THE NOME NUGGET
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James 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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TJOORAY FOR BLODGETT . . . and our sympathy to the
Golden Valley Electric Association. Where will it end. The
BIA, a bureau which was originally set up to work itself out of
a job (with the exception of their educational program) is now
so large, and harbors so many bureaucrats, that it is frightening.
Government intervention in private enterprise, as we normally
see it, is a Sunday School Picnic compared to the methods used by
the BIA to feed their hunger for power.
The opponents to Statehood are very likely to be right in the
final analysis, if the BIA is not stopped soon. Private enterprise,
the one resource which will build Alaska, will fall to this giant
octopus and our new State will suffer accordingly.
Grass roots Op\mo n
WARWICK, N. Y., ADVERTISER: "We seem to be progres
sing towards an era where larceny is becoming accepted. Not big
thefts or crimes, but the small cancerous type of larceny, that can
do nothing but ruin our society. The worker, who while paid
for 40 hours of labor, is proud of the fact that he only worked 32;
the motorist, who skips the parking meter; and brags he wasn’t
caught speeding; the income tax finagler; the bargain hunter, buy
ing shoddy merchandise at fantastically low prices, all are out
smarting themselves. You only get what you pay for in both mer
chandise and life. Too many of us today seem to be looking for
something for nothing, and in doing so we tend to degrade our
nation and the youth who will be our future citizens.”
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Speculators Cite FDR Order to Contest
Drillers* Rights in Kenai Oil Fields
FAIRBANKS (*» — Millions of
dollars — perhaps as much as V2
billion may be lost by some Alas
kans and gained by others in a
complicated legal fight involving
rich oil leases in the Kenai Penin -
sula.
The Daily News-Miner of Fair
banks learned yesterday from re
liable sources who declined to be
quoted that some wealthy Alas
kans could stand to lose thousands
of dollars in a ‘‘rags to riches to
rags” situation — of importance to
all Alaska.
One group of 14 Anchorage busi
nessmen has reportedly been draw
ing $100,000 per month in royal
ties from oil leases — which now
have clouded titles — in the va^t
and rich Kenai Moose range.
Covering about a million acres,
this area includes a producing gas
field and two producing oil fields.
Standard Oil Co. of California
has suspended plans for drilling
at Itxist one exploratory well as a
resut of recent developments, al
though a spokesman says no land
presently producing oil is direct
23 Years Ago Today
Plane honeymoon of former
Airs. Russell Merrill and Duncan
McLean ends with forced landing
in pasture at Kent, Washington.
Zeppelin Polar expedition, bas
ing at Pt. Barrow, announced by
Prof. Ludwig Weckman, director
of Leipzig University Geographical
Institute. Plan to use Germany’s
new LZ 129 ship. ,
Funeral service held for Mr.
Harvey Roy Miller at Federated
Church.
Edwards Griffiths convicted of
murder of Seattle police sergeant
Dohn Dolan. Gets life and says
he’s going to study aviation and
become a pilot.
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Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska dele
gate, declares it is duty of U.S. to
provide defense for Alaska re
gardless of London conference.
Says ‘it was folly” for America
to continue to permit Alaska to
lie defenseless.
LOOK 0-0
A Colorful Array of
Helen Harper
SWEATERS
Just Came In !
Priced from . . .
$795
to
ly affected.
Anchorage attorney James K. ,
Tallman, representing a group that
filed applications for 10 leases cov
ering 36 sections in the area after
Aug. 2, 1958. is a key figure in
the battle.
On Oct. 16 the U S Circuit Court
of Appeals in Washington, D.C.,
denied a petition by the Interior
Department for rehearing of an ap
peal in the case of Tallman vs.
Stewart L. Udall. The court re
fused to reconsider a decision
handed down Sept. 19.
Udall enters the complex pic
ture as the present Secretary of
the Interior.
Since the court’s Sept. 19 deci
sion, 300 to 350 top filings have
been made on oil leases at the
Anchorage Bureau of Land Man
agement office, according to offi
cials there.
Tallman and the people he rep
resents are at this point in a very
favorable position, according to in
formed sources.
Three major oil companies,
which filed briefs in the appeal
as friends of the court, received a
setback in the denial.
Tallman and those he represents
contended in court that a 1941
executive order made by Franklin
D. Roosevelt closed the Kenai Na
tional Moose Range to all oil and
! gas leasing.
This land remained closed, they
maintained, until it was legally
opened again in 1958.
Oil and gas leasing were pro
hibited during this period. Tail
man and his group claimed.
JUNEAU OP* — Asking Alaskans
to review their insurance needs
and protection plans, Gov. William
A. Egan yesterday proclaimed the
week of Nov. 10-16 as “Protection
Week in Alaska,” in honor of the
75 members of the Alaska Asso
ciation of Insurance Agents.
Fine Job Priniing at the Nugget
CLUE POT
Soda Fountain
Cigars — Cigarettes
Tobacco
Candy
Fresh Ice Cream
Every Day
ALL KINDS OF
SODA POP
Wife Held in Slaying of
Fairbanks Railroad Man
FAIRBANKS — A 28-yoar
old railroad section hand — Frank
Tobuk Jr. — was found shot to
death at his home northeast of
Fairbanks Wednesday night. Of
ficers are holding his 25-year-old
wife, Peggy, in the state jail at
Fairbanks.
His wife is charged with first
degree murder. Bail was set at
$20,000.
Tobuk died of a gunshot wound
in the abdomen from a high-pow
ered rifle. Police say the couple’s
two children — 2-year-old Sandy
and 10-month-old Kenneth—were
present when the shooting oc
curred.
Tobuk came to Fairbanks from
his home in Betties, Alaska.
Flying with Wiens
Frcm Fairbanks — Mrs. W. Mer
rill and family, William Wolfe, J.
Nagaruk, Stan Harhut, Larry
Traxinger. Arlev Evans, Tom Ros
: ariiuk, Charles Arrasmith, Myrtle
Johnson.
From Kotzebue — Ira Hill.
For Fairbanks — Ken Allen, A1
Osborne, Sheldon Quist, Oscar
Clements, Mr. and Mrs. E. Schmidt,
Chuck Lewis, George Leinard.
MEET THE TEACHER . . .
Today we introduce Lucy C.
Poling. She is teaching the second
grade. She has taught various ele
mentary grades in Alaska and
comes to us with an educational
background provided by the Uni
versity of Puget Sound and the
University of Alaska. Mrs. Poling
calls Alaska her home.
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