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The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Nuclear Sub Sargo Preparesf for Cruise Under Arctic Ice

HONOLULU, tR - The nuclear submarine Sargo is preparing at Pearl Harbor for her first winter cruise under the Arctic ice.
 No date has been set, but her skipper says "We're all excited and ready to go."
 Waldo Lyon, who will head the seven scientists aboard, said the Sargo will cruise in the Boring Sea, through the Boring Strait and into Chukchi Sea north of the strait.
 Lyon told an interviewer the long Arctic night will make the submarines closed circuit tele- vision circuit useless for spotting thin areas in the ice, needed for break-throughs in surface obser- vations. In the summertime, the TV can find the spots because sunlight makes them translucent. The Sargo will rely on it's sonar and other electronic gear to thread it's way in the narrow gap between ice and the ocean floor.
 Lyon said the Bering and Chuk- chi Seas range from 120 to 180 feet in depth. Sometimes the ice is 100 feet deep, leaving little room even for a submarine.
 The scientists will check ocean depths, measure salinity, take temperatures and record the un- derwater profile of the ice.
 It. Cmdr. John H. Nicholson, skipper o fthe Sargo, said he had ordered some of his sailors to stay behind to make room for the sci entists, but the sailors protested so long and loudly he rescinded the order.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Eisenhower's Budget Includes 6 Million I'm Alaska Statehood Transition Grants

only $50,000 in available funds is recommended for construction on the system.
 An appropriation of $100,0O0 is requested for a special engineer study of the proposed Rampant Canyon project on the Yukon River.
 For Alaskan oerations of the Civil Aeronautics Board, the bud get asks $9,325, ,463 for payments to air carriers.
 In his outline, Seaton said $3,576,700 for Bureau of Land Management activities in Alaska includes $1,113,100 for survey work.
 He said he was aware of pres sure to speed surveying of land in the new state. But, he added, he felt the amount proposed is rather large in relation to funds sought for surveying in other states faced with the same prob- lem of getting surveys before they can select lands granted by state hood acts.
 He noted that Alaska has 25 years within which to select 1O3 million acres granted under it's statehood act.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18

WASHINGTON, R - President Eisenhower today sent Congress his election year budget and said it promises a $4, ,184, 100000 surplus that can pave the way for tax cut, possibly next year.
 For the present, however, Eis- enhower proposed raising more revenue. He said Congress should increase the federal gasoline tax by half a cent a gallon - to AZ cents = and add a penny each to the Accent letter charge and the 7-cent air mail rate.
 The President implied that un- less Congress votes these and other revenue measures - and resist any urge to boost spending - the predicted surplus will melt away, and, with it, hopes of broad-scale tax relief sometime after the November election.
 For the 1861 fiscal year that begins July 1, Eisenhower esti- mated record revenues of 84 bill lion dollars. He called for spend- ing of $79,816,000,O00.
 Biggest Surplus In l3 Years
 This would produce the biggest surplus in 13 years = a margin of black ink which the President says should be used to reduce the record national debt of 292 billion dollars. He said a debt cut would counter imitation and spur savings needed to stimulate new economic growth.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Los Angeles Traffic Cop Jailed on Narcotics Charge

LOS ANGELES, R - A Los Angeles police officer was ar rested while directing downtown traffic Friday night and was booked on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Act.
 Police said he had admitted trying to sell heroin.
 Chief of Police William Parker said businessman told him Policeman Nye H. Alfred had ap- preached him and tried to sell him 20 ounces of heroin. Parker said he had told the businessman to go ahead with the deal and as signed detectives to the case.
 Police said Alfred was arrested after he had given the business man four grams of heroin as samples. The businessman was not identified.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
GSA Initiates Plans To Construct New Federal Building at Juneau
Special to the Nome Nugget

Special to the Nome Nugget
 WASHINGTON = U. S. Repre- sentative Ralph Rivers was noti- fled today by the General Services Administration that they are pro ceeding with preparation of prospectus, to be submitted. to the Senate and House Public Works Committees, on the construction of the Juneau Federal Building. The GSA stated that after ap- proval is given by the committees, that selection and acquisition of the site, together with prepara- tion of architectural plans, will be initiated during this fiscal year. Estimated cost of the site and planning is $1,690,000. Funds are presently available, stated the report. e E
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
OFFICIALS OF DEFUNCT ALASKA SALMON INDUSTRY FIND NEW WORK

SEATTLE, tR = Two, former officials of the defunct Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc, are leav- ing Seattle.
 w. c. Arnold, managing direc- tor, said he will move to Anchor age in about two months to open a law practice.
 J.. Steele Culbertson, assistant manager, left last night for Wash ington, D. C., to become director of the Industrial Products Divi- sion of the National Fisheries In stitute, Inc.
 The Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc, was formed in 1940, with headquarters in Seattle. The of flee closed December 31.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18

WASHINGTON, RLThe max imum annual grant of six mill lion dollars to help Alaska make the transition to statehood was asked in President Eisenhower budget sent to Congress today.
 The sum asked for the year starting July 1 is the most author ized by the Alaska Omnibus Act, which provides for some 28 mill lion dollars in such grants through June, 1864. The initial grant was $10,500,000.
 This grant, plus other requests in the budget = including three new construction and planning starts by the Army Engineers = adds up to more than 61 million dollars for federal activities in the state during fiscal 1861.
 That total includes $37, ,444, ,293 outlined by Interior Secretary Fred Seaton for his departments Alaska activities.
 In his message, the President called particular attention to the military operated Alaska Con- munications System, for which the budget requests seven million dollars for operations and main tenance.
 Encourages Private System
 "The growing communications needs of this new state can best be met, as they have in other states, through the operation and devel- opment of such facilities by pri- vate enterprise" the President said.
 Early enactment of legislation to authorize sale of the govern ment facilities is desirable, he added. But the budget points out disposition is not expected until after 1861.
 Meanwhile, no extensive expan- sion of facilities is planned and
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome Unite In
 Demo. Convention Battle for Seating

state house district twice the number of seats that it ,has state representatives, and provide each of the four senatorial election dis tricts with 30 delegates at large.
 Kay told the convention this would give 31 per cent of the convention votes to the south cen- tral division where half of the states election votes are cast.
 Southeastern, Northwestern and Central Division delegates joined in defeating immediate adoption by an announced standing vote of 40-25.
 The biggest platform fight de- veloped over a proposal by Sem ator George McNabb of Fair banks for inclusion of a plank voicing convention sentiment concerning future legislative ac- ton on the controversial employ ment security problem.
 By a 401S to 3913 vote, the convention approved a plank urg- ing legislation to repay from the employment security fund and existing jobless benefits an in- debtedness of some nine million dollars.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
TRAIN HITS SCHOOL BUS
FACKLER. Ala. tP 4

FACKLER, Ala, R - A local freight train on its homeward swing crashed into school bus at dirt road crossing near this northeast Alabama town today. Reports placed four children dead and eight children and the driver critically injured.
 A highway patrolman said the train sliced through the bus just behind the middle and dragged the rear half of the wreckage about three quarters of mile before it stopped.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Eisenhower Visit to Russia Slated for June 10

WASHINGTON, R = President Eisenhower's crusade of world travels to promote peace and free dom will take him behind the Iron Curtain into the Soviet Union for 10 days starting June 10.
 Dates for the Presidents trip, planned since last summer, were announced Sunday by the White House and the Soviet government.
 In going to the Soviet Union, Eisenhower will be returning the two-week visit which Soviet Pre- mier Khrushchev made to the United States last September.
 The President will go first to Moscow. He also will visit few other cities in the Soviet Union but there has been no final de- cision as to which ones.
 There were no immediate an- nouncements as to whether the President will be accompanied by Mrs. Eisenhower and their four grandchildren. Khrushchev in vited the youngsters when he met them at the Presidents Gettys- burg, Pa, farm.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Released Mental Patient Shoots Up Her Family of 6

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, tR = A woman recently released from a sanitarium went berserk in her home today and shot her husband and five children. The husband and one child were killed, and three other children were criti- cally wounded.
 Police said Martha Hall, 38, roamed the house with a .22 cal iber pistol about 6 a.m., shooting her husband and four of the chill dren in the head.
 Hall, 40, and Kevin, 4 months old, were dead on arrival at a hospital.
 Three other children = Curtiss, 2; Christa, 8, and Mary Jean, 5 = were rushed into emergency. The fifth child, Judith Ann, d2, grappled with her mother and was just grazed by bullet.
 Judith Ann called police after her mother emptied the gun.
 Police said Mrs. Hall had been in depressed condition since the birth of Kevin.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
By WILLIAM J. ToBIN

KETCHIKAN, tR Alaska Democrats put together 46-plank platform in a 16-hour marathon session yesterday, but reappor- tionment wrangle delayed other state convention business.
 Still to be chosen when dele gates adjourned at 2:30 am. to- day were state chairman, na- tional committeeman and commit teewoman, and the nine delegates to the party's national convention in Los Angeles ins July.
 A key issue of providing re- apportionment of conve n t i n strength was being fought on the floor when delegates decided to call it quits for the day and re- sume in overtime session today
 The reapportionment proposal would increase the number of con- vention delegates from 80 to 200 and give the south central dis. trict added strength.
 Wendell P. Kay of Anchorage convention chairman, called the plan simple justice" in speech from the floor. It would give each
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
Wrangell Heart Patient Succumbs Aboard Airliner

PORTLAND, R = An Alaskan died of a heart attack as plane on which he was going north ap- proached Portland Sunday. He was David Remmerden, 59, of Wrangell.
 Remmerden boarded West Coast Airlines plane at North Bend, Ore, en route to Seattle, and soon after takeoff said he was a heart patient and needed oxy- gen. This was supplied to him. Dr. Ernie Keizer, North Bend, also a passenger on the flight, said Remmerden died as the plane near Portland at about 10:40 am. His widow, who had been visit ing daughter at Bandon, was notified. The Multnomah County Coroner's Office said she re- ported that probably burial would be at Yakima, Wash, the old family home.
The Nome nugget., 1960-01-18
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair today. Low tonight 20. High tomorrow IS.
 Nome data last "A hours, as of 2 am. today Precipitation, trace. Months total, 1.13 inches. Temperatures: highest 2, lowest IT. Maximum wind, 13 miles an hour from the NINE. Sunrise at 9:26 a.m., sunset at 3 pm.
 Extremes this date since 1907: high 36 in 1881, low -32 in 1884
Evening star., 1960-12-14

said, "is ii years old, has had
IA years Of teaching experience,
and has had Az years of col
lege preparation. In no other
professional field will you find
people Of this age, with this
experience and preparation,
making such q low salary"
The NEA report also said New
York and Alaska spend the most
($585 per pupiD and Alabama
the least ($21D. In all. seven
States are below the $3.50 mark,
all Of them in the South. The
District of Columbia figure is
$423; Maryland, 1888, and
Virginia, 1886.
Pointing to disparities In
teachers salaries from State to
State. the report said no
teacher in Mississippi is paid
more than $500 a year, and
no teacher in California is paid
less than that amount. The
average salary in the District is
$6,486; In Maryland, $3.50.
and in Virginia, $4,000, all
representing increases over last
year. Virginia. however. is still
below the $5.2l5 national
average.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

ture and amounts to far more
than twice the $6.5 billion
spent 10 years ago, IN 1850.
The figures were compiled
by MEAS research division.
headed by Sam M. Lambert.
The report. q 32-page booklet.
Is titled Estimates Of School
Statistics. 1060-6l."
Mr.. Lambert said the new
overall figure means the pub
lie schools -elementaries, Jun.
ior highs and highs-will spend
$91 for every man. woman and
child in the Nation. The cost
Of operating the Nations many
parochial and private schools
was not included in the report.
The enrolment figures repre-
sent q 3 per cent increase In
the number Of elementary stu
dents last year, and o 40 per
cent increase over last years
higher -grades enrolment, the
report said.
81 Billion Rises
Other highlights of the re-
port were:
l. "The American public will
spend more on its public schools
In the next decade than 1t has
in the past 125 years." an in
crease Of 81 billion per year.
Q. There are Ia million class
room teachers, with an average
annual salary Of $5,2l5-the
first time in the Nations his
tory that the average salary
figure" has topped 5000. Last
year 1t was $4.496.
8. One out Of evrey Is teach
ers Is an emergency" instrNc-
tor who lacks full credentials.
4. An estimated 1855
teachers will leave the profess
sion this year.
5. OF the money received by
school officials with which to
operate, 56.3 per cent Of the
funds will come from local
sources. 40.1 per cent from
State sources and SO per cent
from the Federal Government.
| Experience Cited
6. The number Of school dis
ltricts has been cut to o ''moSern
low Of 37,153. less than half
the number In existence II
years ago." The report said this
reflects Q trend toward needed
consultations.
The average teacher" he
Evening star., 1960-12-14
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SSstSs9s sNSWS Wednesday, Dec II, 1860

the day before he leaves the
White House.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty described the
resignation as routine. It Is
customary for ambassadors to
submit their designations at
the end Of the administration
in which they were appointed.
Mr.. Houghton is q glass COM
pany executive from Corning.
N. Y.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Suez ConoI Collision
Interrupts Truffic

PORT SAID. Egypt, Dec. IA
(APl.-A collision between the
American freighter Ellie v.
1850 tons, and q Belgian dred-
ger yesterday interrupted Suez
Canal traffic for five hours.
The dredger had been dis
abled since q fire aboard it
two weeks ago. The United
States-bound freighter was
damaged above the waterline
and the dredger was reported
seriously damaged.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
.Houghton Resigns
Ambassador Post
~ the Associated Press

Amory Houghton, United
States Ambassador to France
for the last four years. has sub
mitted his resignation. the
White House announced yester-
day.
President Eisenhower ac-
0epted, effective January 10,
Evening star., 1960-12-14
School Costs Estimated
At Record $16.4 Billion
BY JOHN ROSSON
Star stan Writer

record S164 billion viii be spent this year build and
operate the Nations public elementary and secondary schools
exhaustive report by the National Education Association
showed today.
The figure is So billion more than last years expendi-
Evening star., 1960-12-14

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The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
Judge Rules Cigarettes Not Proven to be Cause Of Lung Cancer

PITTSBURGH, R - A federal judge today directed jury to re- turn verdict in favor of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Go. in the cigar ette-lung cancer civil trial in U. S. District Court.
 Judge John L. Miller issued the directive after 20 days of testi- mony. Counsel for the plaintiff said he would appeal the ruling.
 Attorneys for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Go. rested their case yes terday after testimony from Dr. Leo Henry Garland, an X-ray specialist and member of the Stanford University M q dical School faculty.
 Otto Pritchard, 61, of Pitts burgh claims he contracted lung cancer from smoking the firms Chesterfield cigarettes for many years. His cancerous right lung was removed in 1853. Pritchard seeks IA million dollars in dam- ages.
 Dr. Garland testified that three types of scientific evidence-ex- perimental, clinical and statistical - have failed to nail down any link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
Fire at Clear Station Damages BMEW Building

CLEAR, LR = An early morning fire caused an estimated $1O,0OO damage today to a transmitter building at this ballistic missile Early Warning Station 60 miles southwest of Fairbanks.
 A night watchman discovered the blaze, which was extinguished by fire fighting crews and equip ment stationed at the multi-mil- lion-dollar defense project, still under construction.
 Flames damaged the paneling, structural equipment and tie-bar of the transmitter building, inves- tigators said. The building had not been completed at the time of the blaze.
 No injuries were reported. Off, cials said the cause of the fire had not been determined, but ap- parently was accidental.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
Nixon Rolls Up Popularity Victory
 Over Prime Democrats, in Indiana

tial preference vote.
 But a Democrat unlisted on the ballot, Adlai Stevenson, also showed he had support in the na- ions capitol.
 A slate of convention delegates pledged to him held second place behind the Humphrey slate.
 But, since the District of Colum- bias Democrats vote under the unit rule, Humphrey was certain to have the city's nine votes at the Democratic National Conven- ton.
 The Republicans had no Presi- dential preference ballot. All their delegates candidates were pledged to Nixon.
 It appeared that only 35,0O0 per sons voted. Washington, which can not vote in general elections, has population of 850,000.
 In Ohio, the results of an inter- nal Democratic Party battle Stlll were in doubt. But, whatever the outcome, Ohio's 65 votes at the Democratic National Convention will go to Kennedy.
 The Republicans also had an in- ternal battle. Former Sen. George Bender was running for a dele gate spot, pledged to himself. All other candidates were pledged to Nixon.
 But Bender appeared to be soundly beaten and dethroned as power in state politics. Nixon apparently will have the states 56 votes at the Republican Con- vention.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
Secretary of State Wade Announces Plans to Alter State Election Precincts

JUNEAU, lR - Plans to change the boundaries of IF election pre- cincts throughout Alaska were announced yesterday by Secretary of State Hugh Wade.
 The revisions are scheduled to conform with standards set in the 1860 State Election Code, which calls for a maximum of 500 voters in polling places using paper ballots.
 Hearings within the precincts will be held at dates to be set later, before the new boundaries are ordered. The precincts are:
 Ktchikan 1, and 3; Sitka and 2; Juneau 1; North Sairiew; South Fairview; Soldotna; Hasilla; Fair banks 1, 2, 3 and 4; Graehl; Cinema (College) and Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
Fisheries Bureau Begins Years Salmon Research

SEATTLE, R - The commer- cial trawlers Pioneer and Paragon left today for northern waters to carry on the Bureau of Conner cial Fisheries sixth year of high seas research on salmon and king crab.
 The Pioneer, under Capt. Olaf Hendricks, will operate farther west than ever before and scien- lists aboard hope to determine ocean distribution of the pink Chumpy) salmon.
 Both ships will base at Adak, at the western tip of the Aleu- tians.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
Flooding Danger Lessens As Soldiers Blast Ice Jam On Cinema River

FAIRBANKS, R Flood swol- len rivers in Interior Alaska were receding today after flooding DOT tions of Fairbanks and the Rich ardson Highway.
 The Panama River still covered the Richardson Highway to a depth of about one foot from a point eight miles south of Fair banks to 12 miles south of the city. However, the level of the water was dropping after an ice jam which clogged the raging Ta- mana moved out by itself.
 The Cinema River was well with in it's banks after ice jams were blasted by soldiers from Ladd Field.
 The Cinema was below a flood crest this morning, and ice in the river was moving through the channel without tanning.
 If no more jams develop, dis trict engineers here said the dan- ger of a major flood appeared over.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
'Soup-Strainers'I Is .Jaycee Theme for Midnight Sun

The infant Nome chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce is showing it's growth" by spon- soring a Beard Growing Contest, in preparation for the Midnight Sun Festival.
 Those who desire to show off their masculine Superiority" or show that they can grow hair even with nude noggins, should register with Jaycee President Barrow Morgan. The registration fee is 50 cents.
 Only the "Bushers" that are registered are eligible for the Grand Prize and the conclusion trophies.
 The most Hush" foliage will be judged, and champion named during the coming Midnight Sun Festival celebration.
 Start early, and don't be left with "peach-fuzz," advise Jay cee officials.
 Anyone who is capable of growth" can enter the competi- ton. Bearded ladies will be vel comed. Several of the "early birds" are already well past the itchy stage, it is reported.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
State to Conduct Priority Hearings In June for
 Pioneer Road Building

JUNEAU, tR - The State De- partment of Natural Resources has announced hearings at Fair banks Jnue 2 and at Anchorage June 3 on procedures to handle requests for pioneer access road construction.
 The 1860 Legislature appro- priated one million dollars for the building of access roads into areas rich in resources with prospects for commercial mineral develop ment.
 The funds, available after July 1, are to be administered jointly by the resources agency and the Department of Public Works.
 Construction request applications are to be made through the Public Works Department, with resources to rule on whether the project meets the intent of the act. If so, Public Works will provide cost es- inmates, and carry out construc- tion after priority has been as- signed by the Resources Depart ment.
The Nome nugget., 1960-05-04
State JObless Claims Decline In April

JUNEAU, R - The state paid $720,000 in jobless benefits in April, the Employment Security Division of the Department of Labor reported today.
 The payments, in excess of tax contributions received during the month, left the Alaska Unemloy- ment Compensation Fund with a cash balance of $1,126,000 as the new month began. The fund car- ries debt of nearly nine million dollars, representing loans from the federal government.
 The April payments were $193,- 900 less than the total benefits granted in March of this year, and $139,000 less than April a year ago.