THE NOME NUGGET
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HAVE WE FORGOTTEN ANYONE?
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The LA W Community Center
FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE to the underprivileged
people of this area is the shining record of the
Lavinia Wallace Young Community Center, which is
maintained by the Women’s Division of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church.
Countless numbers of babies started life with
layettes contributed by this organization; countless
families received blankets and clothing while the
members of their homes were still smoking from dis
astrous fires; many children receive sufficient cloth
ing so they can enter school and many families de
pend on this organization for used clothing for their
dependents when jobs are hard to find.
In its educational program the kindergarten has
helped innumerable children to cross the language
barrier so that when they entered the public school i
they were able to advance with children of their own
age.
The social clubs for yuong people of various age
levels have helped keep the young people busy and are
responsible in a great measure in keeping down the
delinquency rate, especially for those whose homes
are not big enough to afford much social life for them.
Wholesome snacks in connection with the many
projects of the LYW has helped balance the diet for
many who do not get enough to eat at home.
These are but a few of the ways in which the
LYW Community Center has given humanitarian
service without asking community support other than
by willing helpers to carry out on the work.
The Women’s Division does not seek praise or
thanks for the Christian Service they render here
as they do through centers around the world, but this
50th anniversary is an ideal time to express for the
people of Nome appreciation for their part in the build
ing of this Northwestern Alaskan community.
Miners & Merchants Bank of Alaska
THE FRIENDLY BANK
FULL BANKING SERVICES
To Northwestern Alaska Since 1904
_ BRANCH OFFICE IN KOTZEBUE — 1
j JFK-MacMillan
Reach High Level
Of Agreement
Ry John M. Hightower
WASHINGTON UP> — President
Kennedy and Prime Minister Har
old MacMillian announced Sat
urday they had reached “a very
high level of agreement” on their
appraisal of the problems faced
by the two great English-speak
ing powers.
In a joint statement covering
their three days of talks, the two
leaders pledged themselves “to
do their utmost” to reach agree
ment with the Soviet Union for
a safeguard ban on nuclear
weapons tests.
The asserted their support for
the United Nations and their “de
termination” to oppose Soviet at
tempts “to undermine its author
ity.”
To meet the problems of the
world today “will require from
us many sacrifices,” Kennedy and
MacMillan declared.
“We are in complete agree
ment,” they said, “as to the gra
vity and depth of the dangers in
the present world situation for
those nations who wish to retain
their independence and the price
less right of choice.
“Wile we recognize that the
core of Western security against
armed aggression continues to be
the North Atlantic Alliance, we
also discussed hour our countries
can help to strengthen the free
world at a whole.
“We have considered what
measures it might be adviseable
to take, together with our allies,
to insure the cohesion, effective
ness and adaptability of the At
lantic community in a changing
world.”
The statement described as ur
gent the need for further steps
toward “the economic and politi
cal unity of Europe.”
But on this as on other points
it dealt only in generalities and
offered no indication of specific
measures, of actions agreed on
or of proposals which may be
made to allies or the Communist
powers as a result of the meetings
here.
The statement was read by Ken
nedy into microphones before a
battery of cameras. Kennedy and
MacMillan for this purpose stood
on the steps of the executive wing
of the White House which lead
from the President’s office down
to a rose garden.
When he finished reading the
prepared statement, Kennedy
folded it and spoke informally a
few sentences.
It had been “a source of great
satisfaction,” he said, to talk in
fullest confidence and under
standing with the prime minister.
Three Lion Cubs are
In Danger of Extermination
NAIROBI, Kenya Ut) — Elsa’s
three lion cubs — Elsa, Jespah
and the Timid One—are in dan
ger of extermination.
Since the recent death of their
mother, made famous in Joy
Adamson’s book “Born Free,”
they have been raiding herds of
goats and cattle along the Ura
River in the Tharanka area north
east of Mount Kenya.
Kenya’s chief game warden,
Maj. Ian Grimwood, said today
Mrs. Adamson’s husband George,
the warden responsible for the
Tharaka area, has been told to
try to capture the cubs and trans
fer them to a game reserve.
But if he fails, he will have to
shoot them.
“George has been trying to
catch the cubs for the last ten
days. The little terrors have been
roaring up and down the area,
killing goats mainly,” said Mrs.
Grimwood.
“George has been paying com
pensation to the owners out of I
his own pocket.”
_
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
Nixon Plans to Blast
Kennedy Administration
On Speaking Tour
SAN JOSE. Calif. UP» — Repub
lican hopes for victory in 1964
and 1968 depend largely on what
happens in next year’s Congres
sional elections, former Vice
President Richard M. Nixon said
Friday night.
“I intend to get into the fight.
I will work for our candidates up
and down California and through
out the nation,” Nixon said.
Winding up an all day speak
ing tour of the San Francisco
Bay area, Nixon made this decla
ration at a dinner sponsored by
the Santa Clara County Republi
can Committee. He said a Demo
cratic victory in 1962 would just
about wash out Republican hopes
of regaining the White House.
Nixon said he plans to pull no
punches when he begins a na
tionwide speaking tour next
month aimed at criticizing the
Kennedy Administration’s first
100 days in office.
“They gave us the business
when we were in and they were
entitled to,” he said. “Now, we’re
going to give it to them and be
lieve me I know how to do it,
too.”
"The Apartment" Voted Best
Movie for '63 by Reviewers
NEW YORK UP) — “The Apart
ment” was the best movie of 1960,
according to Film Daily’s annual
poll of reviewers and writers.
The trade publicantion said the
comedy received 208 first-place
votes, with “Elmer Gantry” sec
ond and “Ben-Hur” third.
Progress Made 1
hi liaising Indian
Health Standards
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON Ml — Measur
able progress is being made in
raising Indian health standards
but a great deal remains to be
done, a House appropriations sub
committee was told in testimony
which it made public Wednesday.
“The magintude of the problem
is best illustrated by a few sta
tistics,” said Dr. James R. Shaw,
Chief of the Health, Education
and Welfare Department’s Indi
an Health Division.
Some of the statistics he cited:
The average age of an Indian
at death is 40 years (30 years for
Alaska natives) as compared with
62 for all races.
The likelihood of an Indian
baby’s death before his first birth
day is twice that in the general
population.
Although significantly reduced,
the tuberculosis death rate is still
four times greater (among Alaska
natives nearly nine times greater)
than among the general popula
tion.
On the other hand, he listed
these accomplishments:
The tuberculosis death rate has
dropped 45 per cent from 1954 to
1959 among Indians. In Alaska it
is down some 70 per cent.
Indian infant mortality in the
last 11 months of the first year
has decreased 23 per cent.
The Indian Health Division
seeks $52,430,00 to continue its
programs during the year starting
July 1.
Shaw said the goal of the di
vision is to raise the health level
of some 380,000 Indians and Alas
ka natives covered by its pro
grams. They live on 200 reserva
tions in 24 states and several
hundred scattered Alaska villages.
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