THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone Main 125 $1.50 PER MONTH
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E. P. BOUCHER . Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY .... Production Manager
Entered, as second class matter October 14. 1943, at (be
peat nfHas at Name. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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RIVALLING THE MISSILES
We’re used to soaring things these days — jet
planes, missiles, satellites. But on a more prosaic and
personal level, the gasoline tax rivals them.
For instance, gasoline taxes collected in Arizona
in just two days equal the total paid in the whole first
year of the tax’s enactment, which was 1921 in this
state’s case. And Arizona is not a special, isolated
example. The same thing happens in Nevada in five
■days; in Oregon in three days; in Washington in five
days; in California in eleven days, and so on. In more
easterly states the jump has been somewhat less. How
ever, the taxes paid in most of the 48 states during
January equal the total taxes collected in the first
year of their existence.
« It’s true, of course, that there are many more
vehicles in use now than there were in the early 20’s,
when most states imposed gas taxes. But this only
partially explains why gas tax collections from the
driving public now run as much as 183 times the
former figure. In the beginning, the tax was usually
one cent a gallon or, at the most, two cents. There
was no federal tax. Now the states impose taxes of
five cents, six cents and more and a three cent federal
tax gos on top of that.
One moral to be drawn from this record is that
once government starts taxing a service or a com
modity, there’s virtually no limit to which it ulti
mately will not* go. Another is that taxes are a far
more important factor in setting the cost of many
items than we generally realize. The price of gasoline,
excluding taxes, is actually lower today than it was
in the 20’s, and quality is far better. But, in typical
states, the taxes add a third or more to the cost.
PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET
Recent headlines in the news: “Labor to seek high
er wages, shorter week.” “Unemployment highest since
the depression.” ,
This puts one in mind of the irresistible force
and the immovable object.
Labor can press for higher wages and shorter
w^—weeks, and very likely it can get them. But
f can’t make people buy the goods and services
FRESrf lak°r force employed.
"ker, like a product, can be priced out of
EVEF;. There is plenty of evidence that this is
to happen now.
PETIT JURY
The Petit Jury has been drawn
for the March term of court. They
are to report at 2:00 p.m. on
March 24.
Pauline George.Noorvik
Edward Kayoukluk, Unalakleet
Jack Jones ..Kotzebue
Mary Walker.Nome
May N. Joule.Deering
Oscar Ballot.Selawik
Frances Ballot...Kotzebue
Frank Keelick...Nome
Ida Kugzruk .Teller
Joesph Maloney .Nome
Dorothy Keelick .Teller
James Oksoktaruk .Nome
Joseph Kowchee .White Mt.
Alfred Kiyutelluk .Nome I
Peter Curran, Jr.Solomon
Nannie Anawrok ....Unalakleet
Louella DeLeonardis ..Kotzebue
Bonnie Thomas .Kotzebue
Art Trigg ....Nome
Roger V. Nassuk .Koyuk
Phillip Kugzruk .Teller
Nels Swanberg, Jr.Nome
Mrs. John Muller .Nome
Glen Porter .Kotzebue
Harry A. Lewis .Nome
Donald Grinsell .Nome
Mrs. Gertie Auliye ..Unalakleet
Clinton Gray .Nome
Aurora Escholt .Nome
Dora Egelak .White Mt.
John Octuck .Kotzebue
Ralph Loikart .Kotzebue
Virginia Tweet .Teller
Nellie B. Pickell .Kotzebue
Alice Sheldon .Kotzebue
Joseph Elageok ....Unalakleet
Martin Olson .Nome
Carrie Green .Nome
John M. Cross .Kotzebue
Reed Henry .Kotzebue
Gilbert H. Clark .Deering
Ida Hadley .Kotzebue
John Walters .Nome
Jessie Milligrock .Unalakleet
Donald Smith .Kiana
Elizabeth B. Cross .Kotzebue
Jack Jones .Selawik
Agnes Okleasik .Teller
Winfred Adloat .Nome
Arthur Tocktoo .Nome
Mary Jane Jefford .Nome
Leslie Burnett .Selawik
Fredrick M. Walker Nome
Edward Keelick .Teller
Evalyn A. Parson .Kotzebue
Mrs. Lee To Visit In Stales
Mrs. Richard Lee Sr., left for
the states for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Charles West, her
first trip in several years.
PIONEER
WATER
DELIVERY
Phone Black 150
Reds Insist on
Negotiations For
Return of Plane
SEOUL, Korea, GfV-South Kor
ean police said Tuesday they had
evidence at least seven Commun
ist agents boarded the commercial
airliner which flew to Red North
Korea Sunday.
The police statement came after
a North Korean newsman cover
ing a U. N. Truce Commission
meeting at Panmunjom hinted a
fight took place aboard the plane
before it bypassed Seoul and
landed irt Communist territory.
The Communist newsman told
South Korean reporters some of
the 34 persons aboard the plane
were “wounded and receiving
medical treatment.” The plane
was piloted by two Americans.
The Communists at the Pan
munjom meeting rejected the U.
N. -Command’s demand for return
of the airliner and the occupants.
The Reds insisted on direct nego
tiations with President Syngman
Rhee’s South Korean government.
At Panmunjom, a high South
Korean foreign ministry official
termed “impossible” the Reds' de
|mand for direct negotiations with
j the Rhee government for return
i of the plane.
! South Korea did not sign the
j armistice agreement suspending
| the Korean war and has refused
I to recognize the Communist re
j gime.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Julia Pleasant, Don
Walker, Charles Omiak, Nathan
Oxereok, Marleen Moto.
Discharged: Knute Olson, Ag
nes Komakhuk and infant, Fred
Kingik, Teddy Kunuluk, Betty
Doyle, Richard Kakaruk.
Sig Moto and Mary Attatayuk
| were transferred to Kotzebue.
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Airport Work In
2nd Division For
1958 Announced
The Alaska Aeronautics and
Communications Commission has
announced the following con
struction program for this area
for 1958— f
Construction will be done un
der the Federal Aid Airport pro
gram at Hughes, Kotzebue, Shak
toolik, and Mekoryuk.
The work at Kotzebue will in
clude reconstruction of the east
west runway, parking apron, and
taxiway.
The project at Shaktoolik in
cludes the extension of the exist
ing landing strip to 2,300 feet,
surfacing, and parking area con
struction.
Gravel surfacing of a runway
will be performed at Mekoryuk,
on Nunivak Island.
Invitations to bid will be of
fered through the Nugget soon.
The projects for 1959 will be
at. Kivalina, Teller, Kobuk, Arc
tic Village, Hooper Bay, Beaver,
Kaltag, Marshall, Noatak, Holy
Cross, Russian Mission.
The 1959 program will be sub
mitted by the Department of Av
iation to the CAA for inclusion
in the Federal Aid program in
that year.
Construction was also author
ized for an emergency landing
i strip at Teller Mission.
I_
Gov. Proclaims Feb. 21
World Day of Prayer
Gov. Mike Stepovich has desig
nated Friday, Feb. 21, as the
World Day of Prayer in a pro
clamation from Juneau.
The World Day of Prayer is
sponsored by the General Depart
ment of United Church Women
of the National Council of the
Churches of Christ.
Stepovich’s proclamation says
in part ... “I urge our citizens
to observe this day by attending
on Feb. 21, wherever possible,
World Day of Prayer services, or
' pausing for a minute of prayer at
! high noon to ask God to give us,
in all our humility, the wisdom
and courage to meet and success
fully solve the profound prob
lems of our times.”
HOT LUNCH MENUS
Thursday—Barbecued reindeer
and pork and gravy combination,
steamed rice, carrots, cabbage
and pineapple jello, canned peas,
bread, butter, and milk.
Friday — Macaroni and cheese,
green beans, pineapple upside
down cake, bread, butter, and
milk.
WINTER SCHEDULE
DC-3 or C - 4 6 SERVICE
Monday, Wednesday
and Friday
Lv. Fairbanks 7:00 a-nx.
Ar. Kotzebue 8:50 ami.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:30 ajn.
Ar. ' Nome 10:45 a.m.
Lv. Nome 11:45 a.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday
Lv. Fairbanks 9:30 a.m.
Ar. Nome 11:45 aun.
Lv. Nome 12:45 p.m.
Ar. Kotzebue 2:00 p.m.
Lv. Kotzebue. 2:45 p.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 6:30 pun.
Thursday - Saturday
Lv. Fairbanks 7:00 a.m.
Ar. Nome 9:15 a.m.
Lv. Nome 10:15 a.m.
Ar. Kotzebue 11:30 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 12:10 p.m.
Ar. Fairbanks 4:00 p.m.
BUSH FLIGHTS TUESDAY Charter Service
CESSNA - BEECHCRAFT
Lv. Kotz, 8:30 a.m.. stop at Candle Lv. Nome 12:25, stop Deering, Twin Beechcraft
and Deering Ar. Nome 11:30 a.m. Candle, ar. Kotzebue 3:20 p.m.
_ _ Station Manager
M~.s WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
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