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DO YOU WANT TO LOWER TAXES?
It would be possible to reduce income taxes by
25 percent for everyone — without eliminating or
weakening any necessary government service or
•actjvity.
How could that be done? The Town Journal ex
plains it succinctly in these words: “Here are the fig
ures: the personal income tax takes from the people’s
earnings about $30 billions a year. The Hoover pro
posals for shaking out the waste and inefficiencjy
would cut the cost of government by $7.5 billions. That
amount, $7.5 billions, is 25 per cent of $30 billions.
Save that much and taxes could come down 25 per
cent.” «
That $7.5 billions could, instead, be applied to
reducing the national debt, which many think should
precede tax reduction. Or part could be used for debt
reduction and part for tax reduction.
Some of the Hoover Commssion recommendations
have gone into effect. The prospect for others seems
good. But many of them—including the most import
ant, from the standpoint of saving money a^d making
government more efficient — are dormant at this
time. They can be brought to life by public interest
and public demand for reform.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy and warmer to
night and Saturday. Low temper
atures tonight in the high 40’s
and the high tomorrow in the
upper 50’s.
Nome data in last 24 hours as
of 7:00 a.m. today: precipitation
.31 in., month total 5.15 in.
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Clarence Rucker was given a
sentence of 30 days in jail on a
charge of assault and battery.
100-Yaar-Old Wharf Burns
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oft—A
long, picturesque wharf and four
buildings were destroyed early
today by a fire that raged out of
control for more than two hours.
The 300-foot wharf was more
than 100 years old and was the
favorite subject of artists thru
the years.
Typhoon Bahs Leaves
Death and Destruction
In Southern Japan
TOKYI, —Typhoon Babs to
day killed at least 18 persons, po
lice said, and swamped 223 small
boats off Kyushu, then threat
ened to strike again in northern
Japan.
Fearing the worst, big and little
ships in the north hurried to their
harbors.
Leaving death and ruined
farms, houses, roads and railroads
in the southern Japanese island
of Klushu, Typhoon Babs raged
thru the Tsushima Strait this af
ternoon and into the Sea of Japan.
Israelis Kill 9 Egyptians
CAIRO, —An official Egyp
tian source said nine Egyptians
were killed by Israelis in two in
cidents in the Gaza Strip today.
NEWS LETTER
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
Road Construction
There is no legal restriction
against the construction of so
called pioneer roads by the Bu
reau of Public Roads, according
to Commissioner of Public Roads
C.D. Curtiss in writing Delegate
Bartlett recently in connection
with roads to be constructed by
the Bureau through inclusion of
Alaska in the Federal Aid High
way System.
Delegate Bartlett had queried
Commissioner Curtiss following
beliefs expressed in some quar
ters of Alaska that the territory
would be penalized because the
Bureau would not be permitted
to construct low standard farm
'to-market roads, mining roads
and other pioneer access roads,
but rather would be bound by
rigid and costly standards.
Commissioner Curtiss pointed
out that the Bureau uses stand
ards for secondary roads adopted
by the American Association of
State Highway Officials and ap
proved by the Bureau. “These
standards are not high,” , the
Commissioner wrote Delegate,
Bartlett, “but rather are gauged
to the traffic 4hey are intended
to serve. The Bureau will not be
.bound by any rigid high stand
ards but rather will adopt de
signs suitable for the traffic to
be served and which can be main
tained at a reasonable cost.”
1957 Appropriations
The President had sought and
Congress allowed $40,000 for
maintenance of the Nome Harbor
by the Army Engineers.
Under the Commerce Dept,
appropriation for the Civil Aero
nautics Administration, amount
ing, to $13,840,150, an amount of
$170,000 was included for repair
work on the Nome Airport.
A 50-bed hospital at Kotzebue
will be made possible through the
appropriation of $1,145,000 made
available to the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugge)
Boeing Vice President Predicts
1,500 mph Transports By 1975
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West Germany
Outlaws
Communist Party
KARLSRUHE, Germany, W —
West Germany today outlawed
the Corrimunist Party as uncon
stitutional.
Within minutes after the fed
eral supreme court announced its
long - awaited decision, police
squads in major cities throughout
the country swooped down on
party headquarters.
Property was confiscated and
the offices padlocked. No arrests
were ordered.
Immediately after the ruling
was announced a police cordon
was thrown around the court
building to prevent any Red dem
onstration.
The ban does not affect West
Berlin since the old German cap
ital is not now a part of the
Federal Republic of West Ger
many.
The official East German radio
in East Berlin immediately is
sued a call to West German work
ers to hold mass strikes and pro
test rallies against the ban.
» SEATTLE—Air travel in 1975
will be in 200-passenger jet trans
ports with a maximum speed of
1,500 miles per hour at 50,000 feet
elevation. *
Such a prediction was made
recently by Wellwood E. Beall,
Boeing Airplane Co. senior vice
president, in a Boeing Magazine
article commemorating the firm’s
40th anniversary last month.
“The next 40 years will see an
old saying disproved,” Beall pre
dicted. “Some things that go up
will not come down—at lea^t, not
down to this earth.
“The future of aviation is com
ing at us so fast my inclination is
to duck. Pilotless aircraft are a
reality, an earth satellite is just
around the corner, and I am con
vinced, that we could land a rock
et on the moon within 10 years—
if we chose.
“Often the best way to look
ahead is to begin by looking back.
An immediate impression is that
in the early days we we|^ coming
out with new designs every few
months. As planes grew in size
and capability and their useful
lives were extended, the time
ldpse between new designs rapid
ly lengthened.
“For example, I think the Boe
ing 707 jet transports, which will
begin operation in 1959, will hold
their position as the finest com
mercial aircraft for at least 15
years.”
Since Boeing’s founding in 1916
more than 23,450 airplanes of well
over 100 designs have rolled out
of their factory doors.
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