Senate Votes Downr
Pay Increase Proposal
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the sponsors of the Senate bill.
Would Nullify Program
Rivers contended the Senate
"bill would virtually nullify the I
unemployment benefits program,;
° the cutback would be so sharp. ;
Jensen challenged the conten
tion that the program might be j
cut back so far as to fail to con
form to federal standards. He
pleaded for consideration for the -
industries of southeastern Alaska j
which he said are not in a posi- i
• tion to stand more payroll taxes 1
and still compete in national and
world markets.
Rivers declared if the ESC pro
gram is not solved satisfactorily '
the legislative session would turn
out a debacle. He said the re
strictive Senate bill would cut
down on benefits so sharply the
territory would face a new wel
fare problem which probably j
would require a special session of i
the legislature.
An attempt was made to kill a
bill to require insurance firms to i
. invest in Alaska 25 per cent of j
the net annual premiums collect- |
ed in Aaska, but the indefinite I
postponement move by Rep. Hu- I
bert Gilbert <D-Fairbanks> failed !
on a 13-11 vote. The bill will 1
come up for final action later.
Opponents of the bill contended !
many insurance companies would
refuse to operate in Alaska under ;
• such a law. They said it is diffi- j
cult even now to get fire insur- ,
aqce firms to operate in the ter- !
ritory.
The supporters of the measure
contended the firms have to in- I
vest their funds somewhere and !
. they could just as well be invest- j
ing in municipal securities and :
other fields in Alaska. j
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JUNIOR POLICE HOLD RIFLE I
CLUB MEETING UNDER
• DIRECTION GUARD OFFICERS
Nome Junior Police rifle club
• members held their first target
shooting last Saturday evening at
the indoor rifle range of the
Alaska National Guard under the
direction of Capt. Holta and Lt.
Ellis. All shooting by the Junior
* Police will be under the direction
of Capt. Holta and regular mili
tary shooting rules were followed
and all safety regulation were ob- j
served.
This training will continue for
all Junior Police who desire it.
The two National Guard of
ficers are devoting their own
time to the project which will
be most helpful in the future for
the boys.
The next rifle club meeting will
be held March 26 at the indoor
range of the ANG.
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NOTICE
Nome Cily Ordinance No. 265.
entitled, "To Provide a Motor Ve
hicle Operator's License," which
was enacted in July 1934, has
been repealed in its entirety by j
the passage of Ordinance No. 368
at the Nome Common Council
meeting, held Feb. 28, 1955.
Nome Common Council, :
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Pubish March 2, 4, 7, 1955. i
City Council Introduces
Revised Dog Ordinance
The Nome City Council met
Monday night with the dog ordi
nance the main topic of discus
sion.
A newly revised ordinance was
read for the first time with sev
eral changes. The most contro
versial part of the ordinance was
in reference to the price of the
registration fee, which is set at
$2 for males and $3 for females. !
Opinions were voiced that the
purpose of the ordinance, which ■
is mainly to get rid of un-owned
dogs, will not be achieved, and
owners of dog teams will have to J
carry the burden of the ordinance, i
It was suggested that working j
teams be charged a flat rate per i
team.
The Mayor suggested that any-!
one having constructive criticism
or new ideas should write the city
clerk before the next council
meeting so that the suggestions
may be considered and presented ;
before the second reading of the!
new ordinance.
The status of the school addi
tion was announced by Mayor
Andersen, who stated that the
architect who is behind on the
completion of the plans will have
them ready by April 1 and plans
to be here in about two weeks for
the final approval of the project.
It is believed that it will still be
possible • to have the necessary
construction material on the first
boat if AWP approval and the
letting of bids are pushed ahead.!
The recent visit to Juneau of i
Bob Baldwin, Nome School Board
member, and the alerting of the
members of the Legislature by
the Chamber of Cpmmerce and j
the City stepped up the comple-!
tion of the plans, as it is reported J
Lynn Forrest has a heavy back- j
lok of uncompleted projects on
hand.
The city received a refund
from the Nome Power and Light1
for funds advanced when the ap- i
praisal engineer was brought to'
Nome to the amount of $3,771.66.)
The resignation of Charles j
O’Dell, night patrolman, was |
read, effective March 15.
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Volcano Erupts In
Hawaiian Islands
PAHAO, Hawaii, UP) — A spec-1
tacular volcanic eruption spouted |
with new fury Tuesday and Civil j
Defense officials declared a state |
of emergency. One small village
was virtually abandoned.
An estimated 100 acres of sugar j
cane fields and timber were ’
ablaze with molten lava. More!
than 400 persons fled their homes
in the path of the fiery rivers
moving relentlessly forward.
Civil Defense headquarters re
ported tons of fluid rock spread
ing out in three directions. Foun
tains of boiling lava shot 50 to
100 feet in the air from four
white hot craters rising higher by
the hour.
The state of emergency will
permit officials to order people
out of their homes. Some have
refused. Sightseers are stopped at j
Pahoa. Police said it was amaz-1
ing no one was hurt among the
estimated 20,000 sightseers whose
cars choked five miles of access
roads from the eruptions to Pa
hoa.
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Annual Memorial Dog
Race At Kotzebue
KOTZEBUE — The William S.
Levy Memorial race sponsored
by the Arctic Circle Chamber of
Commerce was run Sunday, Feb.
27, and first place winner was
Joe Harris of Kotzebue with a
time of two hours 27 minutes, 27
seconds.
Others drivers who placed in
the race were second, Daniel
Snyder of Kotzebue, 2:28:56;
third, Sam Reed, Kiana, 2:31:35;
fourth, Alfred Wells, Noorvik,
2:32:25.
The race, originally scheduled
to be run Saturday was delayed
a day by adverse weather and
trail conditions. There were 16
teams entered in the race, run
over a 33-mile course.
Harris, the first place winner,
also won a trip to Fairbanks
sponsored by Wien. Alaska Air
lines, and $150 in cash. Daniel
Snyder’s prize was $100; third
place Sam Reed, $75; and fourth
place Alfred Wells, $50.
Judges and timekeepers were
Stephen Sampson and George
Kagoona of Noorvik; Elwood
Hunnicutt Sr., Rodney Lincoln,
Fred Adams, Daniel Wright, and
U.S. Commissioner George Fran
cis, all of Kotzebue. Turn-around
judges at the half-way point were
Marlev Lincoln and Elwood Hun
nicutt Jr., of Kotzebue.
In conjunction with the races
there were three days of com
munity activity highlighted by
Eskimo dancing, a women’s 10
mile dog race, won by Winifred
Dives, and numerous children's
games. A grand ball was held for
all participating mushers Satur
day evening. The highlight of the
ball was the raffling of a Model
43 Winchester rifle. The presen
tation to winner Helen Shaeffer,
was made Edna Ferber, well
known novelist.
The Arctic Circle Chamber of
Commerce plans to sponsor the
William S. Levy Memorial Race
again next year at about this
same time.
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GIRL SCOUT NEWS
We have enjoyed our party
over in the Methodist Social
Room. The first thing we played
was to step on top of the rug
while the music went on. Carol
Carlson, who is in our troop, won
the game.
Then we tried to pin the other
person with the clothes pins. The
next game we played was to line
up in three rows. We go to the
front of a lady and tie a scarf
around our neck then untie the
scarf and bring it to the other
girl. Our troop won.
Then the ladies sang a Happy
Birthday to the Girl Scouts. We
sang our song and thanks to the
ladies and went on home.
—Juliana Kunnuk, Scribe
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Belt Drives, Electrical Equipment Mallory . Blocks
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Union Asks ‘Exploitation'
Of Fish by U.S. Fishermen
Be Halted by Canada
VICTORIA, B.C., UP)—The Brit
ish Columbia government was
asked Monday to urge the federal
government to halt what was
termed the “heavy exploitation’’
of fish by United States and Jap
anese fishermen.
A delegation from the United
Fishermen and Allied Workers
Union made the recommendations
in a brief presented to the legisla
ture’s Labor Committee.
It charged American fishermen
are exploiting the fish from the
present three-mile limit, and rec
ommended territorial waters be
extended to a nine-mile limit.
From the Sourdough News
Of San Francisco, Calif.
A card was received from Hi
and Babe Dill from Paris France.
They send kind regards to their
Sourdough friends.
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Faye Delzene is convalescing at
the Notre Dame Hospital in San
Francisco.
They say a woman is as old as
she looks but that a man is not old
until he quits looking.
New CAB Chairman
WASHINGTON, Don Rizley
took over Tuesday as a member
of the Civil Aeronautics Board
and was promptly designated as
chairman by President Eisen
hower.
Rizley formerly was a Republi
can members of the House from
Oklahoma and a former assistant •
secretary of agriculture in the .
Eisenhower Administration. He
will serve as chairman of the CAB
the remainder of this year. The
chairmanship is on a rotating
basis.
Rizley takes over as chairman
from former senator Chan Gur
ney.
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