HE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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The Voice of The North
THE VOICE OF THE NORTH grows in strength
and stature with the advent of KICY, the first
commercial radio station in this area.
Radio first came to Nome during World War II,
through war and emergency, when a Civil Defense
station was set up by the community, with funds
raised by the Home Art Club, and equipment pur
chased for civil defense. It was manned by volunteers
who borrowed records from private record libraries
in the community. This station served its purpose
until the military was organized to carry on the work.
AFRS has served us well, with its complete news
broadcasts regularly, as well as its fine selection of
music and entertainment to satisfy all types of musical
and other entertainment needs.
Because of the isolation and scattered population,
it has not been feasible for a commercial station here
tofore; however KICY is subsidized generously by the
Covenant Church, which has had missions in Alaska
for more than 70 years. Because of our proximity to
Siberia, The Voice of the Arctic might be an instru
ment to a better understanding with our nearest
neighbors.
Whatever it accomplishes will be for the good
of Seward Peninsula, helping to unify its people as
well as educate them.
The Nugget joins with the community in extend
mg congratulations to the Covenant Church for its
faith in the future of Northwestern Alaska; to the staff
of KICY for the work already accomplished in pion
eering the enterprise, and to the membership of the
Covenant Church throughout the world who have,
with their offerings, made this station possible.
GRASSROOTS OPINION
From the South Pasadena, Calif., Review: “The Presi
dent of Tunisia says that we have no business object
ing to what they do with our money. He is in the same
category as some of the bureaucrats who think that we
should not ask for an accounting, either in money or
results of our foreign aid program. The nation as a
whole is on a giant credit card binge and when we say
‘Charge it’ we mean to our great-grandchildren. It
is too bad they are not here to learn how not to spend
their money.”
Freight Rates Go
Up on Alaska R.R.
WASHINGTON, Wl — The gov
ernment’s Alaska Railroad is rais
ing rates on about 15 per cent of
its freight traffic, effective March
26.
The Interior Department, in an
nouncing the action, said the
boosts were designed to offset in
creased costs on cargo moving be
tween West Coast ports and In
terior Alaska.
Robert Anderson, general man
ager of the railroad, said the
principal increase will be five
cents per 100 pounds for carload
freight. He added this would ap
ply to only about one-seventh of
the line’s total tonnage.
Freight in less than carload lots
moving across the Seward dock
will be increased 10 cents per
hundredweight, Anderson said.
He observed, however, that al
most all the railroad’s freight
moves in carload lots.
Anderson estimated the higher
rates will add about $150,000 to
the railroad’s annual revenues,
and that without them it would
operate at £ e said Con
gress has called for
the railroad to pay its own way.
Rates will not be increased for
the 85 per cent of freight traffic
moving at local rates, which were
not affected by higher longshore
costs, Anderson said.
He explained that to a large de
gree the increases were caused by
wage hikes for the Longshore
men’s Union and the private steve
doring operator at the Seward
railroad dock.
Anderson said that in the past
two years the basic hourly long
shore wage rate at the Seward
dock increased from $3.16 to $3.56.
First Khrushchev Talks
With De Gaulle Held in
‘Pleasant Atmosphere’
PARIS, iff) — Soviet Premier
Khrushchev held his first private
talk with President De Gaulle for
two hours and presumably plugged
some more for a Moscow-Paris
axis to replace France’s growing
alliance with West Germany.
Two interpreters were the only
other persons present as the two
leaders talked in De Gaulle’s pri
vate office. The Premier and the
French President smiled pleasant
ly as they emerged and shook
hands on the steps of the Elysee
Palace.
The first talks were held in a
very good atmosphere, an aide to
De Gaulle said. A high French
source said the initial talk was
largely exploratory and that De
Gaulle and Khrushchev ranged
over several subjects in the first
of their series of meetings.
Khrushchev arrived at the pal
ace in a pouring rain for the first
business talk of his 11-day visit
to France. Scores of policemen
lined the Premier’s route from the
Foreign Office, where he is stay
ing, but few Parisians were out.
Despite a grueling 18-hour day
of activity yesterday, the 65-year
old Soviet leader seemed little
worse for wear.
State Department
Refutes E. German j
Claim to Berlin
WASHINGTON, W) — The
United States formally rejected
yesterday Russia’s claim that Ber
lin is part of Soviet controlled
East Germany.
The State Department produced
documents in English and Russian
which it said “clearly indicate
that Berlin was designated as a
separate area to toe jointly occu
pied.”
The documents were signed by
Soviet, American and British rep
resentatives in London on Sept.
12, 1944 — before Berlin had been
captured by Soviet forces.
Newsmen were handed a pho
tographic reproduction of the
original English and Russian texts
which spelled out the zones the
troops of each would occupy.
The action was an effort, in
advance of East-West summit talks
on Berlin’s future, to nail down
the Allied legal right to remain
in West Berlin until a single peace
treaty has been signed with all
Germany.
The documents made clear that
the Berlin area was not ‘part of’
or ‘on’ the territory to be occu
pied by any of the powers under
the agreement, the Department
said.
“Rather, the agreement clearly
indicates that Berlin was desig
nated as a separate area to be
jointly occupied.
The State Department aimed
its words not only at Moscow but
at representatives of the East
German puppet regime who have
been contending in recent months
that Western troops are illegally
in West Berlin.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev has
been hammering at this theme in
public remarks, claiming it backs
up his demand for converting West
Berlin into a so-called free, de
militarized city.
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Hedberg Says Egan Has
Lost Favor with Labor
Through ESC Legislation
JUNEAU, UP! — Governor Egan
and a spokesman for organized
labor differed sharply Thursday
in comment on legislative approv
al of the Governor’s employment
security program.
Egan said, after the Senate voted
11-9 to accept a House-approved
version of a jobless insurance bill,
that the “interest of the working
man is best served by the passage
of this legislation.”
Henry Hedberg of Anchorage,
lobbyist for the State Federation
of Labor, commented: “He has big
business on his side now.”
Asked if this meant Egan does
not now have the support of la
bor, Hedberg replied: “Right now
he hasn’t, no. I doubt whether he
can ever recoup the position he
had with the labor movement.”
Egan said the employment se
curity program will be “paying its
own way on a fair and equitable
basis” for the first time in many
years.
The new program will result in
an estimated annual surplus of
$221,000 in the fund. It provides
no increase in benefit payments
to jobless workers, which was
one of the main goals of organ
ized labor at the current legisla
tive session.
“Drive-under” banking recently
arrived at a New York airport.
Customers — who want to do
business from their cars — ac
tually drive under a bank build
ing elevated alongside the main
roadway. The facility includes
three teller windows and a park
ing lot for 100 cars.
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