OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
61th Year No. 145
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1963
Per Copy 15c
Governor Egan Appoints Wm. Sanders,!
Anchorage Legislator, to Nome Bench
JUNEAU <iP — The appointment
of Republican William H. Sanders
of Anchorage as Superior Court
Judge for the Second Judicial
District was announced today by
Gov. William A. Egan.
Sanders, an attorney, is now a
member of the State House of Rep
resentatives, serving as chairman
of the lower chamber's judiciary
committee.
The Second Judicial District en
compasses the vast area known as
Northwest Alaska, taking in the
17th, 18th and 19th Election Dis
tricts.
The Superior Court for the dis
trict is maintained at Nome.
Under law, Egan makes judicial
appointments from nominations
submitted to him by the State Ju
dicial Council. Only the name of
the man eventually appointed is
made public.
The appointment of Sanders to
the Superior Court bench leaves
the State House of Representatives
with a political lineup of 20 Dem
ocrats and 19 Republicans, with the
Republicans in control.
Judge Sanders replaces Judge
Hubert Gilbert, who was appointed
to the Superior Court bench in the
Third Judicial District, Anchorage,
by Governor Egan in July.
IS YOUR LITTLE
DARLING TURNING RED?
It has been reported that some
of our little ones swiped four cans
of Glyptol, pressure spray paint,
out of the back of a truck parked
behind the Armory. From there
they went merrily on their way,
according to Chief Oliver, decor
ating the Armory, Bank, Bureau
of Mines Building, and Anchor
Tavern with the BLOOD red con
tents.
Oliver advises that he has sus
pects. If your pride and joy came
home covered with blood, check
him out, maybe he is a burglar,
instead of a hunter.
Social Security Agent
In Nome Tomorrow
Ralph Seward, representing the
Social Security Administration,
will visit Nome, Saturday, Dec. 7.
Ilf you have a problem or a ques
tion about old-age, survivors, or
disability program, you are invited
to see Mr. Seward. He will be in
the court room of the Federal
Building from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
tomorrow.
“Do your Christmas shopping
now,” is the slogan of the day. We
are all aware of this, but how few
are aware that there may be Social
Security benefit checks available
to many who are temporarily “idle”
or “retired,” and who are at least
62.
Why not do your Social Secur
ity shopping this week? If you
are 62 or over and are at least
temporarily out of work or out of
business, why not come in and
claim some of these Social Security
benefit checks due you.
Remember, one must write to
Santa Clause to receive one’s pres
ent. Likewise, one must file a
claim to receive one’s Social Se
curity benefit checks.
Sanders, a resident of Alaska
since 1949, and a member of the
Anchorage bar since 1951, was
serving his second term in the
House of Representatives.
He was born in Alabama in 1920
and earned degrees in business
and commerce and in law from
the University of Alabama.
Sanders served in the Army
during World War II and as a
captain in the Alaska National
Guard from 1951 until 1956. He
was commander of the Alaska De
partment of the American Legion
in 1959.
Sanders is married and has a
2-year-old daughter, Skyla Ann.
Fairbanks Grand Jury
Wants Changes in Liquor
And Parole Regulations
FAIRBANKS (/P> — A Superior
Court grand jury’s report made
public here today recommends
private sale of liquor licenses in
Alaska be abolished. The report
also:
1. Recommends mandatory revo
cation of parole for all parolees
convicted of crimes.
2. Claims the state’s parole sys
tem can be improved if each ju
dicial district has its own parole
board.
3. Hits the lack of facilities in
Alaska to house criminal defend
ants in needs of psychiatric eval
uation.
The jury said revoked or can
celed liquor licenses should “be
offered to the public upon due
application to the state.”
It was suggested the successful
applicant be decided at a public
drawing. Proof of no felony con
viction for the applicant should be
a must, the report stated.
The jury was critical of the ju
venile detention facilities in Fair
banks which adjoin the adult jail
cells.
The jury recently ended its ses
sions here and is not scheduled to
meet again until spring.
Angoon Fire Kills 3 Tots
SITKA <J>> — Fire raced through
a small frame home in the native
village of Angoon on Admiralty
Island Thursday, killing three of
the four young chidren of Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly Williams.
Burned to death as the blaze all
but destroyed the house, built on
piling on the beach, were Kelly
Williams Jr., 4, Beverly Williams.
3, and Marvin Williams, 2.
Rescued was 11-month-old An
thony Williams, who, with his
mother, Peggy, suffered burns and
shock.
They were flown to Mt. Edge
cumbe Hospital for treatment.
It was not known how the fire
started, but it was believed to have
originated from a small, two-burn
er kerosene stove used by the
family.
The native village lies on Chath
; am Strait, approximately 40 miles
northwest of here and 75 miles
south of Juneau.
In Juneau, State Fire Marshal
Robert Crouse said the three deaths
brought the state’s 1963 fire death
| toll to 30, compared with 21
; through the same date last year.
! DEW Line Wages and
Benefits Thrashed Out
At Fairbanks Sessions
FAIRBANKS — Top labor of
ficials and representatives of Fed
eral Electric Corp. from Paramus,
N. J., have been meeting here
since Wednesday negotiating
wages and benefits for FEC em
ployes on the Distant Early Warn
ing Line in Alaska.
Negotiations on wages, vaca
tions, travel pay and employe con
tracts climax a bitter battle which
began early last summer to organ
ize the DEW Line.
Joel Wiegert, president of the
Fairbanks Joint Crafts Council,
heads a team of labor officials
i from Alaska and Seattle.
They represent all of the major
crafts on the DEW Line,
j Paul C. Ketchersid is the com
pany’s chief negotiator. He is di
rector of employe relations for
FEC.
Chief Says Nome will Not go to the Dogs!
There have been three people
bitten by dogs in the past few
days, according to police records.
The Department, stated Chief Oli
ver, is on the alert for these ani
mals and disposed of one last night
near 4th and C Street after trailing
it from 2d and Division. Another
dog was shot yesterday under the
Sanders residence, and found dead
this morning in the same area.
This dog has been positively iden
tified as the one which has bitten
at least two.
The State Fish and Game Dept.,
reports Officer Joe Brantley, con
siders this an emergency, and is
working to get the carcass flown
to Elmendorf Air Force Base on an
emergency basis where Capt.
Hemphill will examine it for ra
bies. If found diseased, those bit
ten must be treated immediately.
The dogs are being shot with a
dart which holds a nicotine solu
tion with the intent that the ani
mal be captured alive in order
that rabies tests can be made.
Chief Oliver asserts; that he knows
of no more suspect dogs, but that
the department is on the alert for
loose animals.
The Police Department is once
again shooting all animals found
loose, and they will be impounded
and held for 72 hours minimum.
The mutts are kept in a shed in
back of the City Hall at the rate
of $2.50 per day. Oliver advises
that his department will start
citing dog owners, or the parents
in the case of children’s dogs, when
these dogs are found running
loose.
Weather Report
Cloudy with snow. Considerable
cloudiness this afternoon, tonight
and Saturday, with occasional
snow showers. A little colder. Low
tonight 15. High tomorrow 15.
In the last 24 hours: High of 23,
low of 11. Max. wind 33 mph from
the east. Sunrise at 9:41 a m., sun
set at 2:07 p.m.
Fairbanks School Board Forecloses,
Sells Home in $6.65 School Tax Case
FAIRBANKS — Legal action
was to be filed today seeking an
injunction against the issuing of a
deed for a $14,000 home and lot
sold for $588.
The home, owned by a family
of seven, was sold by the Fair
banks School Board at a recent
tax auction.
Foreclosure was made on the
property for a $6.65 school tax
bill unpaid in 1960. Since then
the tax debt on the property has
climbed to $156.86. This includes
taxes and penalties since 1960.
The tax increased in 1962 when
the home was built.
An attorney for the family said
the scheduled legal action will
seek an injunction against the deed
issuance and will also involve a
civil suit to return the property to
the family.
William T. Taylor, his wife and
their five children were told to
leave the home by the purchaser,
Taylor said. That was the first
he knew of the sale, he declared.
The purchaser, claimed Taylor,
wanted $5,000 to relinquish his
rights.
The property was bought by W.
L. Worthington, a Fairbanks build
ing contractor.
Worthington said today it was
not his intentions to have the
family evicted.
He just wanted to have the laws
governing auctions of tax prop
Federal Works in State
Plans $2^-Million Budget
JUNEAU — Senator E. L.
Bartlett reported today that the
Federal Works Program for Alas
ka, as approved by the Senate
Appropriations Committee, will
total $2,695,000 in fiscal 1964.
Bartlett told the Associated
Press in a wire from Washington
that the committee on Thursday
added $1,013,000 to the amount ap
proved by the House.
This included $921,000 for the
construction of a small boat har
bor at Sitka’s Crescent Bay.
j Also added was a $30,000 flood
i control survey of Ketchikan Creek;
and the following amounts for
navigation surveys — $20,000 for
Turn Point in Wrangell Narrows,
$14,000 for Hydaburg, $18,000 for
King Cove and $10,000 for Knud
son Cove.
The Senate and the House
agreed on the following amounts:
Snettisham hydroelectric pro
ject reconstruction planning, $225,
000. Rampart hydroelectric pro
ject study completion, $197,000.
Harbor operation and mainten
ance: Anchorage, $250,000; Ket
chikan, $120,000; Nome, $60,000;
Wrangell $600,000.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Rodman Wilson, specialist in
internal medicine, will be at the
M-M-M Hospital on Saturday, Dec.
7., to see patients concerned with
the rehabilitation project.
He will be available for a lim- ;
ited number of private consulta- 1
tions.
Anyone interested may call the
Hospital Saturday morning be
tween 9 and 10 ajn.
erties questioned, he maintained.
If the sale is determined ille
gal, said the contractor, Taylor
can have the home.
If the auction is upheld, said
Worthington, he would like about
$750 for his costs and Taylor can
still have the property.
“I never had any intentions of
putting the man and his children
out,” he added.
Worthington said he has pur
chased other tax properties. He is
unhappy with the laws concern
ing foreclosing on such property
and wants them tested in court,
he declared.
Taylor’s attorney said a hearing
on the injunction should be held
next Wednesday. The School
Board, which delayed issuing the
deed this week, plans action on
the matter at its Dec. 17 meeting.
Navy Christening Marks
Pear! Harbor Day
WASHINGTON UP> — The Navy
will mark the 22d anniversary
tomorrow of the Japanese attack
I on Pearl Harbor by commissioning
a new guided missile frigate
named for a California ensign who
5 died in the battle.
; The 7,000-ton USS ENGLAND is
the second naval vessel to be
s named in honor of Ensign John
England of Alhambra, Calif., who
was killed aboard the battleship
OKLAHOMA.
■ The first ENGLAND was a World
War II destroyer-escort which
■ made history in 1944 when it sank
1 six Japanese submarines in 12
days.
The new ship named ENGLAND
will be commissioned at the Long
Beach Naval Shipyard.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. England,
parents of the ensign, will attend
! the ceremony.
Eielson Raps Nooks
Defending Western Alaskan
basketball champs, Eielson Air
Force High School, took the Nome
Nanooks last night by a score of
56 to 34.
The score at the end of the first
quarter showed Eielson leading 12
to 7. This was widened further at
the end of the half when the score
board read 26 to 15. The tally at
the whistle in the third quarter
showed definitely the trend of the
game as the score stood at 43 to
22. The Nanooks never closed the
gap.
Steff and Stan Andersen stood
out in the Nanook scoring with 14
and 6 points respectively. Coach
Ray Tinjum reported that the bal
ance of the points came from sev
eral of the players, as he played
practically his entire squad.
» The Harpoon «
If Oliver's serious; some
folks belter hold their
hounds out the window