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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.
More Voices Protest Postal Rates
MORE VOICES are protesting the inadequacy and inequity of
HR7927, the postage rate bill passed by the House of Repre
sentatives. As written, it is evident that it will do serious harm to
newspapers and magazines without giving real help to the Post
Office. John Gunther, the author, voiced the misgivings of many
in a letter to the New York Times.
If passed also by the Senate, says Gunther, the bill "will al
most certainly destroy serious periodical literature in the United
States" by "fantastically unjust and excessively steep increases in
the second and third class postage rates." He points out this would
leave untouched "the grisly mulligatawny of sex, crime, joke
books and comic books” sold on news stands while penalizing the
serious magazines largely delivered to subscribers by mail.
"This is too high a price to pay for the relatively insignificant
portion of postal revenue involved,” says the New York Times in
an editorial urging that the Senate Post Office and Civil Service
Committee appraise the consequences of the proposed increases.
In an article which should be required reading for all who do
read and titled, "Second-Class Mail Rates Can Ruin First-Class
Magazines,” the April Reader’s Digest points out some of these.
The proposed increase, for example, would add $91,000 to the
annual postage bill of the Atlantic Monthly, which dates from
1857. This additional burden is more than seven times the before
tax profit the magazine earned in 1961.
Most farm publications are delivered by mail. The Farm
Journal, which has not made a profit in either of the last two years,
is faced with an increased postage bill of at least half a million
dollars a year.
When the New York Times observes that the present pro
visions of the bill "will cut off outlets for creative literature and
public enlightenment,” it is indulging its penchant for understate
ment. More simply put, if it is the desire of U.S. Senate to strangle
the press of the nation, it need only rubber-stamp the House bill.
It should be no news to senators that the fate of the press,
and especially the newspapers, is the fate of freedom.
City Council
Sewer end Water
Upon recommendation of the
Nome Planning Commission the
City Council, by resolution, ap
proved making application to
HHFA for preliminary survey on j
the water and sewage project, which |
will include topographical studies,
sUb-soil, service potential, stream
flow and other supplementary
necessary research. The applica
tion of $15,000 In advance money
ig to be repaid when the project
Is approved and if not approved
does not have to be repaid by the
City.
Report of Nome Light 8c Power
The Nome Utility Board sub
mitted its audit for 1981 and recom
mendations and plans for 1962.
The audit showed that the utili
ties’ financial condition was sound,
bookkeeping and accounting system
conforms to the Federal Power
Commission regulations, planned
W9rk completed as scheduled last
year, regulation and standard of
service to consumers improved,
new billing procedures adopted and
perpetual inventory system placed
in operation.
$54,7095 has been transferred
into the Electric System Improve
ment Fund to take care of needed
improvements as recommended by
the consulting engineers last May.
Maj,or items in the improvements
to the system are as follows:
A new circuit from the plant to
divide some of the load? necessitat
ing a new pole line being built east
from the power plant to Carstens
Way an.d north to point of inter
section with existing line; new
Spacing and cross arms on the pri
mary circuit on Front si; continu
ation of last year’s program of re
building lines ip residential areas;
repair or replacement of radiators
at diesel plant caused by salt
water in plant copUng system last j
^ear; metor replacement; major)
overhaul of Cooper-Jpessemer diesel |
with a factory mechanic to be I
brought in for supervision and in-'
Meeting Notes
spection during this work.
Civil Defense
Thomas Johnson, assistant di
rector of the Nome Civil Defense,
advised that he WvS unable to find
an inventory of Civil Defense
properties and the City Clerk was
instructed to write the District Di
rector, Lester Bronson, if he could
enlighten or assist Mr. Johnson.
Division of Lands
A communication was read from
the Division of Lands concerning
the city’s interest in offshore lands
and also a map of the locations of
applications of offshore filings to
date.
! Street Lights .
The street light requested by
users of the ANB Hall was found
to be too expensive to install as a
street light. However, it was rec
ommended that one be installed
for the ANB and on their meter.
PTA Requests PlayfieW Supervisor
The PTA requested the city to
consider a full time recreational di
rector for the summer, with the
suggested pay of $500 per month.
The request also suggested an Ad
visory Board and the possibility
of a physical education student
being hired for the position.
Election Judges
Election Judges appointed were
Phillip Dexter, Reca Godsbe and
W. W. Laws. Clerks are Edith
Arnold and Lois Mclver,
Property & Personal Taxes
The City Attorney was instructed
to search the state law and deter
mine if assessment notices could
be delayed until June at which time
they would be considered 198?
taxes, with no 1961 levies being
made.
Supervisor of Worn* Jail
Ron Davis, supervisor of the
Nome Jail, advised be would be
leaving in mid-April and requested
a replacement by that time.
House Approves
33,963,298 Million
For Highway Dept.
JUNEAU UP) — A bill making
a supplemental appropriation of
$3,963,298 to the Department of
Highways to fully fund the fiscal
1961 and 1962 road program was
approved by the Senate Tuesday,
19-1.
The lone dissenter was Sen.
Vance Phillips, (R-Anch.), who had
offered an amendment cutting the
total amount to $2,044,000. The
amendment was defeated on a voice
vote.
Sen. James Nolan, (D-Wrangell),
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, told the Senate the full
$3,963,298 was needed.
“There wasn’t one member of
the Finance Subcommittee handling
this bill who didn’t start work
thinking it could be cut consider
ably,” Nolan said.
“Many hours of work went into
the bill before you now and this
is the figure the Public Works
Subcommittee believes we need,
now.
“The Highways Department is
broke. It needs this money, and it
needs it bad.”
Nolan said that if the money
were not made available, “the even
flow of work within the depart
ment, which means roads for the
state, will be disrupted.”
Of the total amount of money
appropriated by the bill, $206,000
is set aside for highway operation
and maintenance and $3,757,298 is
earmarked for construction.
HOUSE OKEHS $160,000
TO REVIEW HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT’S BOOKS
JUNEAU — A bill providing
a supplemental appropriation of ap
proximately $160,000 to review and
make changes in the accounting j
system of the State Department of
Highways passed the House 34-5
Tuesday.
The money would be used to hire
an independent accounting con
sultant and hire personnel to re
view and reconstruct records of
the former Highways Division back
to its inception.
The measure, HB485, was intro
duced by the Rules Committee at
the request of Qov. Wm. Egan.
House passage came after Fi
nance Committee Chairman Frank
Chepados termed the bill a “step
in the right direction.”
Cfcapados said that while there
was nothing actually wrong .with
the Highway Division’s 'system'
accounting, it was “almost impos
sible t6 reconcile its records with
those of the central accounting sys
tem”
Soviets Catch Aleutian Salmon
JUNEAU — The Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries said Tuesday
a pink salmon tagged near Unimak
Island, in the Aleutians, has been
recaptured in the Soviet Union, J
The salmon was fagged four1
miles off Unimak Island on June
19, 1961. Less than two months
later, on Auyg. 8, 1961, tjhe salmon
was recaptured neay the Pakacha
River, in East Kamchatka, the
BCF said.
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CASTRO ASSAILS 'OLD
COMMUNIST MILITANTS”
HAVANA UR — Prime Minister
Fidel Castro assailed “old Com
munist militants” last night for
believing they are the only ones
capable of leading the Cuban re
volution. He accused one of them,
Anibal Escalante, of creating “real
chaos” in Cuba by trying to en
hance his own political power.
The Cuban leader denounced his
Communist aide in a radio-tele
vision address to the nation before
a considerable number of ranking
government members in the studio
audience.
Castro did not specify that
Escalante had been dismissed from
his top posts but indicated he had,
saying: “We have come to ex
plain the separation of this com
panion whom we consider culpable.”
Escalante, 53, founder.and former
editor of the Communist newspaper
Hoy, only two weeks ago was
named to the 25-member national
directorate of the Integrated Re
volutionary Organizations.
Last year he was given the job
of welding all Cuban organizations,
including Castro’s 26th of July
movement and the popular Socialist
(Communist) party, into a single
party of the Socialist Revolution.
It was in carrying out this task,
Castro charged, that Escalante
“abused the confidence entrusted
in him and tried to create an ap
paratus to pursue personal ends.”
SENATE ACCEPTS SECOND
REPORT ON HOUSING BILL
JUNEAU WP) — The Senate agreed
yesterday to accept a second Free
Conference Committee report ex
tending a ban against discrimina
tion in housing to private housing.
The measure, HB8, as it originally
came over to the Senate, prohibited
discrimination on the basis of race,
creed or color in all housing, pub
lic and private.
The Senate chopped out the
clause extending the anti-discri
mination ban to private housing,
then refused to back down when
asked by the House.
The first Free Conference Com
mittee recommended that the pri
vate housing clause be reinstated.
The Senate refused and a second
Conference Committee was ap
pointed.
The Senate accepted that com
mittee’s report. The vote was 13-6
for acceptance.
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PHS LICENSES TYPE III
ORAL POLIO VACCINE
WASHINGTON <#> -— The Pub
lic Health Service announced Tues
day the licensing of Type III oral
polio vaccine, the last of the series
needed for protection against all
three types of polio.
Types I and II were licensed last
year, but were not recommended
for general use because without
the Type III vaccine they did not
offer complete protection.
The newer vaccines are taken by
mouth, rather than being injected
by needle as is the Salk vaccine in
general use.
Licenses for manufacture of the
Type III vaccine were issued to
two manufalturers.
Surgeon General Luther Terry
said the companies are Pfizer, Ltd.,
Sandwich, England, and Lederle
Laboratories, Pearl River, N.Y.
Terry also announced the li
censing Tuesday for production of
Types I and II oral vaccine by the
Lederle Laboratories and the
Wyeth Laboratories, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Pfizer was granted licenses last
Aug. 17 for Type I vaccine and
last Oct. 10 for Type II.
Terry also announced that Pub
lic Health Service recommenda
tions for use of the oral vaccine
during 1962 will be made public
shortly.
German Sailors Jump Ship
BREMEN, Germany OR — Eight
East German sailors 21 to 25 years
old have jumped ship in this North
Sea port and asked West German
authorities for political asylum, po
lice reported yesterday.
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