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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 129
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1963
Per Copy 15£
Washington Asks C.A.B. to Deny
Munz - Northern Bush Certificate
The Bureau of Economic Regulation at Washington, D.C, has
asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to cancel the certificate of Howard
J. Mays for a bush air route in Northwestern Alaska. The Bureau
advises the CAB on economic matters.
It also recommended denial of a proposal that the certificate be
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transferred to Richard Galleher,
who does business as Northern Avi- 1
ation Company.
The certificate provides for a
regular route between Nome and
Taylor, Alaska, and between Tay
lor and Kotzebue, by way of
Candle and Deering. It also pro
vides for an irregular route, serv
ing all points on the Seward Penin
sula.
The certificate was issued ini
tially to William S. Munz, opera
tor of the Munz Air Service in
1942. The certificate was trans
ferred to Mays — on the latter’s
agreement to buy the Munz as
sets — in 1955. The following year
Mays returned control to Munz.
In April, 1962, Munz sold Munz
Airways to Galleher, and the lat
ter has operated since then as
Munz-Northern Airlines.
The Bureau’s counsel, William
L. Howard, said in a brief sub
mitted to the CAB examiner that
Munz has failed to honor its cer
tificate obligations for 21 years,
Howard also said that since 1947,
Munz has not conducted regular
operations over routes in Mays’
certificate, and that the airline has
not operated a single flight between
Nome, Taylor, Candle, Deering and
Kotzebue in that time. Its few
flights into Kotezbeue since 1955
have been chartered flights, How
ard said.
In an interview with Mr. Gal
leher, following release by the As
sociated Press of the above article,
he had this to say:
“This sort of a release by the
Bureau of Economic Regulation is
very misleading. I have received
innumerable phone calls as a re
sult of the release having been
read over the radio. In my opinion
it is the intent of the Bureau to
give my customers the impression
that this is a C.A.B. order. Nothing
could be further from the truth.
Students Plan Weekend
Halloween Festivities
Halloween social activities are
scheduled for students of Nome
Junior and Senior High Schools
this weekend.
Friday evening. Nov. 1, the Ju
nior Class will host a party for all
high school students. The 75 cents
admission will include a late snack
lunch, dancing and other activities.
The 8 p.m. to 12-midnight party
will be sponsored by Junior Class
sponsor Don Perkins, and Principal
George Rogers.
On Saturday, Nov. 2, Junior
High Class 7B has invited all
Junior High pupils to a gala party
to be held in the school’s largest
rooms.
Dancing is from 8 to 11 p.m. in
the Multipurpose Room, while
games and sports will be pursued
in the gymnasium at the same
time.
Refreshments will be served to
all. The Junior Halloween party is
sponsored by Pete Hahn.
It is merely a brief that was filed.
There is nothing new in this press
release. I and my attorneys have
been fighting for our rights for
months, and this case is far from
being settled.
“There seems to be a large
amount of emphasis placed on the
fact that ‘Munz has failed to honor
its certificate obligations for 21
years,’ they mention nothing of the
fact that we have transported
some 40,000 passengers and have
hauled approximately 4,000,000
pounds of freight since 1942 — dur
ing the years that we are alleged
to have been dormant.
If this is dormancy, we would
like to stack it up against the
other bush — or scheduled carriers
— that are operating without sub
sidy and government aid, such as
we are. As a matter of fact, one of
the board’s points, in their quest
to strip us of our certificate, is that
we as a certified airline, in the
same category as Alaska Airlines
or TWA for that matter, are op
erating without a subsidy.
According to their way of think
ing this is unfair to the rest of the
operators. It just isn’t being done
these days. No one goes out and
drums up his own business, takes
his own losses, and fights his own
competitive battles without run
ning to Uncle Sam for aid in this
day and age. They suspect me, and
infer that I make other certificated
airlines look ridiculous because of
this.
“This is what I am up against,
and this is why I am fighting to
hold this certificate, which is at
this point, the only one left in the
Unted States held by a bush
operator.”
Jaycee Motto — Courage,
Character and Conviction
The motto of Mr. Eric Schmidt
and the Jaycees. Mr. Schmidt, of
Denver, Colo., is one of 10 na
tional vice-presidents of the Jay
cees and as such has the five states
of Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Utah
and Idaho under his wing.
He and his wife Kay, are making
a whirlwind tour of Alaska —
starting with Ketchikan last week
and working their way through Sit
ka, Juneau, Anchorage, Nome, Fair
banks and return to Anchorage.
On his job as V.P. over the Jay
cees of five states, Mr. Schmidt
will travel some 60 to 75 thousand
miles annually. “It takes a lot of
travel to cover my share of the
225 thousand members in the U.S.,”
stated Schmidt, “and I am called
upon to work with foreign units
as well. There are some 125 thous
and Jaycees in 75 free nations
throughout the world.”
Nome has 13 members in this
fast-growing organization. An or
ganization for men between the
ages of 21 and 35, it has grown
in Alaska from 160 last year to
240 in 1963. and is expected to
reach _350 in 1964.
Aeronautics Board Halts
Half-Fare Excursion Plans
WASHINGTON — The Civil
Aeronautics Board has suspended
a proposal to cut round-trip excur
sion fares between Seattle and
Alaska in half. The C.A.B. said
it wasn’t likely the cuts would
generate enough traffic to offset
the loss of revenue that would re
sult. The C.A.B. ordered the half
price fares suspended until Jan
uary 29th to permit an investiga
tion.
Pan American World Airways
planned to introduce the rates
November 1st. Pacific Northern
Airlines planned to introduce sim
ilar cuts in fares between Juneau
and Ketchikan November 8th, and
Alaska Airlines asked permission
to cut rates on Fairbanks flights,
starting November 9th.
NOME I I! MISNOMER
Why is it that the kid with no
legitimate name always has to de
fend this dilemma while those with
such unimaginative names such
as Indianapolis (obviously named
after a race track) are never chal
lenged. One of our readers has
brought us the September 9th col
umn of Lowell Nussbaum—printed
in the Indianapolis Star.
It reads:
NOME, Alaska, got its name
through a clerical error. Origin
ally it was called Anvil City.
The present name was suggested
by nearby Cape Nome.
When a chart of the Alaskan
coast was being prepared aboard
the British ship HERALD, it
was noted that the cape had no
name. It was indicated by
"Name."
A draftsman carelessly cop
ied it as Cape Name, but the
letter "a" in Name was so in
distinct that in London it was
interpreted as Nome, and Cape
Nome it became.
Little credence is attached to
the theory that it's a corruption
of the Eskimo "Ka-no-me" (I do
not know), the natives' reply
when asked the name of the
place.
This popular conception of how
Nome was first named, and the
discredited alternate do little to
enhance our position in world so
ciety. Knowing how stuffy and
righteous are the New England
set, it is a wonder that we are
not removed from the maps . . .
all because of a little dallying on
the part of our founders . . who
ever they were. We are not named
after an explorer, heavenly body,
Indian tribe or river, or a mineral
or disease, crop or history. We are
merely named, and this isn’t any
thing to brag about because every
thing has a name.
But, Mr. Nussbaum, Nomeites
are a fiercely independent lot, and
they don’t require a heritage. Most
don’t give a hoot how Nome earned
its name — only that they live
here. Perhaps this will intrigue
some of your readers and they will
do as thousands of others have
done, come up and view the attrac
tions for themselves.
Nome Council Determines Program to
‘Carry On" In Busy Important Session
A Council, which found the Mayor and Councilman Hedreen
out of town on both occasions, met Monday and I uesday nights
under leadership of A1 Doyle. Monday’s meeting — a shocker for
brevity — was followed by a lengthy meeting last night.
Decisions of the Council:
1. To accept the offer made by Mr. Leonard Hanauer, a partner
in the firm of Ira Haupt & Co., of New York, whereby his firm will
purchase the water and sewer bonds at an interest rate of 4J/£ per cent.
2. A special election will not be necessary because of this new
development.
3. That the 30-day extension granted by the HHFA be accepted
despite the fact that a special election will not now be necessary.
4. That a replacement for Bob Scott must be obtained imme
diately. Councilmen Harwood and McLean recommended Chuck
Frazier and will try to come to agreement with him as soon as
possible.
5. That a part-time typist may be necessary in order to assist
the city clerk’s office during the period that Mr. Scott is on vacation.
6. That it will be necessary to hire an administrator to handle
the volumnous amount of paper work connected with the sewer
and water project — and the sooner the better. Funds are available
for this, under the terms of the HHFA grant.
7. Recognized that the voters may succeed in petitioning for a
city manager, and if this is done the city manager would possibly
administer both the utility board and the sewer and water systems,
| as well as other municipal revenue-producing functions, thereby
eliminating the need for a paid sewer and water and utilities
manager.
8. Due to the possibility of a city manager type government
existing in the future, and the fact that the HHFA grant allows for
an administrator to get the project into operation, an administrator
will be sought by the Council on a temporary basis only.
9. That water from the Snake River appears to be the one
feasible guaranteed supply we have — both from point of expense
and volume of water.
10. That the fire system . . . water pressure, fire lines, and
hydrants . . . will not be downgraded from the original preliminary
plans despite the contention of the engineers that this be minimized.
11. That meetings will have to be held, and will be held, as
j often as daily, as long as there are matters of importance and urgency
! requiring immediate attention of the Council.
Goblins and Parents . . .
Don’t forget the Window Paint
ing Tonight.
On Thursday night, starting at
7:30 in the Multi-Purpose Room, a
big party is planned for all pre
High School children. Prizes will
be awarded to the winner of the
art contest.
A new feature this year will be
a bus to pick up children from
King Island Village. Children
should be by the road at about 7
p.m. These children will also be
taken home after the program.
SCHOOL PARTIES
Room Halloween parties will be
held in the Elementary School on
Thursday, during the last hour.
Face masks will set the scene for
games, stories and refreshments.
School rooms have been appro
priately decorated bv the children
who are anticipating a lively hour
of Halloween fun.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Continued fair. Low tonight -V
High tomorrow 28.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today — Temperatures:
highest 27, lowest 7. Maximum
wind 10 miles an hour from the
North. Sunrise at 7:40 ajn., sun
set at 3:49 p.m.
ATTENTION SPOOKS
There will be a Lions Club
sponsored Halloween program at
the Multi-Purpose Room of the
school Thursday night. The pro
gram starts at 7:30 p.m., and is
open to pre-high school children
and adults.
A special feature will be a 50
minute showing of Walt Disney
cartoons.