Increase In Postal
Rates Seen In
Preview of Budget
WASHINGTON, UPI — President
Eisenhower plans to call again
for an increase in postal rates,
Representative Charles A. Ilal
leck (R-Ind) said yesterday.
Halleck and other Republican
. Congressional leaders were given
a preview at the White House of
Eisenhower’s budget for the new
fiscal year starting July 1.
It was given by Budget Direc
tor Maurice Stans at Eisenhower’s
meeting with the GOP chiefs from
Congress.
In his State of the Union mes
sage last week, the President said,
his budget going to Congress next
Monday will call for spending
$79,800,000,000.
He also predicted a $4,200,000,
000 surplus.
At a news conference yesterday
Halleck was asked whether the
President’s forecast of such a_ sur
plus was predicated on an in
crease in postal rates.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
CONDUCTED AT SCHOOL
The Nome High School Student
Body was host for a legislative
assembly last week. Ellen Saito,
president of the group, and the
Student Council, introduced Sen
ator Lester Bronson and Senator
John McNees, who explained the
qualifications for legislative mem
bers, systems of elections, and
duties of the Legislature, as well
as the duties of local citizens to
provide fbr democratic govern
ment. An enthusiastic question
and answer discussion period then
followed.
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Halleck noted that Eisenhower
asked Congress last year to hike
those rates. There was no action
on the request.
Halleck called it “fair to as
sume” — on the basis of the bud
get preview from which he had
just come — that Eisenhower in
tends to renew his request for
higher postal rates.
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Eisenhower Asks Congress
To Remove Interest Ceiling
WASHINGTON, UP> — President
Eisenhower yesterday called on
Congress to remove what he
called the archaic 4 Vi per cent
interest rate ceiling on long term
government bonds.
In a brief and forceful message
— the first special message of the
new session of Congress — Eisen
hower blamed Congress for
boosting the cost of carrying the
national debt.
“I deem it imperative, there
fore, that this restrictive ceiling
be removed,” the President wrote.:
“I am asking the Secretary of j
the Treasury to transmit to the j
Congress proposed legislation de
signed to attain this objective.”
Because of objections by many
members to high and rising in
terest charges, Congress did not
approve last year ceiling-removal
action which Eisenhower described
as the most urgent business before
the lawmakers.
“Congressional inaction on that
request has resulted in a much
more rapid increase in short
term debt than would otherwise
have occurred,” Tuesday’s mes
sage said.
AREA STUDENTS NAMED TO
HASKELL HONOR ROLL
The local Bureau of Indian
Affairs announces that the fol
lowing students from this district
have been named to the First
Quarter Postgraduate Honor Roll
at Haskell Institute, Lawrence,
Kansas:
Charles Snyder, Nome; Wilfred
Murray, Elim; Clifford Charles,
Koyuk, and Axel Towksjhea,
Point Hope.
Axel Towksjhea was also elec
ted dormitory secretary.
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San Diego Child
Found Murdered in
Mexican Ditch
TIJUANA, Mexico, UPi — The
nearly nude body of Mary Lou
Olson, 10, her mouth stuffed with
paper, was found at the bottom of
a muddy ditch last night.
Gone were the lucky horseshoe
rings she wore on the little fin
gers of each hand when she left
her home in National City, Calif.,
nine days earlier to go three
blocks to a shopping center.
The entire Tijuana police force
was ordered into a search for the
person who brought the child
across the border into Mexico
and presumably murdered her.
An autopsy was to be held to
determine the cause of death and
whether the child had been sex
ually molested.
An undertaker estimated Mary
Lou had been dead four days.
National City, a San Diego sub
urb, is just north of the border.
The case recalled that of Vir
ginia Brooks, 10, who disappeared
on her way to school in San Diego
February 11, 1931. Her broken
body was found stuffed in a gun
ny sack a month later. The killer
was never caught.
Sam Rayburn ‘Does Not
Choose’ to be Chairman at
Demo National Convention
WASHINGTON, Of) — House
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas
said yesterday he does “not
choose” to be chairman of the
Democratic National Convention,
and would not accept the post.
Rayburn presided over the
party’s conventions in 1943, 1952
and 1956, and there was no doubt
the job could again be his this
year if he wanted it.
In the past recent conventions
Rayburn did not actively support
any candidate but for 1960 he
recently announced his support of
Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas
■for the nomination.
Rayburn told a news conference
he has “a great desire to see one
convention from the floor.”
He said he has no candidate
for the chairmanship and has en
dorsed no one for the post at the
convention starting in Los An
geles July 11.
Operating from the floor of the
convention as a delegate, Rayburn
said, would give him a better
chance to “work for the candidate
of my choice.”
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For Sale at The Nugget
Red Pilot Killed In
Defecting to Formosa
TAIPEI, Fonnosa, — A Chi
nese Communist pilot lost his life
yesterday in bidding for freedom
with a crash landing of his MIG
jet fighter on Formosa, an Amer
ican source said.
The Nationalist Defense Min
istry announced a Red flier had
defected to Nationalist China and
— without reporting his fate —
said his plane was damaged slight
ly in landing at an emergency
strip in northeast Formosa.
The American source, who re
fused to be identified by name,
said Nationalist officers near the
crash site told him the plane
landed in a beach area and buried
its npse in the sand, killing the
pilot.
Nenana Weather Prompts
Indoor Classic Activity
»By CARL N. HAGGSTROM
Manager, Nenana Ice Classic
NENANA—Bright red cans and
tickets are being distributed for
Alaska’s favorite guessing game
originating at Nenana. Since the
weather is not conducive to sitting
on the city benches and speculat
ing as to when it will move, the
old timers still have their feet
parked on the old Yukon stove,
and have made no rash predic
tions. This year manager is Carl
Haggstrom, Nenana born and
raised. Committee members are
William Monroe, George Demien
tfeff, Steve Smas, Bob Coghill,
Don Pucker and Fred Mueller.
Gloria Frederick is bookkeeper,
and Lois Isaacson is secretary.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with snow today and
increasing easterly winds. ‘Lowest
temperature expected tonight 5,
the high tomorrow' 10.
In the past 24 hour: lowest
temperature -17, highest -4. Sun
rise 9:39 a.mi, sunset 2:44 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 3, lowest -12. Extremes
on this date: highest 33 in 1957,
lowest -32 in 1934.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Laura Seetok, Ellen
Zolondkiewicz of Unalakleet, Lee
Adams, Ruth Angnaboogok, Alma
Nayokpuk, JoAnn Sturla of Kot
zebue, Mary Ann Analook,
Everett Batchelder.
Discharged: Elsie May Smith,
Jack Koutchak, Della Walluk.
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Hsian Dunbai
Secretary
Meets 'first and third Mondays
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of .Each Month
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President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Lunch*./
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Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of eyery
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER. President
VESTA SUNDSTROM, Seely.
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