OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
fifth Year No. 135
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER n, 196 s
Per Copy 15c
Nome Must Vote Again on Sewer and
Water Project, Say Attorneys
A PHONE CALL from Mr. John Havelock of Ely, Guess, Rudd
& Havelock in Anchorage, representing the firm of Ira
Haup/ & Co., New York, has dashed all hopes of a speedy
completion of the sewer and water bond sales. His firm has appar
ently received word from their bond counsel that there is a ques
tion as to the legality of the election in which the sewer and water
bonds were approved. With this question raised, they have reneged
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on their offer to purchase the
bonds at the 4Vi> per cent interest
rate.
This leaves the city with no pur
chaser for the bonds, and appar
ently no way to sell the bonds un
til the proposition is again put
before the voters. This time the
voters w'ould ballot on the sewer
and water separately. The interest
ceiling would be raised from 4Vfe
per cent to 6 per cent in the same
proposition. This type of balloting
will satisfy the bonding com
panies, and upon completion of
the election, the city will then be
in position to offer the bonds once
more. It is presumed that the going
interest rate by that time will be
not less than 5 per cent, however.
City Attorney Tom Balone re
ported to the Council that the city
ordinance, covering the bond elec
tion, called for a proposition cf
combined sewer and water. Coun
sels for two bonding companies
have advised Balone that this is
not acceptable to the bonding
companies as it affects the mar- j
keting of the bonds bv their firms, j
Balone also advised the Council J
that the new election code here 1
permits absentee voting. Absentee
voting will extend the election
notice requirements and this
means that 20 days' notice must
now be given before election day.
He reminded the Council of the
position they find themselves in at
this time. A previous extension of
30 days was granted by the HHFA
to give the city time to unsnarl
some of its loose ends. This 30 day
extension will run out on Decern
Nomc Teller Road Bids
Get Green Light
Mr. Bert Hyde, District High
way Engineer for the State of
Alaska, reports that the Sinuk
Tisuk portion of the Nome/Teller
Road will be advertised again
commencing Nov. 18. Bids are
scheduled to be opened on Dec. 19.
According to the Highway De
partment, some revisions have
been made in an attempt to bring
the construction cost more nearly
in line with the State’s cost es
timates. sept. 25th saw the previ
ous low bid of $3,332 319 junk; 1
by the State as being excessive.
M-K Company was the lov biuder
at that time on ttv 2°.8/7 miles
remaining.
ber 10th. ‘This means.” stated Ba
lone, ‘that we have until December
; 10th to either sit tight or go ahead
with, and complete, a new election
. . . plus prove to the HHFA that
we have the bonds sold. In effect.
; that we have raised our $475,000
I share of the project, and are in all
respects ready to accept the grant.”
“If the election notice is pub
lished on this coming Friday,” ad- .
vised Balone, “then we can hold
an election on about the 6th of
December and get in under the
wire.”
The Council members agreed
that during the 20 day waiting
period, various bonding companies
can be contacted anew, and it is
possible that they can have an
agreement consumated based on
the outcome of the balloting. By
careful planning and timing, it
will then be possible to have the
election, negotiate the sale of the
bonds, conclude the sale transac
tion, and submit the proper ma
| terial to the HHFA by the dead
j iine—December 10th. An additional
i extension of two weeks will be
| sought in order that the city may
have further leeway, however.
(Continued on Page 2)
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Nome School
Open House
Tomorrow Night
The Nome Public Schools cor
dially invite all parents and pa
trons to an openhouse Thursday
evening from 7 to 9 p.m. In observ
ance of American Education Week,
Nov. 10-16, the schools will host
all adults of the community.
Student guides will meet visit
ors at the south and west doors tj
escort visitors to any certain room,
or to take groups on tours of the
buildings. Displays and exhibits
of student work will be in the sev
eral rooms or departments, as well
as audio-visual aid equipment, ap
paratus for physical education,
science, band, shop and other
courses.
All teachers and staff members
will be in their rooms from 7 p.m.
' to 8:30 p.m. to meet with parents
! and guests. At 8:30 faculty and j
staff members will gather in the i
Multipurpose Room for refresh
ments, and be available to talk
“school” with persons interested.
Refreshments will be served in
the Multipurpose Room from 7:30
to 9 p.m. It is hoped that all build
ings and rooms will be visited, j
Some Nome citizens have not yet
seen the new shower rooms, the
new science department, or the j
new high school math and com- !
mercial rooms. A fourth grade
“outside” classroom, shop, and
homemaking rooms are also sep
arate from the main building, and
are of interest to many.
The Weather — Variable cloudi- |
ness today, tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 5, high tomorrow 23.
Big Bang in Secret Texas Atomic \\ orks
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UP — An j
explosion at a top secret govern- I
ent base shook San Antonio to- j
day, breaking windows more than *
10 miles away. There were no im- j
mediate reports of injuries, al- I
though a spokesman at the Medina j
Base Facility of the Atomic En
ergy Commission said workers
were in the area when the ex
plosion occurred.
The acting chief of operations
at the base, A. L. Miller, said:
“We have had an explosion but 1
we do not know the extent of it
yet. The explosion was basically |
TNT, but we still know none of
the details.”
The blast knocked out plate
glass windows in a downtown bus
•dntion and several other buildings,
and startled housewives in +he j
northern part of the city. The b ise |
is located at the southwestern edge i
i >f San Antonio.
A big cloud of noke kicked up
oy ‘he bias:, could be seen more
than six miles av;.y.
Several pieces of granite, al
ready loosened for a building pro
ject at the Bexar County Court
house, were knocked off and fell
several feet.
The explosion rattled windows
in the Auditorium where 5.000 del
egates are attending the Texas
Southern Baptist Convention.
The Texas Department of Pub
lic Safety office in San Antonio
went on emergency alert and the j
county sheriff's office sent all
available cars to the base.
The base does work on atonr.c
projects for the Atomic Energy;
Commission and its work is con
sidered highly secret.
The AEC said in Washington
that the work of the plant in
volves testing, assembly, repair,
mo< fi cat ion and d'sposal of nu
clear weapon component?
It added that these induce elec
tronic and mechanical asserblies
as .veil as chenra* high cxplo
\ "s a. d radioactive materals.
\r AEC spokesm m sail -ie
plant employs about 60u wor) ers.
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Drys Overthrow Wets
JUNEAU (AP) — The Village of Kotzebue, in a local option
election Tuesday, voted 199-183 against the sale of alcoholic bev
erages within the community, Chairman Bill Ray of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board said today.
On a separate ballot, Kotzebue voters, by a 205-132 count,
determined that if alcoholic beverages were to be permitted, that
they be permitted only by a non- ;
profit corporation.
Liquor sales in the arctic vil
lage have been confined to a non- i
profit organization only for the
past 18 months. During that time,
the corporation has turned over
some $32,000 in profits to the
village.
The money was used for police
protection, for a land fill on Front
Street, garbage handling, street
light maintenance and play
ground equipment.
Ray said the sale of liquor by
the non-profit corporation would
continue in Kotzebue until its li
I cense expires Dec. 31.
I The city can schedule another
local option election any time 35
per cent of the voters in Tuesday's
election indicate a desire for an
other election, but the ABC could
not, even if liquor sales were ap
proved again, issue a new license
for liquor sales within five miles
of Kotzebue until next Nov. 12.
“It seems almost inconceivable
to me that these people would i
want to go back to the old bootleg
days, where profits go into private
pockets rather than into civic bet
terment and youth activities.” Ray
said.
The ABC said a State Police
trooper told the ABC Dec. 7, 196L
in Kotzebue that liquor shipments j
totaling 3,300 pounds were con
signed to two or three shippers in
Kotzebue during the five-month
period ending Nov. 24, 1961.
Resale of that liquor, Ray said, ;
No Russians Allowed Here
JUNEAU IrP — Areas in Alask i
closed to travel by Soviet citizens,
excepting those assigned to the
United Nations or traveling under
exchange programs, include the
Aleutian Islands, islands of the
Bering Sea, Kodiak Island, and
the cities of Haines, Seward and
Skagway.
Border zones in Alaska closed to
travel by Soviet citizens include
a band 15 miles wide which runs
from Nishagak Peninsula north
along the Borin., Sea and east
along the Arctic Ocean to the bor
der of Canada.
DID YOU KNOW???
Bob Renshaw throws all his tips
into the "Ore or the Road" can.
This fund will help pav for pro
rr ation of the Nome-Fairbanks
Read, ar d ir \ Cl amber of Com
n er:e project.
B} ir»e heft of the car. oM
"Mostacl e" is more popular than
you ihir.k.
would have produced an estimated
profit of nearly $16,000.
ELECT COUNCILMEN
Two councilmen elected for the
| one year term in this same
election were Jack Jones and
Bonnie Staheli. Winners of the
two year terms were Levi Mills,
Rev. Earl Perisho, Don Ferguson
and June McConnell. Tony Joule
is the lone holdover.
Following are the unofficial
election returns:
1 year term — 2 elected: Jack
Jones 254, Bonnie Staheli 154, Rod
ney Lincoln 116, Burton Havilland
58, Babe Dowell 2, George Miller
31, Phillip Leonard 11, Charlie Wil
son (Write-in) 1.
2 year term — 4 elected: Levi
Mills 241, Rev. Earl Perish 185, Don
Ferguson 176, June McConnell 153,
Sam Lauser 126, Harold Lie 112,
Art Fields 90. Leon Shellabarger
34, Trygve Jorgensen 53, Clifford
Short 41, Gene Joiner (Write-in) 1.
Lions Test Marksmanship
“The Lions Club turkey shoot,
held Sunday and Monday at the
Quianna Club, was very success
ful,” stated Lion Les Keller, shoot
chairman.
On Sunday three turkeys were
won, two by Phillip Dexter witn
a score of seven out of ten. The
only other winner was Lion Pres
.dent Jack <Deadeye> Carpenter
with a perfect score of ten for ten.
Lion Steve Willson was the only
winner on Monday, taking home
two turkeys, with an identical
score of eight out of ten. In ail,
five shoots were held over the
two days.
The Lions would like to remind
the public that there will be two
more shoots before Thanksgiving.
— Nov. 17 and Nov. 24.
Shoot Chairman Keller stated
| that there will be a target for the
1 ladies, and any men who can’t see
well. The target has an X in the
center. The person putting a BB
closest to the center of the X will
win a ham.
Sunday’s shoot will start at 11
a.m. You just might win a turkey
or a ham.
» T^e Harpoon «
Big business can sure be
stuffy about details. . .
They just don't understand
"Nome style."