THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome, Alaska
Telephone 443-2381 11.50 Per Month
P.O. Box 66 $16.00 a Year
James F. O’Sullivan, Publisher & Editor
Ed Jocius, Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14. 1M3. at Ifce
post office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1CT*.
WHY IT RINGS TRUE
national newspaper. WEEK, OCT. 15-19
Newspaper — People Affinity
BY ROSCOE DRUMMOND
T^ffORE AMERICANS ARE READING newspapers more thor
oughly than ever before. There must be a reason.
Despite the decline in the total number of newspapers, total
newspaper circulation in the United States today is at an all
time high.
There must be a reason.
The reason must have something to do with newspapers —
and people.
There is a special affinity between them, between newspapers
and people. People must feel a great identity of interest with
their newspapers. One of tne reasons may well be that the printed
word requires more of its readers than any other media. Readers
get more out of newspapers because they put more of themselves
— more of their own thinking — into their newspapers.
I do not speak disparagingly of other news media; quite the
opposite. I think that radio and television reporting is a tre
mendous boon to our democracy.
Radio and television reporting greatly expands the surface
of public knowledge.
In my judgment most newspapers greatly expand the depth
of public knowledge.
The fullest, the most dramatic, the most conclusive evidence
that newspapers are really crucial to the lives of most Americans
— and, indeed, to their very way of life — is what happened in
New York, Minneapolis and Cleveland when newspaper strikes
left these cities newspaper-less for months.
Something very meaningful, something taken for granted
when it was present but greatly prized when, abruptly it was
absent, went out of the lives of millions of people in these com
munities when there were no newspapers.
I believe the reason is that while the printed word can be
supplemented by other media, it cannot be replaced as the most
reliable, the most accessible, the most meaty and the most satisfying
source of information and insight in this very anxious world.
During the long strikes the newspaper was grievously missed
— and nothing was able to take its place.
That is what I mean when 1 say there is a special affinity
between newspapers — between the printed word — and people.
Nothing could take their place and it is our duty to make
newspapers continuously better so that nothing can take their place.
AH Agencies Rush
iTo Aid Barrow
JUNEAU — An uncompleted air
strip being built by the State of
Alaska emerges from official re
ports and other information re
ceived by Gov. William Egan as
an unsung factor in efforts to ex
pedite recovery of Barrow from
the devastating storm of Oct. 3.
With more than a week elapsed
since 85-mile-an-hour winds and
15 foot waves wreaked havoc on
the far northern community, only
one plane has been able to land
at the military airport which pre
viously served as Barrow’s only
transportation link with the out
side world.
In the absence of roads and with
the coming of winter making
water shipments impossible, dam
age to the military airfield posed
the prospect of long delay in de
livery of badly needed relief sup
nlies
Fortunately, work begun on the
State’s Barrow airport this spring
had progressed to the point where
approximately 4,000 feet of run
way appeared usable. While run
way compaction had not been
completed, freezing weather soli
dified the ground to the point
where it was felt safe to use.
On October 4, while diminish
ing but still heavy winds contin
ued to buffet the Arctic commu
nity. a Wien Alaska Airlines Cess
na set down on the State field with
communications experts and a
heavy equipment operator.
Early the following day, a U.S.
Air Force plane landed with blan
kets, pillows, mattresses and cots
for Barrow’s homeless, and with an
Air Force survey team rushed in
to inspect the damage.
Later that day, officials of the
State’s Civil Defense organiza
tion. Red Cross, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Bureau of Indian
Affairs and the Small Business
Administration arrived at the State
field to begin directing the relief
and recovery program.
Barrow was on its way back.
State Chamber to Open
Annua] Meet in Juneau
JUNEAU UP*—Some 250 business
men from all sections of Alaska
are expected to be on hand here
Friday for opening business ses
sions of the State Chamber of
Commerce’s fourth annual meet
ing.
Registration is scheduled to start
at noon Thursday, with business
sessions scheduled all day Friday
and Saturday.
The theme of this year’s Cham
ber meeting is “Profit Potential —
Job Creation.”
Road Network
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The committee concluded a two
day meeting today in Juneau with
highway officials and Curtis J.
Hooper, project director for the
consultants. Both McKinnon and
Niemi made presentations to the
committee on what the agencies
believe the study should encom
pass, although no firm outline of
operational procedures was drafted.
Another meeting will be held after
a formal contract is signed between
the Bureau of Public Roads and
the consultants.
Essentially, the study calls for:
An analysis of the adequacy of the
Federal-Aid Highway program in
Alaska; specific recommendations
as to the construction of roads
through undeveloped areas of
Alaska, and connection of such
roads with Canadian roads at the
international boundary; and a feas
ible program for implementing
such specific recommendations, in
cluding cost estimates, recommen
dations as to the sharing of cost re
sponsibilities and other pertinent
matters.
IT'S CLOSING IN'
With the lagoon near Safety har
bor frozen over, light snowfall in
the Kougarok area and thick slush
ice drifting in on the Bering Sea, I
winter is slowly but surely closing
in on Nome. To the South, Una
lakleet reports a few inches of
white cover, and Kotzebue feels
the effect of snow and wind. The
increasing number of parkas seen
about tells us we are ready again
for the seven-month stretch.
The Phoebe Circle will hold its
first fall social Thursday, Oct. 17,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoebe Hall.
All members are urged to attend,
as there is business to be discussed.
In charge are: Refreshments, Hel
en Carlson; Devotions, Ruth Town
er; Games, Alma Tungwenuk.
The RotaryAnns met Tuesday
for luncheon in the Seaview Room
of the North Star Hotel, with Mrs.
Donald Hoover presiding. Plans
were made for the Rotary Hallow
een costume party that will be
held for members and guests on
October 31.
MYSTERY OF THE WEEK !
Who is Elizaeth Booker —Poet ?
Leiier
To The Editor
To The Editor:
Once again, we here at the Nome
Hospital extend our thanks to the
Alaska Crippled Children’s Asso
ciation for their gift of the Thom
as Collars and Goniometer to our
Physical Therapy Department.
This gift has made it possible for
us to give better care to those
with orthopedic problems, and I
am sure it is also satisfying to
those in the community who have
given to this worthy organization
to know that their contributions
have not only contributed to the
State-wide Program but also to
the health of those in their own
community.
ROBERT E. FENSTERMACHER,
M.D., Director, Nome Rehabilita
tion Demonstration Grant Project.
MEET THE TEACHER
Greetings to Dorothy Rose Kai
ser. She is teaching the 5th grade.
Longwood College, Farmville, Pa.,
provided her with an educational
background and she calls Phila
delphia home. Her hobbies are art
and traveling throughout the U.S.
and Canada.
29 Years Ago Today
The VICTORIA sailed Oct 14 for
Nome. Nome passengers were Dr.
O. A. Braafladt, C. N Johnson,
Mrs. Chas. Cavey, Mrs. B. C.
Goodrich, Janet Goodrich, Leo Sei
denverg, Emery Martin, R. A. Sten
erson, G. L. Stenerson, Mrs. Joe
Wallace, Mrs Geo Bowles, H. L.
Prucho, wife and child; H. R.
Phillips, Archie Priest, Miss Ryn
ning, Mrs. R. B. Julian and Mrs.
Dan Alvich.
☆ ☆ ☆
C. C. Tanner has offices open
opposite the bank — one door west
of the City Laundry.
☆ ☆ ☆
Washington took Oregon 16 to 6,
Stanford measured Northwestern
20 to 0, and Army fought Drake
to a 48 to 0 loss in football.
ORDER YOUR
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