THE NOME NUGGET
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James F. O’Sullivan, Publisher & Editor
En Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
THAT MAN’S BACK IN TOWN!
A Realistic Approach
rpHF. STATE DIVISION of Aviation has the right idea. In
Monday’s paper a news article covering the state’s airfield
maintenance program is outlined. VC’e would like to go just a bit
further on this subject.
In an interview with Larry Johnson, State Director of Avia
tion, more was learned of this program. Here we have a sound
state program, one which is good for the state, for aviation and
for the people under whose jurisdiction the airfield falls.
Mr. Johnson states that the local airport managers are doing
an excellent job and that good maintenance is resulting from the
state’s new practice of turning the job over to the village or city.
He adds that maintenance is less costly if done on a continuing
basis and that the local people take great pride in exhibiting a
clean, hazard-free strip.
This is not an emergency plan, welfare, or a distressed area
program. It is a realistic approach to a unique problem. There are
some 60 state fields in this area and all have need for a certain
amount of maintenance — from the Si9,000 spent annually at
Kotzebue (state and military jointly) to S300 at some of the smaller
bush strips. The maintenance is the responsibility of the local
governing body, city or village, utilizing local labor, and the wages
derived remain in the area. Payment for labor is made in a business
like manner, on the basis of payrolls submitted by the airport
managers.
This, we feel, is definitely a large step in the right direction.
The legislators who sponsored this bill, and the Division of Aviation
are making a definite contribution toward the economic indepen
dence of the people and toward the continued usefulness of the
present air strips.
Grassroots Opinion
There has been a sharp increase in the number of physicians
per 100,000 population in this country, according to an American
Medical Association report. The present ratio is 146.7 physicians
for ever)’ 100,000 Americans, an increase of 8.9 from the I960
figure, and of 11.4 from the 1950 ratio. Our physician population,
as of a recent date, was 275,974.
Miners & Merchants Bank of Alaska
"The Friendly Bank”
FULL BANKING SERVICES
To Northwestern Alaska Since 1904
— BRANCHES IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
I Democrats Gloat
WASHINGTON M — Demo
cratic National Chairman John Bai
ley has commented on yesterday s
election resulis. He says.
“The Democratic Party repeated
its 1962 victory, leaving Repub
licans with optimistic statistics and
Democrats holding the offices which
were clear tests of party strength.
Bailey said the Democrats tri- ,
umphed in the two races which, he
said, the Republicans publicized as
expected harbingers of GOP re
surgence in 1964. He said these
wrere the mayoralty race in Phila- ,
delphia and the Gubernatorial race
in Kentucky.
Bailey added:
“It is significant that Republican
eforts to drag civil rights in to the
arena of partisan politics failed to ;
bring them victories in the north
ern city of Philadelphia and in !
the border state of Kentucky. This I
repudiation of Republican efforts
to win votes by racist appeals I
should discourage similar racist ad- j
ventures by Republican candidates
in future campaigns.”
29 Years A?o Today . . .
Gunfire sweeps Democratic pa
rades in Pennsylvania. Three killed
and two wounded bv Republicans
as fair weather and a predicted
record crowd of voters go to the
polls to test the ‘‘new’ deal.”
PAA mail plane arrived yester
day from Fairbanks and returned
this morning. Second class mail
only.
Gold production in the U.S for
September was 284,000 ounces fine.
According to the Bureau of Metal
Statistics, this is the highest since
records were started in 1932.
Huey Long to stand trial in a
half million dollar libel suit re
sulting from insulting speech made
in Senate assailing Samuel T. An
sell. general of the Army.
The BALDWIN and FOREST
KING of Arctic Transport Co., un
loading cargo in Nome roadstead.
There is no wind or snow and tem
perature is above zero. The weath
er is ideal for the carpenters en
gaged in construction of new build
ings.
M-M-M HOSPITAL
Admitted — Rose Johnson, Phil
lip Penetac, Joseph Penetac, Ed
ard Ellanna, Grace M. Attatayuk,
Miriam Athlingok, Ralph Alex
ander.
Discharged — Mrs. Talmadge
Packard and infant girl. Lilly See
took. Wayne Pushruk.
The Wally Johnsons are the
parents of twins — a boy and a
girl — born on Nov. 4.
Q Stands
for Quaint
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GVEA
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6. REA assured the local direc
tors that the loan to cover the cost
of the Barrow project would be
expedited.
“They told us they would move
the loan much faster,” Lawlor
claims, “because that was the only
way the people at Barrow could
get power.”
The loan, however, had not be
gun its processing last week when
GVEA manager Herb Purcell vis
ited REA headquarters in Wash
ington.
The Barrow project, when com
pleted, was estimated at $500,000.
This included the cost of a natural
gas burning generator to have been
installed next spring.
Now two smaller diesel genera
tors are planned by GVEA to sup
ply the smaller power needs since
the federal agencies will generate
their own.
Two 75-kilowatt generators were
damaged bv the recent storm at
Barrow and have been brought t<>
Fairbanks for overhauling.
This week two additional diesel
generators, each capable of gen
erating 50 kilowatts, arc being
flown to Barrow and will be in
stalled immediately. GVEA offi -
j cials here expect the system to be
in operation by Nov. 15.
Rather than take on the project
in the first place, Lawlor explains,
the GVEA board attempted to get
the Kotzebue Electrical Co-opera
tive to enter the Barrow project.
However, Lawlor says, the REA
still favored the Fairbanks-based
co-operative as the guardian for
the Barrow venture.
“They assured us there would be
no snags whatsoever in getting the
loan,” Lawlor adds.
Golden Valley had planned to
turn over the completed electrical
system to a Barrow co-operative
some time in the future.
VON DER HEYDT
DISMISSES NEGLIGENCE SUIT
JUNEAU — Superior Court
Judge James A. von dor Hcydt
today dismissed a $65,000 suit filed
against Haines bar-owner Martin
A. Tengs as the result of a 1953
auto accident.
The suit was filed by Mr. and
Mrs. Olav Lillcgraven of Juneau,
who were passengers in a car
driven by Susan Barrow of Seattle
when it collided with another auto
at Mile 600 on the AJaska Highway
on Oct. 8, 1958.
The car Mrs. Barrow was driv
ing was owned by Tengs.
Lillegraven sought $15,000 and
his wife sought $50,000. They
claimed Mrs. Barrow was grossly
negligent.
Judge von dcr Heydt dismissed
the case on a motion by defense at
torney Robert Boochever of Ju
neau after Boochever argued, at
the conclusion of the plaintiff’s
case, that they had failed to prove
gross negligence.
MEET THE TEACHER
Our teacher today is George W.
Rogers who is employed as Jr.,
Sr. High principal. He comes with
12 years of teaching in Minnesota
and seven in Washington. Mr.
Rogers is an undergraduate of the
University of Minnesota, has a
B. A. from St. John’s University
at Collegeville, Minn., and is a
graduate of the University of North
Dakota at Grand Forks.
His home is Walker, Minneso
ta. Hobbies are gardening and
fishing. Mr. Rogers is a World War
II veteran from the U.S. Navy and
is now in the active Naval Reserve
with rank of commander.
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We manufacture Parkas, Mukluks, etc.,
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We pay the freight.
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