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It s Been Fun . . . Come Again . . .
THE FIRST WESTERN ALASKA Class B Basket
ball Conference to be held in Nome will culmi
nate tonight after a full week of sports activity in
volving over a hundred young people who have been
guests here in private homes. Although the Nome
High School Nanooks have participated in this con
ference for many years this is the first time that the
people of the community have had an opportunity to
see for themselves what it is all about and also to re
ciprocate to the communities who have been host to
our youth these many years.
It has been an enjoyable experience for all who
have participated and the community can be proud
of the way in which the weeks activities were organ
ized by the staff of the Nome School and the way in
which everyone connected with the conference ex
ecuted their share of the responsibility.
We hope the visitors have enjoyed their stay here
so that Nome will be kept on the list to take its turn
again and again as a conference town.
Congratulations to the winner with the superior
team; congratulations to the losers for fine sports
manship, and better luck next time.
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Kennedy Pumps
More Money
Into the Economy
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By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
WASHINGTON (.ft — President
Kennedy, hitting back at those
who contend there is no recession,
is pumping more federal money |
into the economy to combat “the j
very serious problem of unem
ployment.”
The President sized up the
problem in those terms at his
news conference Thursday night
while thrusting at Republican
criticism of his efforts to spur
business and reduce joblessness.
He also prodded the Democratic
controlled Congress — moving
slowly so far — to act speedily
on his legislative program de
signed, he said, to get the Ameri
can economy “back on its feet.”
And the President, again with
the Soviet Union clearly in mind,
asserted that any attempt to des
troy the United Nations in the
the Congo crisis “is a blow aimed
directly at the independence and
security of every nation, large
and small.”
He pledged the United States
“will continue to support the
United Nations’ presence in the
Congo,” and said a U. N. pull
out there — such as demanded
by the Soviet Union — would
add up to disaster.
As for the domestic economy.
Kennedy said the country is
“most concerned about the very
serious problem of unemploy
ment.” There are, he said, more
than 5.5 million Americans who
want work and can’t find a job.
Alluding to Congress, the Pres
ident said he hopes there will be
action on his legislative program
as soon as possible. He reviewed
steps he already has taken on his
own to relieve hardship and en
courage business recovery, and
then listed additional measures
he had just ordered apart from
proposals which require congres
sional approval.
Accidents Claim
93 Thousand
Lives in 1960
CHICAGO (jP) — Ninety-three
thousand persons were killed in
accidents in the United States
last year, more than two-thirds
of them in traffic crashes and in
the home, the National Safety
Council said.
The number killed was the
highest total since 1957 but the
death rate was a record low, the
Council said.
The Council estimated the
economic loss at $13.4 billion. It
covers both fatal and nonfatal ac
cidents, the Council said in re
porting that more than nine mil
lion persons were injured in ac
cidents in 1960. It said 1 of every
19 persons in the nation suffered
a disabling injury last year.
Although accidental deaths last
year were one per cent higher
than the 92,080 in 1958, the death
rate per 10,000 persons dropped
to 51.7. compared to the previous
record low of 52.2 in 1959. The
Council attributed the drop to
a 2 per cent increase in popula
tion.
Motor vehicle accidents, as in
previous years, was the No. 1
killer, with 38,200 deaths, the big
gest toll since 1957 and compared
to 37,910 in 1959.
Home accidents — poisonings,
fires, burns and firearms —
ranked second to traffic with 27,
500 fatalities, some 500 more than
in 1959.
Deaths from work mishaps
totaled 13,800, about the same as
in 1959. Accidents at work re
sulted in the loss of 280 million
man-days, which the Council
said was equivalent to an entire
year’s shutdown of a hypothetical
plant employing 1 million work
ers.
Bailie Line Drawn Up in the Congo,
Will Be Direct Test for Khrushchev
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
President Kennedy’s endorse
ment of Congo President Joseph
Kasavubu’s forces has drawn the
battle line in the Congo.
It offers a direct test of So
viet Premier Khrushchev’s Jan.
6 commitment to support Com
munist civil war in emerging
countries.
The Soviet Union has described
the pro-Communist Antoine Gi
zenga group, the political heirs
of slain ex-premier Patrice Lu
mumba, as the only legitimate
government in the Congo, which
the Reds have a “sacred duty” to
aid.
Kennedy called the Kasavubu
group “the only legal authority.”
The President was calm, but
his words were direct and seri
ous as he warned the Soviet
Union, without naming her,
against unilateral action. The
United States would react against
that, he said, as a United Na
tions member.
Annual Pay and Per
Diem Would be Cut
For State Legislators
JUNEAU (J’l — A compromise
bill cutting legislative annual pay
and per diem expenses of state
lawmakers was introduced in the
House Thursday by the Finance
Committee.
The bill would cut legislator’s
per diem expenses from a flat
$50 to $25 for lawmakers whose
permanent residences are in Dis
trict 5, and $35 for all other mem
bers of the Legislature.
Annual salaries for legislators
would be lowered from $3,000 to
$2,500 plus an annual allowance
of $300 for postage, stationary,
stenographic services and other
expenses.
The President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House
would receive an additional an
nual allowance of $500.
Five members of the Finance
Committee recommended that the
measure pass the House. They
were Committee Chairman Frank
Chapados, and Reps. Harold
Strandberg, Donald Harris, Jal
mar Kerttula and Morgan Reed.
Rep. Walter Kubley recom
mended that it not pass.
Rep. Bob Blodgett withheld any
recommendation.
The compromise measure was
referred to the Rules Committee
to await placement on the calen
dar.
Kennedy was not trying to bring
the issue to a head. He was try
ing to keep the Soviets from
bringing it to a head. He was
as blunt as diplomatic language
will permit.
A Blunt Reminder
He was no less blunt in remind
ing the smaller nations where
their true interests lie — in the
United Nations.
But the effect was an attempt
to line up the United Nations on
the side of Kasavubu, which bor
ders closely on intervention and
may not be well accepted either
in the United Nations or in the
Congo. It smacks of choosing up
sides, as the Soviet Union al
ready had done, in a situation
where one of the peramount is
sues, among the African and
Asian countries, is self-determi
nation.
This can be self-defeating.
The point may have been reach
ed where it is now necessary in
order to block the Communist
drive in Africa. But it injects an
issue which has always proved
troublesome to the United States,
as witness Latin America.
There are many other angles
to this business of choosing sides
in Congo politics while attempt
ing to exert pressure for civil
order through the United Na
tions.
For one, the United States and
the Soviet Union both are now
working from the premise that
one or another political group
can eventually establish a central
government in the Congo.
Expert observers have repeat
edly expressed doubt that this
will be possible in the foresee
able future. An uneasy truce be
tween the factions, and the tribes
into which the factions are di
vided, constantly enforced by the
United Nations during a long
period of political tutelage, is
about the best that can be hoped
for.
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