THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
post ofiice at Nome. Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879.
WHY NOT NOME?
THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES Administration
has approved $24,000 to enable Cordova to con
tinue preliminary planning on an estimated $314,000
project to rehabilitate its water system.
Fairbanks has also recently been granted an in
terest-free loan of $190,000 for expansion of its water
system by the same organization.
Each spring our City Council and our Chamber
of Comemrce set out with plans to get Nome’s water
and sewerage system under way and soon find them
selves so throttied and swamped with the many prob
lems and projects within the community that the year
goes by and the big project so vital for development
remains undone.
A special Water and Sewer Committee selected
by both the Chamber and the City should be organized
for the sole purpose of working for the project. The
committee should be men qualified as engineers
as well as businessmen with the know - how and
ability to keep trying, to make contacts with the many
agencies who have funds for this work, and report to
both the Chamber and the City on their progress. The
appointments should be for at least three years, so
(the work may not be handicapped by a turnover of
personnel every year.
WHY NOT NOME?
ON JULY FIRST THE NUGGET listed some of
the trees which grow in Nome for the benefit of
a subscriber who wanted a picture of Nome’s only
tree. An additional list has been submitted by Mrs.
Betty Doyle: Trees of several varieties at the home of
Mike Walsh, Bob Scott, Albin Poison, Chuck Reader,
Wallace Mclver, Allen Doyle, Wilbur Arnold, Harry
Johnsen, and some nice new plantings at Charles Fa
gerstrom’s, next to his residence.
This substantial list should be an incentive for
more tree: in Nome. One reader was ready to call the
Nugget and add her Council spruce to the list but
when she looked out the window she discovered the
tree and its tub had both disappeared.
The types of bushes now thriving include spruce,
cottonwood, alder, willow and dwarf birch.
Seattle, Chicago, and Portland have been adding
potted trees on their business streets. Another eastern
city is famous for its outside window boxes in the
business district. All these are for beautifying these
cities. Why not Nome?
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THE
AMERICAN
WAY
What Will They
Use For Money?
By WILLIS E. STONE
• Willis E. Stone is author of the 1
“Proposed 23rd Amendment” and i
Chairman, National Committee |
For Economic Freedom, Los An- I
geles, Calif.
The abolition of federal indi
vidual income taxes is becoming
a major issue for 1960. It is one |
of the objectives of the “Pro
posed 23rd Amendment pending
in Congress as H.J. Res. 23, and
already approved by the States
of Wyoming, Texas and Nevada.
An equally important objective
of the amendment is the removal
of government from direct com
petition with private taxpaying
enterprise This amendment
provides:
"Sec. 1. The Government of the
United States shall not engage in
any business, professional, com
mercial, financial or industrial
enterprise except as specified in
the Constitution.
"Sec. 4. . . . The Congress shall
not levy taxes on personal in
come, estates and/or gifts."
The magnitude of the first sec
tion is not generally understood,
while the idea of repealing the
income tax challenges our imme
diate attention. An editorial in
the Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) News
of March 29. 1960, discusses the
question of “where the federal
government would get the money
to support itself if the income
tax were to be repealed.”
The editorial points out that
“This is a sensible question, but
according to the proponents of
the 23rd Amendment, it has a
sensible answer.”
“To begin with, they 'the Na
tional Committee for Economic
Freedom) point out that forcing
the federal government to liqui
date all its corporate activities
would immediately produce a
savings of over $44 billion a year.
Since individual income tax re
ceipts produced a revenue of ap
proximately $37 billion in 1959
this would leave the federal gov
ernment with a net savings of
more than $7 billion a year.
“To better understand this kind
of figuring, it is necessary to
point out that federal corpora
tions have now taken over con
trol of 40 per cent of the land
area, and 20 per cent of the entire
industrial capacity. More than
half of the current federal reve
nue is required to pay the losses
of these government corporations
and defray the hidden costs of
their operations, according to the
statistics compiled by 23rd
Amendment supporters. This is
where the $44 billion would come
from to compensate for the $37
billion the federal government
would lose through the repeal of
the income tax amendment.”
The New York Daily News, in
an editorial of March 21, 1960,
dramatically illustrated the areas
of savings:
“The government would be
kicked out of its current and ever
increasing competition with pri
vate industry and business in
numerous fields. Foreign aid (by
politicians) would be outlawed.
Government - owned enterprises
such as Tennessee Valley Author
ity would be sold to private in
vestors and put on the tax rolls.
“Uncle Sam would have to stop
series made a specific recommen
dation:
"The 23rd Amendment, requir
ing the disposition of all federal
corporations competing with pri
vate industry and business, and
abolishing the income tax in three
years, should be passed this com
ing session.”
It CAN be “passed” by your
State Legislature this coming ses
sion if you make certain that the
members of your Legislature are
so instructed. It can also be
“passed” by the Congress in 1961
providing you make sure that
your Representatives and Sena
tors will support it, BEFORE
YOU ELECT THEM.
In the words of the New York
Daily News editorial—“For fur
ther (and highly appetizing) in
formation, write National Com
mittee for Economic Freedom,
6413 Franklin Avenue, Los An
geles 28, California.”
lie. The sixth editorial in the
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jf HEALTH HORIZONS
Swimmers Warned of Ear Wax Dangers
Add to the list of summer discomforts tamed by science, the alarming
onslaught of dizziness sometimes called “swimmer s ear.'
Affecting people of all ages, this form of vertigo flares up as soon
as hot humid weather makes swimming inviting.
Warning that excessive ear wax—particularly when the condition
pre vails in only one ear—may lead <
to serious or even dangerous conse
quences, Dr. Albert P. Seltzer of
the University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Hospital made this
point in a recent medical journal:
common sense demands that re
moval of ear wax be part of every
swimmer’s summertime health
routine.
Cold water entering the ear
labyrinths responsible for body
balance causes vertigo, the Phila
delphia physician explained. When
wax clogs an ear water fills one
labyrinth and not the other. The
resulting unbalanced reaction
makes it difficult for the swimmer
to judge body position.
Under these conditions swimmers
often panic; many drown.
Wax removal, of such prime im
portance to every swimmer, used
to be a dangerous and complicated
process. Fortunately the old tech
nique of instrumentation and high
pressure irrigation is being dis
placed by the use of a new drug
formula, Kerid Drops. Scientific
testing of the ingredients of Kerid
reveal that the agent remarkably
facilitates the safe and easy re
moval of ear wax within a matter
of minutes.
Additional precautions for water
1ea
sports enthusiasts include:
• Never swim alone.
• Never plunge into cold water
as this creates a severe shock to
the body, the effect of which is
more often exhausting than ex
hilarating.
• Never venture into deep water
unless you know how to swim.
• Do your swimming in a safe
and familiar area.
• Do not swim immediately
after eating or when overtired and
overheated.
If you follow these simple rules,
you can look forward to enjoying
a safe and sane summer.
competing with private enter
price in numerous other fields,”
the editorial continued, “includ
ing manufacturing, wholesaling,
retailing, banking, warehousing,
mining and transportation.”
A series of six editorials on the
subject of federal taxation titled
“THE POWER TO DESTROY”
recently appeared in the Indiana
polis Star and the Arizona Repub
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