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Editorial
February 4, 1959
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Editorial supports petitions from ten lower Yukon villages for a DC-4 airfield to serve 5,000 residents, highlighting cooperative spirit and potential economic benefits like better freighting to Nome for canned fish from Alakanuk and Kwiguk.
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Lower Yukon Needs DC-4 Field
The people of the lower Yukon are asking
for a DC-4 field to serve ten villages with an esti-
mated 5,000 population. Several of the villages have
sent copies of their petition to the Legislature, to us
and some of them have already been published.
One of the most interesting features of the letters
is that none of the villages are asking that they be the
chosen spot for the field. Each village asks that a
good site be chosen so that all may benefit. This is
the kind of cooperation of effort that should get re-
sults, and merits early consideration in the planning
for development of that area.
The villages involved are: Marshall, Pilot Station,
St. Mary's, Mountain Village, Alakanuk, Chowhoc-
tolik, Kwiguk, Sheldon's Point, Hamilton, Chaneliak,
and Kotlik.
With a better freighting connection, Nome could
be a regular market for the fine canned fish which
comes from Alakanuk and Kwiguk.
The people of the lower Yukon are asking
for a DC-4 field to serve ten villages with an esti-
mated 5,000 population. Several of the villages have
sent copies of their petition to the Legislature, to us
and some of them have already been published.
One of the most interesting features of the letters
is that none of the villages are asking that they be the
chosen spot for the field. Each village asks that a
good site be chosen so that all may benefit. This is
the kind of cooperation of effort that should get re-
sults, and merits early consideration in the planning
for development of that area.
The villages involved are: Marshall, Pilot Station,
St. Mary's, Mountain Village, Alakanuk, Chowhoc-
tolik, Kwiguk, Sheldon's Point, Hamilton, Chaneliak,
and Kotlik.
With a better freighting connection, Nome could
be a regular market for the fine canned fish which
comes from Alakanuk and Kwiguk.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
What keywords are associated?
Lower Yukon
Dc 4 Field
Village Petitions
Infrastructure Development
Cooperation
Canned Fish Market
Nome Freighting
What entities or persons were involved?
Marshall
Pilot Station
St. Mary's
Mountain Village
Alakanuk
Chowhoctolik
Kwiguk
Sheldon's Point
Hamilton
Chaneliak
Kotlik
Legislature
Nome
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Petition For Dc 4 Airfield In Lower Yukon
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Cooperative Village Petitions
Key Figures
Marshall
Pilot Station
St. Mary's
Mountain Village
Alakanuk
Chowhoctolik
Kwiguk
Sheldon's Point
Hamilton
Chaneliak
Kotlik
Legislature
Nome
Key Arguments
Ten Villages With 5,000 Population Need Dc 4 Field For Service
Villages Petitioned Legislature And Newspaper
Cooperative: No Village Claims Site For Itself, Wants Benefit For All
Merits Early Consideration For Area Development
Better Freighting Could Make Nome Market For Alakanuk And Kwiguk Canned Fish