THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
BF. QJiit A BRIDGE TO CROSS
It Wasn’t a First!
*¥lWO RUSSIAN PLANES penetrated the Coast of Alaska last
week and has stirred up a lot of protest and excitement from
our military.
From news dispatches the public is lead to believe that this is
"a first attempt” by our neighbors to the west to fly over Alaska.
The fact that Russian planes have been tailing American com
mercial planes carrying passengers between St. Lawrence Island and
Nome many times and were picked up in radarscopes and reported
by phone directly to the office of Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara in a person to person call by Sen. Pearse Walsh,
seems to have slipped the minds of our military leaders in an
nouncing that this was "a first” The fact that a Russian boat
anchored right off the shores of St. Lawrence Island and was re
ported to Washington by the Nome Chamber of Commerce last
year has also been overlooked; the fact that hunters on Bering
Sea have been watched by foreign planes circling high above
has also been ignored; the many items of clothing and gear belong
ing to foreigners picked up and reported by the National Guards
men have been shelved.
A plea for coast defense to meet aggression of this kind has
been made persistently and repeatedly for the protertion of all
of the United States of America for several years and we can’t
help but challenge the statement that this is a "first attempt
This penetration of 30 miles could have been due to weather
but when commercial planes are followed between St. Lawrence
Island and Nome the weather has been clear and the intention plain.
It is time that some energy and thought be given to being
prepared in our own country as well as the many foreign areas
where our defenses are located.
The American diet now includes
86 pounds of beef and 4M> pounds
of potato chips per person an
nually.
ORDINANCE NO. 416
(Published By Title Only)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
NOME, ALASKA, FIXING THE SAL
ARY OF THE CITY CLERK TO BE
ELECTED IN THE MUNICIPAL ELEC
TION ON APRIL 2. 1963.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the
Nome Common Council of the City of
Home, Alaska, in regular session as
sembled, March 11, 1963.
/s/ Donald M. Hoover,
Mayor
Attest: /s/ Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 13, 15, 18, 1963.
Decision on Dyna-Soar
Put Off For 6 Months
WASHINGTON — Pentagon
officials say Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara has put off for
six months a decision on whether
to merge the Dyna-Soar and
Gemini spacecraft projects.
That was the word Friday after
McNamara’s return from Houston
and Seattle. The National Aero
nautics and Space Administration’s
manned flight center at Houston
is working on Gemini and the Boe
ing Co. at Seattle is working on
Dyna-Soar for the Air Force.
Both ships are being designed
to make use of wings or para
gliders for flying back to earth
after space trips.
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