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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Better Harbor Needed
FORTY YEARS AGO the need of a small boat harbor in North
western Alaska was made known and through the local Chamber
of Commerce the present harbor which has served so well these
many years became a reality.
Since that time the north land has continued to grow and its
vast storehouse of minerals, metals, fish and other resources are
not only being explored but actual production has started with
the first shipment of southbound canned fish now in storage in
the Lomen Commercial Co. warehouse.
Our harbor, in its present condition, is not able to handle
the tvpe of crafts now coming into this port to take on freight,
or even fuel or water.
Wednesday a Canadian ship made three attempts to enter the
harbor and had to be serviced by a barge loaded with a water
truck and fuel truck, which was interesting in a primitive sort of
way.
If economic development is to take place, the transportation
needs must be provided by longer jetties and deeper harbor for
sea-going craft. Now is the time to get this done.
Offshore mining means more small vessels and floating equip
ment which must seek harbor in bad weather.
Efficient facilities will do much to encourage and promote
the favorable atmosphere for any and all kinds of development
needed in northern Alaska, as there is no other place on Norton
Sound for such a harbor.
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Expect New Red
Guerrilla Offensive!
In South Viet Nam
WASHINGTON LH — U.S. of
ficials anticipate a mounting Com
munist guerrilla offensive in South
Viet Nam in the next 60 or 90
days.
Informed sources said yesterday
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara was told at his Hono
lulu conferences that it is highly
possible the Red Viet Cong will
step up their attacks to counter
increasing pressure from U.S.
supported government forces.
American authorities, it was
learned, also believe the Commu
nists may become more aggressive
as part of a drive to establish a
rump regime in South Viet Nam.
High U.S. officials are worried
that the Communist North Viet
namese may try to follow' a pat
tern like that which worked so
successfully in neighboring Laos.
There, the pro-Communist Pa
thet Lao rebels seized control of
a portion of the country and or
ganized a regime which challenged
the pro-Western government in
Vietiane. Ultimately, the pro
Western government of Laos wras
unseated and replaced by a neu
tralist regime believed to lean
leftward.
Informants familiar w'ith the
discussions in Honolulu early this
week said the South Vietnamese
forces will do their best to pre
vent the Communist Viet Cong
from consolidating in any sector.
Admittedly, officials said, this
wall be difficult even with South
Vietnamese troops being flown by
U.S. helicopters into jungle and
mountain areas where the Com
munists long have had free rein.
So far, informants said, there
has been no big scale flow of Com
munist reinforcements into South
Viet Nam across the Laotian bor
der since the fighting in Laos
ended.
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SIN. GOLD WATER SAYS
I I K ADMINISTRATION IS
FRIGHTENED AND UNSURE’
WASHINGTON i/P — Sen. Barry
Goldwater, (R-Ari/..), said yester
day a Kennedy administration he
described as “frightened and un
sure" is moving the nation toward
economic chaos.
The Republican conservative
charged that the legislative ma
chinery has broken down in mid
session under the weight of what
he called “far-fetched and ridi
culous” proposals and “Democratic
arguments and blunders.”
In a speech prepared for a Na
tional Press Club luncheon Gold
water contended the handling of
this session of Congress by the
administration and its Senate and
House leaders “is about the worst
I have ever seen since being here.”
“We are today moving closer to
a serious recession than we were
when the New Frontier started its
meaningless chant about getting
America on the move,” Goldwater
said.
He quoted Presidental candidate
Kennedy, in asserting the coun
try’s economic health was down
under former President Eisen
hower, as having said ‘We had
better call for a new doctor in
Washington.’
“Today I think it’s about time
we ask if there is a doctor in the
house,” Goldwater observed.
KENNEDY SIGNS
NEW WELFARE BILL
WASHINGTON UP) — A bill
shifting the emphasis of the na
tion’s program for the needy from
the dole to rehabilitation has been
sighed into law by President Ken
nedy.
The President said in a statement
Thursday that the bill he signed
Wednesday night makes possible
the most far-reaching revision of
the public welfare program since
it was enacted in 1935.
Kennedy said the new law en
courages the states to:
Expand rehabilitation of the
needy, increase services to chil
dren and day-care services to chil
dren of working mothers, establish
useful work and training projects,
guard against the misusing of wel
fare funds for dependent children,
and improve welfare administra
tion.
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Tom Martin, Mgr.
American Airlines
Inaugurates the
“Skyphone”
By Frances Stilley
NEW YORK iff — “One mo
ment, please,” said the telephone
operator, “American Airlines
Flight 941 is calling.”
“Hello,” came a charming female
voice a few seconds later. “This
is stewardess Hope Patterson.
We’re at 28,000 feet over Lake
hurst, N.J., on a jet flight from
New York to Cincinnati. Can you
hear me?”
With those words. Miss Patter
son officially inaugurated Ameri
can Airlines air-to-ground radio
telephone — or “Skvphone” —
service Wednesday with a call to
the Associated Press Office in
New York.
I had been expecting the call,
since it had been arranged in ad
vance, but I was surprised at the
clarity of reception. Miss Patter
son said it was fine on her end,
too. I asked if any of the pas
sengers knew about the phone.
“Oh, yes,” she replied. “We’ve
told them and I’ve got several pas
sengers standing around me.
They’re all excited about this
and want to make calls of their
own.”
We chatted a bit and finally I
simply couldn’t resist asking the
question every stewardess has
heard a million times:
“How about a date tonight?”
“That would be fun,” Miss Pat
terson responded with a laugh,
adding: “That’s the first time any
body on the ground ever asked
me for a date while I was in the
air.”
But, shucks, it turned out that
she had to make a flight to St.
Louis later after returning from
Cincinnati. Just my luck.
So far, American has only the
one plane with a phone but plans
to equip more. Trans World Air
lines expects to inaugurate a simi
lar service with a one-plane test
on Saturday.
Calls to and from airliners now
are limited to the Now York
Chicago-St. Louis triangular area
because there are no ground re
ceiving stations elsewhere. How
ever, they are to be installed across
the nation.
Skyphone charges are based on
the distance of the receiving tele
phone from the ground station
nearest the plane at the start of
the call.
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