m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 122
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER \4, i%.s
Per Copy 15C
X-rav Team Here
I he Alaska Health Department
announces that the X-ray Survey
Team, composed of Rex Morrow
and Jim Sullivan, will provide free
X-rays for all adults at the City
Hall.
The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Oct. 15 — 10 to 12 a.m,
1 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16 — 1 to 5 p.m .
7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 17 — 1 to 5 p.m.,
7 to 9 p.m.
These X-rays are examination
for tuberculosis as well as expos
ing heart disease and cancer. All
adults should avail themselves of
the opportunity to have a free
examination.
School Superintendents to
Gather at Cordova
The annual conference of the
Superintendents Advisory Com
mission will be held in Cordova
October 15-17, according to As
sistant Commissioner of Education
Robert P. Isaac.
The Commission, composed of
superintendents from city and inde
pendent school districts throughout
the State, meets each year to con
sider current educational prob
lems and make reommendations
and suggestions for consideration
by the Commissioner and tne
State Department of Education.
Topics planned for discussion
include: The effect of borough or
ganization on school districts; im
plementation of the Foundation
program (State support for pub
lic shools); personnel pratices and
professional legislative recommen
dations.
The Association of Alaska School
Boards plans to hold their annual
meeting concurrently with the Su
perintendents Advisory Commis
sion and will participate in sev
eral joist sessions during the
three-day conference.
WEATHER REPORT
(From the U.S. Dept, of Commerce
Weather Bureau)
Continued cloudy with Northeast
winds 15 to 25 miles per hour.
Little change in temperature.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 33, lowest 25. Maximum wind
21 miles an hour from the North
Northeast. Sunrise at 6:53 a.m.,
sunset at 4:44 p.m.
M-M-M Nurse Will Take
Anesthesia Training
Barbara Wilson, nurse at the
M-M-M Hospital for over two
years, leaves Friday for Minnea
polis, Minn., where she will en
roll for the next year and a half
in a school for special training
as an anesthetist.
Upon completing her special
training she plans to return to the
local hospital where the surgical
department has been handicapped
due to the shortage of specialists
in this field.
Miss Wilson, who is also a deac
oness of the Methodist Church, has
spearheaded the project of the Omie
McCarthy Circle by sharing her
talent as an artist, and sketching
a picture on the back of the beau
tiful wild flowers picture which is
their project, and orders for which
keep the group busy the year
’round.
WOMAN'S CLUB WELCOMES
FOREIGN VISITORS WITH
LOCAL FLAVOR
The Woman’s Club of Nome, as
its international project of the
year, assisted in the welcoming ol
the Air Attaches from Washington
D. C., who were here last Tuesda>
and represented over 40 nations
i in the free world.
Each guest was presented with
a jar of Nome made jelly frorr
j tundra berries and a special greet
| ing was expressed to them by Mrs
Robert Fenstermacher, who spoke
in English, Congolese and French
Another club member, Mrs. Dear
Bronson, added international coloi
by appearing in her native India
sari.
Highways Meeting
At Douglas
A three-day meeting with tin
district highway engineers and
the headquarters staff began Oct
9 at the Department of Highway::
building in Douglas.
Purpose of the meeting was tr
discuss the Highways budget pres
entation and programming of work
for the next fiscal year, Commis
sioner D. A. McKinnon said. A
similar conference was held last
year.
District engineers who were
there for the meeting were Roy
W. Jenkins, Anchorage; H. W.
Johanson, Fairbanks; Cosby Steen,
Juneau; Nels Kjelstad, Valdez, and
Obert Hyde, Nome.
Newspaper Week Stresses Freedoms
This week, October 13-19, is
National Newspaper Week
WHAT is it? Its purpose is to
emphasize the big difference that
newspapers make in our life, the
vital role they play in protecting
the people’s three great freedoms—
Freedom of the Press . . . Free
dom of Speech ... and Freedom
of Religion.
The freedoms which the press
protects make an important dif
ference in our life. They guarantee
your right to KNOW what your
government is doing, to VOICE
your own oinions about current
problems, and to BELIEVE in
whatever ideals you choose, even
if they don’t coincide with the
ideology of the men in power.
There are many places in the
world today — not just in Russa
— where editors are tnroiiiea ior
“Causing public unrest," or “in
sulting" the government. Cuba is
one of those places, and is just
a long swim from the U.S. coast,
People are not free where the
press is gagged. The big difference
between our lives and theirs is
a free press.
Newspapers make a difference in
people’s lives every day. Then
news and sports articles tell whal
has happened in the world; theii
editorials tell why. Their features
and cartoons offer a world of en
tertainment; the ads, a complete
shopper’s guide in a nutshell. And
that’s not all. This newspaper
every newspaper, is constantly try
ing to improve itself, to serve yoi
better, every day.
Committee Will
Reveal Effects of
Smoking oil Health
WASHINGTON UP> — The scien
tific jury sitting in judgment of
the link between smoking and
health is nearing the end of its de
liberations.
Probably its cumulative mind is
already made up in many areas --
and reports indicate fairly com
plete agreement in its views.
Its report to the nation is ex
pected before the end of the year
and could come at any time.
There are reports that drafts ol
the Advisory Committee on Smok
ing and Health’s deliberations or
parts of its judgement are alreadv
in private government circulation
but panel spokesmen insist tha
the final report has not yet beer
formulated.
Probably not since the long wai
for a verdict on the Salk polio vac
cine has a scientific health deci
sion raised such interest.
But it may be disappointing, t<
a degree, when it finally comes. I
will restrict itself to the validir
or invalidity of reported links be
tween smoking and health. It wi‘
not suggest legislation, or actio'
— or at least that is not its presen
intent.
The panel met for the first tim
last November — and that meetin
was mostly organization. Th
panelists didn’t get down to thi
facts of the case until last Januar.
and March.
Since then committee member:
have been working night, day anc
vacation. You can find heav\
smokers on the panel, but it woui
be useless to gauge their scicntifi
answers from their personal hab
its.
There have been charges of po
litically instigated delays. Certain
ly many have wondered if press
ures have been exerted, consider
ing the tobacco industry’s siz<.
and influence. Tobacco taxes rui
into the billions and tobacco farm
to the hundred thousands.
But there is no evidence of any
political or other interference in
the jury’s deliberation. Spokesmen
for the panel deny there has been
any.
The panel was selected from
nominations of health agencies,
federal units and the tobacco in
dustry.
Delays have been encountered,
spokesmen point out. But they
also point to the bourgeoning piles
of evidence considered.
KING ISLAND GROUP
LEAVE WITH NORTH STAR
The following King Islanders
boarded the NORTH STAR Fri
day: John Kukuluk and family,
John Penetac and family, Ed Muk
toyuk and family, Charlie Mayac
and family, Paul Natanguk and
family, John Ungushook, Joe Ang
noc, Stanislaus Muktoyuk, Ro
mauld Ketaxec and John S. Pen
etac. Frances Ross, woman author,
also joined the King Islanders.
TALKEETNA SAILS
The S.S. TALKEETNA de
parted Nome this afternoon. She is
bound for Sand Point. Alaska, for
loading of fish, and then on to
Seattle.
Underwood Will Leave
Safety Belts Up To Salons
! JUNEAU (/P)—A proposed change
; in the state traffic code to require
' the installation of seatbelts on
; new cars and pickup trucks was
withdrawn by I\iblic Safety Com
missioner Martin B. Underwood
today.
Underwood said Thursday that
hearings would be held on the pro
posed change, which would have
required seatbelts for the driver
and one front-seat passenger on
all cars and pickups manufactured
after Jan. 1, 1965, and offered for
sale in Alaska.
In announcing withdrawal of the
proposed regulation, Underwood
said the problem was one which
should be left to the discretion of
the Legislature, “since it had the
matter before it at the last legis
lative session.”
The State Senate, during the 1963
session, turned down a bill, SB28,
which would have required seat
belts in new autos.
Six Die in Flaming
• Helicopter at Idlewild
r NEW YORK W — All six per
- suns aboard were killed today
1 when a New York Airways heli
1 copter crashed in flames at New'
t York’s Idlewild Airport. Three of
the victims were passengers and
- the other three were crew mem
l bers.
; Witnesses said the helicopter
i i blew up after its takeoff. New
r York Airways said it was en route
to Wall Street in Manhattan and
; then to Newark Airport in New
[ Jersey, w'hen the crash occurred.
The blazing helicopter set fire
to grass near the center of the
sprawling airport, and more than
a score of fire-fighting units re
sponded to the alarm.
The fire department says the
helicopter exploded as it climbed
away from the field. It was almost
entirely destroyed.
The twin-engine, twin-blade
| craft is capable of carrying up to
25 passengers and three crew
members.
It is owned by New York Air
ways, w'hich provides commuter
service between downtown Man
hattan and airports in the New
York metropolitan area.
California Group Wants
Tito Banned from State
LONG BEACH, iff — More than
a dozen effigies of Yugoslavia’s i
Marshal Tito have been discovered
hanging in Southern California.
Dummies of the Communist leader
swung from flag poles, bridges
and public buildings. Tito plans a
visit to California later this week
at the invitation of Governor
Brown, who says it’s not an offi
cial visit and adds that he won't
be meeting Tito's plane. A dozen
dummies were found in Long
Beach, one in downtown Los An
geles and three in suburban Lake
wood. A group calling itself “The
Committee against Communist
Tito” has een trying to get public
support for a protest of the visit.
MISS SIDNEY ALBANO. kinder
garten teacher at the Catholic
Church last year, announced her
intention to wed on Saturday, Oct.
12th. The lucky man is Wien Pilot
Peter Lentzmeier.
State High Court
Rules City Chiefs
Are Liable In Suits
JUNEAU W — The State Su
preme Court ruled today that a
municipality is liable for the acts
of its employes while engaged in
a governmental function.
The ruling came in a high court
opinion vacating a summary judg
ment entered in Third District
Court involving a personal injury
complaint filed by Idellar Seheele
against the City of Anchorage and
two of its policemen, Wayne Bas
kett and T. J. Norris.
The plaintiff claimed she suf
fered personal injuries arising out
of police brutality following her
arrest on Sept. 29, 1960. The offi
cers said her injuries were self
inflicted while she was in a state
of extreme intoxication.
In granting the summary judg
ment, Superior Court Judge Eld
ward Davis relied upon an earlier
State Supreme Court decision in
the case of City of Fairbanks vs.
Schaible, which said:
“We hold that in this case the
city is liable for the negligence of
its fire department. However,
since there were decisions of the
Territorial District Court which
may have led municipalities in
Alaska to rely upon a doctme of
immunity from that liability in the
exercise of governmental func
tions, in order to avoid hardship
on the municipalities the rule we
state in this case shall apply only
to actions arising out of occur
ences after the date of this opin
ion.”
In an opinion written by Asso
ciate Justice Arend, the high court
said it was now convinced its dic
tum in the Fairbanks-Schaible case
was erroneous and we. therefore,
disavow it.”
The Supreme Court ordered
versed and the case remanded to
the Scheele-Anchorage case re
yersed and the case remanded to
the trial court for further pro
ceedings.
High School Students
Sponsored Friday Dance
The Senior High School Student
Council sponsored a party and
dance in the multi-purpose room cxf
the High School on Friday night.
The dance, which lasted from 8
to 12 p.m., was chaperoned by
Mr. and Mrs. Emmons and Mr.
Poling, and was open to all of the
Senior High School students and
their guests
BABY SHOWER
Mrs. William Posey was hostess
at a surprise baby shower given at
her home last Thursday for one
of Nome’s newest residents, Mrs.
Angelo Huffas Jr., who arrived
very recently from Germany.
About 15 ladies, several of whom
originally came from foreign coun
tries, were among the guests, and
many lovely gifts were given Mrs.
Buffas.
» 7 he Harpoon <(
The last ship has sailed_
In the Good Ol' Days this
was s-o-o-o-o permanent!