il.S. House Votes
Sir Winnie As an
Honorary Citizen
WASHINGTON <.*>_The House
voted Tuesday to empower the
President to proclaim Sir Winston
Churchill an honorary U.S. citizen.
The action was almost — but
not quite — unanimous. A few
die-hard oppositionists, who spoke
of the “sacredness of American
citizenship,” voted against the re
solution.
On the roll call, there were
“ayes” from 377 members and
“noes’ from 21. Five members
simply responded “present” to the
call of their names.
Speedy action was expected on
the resolution by the Senate. Pres
ident Kennedy has made clear he
favors the honor to the great
British war-time leader.
The House vote is the first
congressional action of its kind
in history.
Investors Will Receive
Stock In LICA
Last week 1,200 investors lo
cated in Alaska and all over the
world began to receive stock in
the Life Insurance Co. of Alaska
(LICA). The LICA stock is being
exchanged for stock originally
purchased in the First Alaskan
Investment Co., which is in the
process of liquidation. The stock
will be exchanged at a ratio of 1
share of LICA for 25 shares of
First Alaskan stock.
According to Sewell Faulkner,
receiver for the liquidated hold
ing company, the losses suffered
to date by First Alaskan investors
have been severe. However, these
people, many of whom invested
their life savings, should look for
ward to a growth in value of their
LICA stock. LICA is very solvent
today and has gross assets of
$442,000. Insurance written since
the first of the year exceeds the
three-quarter million mark. The
company recently invested $100,000
in Alaska real estate mortgages.
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Grumman Corp. Will Build
Craft for Moon Landings
WASHINGTON (jP — Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corp, has a
$387.9 million government con
tract to design and build 20 two
man capsules for use in moon
landings.
Nine of the 12-ton capsules, call
ed Lem for lunar excursion model,
will be for ground tests and 11
will be for actual moon flights, the
National Aeronautics and Space
Agency said Monday in announc
ing the contract.
While the parent Apollo space
craft orbits the moon, the Lem is
to detach itself for a moon land
ing. After the astronauts explore
the surface and make tests, the
descent engine and the skid-type
legs will serve as a launching pad
for the Lem to rejoin the Apollo
for the return trip to earth.
GENEVA UP) — Offering a con
cession to the Soviet Union, the
United States substantially re
duced today the area each on-site
inspection would cover to police a
ban on underground nuclear tests.
The Soviets promptly brushed
the plane aside, calling it an at
tempt to “sabotage the discussion
of a test ban by bringing up tech
nical matters.” By getting into
technicalities, said Soviet Delegate
Tasarpkin, “We may talk for an
other 10 years.”
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House Turns Down Boosted
Tax on Health Service Care
I JUNEAU (/R — The House of
Representatives yesterday turned
down, 25-12, a bill which would
| have boosted the tax on health
service care contractors.
The measure would have boosted
the tax on such contractors from
2 per cent on net premiums to 3
per cent on gross premiums.
ORDINANCE NO. 415
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
THE SUBMISSION OF THREE QUES
TIONS TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF THE CITY OF NOME. AT THEIR
ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON THE 2ND DAY OF
APRIL. 1 f>P3: TO-WIT: 1. SHALL THE
TERM OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR
BE INCREASED FROM ONE fli YEAR
TO TWO 12i YEARS?; 2. SHALL THE
TERM OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL
MAN BE INCREASED FROM TWO (2i
YEARS TO THREE (3' YEARS0; 3.
SHALL THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
CLERK AND EX-OFFICIO ASSESSOR
BE CHANGED FROM AN ELECTIVE
OFFICE TO AN APPOINTIVE OFFICE?:
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Nome, Alaska,
by its governing body, the Nome Com
mon Council, considers it necessary and
in the best interest of its citizens for
the efficient operation of their govern
ment that the term of the office of
Mayor be increased from One tit year
to Two (2t years, that the term of the
office of Councilman be increased from
Two (21 years to Three <3i years, that
the office of City Clerk and Ex-Officio
Assessor be changed from an elective
to an appointive office; and
WHEREAS, the Nome Common Coun
cil is duly authorized by virtue of
Title 29.10.030, and 29.10.033 A.S. to
provide by Ordinance, to be ratified by
the majority of the electorate, for an
alternate system of elections;
NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAIN
ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NOME. ALASKA:
SECTION 1. That there be submitted
to the duly qualified electors of the
City of Nome, Alaska, without regard
to whether or not the names of said
voters appear on the latest assessment
role or record for the purpose of muni
cipal taxation, the following propositions:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
Shall the term of the office of Mayor
be increased from One (1) year to
Two (2) years effective on the annual
municipal election to be held on the
first Tuesday of October of 1963.
To be followed by the words:
TWO YEAR MAYOR — YES Q
TWO YEAR MAYOR - NO Q
PROPOSITION NO. 2
I Shall the term of the office of Coun
cilman be increased from Two <2) years
to Three (3) years, to be implemented
at the annual municipal election to be
held on the first Tuesday of October
of 1963, at which time all of the existing
terms of Councilmen shall expire and
there shall be elected at said election
Six (6> Councilmen, Two of which shall
be elected for the term of One (1)
year, Two of which shall be elected for
the term of Two (2> years, and Two
shall be elected for the term of Three
(3t years, and thereafter Two Council
men shall be elected each year for Three
| (31 year terms?
To be followed by the words:
THREE YEAR COUNCILMEN—YES D
THREE YEAR COUNCILMEN—NO □
PROPOSITION NO. 3
Shall the office of the City Clerk and
Ex-Officio Assessor be changed from
an elective office to an appointive office,
effective with the annual municipal
election to be held on the first Tuesday
of October of 1963?
To be followed by the words:
APPOINTED CITY CLERK—YES □
APPOINTED CITY CLERK—NO □
SECTION 2. That those persons having
the qualifications of electors as described
in Article V, Section 1, of the Constitu
tion of the State of Alaska and in Chap
ter 7-2 (Clause It, Code of Ordinances,
City of Nome, shall be permitted to
vote on the propositions. *
SECTION 3. That the manner of con
ducting and holding the said election
and details thereof shall be in accord
ance with the requirements of law and
Ordinances now in effect in the City of
Nome as to General Elections when
applicable or procedurely adaptable to
elections for the purpose of approving
or rejecting in whole or in part the
propositions submitted hereby, that the
City Clerk shall cause notice, of the
propositions to be submitted, to be in
cluded in the public notice of the muni
cipal election to be held on the first
Tuesday of April of 1963.
SECTION 4. That the judges and clerks
duly appointed for the said April elec
tion shall canvass the votes cast at
said election and shall prepare and file
their returns of said election with the
Clerk, stating in words and figures the
number of votes cast for and against
the several propositions voted upon and,
if the votes cast in the affirmative on
the said proposition or propositions be
not less than a majority of the votes
cast at such election, they shall certify
the proposition or propositions carried;
if otherwise the said proposition or
propositions failed.
SECTION 5. That if any or all of the
propositions be certified by the election
officials as having received the re
quired number of votes in favor of ap
proval thereof, then the City Council
of the City of Nome shall implement
the authorization given by the elec
torate, by passing any Ordinances or
Resolutions necessary therefore.
SECTION 6. That an emergency is
hereby declared to exist, and the usual
rules of procedure are hereby suspend
ed, and this Ordinance shall be read in
full, and again by its title and placed
upon final passage, all within the period
of one meeting, and upon the approval
by the Council, recorded upon the rec
ords of the City of Nome.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 11th
day of March, 1963.
(Seal) Donald M. Hoover,
Mayor
Attest: Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 13, 15, 18, 1963.
Demos Look Over Miami
Beach as Convention Site
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. UP) — The
Democratic party’s convention site
selection committee looked over
Miami Beach’s qualifications as a
location for the 1964 Presidential
nominating convention and then
headed for San Francisco.
“This is a very impressive
place," Wm. Potter of Wilmington,
Del., chairman of the site com
mittee, said Monday. “Miami
Beach is definitely in the running."
Miami Beach offered $600,000,
tops of any city, for the conven
tion.
The Girl Scouts in Nome are
observing Girl Scout Week which
celebrates the 51st Anniversary
of Scouting by wearing their
uniforms throughout the week.
The various groups are also
making displays which are
being exhibited in local store
windows, stated Agnes Walsh
of the Nome Girl Scout Neigh
I borhood Committee.
| McNamara Says Russ Will
Limit Itself to Military
Targets In Nuclear War
WASHINGTON — Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara says
he thinks it improbable, but not
impossible that the Soviet Union
would limit itself to military tar
gets if it launched a nuclear at
tack on the United States.
That bare possibility makes it.
wortr.while for the United States
to spend extra money protecting
its own retaliatory capability,
McNamara said.
His testimony was released Mon
day by the House Armed Services
Committee, before which he ap
peared in January and February
“I personally believe any nu
clear attack by the Soviet Union
on the United States will include
an attack on the major urban
areas of the United States,” Mc
Namara said.
But, he said, if the Soviet Union
succeeds in making its missiles
relatively safe from U.S. missiles,
“it is conceivable, although not
likely, that they might strike our
military installations with a first
strike, withholding certain forces
to later strike the cities.”
In that case, he said, the United
States should consider striking
back only at Soviet military tar
gets, “thereby giving them an in
centive to avoid an attack on our
major urban areas.”
McNamara’s estimate of casu
alties in a massive nuclear ex
change: 100 million dead in the
United States, 100 million dead in
the Soviet Union, 90 million dead
in Western Europe.
It was Samuel Butler who ob
served, “Life is one long process
of getting tired.”
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