THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
Nome. Alaska
Telephone 445-2381 51-50 Per Month
P.O. Box 66 S 16.00 a Year
James F. O'Sullivan. Publisher & Editor
Ed Jocius. Foreman
Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
THEIR SONG!
Bit in" the Hand ...
TO/E HAVE TO AGREE with Ambassador Henry Cabot
. v Lodges blast at South Viet Nam's Cleopatra, Mme. Ngo
Dinh Nhu. The new Iv-appointed envoy to the U.S. hot seat
in Saigon, forsook diplomatic language in responding to the
jibes of President Diem's sister-in-law who had called junior
officers of the U.S. Army "little soldiers of fortune'' and
charged "irresponsible behavior.-’
"It is incomprehensible to me," said the Ambassador, break
ing the diplomatic silence he has maintained since his arrival
August 22, "how anyone can speak so cruelly. It s a shocking
statement. These junior officers are risking their lives every
dav. Some of them (2", we are told) have been killed side
bv side with their Viet Nam comrades. These men should be
thanked and not insulted.'
But what is incomprehensible to most Americans at home
is why these voung men and the other Americans in uniform are
in South Viet Nam in the first place. And their deployment
into these distant jumgles is all the more mysterious if there is
any truth in reports now reaching us that Nationalist China’s
Chiang Kai-shek was anxious to take care of this assignment,
but that Washington turned down his request.
The Nationalist Chinese troops could have gotten onto the
scene and into action fast — and in whatever numbers the situa
tion required. Thev would have been relatively at home in this
terrain and with the Viet Namese. And none could have gone
after the Communist Viet Cong with more zest and enthusiasm.
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and General Maxwell
Taylor, chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff, who had rushed
to South Viet Nam on Presidential instructions to study this
curious involvement of 14,000 U.S. troops, were already in
the field on the first of four days of battle area inspections
when Mr. Lodge sounded off. At their briefing in Saigon the
dav before, he had doubtless given the palace picture to the
distinguished visitors from Washington. Thus, there might
be some faint ray of hope that their impressions of Saigon,
together with those gained on the Mekong Riser delta where
the Commies are said to be pouring it on. might suggest that
Chiang’s offer (if he made it) makes more sense than what
is going on now.
1 Calif. Game Dept.
Damns Dam
(From Electrical West)
The California Fish and Game
Commission does not want the
Army Engineers to build the pro
posed Rampart Canyon Dam on
the Yukon River in Alaska. In
fact, it is against any dam there.
While it may appear that Cali
fornia is dipping its nose into
someone else's business, the state
agency believes it has a right to
inject itself into the picture.
It said Rampart Dam is of di
rect interest because the “resulting
depletion of waterfowl will have
an adverse influence on Califor
nia’s waterfowl population inas
mnuch as recovery from banding
studies show that over half the
birds produced on the Yukon flats
enter the Pacific Flyway.” The
Pacific flyway, of course, runs
through California, where the mi
gratory birds spend the winter.
A resolution ‘•unalterably op
posed to the dam, adopted bv the
California Fish and Game leaders,
points out that about 8,000 square
miles of “prime waterfowl pro
ducing area” will be flooded by the
525-ft.-high dam out of a total of
11,000 square miles of reservoir to
I be created.
“There is no specific use yet pro
posed for the power which would j
be generated by the Rampart Can
yon Dam,” the Fish and Game
Commission’s resolution reads, "and
if power is needed and the nuclear
sources supposedly so close to real
ity are not available, there are
many steeper gradient rivers in
Alaska less important to wildlife
that can be dammed.’’
The resolution also objects to de
struction of big game habitat and
the fish spawning area if Ram
part Canyon Dam were built.
DAY TO REMEMBER
MIAMI BEACH. Fla. IP — As
tronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. was
talking to newsmen in Miami
Beach when someone mentioned
that it was the first anniversary of
his six-orbit space flight.
“You know,” said Schirra, “I’ve
been sort of thinking that Oct. 3
meant something, but I couldn’t
pin down just what it was.”
Americans write about 12 bil
lion checks a year.
i
Kut n
Kurl
Beauty
Salon
ADULT
Permanents
Through
Includes
Styling . . . Cutting
Shampooing
Setting . . . Comb Out
•
N. C. APTS. Call 2577
COUNCIL OKAYS . . .
(Continued from Page l)
Following are the official elec
tion returns from 498 ballots cast,
as contained in Resolution No. 216
of the Common Council of the
City of Nome:
For Mayor — Wilke, Roscoe J ,
261; Smith. Bob 213. Write-ins—
Hoover, Don 12. Blanning. Jim
2. Johnson, Tom 1, Andersen,
Steffen 1.
For Council (1 year term) —
Doyle, Allen G. 345, Karmun, Dan
iel K. 341, Poling. John 169. Write
ins—Stone, Jim 1, Straub, Mildred
1, Schadler, John 1, Charlie.
Peter 1.
(2 year term)—McLean, James
M. 411, Reader D. J. (Johnny) 396.
Write-ins—Fagerstrom. John 1.
Johnson, John 1, Cameron, Wil
liam 1. Croell, Sterling 1, Jenks.
Herb 1, Senungetuk, Willie 1,
Wilke, Roscoe 1, Polling, John 1.
(3 year term) — Harwood, Bob
412. Hedreen. Keith 376. Write-ins |
Stone. Jim 6, Morgan, Barrow 2.
Smith. Bob 1. Frazier, Charles 1,1
Glavinovich, Carl 1, Polling, John
1, Harwood. Boyd 1, Wilke, Roscoe
1. Charlie. Peter 1, Savok. Fred 1.
For City Clerk (1 year term) —
Frazier, Chuck 206. Write-ins —
Scott. Robert 245. Doyle Allan 1, j
Johnson, Myrtle 1, Morgan. Bar
row 1.
For Member School Board (1-year
term) — Craft, Ashby E. (Ash> 430.
Write-ins—Hoover, Morva 1,
Reddawav, Sadie 1. Wilke, Doris
1, Henry, Einer 1.
(5-year term) — Schick, Robert
439. Write-ins — Frazier, Chuck 1.
Mclver. Wallace 2, Blanning, Jim
1, Hahn, Bonnie 1, Coons. Mrs. 1,
Green, Fred 1.
For Member Nome Light &
Power Utility Board (5 year term)
—Wright, William (Bill* 162. Lew
is, Bob 141, Kelley, Harold 135.
Write-Ins — Morgan, Barrow J.
42, Scott, Robert 1.
This Space
Reserved
<<<<<<<<<<<K<*■.
X
X
X
LETTER TO THE EDITOR *
/
X
X
X
X
/
X
/
X
/
X
/
/
X
A
X
X
A
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
<♦
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
/»
/
X
X
X
<N§* VV\>\'VV\\ V*
/or
Remarks
Readers
— O-O-P S ! —
We stated that the law regarding
write-in votes was passed in 1963.
This should have read “The law
was passed in the 1953 Territorial
Legislature and later became a
pari of our State Constitution as a
transitory measure.
ERIXG YOUR
WATCH
to the
Nome Drug Store
for
EXPERT REPAIRS
Guaranteed
Dependable
Fuel Service
LP Gas
and Appliances
Office: Dial 2561 Res: Dial 2471
Deal With Confidence At
Green's City Fuel & Transfer
ZIEGLER
&
QUAKER
Stove Parts
& Repairs
Oil Heaters
O C T O B E R FEATURE
Parka Cloth
Parka Linings
Pile - Foam Back
Quilted
...SEVERAL COLORS
FREE!! — China Cup and
Saucer tilth Purchase of S10
or more in Parka Materials.
— FREE — FREE —
Take Your Family rv 'p • l, NORTH
Out to Dinner — traWIlS 1 OlHgllt # ST AR #