THE
NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 147
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1963
Per Copy 15c
(Council Ponders New Breaks In
Sewer and Water Bonding Situation
ROME’S CITY COUNCIL met on Monday night with several
important matters to consider. A special meeting was first
held for the purpose of canvassing the votes from Friday’s Sewer
and Water election, and after adjournment of that meeting, the
regular meeting was convened.
The official election returns, based on this canvass, are as
follows: Precinct No. 1—312 Yes and 40 No. Precinct No. 2—308
Yes and 43 No.
Discussion was held on snow removal both on Front Street
and the back streets. The Council warned that the police will cite
owners of automobiles which are
left standing in violation of the
parking ordinances. These vehicles
are in the way and are a hin
drance to the snow removal
crews and must be moved in or
der to properly clean the streets,
according to the Council.
Maurice Kclliher, representing
the Chamber of Commerce, ad
vised the Council that the Cham
ber plans to bring the following
mining relics into town in the
spring. The Solomon locomotive,
the Council locomotive, the Key
stone drill and the Black Point
steam shovel. The Chamber would
like to place these in four inter
sections down town for the dura
tion of the tourist season. They
will be cleaned up, painted and
mounted on skids. A question was
raised by Councilman Reader as
to how the Chamber plans to move
them on the blacktop. Kclliher re
plied that they had considered
making moves on and off the as
phalt paving during the fall and
spring when there would be
enough snow cover to protect the
paving, and also to facilitate the
dragging of these heavy objects.
The matter was tabled for further
consideration on the part of the
City Council.
A letter from Paul Mandeville,
school board president, brought
about considerable discussion re
garding the Johnson-O’Malley
Act, and the state tobacco tax
as benefits the Nome School. The
core of the matter dates back to
1959 when the governent granted
the Nome school funds under the
Johnson-O’Malley Act in order
to compensate the school for an
influx of students from outlying
Anchorage Committee
Plans Exposition
Pointing To Future
The Anchorage Centennial Com
mittee is planning an exposition
that “will steer clear of the his
torical and tell of the future —
the future development of Alas
ka,” according to Mr. Jay Stau
ter, a member of the Anchorage
committee.
In an interview reported in the
Anchorage Times, Mr. Stauter
said, “We want to show the city
of the future, extending into the
Arctic wilderness.”
According to the newspaper ac
count, the Committee is working
toward a ‘do-it-yourself” ' program,
and is not in competition with
any city in planning the celebra
tion.
Unveiling of the Committee’s
plans to a number of prominent
Anchorage citizens was set for
December 5th.
areas which contribute no support
bv way of city taxes. This money
has been available each year up
to now. The school board has re
quested an increase from $30,000
a year to $43,000, and the BIA
has advised the school board that
there will be no funds available to
them at all for the ’64-’65 school
year. The school board has re
quested more money in view of the
coming water and sewer project !
which will see heavy conversion
expenses in the school. The BIA
has denied them any money due
to the fact that the State has in
creased their support to the school.
And again the school board has
pointed out that the state funds
are for education only and cannot
be used for a capital improvement
program, whereas the Johnson
O’Malley funds are used for this
very purpose, and their need is as
acute now as ever.
A considerable amount of dis
cussion was held concerning the
city’s purchases from the USSR&M
of the property presently being
used as a site for the new power
plant, and which will be used as
a site for the water pumping sta
tion and reservoir. City Attorney
Balone was instructed to act im
mediately in order to have ambig
uous language clarified to the
satisfaction of the Council. There
followed reading of a permit from
the State Highway Commission
which will allow the City to cross
and follow the pavement into
town from the pumping site as
necessary according to the pro
ject plans. The stipulations laid
down by the state for this use
of their right of way was ac
cepted by the Council.
The City Council has received
a letter from a firm known as
the Government Statistical Corp.
of Anchorage, which appears to
answer any pressing need to sell
the $475,000 Sewer and Water rev
enue bonds.
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Court Items
Joe Kroninger, Clerk of the U.S.
District Court in Anchorage, left
yesterday morning for Fairbanks,
enroute to his home in Anchorage.
Joe was in Nome on duty which
he performs once each two years
. . . that of going over Federal
jury questionnaires regarding
juror qualifications.
Grace Herman, Clerk of the Su
perior Court, advises that Judge
William Sanders will be sworn in
by Chief Justice Buell Nesbitt on
January 2 in Anchorage, and
plans to arrive in Nome about
the 4th. His wife and daughter
will follow.
CD Chiefs Pleased
With Results of
Village Confabs
Civil Defense conferences were
held in Kotzebue, Fairbanks and
Nome during the last few weeks,
according to Martin B. Under
wood, Commissioner, Department
of Public Safety.
KOTZEBUE saw the most suc
cessful of any of the conferences
to date. Better than 80 per cent of
the invitees were in attendance,
including representatives from
native villages. Point Hope was the
farthest village represented, and
as in the case of other villages,
the Village Council paid the ex
penses incurred by their represen
tative. It would seem there is
little apathy in these villages
toward Civil Defense. Warning
seemed to be the biggest problem
in Kotzebue since there is not
available at present any agen
cy which has a 24-hour com
munications capability. Since there
are no recognized shelters in
Kotzebue it was determined that
Winter shelters could be rein
forced by the use of ice blocks.
NOME had a fine conference
also. Perhaps the most outstand
ing phase of the Nome Civil De
fense organization is their warn
ing capability. Warnng would be
receved directly over the warning
line of the ALWAS system, and
is then capable of being relayed
to Police, Fire and Radio stations
within a few minutes, due to the
fine set-up in the City Jail, which
is located in the basement of the
Post Offce Building. Discussion
also centered around providing
additional shelter to the present
recognized capability and in ways
to improve possible home shelters
in the event of an emergency.
Added Attractions
From Lathrop High
An added attraction during La
throp High School’s visit to Nome
will be Miss Kent Dutcher, Sports
Queen at the Fairbanks school.
Miss Dutcher will travel to Nome
in the capacity of a Good Will
Ambassador.
The young lady representing
Lathrop H.S. sports during the
1963-64 season will make an ap
pearance at the two basketball
games and may have a few com
ments about her school and her
title.
Also making the trip will bo
Miss Mary Gatzweicz, who will
represent the Latin Club from
Lathrop. Miss Gatzweicz, will
visit Mrs. Cameron’s Latin classes
on Thursday and Friday and tell
about her experiences.
These two young ladies will have
many interesting things to talk
about and all Nanook fans are
urged to take in all the excite
ment of these fine games.
The Freshmen will play
Sophomores and Juniors in the
preliminaries each night. Admis
sion for the games will be $1 for
adults and 50 cents for students.
Let’s pack the gym and show
the Lathrop boys that we are out
to make amends for our two losses
last week-end!
Javcees Will Assist For
Blood Typing Saturday
Pat Durrett of the Jaycees, an
nounces that there will be blood
typing at the M-M-M Hospital on
Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9 a.m.
to 12. The blood typing of all
Nome residents is desired by the
hospital so that in event of an
emergency, a transfusion can be
given promptly in accordance
with the patient’s record.
The Nome Jaycees will provide
transportation from home to the
hospital and return to home for
all those who will call for this
service. Interested persons are re
quested to call 2586 for this trans
portation service. You may call
between the hours of 8:45 a.m. and
noon, according to Mr. Durrett.
KICY Appeals Verdict
To Alaska Supreme Court
On December 6, the Evangelical
Covenant Church filed a notice
of appeal to the State Supreme
Court in the matter of the judg
ment dated November 12, 1963,
wherein the Superior Court found
in favor of the City of Nome. The
I Superior Court case was the one
in which the Covenant Church
was found liable for city taxes by
Judge Hubert Gilbert.
School Board Plots
For Budget Money
The Nome School Board met
last night with a short crew as
two members were out of town.
A letter was read from teacher
Gary Beatty which advised that
school in order to further his edu
schol in order to further his edu
cation.
Teacher Pat O’Connell, it was
learned, has already been twice
deferred by the Army and dis
cussion was held regarding rights
of servicemen as concerns prefer
ential treatment when returning
from duty.
Mrs. Regnart reported at length
on the progress of the first grade.
The primary goal of this grade,
explained Mrs. Regnart, is to
teach the youngsters to read. The
much inspired first grade teacher
gave a full and comprehensive cov
erage of her achievements to date
and of her goals for the balance
of the school year.
There followed a considerable
amount of discussion on the
Johnson-O’Malley fund, how it
fits into the school budget, and
what must be done bv the city to
again obtain this much needed
support for the 1964/65 budget. It
is anticipated that the installa
tion of flush toilets will approxi
mate $4,000, and another $4,000
will be needed to paint the ex
terior of the school buildings this
coming summer.
Due to holidays, the next regu
lar meeting of the board will be
held on January 14th.
There is a Christmas program
planned, according to S u p t.
Charles, for Thursday, December
19th.
Following the meeting, which
convened early, the board went
into a private session and it is
presumed that they took up mat
ters of a highly confidential
nature.
Oil Bonus Bids to
Stale Hit $3-Million
ANCHORAGE UD — The State
of Alaska today received bonus
bids totaling $3,053,371.60 for
nearly 300,000 acres of potential
petroleum land in the state’s last
competitive lease sale of the
year.
The high bid for a single tract
in the sale was submitted by
Union Oil Co. of California and
Marathon, with a joint bid of
$207,235.
The money from today’s sale
lifted to $7.2 million the total
lease bonus revenues collected by
the state this year. A previous
sale produced $4.1 million.
The bid opening got under way
after Superior Court Judge
James Fitzgerald denied an in
junction request by a group of
independent oilmen seeking with
drawal of 50,000 acres from the
sale.
Garrison Freight Chief
Named GOP Fill-In
JUNEAU UP) — George Sullivan,
an Anchorage trucking executive,
will be tapped by Gov. William A.
Egan to fill the current vacancy
in the State House of Represen
tatives, capital sources said today.
Sullivan, a Republican, is man
ager of Garrison Fast Freight
Lines in Anchorage and is cur
rently president of the Alaska
Truckers Association.
Politically informed sources
here, who declined use of their
names, said the appointment of
Sullivan would be accepted with
out dispute by the 19 Republicans
in the lower chamber.
Under state law, the 19 House
Republicans have the power to
confirm or reject Egan’s appoint
ment to the seat left vacant when
William M. Sanders accepted a
Superior Court bench appoint
ment.
Sanders, a Republican from An
chorage who was serving a sec
ond term in the House, was named
Superior Court Judge for the Sec
ond Judicial District by Egan last
week.
Everett Bachelder
Suffers Arthritis Attack
It is reported that the Bacheld
ers have run into a snag in their
projected trip to the lower 48. Ap
parently Everett was stricken
with acute arthritis and had to
be flown to Seattle for treatment.
They were in the process of driv
ing out, somewhere below Tok,
when he was stricken. He was
taken to Fairbanks and flown
to Seattle from that point. Mrs.
Bachelder and family are still
somewhere below Tok in a cabin
awaiting further developments,
according to Harriet Brown, who
provided this news.
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Between School Board
intrigue and Council sur
prizes there oughia be a
good-un cornin' up.