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Vol< 5 Jo* 17
September yo, IQ54
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GOVERNOR DUE IN SATURDAY
DEMO RALLY
A large crowd of Homer and Peninsula
residents was on hand Sunday night to
hear Alaska's Delegate Bob Bartlett and
nine other Democratic candidates express
themselves on Territorial problems and
recommend that the Democratic slate be
elected in the October 12 election«
Subjects demanding a majority of, the
speaking time were the plight of the
Cook Inlet fishermen, Statehood and Jthe
mental health bill. Agriculture also
received the attention of several of the
candidates as did roads, district .repre
sentation and the unity of purpose among
the. Democratic candidates, , , .
The discussion of fishing problems
was led by Delegate Bartlett.and J,
"K.inkey" Lannent the candidate .for the
post of labor commissioner« '-'Both men
expressed disdain for the manner in which
the recent Fish and. Wildlife . Service
hearings were held, At the meetings
which was held last Thursday in Anchor
aget Lannen said the FVS men stated that
they weren't interested in the people of
Alaska, but merely interested in raising
fi sh^ - ’.. •
: The main point' of contention, they
said, was the FA'S ruling which would
triple the required lateral distance be
tween setnets from 6oq • to^ihoo feet«
This ruling,if carried out, Lannen said,
would put go to g$ percent of the. Cook
Inlet setnetters out of business*
Delegate Bartlett said that at the
meeting he offered; if re-elected, to
introduce promptly atthe start of
the 84th session, of ■. Congress a bill
which would legislatively declare setnets
not fixed gear, He said that if the FlIS
would issue a favorable report on this
bill it would be enacted into law within
six to eight weeks, well ahead of the
opening of the fishing season«
The candidates re-affirmed the stand
of the Democratic party for statehood♦
They wanted, they said, staeehood "now
Irene Ryan, a candidate for the House
of Representatives and a registered pet
roleum engineer, spoke strongly in favor
of ■ statehood and reminded her audience
that as a Territory, Alaska had diffi
culties with the canned salmon industry
with its powerful lobby in Washington*
However, she said, the canned salmon lob
by is small time compared to that of the
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Governor B* Frank Heintzleman will ar
rive in Homer by air Saturday morning,
according to Don Smith who is in charge
of the arrangements for the chief exec
utives visit here*. The Governort ac
cording to Smiths is interested in the
economic development of the Kenai Penin
sula and is coming here to get first
hand information on the area and to meet
and talk to as many -people in the Homer
area as possible. il
. thyring his two-day visit the Govjgpi
af- will ‘ inspect j t.h*e‘ Homer Electric'ds-':
sod at ion - geherati-ng^ plantt luncE with
"the bddtd of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce,- meet with the. board of direct-*
6r$ of the HEA, 'inspect the^ dockland the
proposed small boat • basin area and at
tend a public reception*
His inspection of the HEA plant will
begin at about 11:15. At noon he will
lunch with the Chamber directors and at
1:30 meet with the HEA directors* The
remainder of the' afternoon will be spent
on an inspection trip of the area*
The reception for the Governor featuring
a buffet supper will be held at 7:30 p*m*
at the Elks hall and will be open to the
public* - -' 1 ’ ■ .;
He plans to leave- Sunday morning by
car for Kenai*" • ;
It iS' expected that the Governor will
be quizzed concerning that possibility of
establishing an ammonium nitrate fertili
zer plant on the Peninsula* >It has been
reported that he has asked) the Army engi
neers to survey the electric power po
tential of Bradley lake' at the head of
the bay* It is understood that should
the report- be' favorable, there is a pos
sibility that hydro-electric development
could take place* The corps of engineers
report their Sufvey team recently com
pleted its field work at Bradley^ lake
and is presently studying its results
before making recommendations to “the
Alaska development board* <
The fishermen are also planning to
state to the Governor the need for a
small boat harbor*
HEA TO EXTEND
Jiggs Tice, manager of the Homer Elec
tric Association, announced Tuesday that
the HEA has asked the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration for permission to ex
tend the Homer-Clam Gulch power line to
Soldotna with branch line's to Kasilof
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