THE NOME NUGGET
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CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
THE REAL, REAL NEEDY
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Its Later Than You Think . . .
PRESIDENT OF THE Chamber of Commerce, Don
Hoover, sounded a note of warning at the Cham
ber meeting reminding the members that the com
munity gets very enthusiastic about making Nome
more attractive for the tourist, along about September
and the close of the tourist season. This enthusiasm
simmers down during the winter and then before any
action takes place in the spring another season of
tourists start arriving.
He urges that the history of Nome is not primarily
its native or Eskimo attraction, but the fabulous gold
rush, the millions that were mined on its beaches by
people from every walk of life, and from every cor
ner of the earth. More emphasis should be put on re
juvenating a short span of the narrow gauge railway;
making an old dredge attractive; activating a demon
stration of how people lived during the stampede; a
real old time gambling hall; an old train on display;
a house furnished as the pioneers lived, etc.
This should be done now, not in the latter part of
May. If each organization would assume one phase of
the resoration this glamour could be started this sea
son. However, the organizations should be coordi
nated under the Steering Committee of the Cham
ber. Unless an all over plan is followed much good ef
fort will be wasted or duplicated. The Chamber has an
active tourist committee who would welcome repre
sentatives of other organizations at their regular meet
ings now underway.
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Of World News
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
The Soviet Union is trying to
drag Laos into the Communist
sphere without getting herself
into war, just as she tried to do
in South Korea. A good many ob
servers have reached the con
clusion that she can do so. But
it isn’t necessarily so.
As the years of East-West con
flict go along there is a tendency
toward oversimplification of
thought. The Soviets produce a
theme and then keep hollering
about it until you get the impres
sion that they never give up.
That’s only partly true.
They never give up on the main
line, of course, no matter how |
many detours they have to accept.
In Laos they could be expected
to agree to neutralization with a
coalition government and then
work for a Communist coup as
has always been their habit and
as they have tried there already.
But the world situation has
changed since that was an al
most invincible tactic.
Neutralism, once considered
by the West to be a form of in
decency, has become respectahle
and an acceptable substitute for
pro-Westernism. So that now a
neutral has greater support
against outside intervention and
internal subversion.
The Soviets have given up
many times on immediate ob
jectives in situations of far greater
importance than this one.
They quickly dropped their
postwar demands for a share of
big power interests in the Medi
terranean, and for Turkish teri
ritory.
They got out of Iran in the face
of world opinion as expressed
through the United Nations, and
never went the limit for Greece.
They didn’t dare try to reach
Yugoslavia when Tito walked out
on them.
Unyielding resistance made
them back away from the Berlin
blockade, and now Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev is only making
noises two years after laying
down a six-months ultimatum for
allied evacuation of the city.
It was the Soviets, not the Red
Chinese, who first backed away
from Korea.
East and West have negotiated
one successful neutralization al
ready, in Austria. And there,
notably, the Soviet Union gave
up actual military occupation
rights.
When the Poles, with strong
Western ties, threatened revolu
tion. the Kremlin settled for less
than half of a revolution, but
soundly trounced isolated Hun
gary.
If the SEATO nations make
their positions firm enough, and
the neutrals, especially India,
make their position clear enough,
a situation can be created in Laos
which the Communists will not
violate because of the effect on
uncommitteed peoples.
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Senate Approves Revise
For Recall Measure
On The Ballot
JUNEAU — The Senate gave
its approval Monday to a pro
posed constitutional amendment
which would revise the require
ments for placing an initiative,
referendum or recall measure on
the ballot.
The joint resolution would re
quire that sponsors of initiative,
referendum or recall measures ob
tain the supporting signatures of
5 per cent of the voters in each
of 16 of the state’s election dis
tricts.
Under present law, the signa
tures of 10 per cent of the voters
of the state, resident in at least
two-thirds of the election dis
tricts, are required.
The resolution now goes to the
House for action.
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Serate Kills Two
Bills in Brief Session
JUNEAU W) — The Senate gave
the axe to the only two bills it
considered during a brief after
noon session yesterday.
The upper chamber at first
passed a bill which would have
required hotels and motels to post
rates in each room.
But, on a reconsideration no
tice given by Sen Coghill some
minutes later, the Senate killed
the bill, 13-7.
Coghill and Sen. Brad Phillips
said the proposed statute was un
workable as it was written.
After killing the room rate bill,
the Senate tabled a measure which
would have exempted physicians
from liability for negligent acts
committed while rendering emer
gency medical aid.
The upper chamber tabled the
bill after Sen. W. O. Smith asked
why doctors should be granted a
protection not available to the
layman.
IT'S HIGH TIME PARENTS
PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN
CHICAGO <7P> — Parents should
summon up their courage and in
itiative and halt the growing cus
tom of wild, all-night high school
prom and graduation sprees, says
an authority on education.
“It’s high time we got back to
some untroubled sleep on prom
and graduation nights the coun
try over,” said Paul Friggens,
visiting lecturer at the University
of Colorado.
“And we shouldn’t have to buy
it by bargaining with our sons
and daughters,” he added.
Here’s an old reminder of a
present truth: One marriage in
four ends in divorce.
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