THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome, Alaska
Telephone 443-2381 $1.50 Per Month
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James F. O’Sullivan, Publisher & Editor
Eo Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
IT TOOK A LOT OF LIVING
A Penalty and A Premium
r\NE OF THE MANY THINGS that can be said for the much
” maligned, much-misunderstood profit motive is that it forces
private enterprise into making the best and most productive pos
sible use of its facilities.
A particularly interesting example of this is found in a story
released by Pan American World Airways. Pan Am inaugurated
the jet age five years ago, and its world-wide routes cover 71,000
miles. Each of its jet clippers spends up to 13 hours a day in the air.
In one month, one of the company’s intercontinental jets
accomplishes 320 hours actual flight time, despite two periods of J
extensive servicing. That means it flies 135,000 air miles — which
is the equivalent of nearly three-quarters of the way to the moon.
This kind of efficiency is necessary, if the tremendous costs
connected with acquiring and operating the jets are to be covered
at fares people can and will pay — and if some kind of a profit is
to be left over for those whose savings made the company possible.
And, significantly, this kind of operation is totally unknown in our
own government, or in airlines where the profit motive is a small
consideration, such as the lines which are owned and subsidized by
governments overseas. In those cases the taxpayers make up any
losses. j
Yes, the profit motive is a vibrant and irresistible force —
the force which places a penalty on waste and sloth and a premium
on efficiency and good service.
DO YOU KNOW THAT . . .
No person may remove, deface, damage or destroy a distance
marker, guidepost, traffic control sign OR ROAD BLOCK ON OR
NEAR ANY HIGHWAY.
That upon conviction you can be imprisoned for one year
or fined $500, or both.
The above markers or blocks are not placed on the highways
for your personal inconvenience, but for your personal safety.
No person may put or throw any kind of garbage, rubbish,
or other discarded objects on a highway or along a highway or
road, or fail to stop and pick up any such object that falls from
his load.
Upon conviction, you can be imprisoned for one year or
fined $500, or both, or the sentence may be suspended and the
defendant required to spend four hours of each of two days picking
up garbage and rubbish on the highway nearest his or her home.
— ALASKA STATE POLICE
— Grassroots Philosophy —
Wealthy people miss one of the greatest thrills of life — paying
the last installment — The Sparta (111.) News-Plaindealer.
Si^ns Construction Bill
WASHINGTON tF — President
Kennedy has signed the military
construction a u t b* o r i z a tion bill
which passed Congress Oct. 31.
It authorizes construction totaling
more than $1M> billion at 400 mili
tary bases during the fiscal year
which began July 1.
Included would be more than $21
million for work in Alaska.
However, the bill does not pro
vide any money — only authoriza
tion. The funds for actual construc
tion will be considered in separate
legislation.
35 TRAFFIC DEATHS
JUNEAU OF — Traffic accidents
claimed the lives of 35 persons
in Alaska during the first 10
months of this year, compared witn
31 through Oct. 31 of 1962, Public
Safety Commissioner Martin Un
derwood said today.
Fires through Oct. 31 of this
year took 24 lives, compared with
20 through the same date a year
ago.
MAKE CHANGES
WASHINGTON IT) — The U.S.
is making some changes in its air
deplo3rment overseas, in line with
its increasing strength in opera
tional Polaris and land-based mis
sies.
The Pentagon says that 19 U.S.
B-47 jet bombers in England w:U
be called home, and two U.S. bases
in Britain will be turned over to
Ihe Royal Air Force by next July
1.
In addition, a squadron of tanker
planes for refueling will also be
returned to the U.S.
Only 36 per cent of the nation’s
families expect to occupy their
present homes for the rest of their
lives. . . . Nearly two-thirds ex
pect to move.
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Letters to The Lditor
To The Ediior:
This week several mothers have
been having an interesting time
working at the fluoride clinic in
school. Several hundred children
were given new tooth brushes and
taught how to brush their teeth
properly. Detailed instruction was
given in what foods to oat and what
to avoid in order to have good
teeth.
Then mothers who had been in
structed by Dr. Packard cleaned
the children’s teeth as they sat in
the dental chair. Next their teeth
were examind by Dr. Packard and
records made of their condition.
The last step was painting the
teeth with fluoride by Monica
Hunt, the dental assistant, who
was helped by the mothers.
It is a sad situation to find so
many children who have only de
cayed brown stumps for teeth
when there has been a dentist
stationed here for years who is
anxious to repair that decayed
spot when it is small. We beg the
Parents to take the children to the
dentist early. Teeth are to keep!
As mothers we sincerely thank
Dr Packard for his efforts to im
prove this unbelievable condition.
ALMA TUNGWENUK
RUTH TOWNER
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Edward Maloney Jr. was hit with
60 days after pleading guilty to a
drunk and disorderly charge.
Lawrence Okpealuk was handed
200 days for giving liquor to a
minor. He pleaded guilty.
Albert Tiulana was given a $30
fine for being drunk in public
The fine was suspended.
Joseph Sirloak was found guilt.1?
of being drunk in public and was
rewarded with 40 days. A previous
i 40 days suspended sentence was re
voked and the two are to be served
consecutively.
Alfred Milligrock was found
j guilty of giving liquor to a minor
and now has a 100 day suspended
sentence for his trouble.
A Chevak man, Joseph Nicholas
Peterson, was found guilty of care
less use of firearms at Chevak and
given 90 days, with 80 suspended.
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THE FAMILY STORE
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Nov. 5, 1963
To The Editor:
In behalf of the people of Bar
row I wish to convey my thanks
to those people of Alaska who
contributed so generously with
food and clothing after the recent
floods at Barrow. Your contribu
tions came at a time when they
were badly needed and could not
have been timed more appro
priately.
Most of the homes that were de
stroyed and damaged have been
repaired and moved and a few arc
still undergoing repairs. Outside
of the properties that were washed
away and have to be retrieved by
Spring, everything is back to
normal.
I would like also to thank those
communities and business and
service people who spent so much
time and money to lend a helping
hand to the people of Barrow and
I would like to list them:
Anchorage people for food and
clothing;
Kenai people for clothing sent;
Homer people for clothing sent;
Nome people for clothing sent;
BLM, Anchorage, for flying in
clothing and food.
Wiens Airlines for making many
flights carrying food and clothing,
also tor pioneering the service
ability of the half completed air
strip which proved to be the most
important landing field in the State
at the moment.
Also to be highly commended is
the General Construction Company
for cooperating to the extent that
many man hours of construction
were lost at their own expense, to
accommodate the necessary traffic.
Too numerous to mention are
individuals, and both State and
Federal agencies who fell in line
side by side in a cooperative ef
fort to alleviate the hardships suf
fered by the people of Barrow for
which we are very grateful. Again
thank you for a job well done.
EBEN HOPSON, President
Barrow City Council
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