T11E NOME NUGGET
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Lets Give Nome's Tourists a Treat . . .
THE TOURIST COMMITTEE of the Chamber of
Commerce has made considerable progress in the
past two years by the promotion of the Midnight Sun
Festival and they are to be commended for the pro
gram now established. But it is now the first of Febru
ary and time to start thinking of additional ways to
make the stay of the many visitors to come here more
attractive as well as provide additional ways of sti
mulating the economic condition which exists.
The Nugget will be glad to be the clearing house
for ideas which are practical.
Someone visited our office this week and sug
gested that one of the reindeer herd owners should
take advantage of providing novel transportation, by
having one or two trained deer at the field to meet
the tourist planes and offer short rides, on a sled
mounted on small wheels. This would mean income
for the herder and a pleasant experience for a visitor.
- The idea applies to dog team owners, who could
mount their sleds on small wheels and offer rides to
town as a regular business. To residents here, a dog
team ride is commonplace, but to visitors from other
states and other nations, this could be a highlight on
their entire Alaskan trip.
Reindeer men and dog team owners interested
should contact the Tourist Committee soon and get
their bid in as soon as possible. It’s still winter, but
it’s not too soon to start planning.
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Jack's Proposals
Are Slowed Down
Bv Republicans
WASHINGTON UP) — Republi
cans forced a two-week delay
Tuesday in consideration of a
Kennedy Administration bill for
the relief of chronically de
pressed areas.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield of Montana told an in
formal news conference that be
cause Republicans requested hear
ing of additional witnesses, the
measure will not be ready for the
Senate until after Feb. 15.
The Republican attitude indi
cated that any chance President
Kennedy may have had for a
congressional honeymoon has van
ished.
With some conservative excep
tions, Democrats called Kennedy’s
State of the Union Message a
realistic challenge to the Ameri
can people to face up to their
problems at home and abroad.
Influential Republicans took
sharp issue with the President’s
contention that the U. S. econ
omy was in serious trouble and
needed immediate corrective
measures.
Other GOP members objected
strenuously to what they called
Kennedy’s “down-grading” of
America’s position in the world.
Dthers accused the President of
njecting partisanship into the
blueprint he drew for the critical
iays he saw ahead.
Signalled a Slowdown
Sen. Everett Dirksen, Senate
jOP Leader, signalled a slow
iown by calling for extensive
committee hearings on most of the
proposals Kennedy said he would
submit to Congress in the next
two weeks. Dirksen said that if
they could Republicans would
see that there would be “no ill
digested stuff rushed through
Congress.”
Sen. Thruston Morton, Repub
lican National Chairman, said
Kennedy’s address, delivered to
i joint session of Congress “echoes
he svnical brashness” of his
Residential campaign.
Morton said there was no need
or America “to face the world
it large with a national counte
nance steeped in gloom and
loubt.”
Morton also questioned how
Kennedy intended to remain with
n the budget presented by for
ner President Eisenhower and
also provide stronger defenses,
lospitals, aid to education, medi
cal care for the aged and ex
panded foreign aid programs.
Morton’s remarks were in a
statement issued through the Re
publican National Committee.
Morton’s initial reaction on
Capitol Hill to Kennedy’s ad
dress was in a different vein. He
said then that, on the whole,
Kennedy had “made a frank and
forthright statement of the situa
tion.”
IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALASKA
AIRPORTS WOULD COST
OVER $16 MILLION
WASHINGTON (#> — More than
half of the nation’s 3,500 public
owned airports are in need of
immediate expansion and im
provement. according to three
aviation groups.
A survey by the Airport Oper
ators Council, the American As
sociation of Airport Executives
and the National Association of
State Aviation Officials estimates
its will cost more than $1.1 billion
in the next four years to improve
present facilities and construct
new airports.
The survey lists Alaska’s im
provement costs at $16,419,750.
HOUSE APPROVES 2 to 3%
RAISE IN SALES TAXES
JUNEAU (iP> — School boards
in independent and incorporated
school districts would be permit
ted to raise consumer sales taxes
from 2 to 3 per cent under terms
of legislation approved by the
House on Local Government.
Bi'ls Introduced Monday
JUNEAU UR — A bill providing j
I for the registration and protection .
of trademarks in the State of
Alaska was introduced in the
House hy the Rules Committee at
the request of Gov. Egan.
Legislation which would raise
the state minimum hourly wage
from $1.50 to $1.75 was intro
duced in the House by Rep. Henry
pratt (R-Anchorage).
The measure would exempt part
time employes under 16 years of
age. It would also excuse em
ployers with less than two em
ployes from paying overtime.
A State Department of Public
Highways, to be headed by a
State Highway Commission, would
be set up under provisions of a
bill introducted in the House by
Reps. Harold Strandberg and
Robert Blodgett.
The highway program is now
carried out by the Department of
Public Works through its di
vision of highways.
Legislation creating a State
Board of Road Commissioners to
help the State Department of
Public Works plan Alaska’s High
way and Pioneer Access Road
program was introduced in the
Senate.
The bill, authored by Sens.
James Nolan and R. J. McNealy
would provide for a five-man
board to be appointed by the gov
ernor.
JAPANESE GOODWILL GROUP
WILL VISIT RED CHINA
TOKYO UR — A 16-member
Japanese economic goodwill mis
sion left Tuesday by plane for
Peiping and a one-month visit to
Communist China. The group is
headed by Kumaichi Yamamoto,
chairman of the Leftist-dominated
Japan International Trade Pro
motion Association.
Fine Job Printing A: Tbe Nugget
The House Votes to
Enlarge Rules Committee
WASHINGTON W — The House
voted Tuesday to enlarge its
Rules Committee in an effort to
curb the power of a conservative
coalition.
The roll-call vote was 217-212.
Voting for the increase were
195 Democrats and 22 Republi
cans. Against it were 64 Demo
crats and 148 Republicans.
The decision to boost the com
mittee membership from 12 to 15
was a personal victory for Speaker
Sam Rayburn in a power struggle
with Chairman Howard Smith, of
the Rules Committee.
It also was at least a surface
victory for the administration of
President Kennedy, whose legisla
tive program the change was de
signed to help. But the closeness
of the vote presaged tough going
ahead for much of the Kennedy
program.
The Rules Committee now will
be composed of 10 Democrats and
five Republicans instead of eight
Democrats and four Republicans.
In theory, committee control will
be in the hands of eight Demo
crats presumably sympathetic to
the Kennedy program and respon
sive to the wishes of the speaker.
STATE ELECTION CODE
HEARINGS SET FOR FEB. 20
JUNEAU UP — Public hearings
on proposed changes in the State
Election Code have been set tenta
tively for Friday, Feb. 20, before
a joint meeting of the House and
Senate Committees on State Af
fairs.
The committee Chairmen, Sen.
W. O. Smith and Rep. Morgan
Reed said the hearings would en
able voters to air their views
on the issues of straight party
voting in general elections and
cross-party voting in primaries.
Also to be discussed is the date
of primary elections, Reed and
Smith said.
WINTER schedule
FAIRBANKS TO NOME (Via Kotzebue)
EACH MONDAY and FRIDAY — FLIGHT 309
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 8:20 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:45 a.m.
EACH WEDNESDAY — FLIGHT 309
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 9:00 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 9:40 a.m. Ar. Nome 10:45 a.m.
FAIRBANKS TO NOME
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY — FLIGHT 311
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Tanana *8:05 a.m.
Lv. Tanana *8:15 a.m. Ar. Galena *8:55 a.m.
Lv. Galena *9:25 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:25 a.m.
FAIRBANKS TO NOME (Direct)
EACH THURSDAY — FLIGHT 311
Lv. Fairbanks *7:30 a.m. Ar. Nome 8:40 a.m.
NOME TO FAIRBANKS (Direct)
EACH MONDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 10:45 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *1:55 p.m.
EACH WEDNESDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 4:30 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *8:40 p.m.
EACH FRIDAY — FLIGHT 310
Lv. Nome 2:00 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *5:10 p.m.
NOME TO FAIRBANKS (Via Kotzebue)
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY — FLIGHT 312
Lv. Nome 10:25 p.m. Ar. Kotzebue 11:10 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 11:50 a.m. Ar. Galene *1:45 p.m.
Lv. Galena *2:00 p.m. Ar. Tanana *2:40 p.m.
Lv. Tanana *2:50 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *3:25 p.m.
EACH THURSDAY — FLIGHT 312
Lv. Nome 9:40 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 10:25 a.m.
Lv. Kotezebue 11:05 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *1:55 p.m.
(*) Alaska Standard Time. All other times Bering Standard