THE NOME NUGGET
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ADULTS RETURN TO SCHOOL
The National Commission on Adult Education Fi
nance recently announced that more than three million
American adults now attend today’s public school class
rooms. The commission reported that the back-to
school movement for adults had made rapid headway in
the last 12 months and that, if the trend continued and
aid to the movement was provided by more states,
future adult enrolment might reach the ten million
figure.
Phillip Klein, chairman of the commission, reports
that ten states now provide adequate support for adult
education, and if the rest of the states provide such aid,
total adult enrolment would quickly reach five million.
The cost of education for adults is surprising low,
mainly because the plant and facilities are already in
Existence for the community’s children. It is estimated
that the cost of adult education for each individual in
the last year was only $26.60, in contrast with about
$235 for the cost of child education in the same period.
It is a recognized fact that adult education is a
trend of the times and that our schools offer a great
opportunity to uplift the standard of education among
grown-ups. We might add it is the ignorant who think
they have nothing left to learn, and the intelligent who
seek to improve their education through continued
study, even into the elderly years.
Asks Assurance Interests
Taking Over Alaska RR
Boats May Compete
WASHINGTON, UR — Delegate
Bartlett wants assurance private
interests taking over operation of
Tanana and Yukon River boats
from the Alaska Railroad will be
given freedom of choice in deliv
ering freight brought over lines
competitive to the railroad.
“To make my point clear,”
Bartlett stated yesterday in a
letter to Frank E. Kalbaugh, rail
road general manager, “I would
expect that in a free enterprise I
operation the shipper could, for
example, direct that his goods be
shipped via steamship to Valdez, i
thence by truck to Fairbanks and
thence by the Alaska Railroad to
Nenana for delivery to the river
operation. Is this assumption cor
rect?”
The operator’s “freedom of
choice” was one of several issues
raised by Bartlett in inquiring
into reports that the railroad is
accepting bids for the leasing and
operating of the river boats.
He said he had been told the
successful bidder must agree not
to operate the leased equipment
south of Marshall or north of Fort
Yukon.
Recent research indicates that
the common impression that ath
letes develop enlarged hearts and
die young of heart disease is
false.
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Delegation Agrees
To Fight to Keep
Airline Service
WASHINGTON, (A*—Members
of Congress from Washington and
Alaska agreed Monday to insist
that present airline service from
the Pacific Northwest to Alaksa
be maintained.
After a meeting of the delega
tion, Sen. Magnuson <D-Wash>
said they would fight to maintain
present air route structures. Mag
nuson is chairman of the Senate
Commerce Committee which deals
with commercial air matters.
The meeting was called to dis
cuss reports the Civil Aeronautics
Board may not renew the permits
of Pacific Northern and Alaska
Airlines.
Magnuson said the matter
would be taken up with President
Eisenhower as well as with the
CAB. The President makes the
final decisions on air routes out
of the country.
Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore), one of
the conferees, said the Oregon
delegation will go along with the
Washington and Alaska members.
Conferees, besides Magnuson
and Neuberger, were Sen. Jack
son (D-Wash); Republican Reps.
Pelly, Westland, Mack, Tollefson,
Holmes and Horan; Rep. Don
Magnuson (D); Delegate Bartlett
of Alaska; and George Thomas,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Measure Would Tighten
Canada's Control of
International Rivers
OTTAWA, UP—The federal gov
ernment Monday proposed to
tighten its grip on the use of water
in international rivers and to loos
en its control over the export of
gas and oil.
Two measures were introduced
in the Commons by Trade Minis
ter Howe, the first government
bills of the session.
The water measure originated
in part from a disagreement be
tween the federal and British Col
umbia governments over the use
of Columbia River water for elec
tricity, and its passage would as
sure the central government of
the whip hand in that dispute.
The relaxation of gas-oil export
provisions, federal authorities
said, should have a favorable ef
fect on U.S. Federal Power Com
mission treatment of two applica
tions involving huge Canadian
natural gas pipeline projects.
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Eisenhower Urges Congress to Boost
Civil Service and Postal Workers*
Pay and Increase Postal Rates, Too
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WASHINGTON, ^—President*
Eisenhower urged Congress Tues
day to boost the pay of govern
ment civil service and postal
workers by about 5 per cent and
at the same time raise postal rates.
He also proposed a health insur
ance program for government
workers.
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The President estimated the pay
raise would cost $339,500,000 a 1
year and the cost to the govern- i
ment health program would be i
$55,000,000 a year.
Eisenhower sent two separate
messages to Congress—one deal
ing with a pay increase for civil
service workers and the other,
with a pay raise for postal work- |
ers and with the proposed in- i
creases in postal rates.
The tieing together of postal
rate and postal pay increases ;
amounted to a repetition of the
President’s stand of last year to
boost federal pay because it did
not include higher postage rates. '
Congressional comment since
the new session began has indi
cated the lawmakers are receptive
to the idea of a pay boost for gov
ernment workers but still reluc
tant to raise postal rates.
In Tuesday’s postal message, j
Eisenhower recommended that:
1. Congress create a permanent,
independent commission to adjust
postal rates in the future. Rates
now are established by Congress.
2. In the meantime, Congress
should raise existing rates on the
first three classes of mail. Eisen
hower didn’t specify by how much
but the administration’s position
has been that letter postage should
go up from three to four cents and
air mail postage from six tp seven
cents.
The President said second class
rates which apply on newspapers
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and magazines should be in
creased “until such matter makes
a fair and reasonable contribution
to postal revenues.”
Third class mail consists large
ly of advertising matter. Eisen
hower said revenue from it has
been “substantially below” the
cost of the service and the rate
should be raised so users of this
service will pay a “proportionate
ly fair share” of postal revenues.
JAPANESE FIREMEN
WARNED AGAINST DRINK
TOKYO, (JP)—National fire pre
vention headquarters yesterday
warned Japanese firemen against
drinking on the job.
The headquarters said 50 fire
men were killed or injured over
the holiday season in road acci
dents. The headquarters said the
worst accident occurred when a
drunken fireman drove a fire en
gine off a roadbank, killing 3 and
injuring 14.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Art Corbitt,
Fred Morreson, J. Oskolkoff. Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Trigg, Barbara,
Gerald, Clarence and Shirley
Trigg, Howard Hand.
To Anchorage: Elmer Nagoz
ruk, Sgt. Robt. Garnett, Capt.
Oliver Meads, Margaret Moses,
Peter Noyakuk, Sgt. Thomas
Smith.
From Unalakleet: M. Kelliher,
Joseph and George Stronghart,
David Simon.
From Moses Pt.: Eld Medford.
To McGrath: Herb Nicholson,
Howard Hand.
To Unalakleet: Lt. Col. Borden,
Mr. Ford, Mr. Cook.
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UPON SEEING AN OLD GOLD DREDGE '
IN RUINS NEAR NOME
By HAROLD SALISBURY
She,- the scion of pomp,- by Industry sired,
Whose birth bore the glitter of fame,
Was schemed for by greed, hoax, plot and intrigue
With fortunes, potential,- and name,
She was lustily eyed for riches and pride
And the promise of glory,- gilt-edged
The heiress of dreams of fruition,- it seems*
Till fate crushed the glamorous dredge !
For, prostitute like, her hey-day was bright
But after a few feverish years
The charms of her youth were exploited,- uncouth
And she came to desertion and tears !
Now, broken and worn,- the object of scorn,
She bows,- to calamity sold,
A derelict dark,- bleak, battered and stark,
Unknown by her lovers of old !
The toast of the town,- till Time broke her down,
- Ruined,- forgotten,- and frayed,
The prey of the gale, snow, blizzards and hail
With none of the wealth that she made,
A monument bleak that silently speaks,
By the desolate hills and the stream,
Of visions derailed and hopes that have failed
And the premature death of a dream !