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post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
HEADING FOR THE LAST ROUNDHOUSE
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HOPE vs. HONEY BUCKETS
rpHE CHANCES FOR FUNDS from the Accelerated Public
Works grants for Nome get slimmer and slimmer with each
passing day, although the light of hope hasn't gone out completely,
according to information received from Sen. E. L. Bartlett to
the Civic Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
All the projects accepted so far in the state are good and we
are glad for each community which henefitted hut we can’t under
stand the reasoning in allocating ALL the money to OTHER
parts of the states and not even considering one community in
the whole of Northwestern Alaska which is rated w ith the highest
percentage of unemployment.
If our need of water and sewage was not so urgent, insomuch
that financial aid from many sources are denied us do to the lack
of these services, it would amusing to note that SI3,000 for an
elevator for Seward General Hospital was considered more im
portant than our need. Also the fact that most of the applications
were approved for IMPROVEMENTS to existing facilities while
Nome begs for a chance to change from primitive pioneering
honey buckets to simple sanitation without frills. We wonder
if we are too far from Washington to be heard or too close to
Russia to be considered for either defense or improvements.
FANKFORT, Ky. — Benjamin
F. Lay, testifying in a Highway
Department hearing, identified
himself as an acting foreman.
“You're foreman now, aren’t
you ” asked Highway Commission
er Henry’ Ward.
“No, I'm acting foreman,” said
Lay.
“I made you foreman twc
months ago,” Ward said.
Thus did Lay learn of his pro
motion, which has not come
through official channels.
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SEALED BIDS in duplicate will be
received by the Commissioner, Alaska
Department of Public Works, until 10:00
a.m.. PST August 8, 1963, at which time
and place they will be publicly opened
for furnishing all labor and materials
and performing all work for the con
struction of landing strip gravel em
bankment at the Noatak Airport.
The construction consists of approxi
mately 15.000 cubic yards of gravel
embankment.
Plans, specifications, and project docu
ments may be reviewed at the Depart
ment of Public Works, Juneau; Division
of Aviation, Anchorage; and Associated
General Contractors, Anchorage, Fair
banks, and Seattle.
Plans, specifications, and project docu
ments may be obtained from the Division
of Aviation, 523 Eighth Avenue, Anchor
age.
Guarantee will be required in an
amount not less than ten per cent of
the total bid. Bids must be submitted
in accordance with the Invitation for
Bids and the Instructions to Bidders.
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By Lars L. Johnson, Director,
Division of Aviation
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Congress Asked
To Tax Purchase
Of Foreign Stocks
WASHINGTON UP> — President
Kennedy, in a surprise move, asked
Congress Thursday to tax Ameri
cans on most purchases of foreign
stocks and bonds. The aim is to
help stem the outflow of gold and
dollars.
Kennedy’s recommendation was
certain to have an immediate im
pact on international financial
markets because it would affect
American investments currently
approaching the rate of $2 billion
a year.
The unprecedented proposal, put
forth in a special message to Con
gress on the worrisome U.S. bal
ance of payments problem, repre
sented the boldest and most con
troversial attempt yet made by
any administration to deal with
the payments dilemma.
To discourage the mounting flow
of American savings abroad, Ken
nedy called for a special excise
tax ranging from 2Vz per cent tc
15 per cent on the purchase price
of securities issued by govern
ments and businesses in 22 in
dustrialized countries. The tax
would go directly into effect Fri
day and remain on the books until
Dec. 31, 1965.
A second highlight of Kennedy’s
5,500-word message was an an
nouncement that — for the first
time — the United States will ex
ercise its right to draw money from
the International Monetary Fund.
Starting Monday, the United
States will begin drawing up to
$500 million in foreign currencies
from the IMF. These currencies
will be used by the U.S. Treasury
to buy foreign-held dollars thal
otherwise might be used to pur
chase American gold.
Kennedy predicted that enact
ment of the excise tax plus othei
less dramatic moves under waj
or planned would trim nearly $f
billion from the U.S. balance ol
payments deficit the next If
months.
Continued deficits in interna
tional financial dealings mean thal
foreigners are piling up surplus
dollars which they' can use to buy
American gold — the key to the
strength of the dollar. In recent
years, the U.S. gold stock has
dropped from $22 billion to under
$15.6 billion.
FATALLY INJURED
NEW YORK IV — Edward Sac
co Jr., 13, was making a rocket in
the basement of his home in
Queens.
He and a friend opened a car
bon dioxide cylinder and packed i1
full of kitchen match heads Thurs
day. They had to make a hole foi
a fuse.
Edward put a nail to the cylin
der and started pounding. Aftei
half a dozen blows the cylindei
exploded.
He was fatally injured.
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Sen. Engle Complains
Hawaii and Alaska Want
“Half in and Half Out”
WASHINGTON UP — Sen. Claire
Engle, <D-Cal.\ complained yes
terday that the two newest states
of Hawhii and Alaska want “to
be half in and half out of the
union.”
His protest was at a Senate
Armed Sendees Subcommittee
hearing on a $1.2 billion military
pay increase bill which would
eliminate Hawaii as “a foreign
duty” pay post for military’ per
sonnel.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, (D-Hawaiil,
urged that the Senate retain this
extra pay for enlisted men. which
ranges from $8 to $22.50 monthly,
who are assigned to the island
state but are not natives there.
Wednesday Sen. Hiram Fong, (R
Hawaii), urged the same thing
and senators questioned that duty
in Hawaii’s warm climate and
beautiful scenery was a hardship.
Fong agreed Hawaii is a wonder
ful place but he noted that the
special “foreign duty and sea pay”
was continued for Alaska, also a
new state, and for Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands, which also
are noted as vacation areas.
“I don’t see how you can call
Hawaii a foreign duty post, now
that you are a state,” Engle told
Inouye. “It shakes me.”
Inouye noted that troops in
Hawaii had been on constant alert
in recent months and is “close to
the active combat zone,” referring
to South Viet Nam.
“Alaska is closer to Russia than
you are,” Engle said. “As far as
I'm concerned I’d take both out.
It just doesn’t make sense that you
both can be part of the union and
still ask foreign duty pay.”
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (.?> —
Marite Ozers, 19, a Latvian refu
gee’s daughter out to make a
name for herself in the free world,
has taken a big step up the ladder
of success by becoming Miss U.S.A.
The blonde Miss Illinois was
chosen Wednesday night to repre
sent the United States in the Miss
Universe Beauty Pageant.
Miss Universe judging began
last night.
Miss Ozers, whose 37-24V£-37Vfe
figure has helped her work as
a model to earn money for college,
said her $2,500 first prize and
$5,000 personal appearance con
tract would come in handy.
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Arrival of Russ Trawler
Seen as Herald of
Full Soviet Fishing Fleet
SEATTLE (fl’i — Arrival of a
Russian trawler off Neah Bay
could herald the advent of a full
Soviet fishing fleet in the area
before the year ends, Samuel J.
Hutinsen, Northwest Regional Di
rector of the U.S. Bureau of Com
mercial Fisheries, said Wednesday.
He said the trawler spotted Tues
day apparently is the same “phan
tom” vessel that U.S. and Cana
dian authorities have been trying
to keep under surveillance for
several weeks.
'Hie trawler's full activities have
been masked by mists and fogs,
but it has been working its way
south since late last month, ex
ploring fish stocks off the Alaska
and Canadian coasts, he said.
It was finally observed 30 miles
northwest of the Washington coast,
in an area close to where salmon
trawlers and otter trawlers tra
ditionally fish out of Puget Sound.
The ship appeared to be a
standard 125-foot Russian steam
trawler.
There is nothing illegal about the
trawler’s activities under interna
tional law, Hutinsen asserted.
He believes she has been ex
ploring for stocks of bottom fish,
such as the ocean perch that lured
massed Russian fleets south of the
Alaska Peninsula last year. She
may also be looking for herring.
Asked if the scout ship might
be the forerunner of a full Soviet
fishing fleet next year, he replied:
“They wouldn’t necessarily wait
until next year. If the Russians'
scout trawler found a rich fish
ing area here, they could have a
fleet down to harvest it before
the years ends. They don't send
their scout boats out just on ex
cursions.”
Fifteen per cent of U.S. children
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the age of 6, according to the
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