THE NOME NUGGET
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Heintzleman Cited
(Editor's Note: The following distinguished service citation was
announced by Secretary of Interior Fred A. Seaton from Washington,
D.C., for former Governor B. Frank Heintzleman, who served as
the territory's chief executive for four years. He resigned just prior
lo the session of the 23rd Territorial Legislature.)
CITATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
B. FRANK HEINTZLEMAN
in recognition of outstanding service as Governor of Alaska
Mrs. Heintzleman was appointed by the President as Governor
of Alaska on April 10, 1953. His previous government service covered
a period of nearly forty-three years with the Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Both during his term as governor and
his long tenure in the Forest Service, most of which was served in
Alaska, Mr. Heintzleman proved to be one of the foremost and most
effective leaders in promoting the social and economic development
of that territory. His influence was of major importance in encour
aging many new industries to utilize and develop the territory’s boun
tiful resources in order to provide a permanent and soundly based i
economy, particularly in the fields of timber, mining, agriculture,
and water power. Mr. Heintzleman resigned on January 3, 1957.
For his foresight, leadership and significant contributions during his
many years of service to his government, the Department of the
Interior, in tribute to his eminent career, bestows upon Mr. Heint- i
zleman its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award.
Fred A. Seaton
Secretary of the Interior
Skagway Labor Council
Appeals for Federal Tax
Relief for Alaskans
SKAGWAY, (£)—'The Central
Labor Council of Skagway has
voted to support a move to obtain
total federal tax relief for Alas
kans. The group’s stand was out
lined in a letter to Rep. A. L.
Miller (R-Neb).
The letter described the high
cost of living as Alaska’s greatest
problem. The labor group told
Miller a 20-year moratorium on
federal taxes would give Alaskans
$44 million a year to invest in the
territory.
In years to come, the letter said,
“we should be able to pay income
taxs at such a higher volume that
we would rapidly 'overcome the
amount deferred.”
CHARLES L. PETERS DIES
AT PIONEER HOME
SITKA, UP)—Former Nomeite
Charlie L. Peters died last Thurs
day at the Pioneer Home. He was
84.
Bom in 1873 in Brownville,
Maine, Mr. Peters came to Alaska
at the turn of the century, living
at Nome. After prospecting and
mining in that area, he moved in
1928 to Circle Springs. He en
tered the home in November 1954.
A daughter, Mrs. Eva Smith of i
Seattle, survives.
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Reinstatement of i
Native Health
Funds Asked
WASHINGTON, \B—Delegate
Bartlett has asked a Senate Ap
propriations subcommittee to re
instate more than a million dol
lars the House cut from appropri
ations asked for an Alaska Native
Health program.,
He asked particularly for sep
arate appropriations of $30,000 to
permit construction of clinic fa
cilities at Gambell and Savoonga,
and $520,000 earmarked for 21
housing units at Kanakanak, Mt.
Edgecumbe, Fount Barrow and
Tanana.
In addition to these items, the
House pared a lump sum item for
operation of native hospitals. This
would have the effect of reducing
Alaska’s participation in the pro
gram from $11,922,500 to about
$11 million.
Also included in the bill but not
allowed by the House, Bartlett
said, is roughly $2,149,000 for dis
ease control programs, including
one million for mental health
work in Alaska, and additional
sums for improved facilities at
the Bethel, Anchorage, Kanaka
nak and Tanana hospitals.
Post Office Committee
Votes General Increase
In Postal Rates
WASHINGTON UP)—The House
Post Office and Civil Service
Committee yesterday voted in fa
vor of raising the postal rate on
first class, or letter, mail from
3 to 4 cents. '
The action approved a section
of a bill calling for general in
creases in postal rates. There was
no final action on the bill.
In addition to hiking letter mail
to 4 cents, the section approved
by the committee would boost the
mailing charge for post cards
from 6 cents to 7 cents, and of
airmail cards from 4 cents to 5
cents.
The committee today approved
increases in third class postal
rates resigned to yield an extra
$128 million in revenue after two
years.
The committee voted for a two
stage increase in the third class
rates. The plan calls for a rise this
year from 2 to 3 cents for the first
two ounces of individual piece
mailings, and from 114 to 2 cents
in the bulk minimum rate. A fur
ther increase of 14 cent would be
made effective by July 1, 1959.
Dr. Thomas Morcom,
Former Nomeite, Retires
Dr. Thomas Morcom, formerly
of Nome, who has been practicing
in Seattle since leaving Nome, is
retiring.
He will be missed by Nomeites
who frequent his office and are
accustomed to visiting with him
while in the States, not only for
professional services but because |
they like him as a friend and ad
visor.
He states he will make his
home at Welsey Gardens in Des
Moines, Wash.
Budget Bureau Against
Pay Increase for Feds
WASHINGTON, UPP-The Bur
eau of the Budget said today it
opposes any general pay increase
now for federal employes.
The bureau, which speaks for
the White House on such matters,
said the government, as well as
private business and labor, should
avoid at this time actions tending
to increase inflationary pressures.
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More blows per minute mean more footage per shift. Faster
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faster drilled holes provide better fragmentation. And longer
rope life plus other operating and maintenance economies
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