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64th Year No. 143
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1963
Rep. Ralph Rivers Addresses Lions
I ION GOVERNOR ROSS WOOD of Spenard addressed the
Nome Lions Club and a large crowd at the North Star Hotel’s
Seaview Room on Saturday night. He spoke at length on the scope
of the Lions International, which boasts clubs in 124 countries and
a membership of 685,000.
Guest speaker Representative Ralph J. Rivers spoke on the
progress being made on various projects which this area is vitally
interested in. He reported also on"
the recent funeral and burial of
President Kennedy, along with his
impressions and thoughts concern
ing this tragedy just passed.
Speaking on the Rampart Dam,
he appeared somewhat more cau
tion than Senator Gruening, who is
the acknowledged father of this
project. Mr. Rivers stated that he
is definitely in favor of the dam,
but will want to review the De
partment of Interior reports, in
order that he may have a clear
picture of the impact created by
the dam. before he can assess its
value completely. Representative
Rivers stated that there is no doubt
but what the Rampart Dam will
have a definite economic effect on
29 Years Ago Today . . .
Widow of ‘'Baby Face” Nelson
urged to surrender to police. Her
father advised the widow to give
up rather than face government
bullets. It is reported that no quar
ter will be giver..
The Dionne quintuplets, now 6
months old, are now practically
the weight of their mother after
weight gaining record.
Acting Captain William F.
Warms and Chief Engineer Eben
S. Abbott of the MORRO CASTLE
were arrested yesterday on charges
of negligence and misconduct of
duty in connection with the burn
ing of that ship on September 8th,
in which 134 lives were lost.
Tiie Polarites are staging an
other of their dances this evening
in the gym of the native school.
Gents 75 cents, and ladies free. A
snappy orchestra will furnish the
music.
The Nome Fire Department in
operation again with a new siren
mounted on top of the building
and a telephone hook-up with the
Northern Light and Power Com
pany at the East end. One blast of
the whistle indicates a fire to the
east of the station and two blasts
to the West.
USE CHRISTMAS SEALS
FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
and other
Respiratory Diseases
Nome and this area. He advised
further that, the construction of the
dam would go a long way to in
sure the future construction of
the Nome/Fairbanks road.
He spoke also on the price of
gold, asserting that the free world
will soon be forced to collectively
raise the value of gold. This will
be done on an international plan,
asserted Rivers, as this country
may not take this on alone, due
to the economic impact on the free
world of today. He commented that
all past administrations have been
against the United States tamper
ing with the value of gold on
their own.
Rivers came out in favor of
blacktopping the Alaska Highway.
He stated also that he feels it will
be desirable to have a 12-mile
limit with new regulations, and
that the creatures on the conti
nental shelf should be the property
of the nations adjoining the con
tinental shelf. Senator Bartlett and
he are sponsoring such a bill, re
ported Mr. Rivers. He fe ds that
the present administration will
support such legislation, and there
by give protection to our crabbing
and fishing industry, where now
they are being exploited by for
eign fishermen.
Home Fire Takes IJfe
ANCHORAGE — A 66-ycar
old Anchorage woman, Alice* W.
Millis, died early Sunday in a fire
which heavily damaged the house
in which she lived.
Firemen found the body of the
woman lying face down on the
floor of her bedroom, on the sec
ond floor of the house.
A police officer who was called
to help investigate the blaze said
the woman apparently got out o
bed, called the fire department,
and was overcome by smoke as she
turned away from the telephone
in an attempt to reach a window.
Final Tribute for Mrs. Emily Boucher
SEATTLE iff) — A number of
Alaskans were present today to
pay tribute at funeral services for
Mrs. Emily Boucher, former pub
lisher of the Nome Nugget.
The Rev. George A. Cummings,
minister of the Rainier Beach
Methodist Church here, and the
Order of the Eastern Star con
ducted the rites at the Columbia
Funeral Home. Private burial serv
ices were held at the Evergreen
Cemetery.
Mrs. Boucher, 57, and born in
Nome, was a member of the First
Methodist Church at Nome and a
past matron of Alaska Chapter No.
1, of the Eastern Star. She died in
a hospital here Thanksgiving Day,
after coming south for minor sur
gery early in November.
She was Alaska State Represen
tative of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs, a member of
the President’s Committee for the
Aged, and had membership in the
Pioneer Women of Alaska. Mrs.
Boucher attended high school in
Nome and graduated from the Uni
versity of Washington in 1928. She
was listed among 49 outstanding
Alaskans in the ‘ Who Is Who” of
Alaska published by the Alaska
Press Club. She was also listed in
the Who’s Who of American
Women.
Two sons, William, of Fairbanks,
and Rodney, of Nome, a daughter,
Mrs. Robert Herman, Fairbanks;
and her brother, Alvin Polet, Fair
banks, survive. She was the
daughter of Antonio Polet, widely
known Alaska pioneer.
Manhunt on for
Anchorage Bandit
ANCHORAGE MPV—An intensive
statewide manhunt continued to
day for a brazen bandit who calm
ly walked out of the National Bank
of Alaska’s Fifth Avenue branch
here late Friday after relieving a
woman teller of about $fi,600 in
bills of $5 to $100 denominations.
Joseph A. Sullivan. FBI agent
in charge here, said airports, high
ways and other outlets of escape
from the city were being checked.
All other police agencies in the
state have been alerted and are
cooperating in the search, he said.
The man, who displayed no gun
but kept a hand hidden in a coat
pocket as though he was armed,
staged the first bank robbery on
Anchorage police records and fled
without a trace.
Sullivan said a report the bandit
escaped in a car parked just out
side the rear of the bank was being
checked.
The FBI agent said the amount
of the loss had been confirmed,
but said the random assortment of
bills takei made an exact account
ing difficult.
“We are not even sure of the
amount in each denomination,’’ he
said.
Seats Available on Nome
Team’s Fairbanks Charter
I Nine seats arc available for th<
Wien-Alaska charter plane which
| will take the High School basket
1 ball team to Fairbanks this week.
The 28-passenger flight will
j leave Nome at 12 noon on Thurs
; day, Dec. 5, for Fairbanks, and
! return Dec. 8, leaving Fairbanks
at 9 a. m. The round trip fare is
$70 plus tax. Persons interested
may sign up at the Wien-Alaska
! downtown office by Wednesday at
J 9 a.m., Dec. 4.
Weather Report
Considerable cloudiness with
slowly rising temperatures. Low
tonight -6. High tomorrow 10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of 7
a.m. today — Temperatures: high
est 5, lowest -10. Maximum wind
12 miles an hour from the North
west. Sunrise at 9:23 a.m., sunset
at 2:14 p.m.
| Mrs. Kennedy Grateful for
Display of Sympathy
WASHINGTON 0P> — Mrs. Jac
queline Kennedy has expressed
appreciation for the hundreds of
thousands of messages that have
been sent to her since the death
of her husband.
White House News Secretary
Pierre Salinger told newsmen Mrs.
Kennedy had asked him to voice
her thanks. He said:
“These expressions of sympathy
have not only been a source of
comfort to her but have renewed
her strength with the knowledge
of how many Americans and
people abroad share her pride in
the President and all that he stood
for.”
Salinger said 293,000 letters and
26,000 telegrams already have been
counted at the White House and
many bags still are unsorted. An
other 250,000 pieces of mail have
been delivered to the Kennedy
family at Hyannis Port, Mass.
Liquor Board Accepts
Resignation of Katsekures
JUNEAU (vP> — The resignation
of a Fairbanks liquor enforcement
agent involved in bribery-payofl
charges, Chris Katsekures, was ac
cepted today by the Alcoholic Bev
erage Control Board.
During the trial of a Fairbank:
bar owner, Morris Shkolnik, 01
charges of serving alcohol to ,
, minor, Shkolnik accused Katse
l kures of seeking protection money
j Katsekures denied the charge
and testified that Shkolnik had at
tempted to bribe him.
Following the trial, Katsekure:
requested voluntary suspensior
from duty. He was reinstated Nov
20 by the ABC. which said an in
vestigation disclosed no evidence
of improper conduct.
President Renews Offer
For Joint Moon Try
NEW YORK i.P> — President
| Johnson has expressed willingness
J to cooperate with Russia in carry
j ing out a manned flight to the
| moon.
Johnson made known his stand
through the chief American dele
gate to the U.N., Adlai Stevenson.
Johnson’s predecessor, John F.
Kennedy, had suggested the joint
moon effort.
Stevenson said: 'President John
son has instructed me to reaffirm
that offer today.”
BIA FILES LAND WITHDRAWAL
APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOLS
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment announced last week that
the Bureau of Indian Affairs has
filed four applications for with
drawal of land in the Fairbanks
Land District. The lands involved
in the applications are located at
Kwiguk lEmmonak', Scammon
Bay, Nightmute, and Newtok, and
each is approximately five acres
in size. The Bureau of Indian Af
fairs desires the land for estab
lishing school reserves under the
Act of May 31. 1938.
The withdrawals would segre
gate the lands from all forms of
appropriation under the public
land laws, including the mining
and mineral leasing laws, grazing
laws, and gravel and timber sales.
One Still on Loose
In Fairbanks Break
From State Jail
| FAIRBANKS (3 — Five pris
oners overpowered two state jail
guards here Sunday night and es
caped. Four were captured shortly
afterward.
Still at large and considered
dangerous by police is 20-year-old
Oliver Lemon of Fairbanks, who
was accused of concealing stolen
property.
Police said Lemon had told a
jailer previously that if he ever got
free he would not be returned
alive. It is not known if he is
armed.
The jailers were not injured in
the escape.
Officers said the guards were
jumped as they took pots of cof
free to the prisoners at about
8 p.m.
The prisoners ripped out tele
phone lines as they fled.
A ’ city policeman on patrol
spotted three persons on the jail
roof as the escape was being made.
He nabbed two and the third fled.
Two other escapees were appre
hended by State Police after steal
ing a car, officers said.
The four were identified as Jo
seph Bassett, 19, James Marion, 19.
Robert Henderson, 21, and O^ry
5 R;chards, 18, all of Fairbanks.
1 'xaev were being held on charges
1 ranging from concealing stolen
• property, to burglary.
5 HOOPSTER BRASS
• WILL CONVENE
There will be a City Basketball
; League Board of Control Meeting
1 on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Nome
■ High School Gymnasium. The
agenda will include the subject of
officiating for the City League.
Nome Mothers Club to Meet
There will be a Nome Mothers
Club meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m.
in the Lutheran Fellowship Hall.
This is also to be their Christmas
social, and everyone attending is
requested to bring a gift. Husbands
are extended an invitation.
TROOPER TO MAKE CHANGE
Eugene Rudolph, Alaska State
I Trooper, has transferred from his
post at Nome to Fairbanks. He will
work in the Service section there.
Replacing him, and due to arrive
tomorrow, is Trooper Eldon
Schmidt.
HOLIDAY DEATH TOLL
Seventy-seven persons died on
streets and highways over Thanks
giving in Arizona, Washington,
Oregon and California, 57 in Cali
fornia alone.
The toll in Washington was 8,
in Oregon 7, and in Arizona 5.'
Three persons died in traffic acci
dents in Nevada, and 3 in Idaho.
Montana went through the holiday
weekend without reporting a traf
fic fatality.