122 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LX NoT74 ~~ NOME,'ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1958 • Per Copy—15^
A PAIR of teen-agers demon
strate the latest in styles which
are similar to styles of 40 years
ago, Ed Carter in Ivy League
clothes and Ann Zweigle in a
chemise dress.
Tornadoes & Rain Mark
Last Day of Spring
(By The Associated Press)
Spring 1958 closed its three
months engagement today with a
mixed-up performance highlighted
by tornadoes and storminess.
A massive squall churned over
the Southern Plains, raking the
Texas Panhandle with a line of
twisters and pelting hail anfl rain.
Wind gusts up to 50 m.p.h.
caused damage at the Norman,
Okla., airport, and Oklahoma
City was doused with 2 inches of
rain in three hours.
, A new cold front plunged
sbuthward into the Mississippi
Valley from Canada, contracting
temperatures to around 40 de
grees. It was sunny and hot in
the Southwest.
The season’s, record contained
few days of generally placid
weather.
Last March 21st, the first day
of spring, snow storms had
crippled the eastern portion of
the country and it wasn’t exactly
a day for picnics anywhere.
Summer begins tomorrow.
YOUNGER GIRL SCOUTS
TO ENCAMP ON MONDAY
The younger group of Girl
Scouts who are going to the Dex
ter Camp, are to meet in front of
the Polaris Hotel at 10 a.m. on
Monday, June 23.
The girls are asked not to bring
any spending money to camp but
are to give if to Mrs. Mildred
Harwood before Monday mor
ning.
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Sen. Jackson:
Amendments Are
Only Threat To
Alaska Bill
SEATTLE, UP)—Confidence that
the Senate will pass the Alaska
statehood bill was expressed by
Sen. Henry M. Jackson. (D-Wash).
But final passage of that, meas
ure, already approved by the
House, may be threatened by the
probability of Senate amend
ments, Jackson said. If this hap
pens,the bill must return to the
House, where it was approved
last month, 208-166.
To lead the floor fight in sup
port of the bill, Jackson said
he has cancelled Saturday and
Monday speaking engagements
in Washington state and will re
turn to the capitol Saturday.
“My objective is to avoid
amendments but I am a realist
and know there may be some.”
The junior Senator said he
wants the Senate to pass the
measure “by such an overwhelm
ing majority that the powerful
House Rules Committee will not
dare to bottle it up when it goes
back to the lower chamber.”
One amendment seems certain,
Jackson observed, because the
House bill provides that the
President notify Alaska’s gover
nor not later than July 3 to issue
a proclamation for a plebescite
Which not only involves voter
approval of statehood but also
calls for election of a governor,
two U. S. Senators and one
House member. The election
date must be set by the governor
not later than Nov. 5.
Jackson said this provision will
have to be chahged because “I do
not feel there is a chance for a
final Senate vote by July 3.
“Such a change would send the
bill back to the House.”
“Under House Rules, any
member of that body must get
unanimous approval either to ac
cept the changes or to appoint
a conference committee to work
out a compromise.
“Some opponents of course, will
object.”
The 103 million acres official
ly allotted to the proposed state
of Alaska is likely to become an
other target for opponents of the
measure, the senator predicted.
But he added he would strive to
defeat this and all other amend
ments.
Jackson said most of the op
ponents to the Alaska statehood
bill will be Eastern Republicans
and Southern Democrats.
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THE NORTH STAR SEAVIEW ROOM is dressed up with
checked table cloths for the Midnight Sun Festival.
A PAIR of real oldiimers
start off the Midnight Sun
Festival and demonstrate what
they wore in Nome at the turn
of the century. They are Sen.
Charles Jones and Qhriatie
Waldheim.
Senate Wipes
Out Tax On
Transportation
WASHINGTON UR — Senators
favoring anti-recession tax cuts
renewed their drive today, en
couraged by a surprise vote to
wipe out levies on passenger
tickets and freight.
The Senate sharply rebuffed
the Eisenhower administration
and its own leaders last night as
it voted repeal of the World War
II transportation taxes despite
pleas that such action might open
the way to cuts elsewhere.
The Senate was called into ses
sion an hour earlier than usual in
an effort to complete action on
these and other amendments to
a House-passed bill to extend
present corporation and major
excise tax rates for a year be
yond June 30.
Both Republican leader Wil
liam F. Knowland of California
and Democratic leader Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas opposed the
amendments to repeal the 3 per
cent freight tax and the 10 per
cent levy on passenger tickets.
Secretary of the Treasury An
derson has estimated that repeal
of the freight tax would cut rev
enues 487 million dollars and the
passenger fare levy 230 million,!
or a total of 717 million annually.
Elimination of the freight tax
drew the most support, with
proponents arguing that, as Sen.
Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash)
said, “it hits everyone” and af
fects the price of everything they
buy.
He and others also contend that
it was discriminatory against
some sections of the country be
cause of long freight hauls and
that it pyramids each time some
thing is shipped.
The amendments written into
the bill by the Senate will force
the measure to go back to the
House before final action can
be taken.
The Senate defeated amend
ments to repeal or to cut the 10
per cent auto excise tax, to make
a broad six billion dollar cut in
income and excise taxes and to
suspend collection of a wide
variety of excise fees for the rest
of the year.
Budget Bureau Requests Congress To
Up Cost-of-Living Allowance In Alaska
WASHINGTON, The Bud
! get Bureau has asked Congress
I to remove the present 25 per cent
ceiling on cost-of-living allow
ances paid federal employees in.
Alaska and authorize an addi
tional allowance of up to 25 per
cent in the case of hardship as-,,
signments.
The suggestion was made by
Robert E. Merriam, acting bu
reau director, in a report to the
House Civil Service Committee
endorsing the principle of a bill
by Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
Federal employees in U. S.
territories and possessions now
receive cost-of-living allowances
of up to 25 per cent of their
basic salary, as a,means of off
setting higher living costs and to
aid recruitment.
Because living costs in many
Alaskan cities now exceed those
of Washington, D.C.—the stand
ard > for comparison—by more
than 25 per cent, Bartlett asked
Congress to authorize payment of
allowances reflecting the true
difference in living costs.
Merriam recalled that Civil
Service Commission surveys last
fall showed the cost-of-living in
Juneau to be 46 per cent above
that in Washington, 57 per cent
above in Anchorage and 67 per
rcent above in Fairbanks.
In addition, he said, there are
at least eight posts in Alaska
which would merit post differ
entials of from 10 to 25 per
cent based on the State Depart
ment’s criteria for measuring
hardship factors in foreign coun
ries. He did not identify the
posts but said two are within the
Arctic Circle, two on or near the
Bering Strait, one on the Aleu
tians and the remainder geo
graphically isolated.
Acting on the bureau’s report,
Bartlett has introduced a new
bill incorporating its suggested
amendments and is seeking agree
ment from ranking members of
the committee for an early hear
ing on the bill in hopes of ob
taining action before the session
adjourns.
Retroactive Pay
Bill for Govt.
Workers Signed
WASHINGTON, UP—A million
government white collar workers
got 10 per cent pay raise today
retroactive to last January. It
means they have 250 million dol
lars of back pay coming.
President Eisenhower signed
the measure granting the increase.
It will add 540,000,000 to the j
annual U. S. government pay
roll.
Government agencies plan to
start distributing the t*ack pay
next month.
The increase, coming after a
two-year fight, matches a 10 per
cent raise, also retroactive to last
January, already given 530,000
postal workers.
The white? collar raise goes to
an estimated 1,821,072 employees,
including 978,632 paid under the
classified civil service system;
6,200 in the legislative branch;
4,119 in the judicial branch; 19,485
doctors, dentists and nurses in
Veterans Administration, and
12,636 in the foreign service.
The average annual increase
for individuals is $531. The
retroactive pay will average $250.
Queen Contestants To
Be Guests On
Midnight Sun Flight
Heading the list in the contest
for the Midnight Sun Festival
Queen are: Mary Jo Swanberg,
Nancy Davis, and Bunny Doyle,
in that order.
It has been announced that the
queen contestants will be guests
of Alaska Airlines for a mid
night sun flight either tonight
or tomorrow after the coronation.
The placing of the crown
will be officially done by Mrs.
M. J. Walsh, who has lived in
Nome longer than any other
woman.
The coronation robe, designed
and made by Meta Muller is now
on display at Polet’s with other
gifts which have been offered for
the queen.
Gifts are not being solicited,
stated the Festival committee, but
offered by the business houses.
Midnight Sun Festival ball
games tonight at 7:30 and 10:30
p.m.
The Little League will play
at 7:30 with the Polar Hornets
vs. the Polar Bears.
At 10:30 the Big League will
play with two well chosen teams,
names of which were not avail
able at press time.
THE C. OF C. TOURIST COMMITTEE demonstrates how
to dress tomorrow for the carnival. Mrs. Brown is wearing
a hat which was worn by Christy Waldheim when she arrived
in Nome. From left to right—Don Hungerford, Virginia
Brown, Christie Waldheim, Johnnie Stephenson, Charles Frasier;
Sealed—Charles Jones and Bob Renshaw.