Japanese Royal Couple Speak
Of U.S. Hospitality On Return
TOKYO, \m — Crown Prince
Akihito and Crown Princess Mi
ehiko arrived home today with
words of appreciation for Presi
dent Eisenhower and their recep
tion on their 16-day tour of the
United States.
“The very warm welcome and
hospitality . . . accorded us is a
testimony of the sincere interest
and friendship entertained by the
American people toward us Japa
nese,” the Prince said in an air
port statement.
Better Late . . .
FRANKLIN, Ky., IfP) — It took
some time for Henry Bogan to
receive his Purple Heart, but the
Franklin postmaster and one
time Marine gunnery sergeant is
glad he got the medal.
It arrived this week, 42 years
to the day after he was wounded
by a German sniper near the
close of World War II.
Coast Guard Rescues Three
Houses from Watery Grave
RICHMOND, Calif., UPl — The
U.S. Coast Guard, which has res
cued just about everything, has
saved three houses from sinking
in San Francisco Bay.
The houses had been removed
for a freeway and were being
taken by barge to the San Joa
quin River city of Stockton, Calif.
The unmanned barge broke loose
from its mooring here.
After the drifting barge was
spotted, a Coast Guard cutter and
helicopter slowly maneuvered it
to a dock.
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P. O. Box 460
Per Capita State Taxes
Finally Top $100 Mark
A break-through past the 100
dollar mark was staged for the
first time by the per capita state
tax burden in the year ended
June 30, I960, according to Com
merce Clearing House, national
reporting authority on tax and
business law.
With a whopping 13.7 per cent
increase in state tax collections,
every man, woman and child in
the nation, on average, was hit
with a state tax bill of $101.72,
an all-time high surpassing last
year’s record toy over $10 the CCH
report said.
State tax collections in fiscal
1960, taken from official census
bureau figures, rose to over $18
billion, up more than $2 billion
from the previous year. Not one
state showed a decrease in total
collections and only two states,
Massachusetts and New Mexico,
reflected a lower per capita tax
burden.
The report showed that the
newest state, Hawai, ied the na
tion with a $200 per capita tax
burden. Alaska was in the up
per bracket with $121.
California’s tax collection soar
ed over the $2 billon mark, the
first time any state reached that
peak.
New York followed closely,
$1.96 billion, and Pennsylvania
topped the billion mark for the
first time. The greatest percent
age tax collection increase was
registered by Arizona, up 27 per
cent from last year.
New Jersey and Nebraska had
the lowest per capita marks, re
gistering $60 and $65, respec
tively.
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THE NOME NUGGET
Christian Science Monitor
Announces Support of Nixon
BOSTON, UP) — The Christian
Science Monitor has announced
its support of the presidential
candidacy of Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon.
The Monitor said editorially it
is an independent newspaper,
"but that we do not equate in
dependence with neutrality.”
STATE OF ALASKA
INVITATION TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received by
the Department of Administration
of the Stale of Alaska at 517 Al
aska Office Building. Box 2420,
Juneau, Alaska, until 2:00 p.m. on
October 19, 1960, and then pub
licly opened for the following:
PUBLIC SALE; M/V "CRANE"
General specifications: 90' long,
20' beam, 12' draft. Single
screw, Washington - Estep 200
H.P. Diesel, Complete bid speci
fications may be obtained from:
Stale of Alaska, Department of
Administration, Division of
Supply, Box 2420, Juneau, Al
aska.
The State reserves the right to
reject any and all bids and to
waive any formality in bidding
procedures.
Signed: R. G. Berg,
Director, Division of Supply
Publish Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 7, 10
STATE OF ALASKA
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Lands
340 Sixth Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska
NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is hereby given that pub
lic hearings will be held at 9:30
a.m., November 16, 1960, in the
Court Room of the U.S. Court
House, Nome, Alaska, concern
ing the adoption of proposed reg
ulations governing the leasing of
Mining Rights.
The proposed regulations im
plement, interpret and apply the
provisions of the Alaska Land Act
Chapter 169, SLA 1959, as amend
ed).
The proposed Mining Rights
regulations will concern the fol
lowing subjects: qualifications of
locators, permittees and lessees;
lode and placer claim staking;
rental or royalty rates; mining
leasing on uplands and on tide
and submerged lands; mill sites;
water rights; general regulations;
and practice and procedure.
Any persons interested in the
subject matter may appear at the
above mentioned time and place
and be heard, or may submit
written statements to the Direc
tor of the Division of Lands, 340
Sixth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska,
or the Director of the Division of
Mines and Minerals, Box 1391,
Juneau, Alaska
Copies of the proposed regula
tions concerning mining rights are
available from the office of the
Division of Lands, or the Division
of Mines and Minerals upon re
quest.
The Director reserves the right
to reschedule the hearing, giving
such notice as he deems reason
able and proper in the circum
stances, if it becomes impossible
to hold the hearing at the time
or place specified herein.
Phil R. Holdsworth,
Commissioner
Department of
Natural Resources
By: Roscoe E. Bell, Director
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new infrared "sniperscope." The new sight, an improvement
over its World War II predecessor, can spot an enemy at night
at a much greater distance. The power supply is carried in a
lightweight cartridge belt container instead of in a cumbersome
back pack. ’Developed by Raytheon Company for Army's Engi
neer Research and Development Laboratories, the "sniperscope”
is scheduled for large scale production in the near future.
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