ISS NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 121
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1963
Per Copy 15C
Army Engineers Honor Bill Brown
A GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES of the U.S. Army Corn,
of Engineers from the Anchorage, Fairbanks and Northwest
division of the Corps visited Nome on Tuesday. While here they
presented William (Bill) Brown with a plaque honoring his
service with the Corps.
The plaque, presented by Col. K. T. Sawyer on behalf of
Vjenerai r.apsiey, was inscriueu;'
“The Division of Engineers,
U.S. Army. 1952-1962. For sus
tained superior achievement in
accident prevention. Awarded by
the U.S. Army Engineer Divi
sion, North Pacific Corps of En
gineers to Nome Project —
Alaska District.”
In presenting the plaque, Saw
yer stated, “This is for your out
standing record of accident pre
vention in your years of service
in the Nome project. This is the
only 10-year award given for some
time now, and it is a very rare
TELLER VOTES YES!
WILL RUN ITS OWN
AFFAIRS AS A CITY
Teller is now officially a fourth
class city. An official tally of 22
to 4 has set forth the wishes of the
majority. A five man council was
also elected.
They include Johnny Kakaruk,
Harold Tweet, Maggie Garnie,
Phyllis Dickman and Steven Ok
boak. These five will elect a mayor
from their group and decide on
legislation which will later permit
public elections of officials. They
will also set up the city ordinances
according to the state laws gov
erning cities of the fourth class.
occasion.”
Attending the presentation was,
in addition to Col. Sawyer, District
Engineer; Major Fredrick Hamlin
Jr., Resident Engineer, Fairbanks
Office; Capt. Howard Guba, As
sistant Resident Engineer; Robert
Prescott, Construction Division
Chief; David J. Nicholls, Assistant
Chief, Construction Division; Don
ald Joslin, Division office in Port
land, and Gordon F. Tidwell, Con
struction Division of Engineers m
Anchorage.
The Hon. Judge Hubert Gilbert
will be in Nome this coming week
and plans to have the Superior
! Court in session Monday or Tues
■ day through Wednesday. He plans
] to return to Anchorage on Thurs
day.
WEATHER REPORT
Continued fair with little change
in temperature.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 31, lowest 20. Maximum wind
16 miles an hour from the North.
Sunrise at 6:41 a.m., sunset at
4:55 p.m.
Comparative data: Temperatures
year ago today — high 32, low
17. Extremes on this date since
1907 — Highest 48 in 1926, lowest
8 in 1961.
Northstar Here for
Trip to King Islam!
The S.S. NORTHSTAR arrived
in the Nome roadstead dt about 3
a.m. today. She will be here uivd
about midnight, according to Ei'l
Wanser, the purser. While hole,
sre will discharge some 10 cubic
tons consisting of cargo picked up
at Diomede Island, Kotzebue, Pt.
Hope. Wales, and Deering.
From here she will sail for King
Island with some five families
which are being transported back
to their village for the winter.
There will be approximately 30
tons offloaded there.
The NORTHSTAR will ‘.hen
steam toward Mekoryuk, where
she will load about 80,000 pounds
of reindeer meat. This will be dis
tributed along the Aleutian chain
and at Kodiak Island as the vessel
makes its 15 more ports of call.
From there she heads for her home
port at Seattle.
THE AVIK. B&R's tug, left at
about 10 a.m. Thursday for Kotze
bue towing a full barge of cargo
from the TALKEETNA.
It is rumored that she will re
turn with construction equipment
from Kotzebue and if so, due to
the lateness of the season, will be
forced to winter in the Snake
River.
PFC. John Herman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Herman, is home
on leave from the Army. He will
report back to duty at Ft. Camp
bell in Kentucky on October 23.
He is with the 101st Airborne Di
vision.
HQ A AC FAR NORTH HOSPITALITY — Cordial Eskimo greeting by natives of Nome, Alaska,
is extended to some 43 Foreign Air Attaches f rom Washington, D.C., upon their recent visit here
during an aerial tour of the Alaskan Air Command. Basing out of Elmendorf AFB, Headquar
ters for AAC, the military air representatives f rom a like number of nations, spent two days with
AAC as part of a week's orientation tour designed to acquaint them with various operations of
the U.S. Air Force from Alaska to Cape Canaveral. Fla. The officer at the head of the line in
center of picture is Lt. Gen. Armando De Souza E. Mello Ararigboia, air attache, dean of the air
attache corps in Washington, D.C., and senior member of the visiting party. He is from Brazil
and formerly headed the Brazilian Air Force. -Alaskan Air command Photo
Nome Clothing Donations
Heady for Barrow
The people of Nome have re
sponded in a most rewarding man
ner to the call for donations of
surplus clothing. The women vol
unteers, Mrs. Roscoe Wilke, Mis.
Elmer Straub, Mrs. Bill Brown,
Mrs. Jim Cary, Mrs. Don Lyle
and Mrs. Jim O’Sullivan worked
on the afternoons of Tuesday. Wed
nesday and Thursday. It is re
ported that some 50 boxes, contain
ing easily 1,000 pounds of good
clothing, are ready to go. The do
nations will travel to Barrow via
the courtesy of Wien Airlines,
who are making a special effort Ao
deliver the clothing speedily and
without charge.
SMALL BUSINESS
ADMIN. OFFERS AID IN
BARROW REBUILDING
(Associated Pfess Special Service)
WASHINGTON — The Small
Business Administration designated
Point Barrow. Alaska, a disaster
area today as a result of damage
from an arctic storm on Oct. 4.
The action permits owners of
homes, businesses, churches and
charitable institutions to apply to
the agency for repair loans.
Applications may be filed with
the agency’s Anchorage office.
Fairbanks’ Lathrop High
Yearbook Takes 2d Prize
NEW YORK M — The Cache,
offset yearbook published by La
throp High School in Fairbanks,
was awarded a second place Fri
day in the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association’s 25th Annual
Yearbook Contest.
The Cache was competing with
yearbooks published by schools
with from 901 to 1,500 pupils. A
second place is the third highest
rating given the contest.
CORDOVA WILL HOST
STATE SCHOOL SUPERS
CORDOVA (iP — School Super
intendents from all sections of the
state will gather here next week
for the annual conference of the
Superintendents Advisory Commis
sion, Oct. 15-17.
The commission meets each
year to consider current educa
tional problems and to make rec
ommendations and suggestions for
consideration by the State Depart
ment of Education.
During their meeting, the super
intendents are scheduled to discuss
the effect of borough organization
on school districts, implementation
of the public school foundation
program and legislative recom
mendations.
MR. BILL BARBER, former
Nome F.A.A. station manager, ar
rived today for a short visit. Mr.
Barber was station manager heie
for many years and was replaced
by Dusty Rhodes. While in Nome
he was very active in civic affairs
and palticularly in the Boy Scouts
and School Board. He is now sta
tioned in Anchorage in the Admin
istrative Management Branch of
the Systems Maintenance Division
of the F.A.A.
JOIN THE WALKING BLOOD
BANK — The life you save may
be your neighbor's . . . your neigh
bor may save your life. — Register
at the MMM Hospital NOW!
Nome Cheerleaders
Give their All to
Accompany Team
Nome High School Cheerleaders
recently elected are planning a
money raising project that they
may accompany the basketball
team on two trips during this
coming basketball season. The
Multi-Purpose Room will be con
verted into a book store October
14, during the noon hour and after
school.
Students are requested to bring
books to school Monday, Oct. 14,
and any persons in Nome wishing
to contribute used paper backs
will please call Alice Arnold at
2631. She will see that the paper
backs are picked up and taken to
the school book store. By selling
the books at 10 cents and 15 cents
each, it is hoped that enough funds
will be raised for at least one trip
with the basketball team. Bake
sales, mixers, and novelty activi
ties will be other projects in tne
near future.
The five cheerleaders elected
recently are Alice Arnold, Mary
Lou Couch, Jean Foster, Betty Ann
Hoogendorn and Delores Johanson.
Sally Ailak is the alternate for
the group.
Mrs. Sharon Bell is the sponsor
for the cheerleaders and pep club
who are practicing cheers and rou
tines and planning uniforms.
Nome High Shool Pep Club offi
ers elected were: June Oman,
President, and Dorothy Ball, Sec
retary-Tleasurer.
Thousands Buried
In Italy Disaster
BELLUNO, Italy UPi — More than
10,000 men worked feverishly t_>
day to collect bodies of the dead
in the Vaiont Dam disaster and
bury them in a gigantic mass grave
to prevent outbreaks of disease.
Premier Giovanni Leone came
from Rome to the stricken area
for a first-hand view of the dis
aster as police moved out more
than 200 persons whose villages
are endangered by the threat of
new landslides.
Estimates of the dead ranged
up to 3,000 believed killed when a
mountain landslide crashed into
the dam’s reservoir Wednesday
night and sent flood waters roar
ng over the dam and down the
Piave River Valley.
Most of the victims were still
ouried under the tons of mud and
rock that turned the lovely Alpine
/alley 60 miles north of Venice
nto a wasteland. Many of the bod
ies may never be recoveled.
Deputy Mayor Terenzio Arduin
>f Longerone. whose town of 4,600
vas wiped out, said at least 1,500
>f the town’s residents were under
:he debris.
Where's the Fire
The Fire Department was called
jut at 5:43 a.m. today behind the
residence of Maurice Kelliher.
rhere was no fire.
» 7 he Harpoon «
Noticed several potential
customers eyeballing new
police paddy wagon.