THE NOME NUGGET
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TIME
The Defense Department has announced that pack
ages for men overseas should be mailed before Novem
ber 15 in order to arrive by Christmas. It urges those
sending gifts overseas to mail parcels early. It seems
a bit premature, just as vve are getting over summer,
to speak of Christmas.
However, the Defense Department make its recom
mendations on the basis of past experience, as tremen
dous distances are involved in sending a parcel from
the United States to Japan or Korea. There are also
over 100,000 Americans in Europe and even this num
ber of parcels can easily cause a serious overloading
of the mails if most of them are sent in a comparatively
short period.
A SCHOOL FOR OUR OLDER CITIZENS
On October 1, a post graduate school opened in
Cold Springs, N.Y., with a requirement that only stu
dents at least 60 years old would be allowed to attend.
The Cold Spring Project, as it is called, is spon
sored by the Walt Foundation, which was founded by
Mrs. William S. Ladd, the widow of the former dean of
Cornell University Medical School.
This school is an experiment in helping older citi
zens to make better use of the years that follow retire
ment. The school, whose student body is limited to
college graduates, provides gardens, a workshop, and
other facilities to help students to learn new and inter
esting hobbies.
A series of lectures by visiting speakers is provided
for the elderly student body. Topics include human
growth and development, election issues, and interna
tional affairs.
This experiment in education with our older citi
zens may prove as important as studies in pre-school
training did. Certainly, with the life span of the aver
age citizen increasing by more than 20 years since the
turn of the century, this experiment in making use of
the latter years of our citizenry appears to be a step
in the right direction.
Adlai Stevenson: “I do not, I have not, nor will I
condone, excuse or explain away wrongdoing or moral
obliquity in public office ...”
The local merchants’ taxes pay for your streets
and schools—buy at home.
Alaska Road Commission
Reports Condition Of
Alaska's Highways
Construction and reconstruction
activities are rapidly drawing to
a close for the current season,
and, in a short time, operations
will be entirely on a maintenance
basis aimed at keeping the main
routes open for winter travel.
For those planning to travel by
car to- the States, the fall informa
tion on road conditions is given.
Route 1, Richardson Highway
Open from Valdez, Mile 0, to
Big Timber Junction, Mile 130,
and from Big Delta Junction, Mile
268, to Fairbanks, Mile 365. Closed
for the winter approximately Oct.
18, between Big Timber Junction
and Big Delta Junction, with all
Fairbanks traffic from Valdez and
Anchorage routed over the Glenn
Highway to Tok Junction, the Al
aska Highway to Big Delta and
thence to Fairbanks. This route
is in good condition, being paved
at present from Valdez to Mile 24,
from Mile 82 to Mile 130, and
from Big Delta to Fairbanks, Mile
268 to Mile 365.
Route 2, Alaska Highway
Open from the Canadian boun
dary, Mile 1221, to Big Delta,
Mile 1428. Thi^ route is in good
condition and is paved from Tok
Junction, Mile 1318, to Big Delta,
Mile 1428.
Route 3, Glenn Highway
Open from Anchorage to junc
tion with Alaska Highway at Tok.
In good condition and paved from
Anchorage to Big Timber Junc
tion, Mile 203.
layior Highway
Tetlin Junction - Eagle & Dawson
This highway will close for the
winter very shortly as mainte
nance for the season has now been
discontinued. Persons desiring to
travel,this road should first in
quire as to its condition at the
| Tok Junction office of the Alaska
i Road Commission.
Route 4. Seward to Anch. Hwy.
This highway is in good eondi
tion. The section from Seward to
! Mile 58 has been widened and im
proved preparatory to paving and
the remaining 70 miles of the
I route, from Mile 58 to Anchorage,
I is paved.
Route 5. Sterling Highway
This route is in good condition
for its entire length to Homer, in
cluding branches to Kenai, Kasi
lof and Ninilchik, and will be
maintained for. winter travel.
Route 6, Steese Highway
Maintenance has now been dis
continued for the winter on this
route and officially it is closed
beyond Chatanika, Mile 31, for
j Tie winter.
... Route 7, Elliott Highway
j Maintenance has now been dis
continued beyond Olnes, Mile 6,
and the road closed from Olnes to
Livengood for the winter.
Route 8, McKinley Park Roads
The roads in McKinley Park are
| closed for the winter.
Route 9, Haines Highway
Open from Haines to the junc
tion with the Alaska Highway,
Mile 160 (Alaska Hwy. Mile 1016).
It is anticipated that this route
will be closed from' the Canadian
border, Mile 41, to the junction
with the Alaska Highway late in
October or early in November.
Information should be obtained
from the ARC offices at Juneau
or Haines or from the Canadian
maintenance personnel at Mile
1016 on the Alaska Highway be
fore attempting to travel this
route at this time of year.
Wm. .J. Niemi
Chief Engineer
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Alaska Income Tax
Revenue Way Up
Over Last Year
For the fourth successive year,
federal income tqx collections in
Alaska have shown a substantial
increase over the year preceding,
the Alaska Development Board
anounced recently in releasing fig
ures on internal revenue collec
tions in the fiscal year which
ended last June 30.
Income taxes, individual and
corporation, collected in the terri
tory in the latest fiscal year to
taled $41,006,579, the board was
advised by the Internal Revenue
Bureau. This compares with $36,
894,861 in fiscal 1951, $15,798,215
in 1950, and $13,680,143 in 1949.
In corporation income and prof
its taxes, Alaska’s gain of 68.4
percent over 1951 ranked third
in the nation, behind' only Ver
mont and Connecticut. In mis
cellaneous internal revenue col
lections, the increase of 79 percent
reported from Alaska ranked it
No. 1 nationally.
Since there was no significant
change in tax rates last year, the
large increase was- interpreted as
a reflection of growing activity
and population throughout Alaska.
By categories, internal revenue
collections in Alaska in fiscal
1952, compared with the previous
year tin parentheses', were as
Eisenhower Pledges He’ll
Visit Korea if He’s Elected
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swing through New England, Ste
venson noted that Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy, Wisconsin Republican,
has scheduled a nation-wide radio
television broadcast tonight.
“Tonight,” he said “you will
hear the most magnificent of all
smears of all time when the
junior senator from Wisconsin
tries to save the election for the
Republicans.”
“I’m not worried,” he said.
“Are you?”
“No, no, no,” the crowd shouted
back.
. Turning to the Eisenhower
pledge to go to Korea, Stevenson
said he thought the general “per
haps was getting the wrong bus,
because we all know the Korean
war is going to be settled in Mos
cow, not Korea.”
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WASHINGTON CONGRESSMEN
PLEDGE ALASKAN SUPPORT
SEATTLE, (/P)—Effective sup
port to measures to help Alaska
with its problems have been given
by Congressmen Henry M. Jack
son and Hugh B. Mitchell, Demo
cratic candidates for United States
senator and governor, E. L. Bart
lett delegate from Alaska in Con
gress, declared here Friday.
Mrs. Stanley Morgan, wife of
the commanding officer of ACS
here, returned from the States
Friday and was welcomed by her
many friends.
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follows:
Individual income and employ
ment taxes: $37,715,811 ($34,940,
189). Corporation income and
profits taxes: $3,290,768 ($1,954,
672). Miscellaneous internal rev
enue: $3,342,681 ($1,867,466>.
Total collections: $44,349,260 ($38,
762,327).
The Development Board, in an
nouncing the figures, emphasized
that they included only taxes
collected in Alaska. Many corpor
ations and individuals, particu
larly those engaged in fishing,
mining and transportation, earn a
large proportion of ,their income
in Alaska but report to collection
offices outside the Territory. It
has been estimated that if Alaska
received credit for all taxes col
lected on income resulting from
activity in the territory the total
might be about double that shown
as collected within Alaska.
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