Wrist watch-Makers
Ordered to Scrap
Strontium 90 Dials
WASHINGTON, [fft — Three
watchmaking companies have
been ordered by the Atomic En
ergy Commission to halt distribu
tion of any luminous dials con
taining Strontium 90.
Strontium 90, deadliest of radio
active fallout, can cause bone can
cer if taken into the human sys
tem in sufficient quantities.
The AEC orders, issued Friday
night, said two of the companies
— General Time Corp., Westclox
Division, La Salle, 111., and Elgin
National Watch Co., Elgin, 111. —
have imported many such dials,
have distributed many to the pub
lic and still possess some.
The other company, Bulova
Watch Co., Flushing, N. Y., was
cited for a single watch with a
Strontium 90 dial. It was trade
marked Westfield, transferred to
a Louisburg, N. C., jeweler and
sold to someone in 1955, the AEC
said.
An AEC spokesman said in
general a watch with a dial con
taining Strontium 90 would not be
more hazardous than the more
common ones that have radium
compounds to provide luminosity.
But, he said, in some circum
stances they might be more dan
gerous — if the wearer kept it
on while he slept and slept with
his arm over his face near his
eyes, for instance.
A General Time Corp. execu
tive said the dials and hands in
volved in its case “were imported
a long time ago — five or six
years ago,” and were used only in
repairing watches, not in those
newly manufactured.
He said his firm intends to fol
low AEC instructions in disposal
of the stock.
Tibet Being Indoctrinated
With Red Austerity
KALIMPONG, India, UP) — The
Dalai Lama would find Tibet
completely communized if he re
turned to his homeland, Tibetan
travelers report.
They gave this account of life
under the Reds in the Himalayan
land.
Peiping is accelerating the politi
cal indoctrination of the Tibetans,
whipping up anti-Indian feelngs,
and confiscating properties of
merchants and land owners.
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and never see him again, it was
worth it.
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ESC Delays Mailing
Forms to Employers
JUNEAU — First quarter con
tribution reporting forms have not
yet been mailed to employers, ac
cording to Merrill E. Weir, Direc
tor of the Alaska Employment Se
curity Commission. These forms
are usually mailed to employers
by March 15; fifteen days before
due date and 45 days before de
linquent date for first quarter
contributions.
This year, as in the past two
legislative sessions, employment
security legislation affecting con
tributions was passed just prior
to adjournment. In order to avoid
possibility of some employers
being required to file amended
reports, it was decided to delay
mailing of the first quarter con
tribution reports until final action
on contribution provisions had
been determined.
Contribution reporting forms
will be mailed to all employers as
soon as possible after final action
is taken on employment security
legislation, and due date of first
quarter contributions will be set
at that time. Delay in mailing of
contribution forms will be con
sidered in setting due date and de
linquent date for the first quar
ter contributions and the usual
time allowance will be made for
receipt of contribution reports.
Arthur Godfrey Reported
In Excellent Condition
NEW YORK, (/PI — Arthur God
frey was reported in excellent
condition over the weekend at. the
Colombia Presbyterian Medical
Center, where he is recovering
from an operation for lung cancer.
Godfrey was out of bed twice
Friday afternoon.
STATE OF ALASKA
INVITATION TO BIDDERS
No. 327
SEALED BIDS will be received
by the Purchasing Division, De
partment of Administration, of
the State of Alaska, at 528 Alaska
Office Building, Box 2420, Juneau,
Alaska, until 11:00 a.m., on May
27, 1959, and then publicly opened,
for the following:
Eight (8) Fordor Sedans and
one (1) Two Door Station Wagon,
all new 1959 models, to be used as
State Police cars. Eight sedans to
be delivered to Seward, one sedan
to Kodiak and one station wagon
to Nome. Delivery to be 60 days
from date of awarding of bid.
Complete specifications, list of
vehicles to be traded in and stan
dard bid forms may be obtained
from the Purchasing Division, Box
2420, Juneau, Alaska.
The State reserves the right to
reject any and all bids and to
waive any formality in bidding
procedures.
Signed:
W. S. BROWN,
Acting Controller.
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Advocates Sales
Tax Increase
To The Editor:
I have listened interestedly to
the arguments pro and con for the
once-cent raise in the sales tax.
As a citizen and property owner
in the City, which has been my
home for sixty years. I have seen
the vicissitudes incident to all City
governments, and some of the dis
astrous conditions created by inept
City Councils, so I speak from a
position of understanding — from
experience.
As Grover Cleveland told Con
gress, which was fighting with
him over legislation, “Gentlemen,
we are faced by a condition, not
a theory.” Paraphrasing the Pres
ident’s summation of the situation
then — the same statement applies
to us now.
Through Mr. Metcalf’s failure
to inform the Council or City gov
ernment or authorities that the
City would have to pay ten per
' cent of the cost of black-topping
the streets in the city, which would
be done by the B.P.R. — that cost
was not known of and considered
not in passing the City Budget.
Now it has to be raised or pro
vided for — so Common Sense
alone should be the factor in any
one’s vote as to the Measure.
The old cliche “When sentiment
come in at the door, common
sense flies out the window,” can
most fittingly be applied to this
existing condition.
We may think that the Council
has been extravagant, that they
have been negligent in not put
ting teeth into the ordinance gov
erning the Sales Tax, and that
there is enough uncollected taxes
to take care of this deficiency.
THAT, HOWEVER, WILL NOT
GET THE MONEY !
The most it would cost anyone,
assuming their living costs are
$500 a year, would foe five dollars,
I or less than 45 cents a month, so
j HOW can it be considered a tax
on the Poor Man?
Any family, whether they own
a home or not in the City of Nome,
has the protection of the Fire De
partment, the Police Department,
use of the streets and such wel
fare as the City is able to handle.
To me, a sales tax is NOT a tax
on the poorest of them, for it
applies ONLY to that which they
buy, and goes to provide these
facilities.
Indications are that we will
have an increased tourist travel
this season, workmen have already
been shipped to Nome to work for
the contractor who is building or
doing the construction work in
connection with the black-topping
operation upon the airport and the
road. Their natural expenditures
will add to the paying of this de
ficiency.
Our Cuncil is^elected yearly. If
the Council fails us, we have the
power in Our Hands to change
it. This is a case where SENSE —
NOT SENTIMENT — should
govern. LET’S USE IT!
CHAS. D. JONES.
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The discovery of Pluto was an
nounced by Lowell Observatory
on March 13, 1930. It was the
successful result of a long-con
tinued search for a planet beyond
Neptune..
The planet was first detected by
Clyde Tombaugh in photographs
taken late in January of that year.
It was moving slowly among the
stars in the constellation Gemini.
The search was instituted by Per
cival Lowell, who had calculated
the orbit of a planet beyond Nep
tune from slight discrepancies be
tween the observed and predicted
movements of Uranus, which still
remained after the discovery of
Neptune.
Pluto is visible through large
telescopes. It has a yellowish hue
rather than the blue-green color
of its nearest neighbor. Its diame
ter is .46 of the earth’s diameter,
or about 3,600 miles, which is
somewhat greater than the dia
meter of Mercury. The mass of
Pluto, according to some observ
ers, is one-tenth of the earth’s
! mass.
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British Seek Freedom from
Reliance on American
Nuclear Developments
LONDON, te — Britain was re
ported Saturday seeking nuclear
independence from the United
States by developing its own war
heads for guided missiles.
Two British newspapers said
the program is aimed at freeing
this country from reliance on
American nuclear warheads sup
plied to Royal Air Force rocket
crews.
Some people grow under re
sponsiblity, while others only
swell.
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Anchorage Miss, Queen
Of Va. Apple Festival,
Loves Southern Hospitality
WINCHESTER, Va., (ff> — If
Sarah Elaine Atwood is a typical
Alaskan girl — and she says she
is — let’s add a few more states
to the union, say the Virginians.
The radiant blonde beauty from
the nation’s 59th state was near
ing the end of her reign as queen
of the 32nd Shenandoah Apple
Blossom Festival. She must have
been tired. Yet, to look at her,
she still was as fresh and efferves
cent as when she started her
round of festivities Wednesday.
“Yes, you get tired,” she ad
mitted Saturday with the two
day festival behind her. “But you
keep on going and going. It’s such
a wonderful thrill, you want to
take advantage of every minute
of it.”
Elaine couldn’t get over what
she called the “wonderful south
ern hospitality” extended her dur
ing her visit. “I’ve been brought
up hearing about southern hospi
tality,” she smiled. “It’s not a bit
exaggerated.”
The closing highlight of the two
day springtime extravaganza came
with Friday’s grand feature pa
rade. Television star Gene Barry
(Bat Masterson) served as grand
marshal.
The line of march also included
Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley
of Brandon, Miss., and movie actor
Russ Tamblyn.
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