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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 117
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1963
Per Copy 15£
Parents Asked to Fill Out
Federal Survey Forms
It is time again for all parents
to fill out the Federal Assistance
Survey Forms which students will
be bringing home from the Nome
Schools on Thursday, Oct. 4.
PL 874 is an Act which assists
Federally impacted school dis
tricts by allowing funds to be
paid directly to school districts in
lieu of property taxes. The funds
are very important to the opera
tion of the Nome Schools, and is
the reason the survey forms are
sent to homes in the fall and spring
of each year. Through the contin
ued co-operation of parents and
guardians, the financial burden for
the schools is eased considerably
on the local level.
All students in the Nome Pub
lic Schools will be dismissed
Thursday, Oct. 3, at 3:15 p.m. for
the regular monthly meeting of
the Nome Education Association.
NEA meetings are held the first
Thursday of each month. Time is
taken out so that all teachers
might attend, which is not pos
sible under the shift program,
unless school is dismissed early.
FICA Rep. in Field
Jim Sara, Field Representative
for the Social Security Adminis
tration, passed through Nome on
Monday. He has visited the villages
of McGrath, Unalakleet, Koyuk,
Teller and Shishmaref, and left
for Kotzebue on Tuesday.
Working out of Kotzebue, Sara
plans the following itinerary: Pt.
Hope and Noatak on Wednesday
and Kiana, Noorvik and Selawik
on Thursday.
From there, Mr. Sara will return
to Anchorage where he has an of
fice in Room 49 of the Federal
Building.
Red Cross Drive Report
Carrie McLain, chairman of the
Red Cross for the Nome Chapter,
advises that the reports are in from
the August fund raising drive.
Collections were made in Nome,
Kotzebue, Unalakleet and Golovin
and a total of $603.10 was con
tributed in this 1963 campaign.
ROVANG GETS LIFE
ANCHORAGE UR — Irving J.
<Rex> Rovang, 26. former radio
disc jockey who pleaded guilty
in the shooting death of a depart
ment store cashier during a
bungled holdup attempt, was sen
tenced to life in prison today.
Superior Court Judge Edward
V. Davis accompanied the sen
tence pronouncement with a rec
commendation Rovang be placed in
an institution for extensive psychi
atric treatment before any appeal
for parole.
Mrs. Betty J. Fields, 20. cashier
in a suburban department store,
was shot to death May 11. She was
the wife of Donald C. Fields of
Harlan County, Ky., a soldier sta
tioned at Ft. Richardson.
U.S. Shows Russ
Envoy Proof of
Crab Gear Mischief
JUNEAU (jP—Documented proof
of Russian interference with U.S
crab fishermen off Kodiak Island
was presented to the Soviet Em
bassy in Washington Tuesday, Gov.
William A. Egan said today.
Egan said he was advised by the
State Department thatsworn state
ments and photographs of recent
Russian activities were shown to
the deputy chief of missions at the
Soviet Embassy and were dis
cussed at length.
“I am advised,” Egan said, ‘‘that
this (Russian) official manifested
genuine interest in the problem and
gave assurance it would be taken
up with the highest levels in the
Soviet government.”
Egan said he was advised by the
State Department that his concern
over the interference, use of in
compatible gear and disregard of
the rights of United States fish
ermen evidenced by the actions of
the Soviet fishing fleet was
stressed.
The State Department advised
Egan Tuesday the Coast Guard
would maintain patrols in the Ko
diak area until Dec. 15 ‘‘to deal
with the crab gear interference
problem.”
Coast Guard patrols had been
scheduled to end on Oct. 1.
AIR FORCE ASSN. MEETING
The Air Force Association, Nome
Squadron, will hold their regular
business meeting, including dinner,
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening, in
the North Star Hotel Seaview
Room.
Dave Harmon, Secretary-Treas
urer for the Nome Squadron urges
all members to attend.
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Water Act, Insurance
Code & License Plan to
Be Aired at Nome Session
A subcommittee of the Alaska
Legislative Council will be in Nome
on Friday, Oct. 4, to hear local
individuals and organizations on
subjects of legislative interest.
The public hearing has been
scheduled to open at 9 a.m. in
the district courtroom.
Legislators on the panel will be
Sen. Lester Bronson of Nome,
Rep. Axel C. Johnson of Emmon
ak, Rep. Bruce Kendall, council
chairman, of Anchorage, and Sen.
Robert J. McNealy of Fairbanks,
i Jonathan G. Wells, council depu
! ty director, will also be present.
The council is interested in hear
ing local residents as to their views
on items on the council’s agenda
and any other subject of legisla
tive concern.
Subjects on the council’s inter
im study agenda this year include
the proposed water use act, the
proposed state insurance code,
and the business license tax re
port and the general subject of
the taxation of business.
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Weather Report
Partly cloudy today, cloudy to
night and tomorrow. Low tonight
26. high tomorrow 42.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 50, lowest 25. Maximum wind
20 miles an hour from the North
west. Sunrise at 6:17 a.m., sunset
at 5:27 p.m.
Comparative Delta: Temperatures
year ago today — High 43, low 40.
NOTICE
The City Council will meet
Thursday, October 3, 1963, at 8:00
p.m., to canvass the returns of the
election.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
For Mayor
WILKE. ROSCOE J.261 SMITH. BOB .213 j
HOOVER. DON (Write-In) . 12
For City Council (1-Year Term)
DOYLE. ALLEN G.345 KARMUN. DANIEL K.341
POLING. JOHN .169
For City Council (2-Year Term)
McLEAN. JAMES M.411 READER. D. J. (Johnny) .396
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For City Council (3-Year Term)
, HARWOOD. BOB .412 HEDREEN. KEITH .376
For City Clerk (1-Year Term)
FRAZIER. CHUCK .208 SCOTT. ROBERT (Write-In) . 245
For Member School Board (1-Year Term)
CRAFT. ASHBY (Ash) .430
For Member School Board (5-Year Term)
SCHICK. ROBERT 439
For Member Utility Board (5-Year Term)
WRIGHT, WILLIAM (BiU) 162 KELLEY, HAROLD .135
LEWIS. BOB .141 MORGAN. BARROW (Write-In) 42
WELL. WHADDYA KNOW . . .
W7HERE ELSE BUT IN NOME can a write-in candidate win
” handily, only to find that his benefactors were in ignorance
of election laws, and that the victory was hollow. It probably
could have happened, in any first-class city in Alaska, according to
City Attorney Tom Balone. For—according to the state statutes
governing such matters, a candidate must file a declaration of
candidacy before he can legally be
elected to a city office. This is man
datory, adjudges the city attorney,
as the statute pronounces that a
prospective candidate SHALL make
a declaration of candidacy. This is
not a right or a matter of form —
it is a must. This is covered by
Statute 29.10.036.
It came about in this manner:
Election inspector W. W. Laws had
requested that the city attorney
provide him with rules governing
his board in regard to legality of
ballots. In checking the statute for
this information, our city attorney
came upon this distressing infor
mation. The law was passed in the
1963 legislature and later became
a part of our state Constitution as
a transitory measure. Immediately,
the Mayor and City Councilmen
available to him, were made aware
of this turn of events. This infor
mation was not pointed out spe
cifically to the election board prior
to the completion of the vote tally.
It was obvious that the entire
city government was unaware that
the statute existed. “It has never
before been an issue,’’ stated Ba
lone. "We have had a small write
in vote previous to this, but to my
knowledge, not to the point where
the write-in candidate was in the
process of unseating a lone de
clared candidate.”
“In my opinion,” commented Ba
lone, “it does not jeopardize the
legality of the election in any
way. It is not incumbent upon the
city to instruct the voter in all of
the laws govedning elections.”
"It is unfortunate,” he stated,
“that spaces were left for write
in candidates. This was done with
the mistaken intent that the pub
lic could write in a candidate of
their own choice, by the city offi
MAGISTRATE CALLS MEETING
FOR GAMBLE REFERENDUM
District Magistrate Maurice Kel
liher advises that the Village of
Gambell will have a public hear
ing for the purpose of determining
if they wish to be incorporated as
a city. The Magistrate will attend
and if a city is the desire of the.
majority, an election date will be
set within 30 days from the time
of the public hearing.
MEET THE TEACHER
Today we greet Glen Dahl. He
is Nome’s Elementary Principle.
He comes to us with 35 years of
experience and recently as school
superintendent in Wisconsin. He
has a bachelor’s degree in educa
tion from Eau Claire State, and
a Master’s degree in Physical Edu
cation from Wisconsin.
cials responsible for preparing the
ballots. This was misleading.”
In Wrangell, the mayor’s job
went begging, according to the AP
wire, so the voters re-eler+ed May
or Doris Barnes by write-in. There
were no regular candidates. The
lady mayor, just finishing a two
year term, indicated today that she
would accept another stint in of
fice. She has been mayor several
time previously. Wrangell is also a
first class city.
Our own new Mayor, Roscoe
Wilke, will take office on Monday
following the election along with
other officially elected candidates.
This follows an official canvass of
the votes on Thursday by the out
going Council, at w'hich time the
election will be approved or dis
approved.
Republicans Resign
The District Secretary for the
1 Republicans has announced that
two officers from this district have
submitted resignations to their
party. Clint Gray, long time Nome
resident and active party member,
has resigned as precinct committee
chairman of the Cape Nome. Little
Creek precinct. Clint and family
1 moved to Anchorage last month.
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| Wallace Mclver, Northwest dis
' trict chairman, has resigned his
office, according to a letter to dis
trict secretary Mrs. Allen Doyle.
Giving federal employment as his
reason, Mclver related that he can
no longer hold office in a political
party.
Fairbanks Murder
FAIRBANKS uP1 — Beaten and
shot four times, the body of a 29
year-old Fairbanks man was found
this morning stuffed under the
dashboard of his car.
Police identified the victim as
Albert Signal, a Negro working
as a civilian employe at a Fort
Wainwright laundry.
He is married and has three
children.
Officers said Signal had been
beaten with a blunt instrument
and shot in the arm, chin, side and
shoulder.
His car, with all doors locked,
was discovered on a lonely road.