THE NOME NUGGET
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DREAMING OF A RED CHRISTMAS ?
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IT MIGHT BALANCE THE BUDGET
Among the 126 recommendations of the privately
financed Temple University survey of government re
organization, which has recently been made public, is
the suggestion that the National Labor Relations
Board and the Federal Mediation Board, both of which
are independent agencies, be absorbed into the Labor
Department, and that it be made a servant of the
public rather than a champion of labor.
Altogether, the Survey suggests cutting the 70
independent agencies down to 30—or less—which is
just what we’ve been waiting for. But the Labor De
partment is an excellent place to start in.
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Last Minute
Christmas Gift Suggestions
FOR HER
★ LOUNGING ROBES
★ COSTUME JEWELRY
★ NYLON pOWNS
★ NYLON SLIPS & UNDIES
★ HOSE
NEW DRESSES AND SLACKS
HAVE ARRIVED ! !
REED’S DRESS SHOP
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Undetermined Number of
Americans Spending Xmas
Behind The Iron Curtain
WASHINGTON, UP) — Iron bars
and the click of Communist rifle
bolts are taking the place of holly
wreaths and Christmas carols for
some Americans abroad this
Christmas.
They are the scores—exact fig
ures are hard to come by — of
Americans who are behind the
iron curtain and can’t get out.
In the State Department, of
ficials who handle such matters
said about 100 Americans are in
Communist China. Precise num
bers are elusive. For one reason,
officials believe that some who
claim to be Americans actually
are not.
Of the 100 or so, it is under
stood that 31 are imprisoned and
one is under house arrest. The
others are free to pursue thfeir
lives but not to leave Red China.
Most off those in Red China are
reported to be missionaries. A
few are businessmen who did not
leave China before the Commun
ists took over and can’t gain the
necessary clearance to leave now.
Last March 21 three Americans
were seized by Red Chinese while
sailing aboard the yacht “Kerf
off Hong Kong. Behind the iron
curtain went: Donald Dixon, of
International News Service, Rich
ard Applegate of the National
Broadcasting Co. and Capt. Ben
Krasner of the American mer
chant marine.
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