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Visit Your School ...
THE THIRD ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE being held
at the school tomorrow evening during Educa
tion Week should be of interest to everyone in the
community whether or not they have children, as most
of the tax Phoney goes to keep that institution func
tioning.
Although the enrollment has dropped from 710
students last year, at this time to 660, it still is a big
school with well selected advantage for a good sound
education without which it is becoming more difficult
each year to obtain the most desirable positions.
The teachers and students have planned many
interesting displays and other surprises for the guests
including a play by the junior high class.
Give yourself a treat and see for yourself how
the Nome School functions. , 7- ^ ■
I JFK Sends Soviets Brief
Message on Anniversary
WASHINGTON IB — President
Kennedy sent a brief message ex
pressing hopes for prosperity in
a peaceful world to the Soviet
Unipn (Hi the 44th anniversary of
the Bolshevik revolution.
The White House made public
yesterday the text of Kennedy’s
greeting to Chairman Leonid
Uich Brezhnev of the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet. It'said:
“On the occasion of this na
tional holiday of the Union pi
Soviet Socialist Republics, the
people of , the United States join
the in sending to the people of
the Soviet Union our best wishes
for “ prosperous future in a secure
and peaceful world.”
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U.S. Air Force Deploys
Largest Ftgfiter Plane
Force in Etarope
WASHINGTON UF> — The Air
Force said Tuesday the largest
overseas deployment of a tactical
fighter force since World War II
has moved more than 200 air
craft to stations in Europe.
Only six of the jet fighters have
not yet landed at assigned bases
in Europe, because of temporary
delays in the Azores.
The pilots and planes, plus 10,
000 maintenance and other per
sonnel ated more Ahan 2,000 tons
of cargo, are from former Air
National Guard units which were
called into federal service as part
of the buildup of U.S. military
forces in Europe. ' ^
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Nuclear Power
Plant at Ft. Greely
Awaits First Test
FAIRBANKS W — The first
test run of the nuclear power
plant at Ft. Greely is tentatively
scheduled for Nov. 15. New de
! signs and changes in producing
atomic power will receive their
first field testing at that time.
Actual construction of the $5
mCSlica atomic plant 10 miles east
of Delta Junction has been com
pleted for the last 12 months.
The project was started in 1058
by Peter Kiewit & Sons Co. and
was designed by the Army Corps
of Engineers. Installation and test
ing of the equipment is still un
der the direction of the contrac
tor and the engineers. An engi
neer spokesman said the testing
will probably go on for about
six months before the plant is
operational.
When the plant operates at full
capacity it will produce up to
2,000 kilowatts of electricity and
42,000,000 British thermal units
in steam for space-heating, suf
ficient to supply the needs of the
Army base and to meet the elec
tricity demands of a town of ap
proximately 2,000 population.
Fifty pounds of nuclear fuel
(uranium 235) is enough to keep
the plant in operation for more
than a year. One pound of uranium
is equivalent to 2,800,000 pounds
of coal and 2,500,000 pounds of
fuel oil. . -...i ,s
Fort Greely was chosen for the
site of the atomic power plant
because it was an Army post that
could provide operation tests
under extreme weather condi
tions and yet would be in a
readily accessible area. Since
: temperatures at Fort Greely
often reach minus 60 and winds j
reach velocities of 100 miles an
hour, the area more than met the
specifications for severe winter
conditions.
The plant at Greely is described
by the Corps of Engineers as a
“power package” because of its
small, compact size. In the nuclear
core of the plant will be 38 sta
tionary fuel elements, weighing
S9C pounds and so arranged that
the core will fit into the back of
an ordinary station wagon.
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AF Secty. Zuckert Says
Atoms for Pfeace Has Faded
Into the Realities of Power
CHICAGO i» — Eugene M.
Zuckert, present Air Force Secre
tary and former Atomic Commis
sion member, said yesterday that
“the great dream of ‘atoms for
peace’ has faded into the realities
of power, economics, and world
politics.”
Zuckert, who was a member of
the ABC from 1952 to 1954, ex
pressed his views in an address
prepared for a meeting of the Nu
clear Society-Atomic Industrial
He recalled that nine years ago
he had spoken in Chicago on the
outlook for atomic power produc
tion and of the problems Some of
the original problems remain and
new ones have been added, Zuok
ert said.
Soviet Union’s Trade Practices .
Editor’s Note: This is the
first of two articles on Soviet
trade practice*.
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
The Soviet Union is proving to
be something less than nine feet
tall In the economic war she de
clared against the Western world
several years ago.
Numerous defalcations and
tricky trade practices have cre
ated a bad taste in the mouths
of a number of the countries which
she has attempted to penetrate
with trade as a step toward hege
mony.
In production she has made
some progress in certain highly
emphasized lines, but in basic
industries such as coal and steel,
also emphasized, she has not only
failed to closu the gap, but act
ually has been outstripped in
growth by the newly integrated
European economy.
Indeed, the new power grow
ing in Europe promises to become
one of the world’s central facts
within a very few years—just as
much of a fact as the emergence
of the Soviet Union and Japan
from their horse and buggy days.
Experts in Washington are call
ing the British decision to seek
a place in this new European
economy the biggest story of the
year, despite the promise that the
United States is going to run in
to some stiff competition because
of it.
While this force has been grow
ing, countries in many parts of
the world find themselves in
various kinds of trouble after
making trade treaties with the
Communists.
Through central governmental
Control, the Soviet Union can and
has brought various sorts of trade
and political pressures.
She agrees to trade for various
products of other countries, and
sometimes fails to deliver for both
economic and political reasons.
She canceled Polish shipbuilding
contracts, causing widespread un
employment and a forced return
to subservience after that coun
try’s brief move toward greater
independence in 1956.
At the same time, the Soviet
Union takes the products of other
countries and, ju*t as likely a*
not, resells in competition with
them, at “loss-leader” prices, in
markets to which they have been
accustomed.
Many countries have fallen for
low interest rates offered by the
Soviets on trade and technical
aid loans, only to find that arbi
trary Soviet-fixed prices or ex
change rates really make trade
more costly than with the capi
talist countries.
Pure amateurish bungling and
shipment of interior goods also
has offset much of the image the
Communists attempt to establish
of being really on the move
economically.
Alaska Imports and
Exports Show Increase
SEATTLE IB — Alaska’s im
ports in August were up to a
booming 267 per cent over the
same month of I860, while ex
ports showed an 82 per cent in
crease, the U.S. Commerce Dept,
said yesterday.
The trend was in sharp con- .
trast to Washington and Oregon,
which declined in both categories.
Washington’s exports were down.
18Vi per cent and Oregon’s 10.2
per pent, while Washington’s im
ports were off 5.8 per cent and
Oregon’s 14 per cent.
William H. flood, regional man
ager for the department, valued
Alaska’s imports for August at
$1.1 million and exports at $2
million.
Perfect Getaway . . .
BERLIN UB — An East Berlin
couple drove their private car
past Communist guards at Freid
richstrasse checkpoint yesterday
to freedom in West Berlin. They
had placed a huge wreath on top
of their car, pretending they were
enroute to the Soviet War Mem
orial on the West Berlin side of
Brandenburg Gate on this Bol
shevik revolution anniversary.
In addition, the couple stuck to
the tail of a U.S. Army bus car
rying uniformed men. The bus—
as always—was waved through by
East German police and the small
green and white car of the re
fugees followed.
In West Berlin, the two told
polic* the wreath could be placed
anywhere .hut at the Soviet mem
orial.
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