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Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
poet office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
LET S KEEP IT THE ‘’LAND OF THE FREE”
A CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD hearing has been in pro- ,
gress in the Superior Court Room concerning the transferral i
of the certificate of Munz Airways to fly to Kotzebue and whether
or not it should be renewed for Munz-Northern, who absorbed
Munz Airways and is owned by Dick Galleher.
The CAB is a powerful board, which has disrupted the
economy of flying services in Alaska more than once by destroy
ing the core of good business, which is competition.
In this part of Alaska, which is completely dependent on air
service for its transportation most of the months of the year, 1
it is vital that more than one carrier operate, regardless of multi
tudinous rules and regulations by which they are governed. 1
Northern Alaska is trying to develop its economy. The orig- j
inating of the Nome-Bethel service by Munz-Northern has re
sulted in business between these two communities by services
here which are not available there, such as bakery products, (
laundry service, sheet metal supplies. The same applies to the
"bush” communities north, east and south of Nome, which is the
heart of Northwestern Alaska.
We believe that CAB should lean over backward in their .
efforts to see that all air services follow’ safety rules and regula
tions. hen it comes to where and when, and how- often they fly 1
to the villages, or where the cargo and freight they handle 1
originates, that should be a matter of private enterprise.
If retail trades, services, professional business, had to be 1
harassed by a CAB board, private business would soon be a thing
of the past and America would cease to be "the land of the free.”
The importance of free enterprise is now- being celebrated
on Oct. 1, to promote our way of life by setting aside one day
each year to be known as Free Enterprise Day." This was started
last year by organized druggists in Massachusetts and taken up
by merchants all over America who will be proclaiming the same
belief in the God of our fathers and the free competitive enter
prise system practiced by our forefathers—a system by which
we continue to grow stronger in all ways.
THE NOME NUGGET
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Dr. Teller Declares
Test Ban Treaty
‘Dreadful Mistake*
WASHINGTON W — Dr. Ed
ward Teller said Tuesday he be
lieves the Soviet Union wants the
limited nuclear test ban treaty be
cause it has learned how to de
: fend against oncoming missiles
and hopes to prevent the United
i States from obtaining similar ,
knowledge.
Ratification of the treaty would
be “a tragic and dreadful mis
take,” he declared.
Teller, University of California
nuclear physicist, told senators
considering the pact, that failure
to ratify the treaty now that it
I has been signed would be a small
mistake in the diplomatic field,
but would not, however, endanger
U.S. security.
Ratification, he added, would be
"an enormously bigger mistake.”
Teller said he believes the
treaty is “not a step for peace but
rather a step from safety, possibly
a step toward war.”
The last quarter of a century,
he said, has been a time of "ex
tremely rapid development, full of
surprises.”
“At no time have we known
what the next step will bring," he
said. “What we are now trying to
do, essentially, is to predict the
future.”
iener was me nrsx ouirigni op
ponent of the treaty to testify at
hearings by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, at which
members of the Armed Services
and Atomic Energy Committees
are sitting in.
Teller, one of the creators of the
hydrogen bomb, said the treaty
banning tests in the atmosphere,
in space, and under water would
prohibit the United States from
acquiring knowledge about the ef
fects of nuclear weapons that he
termed vital to the development
of a missile defense.
Teller said that one of the many
surprises in the nuclear field was
the announcement by the Russians
after their moratorium - breaking
test series in 1961 that they had
made “great strides toward a mis
sile defense.”
Teller said he had thought in
the past that development of an
anti - ballistic missile system was
hopeless but now is convinced that
“we can put up a missile defense
that will stop a weaker power like
China” for the next two decades.
“I also believe our defense can
be partially effective against Rus
sia,” he said. “We may not be able
to save our cities, but we may be
able to save our retaliatory cap
acity.”
Teller said the development of a
defense against incoming missiles
may “make the difference between
our survival as a nation.”
Camerons Return
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cameron re
turned from Friday Harbor, Wn.,
where they have been doing pre
liminary work in building a home.
They also took a vacation by trav
eling and visiting with former
Nome friends and relatives.
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Is The IT.S.
Entering a New
Era with Russia?
By JAMES MARLOW
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON (JV—The United
States is walking softly and a lit
tle self-consciously, like a soldier
in gym shoes.
It doesn’t know whether it is
entering a new era with the So
viet Union.
For 18 years it talked of want
ing some atom controls. Now the
Soviets have agreed to a nuclear
test ban forbidding all tests except
those underground.
Last week the United States and
the Soviet Union agreed to cooper
ate in space projects involving
weather and communications sa
tellites.
They have agreed on a “hot
line" link between Washington
and Moscow.
That agreement provides for di
rect communication between the
two capitals as one means of pre
venting an outbreak of war by ac
cident.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk in
dicated last week a next step
might be agreement with the So
viets on safeguards against sur
prise attack.
All this could mean the two
countries finally have learned to
be a little more sensible with each
other and will try to be even more
so.
But there can be no treaty
without Senate approval.
Questions raised by senators not
only show they doubt Moscow7 in
tends to keep the treaty but have
misgivings about Soviet intentions
to agree to it at all.
Kennedy administration officials
one after the other assured the
Senate they weren’t taking any
thing for granted either.
They explained they wouldn’t
be caught napping if the Soviets
tried any nuclear tricks.
Yet. this country is in an ex
tremely self-conscious position on
the treaty and the Senate is ex
pected to approve overwhelming
ly
The United States, besides long
urging some such agreement, for
three years, starting in 1958, re
frained voluntarily from atmos
pheric tests without agreement.
This made the Soviets self-con
scious and they also refrained for
three years. Then they suddenly
began again.
The United States did, too.
Both now promise to give each ,
other at least three months’ notice j
if they want to scrap the treaty \
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Letter of Thanks To
People of Nome From
Coast Guard Commander
Following is a letter to the
president of the N.W.A. Chamber
of Commerce from the commander
of the 17th Coast Guard District
at Juneau:
Dear Sir:
Recently I received word of
Nome citizens visiting the men at
Port Clarence Loran Station to
join in the celebration of Coast
Guard Day.
As you know, these men are
isolated from families and loved
ones and very seldom see anyone
except each other. The good done
by this most thoughtful gesture on
the part of the people of Nome
is beyond measure as a morale
builder and as was probably evi
dent, their arrival at the station
was most welcome.
I wish to convey my gratitude
to you and all of those who par
ticipated in the celebration of
Coast Guard Day 1963, and I know
I speak for my entire command
in expressing heartfelt thanks for
making the Coast Guardsmen at
Port Clarence feel at home in Al
aska.
Very Sincerely,
W. D. Shields,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard
George Hellerich. well known
engineer, returned yesterday en
route to the Teller area where he
is looking after the Bartholomae
mining interests which are under
lease.
by new testing.
The Kennedy administration is
in the same fix as everyone else:
It doesn’t know whether this is
the opening to a whole new re
lationship with the Soviets.
More than that: It seems equal
ly puzzled why Moscow has be
come so agreeable. Rusk w’as asked
why at his news conference last
Friday.
He said he thought it a “little
dangerous’’ to be a mind reader.
But he said he thought it wise
to try to explore other possible
fields of agreement, such as safe
guards against surprise attack.
If there has been no real im
provement in relations w’ith the
Soviet Union since the end of the
w7ar, at least the mood seems bet
ter.
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