THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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More Taxes -- For More Spending!
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER has suggested that
when Congress chooses to crash through the
budget barrier, each bill should “include a measure
for increasing taxes.”
This is a good idea, but hardly popular. Millions
of Americans in the 49 States who' applauded this
viewpoint have been wondering for years how the
government can survive a system under which Con
gress may pass spending bills to its political heart’s
content, with no concern whatever over where-from
the money will be coming.
Raising more taxes to support more spending —
is hardly the way to protect the integrity of our money
and preserve our form of government and the free en
terprise system. Rather than adding to the program
Congress should subtract from it. They might start
by removing from the taxpayers’ backs some of the
•unnecessary members of the 40 million peoole who
will be receiving paychecks from the U. S. Treasury
this year !
Vice President Will be
Host At Oregon Centennial
Celebration At Salem
Oregon celebrates its 100th
birthday anniversary tomorrow
with pomp and pageantry.
Vice President Richard Nixon
■will be the honor guest at cere
monies in Astoria, Salem and
Portland to commemorate the
100th anniversary of statehood
and start Oregon on its centennial
year.
Several thousand persons are
expected to be in Salem for the
celebration, although few will be
able to crowd into the capitol ro
tunda for the ceremonies to be
carried by radio and television.
Nixon will make the main ad
dress at the capitol ceremonies.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The three stars of Orion’s belt
are useful pointers. The line con
necting them directs the eye
northwestward to the Hyades and
Pleiades of Taurus. It leads south
eastward nearly to Sirius in the
constellation Canis Major, the
Larger Dog.
Sirius, the “Dog Star,” is the
brightest star in the heavens, and
one of the nearest. A large tele
scope is needed to see its cele
brated dwarf companion. Sirius,
Betelgeuse, and a third bright star
across the Milky Way, form a
nearly equal-sided triangle. The
third star is Procyon.
Procyon, the “Little Dog Star,”
a yellow star of the zero magni
tude, is directly south of Castor
and Pollux. Its name, “before
dog,” indicates that it precedes
the Dog Star in its rising. It is the
only conspicuous feature of the
little constellation Canis Minor,
the Smaller Dog.
Pioneer Women Meet This Evening
The Pioneer Women’s Auxiliary
of Pioneer Igloo No. 1 will meet
this evening for their first meet
ing since the new officers were
installed.
Mrs. Russell Hermann is the
new president. Refreshments and
entertainment will follow the
business meeting.
Son Born to Sam Mogg Jr.
A son was born at the hospital
Wednesday, Feb. 11 to Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Mogg Jr.
Acting Regional Director
Named, Pending Outcome
Of Search For Rhode
JUNEAU, — Urban C. (Pete)
Nelson of Juneau, for 10 years
head of federal wildlife restora
tion projects in Alaska, today was
named acting regional director of
the U. S. Bureau of Sports Fish
and Wildlife in the state.
He moves into the duties of
Clarence J. Rhode, listed as miss
ing since last August 20, when
he and two companions vanished
while on a flight over the Brooks
Mountains in Alaska’s Arctic re
gions.
The announcement of Nelson’s
appointment was made here by
Lansing A. Parker, assistant di
rector of the bureau, at the close
of an Alaska tour. Parker said
Nelson would hold the post in an
acting capacity until final settle
ment of the Rhode case.
Rhode, 45, a nationally-known
wildlife official, was piloting a
twin-engined Fish and Wildlife
Service amphibian in remote
northeastern Alaska when he dis
appeared.
With him at the time were his
son, Jack, 21, and Stan Frederick
sen, 34, FWS agent at Fairbanks.
One of the greatest aerial searches
in Alaska history was made to
try to find the three men.
Nelson has been in federal
service for 25 years as a biologist,
forester and conservationist.
Theologian Warns
Of Defects In
Sunday School Idea
OMAHA. UPi — Sunday School
spoils children, theologian Dr.
Marcus Barth said yesterday.
This is because all they hear for
some time is “mama loves me,
papa loves me, teacher loves me,
God loves me. Comes age 12 or
14; they discover other people in
the world and all hell breaks
loose,” Dr. Barth remarked.
Dr. Barth, a member of the
i Federated Theological Faculty of
| the University of Chicago, gave
| his views in a talk prepared for
a meeting of the Division of Chris
tian Education of the National
Council of Churches.
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Kin of Lincoln
Forget Holiday
By DON GUY
MANCHESTER, Vt., UPV—“Hello
Margaret, this is Lincoln. I plan
to come down Wednesday or
Thursday to see about some let
ters.”
“Well, better come down Wed
nesday, Thursday we are closed
for the holiday.”
“Closed for the holiday, What
holiday?”
“Lincoln’s birthday of course.
You should know.”
“Oh, I forgot. I’m as bad as
Grandpa.”
This conversation took place
Monday between Lincoln Isham
of nearby Dorset, great-grandson
of President Lincoln, and Probate
Judge Margaret Doherty of Man
chester.
The grandpa referred to was
Robert Todd Lincoln, only son of
the President to reach maturity.
Of Robert’s three grandchildren,
two live in Vermont and the third
in Virginia.
Once in Chicago over a half
century ago, Robert Todd Lincoln
asked his wife, “What in the world
are all the stores closed for to
day?” Years later, retelling the
story to his grandson Lincoln
Isham, he said simply: “I forgot
it was pop’s birthday.”
“Pops birthday” wasn’t marked
by the three great-grandchildren.
Isham refused several dozen invi
tations to participate in the 150th
anniversary celebration from
Washington, D. C., to the Pacific
Coast.
Mary Beckwith, 61, his cousin,
uves on the family farm on tht
south side of Manchester. On her
rare trips to town she drives a
small foreign car and wears
patched dungarees.
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith,
54, Marys brother, retired, a law
school graduate who never prac
ticed law, he lives on his 280-acre
farm near Urbana, Va.
Lincoln Isham, 67, lives quietly
in a large white colonial house
in Dorset, a crisp, clean Vermont
village in a valley of the Green
Mountains.
James Stewart Again
Nominated for Brig. Gen.
WASHINGTON, UP) — Screen
star Jimmy Stewart was nomi
nated by President Eisenhower for
a second time yesterday for pro
motion to brigadier general in the
Air Force Reserve.
A similar nomination failed to
win Senate approval two years
ago. It was blocked mainly by
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
(R-Maine). Mrs. Smith said Stew
art had a fine World War II rec
ord but hadn t been keeping up
his reserve training properly.
The new nomination went to
the Senate in routine fashion along
with a group of others. Also nom
inated to be a brigadier general
in the Air Force Reserve was Sen
ator Barry M. Gold water (R-Ariz).
Both Goldwater and Stewart
now have the rank of colonel.
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