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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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at tbe
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
WE WANT TO BELIEVE
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With Deep Regret
IT IS WITH REGRET that Nome says farewell to Judge and
Mrs. Hugh Gilbert who leave to make their home in Anchorage.
Both these Alaskans have been good for Nome, taking an
active part in civic affairs whenever the Court System let them
keep their residence here. Both have been sincere and generous
In their efforts to give of their talents and experience for the good
of the community.
We are sure that with the knowledge they have gleaned of the
needs of Northwestern Alaska during their brief stay, they will
continue to strengthen the bonds that should unite all of Alaska.
May they keep our unique needs in mind by continuing to lend a
helpful hand or express a wise word when the occasion arises in
our behalf.
Fidel Castro Claims
He’s Been ‘Shortchanged*
HAVANA W — Prime Minister
Fidel Castro, calling President
Kennedy a ruffian and saying
Americans are swindlers, claims
the U S. government shortchanged
him $10 million in the ransom of
Cuban invasion prisoners.
At the same time, Castro told
a rally Friday he would negotiate
differences with the United States
although “we do not want to re
store relations.”
At a garden party, Castro told
a group of U.S. vistors he would
like to talk to the American people
but “you must invite me to your
house,” Donald Grant, correspond
ent for the St. Louis Post-Dis
patch, reported.
The Prime Minister also renew
ed his call for Cuban-style revo
lutions throughout Latin America
and said the Soviet Union would
support such uprisings.
ANTI-STRIKE BILL
PARIS l/P — A government anti
strike bill was voted into law Fri
day night after bouncing back and
forth between the Senate and Na
tional Assembly.
The law, bitterly opposed by
France’s powerful labor bloc, out
laws surprise strikes in public
utilities that frequently plague
France. The law requires a five
day notice of a strike.
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Exiles Burn Soviet Flag
RIO DE JANEIRO LP — Six
anti-Castro exiles burned a Soviet
flag and splashed red paint on the
Cuban embassy Friday — then
got into a fight with four Cubans.
The exiles had just completed
the paint job when a limousine
drew up with Cuban Ambassador,
Raul Rea Khoury, and four mem
bers of his staff.
Police arrived and the exiles
fled. No one was injured severely.
The ambassador did not take part
in the fighting.
Something Sweet !
DIJOHN, France tP — “Dear
Sir: We think your jet planes are
pretty but the noise hurts our ears.
We think you should make up for
it by parachuting some candy to
us.”
That letter, to the command
er of French Air Force Base here,
was signed by 16 youngsters at
tending a summer camp.
Friday a jet whistled over their
camp and a small parachute float
ed to the earth. Dangling beneath
it was a four-pound box of candy.
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Social Security
Dollars to Alaskans
Jump 20 Per Cent
The tot.nl amount of social se
curity dollars going into the Alas
kan economy each month has
lumped more than 20 per cent
in the past two years, according
to figures released recently by Lee
Christensen, district manager of
the Social Security Office in Ju
neau. As of the beginning of 1963,
social security checks totaling
$434,693 arrive in Alaska each
month for more than 7.100 persons.
A year ago 6.880 persons were
receiving monthly checks totaling
$412,177; and at the close of 1960
there were 5.942 beneficiaries in
Alaska received a total of $349,444.
The rise in the number of Alas
kans receiving social security
checks involved all three categories
of social security benefits — old
age retirement, total disability
What Can You Do
With Blueberries ?
What can you do with blue
berries? The answer to this ques
tion. a common one at this time
of the year when blueberries are
ripening all over Alaska, can be
found in a new publication avail
able from the Cooperative Exten
sion Service.
"Wild Blueberries and Huckle
berries,” Publication No. 13, has
drawings of the berries as well
as 13 of the best blueberry recipes
being used by Alaskan home
makers.
The recipes cover conventional
blueberry pie, Alaska blueberry
pie, blueberry buckle, blueberry
slump, blueberry crisp, blueberry
kuchen. blueberry pockets, blue
berry topping, spiced blueberry
jam. uncooked blueberry jam, un
cooked blueberry jelly, blueberry
sauce and blueberry syrup.
Of course, a handful of blue
berries in the sourdough pancake
SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN
TULSA, Okla. OF — Nearly
seven inches of rain poured on
Tulsa Saturday, causing flash
flooding throughout the city.
No serious injuries were report
ed.
Police and firemen were swamp
ed with calls. At least 14 fires
were reported caused by lightning.
They were power interruptions,
mostly brief, scattered throughout
the city.
Dozens of intersections and
underpasses were flooded and po
lice closed many streets. There
were reports of water covering
cars and some firemen had to
wade in chin-deep water to assist
motorists.
PETERSBURG FISHERMAN
KILLED IN BOAT ACCIDENT
^ PETERSBURG _ Arvid
Espeth, 41, a Petersburg Fisher
man was injured fatally Friday
when his 18-foot outboard collided
with a halibut vessel in Wrangell
and family survivor payments.
In the Nome-Seward Peninsula
area currently there are checks
totaling $14,259 going out to 352
people each month. This compares
with 343 beneficiaries a year ago.
Of those receiving monthly bene
fits here, a partial breakdown
shows that checks are going to 182
children, and another 13 to a
special category of older persons
who were totally disabled while
still in their childhood. There are
14 widows receiving benefits and
four disabled workers. The largest
beneficiary category is the group
of 82 retired workers whose checks
total $5,750 each month. In this
latter category there are also 20
wives, age 62 or older, who are
receiving retirement benefits along
with their husbands.
Christensen added that there are
now more than 18 million persons
receiving monthly social security
benefits throughout the United
States. The amount of all these
checks totals almost a quarter of a
million dollars monthly.
Christensen said many people in
Alaska might be able to receive
social security benefits if they
knew more about the law, and for
that reason they are urged to con
tact the social security representa
tive on his next trip to Nome if
they have any questions concern
ing their benefits or proper re
porting.
batter is a touch that starts the
day off right, too.
Contact your local Extension
Service office in the Federal Bldg,
for a copy of "Wild Blueberries
and Huckleberries.”
40 TO 1 IN FAVOR
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. OP —
The White House said Saturday
that telegrams on President Ken
nedy’s speech Friday night on the
Moscow nuclear test ban agree
ment were running about 40-1 in
favor of the President’s position.
It said the President had received
hundreds of telegrams on the
speech, in which he described the
agreement as a victory for man
kind.
Press secretary Pierre Salinger
gave newsmen no specific figures
on the number of telegrams re
ceived so far other than to say
they ran into the high "hundreds.”
Exploding Beer Barrel Kills Man
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia uP —
A beer barrel exploded at a wed
ding breakfast Saturday at Brno,
kiling a 23-year-old man and in
juring two others.
The blast demolished part of the
flat where the wedding breakfast
was being held. There was no ex
planation to what caused the bar
rel to burst.
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in arrows.
The 43-foot halibut boat, Eureka,
was skippered by Herbert Sather
of Seattle.
Sather told authorities he was
steaming toward the Petersburg
boat harbor when he heard a crash
on the Eureka’s port bow. When
he cut his engines he found
Espeth’s outboard had smashed
into the Eureka.
WATCHED CRICKET MATCH
SINGAPORE W — One of two
engines failed and the nose wheel
dropped off, so the plane with
three British airmen from the air
craft carrier Ark Royal was routed
Saturday to a Singapore airbase.
As the turbo-prop plane circled
the base, rescue crews laid a
blanket of foam. After two hours
of circling, its fuel spent, the
plane came in and made a smooth
belly landing.
What were the three thinking
about as they sweated it out? Why,
said pilot Lt. R. J. F. Evans, “We
watched a cricket match while we
went 'round and 'round the air
field.”
Fin* Job Printing al the Nugget
CARAVANS IS BOOK OF
THE MONTH FOR AUGUST
Caravans, James Michener’s first
novel since Hawaii, is the August
selection of the Book of the Month
Club.
Mr. Michener has long been fas
cinated by the adventures of
Americans far from home—in the
Pacific, in Korea, in Japan. Now |
he tells of the search for a foot
loose Bryn Mawr girl who has dis
appeared in the wilds of Afghani
stan.
His first book, Tales of the South
Pacific, which became the Pultizer
Prize novel of 1948, grew out of
his Navy experience in the Pacific
during World War II. Such later
books as The Bridges at Toko-ri,
Sayonara and The Floating World
reflect his interest in Japanese art
and culture.
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