THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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To Whom It May Concern:
The City of Nome will no
longer honor bills for labor, ser
vices or supplies charged to the
City without a Purchase Order
signed by the councilmen in
charge of the department for
which the labor, services or sup
plies are procured.
This ruling will not apply to
services, labor and supplies con
tracted for by the City Council.
Standing committees are:
Fire & Water: Hedreen, Perkins
Police & Jail: Doyle, McLean.
Streets & Lights: Herman,
Doyle.
Health & Relief: McLean, Hed
reen.
Finance & Building: Gray,
Herman.
Laws & Printing: Perkins,
Gray.
By order of Nome City Council:
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish Sept. 28, 30, Oct. 3, 1960
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Unbelievable
OSLO, Norway, UP) — A 6,000
year-old salt water ocean has
been discovered 434 feet below
the fresh water of Tokko Lake,
120 miles west of Oslo. Dr. Kaare
Streem of Oslo University, wTho
made the discovery, said the find
was unique.
Nixon Hq. on Kennedy Slreel
BRADFORD, Pa., iff) — The
Nixon-for-President group in this
northwestern Pennsylvania com
munity opened its campaign head
quarters on Kennedy St. “It’s a
reminded to keep us on our toes,”
said Merle Dickerson, Republican
county chairman.
Bobby Iokienna Out of Coma
Bobby Iokienna, son of Fanny
Iokienna, who has been in a coma
since he suffered a head injury
over a month ago, is reported im
proving and was able to recognize
his mother this week.
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that will cover your automobile or pickup.
INSURANCE DEPT. OF
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
New Merit System Personnel Rules
Govern 2,300 Employes of the State
(This is the first of a tour
part series dealing with the
State’s new personnel rules,
which cover all but a handful
of the persons who work for
the State of Alaska.!
JUNEAU, UP*—On Sept. 21, some
2,300 state employes started work
ing under rules set forth in a
35 - page document which speci
fies, in detail, their association
with the State of Alaska.
The new personnel rules are a
part of the new statewide Merit
System and cover every facet of
state employment.
They specify the manner in
which state jobs may be obtained
and who can obtain them. The
document establishes a uniform
work week for state employes.
It provides for vacation and pay
and leaves of absence. It tells the
employe who he can get fired
and what he can do about it. And
one rule even tells employes what
they can't do, as a state employe,
during their time off.
The new rules make it clear
that any citizen of the United
States is eligible to apply for a
state job, and the rules have firm
safeguards against nepotism.
Exempt from the provisions of |
the rules is a group including i
elective officials of the state, jus- j
tices of the Supreme Court, judges ■
of the Superior Court, magistrates
and deputy magistrates, officers I
of the University of Alaska, teach- j
ers at the UA, certified teachers j
in schools operated by the State |
Department of Education and !
heads of major state departments. !
There is also a group of state
employes in what is termed the
partially exempt service. They
will be compensated according to
the state pay plan yet to be insti- !
tuted, but they are not required i
to take an examination to obtain i
a state job.
This group includes legislative
employes, assistant commission
ers of the principal departments j
of the executive branch, chiefs of J
divisions as specified by the gov
ernor, attorneys on the staff of
the State Attorney General, one
private secretary for each depart
ment head, employes of the Of
fice of the Governor and Secre
tary of State, employes of the j
state judicial system and all em- j
ployes of the University not in- .
eluded in the exempt service.
The first rule provides for a ,
state classification plan, covering ]
the duties and responsibilities of
each state job and the training j
and experience necessary to hold '
it.
To assure that the state re
cruits qualified personnel, the |
rules provide for continuous ex- j
aminations for the more common
state jobs and specific examina
tions for critical state jobs.
The director of the State Merit
System has the power to refuse
to examine an applicant, refuse to
place his name on an eligibility
list or remove it from an eligibil
ity list under certain conditions.
Such action can be taken if the
applicant tailed to suDmn ms ap
plication on time, is found to lack
the preliminary requirements es
tablished for admission to a test,
uses narcotics or uses intoxicants
to excess, has a criminal record,
made a false statement in fact on
his application, has been dismis
sed from public service for delin
quency or misconduct, has used or
attempted to use political pres
sure or bribery to secure an ad
vantage in the examination or ap
pointment, or has directly or in
directly obtained information re
garding examinations to which as
an applicant he is not entitled.
Each examination, according to
the rules, will “fairly test the
capacity and fitness of the per
sons examined to discharge effi
ciently the duties of the position
sought by them.”
The next step is evaluation, by
the state, of each person taking an
appropriate test.
Then, a confidential eligibility
list will be prepared, with the top
name that of the person scoring
highest in the examination and
continuing on down.
Each eligibility list will cover
all applicable jobs of the same
class in the state, wherever lo
cated, unless specifically pegged
beforehand to a geographical
area, a specific agency or an or
ganizational unit.
From these eligibility lists, and
from lists to be kept by depart
ment, all vacancies in the state’s
classified service will be filled.
The names on the layoff list
will be those of persons who have
been separated from state service
involuntarily, through the abol
ishment of a positon or because
of insufficient funds or work.
The rules provide for emergen
cy appointments to last no longer
than 30 days and for temporary
appointments to last no longer
than six months. Temporary ap
pointments can be extended if
there are no qualified applicants
available for the position on a
permanent basis.
They also provide for provision
al appointments of up to one year
in duration and for trainee ap
pointments of up to two years in
length.
Next: How do the rules affect
employes who were on the state
payroll prior to Sept. 21?
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Rook*
available at The Nome Nugget
HIGHWAY DEPT. OFFICE
TO MOVE TO SATELLITE
The State Highway offices in
the Federal Building are being
moved to the State Highway area
at Satellite Field in the near
future, where the engineering de
partment is now located.
The State Highway Department
now has a teletype circuit which
connects them to all the other
highway headquarters in the
state. Recently installed, it is be
ing operated by Mrs. Axel Edman.
Mothers Club Meets Oct. 3
There will be a Mothers Club
meeting Oct. 3 at the LWY Cen
ter at 7:30 p.m.
Speaker for the evening will be
Mr. Harry Saindon of the Bureau
of Land Management. He will
speak on the rights, privileges and
responsiblities of land ownership.
This will be of interest to per
sons who have summer camps.
All members are urged to attend
and visitors are cordially invited.
Baltika Requests Permission
For Additional Stay
NEW YORK, (#)—The city has
granted the Soviet liner Baltika
permission to remain at its East
River pier for an additional 19
days starting next Tuesday.
The ship arrived Sept. 19 with
Soviet Premier. Khrushchev and
other Communist chiefs attending
the United Nations session.
Khrushchev is reported plan
ning to stay at the U. N. much
longer than originally planned.
NEW YORK, W)—Life around
the United Nations can be mighty
rough, even for a horse.
Two police mounts, assigned to
the U.N. beat, are on sick report—
suffering from exhaustion.
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MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
Lv. Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. Arr. Kotzebue 8:50 a.m.
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Fairbanks to Nome Flight 311 (Direct)
TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
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TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
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