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g on a 12-12 deadlock after Rep. Al
" fred A. Owen, Jr., the original
sponsor, argued the health de
partment might become involved
in red tape and have less interest
in fishermen than the fisheries
board would.
On the final vote, Rep. George
Miscovich was the lone dissenter.
The bill by Rep. G. E. Almquist
on punchboards was passed de
spite Rep. Essie R. Dale’s com
plain the boards were illegal.
The House passed unanimously
Rep. James Nolan’s bill to exempt
municipally owned power plants
from the motor fuels tax and
passed 23-1, Rep. William A.
Egan’s bill for a $2 bounty on
eagles.
Unanimous approval was also
given Rep. Frank G. Johnson’s
memorial accusing the fish and
wildlife service of making regula
tions to “suit its whim and ca
price” and asking interior secre
tary Krug to direct the service to
conform to provisions of the fed
eral administrative procedures
act. This, the memorial stated,
would give Alaskans “their day
in court.”
Rep. Egan and Rep. Glen D.
Franklin sponsored the measure
asking military and federal offi
cials to keep the Richardson High
way open on a year-round basis
as a military and civilian artery.
The House approved with one
dissent, the memorial by Reps.
Stanley McCutcheon and Owen
providing at least 50 per cent of
Alaska residents must be employ
ed by the salmon industry this
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The House icfused to concur in
a Senate amendment to a bill
against bus straphangers on long
trips. The Senate voted to allow
one-fourth as many standees as
1 seated on trips over 15 miles. The
House asked the Senate to recede.
Sen. Steve McCutcheon intro
duced a bill proposing that polls
close at eight o’clock instead of
seven.
Alaska’s new graduated net in
come tax law came back to the
legislature today for re-enactment
and tightening of ship personnel
provisions. Re-introduced in the
House by Rep. Wm. Egan. He and
Speaker McCutcheon said two pri
mary purposes for re-introduction
are to make clarifying amend
ments and at the same time to in
! sure against any court challenge
| of the legality of its passage by the
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tax remains the same: ten percent
of the federal income tax.
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Friday, March 4, 1949
JUNEAU, UP)—'The final Terrir
torial legislative okay was on the
$80 a month pensions today.
The Senate adopted the com
promise figure by a vote of 15-1
late yesterday with Republican
Senator William Munz casting the
only dissenting vote. Present pen
sions are $60. The bill originally
called for $90. A joint conference
'committee pegged it in between.
The House voted a 21-8 mar
gin for a referendum to the people
on whether to ask Congress for
the right to have the Territory is
sue $20,000,000 in bonds and for
the Territory to proceed to do so
I if Congrses approves.
Three-fourths of th,e amount
would be for school buildings with
the rest for other institutions re
quired after statehood. Only votes
! against the measure were by
Reps. George Miscovich and Ai
mer Rydeen.
The Senate passed a House
memorial urging Congress to en
act statehood legislation this ses
sion. Both Houses authorized tele
graphing the memorial immedi
ately to a Congressional hearing.
The Senate also approved a me
morial asking federal agencies to
provide $2,000,000 for permanent
construction of Ketchikan’s water
front thoroughfare. It was intro
duced by Sen. L. P. Dawes.
The House passed, 22-2, a pre
martial health examination bill
introduced by women Reps. Ame
lia A. Gundersen and Doris M.
Barnes. Passage came after de
leting a proposed, imprisonment
penalty. It carries a $250 fine for
violation.
Another bill introduced by the
same women passed, 21-3. It re
quires a compulsory pre-natal
blood test for expectant mothers.
The House scheduled a night
session tonight after working un
til 6 p.m. last night. The Legisla
ture closes tomorrow through
Monday for the annual inspection
trip to the Sitka Pioneers’ Home.
The House killed for the second
time a bill by Rep. Warren A.
Taylor to admit experienced state
side dentists without a board ex
amination.
The House also voted, 18-6, for
creation of a bus transportation
commission to control Territory
bus lines, issue certificates for op
eration and regulate fares.
The House yesterday approved
unanimously the Ipalook memori
al asking the health department to
sink a test well at Kotzebue and
that “thereafter assistance be
given to secure an adequate and
safe water supply.”
The Senate yesterday passed all
three Lyng airstrip memorials.
The only objection was by Sen.
Jones to the proposed Territorial
Fleet Could Sail
In Arctic Waters
LONG BEACH. Calif. </P»—Ice
breakers could lead a fleet
through Alaskan waters in mild
winter weather.
So says Cmdr. Jack E. Gibson, ]
Long Beach, skipper of the navy
ice breaker Burton Island, which
returned to home port this week
after what he called the farthest
winter penetration into the frozen
north.
Cmdr. Gibson said the Burton
Island was within 30 miles of Ber
ing Strait and “could have gone on
through.”
The Burton Island plowed
throug 600 miles of ice, three to
four feet thick, to reach the north
ernmost point. King Island, Gib
son said. He added the trip w’as
aided by the mild weather, 19 de
financing of airstrips on St. Law
rence Island. Jones argued it is
a government reserve and the fed
eral government should finance
the improvements.
Sap Indicates
Spring In States
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. <&)—Move
over, Mr. Groundhog—here comes
the maple tree as a harbinger of
spring.
A month ago, the groundhog
saw his shadow and thereby indi
cated six more weeks of winter.
Yesterday, farmer Stuart Group
of nearby Raunchtown reported
that since Feb. 18 he had tapped
940 maple trees and obtained 40
gallons of syrup.
That, says farmer Group, is the
earliest tapping in Pennsylvania’s
Clinton County since 1907.
grees below zero being the coldest
encountered.
The vessel was the first to visit
Nome, Alaska, in the dead of win
ter. And Gibson said the arrival
was hailed by residents as “the
greatest thing since the gold
rush.”
The Burton Island’s crew con
sisted of 173 men, including one
civilian scientist.
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