Canadian Insists
!
On Independence
In U.S. Relations
By JACK BEST
Canadian Press Staff Writer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C.,
(CP)—External Affairs Minister
Pearson said Wednesday night
that Canadian-American coopera
tion can develop only on the basis
of Canada’s right to do things its
own way.
American defense activities in
Canada’s northland, he told an
election campaign audience here,
must not infringe in any way on
Canadian sovereignty.
“I think they should realize
that if we were once sensitive
about Canada being considered
merely a colonial extension of
Britain across the waters, we now
are even more sensitive about
being considered merelly a north- i
ern extension of the United States
across the unguarded border. That i
is not going to happen, but our j
feeling in this regard should be |
understood in Washington, as I j
think it is.”
Pearson said events since 1950
•have done nothing to “deny the
validity” of the statement he
made that year that Canadian
American relations henceforth
would not be easy or automatic.
He said Canada is going to
huild its own strong and distinc- ,
tive national society, “a society j
which has its own traditions, its |
own way of doing things—a way '
which suits us better than that j
which might be adopted by our '
neighbors.
Nome Weather
Summary for April
Above normal temperatures
last month brought about consid- i
erable reduction of the snow j
cover, with the southern slopes j
of the coastal hills about 50 per- ,
cent bare by April 30th.
Strong winds on the 12th lasted j
only an hour or so, but caused j
quite a bit of damage.
Highest temperature was 41 |
on Apr. 21 and 25; lowest was -11 J
on Apr. 2.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget i
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CANCER’S
7 DANGER SIGNALS
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0 Any sort that does not heal.
Q A lump or thickening in the breast
or elsewhere.
Q Unusual bleeding or discharge.
Q Any change in a wart or mole.
Q Persistent indigestion or difficulty
in swallowing.
Persis ent hoarseness or cough. |
Any chance in nr*"?*f I bowel habits. ’
I None of tfcesr..»roniS necessar
jjy means thot you hove rancor, but
ony one of them should send you to
your doctor Cancer is usuoliy lurooie
when detected and treated early.
Remember the danger signals Cancer
strikes one in five. Strike bock. Give
0 to the Airsricon Cancer Society.
Hundreds Flee
Homes as Floods
Hit Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash., UFi-—Raging
flood water from a cloudburst
ripped thru Spokane Wednesday
evening, forcing the evacuation
of hundreds of persons ead caus
ing heavy damage.
Roads and bri 2es were washed
out and cars trapped by the fast
rising water which couldn’t be
carried away quickly enough at
the height of the violent storm.
Major damage occurred when
a bank washed away and broke a
storm sewer that had been carry
ing much of the runoff from the
hard-hit South Hill residential
section. Water from the broken
sewer undermined buildings on a
street just off the main business
district. The foundation of an
FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT
FOR TALKEETNA APPROVED
WASHINGTON, iff>—A House
Public Works subcommittee ap
proved Wednesday a $64,900 flood
control project for Talkeetna,
Alaska, g village of 140 persons
on the Talkeetna River.
Army engineers said that dur
ing high water the river constant
ly eats away a bank acid threatens
part of the village.
apartment house was broken and
the rear wall torn off. The build
>ig hung precariously on a steep
ban': as soft dirt on either side
v gs carried away.
Water and silt were carried
down the bank onto the modest
residential section of Peaceful
Valley, where many elderly peo
ple live. Cars were trapped fender
deep in water and muck.
Many homes in the low-lying
area were isolated by water and
the residents had to be moved.
Books Added Recently
To KK Public Library
The following books are recent
additions of the Kegoayah Kozga
Public Library:
The Curious Kitten, by Cook;
The Wreck of Mary Deare, Innes;
Profiles in Courage, Kennedy;
Wild Life in America, Peterson;
Three Saints and a Sinner, by
Tharp; The Outsider, .by Wilson;
Winning Baseball, Allen, Go,
Navy, Go, Archibald; Buzzy Plays
Midget League Football, Jackson;
I Give You My Colt, Kelsey; Se
cret Farmyard, Kennell; Once in
Royal David’s City, Lines; I Want
to Paint My Bathroom Blue,
Krauss; and Hudson Bay Com
pany, by Morenus.
Vacationers often spend a few
weeks on resort sands and the
rest of the year on the rocks.
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CLEAN-UP NOTICE
May 26 lo June 8 has been des
ignated by the Health Committee
as Clean-Up Weeks. Properly
owners are requested to clean up
their premises during this period
and pile debris in small contain
ers that can be easily handled
such as boxes and sacks (not in
metal drums) and place near the
curb for truck disposal at City
expense.
The Health Committee and the
Chief of Police will make a tour
of inspection and report viola
tions which will be prosecuted
under Ordinance 355.
The Health Committee is asking
for full cooperation from every
one to make Nome a more pre
sentable and sanitary community
to live in.
CITY OF NOME
By Robert F. Scott
City Clerk
Publ. May. 15, 17, 20, 22, 24.
MEMORIAL WREATHS
AVAILABLE AT CAVOTA'S
How Standard put $4,282,372
to work every day last year
■ •Qand what this meant to people ii< the Western Hemisphere
SPsAvm MgTga
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Exploration for possible new
sources of oil covered millions
of acres in the U.S., Central and
South America, Canada, Alaska
and the Bahama Islands. Seek
ing oil for your future use is one
of our biggest expenditures . . .
$324,789 on an average day.
Again last year we found more
new oil than our wells pumped
from the ground.
sjrm* ! Nt-irili
Gulf Of Mexico We completed
better than two new wells a day
_101 of them off the Texas and
Louisiana coasts where drilling
costs up to six times as much
as on land. An average day’s bill
for drilling came to $431,516.
This huge expenditure was nec
essary because a well may cost
from $125,000 to over $1,000,000
and one out of every six wells
drilled was a dry hole.
Vancouver, B. C. On an av
erage day we spent $517,446 to
keep equipment in repair and up
to date . . . extending a wharf at
Vancouver, adding to a refinery
in El Paso, Texas or a pipe line
to Boise, Idaho. This work pro
vided employment for thousands
of construction and maintenance
workers as well as for the em
ployees of firms supplying equip
ment to be installed.
El Paso, Texas Purchases of
crude oil took $949,853 a day in
areas such as El Paso, Texas
and Bakersfield, California. Even
though our own Western Hemi
sphere production was at a new
high, we bought oil from many
small and medium sized pro
ducers. To these people and their
employees Standard was a good
customer and an important
source of income.
Salt Lake[City, Utah Our 738
employees in Utah were among
the total of 38,854 Standard
Oilers who participated in bene
fit plans at the rate of $119,082
a day. One was our Stock Pur
chase Plan to which Standard
added nearly twice the amount
an employee deposited. Some
other plans included sickness
benefits, retirement pay and
Company-paid life insurance.
Bajo Grande, Venezuela In
creasing refinery output and im
proving the quality of our prod
ucts are never-ending jobs. Last
year one of our operating com
panies completed a new asphalt
refinery in Venezuela and plans
were announced for a future re
finery near Everett, Washington.
New equipment for our manu
facturing plants called for in
vesting $107,741 a day.
U.S.A. Our Federal, State and
other taxes amounted to $325,
424 a day . . . enough to buy a
helicopter for rescue work, or
pay for complete training of
three jet pilots every day. In ad
dition to paying these direct
taxes, in 1956 Standard collected
for and passed on to Municipal,
Provincial, State and Federal
agencies $193,460,383 as sales
and gasoline taxes.
Berkeley, California Al
though 43.5% of Standard’s
owners live in the West, Alaska
and Hawaii, you’ll find them
almost everywhere. Stockhold
ers include colleges, churches
and banks, but most of them are
individuals. Of every dollar we
took in, 6-6/10 cents or $285,028
a day was distributed among
Standard’s 137,381 stockholders
who own the Company.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE $1,567,348,030 STANDARD TOOK
IN LAST YEAR can best be told in terms of people . . . many people
in many lands. For example, Standard was a customer of more than
10,000 Western firms last year. One major item such as a refinery unit Through affiliated companies operating in the
9 ** . . Eastern Hemisphere, Standard helped carry on
required the services of people in scores of other industries. expansion and development programs that
. provided better living for people in Europe,
Moreover, many of the 1250 products we made from petroleum were raw Africo Middle East and the Far East. For
materials for other manufacturers . . . from paints to cosmetics, from complete, interesting details write for a copy
of our Annual Report:
detergents to synthetic fabrics. Thus you’d never be able to count the standard on Company of
people who benefited directly or indirectly from the $4,282,372 Standard 225 B°sh stJL°t°San dan
put to work every day last year. cisco 20, California.
C STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
plans ahead to serve you better