m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 120
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1963
Per Copy 15£
Ft. Richardson 60th Infantry Patrol are
First Whites to Encircle Nunivak Afoot
FORT RICHARDSON — An
eight-man patrol has returned from
Nunivak Island, some 35 miles off
the west coast of Alaska, with a
combination of military and hu
manitarian information.
Militarily, they know it is pos
sible to walk entirely around the
200-mile circumference of the vol
canic island.
According to Eskimos who have
lived there all their lives, the men
from Fort Richardson’s 1st Bat
talion, 60th Infantry, are the first
Caucasians ever to make the trip.
Two Eskimo National Guardsmen
traveled with the patrol. Private
First Class Charlie Spud traveled
on foot with the patrol as a guide,
and Private Daniel Olrun navi
gated his own 25-foot inboard
cruiser around the island to sup
port them.
Olrun became somewhat of a
local hero by the trip, since he was
the first man in the memory of
the islanders to take a boat around
Nunivak at this time of year, when
the water is notoriously bad.
The water lived up to its repu
tation. The patrol was 13 days on
the march, and for six of those
days they didn’t see Olrun’s boat.
However, he stayed with them and
completed the trip.
The trip was a rough walk. On
the south side of the island there
is good beach, where walking was
relatively easy. The rest of the
way, said patrol leader Second
Lieutenant Richard Cousins, of
Greenville, Georgia, “it was mostly
muskeg, and we couldn’t really
walk. We had to step or jump
from hummock to hummock.
Otherwise we bogged down every
step.”
This was one of the things the
patrol went to Nunivak to learn.
It was the first time an Army pa
trol had ever traveled across coun
try on the island.
They also found there were sev
eral hunting camps and huts on
the island, but only one commu
nity. The entire population of
Homcsites, Picnic
Area Plotted at
Salmon Lake
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment, with District Manager Ross
A. Youngblood, has announced
to Rep. Bob Blodgett that the sur
vey of homesite lots and picnic
area at Salmon Lake will be fin
is ished during this field season.
According to Ross, development
of the picnic area other than sur
vey was not done during this sea
son as funds for recreation con
struction was not available in the
Alaska BLM appropriation. More
over hopes for Accelerated Fub
M lie Works money for Salmon Lake
|| recreation construction are dead.
? due to lack of funds available to
the Fairbanks office.
In a letter of reply to Mr.
Youngblood, Rep. Blodgett stated
that he was disappointed to learn
| that funds were not available. He
I expressed doubt that our Washing
ton delegation would do anything
to assist in the releasing of funds
necessary in order to do recreation
•I construction at Salmon Lake.
about 250 people is centered at
Mekoryuk.
“Everybody has a boat,” com
mented Sergeant First Class Gil
bert Hansen, Duluth, Minn., senior
noncommissioned officer on the
trip. “Most of them are 18 foot
skiffs with pretty powerful out
boards; and they can travel in the
roughest water I ever saw.”
Although the patrol had a pure
ly military mission, the men saw
a great many sights of other in
terest. They were impressed by
the muskox, sea lions and foxes.
“You know the expression,
“smart as a fox,” Sergeant Han
sen said. “Those foxes are just
plain dumb. They’ll sit there and
bark at you. When you get too
close they’ll run off a couple hun
dred yards, and then bark at you
some more. If you follow them
they’ll lead you right to their den
that way.”
! Villages Want City Status
According to Magistrate Kelli
her, the Village of Teller voted 22
to 4 in favor of incorporating into
a fourth class city. These are un
official results received by Muk
luk Telegraph.
The Village of Gambell has de
cided on a public hearing date of
November 4, for their consideration
of becoming a fourth class city.
Magistrate Maurice Kelliher will
attend that meeting and if it is
the wish of majority, an election
will be set up.
It is reported that Selawik is
also displaying interest in becom
ing incorporated. This trend leaves
Unalakleet, a reservation, as one
of the larger villages making no
move to modernize their local gov
ernment.
ALASKA GROWS
The total resident population of
Alaska as of July 1, 1963, is esti
mated by the Census Bureau to be
248,000. This represents an over
all gain of 2,000 over the period
from July 1, 1962, to July 1, 1963,
and a net gain of 21,833 since the
official census count of I960.
Nevada continues to lead the na
tion in rapid growth with Arizona,
Florida, California, Colorado, Utah
and Alaska following in order.
West Virginia was the lone state
reported as having lost popula
tion.
LEND A HAND
TO BARROW PEOPLE . . .
The City of Nome continues its
clothing drive today and tomorrow.
Bring your clean clothing, which
you want to give to the people
of Barrow, to the Fire Station be
tween 1:30 and 4 p.m.
WEATHER REPORT
Mostly cloudy. Low tonight 27.
High tomorrow 37.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 34, lowest 25. Maximum wind
39 miles an hour from the North
west. Sunrise at 6:34 a.m., sunset
at 5:02 p.m.
Comparative Data: Temperatures
year ago today—High 37, low 25.
Extremes on this date since 1907—
Highest 51 in 1932, lowest 13 in
1939.
Fire Prevention Week Is
Theme for Chamber
— The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce meeting,
held Monday noon, saw a large
turnout of members. Bob Oliver,
chief of police and fire, spoke to
the group in a kickoff of Fire
Prevention Week.
He stated that the nation has
suffered one and a half billion in
fire losses the past year. There
have been 22 lives lost in Alaska
due to fire in that same period
. . . 12 of which were children un
der 10 years of age.
Many points were brought up
by the chief relative to the causes
of fire and the prevention which
may be applied in order that fires
do not start. Other points were in
relation to emergency procedures
and plans in order that lives may
not be endangered, and the loss
held to a minimum.
“Phone 2211” stated the chief.
This is the fire department num
ber and should be memorized by
everyone. Many times the delay
in looking up the number means
the difference.
Frank Couch, Chamber presi
dent, made recognition of outgo
ing Mayor Donald Hoover and in
coming Mayor Roscoe Wilke. Ap
preciation was given Mr. Hoover
for his city reports at Chamber
meetings, and a vote of confidence
extended to Mayor Wilke.
Mayor Wilke made an appeal for
clothing which will be sent to
Barrow from the citizens of Nome.
Donors should take clothing
which they would like to contrib
ute, to the fire station on Tues
day, Wednesday or Thursday, be
tween 1:30 and 4 p.m.
SCHOOL BOARD NAMES
PRINCIPAL SPANKER . . .
School Board members met last
night and elected the following
of their members to new posts:
Paul Mandeville, President; Dick
Galleher, Clerk; Doris Wilke,
Treasurer; Ash Craft, Member;
Robert Schick, Member.
The board proposed adoption of
a policy wherein corporal punish
ment will be administered by the
Principal exclusively, and then
only as a last resort. All cases of
corporal punishment would then
be reported to the Nome Board
of Education.
The Nome School will continue
to seek P-TA help and assistance
from other organizations in de
fraying the cost of cups and labor
in administering the milk pro
gram. It is planned the students
will not be charged for milk cups
after November 1st.
Plans were discussed relative to
attending the Alaska Association
of School Boards meeting which
will be held next week in Cordova.
S B A LOANS
Loans amounting to $650,000
were awarded this month by the
Small Business Administration to
three Alaska firms. These firms
were V. F. Grace, Inc., of An
chorage, dealing in wholesale
drugs; Western Radio and Tele
phone, Inc, of Anchorage, dealing
in communications; and A nig Sal
mon Commercial Co., Inc., of King
Salmon, a retail merchandise
store. All three loans were made
with local bank participation.
Nome Glitters With World Air Brass
Following is the official list of
the foreign air attaches which vis
ited Nome on Tuesday, their titles
and rank, and country:
From Brazil, Lt. General Ar
mando De Souza E Mello Ararig
boia, Air Attache—Dean of Air
Attache Corps.; Argentina, Colonel
Roberto Cesar Mullen, Air Attache;
Lt. Colonel Horatio Jose Foladori,
Assistant Air Attache; Austria,
Colonel Bruno Rainer, Military and
Air Attache; Belgium, Major Gen
eral Count Alfred J. L. G. Cornet,
Military, Naval and Air Attache;
Burma, Colonel Kyi Han, Military,
Naval and Air Attache; Canada,
Group Captain, W. C. Van Camp,
Assistant Air Attache; Chile, Col
onel Walter Heitmann, Air At
tache; China, Colonel Hsiung
Sheng Hwang, Air Attache; Fin
land, Colonel Unto Oskar Mielonen,
Military, Naval and Air Attache;
France, Colonel Maurice Boileau,
Assistant Air Attache; Germany,
Colonel Helmuth Bruckmann, Air
Attache; Colonel Horst Krueger,
Air Attache Designate; Great Bri
tain, Air Vice Marshal Ian G. Es
plin, Air Attache;
Greece, Colonel Constantine
Kokkas, Air Attache; India, Air
Commodor Idris H. Latif, Air At
tache; Indonesia, Colonel Prawiro
sastro Sarjanto, Air Attache; Is
rael, Lt. Colonel Dan Kenny, As
sistant Military, Naval and Air
Attache; Italy, Brigadier General
Corrado Ceccacci, Air Attache; Ko
rea, Colonel Yunghwan Kim. Air
Attache; Mexico, Lt. Colonel Er
nest Amaro, Assistant Military
and Air Attache; Netherlands, Col
onel Robert Hofstede, Air Attache;
New Zealand, Air Commodore Al
bert S. Agar, Naval and Air At
tache; Peru, Major General Jose
Gagliardi, Air Attache; Philippines,
Lt. Colonel Jose M. Tinio, Armed
Forces Attache; Portugal, Lt. Col
onel Andre Da Fonseca Pinto
New Council Committees
Monday night the Nome City
Council met and ushered in the
newly elected city officials. Mayor
Wilke set up the following stand
ing committees made up of the six
Councilmen:
Laws, Ordinances and Printing—
Keith Hedreen, Jim McLean; Po
lice and Jail, Jim McLean, Allen
Doyle; Fire and Water, Allen
Doyle, Keith Hedreen; Health and
Welfare, Robert Harwood, Daniel
Karmun; Finance and Building,
Daniel Karmun, John Reader;
Streets, Alleys and Lights, John
Reader, Robert Harwood; Special
Committee (continuing) Sewer and
Water—-Allen Doyle, John Reader.
ESC Making Special Effort
To Employ Handicapped
President Kennedy has pro
claimed this week. Oct. 6 through
Oct. 11, 1963, as National Employ
the Handicapped Week. Since this
is an important program the
Alaska State Employment Service
once again is playing a major role
in stimulating the placement of
the handicapped. The Alaska State
Employment Service is ready to
assist the handicapped in finding
suitable work. The Nome employ
ers have done well in the past in
hiring the handicapped, and are
again asked to support this pro
gram.
Bessa, Military and Air Attache;
Saudi Arabia, Colonel Ibrahim Al
Malik, Armed Forces Attache;
South Africa, Brigadier G. T. Moll,
Armed Forces Attache; Spain,
Colonel Gonzalo Hevia, Air At
tache; Sweden, Major Bertel A.
Deshayes, Assistant Air Attache;
Switzerland, Colonel Karl Erny,
Armed Forces Attache; Thailand,
Colonel Bansha, Air Attache; Tur
key. Colonel Nazif Akdag, Air At
tache; United Arib Republic, Bri
I gadier General Halim A. Youssef,
Armed Forces Attache; Uruguay,
| Colonel Juan A. Villanueva, Air
Attache; Venezuela, Colonel Ru
ben A. Osio, Air Attache; Yugo
slavia, Lt. Col. Berislav Perc, Air
Attache. USAF Escort Officers:
Colonel W. F. Dallam, Jr., Lt Col.
Walter H Arnstein, Lt. Colonel
John S. Schifferer, Major Robert
L. Brown.
_
New Mining Map
Heady at College
A recently revised edition of a
map of Alaska showing the re
cording districts and giving the lo
cation of the district recording of
fices is now available from the
University of Alaska’s College of
Earth Sciences and Mineral Indus
try. The revision, an approximately
3 by 4 foot Ozalid print, was pre
pared by Professor Leo Mark An
thony of the Mining Extension
j Department.
In addition to showing the re
I cording areas of the State, the
map gives the principal withdraw
| als from mining law location
i ‘claim staking) and indicates the
1 areas which are subject to U.S.
Park Service regulations.
Copies of the map may be ob
tained from the College of Earth
Sciences and Mineral Industries,
University of Alaska, for $1 each.
Barrow Rescue
FAIRBANKS UP — This is one
of many stories trickling down
from Barrow after last week’s sav
age Arctic storm.
Carl Okpeaha walked seven
miles from Barrow through freez
ing winds and high waters to
reach the home of his grandpar
ents.
Okpeaha con vinced them
to leave for higher ground. Min
utes after leaving, their home was
swept away.
Later, the grandfather was
knocked unconscious by a large
wave.
As the water receded Okpeaha
was seen holding the old man
above water.
He carried him away, undoubt
edly saving his life.
The grandfather, Clair Okpeaha,
was the Eskimo who many years
ago ran 12 miles to announce to
the world the deaths in a plane
crash of Will Rogers and Wiley
Post.