THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CUNTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March S. 1879.
AND AIL ! SAID WAS-—
Growing Pains . . .
'T^TOME HAS GROWING PAINS. It is not a new malady in
1 1 Alaska as we have watched Anchorage, Fairbanks, Palmer
Kenai, Ketchikan and other parts of the state to the south struggle
to keep ahead of its growth. Nome is lucky it has been slower in
reaching this status as it can profit from some of the mistakes of
the other towns in their transition to modern communities.
The first hurdle was crossed successfully when the voters
approved a bond issue for modern plumbing.
Today we are faced with an acute pending power shortage.
This is not sad news that is to be met with long faces and groans
of despair. This is good news for any community because when
we double our power potential to meet the anticipated need, it
means the community is alive and growing and more power means
lower rates, lower rates mean more possibilities for economic de
velopment and economic development, in plain words means more
permanent jobs.
Under good management the Power and Light Utilities have
prospered and is in good financial condition. The financing of
the increased plant should not create any problem, as long as the
work is expedited to meet the need by late fall. This is a busi
ness that has always paid for itself and will continue to do so if
properly managed.
"NEXT — PLUMBICARE” from the Port Townsend Leader
Plumbicare is a plan by which we can save through social
security for our oldage plumbing bills. It is a known fact that
people over 65 have more plumbing trouble than do younger people.
Under the Plumbicare plan, all of the plumbing bills of those
over 65 would be paid. The whole thing would be financed by
social security. We all know that many senior citizens are poverty
stricken, and we would not want them to be faced by staggering
plumbing bills in their twilight years.
If we can unite our brethren in Washington and force passage
of Plumbicare, the way will be clear for Electricare, Autocare,
Teeveecare — and then the ultimate goal of our welfare state,
Embalmicare.
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Historians Report
Progress of Negro
In Past 100 Years
WASHINGTON UP — Noted his
torians reported to President Ken
nedy yesterday that the American
Negro has made a long journey
from slavery to citizenship in the
100 years since Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Procla
mation.
But they said “there is still more
ground to cover.”
The 250-page report was pre
sented as Kennedy held a Lincoln’s
birthday celebration of his own,
keyed to progress in civil rights
during the past 100 years.
The anniversary of the first Re
publican President’s birth tradi
tionally is devoted to GOP speech
making, and this usually takes
the form of blistering attacks on
the Democrats.
However, the President used the
occasion, which coincides with the
centennial of the Emancipation
Proclamation, to invite some 800
top officials and civil rights lead
ers to a buffet reception at the
White House.
A year ago Kennedy directed
the Civil Right Commission to pre
pare a study of progress made by
the Negro in securing equal rights
since the end of slavery.
The report was handed to the
President late yesterday by the
commission’s vice chairman, Robert
Storey. It concluded:
“We have come a far journey
from a distant era in the 100 years
since the Emancipation Proclama
tion. At the beginning of it, there
was slavery. At the end, there is
citizenship. Citizenship, however,
is a fragile word with an ambi
valent meaning. The condition of
citizenship is not yet full-blown
or fully realized for the Ameri
can Negro. There is still more
ground to cover.
“The final chapter in the strug
gle for equality has yet to be writ
ten.”
Dr. John Hope Franklin direct
ed preparation of the report, with
three other historians acting as con
sultants, Drs. Rayford W. Logan,
Allan Nevins and C. Vann Wood
ward.
Study Will Be Made
Of Lost Fishing Gear
JUNEAU UPi — The State De
partment says it is giving study
to a proposal that American fish
ermen be compensated for gear lost
as the result of activities by foreign
fishing fleets.
U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Un
dersecretary of State, told Gov.
Wm. Egan in a letter the State
Department has made a new ap
proach to the Soviet Embassy re
garding the destruction of Ameri
can king crab gear off Kodiak by
Russian trawlers.
“I hope it will be possible,”
Johnson said, ‘‘to arrange techni
cal discussions between representa
tives of the two governments which 1
might lead to a solution of the
problem.”
Egan had requested that the
State Department back compensa
tion legislation.
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School Foundation
(Continued from Page 1)
Under the Public School Founda
tion Act, the state would be re
quired to make up the difference
if the amount of money obtained
by a district from the required
local tax effort falls short of its
basic need.
Based on the total number of
teacher units anticipated by the
state’s school districts for the 1963
1964 school year, the study indi
cated, the total state basic need
would be $17,055,805.
With a required local tax effort
of four mills, producing a total of
$4,606,151, the state aid under the
Public School Foundation Act
would be $12,449,654, or $73,216
more than current state aid to
school districts.
Following is the computation
for Nome based on the number of
teacher units anticipated for the
1963-1964 school year: $368,798;
$31,757; $337,041; $258,964; up
$78,077.
The first figure is the basic need,
the second is the required local tax,
third is the state aid which would
be required under the foundation
program, the fourth is the amount
of current state aid and the fifth
figure shows the increase or de
crease in state aid.
INVENTOR OF CONFETTI
MARKS HIS 101st BIRTHDAY
TREVISO, Italy UP) — Ettore
Fenderl, credited by Italians as the
inventor of confetti, celebrated his
101st birthday here, and received
telegrams and letters from all over
the country, especially from re
sorts and local tourist offices.
Theviso residents say the engi
neer, while a boy in his native
Trieste, became overjoyed at see
ing costumed and masked carni
val celebrators passing in the street
He tore up colored paper in little
bits and scattered the pieces from
his balcony, they say, thus invent
ing what has became the reveler’s
delight and the street cleaner’s
nightmare.
Dutch Will Form Peace Corps
THE HAGUE UP) — The Dutch
government announced it will form
a volunteer corps patterned after
America’s Peace Corps.
Foreign Minister Joseph Luns
told a news conference the first
50 members will go to Africa.
Alaska Delegation
Urge More Military
Cargo Business for
State’s Air Lines
WASHINGTON (if) — The Alaska
congressional delegation wants to
know if Alaska air lines can get
more military business so multi
million dollar federal subsidies can
be reduced.
The delegation feels that if more
military passengers and cargo
moved on commercial airlines, in
stead of by military aircraft, the
commercial carriers might not need
as much subsidy.
Officials of the Defense Depart
ment and the Civil Aeronautics
Board will discuss the possibilities
with representatives of the dele
gation Friday at a meeting request
ed by the Alaskans.
The federal government has
spent $113 million in subsidies for
Alaska air line operations since
1939, the delegation said in a let
ter to the Air Force. The office of
Sen. E. L. Bartlett reported that
in fiscal 1962, federal agencies
spent some $6.6 million on their
own Alaska air operations. That
the sum went for 20,516 passengers
and 16.5 million pounds of cargo.
The CAB estimated that about
$9.2 million will be needed for
Alaska air line subsidies during
the year starting next July 1.
“Alaska air lines are the econ
omic lifeblood of our state, which
is without adequate highways or
other means of surface transporta
tion,” the delegation wrote.
“We believe it is generally recog
nized that if subsidies are to be
reduced ... it is vital that Alaska
air lines should have as much
business as possible if they are to
survive.”
Specifically, the delegation wants
to know what steps have been
taken and can be taken to insure
that whenever possible commer
cial carriers will be used between
Alaska and the other states and
within Alaska.
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