THE NOME NUGGET
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THE MELODY UNGERS ON--AND ON
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LIFE BEGINS AT 75
The House of Representatives thinks you should
be over 65 to secure tax relief on your retirement
income, but the Senate Finance Committee thinks you
should have this break regardless of age, just so long
as you are retired.
Other items in the Administration’s omnibus tax
reform bill (passed by the House in March) with which
the Senate committee agrees substantially include more
liberal allowance on medical expenses and contribu
tions. Also that automatic April 1 reduction in corpor
ation income taxes would be wiped out by putting the
rates back where they were—and retroactively.
Specifically, the House bill exempts income up to
$1,200 for any retired person over 65, but earnings
from actual work amounting to $900 or more would be
deducted from the $1,200 exemption. The Senate
committee (being older* perhaps) would grant the
exemption similarly, but without a minimum age re
quirement. And after you are 75, the senators think
you should be allowed to earn as much as you want
without penalty.
Thus, if the views of the upper house prevail, the
thing to do is to retire early in life, rest up till you’re
75—and'then really fly at it!
WIEN AIRLINES
From Kotzebue: Ron Brousseau,
Frank Ford, Richard Cotter, Mr.
and Mrs. Brubaker, James Bray, |
Richard Deadman, Mr. and Mrs. j
T. McQuinness, Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Petti- j
gejohn, Mr. and Mrs. Schwoeffer- i
man, Otto Sammett, Jordan Dam- ;
mett, J. Ludgrin, L. Maucer, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Carpenter, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Simpson, Mrs. Robert
Jordan.
To Fairbanks: C. A. Bradshaw,
Harry Knutson, B. Browning,
Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Hudgins,
Frances Frey, Harriet Brown,
Mary Rolph, Mary Dunham, Har
old Prosser, Richard Sears, Major
Greenhalgh.
To Galena: Sidney Huntington.
To Kotzebue: Drs. B. C., and H.
Rothfuss, and Wilma and Myrna j
Mendenhall.
From Fairbanks: W. W. Laws
and Rev. Gordon Gould.
Only Four Cities Have
Greater Red Infiltration
Than Seattle, Says Velde
SEATTLE, WV—Only four other
cities in the United States have
seen a greater infiltration of Com
munists than Seattle, Rep. Harold
Velde (R-Ill), chairman of the
House Un - American Activities
Committee, said Saturday.
The congressman arrived in Se
attle for a four-day hearing his
committee will conduct in Seattle
this week into Red activities.
In an interview, he said New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago and
Detroit have greater concentra
tions of Communistic activity. He
did not explain further.
He said his committee hopes to
bring out the general Communist
Party picture in the Northwest,
with witnesses including persons
who' have been members of the
party until recently.
| Senators Seek Release of
U.S. Fishermen Seized for
Invading Foreign Waters
WASHINGTON, Ge—Nine At
lantic and Pacific Coast senators
joined Friday in asking Congress
to require the State Department
to obtain the immediate release of
American fishermen seized for in
vading foreign territorial waters.
The office of Sen. Saltonstall
(R-Mass) said the proposed legis
lation is being co-sponsored by
Saltonstall and eight other sena
tors including Sen. Magnuson
(D-Wash).
Magnuson said the legislation
is needed because of claims of
foreign countries to jurisdiction
over waters above the continental
shelf.
The bill would apply to seizures
Occurring beyond the normal
three-mile limit recognized by the
United States.
Magnuson explained the bill
was needed because several Cen
tral and South American coun
tries claim offshore waters far
beyond the three-mile limit. He
said Mexico has challenged the
right of U.S. fishermen to fish in
waters of the Gulf of Mexico and
the Pacific coast off the Mexican
coast.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Fair tonight. Increasing high
cloudiness Tuesday; Little change
in temperature. Winds decreasing
tonight becoming northerly. Low
est temperature expected tonight
35, highest Tuesday 53.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
56, low 38. Max. wind 17 mph
from the west. Sunrise 1:21 a.m.,
sunset 10:44 p.m.
Other Stations, 7 a.m. Today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 33 Fo'g
Kotzebue 34 Part cloudy
Wales 34 Cloudy
Nome 45 Part cloudy
Unalakleet 46 Part cloudy
Bethel 51 Cloudy
McGrath 57 Cloudy
Anchorage 56 Cloudy
Fairbanks 40 Rain
Whitehorse 50 Part cloudy
Edmonton 48 Rain
Ketchikan 46 Cloudy
Seattle 64 Part cloudy
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McKay’s Authority
Broadened to Sell
Alaska Public Land
From the Office of the Governor
JUNEAU—Gcvv. B. Frank Heint
zleman announced Thursday that
President Eisenhower has signed
a bill broadening the authority of
Secretary of the Interior to sell
or lease public lands in Alaska to
the territory and its political sub
divisions and giving the secretary
authority to sell or lease such
lands to nonprofit organizations
for recreational or other public
purposes.
The act amends the Recreation
Act of 1926 which often, because
of its narrow authorization to the
secretary, required that public
lands be disposed of for public
purposes by the Congress. This
has resulted, the governor said, in
numerous minor bills, all requir
ing congressional attention.
Gov. Heintzlernan explained
that the act, H.R. 1815, provides
that before making the land avail
able to the territory, a political
subdivision or a nonprofit corpor
ation or association the secretary
must have proof that the lands
will be used for an established or
definitely proposed project. No
lease can exceed 20 years but
leases would be renewable at the
discretion of the secretary of the
interior.
The governor noted that non
profit organizations often have
sought to lease lands to establish
camps and other projects, but be
cause of his lack of authority, the
secretary heretofore has been un
able to execute such leases. The
enactment of this measure, the
governor said, will help promote
maximum utilization and devel
opment of public lands and the
resources* on such lands.
The act does not apply to lands
in any national forest, park, mon
ument, wild life refuge or to any
lands set aside for the use or ben
efit of Indians.
OVER 1,000 EXPECTED
AT SOURDOUGH REUNION
VANCOUVER, B.C., UP—More
than 1,000 persons are expected
when the sourdoughs of the Klon
dike Gold Rush days hold a re
union here August 16 through 19.
The Vancouver Yukoners’ As
sociation will be host.
Faulkner Prepares
Property Tax Case
Re-Hearing Petition
H. L. Faulkner, attorney for Lu
ther C. Hess and the Alaska Ju
neau Gold Mining Co., told an
Alaska Daily Empire (Juneau) re
porter last week that a petition
for he-hearing is now being pre
pared for filing in the U.S. Court
of Appeals, and that if the rehear
ing is denied, application will be
made at once to the Supreme
Court of the United States to re
view the property tax case.
Faulkner said, “I am getting a
deluge of letters from property
owners inquiring about the status
of the case of Hess vs. Mullaney
involving the Alaska property tax
case recently decided by the U.S.
Court of Appeals. I could not an
swer them all until I could have
time to consult with my clients.
I have now received instructions
to prepare to take the case to the
Supreme Court of the United
States. V/hen Hess decided to test
this law in the courts he said he
would not stop short of the U.S.
Supreme Court. He has not
changed his mind.
“I would suggest that if any
property owner desires to pay the
tax at this stage of the proceed
I ings, and later on to claim the
benefit of any favorable decision
which might finally be obtained,
he should pay the tax under care
fully worded written protest.”
As the case now stands, the fil
ing of the petition for re-hearing
in the U.S. Court of Appeals will
stay proceedings in that court
until the petition is heard. If it is
denied, application for review will
be filed promptly in the Supreme
Court of the United States, Faulk
ner said.
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THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
By HAROLD SALISBURY
Where the sun shines bright, —in the
North, that is,
Near Nome,—or thereabout,
The fresh and exuberant summer days
Out-brilliant, beyond a doubt,
And also out-beauty,—by far and wide,
All the so-called summer days
That bloom below,—in the South, that is,
Or elsewhere win their praise,—
The skies are a blue that shames the blue
Of other skies of azure,
The water out-sparkles all other sparkles
In oceans of joyous treasure!
The clouds are whiter and fluffier
Than the suds of other places
And the breezes out-breeze every other
wheeze
With a freshness that amazes!
O, summer days that far out-sweet
A summer in the tropics,
These days of elegant sunshine that
Out-splendor other topics,—
Far to the north,—near Nome, that is,
Where blows the Bering zephyr
To waft delights of heaven alight
O’er the land that pleases ever!
The air is so pure that it well out-pures
What others breathe for air
And the atmosphere is the best in the sphere
With oxygen to spare,—
Where the strand extends and in beauty
bends
In its wedding with the waves
As old King Sea in majesty
With eloquence behaves!
O, this is the place on the ole Earth’s face
Out-glorying all,— to pieces,
Where vitamins grow in the sunshine’s glow
And energy lurks in the breezes,
Where the sunset’s gilded skies are filled
With colors past description
And the nights, though light, are a deep delight
Whose beauty finds perfection!
Where the sun shines bright,— in the
North, that is,
Near Nome,—or thereabout,
The summer bliss is the antithesis
Of gloominess,— no doubt!
And to the glory that Nature yields
There lives a counterpart,
For the joy of the days with life ablaze
Is found in every heart!