THE NOME NUGGET
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Farewell, C. A. A.
STARTING TOMORROW, the organization C.A.A.
(Civil Aeronautics Administration) becomes his
tory, and will be absorbed into a new independent
civil aviation organization, the Federal Aviation
Agency.
This ends the career of an agency which has con
tributed greatly to the progress of the new State, and
which has not only kept pace with the changing pat
tern of air activity, but kept ahead of it, and ready for
the fantastic strides made in the air industry as
Alaskans have observed through the past 20 years
during its existence here.
Northern Alaska is completely dependent on air
travel for transportation during the major part of the
year, and residents of this area probably realize more
than people in other parts of these United States the
important role the C.A.A. has played in developing
the 8,000 miles of airways in Alaska, with about
thirty airports, and the safety rules for airlines as well
as bush flights, which have been so important.
The F.AA. takes over with the same personnel,
organization and duties of the C.A.A., to assume the
complications of the jet age and the expected growth
in the air industry as the new State takes hold.
To the C.A.A. and its leaders, headed by Allen
Hulen, Regional Administrator, our congratulations on
a job well done. To the F.A.A. and the same adminis
trators, our good will and co-operation for the work
ahead in the State of Alaska.
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j Texas and N. M.
Blocked By Snow
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M„ —
Roadblocks swung open in the
Texas panhandle and New Mexi
co yesterday, allowing thousands
of motorists to start inching slow
ly down icy roads between moun
tainous drifts.
The aftermath of the unexpected
storm which lashed the Texas
New Mexico high plains and parts
of the Rocky Mountain states,
left four dead, hundreds of minor
accidents, and thousands of stran
ded tourists, many of them Rose
Bowl-bound.
Power companies late Monday
night completed restoration of
electricity to the 30,000 of this
city’s 68,000 families, who were
without power for varying periods
after an 11 to 15-inch fall had
blanketed the city.
The U. S. Weather Bureau re
ported all roads in the Texas
panhandle into New Mexico were
open but icy. That was the area
hardest hit by the storm.
Drifts along U. S. Highway 66
in the Tucumcari area reached a
depth of seven feet.
Some 2,250 tourists were
stranded in that town of 9,400
overnight.
State police said all New Mexi
co highways were open, but trav
el was dangerous and to be dis
couraged.
Christmas Gift Rifle
Used For Wife’s Murder
PALMYRA, N. J., UP) — Mrs.
Jeanette Willard gave her husband
a rifle for Christmas. •
He used it Monday night, police
said, to kill her.
The husband, Edwin L. Willard,
21, was arraigned yesterday on a
charge of murder.
The shooting took place at the"
home of the victim’s mother, Mrs.
Louise Divenney. The couple’s 3
year-old son was also in the house.
Police said Mrs. Willard had
taken the child Monday morning
and had gone to her mother’s
home. Willard went to the house
and tried to talk his wife into
returning home with him.
An argument and the shooting
with the .22-caliber rifle followed.
Hawaiians Serenade
Secretary Seaton
WASHINGTON, UFl — Ten boys
from Hilo, Hawaii, serenaded
Secretary of the Interior Fred A.
Seaton in his office Monday, then
urged him to do all he can for
Hawaiian statehood.
The boys from the Hilo YMCA,
ranging in age from 9 to 16 years,
spoke up unanimously for state
hood when Seaton asked how they
felt on that question.
Robert Raiches, general secre
tary of the Hilo YMCA, said the
tour was arranged through coop
ertive financial efforts of the
YMCA, the boys and their parents.
Before coming here the group
visited New York, Boston and
Springfield Mass.
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Wishing All
A VERY HAPPY
NEW YEAR
and Looking Forward
To Serving You
Throughout 1959
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Bartlett Plans Heavy Senate Schedule
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON, UPl — Senator
elect Bob Bartlett, armed now
with a vote, plans to ask Con
gress to reconsider several major
bills that failed of passage while
he was a delegate.
He plans to join Senator Rich
ard Neuberger (D-Ore) in support
of a bill to authorize paving of the
Alaska Highway as a joint U. S.
Canadian undertaking, and with
Senator Mike Monroney (D-Okla)
in resubmitting a bill, vetoed by
.President Eisenhower last year, to
extend the Federal Airport Aid
Act.
On his own he plans tc reintro
duce early in the session bills to
authorize an appropriation of 15
million dollars for construction of
a new Post Office and Courthouse
at Juneau, to permit Alaska to
select mineral lands in filling out
tne million acre land grant lor
mental health purposes, and to
permit the sale of gold on the
open market.
Bartle*t will be joined by his
colleague, Senator-elect Ernest
Gruening, in sponsoring a bill to
authorize payment of cost-cf-living
allowances in excess of 25 per
cent for federal employes in
Alaska.
Other bills planned by Bartlett
would:
Permit federal employes in
Alaska to apply for refunds on
1949 income taxes as the result of
court rulings that cost-of-living al
lowances are tax-free.
Provide for payment of cost-of
living allowances to court report
ers outside continental United
States or in Alaska.
Include cost-of-living allow
ances paid to civilian employes of
the National Guard under the law
which courts have held makes
such allowances tax-free.
Bartlett said he also plans to
join with Senator Lester Hill (D
Ala) in sponsorship of a bill auth
orizing U. S.' participation in an
international research program
against incurable diseases,
withlederalfe- flyosances u E TE
BOB SPEAR RECEIVES
MERRY CHRISTMAS BUNDLE
Bob Spear, who is employed at
a remote site, returned home for
the Christmas holiday, and saw
his new baby daughter, born here
several months ago, for the first
time.
He was greeted at the plane
upon arrival by his wife, the for
mer Ellen Waldheim, with a big
Christmas gift box which he im
mediately opened, finding his litle
daughter dressed like a big Christ
mas doll.
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We’re taking off
into 1959 with
every hope that
it will be' a grand
year for you.
Thanks for your
patronage...
we look forward
o to serving you
. in the New Year.
STOVE & STACK
— Tommy Tungwenuk
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