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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.
TAKES CA';E Of ABOUT EVERYBODY—_BUT HIM
$100,000 for Studies
JUNEAU (#> — The House gave
its approval today to a bill which
appropriates $100,000 for feasibility
studies, advance planning, site
selection and construction on the
vocational school proposed for the
Kodiak-Aleutians Senate District.
The measure was a Finance
Committee substitute for a bill sub
mitted originally by Rep. Gilbert
Jarvela.
ORDINANCE No. 414
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE
DATE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN
THE CITY OF NOME, ALASKA AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF NOME, ALASKA AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the annual munici
pal election of the City of Nome, Alaska,
shall be changed from the first Tuesday
of April to the first Tuesday of October
of each year, commencing with an an
nual municipal election to be held on
the First Tuesday of October of 1963.
SECTION 2. That nothing contained
herein shall be construed to eliminate
the annual municipal election to be held
on the first Tuesday of April of 1963;
excepting that, in order to implement
Section 1 above, unless otherwise va
cated, the terms of office of the candi
dates elected for a Five (5) year term,
at said April election, shall expire upon
the qualification of their successors
elected at the annual municipal election
held on the first Tuesday of October of
1967; and the terms of office of the
candidates elected for a Two (2) year
term, at said April election, shall ex
pire upon the qualification of their suc
cessors elected at the annual municipal
election held on the first Tuesday of
October of 1964; and the terms of office
of the candidates elected for a One (1)
year term, at said April election, shall
expire upon the qualification of their
successors elected at the annual muni
cipal election held on the first Tuesday
of October of 1963.
SECTION 3. That nothing contained
herein shall be construed to extend the
term of office of any Councilman, or
Mayor, who is a member of the Council
at the time of the adoption of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 4. That an emergency is
hereby declared to exist, and the usual
rules of procedure are hereby suspend
ed, and this Ordinance shall be read in
full, and again by its title and placed
upon final passage, all within the period
of one meeting, and upon the approval
by the Council, recorded upon the rec
ords of the City of Nome.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall
become effective upon the date of its
approval and the City Clerk is hereby
directed to give notice by the posting
and publication thereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 11th
day of March, 1963.
tSeal) Donald M. Hoover,
Mayor
Attest: Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 13, 15, 18, 1963.
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Dial 2631 For
Arctic Sanitary
Service
Washington Legislature
In Special Session 10
Hours After Adjournment
OLYMPIA, Wash. UP>—Ten hours
after the 60-day regular session
ended Washington’s legislature
met in special session today to act
on a $1.3 billion appropriation bill,
reapportionment and perhaps li
censed gambling.
Democratic Gov. Albert Rosel
lini called the extra session after
the coalition-controlled House and
the Democratic Senate couldn’t
agree on the money bill or legis
lative reapportionment.
Meantime a bill permitting
cities to license gambling — the
hottest issue of the regular session
—went into effect today without
Rosellini’s signature.
Opponents said they’d try to get
it repealed at the special session
or seek a referendum if the re
peal move fails.
Visitors from Bethel
Ben Wilkins, manager of the
N.C. Bethel Store, will be among
the visiting guests arriving today
and with his wife and son will be
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Couch. Also visiting from the N.C
Store will be Lillian Savaaria, whc
was with the company here foi
several years and has many friendj
here.
COMIN' and GOIN'
From Fairbanks: C. Schutte, H
Steele, Monica Erwin, Elsie Mae
Smith, Grace Aukon, Ann Walsh
Eva Merry.
From Kotzebue: Corinne Ker
foot, Jeannie Saccheus.
To Kotzebue: Alfred Corwin, R
Kunkle, Ed Clark.
To Fairbanks: J. McGiffin, Si
mon Angusuc.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
l
Charlie’s
Barber Shop
Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Phone 2343
AND WHEN WE GOT THERE
THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE
jVfOMF WAS STUNNED recently to learn that its water and
sewage project application under the Accelerated Public
Works Act would not he acceptable because the funds totaling
$400,000,000 had been used up. It had good reason to be stunned
because it had been assured by the heads of more than one state
agency that its need for a water and sewage plant gave it priority
over many other projects. The last improvement to the school
was given approval by the Health Department only with the
proviso that Nome take the necessary steps for sanitation.
A summary was received from Sen. Bob Bartlett listing
where the money from this act was spent in Alaska to ascertain
what projects and what areas in Alaska needed help more than
this area, ITie summary is published in this paper so that all
people iii Northwestern Alaska can see that not one cent went
to help the general public of Northwestern Alaska to upgrade its
health problems, its recreational facilities, its street repairs, as
was approved for all other parts of the state.
Out of $4,672,266 approved for Alaska from this fund, the
only money coming to this area went to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs for $120,000 for community centers a Unalakleet and
<~ape wooiiey, a non-existant community. THAT IS ALL THAT
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA RECEIVED.
It will be noted in the summary that $380,000 was allocated
to the Pribilofs under the Department of Interior and erroneously
placed in the Northwestern District. Had it been placed where it
belongs, in the Southcentral District, which includes Anchorage,
a total of $2,480,000 would be that district’s allocation of the
$4,672,266 approved for the state.
Northwestern Alaska has the highest rate of unemployment
in the state. The people of Nome did not seek improvements
in existing water and sewage systems. The Nome application was
a primary petition to change Alaska’s best known city from a
primitive "honey bucket’’ status to a sanitary system for the health
of the community and to protect the thousands of visitors who
pass through Nome each year during the months when the health
hazard is at its worst.
JNorthwestern Alaska, because of its remoteness, is accustomed
to getting the crumbs when allocations of funds are made, but
this time there were no leftovers.
If this part of the state is to develop, it is vital that a fair
share of such funds, as were available under the Accelerated
Public Works Act, be expended here. Without this basic improve
ment, all modern business and home building remains at a
standstill.
Nome’s application was in early enough to have been con
sidered—just who shuffled the cards is not clear at this time—but
continuing effort will be made to find out why there was dis
crimination against Nome.
In the meantime all civic organizations here who supported
the bond issue for the water and sewage system should get behind
the city and bombard the offices of our Washington, D.C. dele
gation so that we will not again be the forgotten people when
the next part of the Accelerated Public Works fund is approved
by the Congress.
Alaska Stale Society Formed
(Sen. Gruening’s News Letter)
An Alaska State Society, similar
to social organizations sponsored
by all the other states, was organ
ized in Washington, D.C., recently.
For many years Alaskans have
belonged to a combined Washing
ton and Alaska States Society. The
“friendly divorce” will be cele
brated at a joint dinner dance
April 3 at which the first slate
of Alaska State Society officers
will be elected. The organization
meeting attracted residents of
Fairbanks, Juneau, Anchorage,
Nome, Ketchikan, Seward and
Cordova.
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Repeal Utah Marriage Law
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah <tf> —
The Utah House of Representa
tives passed a bill Wednesday to
repeal Utah’s law prohibiting mar
riages between whites and persons
of dark-skinned races.
Previously approved by the Sen
ate, the bill now goes to the gov
ernor. The House vote was 52-6.
TURKEY "SHOOT”
f ‘B - FIFTEEN”
FISH POND
CAKE WALK
ENGRAVING
HOT
Reindeer Sandwhiches
ARE JUST
A FEW OF THE
ATTRACTIONS
TO BE
ENJOYED
AT THE
Arctic Club
CARNIVAL
ON
Saturday, March 30
AT THE
Nome School Gym
This Space Donated By
NOME LIQUOR STORE
American Opera Singer
Shot to Death In
Fashionable Rome Hotel
ROME (JP*—A titian-haired Am
erican opera singer in a red night
gown was found shot to death to
day in her room in a fashionable
Rome Hotel.
Police said soprano Frances Mc
Cann, 41, mother of four, was shot
last night by Ernest Arthur Box
mann, 54, a U.S. citizen of German
birth, and that he then critically
wounded himself with the same
pistol.
Ti e Rome homicide bureau said
Boxmann shot the woman in her
room, then shot himself on re
turning to his room. The two oc
cupied rooms on the same floor.
Miss McCann’s passport listed
her as Frances McCann Rodgers.
Boxmann was listed as a busi
nessman. Police said they thought
he was her impresario, but added
they were not sure.
The arrived in Italy from Ber
lin on Monday, police said. His
passport showed he traveled abroad
frequently and last left the United
States on Feb. 24.
The singer was best known on
the Pacific Coast where she had
appeared in films, and in light
opera in San Francisco.
Five years ago she went to Eu
rope where she was a permanent
member of the Berlin opera.
Miss McCann was married to J.
Walter Rodgers of Altadena and
their four children are in school
there.
Rodgers told a newsman that
his wife was nearing the end of a
two - year contract with a Berlin
Dpera company. When she re
ceived the contract, he said, the
family considered moving to Ger
many to live, but decided it would
create too many problems. So the
family stayed in Altadena and
Miss McCann returned as often as
possible.
CUT OFF TOO . . .
(Kodiak Mirror)
KODIAK — We fail to under
stand how we in Kodiak are cut
ofi irom federal aid on our water
and sanitation projects while the
city of Anchorage merrily goes
ahead and files for such aid and
receives same long after we have
made application. Somebody just
isn t reaching the right sources.
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