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THE NOME NUGGET
Monday, December 2. 1963
THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome, Alaska
Telephone 443-2381 Si.50 Per Month
P.O. Box 66 S 16.00 a Year
]Ames 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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Government As A Censor
IjiEW PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW IT, but, to quote Editor &
* Publisher, "The Government has entered the business of col
lecting and disseminating news in competition with private news
agencies.”
The arm of the government involved in this disturbing and
unprecedented enterprise is the Department of Agriculture. On
the first of August, it inaugurated a marketing news service over
a national leased wire teletype network. The significance of that
is found in a protest filed by the American Newspaper Publishers
Association with the Federal Communications Commission: "An
expansion of this concept would result in a government-controlled
news service such as presently exists in some other countries in
cluding the Soviet Union, where the so-called new's service Tass
is government-owned and operated.” The FCC answered that it
was without jurisdiction, and the matter has been passed on to the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Whatever the final result, the very’ real dangers inherent in
this step should be universally understood. To quote Editor &
Publisher once more: "A government, or official, news agency is
the last thing we want in this country. It could lead to attempts
by other government agencies to enter the same area and this
particular endeavor would put the government in the censorship
business in an odious form.”
If you think those words are too strong, a statement by the
Department of Agriculture itself should resolve your doubts,
it reserves the right to cancel at any time the connection of any
and all subscribers who abuse the service by misrepresenation of
reports, or for any other reason when, in its sole judgment, such
cancellation is desirable.” That can mean only one thing — a user
of the service is warned to go along with the Department of Agri
culture line, whatever it may be, or be prepared for punishment.
This is no small matter — after all, great oaks from little
acorns grow. And if government is to disseminate news, what power
would be left to prevent government from doctoring and warping
news as it sees fit?
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Exports Through August
Up Nearly 20 Per Cent
From 1962 Period
Exports of U.S. domestic pro
ducts from the Alaskan customs
district totalled $19,986,707 through
August, 1968. This is an increase
of $3,321,844. or 19.9 per cent over
the comparable eight months of
1962.
Alaskan trade vv i t h Japan
reached a $15,610,659 level by
August, 78.1 per cent ol the states
exports. Shipments of wood pulp,
lumber and logs from Southeastern
Alaska accounted for $15,200,323
of the exports to Japan.
Additional timber product ship
ments to countries other than Ja
pan were $1,322,702, bringing the
total exports of wood pulp, lumber
and logs to $16,523,025, or 82.7 per
cent of all Alaskan exports. These
timber product shipments through
August show an increase of $2,
744,044 over 1962.
Exports to Canada totalled $2,
801,429 in the first eight months
of this year, a net increase of $571,
438 over 1962. The 1963 shipments
include $2,477,944 of petroleum
products passing through the state
which account for all the increase
over the prior year.
KIMURA ART EXHIBITION
OPENS NOVEMBER 24
Mel Kohler, associate professor
of art at Alaska Methodist Univer
sity, announces the opening of the
secon.d one-man exhibition honor
ing an Alaskan artist in the Uni
versity Galleries. The opening
and preview of this exhibition of
paintings by William Yusaburo Ki
mura is to be on Sunday, Novem
ber 24, from 2 to 6 in the after
noon. Last season, Alaskan artist,
Alex Duff Combs, was honored
with the first one-man exhibition
of Alaska art in the University
Galleries.
' Kimura is a charter member of
Artist Guild and is listed in Who’s
Who in American Art. He has
been accepted in Seattle Art Mu
seum’s Northwest Artists Annual
Exhibition several times. In
1953. "Eskimo Dancers” and in
1962 “Reindeer Herder” were se
lected to tour six Northwest col
leges. In 1958, the painting “The
Hunters” was one of 35 selected
to travel with the Smithsonian
Exhibition throughout the United
States and Europe for two years.
Kimura, the father of four chil
dren and the product of Anchorage
Public Schools, is presently teach
ing classes at the Garret Studio in
Anchorage.
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Ph. 2498 P.O. Box 392
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Tippet Gave Life for
Highest Police Tradition,
Writes Bob Oliver
The following is an open letter
sent from the City of Nome Fire
and Police Department to Mrs. J.
D. Tippet, c/o Dallas Police, Dallas,
Texas:
Dear Mrs. Tippet:
We join the people of this Na
tion in expressing our heartfelt
sympathy to you and the children
in the loss of your Beloved. What
ever consolation such tragedy may
bring about must surely lie in the
knowledge that he gave his life
for the highest purpose in the
highest tradition of his chosen
profession.
His was not an error in judge
ment: but rather the inevitable
results of his compassion for his
fellow man — even when suspi
cion and his personal safety could
well have tempted him to act
otherwise. But the law’, as Officer
Tippet knew, does not extend to
the Policeman the duty or the
privilege of taking a life on mere
suspicion. The decision was not to
kill or to capture; but to seek
the identity of this person —
whether this was the person whom
he was seeking or whether he was
an innocent citizen who happened
to have some physical resemblance
to the assassin. The answer came
swiftly, but also in that instant,
and just as evident, was displayed
before the Nation the true mettle
of Patrolman J. D. Tippet. A fine
Police Officer, doing an exacting
job, making the supreme sacri
fice that others might live in a
free society—without fear.
ROBERT W. OLIVER
Chief of Police
Nome Police Department
In and Out
With Alaska Airlines
To Nome—E. Apataki, P. Kokeok,
j H. Regh, W. Adloat, P. Aglinga. E.
Aglinga, L. Olanna, W. Bell, G.
Lienard, M. Boyd, C. Maxwell, D.
Langston, P. Landston, J. Branttey, !
L. Anderson, L. Bevill, M. Hutton.
R. Hutton. K. Mullins, R. Rivers,
M. Rivers, R. Wood, P. Brooks, H.
Regh, E. Nygaard, S. Stechman,
M. Kulowiyi, L. Ratcliff, Thor
Tjonviet.
To Anchorage _ R. Regnart, E.
Logan, A. Perrault, R. Sebwenna,
E. Sebwenna, T. Elliot, D. Agloo
galook, S. Geso, D. Cramer, A.
Sollars, T. Johnson, W. Cuning
ham, D. Bjella, W. Roberts, I. Gen
dreau, W. Lonon, C. Kingik, W.
Priest, D. Langston, P. Langston I
R. Wood.
To Kotzebue — H. Regh.
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tit’s Lingenberry Time!
The lucky Alaskans who picked
1 ingen berries (low bush cranber
ries) last summer are in a good
position to enjoy them during the
holiday season.
The bright red color is tradi
tional for the season and their
flavor is comparable to, and many
say better than, the cultivated and
processed variety that we find on
the market.
There are many kinds of lingen
berry relishes that are excellent
when served with meat.
A common relish uses two cups
of fresh berries and one orange.
The lingenberries should be coarse
ly chopped with the juice of the
orange. Then wash the skin of
the orange and put it through the
food chopper with the large blade.
Stir all these ingredients with one
cup of sugar and chill until serv
ing time. This will make about one
pint of relish.
For a variation on this recipe,
substitute apple and lemon for the
orange. Cut an apple up finely
with the lemon juice and put the
lemon peel through the large blade
of the food chopper. Chill the mix
ture and serve with chicken or
other poultry.
Another variation is to chop
one-half cup raisins with the ber
ries and the orange, reduce the
sugar by five tablespoons and sub
stitute 14 cup honey and •*? i tea
spoon ginger. Marinate in the re
frigerator for a day or so to blend
all the flavors. This variation goes
especially well with baked ham.
Still another variation calls for
one cup of chopped, pitted, cooked
prunes mixed with the berries and
the orange. Add one tablespoon
lemon juice to the sugar to make
the relish a little more tart. This
variation goes nicely with turkey
and other poultry.
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