Talk:Nick Begich

Presumed dead
October 16, 1972 or December 29, 1972? Both dates are in the article. MikelZap (talk) 05:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Middle name
I realize that we're going by what the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress says, which lists him as "Nicholas Joseph" Begich. However, Who's Who in Alaskan Politics lists him as "Nicholas John" Begich. Probably more convincing to me is that the will filed by his son with the Alaska Court System refers to "Nicholas John" Begich, also. Based upon past experience in these matters, I'm sure that the paid maintainers of the Biographical Directory are waiting for us volunteer editors to do the research and proper citing before they correct this, rather than doing the research themselves.RadioKAOS (talk) 21:05, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

terminating his tenure as U.S. Rep. -- compare to Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs' entry here on Wikipedia says he was still considered a member of the House until a resolution declared his seat vacant on Jan. 3, 1973, after both he and Begich had been re-elected despite their disappearance. In comparison to that, how was Begich's seat handled? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 16:22, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Related to his disappearance/death
Rick Anderson, [http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/961602-129/story.html In 1972, Two U.S Representatives Boarded a Plane and Disappeared. What Happened?], Seattle Weekly, November 3, 2015. Definitely worth mining, especially for the material about his widow's subsequent marriage to Jerry Max Pasley. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 06:21, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've responded in Talk:Hale Boggs. - Location (talk) 04:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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Update on search and ELT information 0640 UTC 04 October 2017
Greetings. I added a few details and citation to the information about the search. I deleted the incorrect sentence about the search prompting Congress to mandate ELTs, originally posted in 2005, and expanded the ELT information with details and citations. I kept the citation from Washington State DOT posted in 2015, as it is a good one. Some of this information is the same as I posted on the Hale_Boggs page. Kotaqua (talk) 06:51, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Wife's name: Pegge, not Peggie or Peggy
The various sources linked from this article gave different spellings for the name of Nick Begich's wife (later widow):


 * This mysteriousuniverse.org article says "Begich’s widow, Peggie" but follows shortly after with "a friend of Peggy’s"
 * This archived Seattle Weekly article uses "Pegge" all throughout
 * I found this 1972 New York Times article clipping mentioning her potential race for Congress, as "Pegge"
 * Also a tweet from former Alaska State Representative Johnny Ellis mentioning her by name as "Pegge".

With one non-news website using inconsistent spelling and two newspapers plus an acquaintance using Pegge, it seems to be the correct spelling.

I changed the 2 mentions in the article to "Pegge" and linked to the NYT clipping in the "spouse" entry in the bio box, since no reference was given there. — Nffwp (talk) 20:03, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Conspiracy Theories
This article contained material that depended on the investigation containing wild speculation and conspiracy, sourced to duplicated dead links at the Seattle Weekly. The Arizona Daily Star article is available, but merely reports on the nature of a podcast by a conspiracy theorist, with no apparent editorial control exercised with regard to the material sourced solely to the podcast, and contains sereious BLP violations with regard to Begich's living widow, Pegge. The (Carl) "Sagan standard" is the adage that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Activist (talk) 16:07, 23 June 2022 (UTC)