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VOLUME XVI
Wednesday, September 14, 1955
NUMBER 194
Alaska elects delegates to
convention at polls yesterday
by The Associated Press
Five Juneau candidates and
one each from Fairbanks and
Anchorage were in the lead to
day for the seven territory-at
large seats in the November
Alaska constitutional conven
tion.
Most of the returns, however
were from Juneau and other
Southeastern Alaska cities,, so
that at least one candidate
from Anchorage and several
from Fairbanks appeared def
initely to be in the running
when vote totals increase from
tiheir own divisions.
ANCHORAGE (JP) At noon
today (2 p. m. Sitka time) the
following were leading in the
territory at-lrge race for the
constitutional convention.
MoCutcheon 2323; Rivers 2,
290; Hermann 1832: Coffey
Sundborg 1527; Armstrong 1399
Nordale 1277: Taylor 1171; Gil
lam 1096, Keating 1067; Beltz
937 and Bailey 914.
The votes from the immedi
ate Anchorage and Fairbanks
areas were largely in, but the
collecting of results of yester
day’s voting in outlying pre
cincts was slowed by a new pro
cedure under which the elec
tion officials were to send the
results direct to Juneau.
Voting generally was light.
in the field of 23 candidates:
Mrs. Mfllred Hermann, Jun
, eau, secretary of the statehood
| committee, 2161; Mrs. Kather
| ine Nordale, Juneau, Democra
, tic national committeewomlan,
1970; George Sundborg, Jun
! eau newspaperman and former
| manager of the Alaska Devel
opment Board, 1804; Howard
Stabler, Juneau attorney, 1623;
former Sen. Steve McCutch
eon, Anchorage, 1612; R. Rol
l'and Armstrong, Juneau, 1551.
Stabler and Armstrong ap
peared to be the Juneaudtes
most likely to slip in the stand
ings as votes from the other
divisions mount. Stabler poll
ed almost all of bis vote in the
first division. Armstrong, how
ever, was running sixth in the
Anchorage area vote as well as
pollinig a big vote in his home
division.
No returns were in yet from
the Nome division.
Rankings below the “big 7”
were:
Ed Coffey, Anchorage, 1,287;
Richard Greuel, Fairbanks,
Democratic majority leader in
the territorial house, 1,235; for
mer Rep. Alaska Linck, Fair
banks, 1234: Rep. Warren Tay
lor, Fairbanks, 1214; Byron Gil
lam, Fairbanks, 1115; William
(continued on Dage rout •
Knight wins
local position
William W. Knight was sel
ected in District No. 3 (Sitka
Recording Precinct) as delegate
to the Constitutional Conven
tion in the election held yester
day.
i iMr. Knight /polled better than
. 40 percent of the vote in a four
candidate race with 223 votes
from the Sitka, Mt. Edgeoumlbe
Jamestown Day and Tenakee
| voting precincts. Reports from
Pelican and Warm Springs are
not expected to dhange the
picture to any great extent.
Warren Christianson follow- (
ed in the voting with 122, while J
Fred Van Horn with 119 and
M. S. Mitrovitch. 75, furnished
the opposition.
4th Div, at large
FAIRBANKS UP) Leslie Ner
land, businessman and banker,
polled the top Fairbanks vote
in the contest for eight 4th di
vision seats at-large in the con
stitutional convention.
Voting in Fairbanks was
heavy, coming close to the last
general election total.
Leaders in the at-large con
tests were: Nerlaand 562, Sen.
Frank Barr 408, Ada Wein 353 j
John Boswell 307, ex-Sen. E. B. ‘
Collins 305, Rep. Robert Me j
Nealy 271 and Rep. Geor/ge Me 1
Nalbto 256. j
Ralph Rivers, former terri
torial attorney general and ex
mayor of Fairbanks, ran stro
ongly -in all divisions to to-p the
vote totals. He had 2146 on the
'basis of this morning’s count.
The others in the top seven
• A young man informed me
why women's names are used
in reference to hurricanes. He
says who every heard of a
“himicane” when they are call
ed “hericanes.”
Comey. ain’t it.
H—I—
• We hear a lot of criticism
of the constitutional election
and convention. But we can’t
do anything about it — we are
not identified with the party
which is running things but
with the one that takes the
blame.
V eatchcombing
i i
I I
fft We appreciate the dispatch
with which Mrs. Ted Harris,
Mrs. Charles Johnstone and
Dan Doyle sot the results of
the election to the Daily Sitka
Sentinel, and the fine work of
Jim Harrikan in wiring the re
turns to us early this morning.
Len Peterson has been burn
jnia- u-n the air trying to get the
Pelican results for us and we
appreciate all he has done.
We at the S°ntinel and the
members of The Associated
Press thank all for their kind
cooperation in making the re
turns available.
—1—1—
• .Heaving a sigh of relief
after a year of hard (overtime)
work, the city council passed
a recodifying ordinance last
night. They have done a good
job and one long needed in
Sitka, working on dt almost ev
ery other Tuesday night all
year.
How Sitka Recording Precinct Voted
Jam.
Unofficial vote in four of t'he six voting precincts
trict—Pelican and Warm Springs missing.
Tenakee Mt. Bd)ge.
TERRITORY AT-LARGE
Armstrong . ... 13
Bailey .. 5
Beltz ..• 5
Coffey . 9
BeBruyn .. 1
Gillam . .. 5
Gordon . .. 4
Greucl . 1
Hermann .. 15
Keating .... 4
Linck .. 9
McOutcheon . .. 11
Nordale .. . .-.. . 10
Paul .. 8
Rivers . 12
Stabler . 18
Sheldon . 18
Stephens . 5
Stuart . .. 7
S'undiboilg . 15
Taylor . 15
Van Ilousen .. 2
Weir .. 6
34
11
44
26
2
16
24
9
52
16
15
33
28
52
48
46
32
8
31
30
34
18
9
JUDICIAL DIVISION AT-LARGE
10
3
23
FIRST
Bodidy . 1
Bolay . 1
Brandes . 13
Clausen . 5
Gray . 22
Hope . 19
Jackson .*. 17
Johnson . 10
| Kederick . . . .. 1
MacKinnon . .. .. 8
Nolan . 18
Parker . 3
Peratrovidh . 18
Peter . 5
Riley .. 19
Robertson . 6
Savikko .. 15
Seaman ......'. 1
Simpson . 8
Stewart . 9
Sweeney . 17
DISTRICT NUMBER THREE
Warren Christianson .... 7
William W. Knight . 28
M. S. Mitrovitch. 1
Fred Van Horn . 1
9
30
79
14
50
17
19
58
12
64
25
46
36
18
14
18
49
52
28
37
11
24
in this dis
Bay Sitka
12
4
5
5
3
7
13
3
21
2
5
7
12
8
12
24
8
3
14
13
10
4
5
7
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12
7
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19
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8
6
16
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971
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165
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78
25
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209
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69
Council adopts Sitka code of
ordinances after years study
Everything from improve
ment districts to the adoption
of the Oity of Sitka general
code was on the agenda at last
night’s council session, with
ail members except Neill And
erson and Lawrence Widimark
Sr., present.
COUNCIL CONSIDERED:
Request of C&R Builders for
final inspection on the hospital
prior to payment of withheld
portion. Council to inspect
•building with architect Linn
Forrest as soon as he can come
to Sitka.
Request of Sitka Public Ut
ilities board that the feasrbilty
report on the Blue Lake devel
opment be received and studi
ed before further action is tak-.
en. Action postponed until re,
port available.
Endorsement from Gould &
Gould indicating volunteer fire
men are now exempted, under
the workman’s compensation
policy. Letter from civil de
fense head Harold Pomeroy
that no ambulance is now avail
able as surplus property and
suggested a list of needed hos
pital property be sent him to
be obtained if and when listed
as surplus.
Magistrate’s, supervisor’s &
public health nurse’s report
for August. Police report indi
cated 137 calls, 23 arrests, $490
in fines assessed, $590 in fines
collected; 14 dogs or cats killed
Planning commission report
requesting a joint meeting with
Division at large
JUNEAU (/P) Three members
of the legislature, headed by
senate president James Nolan
Of Wrangell, led in the early
returns today for division at
large seats in the constitutional
convention.
The leaders for the seven At
large seats, with all of Sitka,
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Peters
burg and Haines precincts in
cluded in the 27 precincts re
ported, were:
Nolan 1483. Rep. Dora Sween
ev 1386: Rep. Burke Riley 4222
Douglas Gray 1163, R. E. Rob
ertson 1130, B. D. Stewart
1126. and J. S. MacKinnon, Jr
1024.
Candidates closest to the top
seven were: ex-Sen. Frank Per
atrovich 992 and Laurds Park
ier 907.
BALTIMORE (TP) The Chica
go White Sox were driven deep
i er into third place, five games
i out of the lead, by the Balti
more Orioles who battered
them 8-2 today in the first
game of a doulbleheader.
NEW YORK </P) The New
York Yankees remained within
striking distance of first place
today, defeating the Detroit
Tigers 6-4 to slice Cleveland’s
lead to a game and a half, pend
ing the outcome olf the Indians
Senators clash in Washington
tonight,
BOSTON </P) The Kansas
City Athletics defeated the Bos
ton Red Sox 7-3 today on horn
ers — two by Gus Zerniial, one
a grand slaan, and one by Vic
Power.
the council and SFU board; thi*
,wais set for next Tuesday at t
p. m. Announcement the caso
of Charles Tuenlgel has been set
,up to Oct. 12.
Bid of $7,350 of iSitka Plumb
ing and Heating to move iboil
er from its present location at
the gym and reset it near the
shower room; ordered the
school committee of the council
to meet with the school board.
Report of the city clerk that
the list of needed equipment
and supplies for the new hos
pital to be submitted1 to Hill
1 Burton office was completed,
totaling about $53,000.
Request of Pete Ramer and
George Beacom that something
be done about the access road
(continued on page three)
Longshore strike
ends; proposal on
electric strike made
by The Asosciated Press
The eight-day strike of New
York longshoremen was called
off today.
A proposal also was shaped
up for ending the three-day
strike of 43,000 CIO workers
in 27 Westinghouse Electric
Carp, plants.
Some 5,00 New York dock
workers gave cheering approv
al to a plan des igned to let
them voice their ,grievances
before a citizens’ committee.
The stoppage 'had spread to
ports along the east and gulf
coasts.
The strike was aimed at the
Waterfront Commission, an
official bi-state policing agen
cy
The citizens committee for
mula was proposed (by state
Sen. James F. Murray, Jr., of
New Jersey. The TLA accept
ed it.
At Pittsburgh, a union sou
rce said a proposal has been
worked out for ending the
strike of CIO International
Union of Electrical Workers
in 27 Westinigfhouse plants.
To become effective, the
proposal must be ratified, iby
, the Westinghouse conference
board and the union’s local
SOL The Westinghouse strike
started with members of loc
al 601.
In Chicago, management
and labor representatives held
a series of conferences on is
sues in the 22-day old strike
of 40,000 United Auto Work
ers in 18 International Har
vester Co. plants in six states.
Marine forecast from Wed
nesday to Thursday.
Outside waters Sitka to Ya
jkutat southerly winds 8 to 14
I miph this afternoon and tonight
| Cloudy with occasional light
rain or rain showers.
; Outside 'Waters Dixon En
' trance to Sitka south to south
east winds 10 to 20 mpih.
i Cloudy with occasional raia