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Entered at second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Civil Rights and Legal Wrongs
A CRI1ICAL COMMENTARY has been prepared by the Vir
ginia Commission on Constitutional Government.
The logic is said to go something like this: All decent
Americans should support good things. All decent Amenicans
should oppose bad things. Racial discrimination is a bad thing.
A bill to prohibit racial discrimination are good things. The Presi
dent s civil rights bill is intended to prohibit racial discrimination.
Therefore his bill is a good thing, and all decent Americans should
support it.
If this were all there were to it — if the problem were as
simple as A plus B and therefore C — nothing could be gained
by further discussion of the Presidents proposal. All decent
Americans would be of one mind.”
Why is there such opposition to the bill? These are some of
the reasons given why it is considered a bad law.
According to the Virginia Commission this bill violates the
Constitution as follows:
"It would tend to destroy the states’ control of their own
voting requirement.
It would stretch the commerce clause beyond recognition.
It would invoke the 14th Amendment.
It would undermine the most precious rights of property.
It would raise grave questions of a citizen’s right to jury trial.
The bill would open new doors to the forces of govern
ment regimentation.
A copy of the bill itself is available at the Nugget for anyone
to study, and form their own opinion. It is a very important piece
of legislation and good citizens — now that we are a state —
should take an interest, even if Alaska is not faced with the
problem.
Unemployment is strictly a hu
man problem at present. The num
ber of jobs for performing animals
3ias increased 600 per cent since
1950.
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90-FOOT DROP
WEBB CITY, Mo. OP — A wom
an fell 90 feet down an abandoned
mine shaft and landed in deep
water, then clung to the timbered
sides of the shaft more than an
hour Sunday until rescued.
Mrs. Margaret Hayes, 29, ap
parently suffered only bruises.
Hospital attendants said she was
in good condition.
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— BRANCHES IN KOTZEBUE and BARROW —
{Standard Oil Will
Cut One Cent a
Gallon on Gasoline
NTKISKI, Alaska — Stand
j ard Oil Co. of California opened
its big new refinery on Alaska’s
Kenai Peninsula south of Anchor
age Saturday, and simultaneously
announced a onc-cent a gallon re
duction in prices of gasoline and
other petroleum products through
out the state.
H. G. Vesper, president of Stand
ard’s Western Operations. Inc.,
announced the price cute in his
speech at the opening ceremonies
of the firm’s new $10 million pro
cessing plant.
The price reduction on motor
fuel, diesel, furnace and stove oil
will be applicable to all Alaska
points and will be into effect Sept.
1.
“The completion of the refinery
makes possible several transpor
tation savings and we think it only
proper that Alaskan consumers
should benefit from this saving,”
Vesper said.
There was no immediate indi
cation from other oil companies
whether they would follow Stand
ard’s lead.
Gasoline prices would drop a
cent a gallon in the Anchorage
area, for example, from the cur
rent price of 48-50 cents a gallon.
The refinery will not process
automobile gasoline, but will
handle most other kinds of petro
leum and fuel oil and aviation
fuel.
“These (price) reductions mean
that a very substantial amount of
money which would otherwise
have gone into transportation of
oil products will be pumped back
into Alaska’s economy for the pur
chase of additional goods and
services of all types,’’ Vesper said.
Standard was aided by state,
civic and industrial leaders and
hundreds of Alaskans glad to wel
come industrial progress as the
new refinery was unveiled at the
site here.
Cloudy and overcast skies fail
ed to dampen the enthusiasm of
the invited guests as Gov. Wm.
Egan and Vesper took part in the
dedication.
The ceremony included uncover
ing a 36-foot red cedar totem pole
erected near the Administration
Bldg, at the refinery. The totem,
representing the development of
the oil industry in Alaska through
authentic Indian symbols, was
carved by Alaska natives at Haines.
Dedication of the refinery came
73 years after the ancestor com
panies of the present Standard
Corp. began its service in Alaska.
The refinery is the first mod- i
ern crude oil distillation plant in '
Alaska. It is located near the
Swanson River oil field on the
Kenai Peninsula, the site of the
first major oil strike in Alaska’s
modern and growing petroleum
industry.
Nero, the playboy Roman em
peror, was also one of the earliest
known players of the bagpipes,
now Scotland’s favorite fclk in
strument.
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Study Birth Deformities
In Nevada and Utah
WASHINGTON OP — The Pub
lic Health Service is trying to de
termine if there is any connection
between certain types of cancer
and birth deformities in Nevada
and Utah and radiation from the
Nevada nuclear test site.
The study may lead to a nation
wide investigation of the relation
ship between radiation exposure
and thyroid cancer, bone cancer,
leukemia and congenital malfor
mations.
Surgeon General Luther Terry
announced Friday the Health Serv
ice is stepping up investigations
of death rates from these causes
in Nevada and Utah in coopera
tion with health departments of the
two states.
The stepped-up investigations
were prompted by recent reports
that Nevada and Utah had been
exposed to far higher levels of
radioactive iodine than previously
thought.
Terry said that so far, no signi
ficant differences have been dis
covered between leukemia death
rates in Nevada and Utah and
other parts of the country over
the past 13 years.
Pole Vaulter Breaks
17-Foot Barrier
MIAMI, Fla. W — John Pennel
broke through pole vaulting’s 17
foot barrier Saturday with a mag
nificent leap of 17 feet, three
fourths inch, then failed in an
effort to send the mark higher.
The handsome Miamian from
Northeast Louisiana State College
broke the world mark on his first
attempt. To observers it appeared
he cleared the bar by several
inches.
“It felt easy,” Pennel said as
several hundred hometown well
wishers crowded around him to
offer congratulations.
“Everything was perfect,” Pen
nel said. “I rocked back on the
pole farther than ever before.”
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
OMAHA, Neb. UP — Omaha has |
seen something different in the
way of a racial demonstration.
It was a war dance staged Fri
day by Indians of the Omaha tribe
to dramatize the plight of the
red man in the white man’s cities.
Two Indians in feathers and
paint danced. Two others thumped
war drums for them. A spokesman
said about 100 more turned out I
to support the demonstration on
Omaha s downtown courthouse
lawn.
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; Foreign Aid Slash
Boosts Chance for Tax Cut
WASHINGTON UP) ~ The
House’s slash of $585 million from
the foreign aid authorization bill
boosts considerably the chance
that it will pass tax cutting legis
lation, Hep. Howard Baker, <R
Tenn.), said Saturday.
Baker is a leader in a Republi
can movement to write an economy
requirement into President Ken
nedy’s proposal for a $10.8 billion
net tax reduction.
He said in an interview Fri
day s action “makes it a lot easier
to pass a tax cut bill — and if we
had cut out another billion it would
be easier still.”
To pass a tax reduction bill
Baker said, “we need several more
indications of intention to econ
omize, like this one.”
INVITATION FOR BIDS
STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Sealed bids in single copy for furnish
ing all labor, equipment and materials
and performing all work for Projects
S-0131 (12 ( and S-0131 (13*, Nome-Teller
Road, Sinuk to Tisuk Section described
herein, will be receiver! until 10:00 a.m.,
PST, September 19. 1963 in the Com
missioner's office. Department of High
ways, Island Center Building, Douglas,
Alaska.
This project consists of grading and
drainage of 20.877 miles of roadway and
the construction of six bridges on the
Nome-Teller Road near Teller, State of
Alaska. Principal items of work consist
of the following: Unclassified excavation,
161,000 cubic yards; Selected material.
Type I borrow. Case 1, 825.000 cubic
yards; Overhaul of borrow, 1,796,000
yard-miles; Class “A” concrete, 1315.7
cubic yards; Structural steel, furnished,
fabricated, and erected, 617,920 lbs., and
Reinforcement steel. 235,550 lbs. All
work shall be completed by July 25, 1966.
Plans and specifications may be ob
tained by all who have a bona fide need
for them for bidding purposes from the
Commissioner of Highways. Plans may
be examined at Department of Highways
District offices in Anchorage, Fair
banks, Juneau, Valdez and Nome.
A bid guaranty is required with each
bid in the sum of not less than 10 per
cent of the total amount bid for the work
when the amount bid is $100,000 or
less, and in the sum of not less than 5
per cent of the total amount bid for the
work when the amount bid is over
S100.000. If the bidder fails to accompany
his bid with the required bid guaranty,
his bid will not be read or otherwise
considered. Telegraphic notification of
execution of a bid bond does not meet
the above requirments of a bid security
accompanying a bid.
Bidders are hereby notified that pre
qualification of contractors is a man
datory requirement and no bid will be
accepted if the bidder has not prequali
fied. All individuals and firms submitting
proposals for ths project must be pre
qualified in an amount no less than the
total amount bid. Action will be taken
if requested for prequalification is re
ceived 10 days prior to bid opening date.
D. A. McKinnon, P. E.,
Commissioner of Highways
Pub: Aug. 23. 26, 28, 1963.
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