ARA Offers
Local Economic
Development
A local economic development
plan by election districts is the
main requirement of both Area
Redevelopment Administration
program and the Rural Develop
ment program, according to a
joint statement released by George
Nichols, director, State Division
of Planning, and Dr. Arthur S.
Buswell, Dean of the Division of
Statewide Services and Director
of Cooperative Extension Service
at the University of Alaska.
Nichols is the state’s representa
tive for the Area , Redevelopment
program. Buswell represents the
Rural Area Development pro
gram. Both men expressed con
cern over the fact that new de
velopment committees are spring
ing up all over the state and try
ing specific projects under the
federal development programs,
even before they are well organ
ized.
“Of course, we can’t develop
the state without getting new
business and small industries un
derway,” Nichols said. “Blit we
can’t go ahead without an or
ganization and an overall plan
either. This could result in harm
ful competition and serious mar
keting problems.”
He pointed out that under both
federal programs, an overall econ
omic development program has
to be prepared for local areas and
election districts and the state.
These plans must be passed along
through state channels to either
the Department of Agriculture or
the Department of Commerce, or,
in some cases, both, for federal
approval. Only then can federal
funds be made available to help
a local community carry out its
plans and projects.
Nikita Doesn’t Want to
Be Regarded As a Dictator
MOSCOW Un — Nikita Khrush
chev says he doesn’t want to be
regarded as a dictator.
The Soviet Premier made a
reference Friday to the glorifying
speeches about him at the 22nd
Communist Party Congress.
“I appreciate the kind of feel
ings guiding these comrades,”
Khrushchev told the delegates,
“'but allow me to state emphati
cally that everything said about
me should be referred to the Cen
tral Committee, because not a
single major measure, nor a
single responsible speech was un
dertaken on somebody’s personal
instructions. They are all the re
sult of collective discussion and
of collective decision.”
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Top Soviet Leader
Declares Communist
Party Needs New Blood
MOSCOW m ■— With an at
tack cm V. M. Molotov and other
oldsters of the anti-party group,
a top Soviet Communist party
leader declared Saturday the time
has come to inject new blood into
the party.
Frol Kozlov, ranking secretary
of the party’s Central Commit
tee after Premier Khrushchev,
told the party’s 22nd Congress its
leadership needs "a steady flow
of new, promising' people with
initiative.”
He indicated there would be
a sweeping away of deadwood in
the party as well as the probable
ouster from the party of the anti
party group — which lost to
Khrushchev in a power struggle
in 1M7.
“Leading party bodies must
with a firm hand get rid of
people who have been longer on
the job than is good for the
party, who have come to believe
that there is no one who can re
place them, have stopped in their
progress and, although unable to
cope with the work entrusted
to them, cling to their leading
positions,” Kozlov declared.
After assailing Molotov, former
Premier Georgi Malenkov and
former Deputy Premier Lazar
Kaganovich of the anti-party
group. Kozlov indicated that the
party leadership had resisted at
tempts to legislate for periodic
purges of party membership.
“Such a measure is unneces
sary,” he said. “The party is
strong enough, ideologically and
organizationally, to clear its
ranks of those who violate the
program or the rules without
purges.”
Albania Calls Up
Army Reservists
LONDON UPi — The Independ
ent Lojidon Observer said Sat
urday night Communist Albania
has called up anmy reservists up
to the age of 35.
The newspaper said Albanian
Defense Minister Ball-uku called
on the army “to strengthen mili
tary discipline and revolution
ary vigilance to consolidate the
defensive strength of our social
ist country.”
Albania has been under con
stant attack at the current 22nd
Soviet Communist Party Con
gress in Moscow for deviating
from the Khrushchev line.
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Letter To
The Editor
Statistics all over our nation
show that, beyond any doubt,
alcohol, taken in moderate quan
tities, is indirectly the cause of a
vast majority of all our traffic
accidents. We interpret this as
saying errors made by those who
have been drinking are directly
the cause of most of the acci
dents. This is even more true here
in Nome. Virtually all pf our ac
cidents are paused by the effects
of alcohol.
We still have, despite the state
ments made by many, a free
country, and mo6t of us are very
proud of this. However, even
though we are free to drink as
we please, we can become a po
tential threat to ourselves and
others when we drive or w»lk
along a road or street after drink
ing alcoholic beverages. This
means we are infringing upon the
rights of others. We are inter
fering with their rights to travel,
unmolested.
It is certainly realized that
many people feel it inconvenient
to leave their car home when
they are making the rounds to
the bars. However, if a person
who is knowingly going to “paint
the town red,” would leave his
car home, when he starts, while
he is still “sober,” he would be
doing himself and everyone else
in town a service. Things in favor
of this arc: safety of himself, no
damage to his car , safety of
others, and safety to property of
others. The natural reaction to
this is, “I have always been able
to make it home without hitting
anything in the past,” “so why
should I inconvenience myself.”
It’s all in our attitude toward
public safety.
Contrary to what many people
seem to say qr think, alcohol is
definitely a drug and affects the
nervous system (which includes
the brain) very much. It affects
a person’s ability to reason
logically, it affects his reactions,
and reaction time. (This is why
a person who has been drinking
has trouble walking straight and
keeping his balance). Each drink
increase the distance a driver
needs to apply the brakes when
confronted with an emergency
situation while driving.
There is no sense in wasting
any more space on this subject,
most all of us are aware of these
handicaps that come from drink
ing. What we need to do is take
heed to the gamble that we take,
and tiie predicaments we are al
ways getting into while under
the influence. In short, we need
to take a more realistic approach
to this problem as citizens and
members of the community. If
we cannot drive safely while
drinking, why keep trying to do
so. Leave the did bus at home
and ride the taxi, it is the same
as money in the pocket.
If we can prevent one accident
or keep one person out of trouble
by conducting our campaign on
traffic safety, we of the Jaycees
feel that we have done a service.
Respectfully,
Pete Hahn
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