Mining Claims
Still Held By
Use of Guns
DENVER, Colo. (jP) — Westerners
battling over mining claims these
days are more apt to rely on court
petitions than Colt’s pistols, but
gunplay isn’t ruled out entirely.
In frontier times fights were
over gold claims. Now the disputes
usually involve such metals as
uranium and beryllium.
The newest one flared up last
month in the Topaz Mountains of
Utah’s Juab County. For more
than two years the Anaconda Corp.
had spent $2 million in explora
tion and production on about 250
beryllium claims staked in a 14
mile area.
Beryllium is a strong, light metal
used in the nose cones of missiles
and rockets and in rocket engines.
Under Utah law a prospector must
prove his claim with a mineral dis
covery — that, or stay on the
property.
The trouble began when field
men of Ranchers Exploration &
Development Corp. of New Mexi
co moved into unoccupied claims
staked out by Anaconda. Each
time, the prospectors were eject
ed. The last time at gunpoint.
The Ranchers won from U.S.
Dist. Judge Willis Ritter an order
istructing Anaconda to stop block
ing Ranchers’ prospectors in the
Topaz area.
Several years ago a land rush
developed in western Colorado
when a large section was opened
to uranium prospecting. Disputants
fought with fists and clubs over
claims. Some prospectors were re
ported to have carried guns, but |
no one ever heard of anyone being :
snot. j
In January, 1957, seven employes
of a firm in which John Milton
Addison, Dallas promoter, was a
partner were arrested at a ranch
near Lake George, Colo., in a con
troversy over uranium claims.
First reports said several of the
men and the ranch owner, George
Cox, were packing guns, but
sheriff’s deputies said they didn’t
find any.
Also, in 1957, pistols were the
persuader in a dispute in the
Shirley Basin area north of Medi
cine Bow — the Wyoming cattle
town made famous by Owen
Wister’s “The Virginian.”
Two men were stalking uranium
claims there at about the time a
surveying crew from Petronomics
Co. arrived. The two men drew
guns and the crew departed. Later
the pair sold their claims to the
company for $500,000.
Addison, whose ventures have
taken him into court frequently,
figured in a bizarre incident in
Arizona in 1960. Fourteen men
charged they were held by armed
guards against their will for seven
hours on Addison’s uranium claims
north of Flagstaff.
Attorneys for Addison argued it
was merely a session between em
ployer and employes, and the boss
had a right to tell the men to re
main until he finished talking.
Two months later Addison and 22
associates were acquitted on
charges of false imprisonment.
$5.3 Million Additional for
While Alice Communications
WASHINGTON Ut) — A $5.3
million addition to a contract for
operation and maintenance of the
White Alice communications net
work in Alaska will be awarded
by the Air Force to RCA Service
Corp., Camden, N.J., the Alaska
congressional delegation said to
day.
The new contract will bring to
$17.3 million the amount under
the contract.
“Ole Miss” Five Praise
Loyola as Great Team
After Dropping 61-51 Tilt
EAST LANSING, Mich. UF> —
It was just like any other basket
ball game — rugged under the
backboards, decided on superior
height and shooting. Mississippi
State’s controversial NCAA meet
ing with Chicago’s Loyola, almost
prevented by a Mississippi court
injunction, came off in routine
fashion Friday night.
Third ranked Loyola, 26-2, play
ing four Negroes all the way,
easily defeated the sixth-ranked
Southeastern Conference cham
pions 61-51 in the opening round
of the Mid-East Regionals.
“They were perfect gentlemen
— just like any other team we
played,” said Joe Dan Gold, Mis
sissippi State captain. “They beat
us on offensive backboards. They
just had too many big men for
us and they won it by taking all
those rebounds.”
Lets talk about the way they
played basketball, not their color,”
said coach Babe McCarthy. His
Mississippi State team came here
on an intrigue-filled flight, com
plete with a cloak-and-dagger plan
to avert serving of the injunction,
only to learn on arriving it was
suspended by a later court ruling
back home.
‘‘Loyola’s one of the greatest
teams in the country and they beat
us although we played a pretty
good game,” McCarthy addd. “We’d
have to be near perfect to beat
Loyola.”
This was Mississippi State’s
first appearance in the NCAA.
They turned down earlier NCAA
invitations because of Mississippi’s
“unwritten law” preventing state
supported schools from competing
in events in which they possibly
would meet integrated teams.
Falsetto Howl . . .
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. UP) — A
small beagle named Fallstaff, who
was stripped of his bark by sur
gery in November, returned to
court Saturday and was ordered
to quit whining.
Falstaff’s owner, Allen Murray,
was told by Judge Leonard A.
Thomas to find a way to further
mute the dog. Murray was placed
on six months probation.
A neighbor of Murray’s, Mrs.
Hilda Johnsen, complained in
court that she found Falstaff’s
falsetto howl both “horrendous
and horrible.”
Murray, in answer to a similar
past complaint, had Falstaff’s vocal
cords severed in a November
operation.
The order to further mute the
dog’s cry — to a sort of plaintive
gasp — came after Falstaff was
coaxed into a courtroom demon
stration.
Judge Thomas found the sound
“beyond description.”
EASE CREDIT TERMS
TOKYO Uf) — Prime Minister
Hayato Ikeda of Japan said Sat
urday he has decided to ease credit
terms to prevent loss of a $ 135
million ship deal with the Soviet
Union. The Soviet Union reported
ly has proposed a 30 per cent
down payment and settlement of
the balance in six years for 21
fishing vessels.
Japanese shipbuilders are press
ing the government to accept the
terms, expressing fear that the
deal might be lost to British ship
yards if the terms are not met.
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Admitted: Elias Pete, Anthony
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Discharged: Irene O'Connor, Joe
Maloney, Marie Mills, Mrs. Ca
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pushruk are
the parents of a daughter born
yesterday at the hospital.
ORDINANCE NO. 415
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
THE SUBMISSION OF THREE QUES
TIONS TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF THE CITY OF NOME, AT THEIR
ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON THE 2ND DAY OF
APRIL, 1963: TO-WIT: 1. SHALL THE
TERM OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR
BE INCREASED FROM ONE (ll YEAR
TO TWO (2t YEARS?; 2. SHALL THE
TERM OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL
MAN BE INCREASED FROM TWO (2)
YEARS TO THREE (3) YEARS?; 3.
SHALL THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
CLERK AND EX-OFFICIO ASSESSOR
BE CHANGED FROM AN ELECTIVE
OFFICE TO AN APPOINTIVE OFFICE?:
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Nome, Alaska,
by its governing body, the Nome Com
mon Council, considers it necessary and
in the best interest of its citizens for
the efficient operation of their govern
ment that the term of the office of
Mayor be increased from One (1) year
to Two (2) years, that the term of the
office of Councilman be increased from
Two (2) years to Three (3) years, that
the office of City Clerk and Ex-Officio
Assessor be changed from an elective
to an appointive office; and
WHEREAS, the Nome Common Coun
cil is duly authorized by virtue of
Title 29.10.030, and 29.10.033 A.S. to
provide by Ordinance, to be ratified by
the majority of the electorate, for an
alternate system of elections;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIN
ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NOME, ALASKA:
SECTION 1. That there be submitted
to the duly qualified electors of the
City of Nome, Alaska, without regard
to whether or not the names of said
voters appear on the latest assessment
role or record for the purpose of muni
cipal taxation, 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?
To be followed by the words:
TWO YEAR MAYOR — YES □
TWO YEAR MAYOR — NO □
PROPOSITION NO. 2
Shall the term of the office of Coun
cilman be increased from Two (2) years
to Three (31 years, to be implemented
at the annual municipal election to be
held on the first Tuesday of Octobei
of 1963, at which time all of the existinf
terms of Councilmen shall expire anc
there shall be elected at said electior
Six (6) Councilmen, Two of which shal
be elected for the term of One (1)
year, Two of which shall be elected foi
the term of Two (2) years, and Two
shall be elected for the term of Three
(3) years, and thereafter Two Council
men shall be elected each year for Three
(3) year terms?
To be followed by the words:
THREE YEAR COUNCILMEN—YES □
THREE YEAR COUNCILMEN—NO □
PROPOSITION NO. 3
Shall the office of the City Clerk and
Ex-Officio Assessor be changed from
an elective office to an appointive office,
effective with the annual municipal
election to be held on the first Tuesday
of October of 1963?
To be followed by the words:
APPOINTED CITY CLERK—YES □
APPOINTED CITY CLERK—NO □
SECTION 2. That those persons having
the qualifications of electors as described
in Article V, Section 1, of the Constitu
tion of the State of Alaska and in Chap
ter 7-2 (Clause 1), Code of Ordinances,
City of Nome, shall be permitted to
vote on the propositions.
SECTION 3. That the manner of con
ducting and holding the said election
and details thereof shall be in accord
ance with the requirements of law and
Ordinances now in effect in the City of
Nome as to General Elections when
applicable or procedurely adaptable to
elections for the purpose of approving
or rejecting in whole or in part the
propositions submitted hereby, that the
City Clerk shall cause notice, of the
propositions to be submitted, to be in
cluded in the public notice of the muni
cipal election to be held on the first
Tuesday of April of 1983.
SECTION 4. That the judges and clerks
duly appointed for the said April elec
tion shall canvass the votes cast at
said election and shall prepare and filt
their returns of said election with the
Clerk, stating in words and figures tht
number of votes cast for and agalnsl
the several propositions voted upon and
if the votes cast in the affirmative or
the said proposition or propositions b<
not less than a majority of the vote:
cast at such election, they shall certify
the proposition or propositions carried
if otherwise the said proposition o:
propositions failed.
SECTION 5. That if any or all of thi
propositions be certified by the electioi
officials as having received the re
quired number of votes in favor of ap
proval thereof, then the City Counci
of the City of Nome shall implemen
the authorization given by the elec
torate, by passing any Ordinances o
Resolutions necessary therefore.
SECTION 6. That an emergency i
hereby declared to exist, *nd the usuz
rules of procedure are hereby suspend
ed, and this Ordinance shall be read i
full, and again by its title and place
upon final passage, all within the perio
of one meeting, and upon the approve
by the Council, recorded upon the rec
ords of the City of Nome.
PASSED AND APPROVED this lit
day of March, 1963.
(Seal) Donald M. Hoover,
Mayor
Attest: Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
1 Publish March 13, 15, 18. 1963.
Big Game Trophy Club
Will Hold Awards Banquet
In Anchorage April 26
The Alaska Big Game Trophy
Club, Inc., announces that their
1962 Alaska Big Game Awards
Banquet will be held April 26 at
the Westward Hotel Ballroom, An- 1
chorage.
Anyone taking an Alaskan
trophy in the calendar year 1962
is asked to have the trophy meas- I
urecl and submitted. Entries will j
be taken until March 31.
Classifications of big game ani
mals are:
Bison, Brown Bear, Southeastern
Brown Bear, Black Bear, Grizzly
Bear, Glacier Bear, Caribou, Dali
Sheep, Deer, Elk, Moose, Moun
j tain Goat, Muskox, Polar Bear,
! Walrus and Wolf,
At the banquet the Alaska Big
I Game Trophy Club, Inc., will
! award a medallion for first place
and certificates to second and
third place winners.
There is no entry fee. Top place
heads will be requested for the
banquet and expenses of shipment
to and from will be borne by the
hunter. The club invites everyone
interested to attend the banquet.
Tickets will be available by con
tacting Mr. Frank Cook, president,
109 Sixth Ave. West, Anchorage.
Alaska Freight Lines
I Starts Use of LST’s In
Seattle-Anchorage Run
SEATTLE — The Alaska
Freight Lines, which is changing
from barges to LST’s in its Seattle
Anchorage service, sent its first.
LST out of Seattle Saturday.
Three LST’s have been obtained
for the service.
An LST has about three times
the carrying capacity of a barge,
Everett Nowell, general sales man
ager said. An LST can carry more
than 100 cargo containers, and
also has a greater capacity for
automobiles, which are carried on
top of the cargo containers.
Tile company has maintained
direct service into Anchorage all
winter. A company-owned ice
breaker, the Milton II, clears a
channel through Cook Inlet for
the tugs and their tows.
The Alaska Freight Lines an
nounced it will open a door-to
door freight service between Cali
fornia and Alaska next week. Con
tainers will be brought to Seattle
from California on flatcars and
transferred to the LST’s here. The
first ship in the new service will
arrive Friday.
18-Foot Stretch . . .
CHESTER, England iff) — A tele
phone pole in Chester Zoo is to be
raised 4 feet because a giraffe
GRUBSTAKE BILL
GETS HOUSE OKAY
JUNEAU W — The House today
gave its 35-3 approval to a Grub
stake Bill which would permit the
state to pay up to $2,000 a year
to qualified prospectors.
Under terms of the measure the
state could reimburse prospectors
who have been approved by the
Division of Mines and Minerals up
to 75 per cent of their expenses.
The measure was sponsored by
R.S. McCombe and Harold Strand
berg.
In its original form, it would
| have permitted the state to reim
> burse up to 50 per cent of a pros
pector’s expenses up to a maxi
mum of $1,000.
named George kept getting on the
Line.
For months the area had been
plagued by a rash of wrong num
bers. Wednesday George, who has
an altitude of 18 feet, was spotted
grabbing the telephone wires with
his tongue and playfully letting
them twang back. The wires tang
led up. Telephones started ringing
all over the place. They stopped
when the wires unwound.
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