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■nitered a* second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
pest office at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1*79.
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Now it is here! With the anoearance on the market
of the first trillion dollar adding machine, we have
formally crashed the fiscal barrier from the billion
era into that of the trillions !
It is with mixed emotions that we learn from the
National Cash Register Co., inventors of' this new 14
column device, that: “The machine has been developed
to meet the needs of banks, insurance companies and
other institutions which now deal with figures of this
size.” It seems that gross national product, personal
income and all' types of bank deposits are now measured
in 12 digits, so that a mere 10-column billion dollar
adding machine is no longer adequate for some of
today’s big time banking operations.
A company executive admits that the inventors
had Washington in mind, too. He relates the sad plight
of a congressman who “recently tried to add up the
interest on the national debt over a period of 20 years.
The machine he was using ran out of figures. He had
to use a oemcil and paoer and ended up with an 11-digit
figure—$79,000,000,000.
“The NCR machine,” he explains, “can add up to
one cent less than $100 trillion, if a decimal point is
not used. With a decimal point, it can add up to penny
short of $1 trillion.”
Obviously the federal tax collectors are in need of
these machines. But we can still hope they are content
to use that decimal point.
Members of our IGY antarctic expedition are now
•enjoying what passes for spring at the bottom of the
world. At least we assume they are enjoying it, since
winter temperatures averaged 73 degrees below zero
F. at the U.S. South Pole station, where was recorded
a low for the face of the earth—102.1 below zero on
September 17.
This should 'be consoling to Nomeites who com
plain about the weather when it gets a few degrees
below zero.
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Christmas Tree
Program Enjoyed
By Community
The Community Christmas Tree
Program given Friday evening at
the school auditorium was en
joyed by parents and friends of
the students.
The program was divided into
two parts, the first being a musi
cal program presented by the
Nome School Band, Junior and
Senior Chorus under the direction
of Francis Gorman.
It was followed by a play by
the children of the lower grades, i
It included Santa himself, with
Mrs. Santa, at their home at the
North Pole. It was directed by
Mr. Forrest Draper.
A beautiful community Christ
mas tree reaching to the ceiling
of the auditorium was prepared
by Olaf Halverson and high school
students.
Beta Sigma Phi
Meeting News
The regular meeting of the Beta
Sigma Phi was held last week at
the home of Ruth McLean, who
was hostess.
During the meeting it was vot
ed on to furnish the room at the
school, used by the nurse, with
the necessary furniture as re
quested, and we will also continue
to furnish the things that the
nurse deems necessary for use in
this room.
Christmas presents for distrib
uting were brought by the mem
bers, to be given to some of the
children in the community.
Ellen Waldheim, who was in
charge of the program for the eve
ning, highlighted it with music.
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MOSCOW, (£)—The Soviet gov
ernment called Saturday for a
special session of the United Na
tions or an international confer
ence to discuss disarmament.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko said disarmament talks
could pave the way for an East
West summit conference.
Addressing Russia’s parliament,
Gromyko apparently rejected a
foreign ministers meeting on dis
armament proposed last week by
the 15 NATO nations.
The West has consistently
blocked all disarmament efforts
in the U.N., Gtomyoko said, and
“you can judge for yourselves
what sort of result can be ex
pected from a meeting of foreign
■ministers under, these conditions.”
But “the disarmament issue
should not remain stalemated,”
he said. “The Soviet government
calls for a special session of the
United Nations or an internation
al conference on, disarmament...”
Gromyko did not specify which
nations should attend an interna
tional conference, altho he* indi
cated Red China should not be
left out.
A recent session of the U.N.
General Assembly increased the
U.N. Disarmament Commission to
25 members but Russia has de
clared she will boycott the group.
A subcommittee of the commis
sion became stalemated last sum
mer when Russia refused to ac
cept Western disarmament plans
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and the West countered that
Soviet disarmament suggestions
would not provide safeguards to
insure that Russia complied.
Speaking after Gromyko, Com
munist boss Khrushchev called
for an East-West summit confer
ence “to solve all the problems
that trouble humanity, including
disarmament.”
“Firstly, we must abstain from
discussing problems concerning
ideological differences between
our two systems. We must leave
the solution of these problems to
the people themselves.
“Secondly, we must recognize
the status quo. If Western states
recognize this, it will be easy to
come closer together and solve
our problems.”
The United States has refused
to hold two-power talks with Rus
sia, leaving out its allies. But
Premier Einar Gerhardsen of
Norway suggested at the NATO
meeting last Monday that the U.S.
should talk directly with Moscow
if that is the only way to win a
cold war truce.
I* None of about 20 persons at the
observatory was injured.
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