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The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08

pointee to a commission or board, with the privilege of resubmit- ting the name later.
 There was no controversy on this point. It would formalize the action taken Monday when Act ing Gov. Waino Hendrickson withdrew the name of Karl F. Dewey for reappointment as tax commissioner after Dewey was stricken i'll. Dewey suffered hart attack Sunday. He is reported in satisfactory condition at a Juneau hospital.
 In the warm argument over the section of the bill for auto matic rejection of appointees af- ter the three-day limit, Speaker of the House Richard Greuel O. Fairbanks) left the chair to argue fore it.
 He said the bill would have the effect only of putting into the statutes ruling handed down by Judge J. L. McCarry Jr. of Anchorage last year.
 Minority leader Coghill of Ne mana protested:,
 "This is an easy way for the Legislature to kill the pain in re- jecting particular persons nomi- mated by commissions.
 Am Anchorage Democrat, Sea born J. Buckalew IT,, replied:
 Lets ease the pain-it's the polite thing to do."
The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08

NEW YORK, R-A distraught Brooklyn couple claSped hands and plunged Is stories to death early today about three hours af- ter their 5-year-old daughter died under mysterious circumstances.
 Police said they could not de- termine until an autopsy later today whether the little girl per ished of illness or a mishap, or was killed. However, there was no mark of violence on her body.
 The victims of the family tra- gedy were Joseph T. Kennedy, 46, his wife, Nan, 42, and their child Valerie.
 The couple, wed in 1948, had been plagued for years by illness and perhaps financial troubles. The father had not worked since 1852.
 The family lived in a one- bedroom apartment on the 18th floor of stylish apartment build
The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08
Pay For Alaska Reps. Approved In 2l-3 House Vote

JUNEAU, lR - The House yes terday approved by a vote of 21 to 3 a substitute bill appropriat- ing $187,935.41 to pay the ex- penses of the Territory's unoffi- cia1 Congressional Delegation now in Washington, D. c.
 One of the three votes against came from one of the bills sup porters, Rep. Ken Johnson O- Anchorage).
 Johnson voted against the bill so he could serve on a confer ence committee, if the Senate makes amy changes in the bill when it comes up for considera- ton there.
 The two other opposition voters were cast by a Juneau Democrat, Dora Sweeney, and the Repub- lican minority leader, John Cog hill of Cenana.
 Representative Sweeney said q couldn't walk down the street and face people knowing I had voted for extravagant pay to three people in Washington mn for two years-when we are here corners trying to get money for education and welfare and other needs.''
 Johnson, whose Ways and Means Committee rewrote the bill and spelled out some fuzzy language in the initial proposal, said ''now is not the time, to inn pair the work of the three men in Washington by failing to pro- vide them with necessary funds. {"
 He added: We did nothing but act in accord with the wishes ex- pressed by the people many times"
 The bill provides $9,OOO an nual salaries to provisional Sen ators" Ernest Gruening and Will liam Egan and Rep. Ralph Riv- CTS. On top of this, they will re- ceive daily expense allowance of $16 while in Washington.
The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08
Senate Delayed On Ike's Middle East Aid Resolution

WASHINGTON, R - Senate hearings on President Eisen- mowers Middle East aid resolu- ton ran behind schedule today, and a new Monday goal was set for their completion.
 Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, for mer NATO commander, had been listed to testify today, but his appearance was put off until Monday when the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees decided against a Saturday session. There had been hope earlier the hearings would end this week.
 The Administration has been pressing for the earliest possible Senate action on House-ap- proved resolution.
The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08
THE RIGHT TO LIEF

SANTA FEE, N. M, N-A bill making false statements to a peace officer unlawful was passed 32-2 by the state Senate yester- day, but not without argument.
 Sen. Earl Parker, Torrance County Democrat, declared:
 "I'm against this bill. It strikes to the very foundation of human rights. I say you should have the right to lie to whenever you please"
The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08
Calena AF Base To Be MOdernized For Jet Planes

ANCHORAGE, LR-A million dollar project to 1nodernize the Air Force base at Galena, has been announced by the Alaska District Office of the Army En- gineers.
 The project will enable the field to handle jet aircraft. Bids are to be opened in the Army Engineers office in Seattle March 12.
The Nome nugget., 1957-02-08
Three Japanese Held
 For Selling Marijuana To U. s. Servicemen

YOKOHAMA, R-Three Jap anese were arrested today for producing marijuana cigarettes for American servlcemen.
 Police said the gang had col lected some $27,OOO since last spring-at 60 cents a cigarette from GI's.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08

does not increase in efficiency and
usefulness as her salary is in
creased. The good women now
teaching my grandchildren get more
than double the pay which the
teachers received when l was in
school. l however am convinced
that these children do not get the
training that | had so years ago.
Moreover every employer will say
that the product of our schools is
not as good as it formerly was.
Furthermore we employers are not
allowed to return the goods and
get our money back" when the
work of q graduate is inefficient
and careless.
Basically the job of school
teacher is to help her pupils de-
velop their brains. If this has been
properly accomplished the other
needs-characte health posture,
and personality-will naturally fol-
low. Yet, our public school students
are not taught anything today a.
bout their brain. They utterly fail
to realize its marvellous powers.
how it works, and it's tremendous
unused possibilities. In fact, only
in the past year did I get interested
in my brain through DR.. George
Russell Harrison. the wonderful
M. l. T. Dean of Science. Write him
for a copy of his article in recent
Atlantic Monthly. (Please enclose
needed return postsgeD
How To Remedy Our Difficulty
Now here is a suggestion which
those responsible for the cost of
the teaching of your children should
seriously consider Begin in the
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
How About 1t, Governor?

Destruction of the National Guard,
threatened by arbitrary decision of
the Pentagon brass to require six
months active duty of all National
Guard enlistees, may have been a.
verted by the Incorporate and un-
informed "draft-dodging" commen-
tary of Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson before the Armed
Services committee.
Facing up at long last to the
failure of their costly reserve pro-
gram, it could seem that the Army
heads convinced Mr.. Wilson that
the Guard was standing in the way
by offering a young man the Oppor-
tunity of becoming q 'citizen sol
der" (as General Washington call
ed the militiaman) without scrap
ping his civilian career.
Having decided on the six
Notwithstanding policy for the
Guard, Mr.. Wilson and his advisors
then called in the Reserve Forces
Policy Board of the Defense De-
partment and the General Staff
Committee on National Guard and
Army Reserve Policy to rubber
stamp the decisions already taken.
Fortunately for the country at
large, as well as for the National
Guard and the prestige of the in
dividual states, Mr.. Wilson's charge
that the Guard became a refuge
for draft dodgers during the Korean
War has stirred up a full-scale
tempest. 1t is not likely to sub
side until the Army's Reserve plan
fiasco and the professional soldiers
animosity toward the Guard are
fully exposed.
Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh presi-
dent of the National Guard AssOci-
alton, Immediately branded the Will
son accusation "a damn lie" He
reminded the nation that every en-
listee was Immediately liable for
activ service, that both the Army
NaNtional Guard and the Air Ma
tionaI Guard urged their complete
mobilization Immediately at the
outset of the Korean emergency.
And while the Government said no,
it was only a "police action, 81
ner cent of the Army National
Guard and "a per cent of the Air
National Guard were soon mobi-
1i7ed
With regard to the six months
training period demanded bv the
Dnnta o0n, Cen. Walsh reminds Us
+hot the Reserve Forces Act of
1913 nrOvideS for active dutv train
ing 1orin6s Of three TO six months.
and that the Nati0nal C"ard Aeenci-
otinn has nrgpd a mandatory three
months program.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
BABsON DISCUSSES YOUR BRAINS

lower grades to interest the chill
dren in their brains. Instead of
giving them "CAT" as the first word
to spell, give them BRAINS" to
spell. Have at the top of every Re-
port Card these words: Report On
How Your Brain Is Working. Con-
stantly keep the children conscious
of their brains and its marvellous
possibilities.
Recently, asked some boys what
kind of reading interested them
most? One replied "Airplane En-
gines"; another said, Space Fly
ing; while a third said, ITO under
stand how a TV works" Then when
began to tell them of the mar
velous machinery inside their own
heads, they were fascinated. | gave
them only one illustration of what
happens when they see an object.
and how the light waves reflected
therefrom are changed to electrical
impulses which in turn are regis
tered and stored in a minute mem
orv compartment of their brain to
be takan ont and used wears later.
Terrific Results Possible
NV point is this: Physiologists
fell rs that we are using our brains
at ONLY 396 of capacity. If so. think
what it would mean to our future
and the future of the nation to in
crease this 3Gs to only 696. 1t coul"
not onlv double the efficiency OF
everv nubIic school graduate. bn'
II could double our standard OF
living and it couId make everv one
of MS better. healthier. and hammer
Then everv teacher would gladlV
he given her present salary and
morei
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08

Babson Park, Mass, Feb. Z. Two
basic financial problems are facing
every city and town today. a.
interest rates must be paid
for all money borrowed, including
that for new schools, and there is
a shortage of money at any cost.
(2) Higher salaries are being de-
manded by teachers, and there is
a shortage of teachers at any wage.
Why Teachers Get No More Pay
Almost all other groups of work
ers have increased production as
their wages have risen; but the
carpenters use electric tools; the
painters spray, instead of using
hand brushes; the doctors make
quicker calls" by telephone; while
stores are fast adopting "self-ser-
vice.. Even the blond typist uses
an electric typewriter; while her
boss uses a Soundscriber The
housewife has cut down her work
so as to make it necessary to
employ maids and laundries; and
III ldCI SuO CdH cain IuOhCy Wy al
outside part-time job.
With the faithful school tea
cher the results are often the op-
uosite. 1t is true that she has
been given more things" to teach
and to talk about. These have been
forced upon her school superin-
terdent by high pressure textbook
statesmen and politicians These out
side things" take the teachers S
time and strength. l greatly SYM
pathize with all school teachers
in their predicament.
School Teaching Very Inefficient
But the fact is that her product
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
IN THE AIR FORCE"
BY EIoins townsend Dicksrsoi

Colonel. There were many, many
couples invited and we were plan
ming to help swell the crowd by
two. This party was Saturday eve
ming and Of course we missed it.
Today was the day We had plan
ned to go to Abilene Hayes abb
sence cancelled this trip, for this
weekend any way. We returned
this Sunday to again hear another
wonderful sermon by DR.. E. G.
Watts at First Methodist Church
here in Topeka We also returned
to this church this week fervently
hoping that Dad Dickerson's brand
new hat would be returned to the
church. Last Sunday he came to us
after the sermon wearing a hat that
appeared to outline his ears. We all
impolitely roared with laughter and
then told us what had happened.
Well, the lost was found this week
and everything is fine again.
Sunday afternoon we spent a
quiet time watching television. eat
ing fried chicken dinner and then
things quickly changed Dawn re-
marked that she didn't feel too
well, / took her temperature and it
was 1929 and off we went to the
Base, hospital to see what in the
world was wrong with her After
waiting for two hours to see the
doctor, she was examined and he
sent us home loaded with antibio-
tics for a strep throat. Poor little
thing was so miserable, and so was
I. | just get sick all over when one
of my children gets sick and |
suppose it's the same with you, too.
It's been twelve hours since we
began Dawn's medicine and she is
much better this morning. TOmor-
row is the day Hayes is supposed
to return to his family again. He's
been gone almost a week and eX-
pected to be away only s hours
when he left Thursday morning.
He didn't know until two days la
ter that his eighth niece was born
on Thursday the 31st My sister
and her husband, Anne and Bill
Miiner, had their second daughter
born that day. It's bad being twelve
hundred miles from home during
such important days. Little Angela
and her Mommy are doing fine.
I'll write to you all next week.
Always, E. T. d.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Washington Letter = BY Robert Nelson Taylor

line from Eilat to the Mediterran-
can, designed to handle the car
goes of the huge $4,000 ton and
$4,000 ton super-tankers that will
otherwise plow their patient way
around the Cape of Good Hope. In
thus shortening the route the size
of the tanker fleet could be re-
duced by some 20 to 80 of these
great vessels-a saving estimated
at 27O to $50 million dollars. Saw
ings in actual transportation, and
hence the delivered price of Middle
East Oil in Western Europe, would
exceed so million a year.
All in all, there is considerable
basis for believing that the welfare
of the West-as well as the Middle
East-demands free transit of the
Gulf of Aqaba as we'll as the un-
hamDered use of the SueZ canal.
Further, emphasis on this point at
this time might well speed the
tagging rehabilitation of the exist
ing canal and the same resolution
of the Middle East Guarrels Chat
threaten the peace of the world.
y q
Monroe Doctrine Goes Upstairs
Dedication this month of the U. S.
Air. Force tracking station at Sa-
bana de la Mar, in the Dominican
Republic, brings to completion a
1000 mile Caribbean guided mis-
sile testing range. 1t also marks one
of the first solid achievements in
inter-American cooperation for
Western hemisphere defense.
Attending the ceremony, along
with high-ranking officials of both
countries, was Generalissimo Ra-
faeI L. Truiillo-Molina, regarded
by his countrymen as the George
Washington of the Dominican Re
public and whose cooperation made
possible this final link in the chain
of Radar-Radio stations stretching
from Cape Canavaral, Florida to
the farthest tip of Puerto Rico.
1t is now possible for the Air
Force to launch a missile from Ell
ther of two Florida bases, track its
course by radar and receive trans
missions from it's built-in radio
at four stations in the Bahamas, the
Sabana de la Mar station and the
terminal station in Puerto Rico.
This means of actual f1ight-test-
ing over a 1000 mile course should
give fresh impetus to the develop
ment and perfection of missiles Of
far greater range; and should, ac-
cordingly, be a comfort to our
friends in Central and South Amer
ica. Further. the cooperation Of
GeneralissimO Truiillo should pro-
vide a constructive example to the
leaders of all Latin America.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
is YOUR HOME DANGEROUS

We have called attention from time to
time to the danger that turks in the average
American home, pointing out that statistics
show that about half of all the accidental
deaths in the nation are due to mishaps with
in the home.
One survey of a large city reveals that
more than half of such deaths are caused by
falls. Analysis reveals that nearly half of
the falls occurred on the same level, more
than one-third of them on stairs and about
One-siXth from one level to a lower level.
The safety experts suggest that the num-
ber of accidents caused by tripping over OBJ
jects and rugs on floors is of such size as to
suggest caution in every home Moreover,
the need for well-lighted stairways is inn
portant and everyone should exercise care
and patience in using stairs.
We call these facts to the attention of the
residents of Kent and Sussex Counties in the
hope that we may help prevent accidents in
the home. 1t will take only a few minutes
to look over your home and eliminate some
of the accident hazards Parents who do
this may save their children from suffering,
and themselves from unnecessary medical
expenses In addition, they may save their
own lives.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08


Emphasizing that postwar con-
sumption of milk is the highest in
our peacetime history, Werner
pointed out that fresh fluid milk
skim products are up So per cent
over 1947 sales. Cottage cheese is
up in sales 131 per cent over 1947. !"
"Fresh whole milk for fluid con-
sumption is now bargain in terms
of any food. drink or wages" he
added. Furthermore, the house
wife knows this and has been buy
ing 8 per cent more per capita than
she did 20 years ago for total
annual increase of IL billion
pounds.
There is a splendid opportunity
to increase national consumption
of fluid milk by another II billion
pounds in the next 20 years if the
sales power of united industry is
put to work." he said.
''The increased consumption of
fluid milk over the last 20 years is
due, in part, to the improvements,
additions and economies put into
effect by the dairy industry in the
past 20 years, which have resulted
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
3531 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
February 3, 1857

OoO4 AhoyO
Topeka, Kansas
February 3, 1857
Dear Friends:
This was the day we had set
aside to take Mother and Dad
Dickerson to see the old Eisenhow-
er homestead in Abilene, but they
are learning how SAC families
have to change their plans from
day to day. We never stop making
plans in advance-just hoping that
we will be able to carry theIa
through.
Thursday Hayes left us early
in the morning to go on a routine
mission. He was to go along as in
structor for a new navigator in his
squadron The following day, while
l had my bridge club, Hayes was
going to drive his parents over to
Kansas City to see the stock yards
there while they were having mar
ket Well, you know the story.
Hayes was weathered in elsewhere.
The base and Hayes both called
after dinner time to tell me he
would be in New Mexico for the
next couple of days.
Friday l had my bridge club and
Mother and Dad Dickerson tried
their wings" They had never be-
fore left home without one of us in
the car and in city of 100000 peo-
pie it takes a little nerve to tour
the town on your own. l think
they had a nice afternoon shopping
| IN the stores and l enjoyed my
bridge since I won second high,
which is a rare occasion for me
any more.
Saturday we had planned to have
turkey for dinner and all of us
were looking forward to it so much.
A report from the base said Hayes
ETA. ESTIMATED time of ARRIVAL
from New Mexico would be at 3:45
that afternoon. The time came and
went and no word from my SAC
Captain. Later the phone rang and
it was again Hayes telling me he
was right over us here in Topeka
the ceiling was down too low and
he had to return once again to New
Mexico and the Strategic Air Com
mand's base there.
For at least three weeks we have
all been looking forward to big
party at the base in honor of five
officers promotion to Lieutenant
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08


The baby becomes able to do
such as pulling lamps over, throw
ing food on the floor, biting, soil
ing himself By this time the baby
is able to go places-first with
lightning speed in crawling
and soon upright on those wobbly
legs. His ability to get about in
creases the number of things he
can do, many of which can drive
his mother crazy. Also he is learn
ing to communicate his wishes with
words. Soon after he can say
Mama" and a few such words he
learns the all powerful mo" Of
ten it seems this is the most i'm
portant word in his vocabulary.
Good and Bad
When the baby is able to do all
these things, we begin to expect
him to conform to our way of life.
We talk about good behaviour and
bad behaviour. Good is what
pleases us, bad is that which is
troublesome for us.
Good and bad are from the adult
point OF view. They have little or
nothing to do with what pleases
the child. Now this is where the
big change in attitude comes in.
When the baby is tiny we think
only of what pleases the baby.
Mighty few mothers become annoy
ed with their baby because he soils
himself, spits up a mouthful of
milk or accidentally bumps over a
dish of cereal. We don't expect a
baby to be able to help doing these
troublesome things. Mothers clean
up the mess, and hug and love the
baby just the same. Love is free,
so to speak, to the baby, he can
lust be himself and it's all right
and he is loved.
But later, love begins to have a
price. Mother shows her love when
her baby is good and she with
holds it when he is bad. This is
all right if it doesn't go too far.
Little children do have to learn to
conform. But it's helpful to look
the matter squarely in the face and
understand what we are doing
try to understand looking up at
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
TIGHT MONEY PAINS

One of the tragedies Of the Eisenhower
Administration tight money policies is the
effect it is having on farmers and others who
wish to borrow money to build homes.
The FILA has been borrowing its money
for home loans at a very low interest rate
in recent years and lending the money under
five percent. This was a fair rate of interest
which didn't cause hardship to anyone
Now, however, the interest rate which
the FILA is having to pay for its money is
up to almost five percent and the rate to be
charged to private citizens is headed for sew
en- percent. So, the little man, who must bor-
row money is paying heavy price for the
tight money policy which is supposed to
check initiation.
The greatest infationary pressure in the
country today is the wage increase spiral
and major second factor is heavy govern
ment spending The only way industries can
meet the increasing wage demands of labor
is to build more efficient plants, utilizing
more efficient productive methods which
lower unit production costs.
If they cannot effect improvement in this
field, they have to raise prices and if they
can't borrow money at decent interest rate,
they usually decide against spending for ex-
pansion and moderniZation. The result is
that they increase the price of, their product
Wage demands keep going up, too, and
so the situation is not relieved. Meanwhile,
the governments tight money policy re-
mains in effect and interest rates are still
going up.