THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
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NOME, ALASKA
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CLINTON GRAY ...—. Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1643, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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IN THEIR LAPS
THE WORKMEN WHO NEVER SHOWED UP
H^ve you ever figured out just what the federal
government costs you—and related the cost of taxa
tion to other costs you must bear?
Publisher Guy T. Ludi of the Wahoo Newspaper,
Wahoo, Neb., has done just that. His paper is a small
business, with a circulatiqn of about 4,500. Last year,
be finds, the federal government took $6.53 per hour
for every hour the plant was in operation. As he puts
it, that was equal to the pay of three skilled workmen
—“three skilled workmen that never showed up for
work.”
Then Mr. Ludi did some more calculating. His fed
eral taxes came to over $260 in cash- each week, and
amounted to nine cents out of every dollar taken in,
whether or not a profit was made on the transaction.
And those taxes took enough money out of the plant
to pay for any one of the following: heat for 22 years;
postage for 9 years; electric lights for 32 years; water
for 103 years; electric power for 9 years; electric heat
for the typesetting machines for 22 years; telephone
for 21 years, and insurance for 15 years.
That, Mr. Ludi* goes on, brings up the big ques
tion: “ . . . what are we going to do about it?” Here’s
his answer: “We don’t know. We know that spending
by government is too high . . . that taxes are too high
and going higher . . . Actually, we would propose that
tax-conscious people everywhere seriously consider
the problem before the next primary election. At that
time something can be done if everyone will crack'
down on the spenders in Washington.”
AND HE WAS SO RIGHT
LA BANDA, Argentina, UP —
Lorenzo B^negas at 73 decided
he did not have long to live. He
bought a cemetery lot.
He set about digging his own
grave yesterday. While he was
shoveling the dirt a sudden elec
tric storm came up. A lightning
bolt killed Benegas and injured
two children walking near by.
INEVITABLE
PARIS, UP—The upward march
of prices in France hit coffins
today. The government approved
a 15 per cent increase on all
models to match recent increases
in raw materials and salaries.
WHAT. NO RADAR?
FRESNO, Calif., —Lost in a
fog?—Be resourceful!
The Fresno County sheriff’s of
fice last night received a tele
phone call from a man who told
Lt. Kenneth Larson he was in a
telephone booth “somewhere
around Fresno.”
Larson traced the phone num
ber to a suburban area and told
the man to stay there.
A few minutes later a squad
car arrived to pilot the lost
driver until they reached a down
town area with which he was
familiar. He thanked the officers
and went on his way.
Welfare Board
Must Face Critical
Juvenile Problem
JUNEAU — The Board of Pub
lic Welfare will meet here Jan.
30 and 31 and Feb. 1 with Dir- !
ector Henry A. Harmon. The pre- j
sent board consists of Msgr. G. j
Edgar Gallant, , chairman, from '
Skagway representing the First
Division, Mrs. Omie McCarthy of
Nome representing the Second
Division, and Mrs. Evelyn ,Mel- (
ville of College representing the ,
Fourth Division.
No replacement has been made
for Howard May, board member
from the Third Division, who re
signed.
One of the most critical prob
lems facing the board is the
shortage of funds in the Juvenile
Code program. The projected de
ficit in this program shows that
drastic reductions will have to be
made on the already inadequate
• payments made to foster homes
and institutions for child care.
The department is concerned as
to the effect this will have on
services to children who have
been found to be dependent and i
neglected by the courts in Alaska, j
Proposed legislation to be pre
sented to the 1959 Legislature;
will also be discussed at this1
meeting.
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Collects Damages After
Being Hit By Cannon Shot
LONDON, UP)—Mrs. Joan Rus- i
sell won a 1,000-pound ($2,800)
I damage settlement for injuries
suffered when she was shot by
the starting gun at a yacht race.
The woman was hit in the leg
by a wad of paper used to ram j
the powder into the small cannon j
which signaled the start.
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New Stack Heaters at Cavota's
Nation Stronger Now Militarily Than
When He Took Office, President Tells
Republican Campaign Kickoff Rally
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
CHICAGO, UPl — President Ei
senhower says America is strong
militarily “and will grow ever
| stronger”—and national security
must be barred as a political issue
in this year’s congressional elec-1
tion campaigns.
The President also told a Re
publican $100-a-plate dinner rally
and a nationwide television-radio
audience Monday night United
States defense is markedly!
stronger than when he took office '
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five years ago.
Eisenhower again pledged ef
fective modernization of the de
fense set-up to deal more ade
quately with the Russian threat
in the future.
He told applauding party faith
ful that in the modernization pro
gram “I intend to participate per
sonally until the job is done.”
The President, with Mrs. Eisen
hower at his side, spoke for 15
minutes before about 5,000 en
thusiastic diners at Chicago’s In
ternational Amphitheater at the
start of his sixth year as chief
executive.
His talk—carried by TV and
radio to more than 40 other party
fund-raising dinners around the
country — kicked off the 1958
drive to capture control of Con
gress from the Democrats.
Near the outset of his address
the President said the Republi
can’s first objective —' security
and a just peace—is not a parti
san or political matter. Then he
added:
“Americans must never and
will never let the issue of secur
ity and peace become a pawn in
anyone’s political chess game.”
Some Democrats — and some
Republicans — have contended
U.S. security is being imperiled
in this dawning space era.
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