THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
KINGS OF THE HILL
Real Historical Value
^pHK OLD METHODIST CHURCH (known to old timers as
the Federated Church) has been put up for bid. This is one
of the oldest buildings left in the community with any real his
torical \a!ue.
Fires have destroyed most of the glamour of Nome’s famous
frontier days. What little is left in the wav of large structures
should he preserved not onh for the growing tourist business
but for the history thev represent.
This building is big enough for a small museum and so shaped
that a portion of it could be fire-proofed for preserving historical
papers and pictures.
As its foundation is warped from permafrost it is likelv that j
most bidders will want the building for its lumber content only, j
The Canadian government and people of Dawson have this i
past year spent much money to restore its buildings. Other Alaskan
towns are considering the same. Some thought should be given :
to the preservation of this church building constructed by early ;
pioneers before it is too late.
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Young Alaska Designer Wins Regional Honors
AN ALASKA boy designed and built this smartly styled minia
ture automobile for the 19(52 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
competition. His entry won the first state award of $150, then
went on to win regional honors, which entitles him to an expense
paid trip to the Guild convention in Detroit from July 31 — August
3. The award winning entry was built by John F. Mercer, until
recently a resident of Elmendorf A.F.B. His model car is in the
national finals and in competition for one of eighteen scholar
ships valued at $38,000.
IRS 1SSITS Ti\! ! Y
\m i(T TO I \\l» \Y! RS
F.very day ’ho Internal Revenue
Servian receiver cheeks that am
not identified with any type of
tax Often times Lewis Conrad,
District Director, said, we receive
payments with no explanation as to
what they are in payment for.
These checks are pla ’ed in our
suspense account. We make every
effort to identify these payments,
hut this takes time and additional
clerical help. Actually this addi
tional clerical help could be used
to process refunds. Very often the
sender of such checks is not lo
cated. We still have a large num
ber of checks just waiting to be
credited to some taxpayer’s ac
count.
Mr. Conrad has this timely advice
to taxpayers sending in checks or
money orders in payment of taxes.
Attach the bill or notice to your
payment. If you do not have a bill
or notice, attach a note stating what
the payment is for, the year of tax,
and the type of tax owed. Please
be sure to include your name and
address.
Remember to keep your money
order stub or canceled checks.
They may be needed to verify the
tax payments you have made.
TRANSPORT WORKERS
AT CAPE CANAVERAL
WITHDRAW STRIKE PLEDGE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. UP —
Transport Workers Union Local
525 has withdrawn its no strike
pledge and threatens to walk off
the job at this missile test center
next month unless contract agree
ment is reached.
If a strike develops, it will be
the first major walkout at the
Cape since unions involved in mis
sile-space work signed a no strike,
no lockout pledge in May, 1962.
Negotiations between the union
and Pan American World Airways
have been conducted on a nation
al level. Pan American manages
this missile test center for the Air
Force, providing many support
facilities.
Under provisions of the Railroad
Labor Act. which governs the
union, the Transport Workers can
not strike until 30 days after ne
gotiations formally break down.
That occurred July 20. The old
contract ran out in June.
The union calls Pan American’s
wage and other proposals unac
ceptable. A Pan American official
here said the company feels the
offer L a good one. Details were
not disclosed.
Pleasing the boss is still the best
way to '-.old on to your job. Eight
of ten men discharged are fired
not because of inefficiency, but
simply because they can’t get along
with their employers.
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ALASKA NEEDS
STRONG
REPRESENTATION
IN CONGRESS
Lowell Thomas Jr.
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henuedy Lacks Help of Republicans
. . . Ike Cot Much More From Demos
By James Marlow
A ■■ ' 1 ■I'ri! I’rrss Ncv Analyst
WASHINGTON I/P — President
Eisenhower got a little more help
from the Democrats in Congress
in his first 18 months than the
Republicans have given President
Kennedy.
Eisenhower said thanks to the
I Democrats in public. Kennedy is
1 beginning to lean on the Repub
i beans. They expressed themselves
! in different ways.
Twice — after the 1953 Con
! grcssional session and again after
the one in 1954 — Eisenhower in
j broadcasts to the people reported
! gratefully how Congress treated his
! programs.
Kennedy has never made such
i a report. He had practically no
! criticism of the Republicans last
! year. But now he’s getting heated
J although only in news conferences.
I The one this week was an ex
< ample.
j There’s political irony, and em
| barrassment for Kennedy, in the
j two situations.
In Eisenhower’s first two years
! Republicans so thinly outnumber
i ed Democrats that the latter, if
they had been so-minded, with
the help of just a few Republican
deserters, could have been a wreck
ing crew.
Under Kennedy the Democrats
in Congress enormously outnumber
Republicans. By voting together,
they could have rammed through
any Kennedy program, even if
Republicans solidly voted against.
The Democrats didn’t stick to
gether.
Whole batches of them deserted
party ranks to join the Republi
cans, who — unlike the Democrats
in Eisenhower’s time — have
ganged up to annihilate most of
the President’s projects.
In his broadcasts Eisenhower,
like a typical politician, didn’t
want to give the Democrats any
unnecessary advertisin'’;. So. oven
while praising them, he avoided
mentioning Democrats by name.
In 1953 he praised the “unpre
cedented unity that crosses party
lines" and the “high sense of duty"
in the Congress he dealt with.
Actually, the Democrats beat him
to it in claiming credit for help.
Lyndon Johnson, now Vice
President but then Democratic
leader in the Senate, said: “Prac
tically every major item of the
President’s program” had been
supported by the Democrats and
much of it “could not have been
passed without the Democrats.”
Eisenhower’s broadcasting grati
tude in 1954 was politically re
markable. coming as it did at the
start of that year’s Congressional
election campaigns.
Kennedy — as his legislative
frustrations pile up — is now in
creasingly caustic about the Re
publicans and is even getting a
little critical of the Democrats
who joined t h e Republicans
against him.
Kis criticism comes just as the
19(12 Congressional election cam
paigns get under way.
At his news conference this
week, he said Republicans, with
very few exceptions, had “op
posed every measure that we put
forward" and were “joined by
some Democrats, who for a great
many years, have opposed a good
many Democratic program.”
He sounded wistful as he said:
“Now we don’t get any Republicans
any more for any measure” — ex
cept for foreign ones like aid and
trade — “and even there the
• Republican) leadership opposed
us.”
“No man is lonely while eating
spaghetti—-it requires so much at
tention.” — Christopher Morley
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