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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 3
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1963
Per Copy 15C
Kremlin and
Red China Increase
Intensity of Feud
MOSCOW UD — The ideological
battle of the Soviet Union and Red
China increased intensity today,
each accusing the other of betray
ing Communism and playing into
the hands of imperialism.
In the tumult of words, how
ever, Moscow implied an invita
tion to Peking to settle the ideo
logical differences by collective
discussion.
The latest exchange came in
editorials in Pravda, the Soviet
Communist party newspaper, and
Red Flag, the theoretical magazme
of the Chinese Communist party.
Each side took usual steps to get
its message across. Pravda’s entire
editorial was broadcast by Mos
cow radio and transmitted in the
foreign service of the official news
agency, Tass.
Red Flag’s broadside, in turn,
was reprinted in all Red Chinese
newspapers, said a Peking radio
broadcast.
Time after time, Pravda’s edi
torial used a new phrase to empha
size this: “The Albanian leaders
and those who support them.”
Red Flag did not mention Pre
mier Khrushchev and the Soviet
Communists. But it was a direct
answer to a whole series of in
direct charges leveled by Soviet
officials.
To the Citizens of Nome
' By Donald M. Hoover, Mayor
In my last news release on Dec. 19, 1962, I briefly gave you the
overall cost of the proposed water and sewer project for Nome. That
article pointed out that Nome’s share of the cost is to be approxi
mately $475,000.00 and that on Jan. 22, 1963 you will be asked to
vote on a revenue bond issue in an amount not to exceed $475,000.00
and to be repaid in not more than 30 years time. Let me point out
once again that, according to the preliminary engineering plans,
the total cost to the City of Nome will not exceed the $475,000.00
upon which you will be voting. I would like also to point out that
by voting for the bond issue—or against the bond issue—you will
also be voting for—or against—the water and sewer project itself.
By raising our total share of the cos* with revenue bonds it
will not be necessary to increase property taxes for the installation
or operation of the water and sewer project. The revenue bonds will
be paid by those who use the water and sewer system only. Nor
will the cost to the users be prohibitive. As a result of a survey taken
by the engineering fii^n this past summer, they estimated that the
average cost to individual users will not exceed a maximum of
$20.58 per month for both water and sewage disposal. This includes
operation of the system as well. In most cases, within the area to
be served, this is less than present costs. By the same token it must
be remembered that garbage service will' still be needed as the
sewer system is not designed to handle garoage.
In answer to many questions let me point out that unless you
actually hook on to the water-sewer system you will not in any
way be charged for the cost of tl e'system. Only those who use the
service will pay for the installation and service. Nor is it manda
tory for all of those living within the service area to use the service.
Those who do choose to hook on will be required to pay the cost
of installation of water and sewer pipe only from their property
line to the point of entry into their house.
In regards to the future expansion of the system to include
more of the city, the initial system is designed to provide for future
expansion at only the expense of laying the necessary pipe works.
How far and how fast the expansion of the system goes will depend
only upon the availability of funds and the desire of the people to
be served.
One further item of information io be considered is the fact
that on April 2, 1962 the Dept, of Health and Welfare gave only
provisional approval of the most recent addition to our school. The
water supply and sewage disposal system now used at the school
is considered both inadequate and unsanitary. However, the pro
visional approval was given because of the progress on the plans
for our proposed water and sewer system which includes the school.
If the people of Nome do not approve the water and sewer system
bond issue, it will then be necessary to make other expensive changes
at the school or it will be closed.
* Again I remind you that you will have the opportunity to vote
on the water and sewer bond issue on Jan. 22, 1963 and that all
eligible voters within the city are eligible to vote on the issue.
You do not have to own property to vote.
Mild Cancer Panic
In Southern California
LOS ANGELES UP) — Cancer
specialists sav a mild panic among
southern California men resulted
from the recent cancer deaths of
four prominent actors.
Doctors at the Cancer^ Detection
Clinic say the usual ratio of t^ree
women to every man requesting
an examination has changed to
nearly two men to every woman.
One physician said he had t'^ree
times as many requests as normal
for checkups.
Actors Charles Laughton, Thom
as Mitchell, Jack Carson and Dick
Powell died within 18 days of
each other.
Dr. Sol Baker, president of the
California Division of the Ameri
can Cancer Society, said Sunday
that the first reaction of some
people was to think an epidemic
had begun.
People die of cancer every day,
Dr. Baker said, and the deaths
of four prominent men in a row
was just a coincidence.
Hungry and Thirsty . . .
KETCHIKAN M — Somewhere
in Ketchikan, police believe, is a
man who is thirsty and hungry.
He’s hungry because he can’t
eat and thirsty because — like
j his false teeth — he left a jug
; of wine in a parked car Saturday
1 night.
Lawrence Armstrong turned over
| the dentures and the wine to po
lice yesterday after he found the
! items m car’s back seat.
Eskimo Hunters
Found, One Dies
Two Survive
John Angusac and Ignatius An
noyoc. who were wintering on King
Island, are miracuously back in
Nome again after a real test of
Arctic survival on the Bering Sea
ice for six days.
An cMer Eskimo, Frank Kav
vanuk. who was 55 years old. died
of exhaustion t^e day of the res
cue although the two younger
m°n had practically carried him
betwen them on their ice pick until
he died and had to be abandoned
on the ice.
Seal hunters wear white parkas
so they can hunt unseen by the
animals they hunt and were only
visible to the airplanes which
searched for them because of a
dark sweater which they waved,
frantically, just before dark on
Saturday.
The search by the C-124 and
the C-54 from Elmendorf Air Force
Base was done systematically
covering the area in which the
winds might have carried the ice
flow on which the three men were
trapped after the ice broke from
the pack at King Island. The plane
was flying at an altitude of aboul
500 feet when the survivors were
spotted. Because of the plan usee
in the search, helicopters fron
Nome were able to reach the mei
! without any trouble and take ther
to Northeast Cape from where the
were brought to Nome.
It is estimated that during th
s;x days the hunters had drifte
about 125 miles from King Islani
to within about 25 miles of Si
Lawrence Island where they wen
found.
During the six days, the hunter:
killed one seal which was then
only food, until survival gear wa:
dropped by the C-54 and they kep
on the move constantly to keei
from freezing. Because of their ex
perience in hunting on the oper
ice they were not frozen or ever
frost bitten although they were ex
hausted from lack of sleep.
Ignatius is a well known ivor\
carver, whose work is exceptional
Both will soon be comparing
experiences with their friend
Gregory Ayak, who survived a 17
day experience on the ice several
years ago.
Gregory was also in a party oj
three which drifted to sea anc
his two companions froze to death
He drifted up the Siberian Coas'
into the Arctic and back down the
Alaskan Coast until he was able tc
walk ashore at Iknik. He sufferec
the loss of toes from his experience
Allergic lo Money . . .
HONOLULU ffl — A bank cm
ploye in Honolulu has lost his jot
as a teller because he’s allergii
to money.
Clifford Fujiwara, 21, begai
sneezing uncontrollably after pro
motion to his telling job in Hono
lulu’s American Security Bank
His doctor diagnosed that Fujiwar;
probably is the only banker in tin
world who can’t stand to be arouni
the green stuff.
This week Fujiwara is workin
in the bank’s commercial depart
ment where money is listed ii
ledgers. He doesn’t sneeze at thal
THE WEATHER
Continued fair with little chang
in temperature. Low tonight -3i
high tomorrow -20. In the last 2
hours: High of -5, low of -36. Ma^
wind 18 mph from the north. Sur
rise at *9:51 a.m., sunset at 2:5
p.m.
Gross Tax Collections
Show $2 Million Increase
JUNEAU UP) — Gross tax col- j
lections for the first half of fiscal
1962 showed an increase of more
than $2 million over the same 1
period in fiscal 1961, acting Reve
nue Commissioner R. D. Stevenson
said today.
Collections for the period July '
1, 1962, through Dec. 31, 1962, were
$17,059,985.14, compared with $14,
967,717.61 from July 1 through Dec.
31 of 1961.
Net income taxes accounted for
$915,751.57 of the increase. Motor
fuel taxes were up $657,971.42 and j
motor vehicle registration taxes j
showed a $361,558.76 jump.
Stevenson said net income taxes
collected during the six-month
period totaled $7,455,786.29.
The Third Judicial Division pro
duced more than half of gross tax
collections during the July-Decem
'oer period, $8,677,764.04.
Gross tax collections in the First
Division were $3,857,178.90. The
Fourth Division produced $3,327,
272.03 and the Second Division
$437,317.42.
There was no division break
down on fish and game tax col
lections amounting to $760,452.75.
like Says Withdrawal oi
;j Missiles Was No Victory
1 | WASHINGTON UP) — Former
1 President Dwight Eisenhower said
1 today the withdrawal of Soviet
1 missiles from Cuba “wasn’t any
^ victory for us or a final settle
I ment.”
® I “We’ve still got Castro and Com
;? munism,” Eisenhower said in £
1 copyright interview with U.S. News
" and World Report.
; In forcing S o v ie t Premier
Khrushchev to remove the missiles,
’ the United States “was just telling
this fellow, ‘don’t push us any
’ further. We re getting tired of it’,”
Eisenhower added.
' The former President, inter
viewed at his office in Gettysburg,
1 Pa., before leaving on a California
1 vacation, said he was delighted to
see Khrushchev forced “to move
back.” The Communists, Eisen
hower said, “will try anything,
and if they see you are not going
to resist, why, they’ll just keep on
pressing.”
Jeanette Amundsen Crowned Jr. Miss
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Jeanette Amundsen, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Roald Amundsen,
was crowned Junior Miss of Nome
at the Pageant held Saturday night
at the Nome School small audi
torium, under the sponsorship of
the Jaycees.
The contest, which was open to
High School seniors, had five con
testants who appeared in formal
attire and sports clothes and de
monstrated a special talent for the
judges who were Frank Couch,
Mrs. Den Hoover and Ernie Han
sen.
The winner wore a white short
formal, a brown ski outfit for
snorts and played a selection on
the piano as her talent.
Others in the contest were Sall\
Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Frances Walker, who chose skiins
and skating as a sport and alsc
played the piano;; Marilyn Schmidt
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Orva
Schmidt, in a yellow formal anc
slack outfit used dressmaking fo]
her skill and all the clothes whicl
she modeled, she had made her
self; Barbara Mclver, daughter c
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mclver, ap
peared in an orchid formal an
for her sport chose to model h<
cheerleaders outfit. She played tl
piano as her talent; Jo Chambers,
daughter of Mrs. Thomas Johnson,
selected a floor length formal of
black and white and gave a read
ing for her talent. Ski clothes were
her sports attire.
Don Perkins was the MC for the
evening and the Queen was crown
ed by Mrs. Emily Boucher. She
was assisted to her throne on a
dog sled and polar bear bv the
president of the Jaycees, George
Bell. All contestants received
charm bracelets and the Queen also
received a savings bond from the
sponsors.
The Jaycees presented a hilari
ous skit with Barrow Morgan as
nurse and Bob Harwood and Ron
nie Engstrom as medical men. Pete
Hahn took his chances as patient.
Paul Green and the Northern
Light Dancers presented a group of
Eskimo folk dances, including
their exclusive Republican Stomp.
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Miss Amundsen will leave soon
for Anchorage where she will com
pete with high school seniors from
other parts of the state for the
coveted trip to Mobile, Ala., as
state representative and a chance
for as much as $5,000 in scholar
ship money.
London Papers
British Jets Slipped
Past U.S. Defenses
LONDON — London news
papers said today swift British
lets slipped past U.S. defenses re
:ently in a mock H-bomb attack
‘hat could have wiped out major
:ities, including New York, Washi
ngton, Chicago and Los Angeles.
LT.S. and British officials denied
the report.
Four British newspapers said the
exercise was carried out by four
Vulcan bombers about two months
ago. The bombers fly up to 600
miles an hour.
A spokesman for the North
American Defense Command in the
United States termed the report
a lot of nonsense.
The spokesman said further to
day, “there has been no substantia
tion of such overflights and these
have no basis in fact.”
He said no British Vulcan bomb
ers took part in any NORAD ex
ercises in all of last year, although
these bombers may exchange visits
with the Strategic Air Command
Station at Omaha.
The British Air Ministry first
said an exercise took place about
two months ago but declined to
i say whether it was a success. Then,
I after some apparent confusion, the
1 Ministry came around to the of
ficial American version.
The newspaper claims contained
several important strategic impli
, cations, particularly that the man
ned bomber has many more years
of useful life as a nuclear deterrent,
i The Daily Express, Sketch, Tele
| graph and Herald all reported the
strike.
“Had the attack been real, it
would have wiped out several major
American cities, including Los
Angeles, Chicago and New York,”
the Herald said.
The Express said it understood
the operation succeeded because
the Delta-wing Vulcans were so
fast and apparently flew at an al
titude of about 12 m^Ies.
It said some of the Vulcans were
fitted with electronic counter
measures to keep American patrol
planes from detecting the strike.