THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
ON THE OFFENSIVE
A SHORT TIME AGO ground was broken for the erection of
the Hall of Free Enterprise at the New York World’s Fair.
This is a unique and stimulating undertaking. As Jenkin
Lloyd Jones describes it in the Washington, D.C., Star, "It is a
new idea — using a building at a major exposition for the purpose
of going over to the offensive in the debate with creeping socialism.
The estimated $2 million which it will cost ... is being solicited
frankly and openly from individuals and corporations who are
sold on the advantage of a free market economy. . .
"In the face of . . . manifold failures of the left, it’s time the
forces of free enterprise stood up and crowded a little.”
The theme of the exhibit will be the Ten Pillars of Economic
Wisdom. These are the principles that make for growth, produc
tion, high living standards and all the other desired ends—and
do it in a climate of freedom, without government domination.
Some 70 million people, 3.5 million of them foreigners, are ex
pected to attend the fair. May many of them visit the Hall—and
leave it with a new and abiding realization of the wonders that
free enterprise can accomplish, and the need for standing resolutely
in its defense.
A Lot of Breakfast . . .
The hens of Alaska produced 6,399,600 eggs in 1961. That’s
a lot of breakfast ! Alaskan farmers produced $5,703,500 worth
of produce in 1961, four per cent above I960 figures.
For Safety's Sake Make a Fire Check —
Fire kills over 3,000 children each year and permanently scars
thousands more. Every night before you go to bed make a fire
check. Check all stoves, ash trays, and electrical appliances. Talk
over fire escape routes with your family and practice it. Teach
your children what to do in case of a fire.
Was Grandma Fat ?
Young women of today average five feet, 4.3 inches in height
while back in 1900 the average was five feet, 2.4 inches. But
today’s girls are about seven pounds lighter! According to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture figures, better food is one important
reason Americans are bigger. Men are two inches taller and 20
pounds heavier.
Indonesia Will Base
Soviet-Made Missiles
JAKARTA. Indonesia IdP — Indo
nesia plans to build four air bases
equipped with Soviet-made guided
missiles on outlying islands facing
Malaya and Australia, Brig. Gen.
Askari, commander of Indonesia’s
Army Air Defense Command, told
the official Antara news agency.
The agency said the bases on
Natuna, Biak, Tolidastoli and In
donesia Timor were intended to
strengthen “the national defense
against any eventuality of ex
ternal attack.”
The islands are near areas that
will form the Federation of Malay
sia when it is officially created
Aug. 31. Indonesia has objected
to the federation that will include
Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and
North Borneo.
His Own Attorney . . .
MADISON, Wis. UP — Dane
County Asst. Dist. Atty. Curtis
Kirkhuff served as his own attor
ney when he appeared in Traffic
Court Friday for non-payment of
37 parking tickets, some of them
a year old.
Kirkhuff said most of the tickets
were for overtime parking while
he was prosecuting cases in court
and could not move his car.
Judge Wm. Sachtjen dismissed
most of the tickets but assessed
Kirkhuff $22 plus $3 court costs.
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LT. GEN. GEO. MUNDY TO
RETIRE FROM ACTIVE DUTY
An outstanding military career
spaning 39 years will be climaxed
July 31 when Lt. Gen. George
Mundy, USAF, Comamnder in
Chief, Alaska, retires from active
duty.
A retirement review, honoring
the man who has directed the ac
tivities of the Alaskan Command
since Aug. 1, 1961, will be held on
the west ramp of Elmendorf Air
Force Base beginning at 10 a.m. on
the 31st. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Lt. Gen. Raymond J. Reeves,
USAF, has been named to succeed
Gen. Mundy.
Topless Bathing Suit . . .
FLORENCE, Italy W — Italian
fashion designer Emilio Pucci says
he won’t be surprised if topless
bathing suits for women becomes
the big beachwear trend in an
other 10 years.
During a showing of his sports
wear collection in Pucci Palace,
in Florence, the designer said: “I’m
just musing on the possibilities—
not advocating the thing.”
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Navy Yeoman Convicted
Of Spying for Russia
NEW YORK — Navy Yeoman
Nelson Drummond has been con
victed by a federal court jury of
conspiracy to commit espionage for
the Soviet Union.
The stocky, moustached Drum
mond, 34, his wife by his side,
blinked Friday night as the ver
dict was announced but showed
no other outward motion.
The maximum penalty on the
conviction is death. Judge Thomas
Murphy set Aug. 15 for sentencing.
It was the Negro yeoman’s sec
ond trial on the charges. The first
trial ended in a hung jury.
The second jury — 10 men and
two women, one of the latter a
Negro — deliberated 11 hours and
40 minutes before bringing in its
verdict.
Drummond was found guilty of
conspiring with four Soviet agents
in a plot to provide military data,
including information on naval
weapons systems, maintenance of
submarines and electronic equip
ment.
Drummond admitted during the
trial, which started July 8, that
he got between $20,000 and $24.
000 from Soviet agents over sev
eral years. He claimed that the
material he sold them was not
classified and was harmless.
Drummond, a native of Balti
more, served 16 years in the Navy.
His basic salary wras $120.95 a
month at the same time he owned
a bar and grill in Newport, R.I.,
where he was stationed.
U.S. Officials Expelled
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti M —
The chief of the U.S. Naval mission
to Haiti and four other U.S. Ma
rines have been ordered expelled
by President Francois Duvalier’s
regime for making unauthorized
trips into the Haitian interior.
Informed sources said Friday
the Marines had made pleasure
trips into the area which was
declared off limits because of
Haiti’s recent dispute with the
neighboring Dominican Republic.
QUAKES ROCK ITALY
ROME UP* — Earthquakes, rain
storms and death-dealing lightning
plagued Italy last weekend.
A quake jarred a vast section
of north Italy along the Riviera
Friday, driving thousands from
trembling buildings into streets in
fright. No one was hurt.
Three women were injured by
pieces of cornice stone in a quake
which shook a 150-mile square
Appenine Mountain area north
and east of Rome Sunday.
Lightning killed five farmers
working in fields. Bolts also killed
three ithers.
Torrential rain caused innumer
able traffic accidents.
Lislon-Palierson Fight Tonight
LAS VEGAS, Nev. W — Heavy
weight champion Sonny Liston
weighed 215V£ pounds and chal
lenger Floyd Patterson 194Vfe for
their return title fight tonight.
Liston had a 25-pound weight
advantage — 214 to 189 — when
he won the title by knocking out
Patterson in 2:06 of the first round
at Chicago last Sept. 25.
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Bomb Drops on Crowded
Downtown Market Street
In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO UP) — A Navy
attack bomber dropped a bomb by
mistake on crowded, downtown
Market Street Friday during the
noon rush to lunch.
The pale blue bomb was a prac
tice one. The gunpowder in it
didn’t explode. And it hit nobody.
But it caused plenty of excitement.
The 25-pound bomb came loose
as Lt. R. Kiner headed his A4A
Skyhawk toward a landing at Ala
meda Naval Air Station after a
practice bombing run over Cali
fornia’s Central Valley.
The bomb, falling 25,000 feet,
missed the crowded sidewalks and
gouged a hole in the middle of
Market St. a foot wide and four
inches deep. Then it bounced in
a 300-foot arc over a five-story
building.
Next the Mark 76 Model 5 bomb
tore a chunk of concrete from a
cornice on the fourth floor of the
Phoenix Bldg, on Pine St. more
than a block away. Then it thudded
to the street and bounded against
a truck in which three workmen
were eating lunch.
“We heard a thump,” said one
startled workman, Cleo Fain. “I
got out of the truck and there was
the tail piece of this bomb on the
street about 10 feet away. Boy,
next time we eat lunch with our
hard hats on.”
Fish for Charity . . .
SANTA MONICA, Calif. UP) — A
Santa Monica man delivered 100
pounds of fish to charity Friday—
punishment for his first traffic
violation in 41 years of driving.
Morris Jepson, 64, a philantro
pist, was given this sentence
Thursday by Municipal Judge W.
Blair Gibben.
“Because your charitable acti
vities are well known, the court
is inclined to give extra considera
tion to your driving record,” the
judge told Jepson. “But you have
bragged about your skill as a fish
erman.”
Jepson set out with three friends
and a court bailiff. The bailiff was
sent by the judge to make sure
that the fish came from the ocean,
not a fish market.
The catch: 41 bass and 25 bonito.
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East German Secret
Service Man Defects
BERLIN UR — An East German
Secret Service man has fled to
the West bringing valuable in
formation, informed sources report
ed Saturday.
He is believed to have come
through barricades around West
Berlin by a secret route used by
the East German Communist re
gime to slip agents into the West.
He fled June 28.
The sources said his name is
Rockstroh. His rank was the equi
valent of sergeant-major, but he
was filling an officer’s post in
the State Security Service at the
time he fled.
He hid useful documents in his
shoes, the sources said. These
papers included a list of Commu
nist agents in West Berlin.
Million Pound Kick . . .
COYOTE, Calif. IP — A solid
propellant rocket motor with a
million pound kick was test fired
Saturday for tthe first time.
Anchored in a huge concrete bay,
the rocket spouted red flame into
the sky with an earth-shaking
roar. The rocket performed per
fectly.
The Air Force said the solid
propellant motor, first stage of the
Titan III-C space booster, is the
world’s largest. Two will be used
on the Titan III-C to produce
more than 2 million pounds of
lift-off thrust.
Maj. Gen. Ben Kunk, Command
er of the Air Force’s Space Systems
Division, called the test “the first
major milestone in the develop
ment of our first true military
space launch system.”
Job for Blind Typist
LOUISVILLE, Ky. UR — Vir
ginia Stokes starts as a new
typist this week in Juvenile Court,
Louisville, Ky., but under differ
ent circumstances than most girls
her age. Virginia, 21, is blind.
Virginia, a high school gradu
ate, said she wanted badly to find
a job because “blindness is only
a handicap if you allow it to be.”
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