THE NOME NUGGET
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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
THE DIRTY FACE OF NOME
|T IS CUSTOMARY IN NOME to start thinking of Clean-Up
-*• Week later in May when more of the snow is gone and more
of the rubbish, tin cans and general debris is completely exposed.
This is an early season, fortunately for us, so we can get at
the job early this year in order that the more than two hundred
guest who are expected over the Memorial Day weekend for the
Lions Convention will remember Nome for something else than its
avoidable dirt and winter accumulation of filth left concentrated
on its streets and beach.
Nome is known from coast to coast for its genial hospitality.
This should be coupled with bright painted exteriors, shiny win
dows and clean premises for all business houses if Nome to enjoy
more conventions. It is the impression we make on these three
day visitors that will make future meetings possible.
Switzerland is a winterland for tourists. It is also noted for its
tidiness. Nome should not take a back seat, but match it with
pride. This takes the effort of every resident and education and
training with our youth—and penalties for violatons.
Prizes to Be Awarded
To Men Bowlers Sunday
The Men’s Sourgdough Bowling
Assn, has chosen this Sunday,
May 5, for presenting trophies
and prizes to winners in the recent
third annual city tournament.
Presentations will take place at
Aukruk Lanes at 2 p.m., followed
by an afternoon and evening of
“Scotch Doubles”—same rules as
earlier this season.
The Women’s Aurora Bowling
Assn., will also be active on the
lanes Sunday, with the presenta
tion of their Ice Worm League
trophies in the evening, and a
“first five” challenge match. This
event will feature the best five
bowlers from the Ice Worm
League bowling against the Fri
day Mites’ League best five.
AMBASSADOR FREEMAN
GETS AN EGG BARRAGE
BOGOTA, Columbia W — Ultra
leftist youths bombarded the U.S.
and Venezuelan ambassadors with
tomatoes and eggs last night as the
envoys left a museum.
U.S. Ambassador Fulton Free
man and Santiago Briceno of
Venezuela had been attending a
photography exposition sponsored
by the Venezuelan embassy. The
youths shouted “down with Yan
kee imperialism.”
Freeman and Briceno, badly
splattered, ducked into waiting
cars.
It was the first such attack on
Freeman, who has been well
liked during his two-year stay.
TROOP 66 NEWS
The meeting was called to order
at 7:30 last Wednesday evening
by Scoutmaster Robert Johnson.
After the law and oath had been
recited the troop discussed a hike
out toward the Penny River.
Following was a knotting game
which lasted about 20 minutes.
Then the troop joined hands and
were dismissed after the Seoul
benediction.
Mike O’Connor, Scribe
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Billy Graham Officiates
At Daughter’s Wedding
MONTREAUX, Switzerland W>—
Evangelist Billy Graham today
pronounced his eldest daughter
Virginia the wife of Stephan
Tchividjian, 23, one of his most
active Swiss converts.
In a picturesque 500-year-old
church overlooking Lake Geneva,
Graham officiated at the wedding
of Virigina, 17, to the son of a
Swiss financier of Armenian ori
gin.
The afternoon wedding was be
fore 300 guests from the United '
States and many European coun
tries.
Graham’s associate, Cliff Bar
rows, opened the ceremony to per
mit Graham to give Virginia
away as her father before taking
over the wedding as minister.
ALASKA AIRLINES AND
NORTHWEST AWARDED
CONTRACTS WITH MILITARY
SEATTLE UP) — The Military
Air Transport Service has award
ed Alaska Airlines and North
west Orient Airlines contracts for
air transportation for the year
beginning July 1.
The Alaska Airlines contract,
for carrying passengers and cargo
from the West Coast to Alaska
and within Alaska, is for a total
of $1,110,000. The Northwest agree
ment, for $8,426,000, calls for car
rying passengers and cargo be
tween the West Coast and Alaska,
mid-Pacific bases and the Far East.
Washington State Sens. Magnu
son and Jackson were notified of
the awards.
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Business District
Of Cordova
Razed by Fire
CORDOVA <iP — Fire wiped out
the heart of the business district
in this small fishing port Thurs
day, destroying half a dozen build
ings.
Lost in the blaze were six stores,
two bars, a new bowling alley, the
weekly newspaper and an apart
ment house.
The fire broke out about 3 a.m.
and spread unchecked through the
frame buildings until fire fighters
brought it under control about six
hours later. The cause was not
known.
A number of ot h e r buildings
were threatened, and it appeared
for a time the entire downtown
section would be razed.
Communications from Cordova, a
town of about 1,200 at the head of
the Gulf of Alaska, were cut at
the height of the fire. But contact
with the outside was maintained
by radio from the Coast Guard
Cutter Sedge, moored at the water
front, and the airport 12 miles
away.
The Air Force sent a wun
a fire truck and crew aboard and
another plane with a medical team
from Anchorage. The Coast Guard
ordered the Cutter Sorrel here
from Yakutat to assist.
Men from the Sedge and the
Federal Aviation Agency, which
had two fire trucks at the airport,
aided volunteers in fighting the
blaze.
The rest of the business section
contains only scattered buildings,
many of them unoccupied. Spared
were two hotels, the theater and
new hospital.
Cordova once was a thriving
community during construction of
the Copper River - Northwestern
Railroad, the setting of the Rex
Beach novel “The Iron Trail.”
Destroyed in the fire were the
Cordova Commercial Building, the
Cordova Airlines Office, Davis
Grocery, Cordova Drug, the Little
Bar, Bill’s Bar, Katherine’s Ap
parel, Collins’ Jewelry, Friends’
Clothing, The Club Bowl, Cordova
Times and Van Brocklin Apart
ments.
TALL — ON CITY HALL
PHILADELPHIA UP) — Mayor
James Tate of Philadelphia says
he wants to be sure that William
Penn remains a towering figure
in the city.
So, in order that the statue of
Penn—atop City Hall—should not
be obscured, Tate asked the city
council to put a 450-foot limit on
the height of buildings within three
miles of city hall, which with the
statue has a height of 547 feet, 11
inches.
Spring Sale
RAINER
(In Cans)
AND
Western Style Pilsener
(In Cans)
$5.50 Case — $2.85 Half Case
$1.40 Six-Pack
GRAIN BELT
(In Cans)
$6.00 Case — $3.00 Half Case
_$1.50 Six-Pack
Calverts Reserve
$5.50 5th
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Flossy Still Suffers
TUCSON, Ariz. <if) — Flossy,
a 7-year-old cat, dined on a nestful
of baby mocking birds last sum
mer and has suffered ever since.
Rose Vitale, owner of Flossy,
said yesterday the mother mocking
bird hasn’t forgotten the death
of her children.
“Every time Flossy goes in the
yard,” Mrs. Vitale said, “the mock
ing bird dives and picks at her.”
To prove her point, Mrs. Vitale
called Flossy. As soon as the cat
appeared, the mockingbird began
to scream.
“Now watch,” said Mrs. Vitale.
“She never attacks until Flossy
is busy.”
Mrs. Vitale put out a bowl of
milk. Flossy stuck her whiskers
in the bowl. The mockingbird
dived, then zoomed upward with
a hank of hair.
BIA TEACHERS WILL HOLD
SERVICE TRAINING SESSION
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
has scheduled a teachers in serv
ice training session here from
June 3 thru June 7, announced
Mr. Dale Hollingsworth.
Fourteen teachers are expected
to attend from this area. An edu
cational specialist from the Ju
neau office is expected to in
struct as well as Mr. Hollings
worth, Horace Schnare and Ster
ling Croell.
On the curriculum will be vil
lage, community and school prob
lems as well as the study of edu
cation techniques and problems.
Some time will also be given to
welfare and tribal relationships.
WASHINGTON ilft — Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara is
leaving today for Hawaii to pre
side Monday at another of a series
of conferences on the situation in
Southeast Asia and the Western
Pacific.
The purpose of this and previ
ous similar sessions is to provide
opportunity for first-hand reports
from commanders and discussions
among military and diplomatic of
ficials on all matters in the area,
but particularly the problams in
Viet Nam.
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Cousy May Have Retired
WORCESTOR, Mass. <*> — Bob
Cousy may have retired from the
National Basketball Assn, just in
time, according to a story of his
travels today.
Enroute to New York for a
speaking engagement recently,
Cousy rolled his big car with li
cense plates “Celtics 14” up to a
Turnpike toll station requiring
exact change.
An arm flipped out of the car
window toward the toll basket—
and two dimes and a nickel rolled
lazily down the pavement.
While drivers in following autos
honked impatiently, a uniformed
guard retrieved the money, turn
ed to Cousy and said:
“You’re retiring, aren’t you?
just as well.”
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL
American League
New York 7, Los Angeles 0
Cleveland 15, Kansas City 6
Washington 9, Detroit 4
Baltimore 8, Chicago 7
National League
New York 10, Houston 3
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3
Los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 2
Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 2, Pittsburgh 1
Pacific Coast League
Tacoma 11-1, Oklahoma City 1-0
San Diego ’8, Salt Lake City 5
Denver 7, Seattle 2
Dallas-Ft. Worth 5, Spokane 2
Although automation is now dis
placing men on jobs, it also results
in new jobs. It has been esti
mated the U.S. work force will in
crease from 74 million in 1960 to
87 million in 1970. Those now hav
ing the hardest time finding jobs
are boys under 20 who didn’t fin
ish high school, and those over 45
who haven’t kept pace with new
skills.
—Theodore Roosevelt
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