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.
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NICE, BUT WHO COULD PAY
FOR IT!
$500 in March of Dimes
Funds for Expenditures
Mary Andersen, chairman of the
Sah Yung Ah Tim Mim Chapter
of the National Foundation-March
of Dimes announced the expendi
ture of $500 in March of Dimes
funds. The money was voted for
the continuing support of the
March of Dimes-sponsored con
genital defects clinic and special
treatment center at the University
of Washington medical school and
hospital in Seattle.
The clinic center was established
in late 1961 in cooperation with
the University of Washington and
73 National Foundation-March of
Dimes chapters in Washington,
Alaska, northern Idaho and west
ern Montana.
Private physicians have already
sent nearly 350 infants and chil
dren with birth defects to the cen
ter. Nearly 1,750 visits to the
clinic have already been made ac
cording to information received by
the chapter.
25-Foot Waves Toss
Fishing Boat About
SAN FRANCISCO Wl — Hug<
25-foot waves tossed a 50-foo
fishing boat into the air—thei
spun it around—three crewmei
said Monday after the boat slipper
into Fisherman’s Wharf with thre
cracks in the hull.
Jerry Livers, 24, Napa, Calif
who was at the helm, said th
boat flipped Sunday night, turne
around in the air and then droppe
so hard “it felt like we had hi
bottom or a rock or something
everything in the cabin fle\
loose.”
He suffered a broken toe whe
a fire extinguisher fell on it.
Livers, Jerry McCullen, 25, als
of Napa, and the skipper, Bo
Fell of San Jose, Calif., battle
eight hours to keep the boat, th
Anna Alma, afloat.
The Anna Alma had refuele
here, then headed for the salmo
fishing in Alaska but had to tur
back.
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Negro Gunned Down
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Beside Evers lay a blood-stained
T-shirt bearing the slogan “Jim
Crow Must Go.”
The slaying, so closely follow
ing Kennedy’s appeal, evoked bi
partisan calls for passage of mean
ingful civil rights legislation.
Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-N.Y.),
called the shooting a “horrible
answer to the President’s plea.”
Sen. Thurston Morton, (R-Ky.),
said “this murder, another out
break of violence, is bound to add
to the sense of urgency for con
gressional action.”
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A native of Decatur, Miss.,
Evers had been a paid employe
of the NAACP for the last nine
years.
The outbreak of violence in
Jackson was markedly in contrast
to the virtually peaceful deseg
regation of the University of
Alabama yesterday.
Alabama National Guardsmen
called up by Gov. George Wallace
to preserve order at the state uni
versity were used to defeat his
plan to block enrollment of two
Negro students.
President Kennedy federalized
the Alabama Guardsmen yesterday
and the ex-pugilist governor, ir
the biggest fight of his career
stepped aside from the university
doorway, commenting it was i
“bitter pill” his own troops hac
to swallow to enforce a court de
segregation order.
The two Negro students thei
registered for the summer session
as the Guardsmen rolled onto th<
campus.
And what had been the onl;
state without at least token inte
gration of public educational fa
cilities was no longer the las
citadel of all-out segregation.
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Thick Cocoon of
Lethargy Settles
Over Castro's Cuba
Editor’s Note: This story is
by a Canadian press reporter
who has paid two recent visits
to Havana after being away for
two years.
By Jack Best
HAVANA l* — It may be just
the season, or the cause may go
deeper, but a thick cocoonj of
lethargy has settled over the lush
green island of Cuba.
Persons with experience here
I say they have detectel a strange
inertia developing. Others use the
term euphoria, with particular re
ference to the mood of followers of
Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
Both Fidelistas and anti-Fidelistas
betray a certain degree of rudder
lessness.
Competent sources say Castro’s
supporters have never quite re
covered from the traumatic effect
of the Soviet Union’s abrupt with
drawal of nuclear missiles last
October under direct pressure
from the United States.
Continuing economic troubles,
including food shortages and grad
ual breakdown of private trans
portation through lack of parts for
American-made automobiles, are
also making inroads on the Fidel
istas’ morale.
Yet at the moment, their spirits
appear in measurably higher than
those of opponents of the revolu
tion. From the heights of ecstasy
last fall, Castro’s enemies have
plunged to the depths of despair.
They had expected the U.S. vic
tory in facing down the Soviet
Union would mark the beginning
of the end of the Castro regime.
More than half a year later that
regime is to all appearances as
deeply entrenched as ever. And its
opponents are despondent.
Some of the bitterness they pre
viously felt for the regime has
been turned in other directions—
for instance, toward President
Kennedy, whom many are calling
a “Communist” because he put a
leash on Cuban exile raiders
operating against the island from
U.S. territory.
“If things don’t change within
two years. I’m getting out,” de
clares a Cuban who once vowed
he would never join the ranks
of refugees in the United States.
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
LEWISTON, Mont. W — Pub
lisher Woody Laughnan of the
Lewiston Daily News in going
through files of the Frontier Days
Lewiston Argus found this head
line on a story about the opening
of a trial:
“Dirty horse thief caught red
handed with the goods.
“Will probably be strung up and
good riddance.
“Stole horse from defenseless
widow.”
A jury acquitted the man the
next day and the headline read:
“Highly respected citizen wrong
ly accused of theft.
“Stupid charge embarrasses man.
“Widow was out to get him on
i false charges.”
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Chamber Dons
Festival Costumes
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce appeared in costume
last Monday at the noon meeting,
creating a festive atmosphere in
preparation for the Midnight Sun
Festival which starts on June 20
and continues through June 23
Festival manager Johnnie Rear
don reported that the Queen con
testants and the can-can girls will
make their first official appear
ance at the noon meeting of the
Chamber next Monday.
A special feature of the Festival
this year will be the opening of
the FAA Flight Service Bldg, on
Saturday and cooperating organiza
tions are promising many new
features as well as repeats on pro
gram activities of previous years
which were popular and successful.
The program is to be published
shortly.
Many guests were present, in
cluding Jack Campbell, publisher
of the Vancouver, Wn., paper; Mur
lin Spencer, Bureau head of the
Associated Press; Adrian Robinson,
Diomede Island teacher; Mary
Buck, child welfare worker at the
Nome office; A1 Stout and V. G.
Baker, jade miners; Phil Shedd,
nephew of Lester Bronson.
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL
American League
Boston 7, Detroit 3
Cleveland 9. Baltimore 5
Minnesota 8, Chicago 6
Kansas City 5, Los Angeles 2
National League
Cincinnati 8, New York 3
St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 8, Milwaukee 7
Houston 6, Chicago 2
San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 0
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 2, Spokane 1
Salt Lake City 7, Denver 6
Dallas-Ft. Worth 6, San Diego 2
Portland 6. Tacoma 4
Oklahoma City 5, Hawaii 3
Alaska Neighbor Day
Is on Tab for Minnesotans
JUNEAU UP> — Gov. Karl Rol
vagg of Minnesota has proclaimed
next Tuesday as “Alaska Neighbor
Day” in that state, to coincide
with the introduction of Alaska
shrimp in the Minneapolis-St.
Paul area markets.
The State Department of Econ
omic Development and Planning
said Tuesday that Sen. E. L. Bart
lett and Miss Alaska of 1962,
Teresa Dawn Hanson, plan to take
part in the celebration.
The celebration was conceived
by Seward Shrimp Producers as
a means of expanding the market
for growing Alaska shrimp pro
duction.
Commissioner Henry Roloff of
the Department of Economic De
velopment and Planning said that
Minneapolis’ largest bank, the
Northwestern National Bank, will
devote its lobby and display area
to a large Alaska exhibit for a
period of two weeks.
! Property Owners to Be
Told of Health Hazards
Property owners in Nome are
to be contacted personally by the
City Health Department concerning
health hazards on their property
so that they may comply with
the committee’s regulations with
out a public announcement being
made of these hazards which have
been found, it was announced at
the City Council meeting on Mon
day.
The City Attorney, Tom Balone,
presented a bill for $970.50 for
services above the regular month
ly salary to him for the months
of April and May.
Rev. Bob Leight and Fred Ca
vota placed complaints concern
ing the drain on Steadman Ave.,
with Cavota reporting drain water
in his basement and Leight report
| ing debris on the street and in his
church area.
No action was taken on a motion
to limit the city to two Cab com
panies with both companies having
the right to use as many cars as
they wish.
The Council voted to make no
payment to Richard Lee for the use
of empty lots owned by him on
which snow had been piled during
the periods of snow removal from
the streets.
Bids are being place placed for
a new police car. The bids will
ask for prices on both station
wagons and panel cars with or
without trade-ins.
A special meeting of the Council
was called for this afternoon to
study a profit and loss statement
prepared by Bon Davis, superin
tendent of the city jail, so that
Mr. Davis may take it to Juneau
when conferring with state officials
concerning state prisoners. Also at
the meeting the 4th of July com
mittee will be named and some
plans discussed for this occasion
as the USS Savage will be in port.
A report on the Nome Power
Plant site project in relation to
the land over which the city is
negotiating with the USSR & M
Co. will be made at this meeting
also.
Green’s Fuel and Oil was grant
ed the bid on delivery for the
next six months, with furnace oil
being delivered at 25Vj>0 and stove
oil at 27Vfe£.
EX-DISC JOCKEY CHARGED
WITH 1ST DEGREE MURDER
ANCHORAGE UP — A state
grand jury has returned a first
degree murder indictment against
a former radio radio disc jockey
accused of slaying a suburban de
partment store cashier in a rob
bery attempt.
The indictment was returned
late Tuesday against Irving (Rex)
Rovang Jr., charged with the fatal
shooting of Mrs. Betty Fields in
the holdup attempt May 11 at
Caribou’s Department Store here.
Arraignment of the 26-year-old
former radio announcer was sched
uled later today. Rovang has been
held since the shooting in lieu of
$25,000 bail.
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