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THE RED. WHITE AND BLUE
ON MONDAY THE FLAG of the United States of
America adds another star for the State of Ha
waii. changing the 49 stars to 50.
The Stars and Stripes were adopted as the na
tional flag of the U S. on June 14, 1777 and according
to the U.S. Department of State in 1782, the color red
stands for hardiness and courage, white is a symbol of
purity and innocence, and blue is the color of vigil
ance, persorverence and justice.
George Washington gave a more dramatic ex
planation when he reportedly said: “We take the stars
and the blue union from heaven, the red from our
mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus
showing we have separated from her. and the white
stripes shall go down to posterity representing
liberty.”
The new 50 - star flag embraces an area never
even dreamed about bv George Washington. From
13 colonies to 50 states in 183 years Old Glory proudly
flies today. Many good Americans bent on a weekend
vacation will give little thought as to why there is
a holiday or of the brave people of the first 13 states
who fought for the principles of freedom.
It’s a great day—a good day and a time to repeat
the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence as
written in 1776, and be thankful we are Americans.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Govern
ments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed. That
whenever any Form of Government becomes de
structive of these ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Govern
ment, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness._____
INTERNATIONAL
PARTS
PICKUPS TRUCKS
BEN YOUNG_
Truman Is Canny
Old Politician
WASHINGTON, uPl — A canny
old politician, Harry S. Truman,
dominated the political news yes
terday simply by announcing that
he wouldn’t attend the Demo
cratic National Convention in Los
Angeles.
Truman’s announcement that
he was withdrawing from Mis
souri’s convention delegation
came as a complete surprise to
Washington, and speculation
sprouted under forced draft as
to what his action meant.
The former President assured
I himself of further headlines by
refusing to say why he did it.
He said he’d tell all at a Saturday!
news conference in Independence,
Mo.
Truman has been an ardent sup
porter of Sen. Stuart Symington,
his fellow Missourian, for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion.
Among the speculative theories:
Truman has decided Symington
can’t make the grade and doesn’t
want to preside over a hopeless
cause in Los Angeles a week and
a halt from now.
Another: That Truman suspects
a “deal” is in the making between 1
Symington and Sen. John Ken
nedy, the front runner for the
nomination. As this theory goes,
Symington would become Secre
tary of Defense in a Kennedy
cabinet, while h i s delegate j
strength would 'rally mainly to |
Kennedy at the convention and j
perhaps put Kennedy out er the |
top.
Hut Truman wasn’t saying.
Bids Opened For Work At
Lisburne and Tin City
ANCHORAGE, i#—The Ghemm |
Co. of Fairbanks has submitted'
an apparent low bid of $523,850 j
lor construction of passenger [
tramways at Lisburne Air Force
Station. Alaska District Army En
gineers report.
An apparent low bid of $745,041 j
was submitted by S. S. Mullen.
Inc., of Seattle for tramway work
at Tin City Air Force Station.
The government estimated the
Lisburne work would cost $337,
134 and the Tin City work $685,
579.
Seven bids were entered for the
Lisburne work, six for the Tin
City work.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
Larry Galvin, of Nome. Alaska
and Suquamish. Washington, will
not be responsible for any busi
ness. accounts payable, obliga
tions. debts or other transactions
of D. F. Hunger ford and C. A.
Hungerford. both of Nome. Alas
ka. d/b/a Chardon Merchandisers
and Chardon Realty.
— Larry Galvin.
Pub. June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 1960.
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MAIN 73
Cuba Selling Bad Example For Rest of
Latin America In Relations With U.S.
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The United States’ position in
Cuba is much like that of a man
wearing white flannels under at
tack by urchins in a slum district.
He can't bring himself to exert
full force, he’s going to get dirtied
up no matter what he does and
he’s in danger that the whole
block will start rioting.
There’s nothing ludicrous in
this picture of the great United
States being kicked in the shins
by a bunch of immature revolu
tionaries in a region where inter
national politics is always explo
sive.
It’s the example that’s being set
— the demonstration that the
United States is handicapped by
her own dignity and her own
sense of forebearanee
It is an invitation for the re
vival of anti - Americanism in
places where it has been dying
since inauguration of the Good
Neighbor policy.
It is bound to t>e taken for
weakness in such spots, for in
stance, as Panama.
The Panama politicians already
have been taking advantage of a
similar situation.
A succession of American con
cessions over 20 years have fed
Panamanian nationalism until
now the very ownership of the |
Canal Zone itself is in question.
Panama no longer permits anti
aircraft emplacements outside the
Zone to defend the Canal. Amer
ican forces would no longer be
permitted to defend the Republic
if it were attacked by outside
forces, such as Cuban revolution
aries.
One of Washington's problems
is whether to let such erosive pro
cesses continue until other Laitin
American states become suffic*
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Economically, the U.S. stake in
Cuba which Prime Minister Fidel
Castro threatens doesn't amount
to a pin scratch on an elephant’s
hide, except to Cuba.
Politically, the irritation is
much greater.
If the United States cannot pre
vent the establishment in Latin
America of bases for international
Communism, then nations all over
the world will begin to doubt her
ability to help them on that score.
And in the meantime Latin
Amcrican demagogues will be en
couraged to nibble and nibble and
nibble.
Democrat Wins Hairline
Victory Over Republican
In Special Dakota Election
FARGO, N.D., Ij*—Democratic
Rep. Quentin Rurdick scored an
apparent hairline victory over
GOP Gov. John Davis in the spe
cial Senate election in historically
Republican North Dakota.
Rut the narrowness of Burdick's
margin, 762 votes made it certain
that the contest would go to the
state canvassing board for a final
verdict.
Returns from 2,304 of 2,313
precincts showed these unofficial
totals:
Burdick—104,161.
Davis—103,399.
Nixon Says Dakota
Election Foretells
Hard Fight In November
PHILADELPHIA, uf» — Vice
President Nixon said today the
closely contested North Dakota
senatorial election backs up his
contention that the coming presi
dential campaign will be a hard
fought one.
"It’s a gw>d lesson to both par
ties,” he said on arriving for a
meeting with Pennsylvania Re
publican leaders.
The Dakota election points up
that perhaps a change of one vote
in every four precincts could de
cide the presidency next Novem
ber, said Nixon, virtually certain
to be GOP presidential nominee.
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