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James F. O’Sullivan, Publisher & Editor
Ed Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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Freedom's Best Helper
July 3, 1886, is a date that ranks close to July 4, 1776.
Seventy-five years ago, just 110 years after the Declaration
of Independence, the first successful ty pesetting machine, operating
in the composing room of Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune
added a new emancipation to the freedom enunciated in the Decla
ration — liberation from 400 years of hand-setting of ty pe and the
gift of wings to news!
Observing the still nameless machine in action under the
nimble fingers of its inventor, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Whitelaw
Reid, then publisher of the Tribune, exclaimed in amazement: "It
sets a line of type!” Thus, to this day, the machine that set most
of the Tribune's priceless editorial page of July 3, 1886, is known
as the "Linotype.”
Since that day, more than 100,000 other Linotypes have gone
to work across the nation and in every part of the world, casting
type for newspayers, magazines, books and practically every' job
printing need. Mergenthaler type matrices — in 900 languages
and dialects, plus a wide variety of sty les and sizes — have helped
to inform and educate peoples in every country on the globe.
It is only human and natural, perhaps, that we look upon
this still amazing machine as the minor miracle that gave America
— all of America — a truly free and vigorous press- that paved
the way for the wire services that followed and made it possible
for the small town editor to inform his public as effectively as the
readers of the great metropolitan dailies.
We would never deny that "the hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world.” But we believe the fingers that operate the lino
type guide the thoughts of the cradle-rockers — and sooner or later
the cradle occupants.
Phillipine President
Lauds Peace Corps
MANIA UP! — Philippines Presi
dent Diosdado Macapagal says of
the U.S. Peace Corps: "It is hard
to find a better example of self
less devotion to the well being of
one’s fellow man than that elo
quently portrayed by the young
men and women of the Peace
Corps. . . .
“Their fine work among our
people has been in the best tradi
tion of sacrifice.”
Macapagal made the statement
in Manila on the eve of the sec
ond anniversary of the arrival of
the first Peace Corps volunteers in
the Philippines.
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Korth Quits as Navy Sec.;
Disappointed over Defense
Nuclear Carrier Decision
WASHINGTON — Secretary
of the Navy Fred Korth has quit
his post in the wake of a protest
he made last week against a ten
tative Defense Department deci
sion not to give the Navy any
more nuclear-powered aircraft
carriers. Korth's resignation is ef
fective Nov. 1. He will he suc
ceeded by Paul Nitze, now an as
sistant Defense secretary.
Analyst Fred Hoffman says
Korth’s abrupt resignation means
he believes the Navy has lost one
of its biggest fights in years — a
fight to build a new atomic-pow
ered aircraft carrier.
The officially stated reason for
Korth’s resignation was his desire
to return to private business in
Texas where he was a bank exec-:
utive before going to Washington
in January, 1962.
However, Hoffman quotes in
formed sources as saying there’s
little doubt that the dispute over
the carrier question is the real
reason — and probably beyond
that is the issue of a larger nuclear
Navy. Officially, the Defense De
partment has said its position on
the question has not been deter
mined finally. Navy sources have
confirmed this, but they make it
clear they expect the decision to
go against the Navy.
MEET THE TEACHER
Welcome to Milton D. Johnson.
He is teaching the 10th. 11th and
12th grades in shorthand, typing
and bookkeeping His past exper
ience consists of two years at Al
den. Minnesota. Educational back
ground consists of a B.A. from
Luther College at Decorah, Iowa.
Mr. Johnson hails from Bode, Io
wa. Enjoying a wife named Dolor
es and a son named Mark, Mr.
Johnson also pursues the hobbies
of reading, sports and fishing.
TROOP 66 NEWS
by JAMES KELLIHER, Scribe
The troop meeting was called
to order by the Senior Patrol Lead
er. The Scout Oath and Laws were
recited. The Scoutmaster and As
sistant Scoutmaster thanked the 1
Scouts for helping to ‘‘lay out the
red carpet” to the visiting digni
taries.
Semi-final plans for the beach
hike and over-night campout. to
be held on the weekend of the
19th and 20th, were made. These
included discussing menus and
equipment lists. The tents to be
used were rolled.
The Scout Benediction was re
cited, and the Scouts were dis
missed.
This space
is much too small
to say just how much
I like Nome,
and the Wonderful People.
Thanks to all of you
for the lovely summer
and for the
patronage you have given me
while at the
Bering Sea Club.
May / claim Nome
as my adopted home?
— JUANITA BURKE
Local Dental Needs
Are Far Above
i Other Areas in State
Accolding to the Alaska Native
Health Annual Report for the 'is
cal year 1962-63, the dental needs
of Nome and surrounding villages
rank high in Alaska and almost
double those in Kotzebue, stated
Dr. Robert C Packard, Nome PHS
Dental Officer.
The doctor went on to comment
that the number of unfilled cav
ities per child is 10 in the ages
12-14, and in Kotzebue it is only
five. Nome also has twice the num
ber of teeth needing extraction
and twice the number of missing
teeth per child compared to Kot
zebue.
The main reason for this is that
the people in this area are not
taking care of their teeth as they
should. Too much candy and
sweets are eaten, especially be
tween meals. This is very haim
ful to the teeth since the bacteria
that cause decay turn this sugar
to aid, whih destroys the tooth.
This is why teeth should be
brushed 10 minutes after eating
a meal or a snack, or just a piece
of candy.
Also each child from birth to
age 13 should receive some type
of fluoride, which makes the teeth
strong. This will reduce the num
ber and size of cavities 60 per cent.
Stated Dr. Packard, “Let’s take
care of our teeth and see if we can j
be bottom for dental needs in 1933- j
1964.”
29 Years Ago Today . . .
Hammon Consolidated Gold
Fields puts pumping apparatus and
about 1,000 feet of mains into
service with remainder of old
fire mains.
Ed Steffen has purchased re
maining stock of Lomen’s Drug
and renames it Pioneer Drug Co.
Eastern Stars to meet at Polet’s
Monday at 8 p.m.
Pilots Hans Mirrow and Murray
Hall, with passengers, delayed at
Golovin due to weather.
In a private Presidential discus
sion of the monetary situation.
Sen. Buckley of Ohio claims that
Roosevelt gives him feeling that
further devaluation of the gold
dollar is not an impossibility.
One of the troubles with sma.l
talk is that it usually comes in
large doses.
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Adenauer Retires;
! Kennedy Message:
•You Did Right!’
WEST BERLIN GP — West Ger
man Chancellor Adenauer met
with newsmen in Bonn today and
told them he would be quitting to
morrow more happily if the Rus
sians knocked down the Berlin
wall in exchange for sales of West
ern grain. Tomorrow, Adenauer’s
minister of economics, Ludwig Er
hard, kikes over as chancellor.
President Kennedy sent Aden
auer a personal message telling him
he was right in not accepting the
division of German as permanent.
The Kennedy letter said rela
tions between the U.S. and Ger
many have never been closer. He
called Adenauer a prime contrib
utor to the movement toward West
European unity and the Atlantic
community.
At his session with the news
men, Adenauer blamed Soviet
Premier Khrushchev for the inci
dent last weekend when an Amer
ican convoy was delayed on the
Autobahn by the Russians. Aden
auer said West German forces
were put on the alert when the
Russians took the action.
Sit-Ins . . .
KANSAS CITY’ W — Ever hear
of a “fanny warmer?” It’s the
latest think in ski clothing for
women.
While ski clothes normally
smother the head and shoulders in
off-beat furs and knit. Mrs. Terese
David of Aspen, Colo., a leading
designer and importer of winter
sports clothing, Friday said the
lower section of the new parkas
include a snug-fitting knitted band
of about eight inches wide whicn
pulls down over the hips like a
sweater.
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