T HE NOME NUGGET
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King and Queen
Of Hearts Crowned
At Valentine Dance
The much-awaited Nome High
School Valentine Dance, held last
Friday, was a huge success in at
tendance and pageantry as well
as financially. The gym was dec
orated with the traditional Valen
tine colors of red and white; the
throne for the King and Queen
was white-bedecked with red
hearts, and approached by a red
carpet. Two beautiful hearts were
placed above the throne.
Student Body President Fritz
Chambers, introduced by Fred1
Kungesuk, president of the spon- !
soring junior class, gave a short
talk on the campaign techniques
employed by the various classes.
He explained how each class nom
inated a candidate and then went
all-out in a campaign to promote
their King of Hearts. Voting was
in a manner similar to that of
Alaskan elections, in order that
the students would learn as well
as enioy election procedure.
The Freshman class had the
most enthusiastic and energetic
campaign, closely followed in
participation by that of the Sopho
more class.
Charles “Chuck” Fagerstrom,
Senior candidate, was elected as
King of Hearts, and hc^chose Miss
Valerie Adams, Junior, to be the
reigning Queen. The Frosh candi
date, Gabe Wilkalkia, was runner
up, and he chose Miss Sheryl Mar
tin for his Princess, and the
Queen’s attendant. The King was
crowned by Fritz Chambers; the
King then crowned his Queen,
who was presented a corsage and
a bouquet of flowers.
The dance was attended by an
exceptionally well-behaved group,
consisting mostly of young people.
Many new and lovely gowns made
their appearance. The Junior class
has announced the dance cleared
$125, which they - had decided,
very generously, to turn over to
the band for transportation funds
for the annual Music Festival
in Anchorage.
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No Sabotage Found In
Forced Landing of Swedish
Liner Carrying Mikoyan
STOCKHOLM, iff) — The Swe
dish board of civil aviation said
Saturday motor trouble — not
sabotage — forced the airliner
carrying Russia’s Anastas I. Mi
koyan to make an emergency
landing.
The Deputy Soviet Premier
was returning home from a visit to
the United States. The Scandina
via Airlines System plane came
down without mishap January 20
at the U. S. military base in Ar
gentia, Newfoundand. Mikoyan
was unruffled.
There were rumors at the time
about the possibility of sabotage.
New Rule Grants Objecting
Taxpayer Right of Defense
By Preparer of Forms
WASHINGTON, OPI — A new
federal rule affecting challenged
income tax returns goes into ef
fect March 15.
Under the rule, taxpayers, de
fending their returns, may be rep
resented by the persons who pre
prepared them. Under current reg
ulations, taxpayers either must de
fend their returns in person or
hire lawyers or accountants ad
mitted to practice before the In
ternal Revenue Service.
MEDICAL ALUMNI ELECTS
DR. SCHNEIDER AS VICE
PRESIDENT FOR 1ALASKA
PHILADELPHIA, U¥) — Dr.
Chester L. Schneider of Glenallen
has been elected 1959-60 state vice
president for Alaska by the Jef
ferson Medical College Alumni
Association which is an interna
tional organization.
Dr. Schneider, who is an officer
at Faith Hospital, was graduated
in the Class of 1947 from the na
I tion’s largest independent medi
j cal college.
U. S. Private Planes Total 95,577
WASHINGTON, D. C., UP> —
Private airplane buyers paid an
average list price of $21,048 for the
6,414 craft they bought in 1958,
according to the Aircraft Own
ers & Pilots Association. Last Oc
tober, registered private aircraft
in the United States totaled
1 95,577.
NWA C. of C. Offers Aspects of
Government Urban Renewal Program
(Presenled by fhe Civic Affairs
Committee, NWA C. of C.)
What Is Urban Renewal?
It’s a new program through
which the federal government is
prepared to help local communi
ties get rid of slums and blight
and prevent their further devel
opment.
The Dollars and Cents of It
1— For every dollar of local
money that goes into the net cost
of urban renewal, a TWO DOL
LAR federal grant is contributed.
2— The local dollars do not
have to be in cash. Local expendi
tures for streets, sewerage pro
jects, schols, parks—money spent
for any or all of these facilities
TO SERVE AN URBAN RE
NEWAL AREA, can be credited
against the locality’s share of the
cost.
3— Thus a locality that dovetails
its improvements programs with
urban renewal planning can ac
complish two purposes with the
expenditure of its tax dollars: fa)
provide a needed new public fa
cility and (b) clear away — or
prevent — an area of slums or
blight, restoring it as a healthy
taxpaying community asset.
4— Experience shows that a dol
lar of federal money spent for
urban renewal generates five dol
lars of new construction. Thus
urban renewal not only aids in re
covering sizeable capital values
for a community but also serves
to sustain construction volume
and hence the entire economy.
This New Program of Federal Aid
... is a tying together of many
earlier efforts of the localities and
the federal government to work
together both to prevent and to
cure urban slums and blight. In
the Housing Act of 1954, all the
past programs of federal aid for
this purpose — plus some new
ones — were co-ordinated. They
were all re-directed to achieve a
single goal: URBAN RENEWAL.
Prior to the Housing Act of
1954, cities were getting federal
aid via urban redevelopment —
public housing — mortgage insur
ance for new home construction.
Under urban renewal, these old
programs have been pulled toge
ther, co-ordinated, and two new
ones added: programs of aid for
neighborhood conservation and re
habilitation. Federal aid is now ai
rected toward COMPREHENSIVE
programs of city rebuilding —
not just a series of unrelated
projects.
Help for Those
Thai Help Themselves
The Housing Act of 1954 not
only co-ordinates all federal as
sistance — it also set up the prin
ciple that communities seeking
this assistance must similarly fo
cus all their rebuilding efforts
through a co-ordinated program.
The motto is: federal help for com
munities that help themselves.
Thus federal aid can be denied a
community if that community has
never developed, or does not plan
to develop, comprehensive land use
plans to meet the whole cross sec
tion of its needs: residential, com
mercial, recreational; has never
enforced, or does not plan to en
force, a code of minimum hous
ing standards; in short, has never
used, or does not plan to use, ALL
local means to attack its prob
lems. A community must show,
through what is called a “work
able program,” that it i« prepared
to move in against slums and
blight under a general, all-out
plan.
How is Federal Aid Rendered?
Through loans, grants, and tech
nical advice, the federal govern
ment stands ready to assist com
munities in doing an urban renew
al job under the Housing Act of
1954.
1— Available on request, and
without charge, technical and pro
fessional advice on how a com
munity goes about planning and
developing an urban renewal pro
gram. Included is assistance in
preparing the “workable pro
gram.”
2— Advance of funds to under
take the surveys necessary for a
renewal project.
3— Temporary loans sufficient,
if needed, to meet ail the working
capital requirements of a renewal
project.
4— Long-term loans for renewal
projects put on leased land.
5— Capital grants up to two
thirds of the net cost of a pro
ject: that is, two-thirds of what
ever “write-down” may be neces
sary when the cost of buying and
clearing an area is set against its
re-sale price.
6— Special grants up to two
thirds of the cost of conducting a
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Pan American Airways To
Build European Hotels
VIENNA, OP) — Pan American
Airlines is planning to enter the
luxury hotel business in Europe.
Vice President Robert S. Smith
said last week the company plans
to build four large hotels in West
ern European cities, including a
500-room structure in the center
of Vienna.
More plans for 26 hotels all over
the world are being worked out,
he said.
demonstration under which a re
newal technique or theory is
tested for the benefit of all com
munities.
7 — Special grants for urban
planning assistance (to metropoli
tan or state planning agencies')—
up to 50 percent of costs.
8—Special mortgage insurance
from the Federal Housing Admin
istration under Section 220 of the
Natonal Housing Act to finance
the building or rehabilitation of
residential properties in renewal
areas.
9 — Special Section 221 FHA
mortgage insurance to assist in
construction or rehabilitation of
low-priced residences to re-house
families displaced by urban re
newal or by other governmental
action.
10—Loans and grants for the
provision of low - rental public
housing.
In Fairbanks, some 9 acres of
substandard residences and com
mercial buildings are being clear
ed for a commercial area.
In Sitka, plans are underway
to re-develop 23 acres which will
include the removal of substan
dard housing, some commercial
development and the balance new
residential area.
In Ketchikan, some 74 acres of
mixed substandard residences and
commercial buildings are being
surveyed for plans to replat and
remove and rehabilitate residen
tial and commercial housing.
In Anchorage, plans are under
way to redevelop some 300 acres.
23 acres of this area is composed of
an area which will be redeveloped
by the property owners after the
local authority plans and replats
the area. All substandard housing
will be removed. The remainder
in the Anchorage area will be
cleared of all substandard hous
ing and plan for re-use of com
mercial, industrial and r< aid 'tial
development.
In Juneau, plans are underway
for the redevelopment of a resi
dential area into a much needed
commercial area for the city of
Juneau.
In Fairbanks, in addition to the
present project, applications are
now being forwarded for an ad
ditional 60 acres that will include
plans for removal of all substan
dard structures, park develop
ment and residential development.
What Is The Workable Program?
To be eligible to get the federal
aid a community must first be
able to demonstrate that it is ap
proaching its renewal problems —
or plans to do so — on a compre
hensive and co-ordinated basis.
This demonstration is made
through what is called a “work
able program” presentation. A
community must be able to show
that it has, or is, working towrard:
1— A general plan for the city
— and an active city planning
operation.
2— An analysis of the " city’s
neighborhoods that shows which
ones need remedial treatment, and
what kind of treatment.
3— A minimum standards code
for existing housing and an ad
ministrative organization to en
force that code.
4— Adequate codes for building
construction, fire protection,
electrical installations, zoning.
5— Plans to relocate into decent
housing those displaced by renew
al activity.
6— Adequate financial resources
to carry out proposed plans.
7— Active citizen participation
in the urban renewal program.