Federal Hoard Gives Rail Strike Riding
WASHINGTON W — Federal I
arbitrators have ruled that 50 per |
cent of firemen’s jobs on diesel
yard engines and freight trains
should be eliminated. They said '
this should be done by attrition or
with job protection for most of
the 40,000 union members affected.
The seven-man arbitration board
was set up under a law enacted
by Congress instructing the panel
to rule on the long dispute over
work rules. It was stipulated that
the board’s findings would be bind
ing on both parties.
Other issues also remain to be
settled.
However, a spokesman for two
of the five railroad unions in
volved already has said the arbi
tration ruling and the law under
which it was made will be at
tacked in federal court.
The two union members on the
board — H. E. Gilbert, president
of the Firemen and Engincmen’s
Union and R. II. MacDonald, vice
president of the Trainmen — filed
a dissenting report.
The chief railroad negotiator,
J. E. Wolfe, says the ruling will
best serve the public interest.
Each side called for the other
to get down to serious negotia
tions on the other issues — includ
ing a major point in dispute, the
size of train crews. The board loft
it up to the railroads and unions
to solve the dispute on this issue,
but it did provide for a three-man
board to make binding decisions
on local train crew disputes that
cannot be settled by the two
parties.
Gilbert says he hopes the rail
roads will get down to bargaining
to eliminate — as he puts it — any
threat of a strike when the emer
gency legislation runs out on Feb
ruary 25th.
The ruling provides complete
job protection for firemen with
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over ten years of service. The j
board says these employes amount
to 65 per cent of the men affected.
Most firemen with less than ton
years of service must be offered
other jobs with comparable pay.
Also under the ruling, the rail
roads won't be required to use fire
men on diesel yard and freight
engines starting 37 days after the
ruling becomes effective. The ef
fective date is 60 days from today.
This would apply to all except
ten per cent of the firemen —
plus those with over ten years of
seniority. They will have job pro
tection until they retire, die or
quit.
A spokesman for the arbitration
board says about 2,000 men can be
laid off immediately. Firemen with
less than two years of service can
be dismissed with a lump-sum sev
erance allowance. Firemen who
have not worked in the last two
years can be laid off without sev
erance pay.
AND THEY LEAVE US —
ONE BY ONE . . .
Carrie McLain has received
word in a letter from her sister
that Mr. Trygve Kjelsberg has
passed on. Very few will remember
Mr. Kjelsberg. He came to Nome in
the early days, probably following
in his Uncle's footsteps, and was
engaged in dredging on Anvil
Creek. His uncle, Magnus Kjels
berg, was in Nome during the
“discovery days,” the days around
the turn of the century when gold
became the word on everyone’s
lips.
Trygve is reported to have left
in the late twenties, and settled in
Oakland. It is said that he later
moved to San Leandro, and here
he died, in the early part of this
month.
JUNEAU UP! — Gov. William A.
Egan’s office decreed yesterday
that flags will be flown at half
mast until sundown Dec. 22 in
memory of the late President John
F. Kennedy.
“Thankful for
Small Things”
Sermon for
THANKSGIVING DAY
Service 3 p.m.
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Johnson Pledges
Support to
Allianee Nations
WASHINGTON (/D — President
Johnson pledged to the Latin
American rations yesterday all the
energies of the U.S. government in
continuation of the late President
Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress.
He said the alliance with Latin
American nations "must be among
ti e highest concerns of my gov
ernment."
Johnson met with representa
tives of the Latin American na
tions in the East Room of the White
House. This is the same room
where Kennedy had met with them
three years ago and called for the
Alliance for Progress.
Johnson said he was reaffirming
that call by Kennedy. And he de
scribed yesterday’s meeting as “in
a very special sense a family gath
ering.” He stated:
“I reaffirm the pledge of Ken
nedy to work for progress in the
Central and South American na
tions. He added: ‘ Inspired by his
memory . . . we will carry on the
job. Let the alliance be his living
memorial.”
Thus the mutual aid agreement
which was Kennedy’s first major
foreign policy action in 1961 be
came Johnson’s first foreign af
fairs declaration.
M-M-M HOSPITAL
Admitted — Maude Weyanna,
Theodore Statuk, Ann Henry, Mi
chael Wongitillen, Agnes Kunnuk,
Evelyn Koozoata, Carolyn Nupo
whotuk, Richard Blodgett, Frankie
Ryan.
Discharged — Mildred Taft,
Dwayne Sockpick, Raymond Kow
eluk. Naomi Attatayuk, Bessie Ko
ningok, Gextmde Analoak and
baby girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kowchee of
Nome are the parents of a baby
boy born on November 22 at 3:05
p.m. The boy weighed in at 7
pounds, 1234 ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Analoak,
of Nome, are the parents of a baby
girl born on November 20 at 3:50
p.m. The little girl weighed 4
pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Writing poetry is still one of the
world’s slowest ways to grow rich.
. . . The poet laureate of England
gets an annual salary of $277.20—
whether he needs it or not.
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Army Sets Trial
For Slayer of Three
ANCHORAGE Wfl — A military
trial date for Army Spec. 5 Ken
neth L. Schlomann, charged with
murder in the playing of three
persons at Fairbanks during a
shooting spree in July, is expected
to be set t is week, an Army
spokesman said Monday.
Results of a pre-trial examina
tion conducted at Fairbanks were
forwarded to the U S. Army, Alas
ka, staff judge advocate here last
week.
Schlomann, 24, is being held in
the Ft. Richardson stockade here.
He is alleged to have injured six
other persons in the wild shooting
episode.
Psychiatrists at the Army’s Lct
terman Hospital at the Presidio in
San Francisco recently examined
Schlomann and determined he was
sane at the time of the shooting.
The artilleryman was first taken
into custody by civilian authorities
and later turned over to the mili
tary for trial.
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Thanksgiving Day
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Thursday — 11 a.m,
at
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BID NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received in
Ihe Nome Light and Power Utili
ties Office until 5 p.m., December
3, 1963, to furnish the following
for one year, contingent on the
construction of a pipeline by the
Nome Light and Power Utilities,
Delivery of fuel oil from Stan
dard Oil Company to the tanks
at the new Power Plant.
Bids will be opened on Decem
ber 3. 1963. The bid will be
awarded to ihe lowest bidder.
The Nome Light and Power Util
ities reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
Nome Light and Power Utilities
By JOHN SLAGLE. Manager.
Publish: Nov. 22, 25, 27, 29, and
Furnace Stove
Dec. 2, 1963.,
ARCTIC OIL
DELIVERY
Oil
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Propane
WINTER SCHEDULE
Effective September 1 (>, 1963
FLIGHT 309/310
FAIRBANKS — KOTZEBUE — NOME
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv: Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. Ar: Kotzebue 8:40 a.m.
Lv: Kotzebue 9:20 a.m. Ar: Nome 10:05 a.m.
Lv: Nome 1:05 p.m. Ar: Fairbanks 4:10 p.m.
FLIGHT 311/312
FAIRBANKS — NOME — KOTZEBUE
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Lv: Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. Ar: Nome 9:10 a.m.
Lv: Nome 10:00 a.m. Ar: Kotzebue 10:50 a.m.
Lv: Kotzebue 11:20 a.m. Ar: Fairbanks 2:10 p.m.
FLIGHT 501/502
NOME — NORTHEAST CAPE — NOME
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv: Nome 10:50 a.m. Ar: N. F. Cape 11:20 a.m.
Lv. N. E. Cape 11:50 a.m. Ar: Nome ~12:20 p.m.
"FIRST IS ALASKA”