THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesdav and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone 443-2381 $1.50 PER MONTH
P.O. Box 610 $16.00 A YEAR
E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered at second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
OF COURSE WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY!
LET FREEDOM RING
/”|N THIS DAY 187 year ago, which was the day after adoption
” by the Continental Congress of the Virginia resolution "that
these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free aqd
independent states. . and the day before the adoption of the
Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote:
"I am apt to believe that it (Independence Day) will be
celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance,
by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solem
nized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sport, guns, bells,
bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the
other, from this time forward forevermore.”
Some of us still mourn the one time "Glorious Fourth” and
feel that little bovs and girls are missing something without ex
periencing the unique combination of anticipation, excitement,
delight and patriotism when the fuse sputters and the firecrackers
explode. The "Safe and Sane Fourth” still has casualties but they
are traffic accidents instead.
The Declaration of Independence was not written in anger,
but with an acute awareness and a profound faith that it is the un
ending necessity and unfailing right of the peoples of the earth
to seek a way of life. Let us all, especially the young Americans,
read its ever timeless word and phrase, and renew the concept of
goodness and godliness which gave it being and instruct ourselves
in the receipts of the honest and earnest men who gave it life.
It gives freedom of worship coupled with another of the great
freedoms — freedom of the press. Over the land of the free,
literature, the handmaiden of all the freedoms, continues to carry
nourishment for the very ideals for which the nation was founded.
We can’t shoot off firecrackers but we can all raise the
American flag and fly it proudly as a symbol of our belief in a
free United States of America.
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_ BRANCHES IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
‘Buck* Holt Resigns
As General Supervisor
For Ferry Operations
KETCHIKAN — I. F. (Buck)
Holt, general supervisor for the
Chris Palzer ferry operations, yes
terday announced his resignation
and plans to return to his old post
with the Alaska Dept, of Health
and Welfare at Anchorage.
“The reason for my resignation
at this time,” Holt said, “is that
I am in violent disagreement with
tactics used by the state to take
over the concessions on the ferries.
“I am particularly upset about
the claims made by Commissioner
Downing regarding the so-called
sub - standard service. It seems
strange to me that the state
plans to use the same personnel
and management and expects an
improvement in service.
“I consider it a personal affront
that these charges have been
brought against my personnel who
have rendered a constantly im
nrovint? service.”
Holt also denied a story afloat
in Juneau last weekend which said
he had been huddled with Down
ing and offered the job of running
the ferry concession under state
operation.
Holt said: “This apparently is
the figment of some Juneau re
porter’s imagination.
“I have absolutely no desire to
continue with the southeast Alaska
ferry system, because of the events
of recent days,’’ Holt declared.
He will return to his old Anchor
age job as steward for the Alaska
Dept, of Health and Welfare.
The Tattoo Will Stay
NEW YORK UPl — It's an in
alienable right of man to have his
body tattooed. A State Supreme
Court Justice has ruled.
And if you do, he added, you’re
in good company.
For example Justice Jacob
Markowitz said Monday, “Lady
Randolph Churchill, the American
born mother of Sir Winston
Churchill, was tattooed for orna
mental purposes, as were King
Frederick IX of Denmark, King
George V, and Edward VII, Al
fonso XII of Spain, Viscount
Montgomery, as well as countless
other distingushed members of
society.”
He ruled that a City Health De
partment ban on tattooing as a
possible carrier of hepatitis, a liver
ailment, was unconstitutional. He
also said there was no evidence
that tattooing is dangerous.
A Coney Island tattoo emporium
challenged the ban.
Libel for Charges . . .
NEW YORK UP — If you don’t
report losing your credit card and
the finder uses it, you’re libel for
the charges, a State Appeals Court
has ruled.
The case involved a Bronx real
estate man who lost his gasoline
credit card. The finder bought
$569 worth of gasoline, tires and
oil. >
The Appellate Division of the
State Supreme Court affirmed
Monday a ruling last year by Civil
Court that the Bronx man had to
pay the bill.
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Neapolitans Give
President Kennedy
A Wild Sendoff
NAPLES, Italy UP — President
Kennedy ended his European tour
Tuesday night after hundreds of
thousands of Neapolitans gave
him a wild sendoff. His final day
was highlighted by a Papal audi
ence and new pledges of Italian
American support for NATO.
His presidential plane took off
from Naples’ Capodichino Airport
bound for Washington via the
Azores.
The big turnout of Neapolitans
to cheer the American President
on a drive from the NATO head
quarters in Naples to Capodichino
Airport delayed his departure for
Washington.
It was an enthusiastic crowd of
cheering dock workers, flower
tossing women, and running
youngsters. The crowd should have
wiped away any disappointment
Kennedy may have had after the
relatively subdued Roman welcome
he received Monday.
Kennedy declared in the final
major address of his tour that in
telligent self-interest commits the
United States to Europe’s defense.
He called for continued coopera
tion between the United States
and Europe as a step toward unity.
In time, he said, the unity of
the West could lead to unity of
East and West “until the human
family is truly a ‘single sheepfold’
under God.”
No really good book was ever
killed by a bad critic. Ironically,
however, many a bad book has be
come popular because a good critic
knocked it.
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Sears Roebuck Will Spend
$(i0 Million in Advertising
CHICAGO UP — Sears, Roebuck
and Co. said Tuesday it expects to
spend more than $60 million for
newspaper advertising in 1963.
The estimate is based on preli
minary reports and forecasts for
the remainder of the year from
more than 750 Sears retail stores
across the nation, George Struth
ers, a vice president, said.
Actual expenditures in 1962
Struthers said, established a record
of $58 million for newspaper ad
vertising. This was $5 million
more than in 1961 and represented
the fourth year in a row that
Sears newspaper advertising top
ped $50 million.
The $58 million represented
71.2 per cent of Sears total retail
media expense of $81.4 million,
Struthers said. The remainder
went for advertising through cir
culars, magazines, radio, television
and other media.
23 Feared Dead in Plane Crash
WELLINGTON, New Zealand 'jP
— All 20 passengers and 3 crew
members were feared killed today
in the crash of a twin-engine air
liner.
The New Zealand National Air
ways DC-3 went down in moun
tains near its destination, Tauranga,
on New Zealand’s north island 95
miles southeast of Auckland.
A ground party set out for
wreckage sighted in a heavily
wooded area. No sign of life was
reported.
American Circus in Moscow
MOSCOW — The “American
circus’’ arrived by plane Monday
night for a one-month stand in
Moscow.
The 45-member troupe consists
of performers fro various American
circuses.
The first show is July 4 in the
building which normally houses the
Moscow circus. The visit was ar
ranged under the Soviet American
Cultural Exchange Program.