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THE NOME NUGGET Wednesday, November 1. 1961
THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the __
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
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E. P. BOUCHER .. Managing Editor
CLINTON GRAY . Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
State Department Agencies
and Their Importance to Us
NOME IS THE HEADQUARTERS for many state!
and federal agencies and many of these work
- along smoothly year in and out attracting little at
tention and getting their work done. The only time
attention is drawn to them is when they are with
drawn or personnel transferred and no one is selected
to take their place that the need is felt.
At the present time the Department of Sani
tation office is locked up for lack of a sanitation of
* ficer. Whoever decided to move Harry Carter failed
to plan ahead and the fill the vacancy as it was cre
ated. This leaves a most worthwhile program, well
organized, floundering for lack of leadership at the
time of the year when it couM function most effective
ly. It has been two months since Career left.
Friday the Land Office which was open all sum
mer closed without a definite statement as to what
(the plans are for the future. This office has saved
many people expensive trips to Fairbanks, has made
it possible for the village people to learn a little about
their land and what they have to do to keep it under
statehood, and is just beginning its service in the area
as it takes a while for the people to realize its func
tions. It is hoped that the Department of Land Man
agement will be wise in this matter and plan to give
all parts of the state the benefit of its administration
of Alaskan lands.
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David Lawrence writes, in U.S. News & World
Report: “Let us stop disparaging the profits system and
private capitalism. For there is nothing disgraceful '
about earning money to pay debts or to pay stock
holders sufficient rent for their money and thus per
suade them to continue to invest their savings in
American enterprises. And the simple judgment of
what is adequate cannot be made for them by govern
ment. It can only be made in a free market.”
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Aft the end of August the Defense Department
announced that it was setting up a single Defense
Supply Agency to serve all the military services—a
moye urged by the Hoover Commission and other
authorative bodies which have studied military pro
clement problems. The new agency may handle an
inventory of as much as $21 billion, and. defense of
ficials estimate its creation may save the taxpayers
$50 million a year.
Britain Will Back
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U.S. on Nuclear
Tests If Necessary
LONDON UP> — Britain will
back the United States in testing
big nuclear bombs if this becomes
necessary to maintain the balance
of power and preserve world free
dom, Prime Minister MacMillan
said Tuesday night.
He said Britain has no plans at
this time for nuclear testing of
her own and would make no test
just to retaliate for the Soviet 50
megaton explosion.
“Nevertheless, I must be quite
clear and frank,” he told Parlia
ment, “if I were convinced that
a particular atmospheric test was
necessary to maintain the balance
of deterrents and preserve the
freedom of the world, our country
would be bound either to cooper
ate in or support their (American)
conduct.”
The Prime Minister’s statement
brought shouts of “Khrushchev
and you are just as bad” from
some opposition members.
“We have a duty to maintain
the balance of power in the world
and to insure that the deterrent
still deters, and that the security
of free men is not overthrown be
cause an aggressor suddenly be
comes possessed of an overwhelm
ing advantage,” MacMillan said.
He also said there was a duty
“to think of the dangers to the
health of mankind, including chil
dren yet unborn. Both these
duties place a heavy moral re
sponsibility on the heads of gov
ernment of the nuolear powers.”
He said he was in close touch
with the American government
on the question of nuclear testing
and added:
“Although what I have to say
represents a statement of poliey
oi the British government, I feel
sure it would broadly commend
itself—I know from personal ex
changes it would commend itself
—to the American government.”
Canadians Want
Fewer Restrictions
On Trade With U.S.
NEW YORK UPl — Canada’s
Minister of Trade and Commerce
called Tuesday for fewer restric
tions on trade between his coun
try and the United States.
George Hess told the National
Foreign Trade Convention that a
lowering of barriers would sub
stantially increase the current $7
billion-a-year level.
He said the deficit in Canada’s
trading account with the United
States cannot be expected to con
tinue indefinitely.
“■Last year our imbalance with
your country amounted to $1,377
billion on current account and
$679 million on merchandise ac
count,’’ Hess said.
He said California’s “buy
America act” has proved to be
“an insurmountable barrier to
Canadian films which have the
capability to produce products of
high quality at competitive prices,
and which they are eager to sell
to government bodies in the State
of California.”
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If Only He Hadn't Passed On The Right... W
Nearly 10,000,000 United States automobile accidents are
caused each year by “If-Only” drivers, according to the United
States Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Jaycees report that
improper passing, speed too fast for conditions, following too
closely and failure to yield the right-of-way are among driver
errors accounting for more than nine out of every 10 traffic
accidents. Nearly all, they say, could be prevented i/ only
drivers would exercise more courtesy, caution or common
sense. They add that while chronic violators account for more
than their share of the annual traffic toll, the majority of all
motor vehicle accidents involve normally conscientious drivers.
In cooperation with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Jay
cees are conducting an educational campaign to focus public
attention on the human and economic loss caused by “If-Only”
drivers.
GE Introduces
New Process to Make
Fresh Drinking Water
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. W — A
new process to make fresh drink
able water from any contaminated
supply, even seawater, was an
nounced by General Electric.
Dr. J. H. Hollomon, general
manager of the company’s general
engineering laboratory, said Gen
eral Electric had reviewed the
method with the Interior Depart
ment’s Office of Saline Water, the
agency in charge of all saline
water demineralization research
and development activities of the
federal government.
Called “Diffusion Distillation”,
the method is promising for homes
or small commercial establish
ments, Dr. Hollomon said. It
might eventually be built as an
automatic appliance the size of a
refrigerator. '
An experimental device using
the process has been operating
at the company’s general engi
neer laboratory here. It produces
pure, soft water—hot enough to
use directly for laundry or dish
washing — from otherwise un
usable sources at the rate of 200
gallons per day.
The national headquarters of
the United States Junior Chamber
of Commerce is in Tulsa, Okla.
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Soviets Protest U.S.
Spied on Rocket Shots
MOSCOW UP> — The Soviet De
fense Ministry complained yes
terday Biat UjS. planes and ships
spied intensively on the just
completed series of Soviet rocket
shots into the Pacific.
The ministry’s paper, Red Star,
quoted the commander of the So
viet observation fleet as saying:
“U.S. ships and planes did not
leave the target area and the So
viet ships in peace even for a
single moment.
“U.S. aviation daily buzzed So- j
viet ships, flying dangerously J
low. These planes flew virtually 1
a few inches above our aerials. j|
The U.S. ships maneuvered in ||
such a way that they interfered S
with our work.”
The article added that the I
rocket shots landed with great
accuracy in the predetermined
area after traveling 7,500 miles
from the launching point in the
Soviet Union.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II
PLEDGES FOR DISARMAMENT
LONDON W — Queen Elizabeth
II pledged yesterday that Britain
will do its utmost to achieve
world disarmament despite the
Soviet Union’s “nuclear tests on
a massive scale in defiance of
world opinion.”
Opening the new session of
Parliament with her traditional
speech written by Prime Minister
MacMillian’s conservative govern
ment, she said the government
also will continue to negotiate for
a Berlin settlement “which will
preserve the security and freedom
of the people of West Berlin.”
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