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Oil Firms Refuse
To Shut Down
During Smog Test
LOS ANGELES, Ml—Southern
California’s oil industry, invited
by Governor Goodwin J. Knight
to shut down operations tempor
arily for a smog test, has declined
—with some comment unrefined.
“The solution to the smog prob
lem is not to be found in politics,”
snapped Reese H. Taylor, Union
Oil president, in a bristling reply.
Knight and Democrat Richard
Graves are locked in the current
campaign for governor and smog
has suddenly erupted into the
hottest issue.
Four other major companies
and an independent group fol
lowed Union’s load and took
defiant or dissenting stands. The
governor awaited word from
other operators of the area’s 25
refinery without great optimism.
The area has had an 18-day
cloud of smog.
The Independent Refiners Assn,
attacked the request as “com
pletely impractical from the in
dustry standpoint” and urged
Knight “to eliminate political
considerations” from his views.
Knight dropped the bombshell
in the companies’ laps yesterday.
His plea for immediate suspen
sion was supplemented by a re
quest that the 54,900 oil workers
in the area bo paid during the
shutdown.
Interior Dept. Decides
Seatrain Service Feasible
WASHINGTON, OB—Frank E.
Kalbaugh, general manager of the
Alaska Railroad, says the Interior
Department has decided that sea
train operations between Pacific
Northwest ports and Alaska are
feasible.
Just before leaving for the West
Friday night, Kalbaugh told a re
porter that “the people interested
in operating seatrain service are
now making concrete proposals”
based on the finding.
The seatrain idea—the ferrying
of loaded railroad cars between ■
ports—has resulted in lower ship
ping costs elsewhere.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT -
488 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.