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Ike Says Soviet
Rejection Will Not
Stop Atomic Plan
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower said today he will
keep right on working for inter
national control of atomic energy
even if the Russians turn down
his recent share-the-atom pro
posal.
The President made the state
ment at a news conference at
which he also said he does not
intend to ask any changes in the
Atomic Energy Act which would
lead to this country’s sharing
scientific processes or techniques
for building atomic weapons.
Eisenhower said he is by no
means giving up hope the Rus
sians will decide to accept the
proposal he recently made in a
speech to the United Nations —
that all the atomic powers join
in a limited program of atomic
research, with emphasis on peace
time power development.
But even a rejection of this
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Weather Bureau Predicts
Warmer Xmas In States
WASHINGTON, UP) — Christ
mas may be a little less white
than usual this year over much of
the country.
The U.S. Weather Bureau, is
suing a mid-December to mid
January forecast yesterday, pre
dicted above-normal temperatures
for the western third of the na
tion, the northeast and the lower
Great Lakes states.
Colder-than-usual weather was
foreseen for the south and the
midwest, and about normal read
ings in other areas.
City Council Approves 9
Nome Liquor Licenses
The Nome City Council held a
full session last Monday evening
with many reports being given
and liquor licenses approved.
Fire Department — Three calls
were reported during November,
and $540 was collected in fines
and traffic violations.
Health — Public Health Nurse
M. McDonald reported 12 cases of
measles, 10 of chickenpox, 1 of
polio, 1 application for hospitali
zation for TB, and 38 X-rays.
Power and Light—A letter from
O. S. Weaver was received, ex
tending the option of the city on
the Northern Light and Power
Plant from Dec. 31 to Feb. 15, as
legal details will not be handled
until after the holidays.
Liquor Licenses Approved—May
Bale for the Polaris Bar and Li
quor Store; Paul Mandeville for
the Wallace. Liquor Store and Ber
ing Sea Club; Jennie Martin for
the Nome Liquor Store; Dorothy
Coplin for the Golden Goose; the
N. C. Store for their retail sales
license; A. Saario for the Board of
Trade; Robert Renshaw and Ernie
Gustafson for the Breakers Bar;
Keith Hedreen and George Mad
sen for the Polar Bar and Liquor
Store; C. F. Goedde and Shirley
Goedde for the Anchor Tavern.
The license for the New Lincoln
Bar received a vote of three in
favor and two opposed. The ap
proval of the license rests with the
decision 'of Judge Pratt in the ab
sence of a Second Division judge.
It was announced at the meet
ing that bids for fuel oil for the
city would be given.
The Board of Equalization, which
has been meeting this week, will
meet early Thursday evening with
the meeting starting at 7:00 p.m.
Community Christmas Program
Directed by Robert Heath
December 18, 1953 8:00 P.M.
Shepherd Scene
5th Grade . “How Brightly Beams”
6th Grade.“Oh Come, All Ye Faithful”
7th Grade . “Star of the Midnight”
5th Grade . “Carol”
Old English Scene
8th Grade . “Deck the Hall”
7th Grade.“Good King Wenceslas”
5th Grade. “A Merry Christmas”
4th Grade .. “Yule Log Procession”
Santa Claus Scene
4th Grade.“Jolly Old St. Nicholas
2nd Grade . “I Hear Them”
3rd Grade .“Christmas Is Coming”
1st Grade . “Jingle, Jingle”
Manger Scene
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Grades .... “Away in a Manger”
2nd Grade . “Baby Jesus”
3rd Grade. “A Christmas Wish”
2nd & 3rd Grades “Oh Come Little Children”
8th Grade . “Beautiful Saviour”
4th Grade.“Rejoice, Ye Bells”
6th Grade . “O Saviour Sweet”
Entire Ensemble with Band .... “Silent Night”
Special Number by the “Annex Chorus”
Distribution of Christmas Sox by Santa Claus
To Children Through the 6th Grade
Who Says It’s Cold Here?
(By the Associated Press I
Frigid air covered a huge sec
tion of the nation Wednesday.
The coldest weather of the sea
son chilled 'the Midwest. The ther
mometer sank to 33 below zero
at the Plum Creek Ranger Station
in northern Minnesota.
Other low temperatures includ
ed -29 at Bemidji, Minn.; -24 at
Fargo, N.D.; -17 at Delhi, Iowa.
It was 8 above at Chicago.
Snow was on the ground in
most of the Midwestern cold belt
—and winter doesn’t make its of
ficial start until next Monday.
Dean Rejects
Red Proposal To
Resume Talks
TOKYO, rn—U.S. Envoy Arthur
H. Dean arrived Tuesday enroute
to Washington after bluntly re
jecting a Communist proposal for
immediate resumption of negotia
tions to set up a Korean peace
conference.
The State Department envoy
who for seven weeks wrangled
with the Red diplomats at Pan
munjom said he won’t return to
the conference table unless the
Communists retract charges that
the United States connived with
South Korea to release 27,000
anti-Red war prisoners last June.
Dean broke off the talks Sat
urday.
A Communist note delivered
early yesterday suggested imme
diate resumption of negotiations.
But an Allied spokesman said the
note also repeated “the Red
charge of perfidy.”
It dtew a prompt rejection.
“I shall not be with you ... at
any time until you make an ap
propriate retraction or correction
of this insult in a manner satisfac
tory to my government,” Dean
wrote in his reply.
Dean, on his arrival in Tokyo,
said the Communists “are deliber
ately stalling” the negotiations
“because they do not dare to have
the subject of the non-repatriated
prisoners aired” at the long de
layed peace conference.
He was referring to the 22,000
anti - Communist North Korean
and Chinese prisoners who over
whelmingly have rejected oppor
tunities to return home during the
explanations.
Italian Workers Strike
In Nationwide Walkout
ROME, UR—Millions of Italian
workers threw another sharp
strike punch Tuesday in their
running battle for higher pay,
but in some areas large numbers
ignored the call fpr a 24-hour,
nationwide walkout of industrial,
construction and utilities workers.
It was the second nationwide
strike in five days and the third
of a fall and winter union offen
sive. The walkouts only last 24
hours because neither workers nor
their unions have money for a
long strike.
Both Communist and non-Com
munist unions claimed the strike
was nearly 100 percent effective,
but many holes in the labor front
were reported.
Court Rules President Has
Power To Fire Workers
Even Under Civil Service
WASHINGTON, UP( — U.S. Dis
trict Judge Richmond Keech ruled
today the President has power to
remove government workers from
civil service protection and sum
marily fire them.
The ruling applied specifically
to Leo A. Roth a $10,800-a-year
Justice Department attorney who
lost his job last July.
Roth brought suit to get his job
back, contending he could not be
summarily dismissed because he
had civil service status before a
presidential order placed him in
an exempt category known as
“Schedule A.”
In ruling against Roth, Judge
Keech said:
“The court is aware that under
its decision the statutory safe
guard from summary removal re
lied on by a large number of
government employes is held not
to exist. The question of the de
sirability of this situation is not a
matter for the court.”
Bell Rocket Plane
Attains Speed
Of 1,650 MPH
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Bell
X-l A rocket-driven research plane
has flashed to a new unofficial
speed record of 2 Vi times the
speed of sound, reports current in
aviation circles said today.
The little plane with the short,
knife-like wings is a successor to
the first Bell X-l which passed
the speed of sound in 1947.
Presumably the new speed, ob
tained in a test by the Air Force
at Edwards Base, Calif., was at
very high altitude. Its speed in
that case would be about 1,650
miles per hour.
The new record compares with
one of 2.01 times the speed of
sound, or around 1,307 miles an
hour in the upper air, which was
set Nov. 20. That mark was set
in a Navy Skyrocket flown by a
pilot of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics.
The X-l A is powered by four
rocket engines of 1,500 pounds
thrust each, built by Reaction
Motors, Inc., of Rockaway, N.J.
Fuel is liquid oxygen and a spe
cial alcohol-water mixture.
Rocket experimental aircraft
usually are carried to high alti
tude by B-29 bombers. Upon re
lease they climb to altitudes
ranging from 60,000 feet upward
for the speed run. High fuel con
sumption burns up the supply in
two or three minutes, during
which the planes reach their
maximum speed. They then glide,
without power, back to earth.
Major Charles Yeager, the man
first to fly faster than sound, is
in charge of the X-l A test project.
Extra Half Day Off
For Federal Workers
WASHINGTON, OP) — President
Eisenhower has given federal
workers half days ,off just before
Christmas and New Year’s Day
“in appreciation at their loyal and
devoted service” to his adminis
T
tration.
U.S. Smelting Co.
To Build New
Dredge Here
At the meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce held yesterday noon,
Director Carl Glavinovich, mana
ger of the U.S. Smelting Co. here,
gave a resume of summer activi
ties. He stated that due to the
breakdown of Dredge No. 3,
which capsized last spring, and
the lack of water, the 'company
did not do as much work as was
anticipated for the summer.
He stated that present plans call
for operation next summer of
Dredges 1, 2, and 5, and, if condi
tions are favorable, a new dredge
will be built utilizing part of the
dismantled dredge and with a
new steel hull. When it is com
plete the manpower needed by
the company will be between 200
and 225 men. It is hoped by the
company that they' will be able
to secure the necessary men freon
the Second Division rather than
have them migrate to other parts
of Alaska, making it necessary to
bring workers freon the States.
It was announced by Chamber
President Dewey Goodrich that
the regular board meeting sched
uled for this week had been can
celled.
The president also announced
that the committee on roads pre
sent an outline of work to be done
at the first meeting in January as
well as the committee working on
the building code.
Mr. Richard Benson of the N.C.
Co. was a guest of the chamber.
Slight Tax Relief In Sight
For Parents Who Must Pay
Child Care Expenses
WASHINGTON, W — Treasury
and congressional staff experts
today were reported agreed on a
restricted tax cut for some parents
who must pay child care expenses
while thpy work.
The proposed relief is so slight,
however — a maximum $300 de
duction with striot limitations—
it seems certain to run into strong
demands by lawmakers for more
liberal provisions.
Informed sources said the staff
proposals on child care expenses
would provide a tax cut only to
single heads of household — wi
dows, widowers, separated par
ents and others. It would not give
relief to married couples who hire
baby - sitters while both husband
and wife work, as proposed by
some members of congress.
Also, the proposal would apply
only to workers who have chil
dren under seven years old. The
theory is that caring for school
age children is not so much a
problem as caring for younger
ones.
The plan would permit workers
meeting these qualifications to
deduct from their incomes, for
tax purposes, up to $300 annual
ly of actual expenses for child
cafe.
Some congressmen have pro
posed a $600 limit on the deduc
tion while others have urged al
lowances to cover all expenses ci
child care for working mothers.