HE NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
63rd Year No. 37
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1962
Per Copy 154
UNIVERSITY MADRIGAL
SINGERS COMING TO
NOME ON APRIL 7
A real treat is in store for Nome
when the University of Alaska
Madrigal Group of 13 students and
one faculty member presents two
groups of songs on April 7, at which
time a short folk operetta, “Down
In the Valley,” will be presented.
Also in the group is Harry John
sen, a major in music, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Johnsen.
In the group of sacred numbers,
the Madrigal Group will present
“The Heavens are Declaring” by
Beethoven; “Thou All Transcend
ent Deity” by Palestrina; “Ave
Verum” by Mozart; “May Day
Carol” an English carol; and
“Awake, Thou Wintry Earth,” a
Dutch folk song.
The second group of songs are
gems of vocal chamber music that
were originally written for vocal
quartet and two pianos. They are
vocal counterparts of the light
hearted Viennese waltzes. Their
outstanding musical characteristics
are beautiful melody and rythmic
vitality.
Several civic groups are sponsor
ing the performance which is head
ed by the Civic Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce with Rev.
John Maakestad as chairman.
Ticket sale will be announced
very soon, he stated. Tickets are
available, as long as they last, for
adults and young people over 12.
Under 12, they must be accom
panied by an adult.
5 MORE BEDS NEEDED
Mrs. Jim Blanning states that the
public has been generous in offers
for housing the University of Alas
ka students and teachers, who will
be here on April 7 for the pre
sentation of “Down In the Valley,”
and all but five of the group of 23
have been placed. It would be ap
preciated if all persons who are
planning to assist, give their names
to Mrs. Blanning as soon as pos
sible. It will be for one night only
as the group arrives on April 7
and departs April 8.
JACKIE LUNCHES WITH
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
LONDON —r Jacqueline Ken
nedy went to Buckingham Palace
for lunch with Queen Elizabeth II
today.
The Queen invited Prime Min
ister Harold MacMillan, his wife,
Lady Dorothy, and eight other
guests to lunch with her and Mrs.
Kennedy. Princess Margaret and
her husband, Lord Snowdon, were
not invited.
A crowd of about 500 cheered
Mrs. Kennedy as she drove in the
palace gates with her brother-in
law and sister, Prince and Princess
Stanislas Radziwill, with whom she
is visiting in London.
Mrs. Kennedy wore a cherry
pink wool suit, cyclamen-colcred
coat, mink hat and back shoes.
“Wave, Mrs. Kennedy,” chorused
a group of photographers.
“Why should I wave?” she asked.
“I’m not leaving yet.”
AGAINST THE LAW . . .
BATH, England UB — It's against
the law to drive down a public
highway in England inside a hy
drangea bush.
The arresting officer told the
court Tuesday he caught Ciro
Chinoa, 37, driving unsteadily
down a highway on a motor scooter
with a big hyrangea bush clamped
between his legs. Chinoa was peer
ing out from behind the foliage.
The court fined him two pounds
—($5.60)—for carrying an object
likely to endanger others on the
highway.
SEN. GRUENING ACCUSES
CAB OF FOISTING AIRLINE
MONOPOLY IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON W — The Civil
Aeronautics Board was accused to
day by Sen. Ernest Gruening of
trying to foist an airline monopoly
upon Alaska.
Gruening, in a Senate speech
criticised a recent CAB order which
called for an investigation into
whether too many airlines are
serving Alaska.
The CAB order, he said, attempts
to force consolidation of the Alaska
Airlines and the Pacific Northern
Airlines on grounds Alaska lines
are getting too big subsidies.
He said that nearly a half
billion dollars had been loaned or
granted to build up aviation in
foreign countries while Alaska Air
lines and Pacific Northern are being
paid only $4 million a year.
Gruening said the CAB “pro
posal could destroy what is virt
ually the only form of transporta
tion between the lower states
and the vast region which is the
49th state.^|
“It would replace a good com
petitive setup with a monopoly
with all the ills which monopoly
almost invariably bring. It con
stitutes an inexcusable piece of
folly. . .
“Surely, if we can afford to pay
subsides to the airlines of foreign
countries we cannot afford to do
less at home.”
CONGRESS ASKED FOR
S45,750,000 FOR WATER
POWER PROJECT IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON UP> — Congress
was asked today to authorize con
struction of a $45,750,000 water
power project in Alaska.
A bill introduced by Sens. Ernest
Gruening and Bob Bartlett would
authorize a project at Bradley Lake
on the oil-pioducing Kenai Penin
sula. The project’s power plant
would have a capacity of 64,000
kilowatts.
Gruening told the Senate:
“The Corps of Engineers has esti
mated at least 13,250.000 kilowatts
of prime power could potentially be
made available through the devel
opment of all hydro-electric po
tential sites in Alaska.
“We hope that the proposal for
the development of the Bradley
Lake project will be but one of a
series of steps taken by Congress
to develop this great potential.”
Gruening said the Kenai Penin
sula is the fastest-growing area in
Alaska.
“Like many other parts of Alas
ka,’ he said, “it needs the develop
I ment of the lower cost power in
the shortest possible time.
“Throughout Alaska, serious
power shortages are imminent and
action to forestall them is essent
ial.”
Urge BIA Increase Unalakleet
School to 12 Years
JUNEAU UPl — The Senate gave
its approval to a House Resolution
urging the Bureau of Indian Affairs
to make the school at Unalakleet
a 12-year school and to indude
industrial arts among the courses
offered.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Cloudy with occasional snow.
Little change in temperature. In
the last 24 hours: High of 29. low j
of 22. Max. wind 29 mph from NE. I
Sunrise at 5:30 a.m., sunset at 6:45
p.m. Temps, a year ago today:
High of 26, low of 11. Extremes
on this date since 1907: High of
| 39 in 1926, low of -33 in 1920.
| In Nenana today it was fair with
the temperature 3o above.
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11,700 In Prize
Money Offered
[n Dog Races
The annual Nome Dogteam
Derby which is always a highlight
}f the spring season will be held
fVpril 14-15. The two-day race
which attracts the best of the
Seward Peninsula dog mushers will
ee run over a 20-mile course stari
ng and ending on Front St. This
year the mushers will be competing
tor cash prizes totaling $1,700 to
oe divided into first and second
lay heat prizes and a best total
elapsed time for the two-day race.
Last year’s race was won by
Larry Westlake from Kotzebue with
the perennial winner of previous
years, Chester Topkok of Teller, a
close second.
A number of mushers from the
outlying villages have already in
dicated that they will be compet
ing this year and it is hoped that
several new teams from Selawik
and the Kobuk area, which have
not competed in previous years,
will be on hand. The current Nome
Dog Derby series is a carry-over
from the early pre-World War I
dog mushing events which attracted
world-wide fame and produced
such outstanding dog team racers
as Scotty Allen and Leonard Sep
pala.
The Nome Dog Derby is spon
sored by the Arctic Club of Nome
with the prize money being fur
nished jointly by the Arctic Club
and the merchants of Nome. This
year’s chairman of the dog racing
event is Tommy Martin.
FRONDIZI WON'T RESIGN
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Ufi—
President Arthuro Frondizi calmly
turned aside a new armed forces
ultimatum for his resignation to
day and dramatically ordered his
pink palace cleared of battle-gear
ed troops.
In a few minutes the battalion 1
if troops, armed with submachine ]
?uns, disappeared from positions it
lad occupied in the palace and out- 1
side his office.
The embattled president then '
wait off to lunch. 1
A rash of reports bombarded this
capital since before dawn that the !
army, navy and air force chiefs had 1
already set the machinery in mo- ]
tion for an imminent ouster of the 1
president. But these reports sub- ]
sided somewhat later. *
Shortly before ordering the
palace cleared of troops the presi- '
dent refused to accept outright the
resignations of Gen. Rosendo Fraga,
secretary of the army, and Jorge
Rojas Silveyra, secretary of the air
force. He took the resignations un
der advisement.
U.S. PUTS UP HALF COST
FOR GOLD EXPLORATION
WASHINGTON UP) — The gov
ernment agreed today to put up
half the cost of a $12,300 gold ex
ploration project planned by Rich
ard Rowe of Fairbanks.
George Fumich Jr., Director of
the Office of Mineral Exploration,
said the OME has signed an ex
ploration assistance contract with
Rowe. Location of the work was
described only as in the 4th Judi
cial District.
Under the exploration assistance
program, the OME helps in the
cost and the government is re
paid by a royalty on production.
Another OME gold exploration
contract was announced previously
for an Alaska company. That con
tract, with the Little Squaw Mining j
Co., provided that the government I
put up not more than half the
total cost of $167,500. 1
FILINGS FOR CANDIDATES ]
TO OFFICES IN NOME’S J
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
FOR MAYOR—
Roscoe Wilke, Don Hoover.
FOR UTILITY BOARD—
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Albert Johnson, Robert Lewis. s
FOR SCHOOL BOARD—
Grace Johnson, Richard Galleher, j.
Kevin Walsh. (Latter withdrew.) r
FOR COUNCIL— <
Robert Herman, Fred Cavota, 1
John Reader, Don Perkins, Pete
Larsen, Maurice Kelliher, Robert 1
Harwood, Carl Glavinovich, Mary '
Andersen, Dorothy Emmons, Ellen 1
Mulvihill.
FOR CITY CLERK
Robert Scott.
CONRAD POTTER RESIGNS
Conrad H. Potter, superintend
ent of the Nome Schools, submit
ted a letter of resignation to the
Nome School Board at its regular
meeting Tuesday evening.
Mr. Potter’s letter stated that he
had been accepted some time ago
at the Stanford University Grad
uate School, and he expected to
work toward an advanced degree
during the next two years.
The Potter family expects to
leave Nome shortly after the close
of school on May 18.
BENNY PARET SHOWS
"SLIGHT” IMPROVEMENT
NEW YORK UP) — Benny (Kid)
Paret, dethroned and gravely in
!jured welterweight champion,
today maintained the slight im
provement shown earlier, Roosevelt
Hospital reported.
The report came as the New York
Legislature was about to launch
an investigation of professional
boxing. Paret suffered brain in
juries Saturday when he was bat
tered senseless by Emile Griffith
in the 12th round of their title bout.
The hospital said, “there has been :
very slight improvement in his con- '
dition. His coma has lessened. He
has made some purposeful move- 1
ment with his arms.” 1
The legislature’s investigation £
shaped up at Albany only a few 1
hours after release of a State Ath
letic Commission report that upheld 1
the referee’s judgment and the .
medical precautions in the Madison
Square Garden fight. ,
DOCTORS BACK KENNEDY’S
MEDICAL CARE FOR AGED
WASHINGTON UP» — A group of
doctors called on President Ken
nedy Tuesday to pledge their sup
port in his program to put medical
care for the aged under Social
Security.
Kennedy, describing them as
“some of the most distinguished
members of the medical profession
in the United States” said he was
hopeful their support would con
vince other physicians that Social
Security is the best way to handle
the problem.
Kennedy added that he was most
hopeful that the present session of
Congress would enact his medical
care program. He spoke to the doc
tors on the steps of his office.
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Medical
Director of the Rip Van Winkle
Clinic, Hudson, N.Y., acted as
spokesman for the group.
Dr. Marton Goodman, Asst. Prof,
of Chemical Medicine at the Uni
versity of Oregon, acknowledged
that the doctors supporting medi
cal care under Social Security are
in the minority, but he described
the supporters as a big minority.
X)G LICENSING BILL
iENT BACK TO COMMITTEE
JUNEAU un — A bill which
yould require the licensing of all
logs in areas outside of munici
•alities got a thorough airing in
he Senate Tuesday, before it was
ent to the Judiciary Committee
or further study.
Sen. George McNabb, (D-Fair
>anks), made the motion to recom
nit after telling the Senate that
log control legislation was a dire
leed in Alaska.
“Perhaps what we need, rather
han a dog licensing statute, is au
hority for State Police to shoot
mleashed dogs summarily,” Mc
'■Tabb said. “With that view in mind
[ move that the bill be sent to
Judiciary for amendment or to be
rewritten.”
When the measure, HB432, came
up on second reading, it touched
off a sharp discussion.
Sen. Lester Bronson told the
Senate that “the only solution to
the dog problem is a man with a
rifle.”
Bronson, who told the Senate
dogs had attacked two of his chil
dren in years past, said “dogs are
just as bad as wolves in packs.”
Sen. John McNees cautioned the
Senate that he believed the bill as
written was unworkable. He also
said he believed the cost of the
program would be extremely high.
Sen. R. J. McNealy, an attorney,
said he had been involved in sev
eral court cases involving attacks
by dogs upon children.
“If this bill would save the life
of just one child,” McNealy said,
“it is worth whatever the cost.”
Sen. John Coghill noted that the
bill would exempt work dogs from
provisions of the proposed law and
said, “these are the most viscious
dogs, yet they wouldn’t be subject
to control.”
Gov. Egan Signs Expense Bill
JUNEAU — Gov. Wm. Egan
today signed a bill appropriating:
m additional $60,055 to cover leg
slative expenses through the 80th
lay of the 1962 session.
The governor also signed a meas
ire which would grant legislators
egular legislative per diem when
erving on state boards or com
nissions.
X7omen May be Trained
is Aerospace Engineers
NEW YORK UP) — A government
•eeruiter says that women may pro
vide the ultimate answer to the
icute shortage of engineers for
lerospace and missile work.
William Howe, chief regional re
cruiter for the National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration, said
in an interview, “We’re definitely
trying to interest high school and
college girls in engineering.
“Without interested women, we
just can’t see how we’re going to
meet our long range personnel ob
jectives.”
Howe joined scores of talent
hunters from private segments of
the aerospace and electronics in
dustries in an elaborate project for
interviewing engineers assembled
here for the 1962 convention of the
Institute of Radio Engineers.
Don McCune Offers to Narrate
Commentary on Alaska at C21
JUNEAU t£> — Don McCune, a
Seattle television personality, has
volunteered to narrate a comment
ary being prepared for Alaska’s
Century 21 exhibit, Gov. Wm.
Egan said today.
McCune, formerly station mana
ger for KFAR-TV in Fairbanks, is
now with KOMO-TV, Seattle.
The narrative itself was written
by Herb Hilscher of Anchorage.