Six Weeks Ordeal In
Arctic Revives Question
How Long Can Man
Survive Without Food
The rescue of a plane pilot and
his young woman passenger in the
northern Canadian wilderness re
vives an old question: How long
can man survive without food ?
Some of the factors involved ob
viously include physical condition,
the will to live, determination,
courage and ingenuity.
Pilot Ralph Flores and 21-year
old Halen Klaben say they lived
for a week on two cans of fruit
and two cans of sardines. Then
they ate two tubes of toothpaste.
After that, it was melted snow—
and nothing else — for six long
weeks. Flores lost 40 pounds and
Miss Klaben 30. But they survived.
Others have fasted as long, or
longer, either by choice or through
predicament.
During World War II, ship
wrecked sailors and downed air
men went for weeks without food
or water, or both, while floating
on life rafts awaiting rescue.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and
seven servicemen drifted for 24
days under a searing sun in the
Pacific in 1942. The only food was
four oranges, a seagull and two
fish which they caught. All seven
were rescued, although an eighth
member of the group drank sea
water and died.
In the summer of 1961, William
Waters of Erlanger, Ky., became
lost in sub-Arctic Alaska wilder
ness. He wandered aimlessly for
ten weeks, surviving on wild cran
berries and a few raspberries. His
weight dwindled from 180 pounds
to 90, but he survived.
Also in 1961, two men in India
staged voluntary fasts for 48 days
trying to sway the government to
their way of thinking. Both of them
survived and one of them was 76
years old.
The late leader of the Indian in
dependence movement, Mohandas
Ganghi, fasted for three weeks on
several occasions.
And, of course, the Bible tells of
Moses fasting for 40 days on Mt.
Sinai, and Christ going into the
desert and fasting for 40 days.
A government statistician fig
ures that if you paid $2,900 for an
automobile, kept it 12 years and
d.ove it 100,000 miles, the expense
would be 10.1 cents a mile.
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, the
Annual Municipal and School Board
Election will be held in the City of ;
Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday, the 2nd day
of April, 1963, between the hours of
8:00 o’clock a.m. and 6:00 o’clock p.m.
on said day, the polling place for which ]
shall be the City Hall in said City of
Nome, Alaska.
The qualifications for electors at said
election shall be:
1. A citizen of the United States:
2. Shall have attained the full age of
Nineteen (19) years:
3. Shall be able to read or speak the
English language unless prevented
by physical disability;
4. Shall have been a resident of the
State of Alaska for One (1) year
immediately preceding the election;
5. Shall have been a resident of the
City of Nome for Thirty (30) days
immediately preceding the election.
FOR the purpose of electing the follow
ing officers to-wit:
MAYOR FOR THE TERM ENDING
OCTOBER 1963
ONE MEMBER OF NOME COMMON
COUNCIL FOR THE TERM ENDING
OCTOBER 1963
THREE MEMBERS OF NOME COM
MON COUNCIL FOR THE TERM
ENDING OCTOBER 1964
CITY CLERK FOR THE TERM END
ING OCTOBER 1963
ONE MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD
FOR THE TERM ENDING OCTO
BER 1967
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY BOARD
FOR THE TERM ENDING OCTO
BER 1963
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY BOARD
FOR THE TERM ENDING OCTO
BER 1967
AT said election there will be submit
ted the following Propositions:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
Shall the term of the office of Mayor
be increased from One (1) year to
Two (2) years effective on the annual
municipal election to be held on the
first Tuesday of October of 1963?
PROPOSITION NO. 2
Shall the tenn of the office of Coun
cilman be increased from Two (2)
years to Three (3) years, to be imple
mented at the annual municipal elec
tion to be held on the first Tuesday
of October of 1963, at which time all
of the existing terms of Councilmen
shall expire and there shall be elected
at said election Six (6) Councilmen,
Two of which shall be elected for the
term of One (1) year, Two of which
shall be elected for the term of Two
(2) years, and Two shall be elected
for the term of Three (3) years, and
| thereafter Two Councilman shall be
1 elected each year for Three (3) year
1 terms?
I PROPOSITION NO. 3
| Shall the office of City Clerk and
| Ex-Officio Assessor be changed from
I an elective office to an appointive
1 office, effective with the annual muni
i clpal election to be held on the first
Tuesday of October of 1963?
WITNESSETH, my hand and official
■ seal of the City of Nome, Alaska, this
14th day of March, 1963.
’ (Seal) Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish: March 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27,
29, April 1, 1963.
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Teachers’ Pay Bill
Falls By the Wayside
JUNEAU — Attempts by De
mocrats in the House of Repre
sentatives to get a teachers’ pay
increase bill and a supplemental
appropriation bill for Rural De
velopment into the Rules Commit
tee fell by the wayside today.
The teacher pay motion was of
fered by House minority leader
John Rader.
Rep. John Longworth moved to
adojurn until tomorrow and asked
for a call of the House.
The lower chamber sat idle
while the sergeant at arms tried,
without success, to locate a missing
member, Rep. Maurice Smith, a
member of the House Finance
Committee who had been excused
for committee work.
Finally, Longworth agreed to re
move the call.
Immediately, Rep. Robert Blod
gett moved that the Rural De
velopment appropriation measure,
involving $200,000, be taken from
the State Affairs Committee and
be given to the House Finance
Committee.
Before further action could be
taken, House majority leader Wm.
Boardman, moved for adjourn
ment until 10:02 am. tomorrow
and the motion was approved on
voice vote.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
Dick Curtis of Kotzebue, charg
ed with assault with a dangerous
weapon, pleaded guilty yesterday
to the lesser charge of careless use
of firearms. He will be sentenced
at a later date.
A jury was in process of being
chosen today in the case of the
state vs. Chet Adkins of Bethel.
Crew members of transoceanic
airplane flights usually eat separ
ately prepared meals before take
off in order to guard against the
possibility of group food poisoning.
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Scottish Businessmen
Complain U.S. Sailors
Left Without Paying Bills
HOLY LOCH, Scotland W — A
Scottish businessman complained
today that American sailors who
returned to the United States on
a Polaris submarine depot ship,
the Proteus, left behind scores of
unpaid bills.
“We are annoyed and disillu
sioned at the way the Americans
have treated us,” said John Sirling,
president of the Dunoon Traders
Association.
“We welcomed them to our
town and extended credit to them
because we knew this was the
system they followed. Now they
have taken away all the good will
built up here during their two
year’s stay.”
Dunoon is the biggest town in
the immediate area of Holy Loch.
Holy Loch is a base for the de
pot ships. The depot ship Hunley
has replaced the Proteus.
Before the Proteus left March 15
its commander, Capt. Raymond
DuBois, announced through news
papers that, in case of outstanding
debts, merchants should write to
him.
A U.S. Navy spokesman in Lon
don said: “This sort of thing is
detrimental to the service. W e
cannot force a man to pay his
debts, but he would be well ad
vised to do so.”
Scottish storekeepers are not
enthusiastic about giving credit.
Many of them did it for the first
time in their lives to men of the
Proteus.
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Lt. Heiner Is With
Nike Missile Unit
Army 2nd Lt. Lawrence Hein
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Heiner, Petersburg, Alaska, re
cently participated with other
members of Battery B of the 59th
Artillery’s 3rd Missile Bn. in a
week-long practice missile firing
at McGregor Guided Missile Range,
N.M.
Lt. Heiner’s unit, armed with
the Nike-Hercules missile, is reg
ularly stationed at Milwaukee,
Wis., and is part of the nationwide
Army Air Defense Command.
The 24-year-old officer, a pla
toon leader in the battery, enter
ed the Army in October 1961.
He is married to a Nome girl,
Bunny Doyle, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Doyle.
$4,467,696 IN FEDERAL FUNDS
FOR ALASKA EDUCATION
WASHINGTON —Approval of
a $4,467,696 payment to the Alaska
Department of Education under a
program of aid to federally af
fected school districts was an
nounced by the U.S. Office of Ed
ucation.
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BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 pjn.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Verna Mickelsoa
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meet* First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Warner E. Bohrer, W. M.
Norvln W. Lewis, See.
Meets First and Third Thursdays
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Frank Couch, President
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
— VISITORS WELCOME —
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Don Lyle, Pres.
Chas. D. Jonas, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Composite Sqdn.
Sr. Member Victor Charles, Cmdr.
Meetings—Each Monday 7:00 pja.