US NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 112
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1963
Per Copy 15C
Travel Promotion Group to Tour Nome
rpHE NORTHWESTERN ALASKA Chamber of Commerce
will host the Alaska Travel Promotion Association on Satur
day. The group will arrive via courtesy of the Alaska Airlines at
9:30 a.m., and will be treated to a skin boat ride by the King
Islanders and a short tour of Nome, including a view of our Bering
Sea shore. The tour group plans to be in Nome for only four
hours. There will be a no-host?
buffet luncheon at the North Star
Hotel for all Chamber members
and guests, at $3 per person.
These traveling tour promoters
are airline representatives and rep-1
resentatives of tour agencies and
affiliated businesses, and are
viewing Nome in order to gain
first hand knowledge of our tour
ist attractions. It is anticipated that
the following members will be in
the group:
Mr. Voit Gilmore,, Director of
the U. S. Travel Service, and Mrs.
Gilmore; Bob Giersdorf, Brad
Phillips and Morrie Ford, Alaska
Airlines; Henry Roloff, State De
partment of Economic Develop
ment and Planning; Kay Kenne
dy, Alaska Airlines; Jean Sullivan,
Sullivan Hotel, Fairbanks; Bob
Churnick, Northwest Airlines;
Claire Banks, Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce; Frank Whaley, Wien
Airlines; Dick and Millie Webb,
Inside Alaska Tours; Margaret
Burnett, SAS representative; Bar
bara Kremer, Air France; Morgan
Talkeetna Sails for Nome
Jim Casey, Alaska Steamship
agent, announced that the SS.
Talkeetna sailed for Nome on Sep
tember 18th. The vessel plans a
call at Dillingham to discharge
some 300 tons of relief goods des
tined to the area. She will then
proceed to St. Michael where over
500 tons will be discharged, then
on to Nome. The Talkeetna is ex
pected to arrive in the Nome road
stead about Oct. 3, with 2,300 tons
of cargo.
WRANGELL DRAWS
NOMINATION BLANK
WRANGELL — Apparently
nobody wants to be Mayor in
Wrangell.
When nominating petition time1
ended Tuesday there were five
nominated for the position.
As of Thursday, all five had de
clined to run.
So for the first time in its his
tory, Wrangell’s city election bal
lot for Oct. 1 will have just two
blank spaces for Mayor.
Under the city charter Mayor
Doris Barnes remains in office
until a successor is selected and
qualified. However, a write-in
candidate could be elected.
WEATHER REPORT
Clear skies today and tonight,
partly cloudy tomorrow. Very
little change in temperature.
Low tonight 28, high tomorrow j
45.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 55, lowest 29. Maximum wind
30 miles an 'hour from the North.
Sunrise at 5:41 a.m., sunset at
6:10 p.m.
Comparative Data: Tempera
tures year ago today: High 47, low
41. Extremes on this date since
1907: Highest 57 in 1917, lowest 19
in 1930.
Richardson, Cordova Airlines; Ber
nie Kasinski, Anchorage Times;
Luther Fritz, Northern Consoli
dated Airlines; Bill Quinn, West
ward Hotel; Bill Sheffield, West
ward Inn; Frank Downey, White
Pass & Yukon Railroad; Jim and
Nancy Barnhart, Alaska Airlines;
Carma Churnick, Northwest Air
lines; Bill Pollock, Northwest Air
lines; Jim Dodson, Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce, and Peggy
Friend, President of Zonta Club.
Frank Couch, Nome Chamber
president, advised that these
people, and the firms they repre
sent, are very important to tour
ism and to the people of our area
jn this regard. “A good turnout at
the luncheon will show our en
thusiasm toward their planning
for future tours to this area,”
stated Mr. Couch.
M-K Co. Apparent
Low Bidder on
Teller Road Work
JUNEAU Lfl — Morrison-Knud
sen, Inc., of Seattle entered an ap
parent low bid of $3,332,309 yes
terday for the construction of
20.877 miles of new roadway on
the Sinuk-Tiksuk section of the
Nome-Teller road.
The job will also involve the
construction of six welded steel
bridges. The state estimate on the
work was $2,829,914.
Other bidders and their offers
included:
William A. Smith Contracting
Co., Inc., Kansas City, $3,475,928,
Alcan Pacific, Anchorage, Rivers
Construction Co., Spenard, and
Ghemm Constrution Co., Fair
banks, bidding jointly, $3,476,764;
Central Construction Co., Seattle,
$3,591,990; and Green Construction
Co., Des Moines, Iowa, $3,853,938.
Lions Roar Again |
After a summer of work and re
laxation, the Nome Lions Club once
again will face the challenge of
Community needs.
The first meeting will be a gen
eral get-together where the only
business being taken care of will
be the introduction of the new
offiers for 1963 and 1964. Heading
the list will be Jack Carpenter,
President, Bob Smith, Secretary.
The top community activity has
been and will ontinue to be “Sight
Conservation” — helping needy
people to get glasses through monev
going to Margaret Swanberg, our
Health Nurse.
And of course there will be
other Club projects, such as dances
— Hallowe’en Paint the Window
Contest, and a Hallowe’en Pro
gram for children up to High
School level. Possibly turkey shoots
again in 20-below-zero weather —
all of these for Community better
ment under sponsorship of the
Lions Club and chairmanned by
competent Lion members.
Tuesday, Sept. 24th will be the
get-together night, at 7 p.m., in
the back room at the Breakers.
Each member is asked to bring
a prospective member as guest —
ladies are welcome, of course. The
charge will be $5 per couple. Re
freshments and cold cuts.
Come have fun. Help the Lions
wake up.
MAVERICK MAKING OUT
— THE HARD WAY
A sixteen-year-old boy was ap
prehended for shoplifting in one
of the local stores and when ques
tioned by the authorities it was
discovered that he was not living
with either of his parents, or any
adult relative. He was placed in
juvenile detention until his mother
could be located and satisfactory
housing arranged for him.
Such arrangements between
parents and children, commented
Police Chief Oliver, are not in the
best interest of the child or the
community. Parents who are to be
absent from the home for an ex
tended period should provide for
adult supervision and assistance
to the child while they are away.
MEMBERS OF A RECENT tour to the Golden Shores of the Bering
Sea. From left to right: Brad Phillips, ASA; J. Rondino, A.
Stormes, American Express Tour Agencv; Terese Mayac and family;
Tourists to the City of Nome were J. Ostrander, N. Nichols, J. Cuhn,
M. Reynold, M. Boyd. G. George, L. Gilbertson.
Northwind Here
With Ice-Fouled
Steering Gear
WASHINGTON — The Coast
Guard said today the icebreaker
Northwind, returning from an
oceanographic voyage along the
north coast of Russian Siberia, has
suffered extensive damage to its
steering gear from Arctic ice.
The Northwind reported heavy
ice had reduced its steering capa
bility by more than 50 per cent,
in addition to previous damage
sustained by the vessel during its
probe near Siberia.
The Coast Guard said the North
wind had been some 500 miles
west northwest of Point Barrow, in
the Arctic Ocean between Siberia
and Wrangell Island, north of Si
beria.
The vessel said its crew could
not make repairs on the steering
gear, the Coast Guard said, and the
Northwind was using its twin
screws to augment the steering
gear.
The Northwind, for the second
summer in a row, has made an
oceanographic patrol along the
north coast of Siberia. The Coast
Guard said the icebreaker kept
within sight of land, but outside
Siberian territorial waters.
It has been on patrol since July.
Early this month, the Coast
Guard said the Northwind had
even then been breaking through
four feet of ice with humps rang
ing up to 10 feet and had experi
enced some damage to her bow,
but not enough to cut short her
mission. The ship was due back
at Point Barrow in October and
at her home base of Seattle in No
vember.
The icebreaker, which had been
skirting Russian waters on its
oceanographic mission, actually
was in Russian service during
World War II under the Lend
Lease program. It was returned to
the Coast Guard in 1948.
In Seattle, headquarters of the
13th Coast Guard District said the
vessel is due in Nome today. It
said the ship is not taking water,
and is in no danger. Whether it
will be possible to make repairs
at Nome will be determined later.
The Northwind stopped Wednes
day at Cape Lisbourne, on the
west coast of Alaska, to debark
two University of Washington sci
entists, and the ship left Cape
Lisbourne late Wednesday night.
CHAMBER WILL PICNIC
AT HISTORIC SITE
In place of the regular Monday
luncheon, the Chamber of Com
merce members will be treated to
an excursion to Anvil Creek. All
Chamber members are to meet in
front of the North Star Hotel at
noon. Box lunches will be provided
to members, and transportation
will be via Wien’s sightseeing bus.
The State Police will have their
vehicle, equipped with loudspeak
er. on hand at Anvil Creek and
Mr. Carl Glavinovich will address
the gathering relative to the dis
covery of gold at this historic i
spot. The public is cordially invited
to follow in their private automo
biles if they so desire. Additional
box lunches will be availabe at the
North Star for non-members.
Egan Hails New Oil Strike
JUNEAU (£1 — Gov. William A.
Egan today described an announce
ment by the Shell Oil Co. of a
major oil strike in Cook Inlet as.
a tremendous step in the devel
opment of the 49th State.
Shell announced the strike
Thursday. It said its middle ground
shoal State No. 1 well, 60 miles
southwest of Anchorage, was flow
ing at a rate of more than 60f>
barrels a day.
“I’m happy for what this means
for Alaskans and the oil indus
try itself,” Egan said.
“I am confident the announce
ment will mean that Alaska will
truly become one of the major oil
producing states of the nation, if
not the world.
“It will mean accelerated oil ex
ploration efforts in Alaska and it
bears out the faith of Alaskans
and the oil industry in the poten
tial of our state as a major oil.
producer.”
KENNEDY CAR 'BOMBED*
BY MISCHIEVOUS KIDS
NEW YORK UP — President
Kennedy’s black bubble-top lim
ousine was spattered Thursday
night by a paint bomb thrown
from a passing station wagon
loaded with teen-agers. Police
called it the work of “prankish
kids.”
The car was parked in front of
a Fifth Avenue apartment house
where Kennedy was attending a
dinner party in the home of EarL
E. T. Smith, former Ambassador
to Cuba.
Chief of Detectives Larence J.
McKearney said the teen-agers
apparently did not know it was
Kennedy’s car.
MEET THE TEACHER
Our teacher today is Gary P.
Beaty, and he is teaching the sixth
grade. His experience is one year
at Nome in 1962. His educational
background consists of a B.A. from
John Brown University. He has also
attended the University of Alaska
and the University of Texas. His
former home is in Berne, Indiana.
Gary states that his hobbies are
electronics in the form of radio,
TV and Hi-fi. He advises also
that he enjoys traveling in order
to meet different people.
SENATOR LESTER BRONSOW
left for Anchorage on Wednesday
to attend a meeting of the State
Legislative Council, of which he
is a member. Also attending from
this district will be Rep. Axel
Johnson from the Yukon area. Sen.
Bronson also plans to attend the
Democratic Central Committee
meeting to be held in Anchorage
Sunday.
ELECTION OCT. 1
Election day is Tuesday, Octo
ber 1st. According to the City
Clerk, to date only one candidate
has made himself known. Mr. Ash
Craft has filed for the one-year
term on the Nome School Board.