COMIN' . . .
From Fairbanks: Jim St. Amour,
Edgar Philleo, Peggy and Pat
Kelliher, Arthur Clark, Kitty
Williams, Gordon Ahkolic, Wm.
Green, Dan Abibinck, Rev. Gerald
McCray.
From Kotzebue: Dolly Vestal,
Annie Mills, Gordon Osborne,
Jean Burand, Thomas Osgood,
Lt. Roland Knott, James Herren.
GOIN' . . .
To Fairbanks: Harry Lewis,
Tony Schultz, Dick Abel, Paul
and Milton Mandeville, Edgar
Philleo.
To Kotzebue: Sterling Croell, |
Dr. Justice, Rev. Osgood.
LT. COL, BUSHUE OF SAC
ADDRESSES LEGISLATORS
JUNEAU IA — Lt. Col. Bernard
Bushue, Commander of the Stra
tegic Air Command unit at El
mendorf Air Force Base, address
ed a joint session of the House
and Senate here today.
Appearing with Bushue was
John V. Sorenson of the Air Force
Aerospace Education program.
The two outlined the needs of
education to meet the demands of
the world of areospace, and the
role that SAC is playing in the
nation’s defenses.
LIGHTNING STRIKES
C21 SPACE NEEDLE
SEATTLE Oft — The 600-foot
Space Needle came off all right,
but the King Street railway sta
I tion did not fare as well when
lightning crackled yesterday.
The $15,000 worth of lightning
arresters on the Needle shed the
bolt with no damage. The 100
workmen on the structure were
unaware of it, but a city light
crew working . nearby confirmed
the strike.
Another bolt, however, shat
tered a section of the tower at !
the King Street station. It punched j
a foot-wide hole in the ceiling over
an escalator and splattered the {
street with debris.
Coinage of 50 Cent Pieces
Would Mark Orbital Space Flight ]
WASHINGTON — Congress
has been asked to authorize the ;
coinage of 50-cent pieces com- j
memorating the orbital space ■
flight of Lt. Col. John H. Glenn.
A bill to authorize the issuance
of 500,000 such coins was intro
duced yesterday by Sen. Alan
Bible, (D-Nev.), co-sponsored by
Sen. Stuart Symington, (D-Mon.),
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
BOWLERS TO ANCHORAGE
The Bering Sea Lions Club
bowling team were scheduled to
go to Anchorage today to parti
cipate in the Alaska State Bowl
ing Tournament in the Mt. View
Park Lanes.
The Nome keglers were sched
uled to play at 9:30 a.m. on Sat
urday and Sunday.
On the team are Tom House,
Bob Renshaw, Jack Carpenter,
Hap Eberle, and Keith Hedreen.
rhey expect to return on Monday.
it is understood that they will
olay three games each in a team
series, doubles and singles, and
t is possible to win in the neigh
borhood of $2,000 for the three
‘vents.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Fred and Caroline
Sningowuk, Sturgess Iyapnna.
Discharged: Lena Egalik, Ed
Viagayuk, Marge Warneke and
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FMC POSTPONES HEARINGS
WITH ALASKA STEAM CO.
ON FREIGHT RATE HIKE
WASHINGTON — The Fed
eral Maritime Commission ha
postponed a Seattle hearing oj
a request by Alaska Steamshi]
Co. to Alaska freight rates.
The hearing, originally sched
uled for March 13, was indefinite
ly postponed by the Commissioi
but it is expected to be re-sched
uled for May, the Alaska con
gressional delegation said today
The company proposes to rais<
rates from 10 to 20 per cent oi
shipments of various items be
tween Alaska and other states.
FMC Orders Investigation
WASHINGTON OP) — The Fed
eral Maritime Commission ha;
ordered an investigation into ar
application by four carriers t(
form the Alaska Water Carrier:
Conference, Sen. E.L. Bartlett saic
yesterday.
Such conference, under whicl
non-competitive rates and charge:
may be established, must be ap
proved by the Commission, Bart
lett said.
The four firms involved arc
Consolidated Freightways Corp.
Alaska Steamship Co., Pugel
Sound Tug and Barge Co., and
Weaver Bros. Inc., all of Seattle
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CALL FOR ISSUANCE OF
GEN. OBLIGATION BONDS
TO TUNE OF $15.7 MILLION
5 JUNEAU UP) — Three bills eall
\ inS for the issuance of general
, obligation bonds totaling $15.7 for
capital construction in fiscal 1963
and 1964 were introduced in the
House Thursday by the Rules
Committee at the request of Gov.
_ Wm. Egan.
Their introduction came with
in the hour after Egan’s personal
; address before a joint session of
, legislature, in which he out
lined a six-year program for capi
tal construction.
The three bond issues, which
would be subject to ratification
. by the voters, call for $7.2 mii
> bon for construction at the Uni
i varsity of Alaskal HB460); $5 mil
> lion for state school construction
i (HB461); and $3.5 million for
! state-operated trunk airport con
struction (HB469).
All three were referred to the
i State Affairs Committee for study,
with a further referral to the
Finance Committee.
Would Prohibit Non-Residents
From Collecting Bounties
JUNEAU UP> — The Senate gave
its approval today to a bill which
would prohibit non-residents of
the State, and State and Federal
Fish and Game employes from
collecting bounties from the State
of Alaska.
Before approving the measure
the Senate adopted an amendment
offered by Sen. Eben Hopson
which would make the hair seal
bounty applicable to all areas of
me state.
The bill now goes back to the
House for concurrence in the
Hopson amendment.
U.S. SETsToFF NO. 21
WASHINGTON W — Another
underground blast — the 21st an
nounced by the Atomic Energy
Commission in its current series
— was touched off Thursday at
the Nevada test site.
The ABC said the test was of
low yield. Such blasts have a
force equivalent to less than
20,000 tons of TNT.
It was Ralph Waldo Eme~on
who observed, “The end of the
human race will be that it will
eventually die of civilization."
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Beam
Pete Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER Jtt). 2
Order of Eastern Star
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Anvil Lodge
No. 149
Nome Rotary Club
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
r“-m W "1 Iril TTnitnirtajr
Ralph DeLong, Pres.
Civil Air Patrol
North wwtarn Group
Nome Cadet Squadron
1st u. Jmn Janas, tear.
teh Thursday 7:0* pan.