THE NOME NUGGET
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CONGRESSMEN GET PRAYER ROOM
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For the first time in more than one hundred fifty
years, members of Congress have been provided with
a prayer room at this session of Congress. The prayer
* room, which was authorized last year, is open to mem
bers of Congress only, and 'is not to be used for any
persons, or groups.
The idea is to provide the legislators with one
. room in the Capitol where they can find seclusion,
peace and quiet. The prayer room’s special window
was built by volunteer labor from California’s Twenty
First Congressional district.
Clergymen from all faiths were consulted about
the furnishing of the prayer room, and a large oak
altar was finally selected. The room is covered with
green carpet and there are chairs along the walls, in
front of which are wooden screens which furnish pri
vacy. Adequate copies of prayer books, Bibles and other
literature, are available in the room.
Anyone who ever worked in the Capitol, amid the
tensions and pressures which are exerted on the legis
lative branch, knows there has long been a need for
a prayer room such as this. We hope that on* more than
one occasion, in the future, this room of meditation and
inspiration will be useful in helping to guide decisions
made by the highest-elected legislative officers of our
country, in these critical times.
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Mrs. Roy Snyder
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turn to Alaska to work among her
people.
The two Snyder boys, Roy Jr.,
17, and Charles, 16, are students
at Nome High School. Roy, a
second lieutenant in the Civil Air
Patrol Cadets, was awarded a
$100 flight training scholarship
last year. Both boys advanced
from Cub to Explorers in the
Boy Scouts.
Rearing five children, Mrs.
Snyder has still found time for
active participation in civic and
church affairs. She sang in the
choir of the Federal Church for
many years, taught Sunday
School for five years, was a mem
ber of the church board and
active in the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service. She has held
the position of committee chair
man of Girl Scouts and produc
tion chairman of the Red Cross.
While in Anchorage, Mrs.
Snyder helped with church work
at the First Methodist Church,
was a block warden for Civilian
Defense, and a member of the
Salvation Army Home League.
Since her return to Nome, she
has been active in the W.S.C.S.
and the newly-formed Mother’s
Club.
Mrs. Snyder will be Nome’s
candidate for the Alaskan Mother
of the Year under the Golden
Rule Foundation, although the
announcement for participation
has not been received to date.
Norman C. Stines Dies
In Winnemucca. Nevada
WINNEMUCCA. Nev., (^—Nor
man C. Stines, 74-year-old San
Francisco mining engineer, died
in a hospital here Wednesday of
a heart attack. He had been hos
pitalized about two weeks.
Mining sources credited him
helping introduce big-scale gold
dredging operations in Alaska.
He was serving as a consulting
engineer for Consolidated Mines
in northern Nevada at the time
of his death.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
A surprise homecoming party
was held Tuesday evening for the
Nome Nanooks after their arrival
from Anchorage as the victors in
the Class B Basketball tourna
ment.
The high school assembly was
decorated in blue and white, the
team’s colors, and had a very
festive appearance.
Special refreshments were en
joyed by all. A full evening of
dancing and fun was enjoyed and
as usual the end came too soon.
Recently several movies by the
Encyclopedia Britannica were
shown at the high school. One
dealt with basketball and base
ball throwing and another was a
very interesting portrayal of
“Living Chemistry” which depict
ed the important part that chem
istry plays in everyday living.
The following high school stu
dents were on the honor roll for
the past six weeks. An average of
2.4 or better is required with a
basis of A, 3 points; B, 2 points,
and C, 1 point. The students are
listed in the order of their grades.
Sigrid Olsen, Carolyn Glavino
vich, Virginia Doyle, Charlene
Hudgins, Helen Glavinovich,
Stanley Senungetuk, Ruth Gla
vinovich, Robert Summers, Paul
Glavinovich.
Monaco, home of the Monte
Carlo gambling jcasino, does not
permit its citizens to play at the
gambling tables.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
Copies of the proposed Dog Or
dinance are at your disposal in
City Clerk's office. Submit your
opinions or any changes, in writ
ing, to the City.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
Publish March 4, 9, 11, 1955. i
Democrats In House Split Over
General Property Tax Measure
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, OP)—The major con
troversy Wednesday in the House
was over the General Property
Tax bill, which is labeled a
“Rural School District Tax” mea
sure. It does not apply in cities
or districts which levy their own
taxes.
It brought the session’s sharp
est split in the ranks of the
Democrats in the Democratic
House. And it brought some
strong language.
Most of the opposition to the
bill, and the support for the un
successful move to kill it by
postponement, came from the
mining divisions—Fairbanks and
the Nome region.
It was described alternately as
a revenue measure which might
produce nearly a million dollars
for the next biennium to meet
part of the looming budget deficit,
and as a measure which Demo
crats should not support because
it was omitted from the party
platform.
On the unsuccessful move for
postponement eight Democrats
voted with the three Republicans
but the bill stayed alive by a
bare two votes, 13-11.
Some of the strongest language
against the bill was used by Geo.
McNabb «D-Fairbanks>, who said
he personally favored such a tax.
He declared “it would be action
of a deceitful nature” to enact
such a tax now after failing to
include it in the party platform
or campaign on it..
House Speaker Kay retorted:
“It was a campaign issue. The
Republicans campaigned on, their
appeal of the property tax and
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the voters repealed the Republi-*
cans.”
The Speaker argued “Alaska is
the only acreage under the Am
erican flag without a general pro
perty tax at some level.”
Rep. Stanley McCutcheon <D
Anchorage) declared the legisla
ture has to find an extra five mil
lion dollars in revenue, even after
the Ways and Means Committee
has pared budget requests.
Criticism was aimed at the bill
for its failure to set up any ton
nage tax base for fishing boats
and the heavy tax it would be
on non-operating mining equip
ment.
Rep. Lester Bronson (D-Nome*
said “I couldn’t go home if I.
voted for this bill.”
Mrs. Edith Bullock iR-Kotze
bue) made a dramatic appeal
against the tax in behalf of the
people in outlying areas. She
said those people already are bur
dened with hardships and high
costs, and also with taxes without
getting any return from them.
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