Spiritual Church . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Ufi — A
Nashville church pastor was fined
$50 in city court for manufacturing
illegal whisky in the church coffee
urn.
The Rev. Bernard Swain, 30,
pastor of the St. Psalm Spiritual
Church, was arrested in a Dec. 20
raid. Officers said they found a
55-gallon drum of mash and a 15
gallon coffee urn which also con
stained mash. Swain told Judge
Andrew Doyle Monday he was
making sacramental “holy wine”
for his congregation. He pleaded
innocent to the charge.
The Rev. Swain said services
were suspended temporarily three
months ago because of financial
difficulty but said his congrega
tion numbered 6,000.
Police inspector Ramon Marler,
testifying about the raid, called
the building “anything but a
church.”
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Maj. Donald Slayton
Is “Chief Astronaut”
WASHINGTON — The Civil
ian Space Agency, which grounded
Air Force Maj. Donald Slayton
because of heart trouble has made
him its “chief astronaut,” it was
learned yesterday.
A spokesman for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administra
tion told a reporter Slayton, 38,
is helping nine new space pilots
learn the ropes.
Slayton also hands out certain
assignments to the other six mem
bers of the original Project Mer
cury astronauts, keeps records and
handles other administrative tasks,
the spokesman said.
Slayton, a rangy, athletic look
ing Air Force pilot, was grounded
last July because of a heart diffi
culty. He was granted a one-year
waiver that will run until Nov. 20
and will be checked periodically
by flight surgeons.
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Pair Electrocuted While
Bathing In Trailer Home
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. UP) — A
soldier from Ft. Eustis and his wife
were electrocuted Monday while
bathing in their trailer home.
Authorities found the nude
bodies of PFC Richard Brewer, 19,
and his wife, Sue, 20, in a metal
bathtub.
Brewer, a native of Granby, Mo.,
was assigned to the 329th Trans
portation Co.
A short circuit in the family’s
all-metal home was believed re
sponsible for the twin electrocu
tions.
Neither the couple’s 3-month
old daughter nor 18-month-old son
was hurt. The daughter was found
in her basinet and the son in his
highchair.
JAPANESE WORKER
DISCOVERS NEW COMET
TOKYO UP) — A Ja'nanese man
using a $22 homemade telescope
has discovered a new comet, the
Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
said Tuesday.
The observatory said Kaoru Ike
tani, 19, a worker at a musical
instrument factory in Hamamatsu,
central Japan, spotted the comet
about 20 degrees southeast of the
star Spica on Jan. 3 and 4.
Iketani reported his finding to
the Tokyo Observatory which on
Jan. 4 confirmed the comet’s ex
istence and reported it to the In
ternational Astronomical Institu
tion in Copenhagen.
Venus Etched As
A Waterless Desert
WASHINGTON <*» — Radar and
radio studies of Venus have etched
this apparent picture of that
mysterious planet: A waterless
desert swept by winds of hundreds
of miles an hour and a tempera
ture of around 600 degrees Fah
renheit.
The picture results from astro
nomical research done by the Naval
Research Laboratory here and the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasa
dena, Calif., the Washington Post
reported Monday night.
How accurate a picture it is will
be at least partly determined when
the bulk of the information gather
ed by the U.S. Mariner 2 satel
lite is evaluated and made public,
possibly later this month.
The Post story said scientists at
the Naval Laboratory here deter
mined by means of a radio tele
scope that there is little if any
water in the atmosphere around
Venus, suggesting a temperature of
600 degrees, far too hot for human
life as it’s known on earth.
Radar signals bounced off Venus
by the scientists at the California
laboratory indicated the surface of
Venus is more like a desert than
an ocean.
There is some truth in the re
mark of old-timers that “We don’t
have winters like we used to.”
Scientists say the climate gradual
ly is growing warmer.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, a
special election will be held in the City
)f Nome. Alaska, on the 22nd day of
January, 1963, between the hours of
1:00 o’clock a.m. and 6:00 o'clock p.m.
jn 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 im
mediately preceeding the election;
5. Shall have been a resident of the
City of Nome for thirty (30) days im
mediately preceeding the election.
At said election there will be submit
ted to the qualified electors of said City
of Nome the following proposition:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
Shall the City of Nome, Alaska, in
cur an indebtedness of Four Hundred
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($475,
000.00), to bear interest at the rate of
not to exceed 4Va per cent per annum,
for the purpose of constructing a
public work which is described as a
combined water supply and distribu
tion system and a sanitary sewerage
system in the City of Nome, and fi
nance said indebtedness by the issu
ance and sale of revenue bonds to be
designated as City of Nome Public
Utility Revenue Bonds of 1963 in the
principal amount of Four Hundred
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($475,
000.00), with interest at the rate of not
to exceed 4'/a per cent per annum,
said Bonds when issued shall mature
in not to exceed thirty (30) years and
the payment thereof as to principal
and interest shall be secured by
pledging to the payment of said Bonds
all the unpledged net revenues of the
combined water supply and distribu
tion system and sanitary sewerage
sysem project within the boundaries
described on this ballot, and exten
sions and additions thereto; and es
tablished rates fees and charges for
water supoly and sewerage collection
services in connection therewith in
sufficient amounts to pay the prin
cipal of and interest on said bonds
when due.
The following persons have been desig
nated as Judges and Clerks for this
election:
Judge and Inspector, Reca Godsbe;
Judge, Lois Mclver; Judge, w W. Laws;
Clerk, Emma Black; Clerk, Beverly
Morgan.
WITNESSETH, my hand and official
seal of the City of Nome, Alaska, this
5th day of January, 1963.
Seal Robert F. Scott, Clerk
Pub: Jan. 9, 14, 21, 1963.
Almost 53 per cent of Ameri
ca’s individual stockholders are
women — but they hold fewer
actual shares than men do.
Nome Directory
BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 p.m.
at tile 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
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Werner E. Bohrer, W. M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Kotary Club
Roy Snyder
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of I very
Month at School
Frank Couch, President
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOME—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Ralph DeLong, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Cadet Squadron
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