NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 146
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1963
Per Copy 15c
Stale Chamber
Complains to Udall
On BIA in Barrow
FAIRBANKS tj'P) — A letter cri
ticizing the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs power plans at Barrow has
been sent to Secretary of Interior
Stewart L. Udall by the State
Chamber of Commerce.
“We strongly question why the
Bureau of Indian Affairs should
expand its extensive operations
into the field of power genera
tion when Golden Valley (Elec
tric Association) has the quali
fied people — the proven ability
to produce — and the expressed
desire to operate this system,”
wrote the Chamber’s general man
ager, Don Dickey.
Golden Valley has invested
about $200,000 in a power system
at Barrow and has learned the
BIA plans to produce its own
electricity.
The BIA’s plan takes away the
major users of power in Barrow
from Golden Valley.
“We sincerely suggest that it
would be in the best interests of
all concerned if a complete re
view of the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs’ disturbing and disruptive
decision was made,” wrote Dickey.
“We believe and trust your
consideration will reveal that this
Fairbanks cooperative (Golden
Va.ley) should -e '.Lowed t > pro
ceed with its original plans of pro
viding power for all Barrow.”
The letter was dated Dec. 5.
STATE ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSE CENTENNIAL
PLANNING EFFORT
The Alaska State Chamber of
Commerce became the fifth state
wide organization to endorse Cen
tennial Planning recently when
it adopted a resolution urging
support and vigorous action to
insure success of the Centennial
in 1967.
Earlier resolutions of support
came from the Pioneers of Alas
ka convened at Cordova, the
Travel Advisory Board, meeting
at Haines, the Alaska Municipal
League, meeting at Seward, and
the Alaska Travel Promotion As
sociation, meeting in Cordova.
NO KIDDING . . .
Angelo Buffas, gentleman ran
cher of Nome, has imported a
couple of goats. Arriving on Alas
ka Airlines from Anchorage were
one nanny and a kid, and Angelo
has them at his residence.
He says that the nanny gets
real shook when he tries to milk
her with cold hands.
Ever try goat milk in your cof
fee, fellas???
THAW You
1UINK r
—n
Highways Dept. Plans
$10 Million in Projects
For Southeast Alaska
WRANGELL W — More than
$10 million will go into road pro
jects in Southeast Alaska next
year, Robert Sharp, deputy com
missioner of highways, told the
1963 meeting of the Southeast
Conference here Friday.
“During the 1964-1365 fiscal year
we expect to have 12 projects un
der construction in Southeast
Alaska,” Sharp said in outlining
the state’s area highway plans.
Sharp estimated the value of
the projects at $9,994,435.
He said preconstruction and
construction engineering programs
will total approximately $1,740,
000 during the same period.
Friday’s sessions were con
cerned primarily with talks by
various state and federal officials.
Jack Ruby to Go
On Trial Feb. 3
DALLAS UP) — A Dallas judge
today officially set the murder
trial for Jack Ruby for Feb. 3.
Ruby, 52-year-old night club
owner charged with killing Pres
ident Kennedy’s accused assas
sin, Lee Oswald, had been sched
uled to go on trial today. Both
defense attorneys and state pro
secutors agreed to the delay last
week. State District Judge Joe
Brown made it official by making
a notation on his court docket.
Ruby is now in Dallas County
Jail, being held without bond. Os
wald was slain as police attempted
to transfer him from one Dallas
jail to another. A nationwide tele
vision audience looked on.
Oswald was killed Nov. 24, two
days after President Kennedy was
shot by a sniper as he rode through
a Dallas street. Oswald was
charged with his murder.
Ruby was indicted for Os
wald’s death two days later.
The official charge is murder
with malice, for which District
Attorney Henry Wade can seek
the death penalty against Ruby.
Defense attorneys indicate they
will plead temporary insanity.
VISITOR FROM UNALAKLEET
Nathan Anawrok, and his boy
“Sonny,” dropped into the Nugget
offices Friday. Nate was in town
to have dental work done for
his son.
Sinaira Son Is
Spirited Off In
Sierra Snowstorm
STATELINE, Calif. OP — An in
tense search is spreading over
California and Nevada for kid
naped Frank Sinatra Jr. The
young singer’s manager, Tino
Barzie, is standing by a telephone
at Harrar’s Club, at the south end
of Lake Tahoe, hoping for some
contact with the two young men
who abducted Sinatra at gunpoint
last night. No ransom demand has
been made. In fact, no word has
come from either the 19-year-old
singer or the kidnapers.
The FBI moved into the case
quickly. They examined the mo
tel room at Harrah’s from which
Sinatra was taken, and went over
the kidnaping with Sinatra’s room
mate, trumpeter John Foss. Foss
I was left bound and gagged by
I the two men who abducted Sin
j atra and disappeared writh him in
! a large automobile in a heavy
i Sierra snowstorm.
i The young singer’s father — i
I widely known entertainer Frank
Sinatra — asked Barzie to stand
by as a possible mediator. Young
Sinatra had been singing at Har
rah’s. Meanwhile, the elder Sin
atra waited in Reno for develop
ments. Sinatra flew to Reno from
Palm Springs on word that his
son had been abducted.
Roadblocks have been set up all
around Lake Tahoe. The names
of two young California prison
fugitives — Joseph Sorce and
Thomas Keating — have been
mentioned in the case. But author
ities in El Dorado County, Calif.,
say there is nothing to indicate
they had anything to do with the
abduction. They are believed to
be in the area.
PIONEERS ELECT
In an election held on Decem
ber 4 th, the following officers
were elected for the Pioneers'
1964 season: C. O. Mickelson, pres
ident; Stan Morgan, first vice pres
ident; Lester Bronson, second vice
president; Henry Ulrich, secre
tary; Pearse Walsh, treasurer;
Jack Marasovitch, historian: Axel
Edman, sergeant at arms; Nels
Swanberg, trustee; James Keali
her, trustee.
Two new members initiated
were Paul Dryden and Lymann
Madden.
Plans for the Installation of offi
cers are to be announced later.
SEWER AND WATER ELECTION RETURNS
Precinct No. 1, City Hall
PROPOSITION NO. 1
143 yes 26 no, with 4 rejects
PROPOSITION NO. 2
143 yes 25 no, with 5 rejects
Total ballots cast 173
Precinct No. 2, Armory
PROPOSITION NO. 1
169 yes 14 no
Proposition No. 2
165 yes 18 no, with 1 reject
Total ballots cast 184
Beta Sigs Busy
Scheming Holiday Cheer
Xi Kappa Chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi, met Thursday evening in the
home of President Ruth McLean.
The study program entitled
“Clothing for Madame,’’ presented
by Betty Gustafson, was of spe
cial interest to the members as the
holiday social season begins. Mrs.
Gustafson reported on personal
observations of current fashions
during her recent vacation in Se
attle. An added treat was a report
by Mary Honsberger of women’s
fashions she saw in Paris and
Rome on her European vacation
trip.
The annual Christmas party for
both sorority chapters will be held
Saturday evening in the North
Star Seaview Room for members,
husbands and invited guests. So
cial Chairman Beverly Morgan
promises that Santa Clause will
make an early visit to Nome that
evening, with gifts for all. The
names of secret sisters for the past
year will be revealed.
Another traditional holiday ac
tivity will be the community
Christmas carol sing, sponsored by
Beta Sigma Phi. Service Chairman
Beverly Blanning is completing
details with the Kappa Chapter
chairman and they will be an
nounced soon.
Kappa’s busy Ways and Means
Chairman Mildred Harwood added
| to the chapter funds Thursday
evening with a small raffle and a
| jew’elry sale. A short business
I meeting completed the full
evening.
1 JOE KRONINGER, Clerk of the
U.S. District Court in Anchorage,
formerly a resident of Nome,
spent the weekend in Nome, and
will probably return to Anchor
age tomorrow. Joe is here on Su
perior Court business relative to
the jury roster. He advises that
our new Superior Court judge,
Bill Sanders, will probably arrive
! in Nome around the 4th of Jan
uary.
BREAK FOR RUSSIANS
j MOSCOW —Premier Khrush
j chev has yielded to the demands
of Russian people for a fairer
share in the fruits of production.
Khrushchev said the emphasis
will be shifted from heavy indus
try to the chemical industry —
particularly fertilizer to enrich the
farms.
The Premier outlined a seven
year plan that calls for funnelling
more than $46 billion into the
chemical industry.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Occasional snow showers end
ing this morning. Northwest winds
35-45 miles per hour, decreasing
tonight. Much colder today and
tonight.
Nome data last 24 hours as of 7
a.m. today: Precipitation .15 inch.
Month total .35 inches. Tempera
tures — highest 33, lowest -1.
Maximum wind 54 miles an hour
from the North. Sunrise at 9:45
a.m., sunset at 2:03 p.m.
Comparative Data — Tempera
tures year ago today: high 26,
low -7. Extremes on this date
since 1907: Highest 35 in 1932,
lowest -22 in 1923.
81 Die In East
Coast Explosion,
(^rash of 707 Jet
ELK TON, Maryland UP — The
chairman of the Civil Aeronautics
Board said today it will be a long
and difficult task to determine
what caused last night’s explosion
and crash of a Pan American jet
airliner near Elkton, Md., in
which 81 persons died. There were
no survivors.
CAB. Chief Alan Boyd told
a news conference held near the
crash scene that it will be im
possible to reconstruct the Boe
ing 707, and he said that while
the plane’s flight recorder has
been found, it is damaged and
may not be of much use.
Boyd said it has not yet been
opened but experts will begin
! work on it tonight. He could not
J predict how long the analysis
! would take.
Despite the damage to the re
corder, Boyd said, considerable
information might be determined
from the marks made in the
ground by scattered parts of the
! aircraft. All four engines were
found. Boyd said:
“It is apparent there was a fire
of some kind in flight.
“It is going to be a long time
before we are going to be able to
make any sort of definitive con
clusions on what caused v _ -'n
fortunate accident.”
He added, however, “Our tech
nicians can derive a tremendous
amount of information from the
engine and the wreckage pattern.”
In response to repeated ques
tions, Boj-d said there was nothing
so far to indicate any sabotage.
Earlier in the day, a federal in
vestigator expressed the certainty
that the airliner exploded before
it crashed, and did not rule out
either lightning or a bomb as the
cause of the explosion.
In Washington, the C.A.B. said
it has learned that another plane
was in trouble in the same gen
eral area at about the same time,
because of turbulence from the
stormy weather. This report indi
cated that rough weather, rather
than lightning, was a major fac
tor.
If lightning did cause the crash
it would be the first in U.S. com
mercial aviation records. Some
experts suggested that lightning
might have forced open a seam
in the plane causing leakage of
jet fuel, which then was ignited
by electrical discharges of the
plane’s own power plant.
AGAINST TAX INCREASES
Action to prevent an increase of
.15 per cent in the federal unem
ployment tax on employers for
1963, has been taken by six States
as result of an act passed by Con
gress recently. The states: Ala
bama, Arkansas, Maryland, New
York, Pennsylvania and Rhode
Island.