
PORTLAND —* Belle, preg
nant elephant at the Portland
Zoo, has been carrying her baby
now for 19 months and 21 days.
The books say Belle should have
her calf right now, according to
zoo veterinarian Dr. Matthew Ma
berry, but he added that ap
parently Belle hasn’t read the
books.
The expectant mother has
gained more weight during the
past few weeks. She has added
some 3 feet, 3 inches around her
waist since she was last measured
on Jan. 23, Dr. Maberry declared.
YOUNG DRIVERS . . .
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Ut) — Police
chased down a stolen car and
found it had three drivers.
One small boy was operating
the steering wheel and brake
pedal. Another had his foot on
the accelerator. And the third
youngster was the gear shifter.
They went to juvenile court.
WALTER INGRAM RESIGNS
POST ON HIGHWAY DIV.
JUNEAU iff) — Walter Ingram,
Administrative Officer for the ■
Division of Highways’ Right-of
Way Section, submitted his resig
nation yesterday, Deputy High- 1
ivay Director Donald Roser said
today. j
Ingram, who said he had no
immediate plans, handled all
bookkeeping work in connection
ivith federal highway aid reim
bursements to the Right-of-Way
Section.
BASKETBALL
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
7:30 p.m.
7th Grad* ▼*. 8th Grad*
8:S0 pan.
Bethel n. Noma
Adults 31 — Children 50#
PHS Reports
Improvement
In Indian Health
WASHINGTON UR — The Pub
lic Health Service told a Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee to
day there is continued, and in
some cases dramatic, improvement
in Indian health.
Dr. James Shaw, chief of the
PHS Division of Indian Health,
said that as a result of “the gross
disparities in health conditions,
our Indian and Alaska native
papulations are about a genera
tion behind the rest of the nation
in health status.”
PHS is asking Congress to pro
vide $55.8 million for Indian
health activities next year, a 4.8
per cent increase over this year’s
funds. Of that amount, Shaw
testified, $9.2 million would be
used for construction of hospitals,
health centers, modernization of
facilities and Indian sanitation
projects.
In a statement submitted to
the committee, Shaw said the
Mix Ui iaic 10 CIUUUI tU pci
cent higher than that for the rest
of the nation. The Indian infant
mortality rate, he said, is almost
twice as high as for the general
population. Previously, it was al
most three times as high.
Other statistics:
The average age at death of
Indians is only 41 years compared
to 62 for the nation as a whole.
Among Alaska natives the average
age at death is 30.
In seven years, tuberculosis
death rates have dropped 44 per
cent among Indians; 83 per cent
' among Alaska natives.
MONSTER FOUND ON
BEACH IN TASMANIA
PUZZLES SCIENTISTS
HOBART, Tasmania UFl — Aus
tralian scientists are puzzled by
a huge carcass found on a remote
beach on the west coast of Tas
mania.
They say it is like no known
creature.
It is circular in shape and has
no eyes, no defined head and no
bone structure. Its creamy, rub
bery flesh is probably 12 inches
thick and covered with wooly ,
hair. .
The monster is 20 feet long, 18
feet wide and feet thick and .
weighs between 5 and 10 tons.
It is described as like a huge 1
xirtle without appendages.
Scientist Bruce Hollsion of the
Zlommonthwealth Scientific and !
Industrial Research Organization .
was in an expedition that visited
he scene this week.
He said the monster’s charac- ,
eristics appeared different from '
all larger known fish or sea ■
nammals.
FUTURE MISSILE WORKER
MAY BE MAN IN GOLD SUIT
NEW YORK UD — The missile
worker of the future may be the
nan in the gold suit—literally.
Chemists have discovered that
i suit surfaced with 24-karat,
gold-metallized plastic film helps
give a lightweight fabric super
resistance to heat and chemicals.
DuPont, which developed the
material, called for Armalon
laminated fabric, said the gold
surface can safely reflect instan
taneous flash temperatures as
high as 3,000 degrees and sustain
temperatures of 500 degrees.
To metalize the film, the gold
must be reduced to a vapor and
leposited on the film surface
jnder vacuum.
$E3SI *6
U.S. GOLD RESERVES
TAKE ANOTHER DIP
NEW YORK UP) — U.S. gold
reserves declined more in the
week ended Wednesday than dur
ing any week since Nov. 22, Fed
eral Reserve Board figures show
ed yesterday. The loss amounted
to $60 million.
It was the largest figure since
the record weekly decline of $300
million late last year.
To date this year the stockpile
has been reduced by $160 mil
lion through sales to foreign gov
ernments and central banks. In
the comparable period of 1960
the sales amounted to $394 mil
lion.
Gold reserves stood at $16,730,
000,000 at the close of business
last night. The latest loss came
after three consecutive weeks
without a change.
As customary, the Federal Re
serve declined to identify the
purchaser, or purchasers. A
spokesman said there was nothing
exceptional about the sale.
Anchorage Firm Submits
Low-Lease Bid to Provide
State Courts Building
JUNEAU UP) — Artz, Ellis and
Stark of Anchorage yesterday
submitted a low lease bid of
$26,294 a month to provide a
State Court Bldg, at 7th and D
Streets in Anchorage.
The low lease bid was based on
- I O. cal tllldil,
l \ of Administration said.
Artz, Ellis and Stark offered
- to reduce the base bid by $1,000
a month if the lease term were
! extended to 25 years and if the
' State provided janitorial services,
snow removal and electricity,
there would be another reduction
of $6,000 a month.
Artz, Ellis and Stark also of
fered to reduce the base bid by
$100 a month if an alternate site
at 4th and K Streets was selected.
Plans call for the construction
of a three-story structure con
I taining 62,670 square feet of gross
space.
Other bidders and their base
offers included the Hickel Invest- ;
ment Co., Anchorage, $26,433;
Lease Co., Inc., Seattle, $28,000; <
and Baker and Ford Co., Belling- 1
ham, Wn., $29,999.
29 U.S. Army Men j
Listed in Hands
Of Communists ;
WASHINGTON <*> — Twenty- t
nine U.S. Army men are listed i
by the Pentagon as being in the
hands of Communists. 1
They are among 227 seized by 1
the Communists since 1954, a j
senate suDCommittee was advised ;
yesterday. The figures were in a (
letter signed by Cyrus Vance,
Defense Department counsel. i
There was no explanation of i
when, how or where the military -
Men were captured. Carlisle P. :
Etunge, Asst. Secretary of Defense,
who was testifying in an investi
gation of anti-Communist indoc
trination of troops, said he didn’t
know anything about the details.
The letter said 207 Army per
sonnel had fallen into Commu
nist hands. Twenty-nine are
listed as missing, presumed under
Sino-Soviet control; and seven
have been reported dead, although
their bodies have not been re
turned. The other 171 were re
turned to the Army.
Twenty Air Force men were
captured but all have been re
leased, Vance reported. No Navy
men were lisied as having been
seized by the Communists. I
Recommend Five
Per Cent Pay Hike
For State Employes
JUNEAU UP) — A five per cent
increase for all state employes
assigned to pay ranges 2 through
20 was recommended today by
a special House committee on
salary schedules.
Committee Chairman Morgan
Reed said that the committee
would introduce a bill providing
for the pay boosts.
Reed said the bill also would
establish a new ceiling of $19,000
on salaries of top level state po
sitions.
It also would authorize the Di
vision of Personnel to re-evaluate
all positions presently assigned
to the salary ranges 21 through
26, and to rank these positions in
eight levels.
The proposed increases would
cost the state approximately
$956,000 for fiscal 1963, Reed said.
“The revision of state salary
schedules should place the state
in a better competitive position in
the hiring and retention of quali
fied personnel,” Tteed said.
“Recruitment difficulties have
frequently been encountered with
respect to levels at which the
state could not match or approach
salaries paid by the federal gov
j eminent in Alaska tor similar po
sitions.
“Although some of the top level
state positions would still carry
salaries which are lower than
comparable federal positions, the
margin would be narrowed,” Reed
said.
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Schedule Hearings to Explore
Ways io Increase Gold Production
WASHINGTON UR — Senate
Interior Subcommittee has sched
uled a hearing March 15 to ex
plore ways of increasing domestic
gold and silver production.
The subcommittee chairman,
Sen. John Carrol, (D-Colo.), said
me pending bill would provide
subsidy payments of up to $35
in ounce for newly-mined gold.
Gold and silver miners and in
iustry spokesmen will be heard at
he hearing, Carroll said.
IE PORT U.S. PILOTS
ENGAGED IN COMBAT
MISSIONS IN SO. VIET NAM
WASHINGTON UR — U.S. offi
rials said today American pilots
ire engaged in combat missions
irith South Vietnamese pilots in
raining them to fight Red guer
illas in South Viet Nam.
Reports from Saigon have said
he U.S.-supplied planes, flown
>y American and Vietnamese
lilnls havo oncracra/1 in KnmWnn
tnd strafing attacks against the
Communists.
No immediate clarification was
ivailable from the State Depart
nent on whether this fits in with
he U.S. policy as enunciated by
President Kennedy — that Amer
cans in South Viet Nam are as
signed for training not combat,
but are under orders to fire back
if shot at.
Some 4,000 U.S. military have
been sent to South Viet Nam in
the massive TJ.S. aid and training
program against •die Communist
guerrillas.
Officials emphasized that Amer
ican pilots do not fly alone on
combat missions, but are always
accompanied by a South Viet
namese pilot.
The purpose of such flights by
the Americans is to train the Viet
namese so that they can carry out
future combat missions on their
»wn, it was stated.