CITY COUNCIL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The Fairbanks City Council,
working under the newly form
ulated agenda, Monday night
upheld Mayor Joseph Ribar’s
veto of Ordinance 1140, which
would allow 13-16 year-olds to
operate motor scooters; passed
an Electrical Code; accepted a
ten acre tract at Two Mile Lake:
and voted against the widening
of Noble Street.
The Council, by unanimous con
sent, upheld the Mayor's veto of
the motor scooter ordinance, al
though it had received only one
dissenting vote when it had come
up for final passage two weeks ago.
At the beginning of the discussion
Councilman Tom Roberts stated that
he was going to vote against it. say
ing, “I think it is pretty well known
that I have opposed this all along.”
Roberts went on to say that he
had previously voted yes because
the Ordinance had received little
or no opposition at the public hear
ing. He stated that since the hear
ing he had heard much opposition
to the Ordinance and had decided
to vote against it.
Councilwoman Sylvia Ringstad
stated, “I too am going to go along
with the veto, though not because
1 agree with it ... I still think it is
unfair to the boys who behave
themselves.” She went on to state
1 that she felt she must vote no, due
to the great deal of opposition the
Ordinance had received since the
veto.
Telephone Poll
Councilman Red Boucher stated
that he had made a telephone poll
of registered voters and had dis
covered that 8 out of 10 people were
against the Ordinance. He praised
Mayor Ribar’s action in vetoing the
bill, saying. “I admire your thought
and foresight for having the de
termination to veto it.”
Boucher also proposed that the
City investigate the construction of
a scooter track so the youthful
scAoter operators would have a safe
place to operate their machines.
Councilman Brewington suggested
that possibly the City could desig
nate one street that the 13 to 16
year old motor scooter operators
could use to take their machines out
of town where they can legally
operate them.
Ordinance 1137, which rezones the
south half of block 146 was tabled
one week, until the City Attorney
returns from Juneau.
After several weeks delay. Mayor
Ribar finally appointed Austin
Ward, manager of Sachs Men’s
Store, to fill a vacancy on the Park,
Recreation, and Cemetery Commis
sion.
The public hearing on the con
demnation of the Gregory Schumeff
property was tabled for one week
until the City Attorney returns.
Rezoning Defeated
After considerable discussion, the
Council vited down an Ordinance
requested by Phillip Jackson to re
zone lots 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block 24,
Rickert subdivision to class one
business. The Council members
stated that they felt this was not
the class of zoning Jackson needed
to open a barber and beauty shop.
They then referred the matter to
the Planning and Zoning Commis
sion.
The offer of a 10 acre tract on
Two Mile Lake by the State was ac
cepted by the City. The area will
eventually be used as a park and
picnic area.
After some discussion the Coun
cil voted to proceed with the pav
ing of Noble Street at its present
state as soon as possible, and to be
gin negotiations for the widening
and paving of Barnette Street.
The request for a restaurant-type
liquor license by Vi’s Smorgasbord
was approved.
A request for -392.53 in damages
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Around Town with First National
James C. McCord
Hydroplane racing, hunting,
fishing, skiing, painting, curling,
bagpipe playing — these are all
hobbies of James C. McCord, as
sistant Fairbanks Manager of
Mutual of New York Insurance.
McCord was bom and educat
ed in Altoona, Pennsylvania and
graduated in secondary educa
tion and business from Susque
hanna University. He worked a
short time for the Pennsylvania
Railroad and then the war came
and he joined the Army Air
force as a private. He then went
to flight school and became a
test pilot at Eglin. Florida.
In 1947 McCord was sent to
Fairbanks to do cold weather
testing at Ladd Base, now Ft.
Wainwright and took his dis
charge here in 1948.
For four years the insurance
agent flew for Golden .North Air
ways. a non-scheduled outfit.
back and lortii iron* r airbanks to beanie. r rom tne air ne iook
to the highways and was a territorial highway patrolman for a
while before joining Wilbur and Bell as an accountant.
He joined Mutual of New York in 1955 and became assistant
manager in 1960.
McCord likes to race hydronlanes and “even won the Nenana
marathon one year.’’ In the sports field, he also enjoys curling
and just returned from the National Curling match in Detroit
where the Alaska team took 4th place.
McCord does water color painting just for fun and plays the
bagpipes — in fact he used to be in the Shrine bagpipe band. He
is a past Boy Scout troop leader and past exaulted ruler of the
local Elks club and is a member of the Masonic Lodge here.
Open Your Aceount at First National—Everybody’s Bank!
First National Bank
“First In Strength, Size and Service Since 1905“
Banking Facility, Clear, Alaska
Banking Facility, Ft. Wainwright
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
by George Swanson of Swanson’s
Corner was rejected. The claim re
sulted when an officer was called
to the establishment to arouse a
drunk. When the officer was unable
to arouse the man he arrested him
and began to assist him to the door.
Before the officer had the man out
side. he began to resist and both
the officer and the man fell through
a window in the struggle.
Following a proposal by Council
man Boucher, the Council directed
the City Manager to place a police
man on duty at the corners of Sec
ond and Cushman and Third and
Cushman during the rush hours to
help direct the flow of traffic. They
also directed that “no left turn’’
signs be placed at these intersec
tions during the rush hours.
Following another suggestion by
Boucher, the Council directed the
City Manager to investigate the
possibility of turning some of the
City-owned, non-taxable land with
in the City into revenue-producing
land.
OEDP Committee
Acts On Hospital
Association Plans
The 19th Election District Eco
nomic Development Committee has
approved in principle a proposal
to erect a Community Hospital in
the Fairbanks area.
According to present plans, the
$41^ million hospital would be lo
cated either adjacent to, or on, the
University of Alaska campus. The
120 bed hospital would employ some
174 persons with an annual payroll
of about $1 million. The hospital is
planned to be the medical center of
| interior Alaska.
Following the approval, the pro
j posal w'as turned over to the newiy
formed Public Facilities Subcom
mittee for further study and inves
| tigation of the proposed financing.
The new subcommittee was
formed to take advantage of a re
cent Area Redevelopment Admin
istration law which provides that
ARA funds can be used for public
facilities type projects, such as hos
pitals, public parks, and developing
service facilities to proposed indus
trial sites.
Stuart Bowdoin, manager of the
State Employment Service, is chair
man of the new subcommittee.
GOP Endorses Boards For
Highways, Education, Fish
The annual Republican Central District Convention held
here in Fairbanks last Saturday at the Traveler’s Inn elected a
new district committee, approved a tentative list of delegates and
alternates to the state GOP convention in September, passed
several resolutions, adopted reor-*
ganization measures and recessed
the convention until next August.
Elected to the position of district
committee chairman, Dick Jones, a
Fairbanks businessman, succeeds
Jack Boswell who did not run for
reelection this year.
Mrs. Matilda Stepovich w'as elect
ed vice-chairwoman, Jack Boswell
will serve as secretary, and John
Schleppegrell will act as treasurer
for the Central District.
Bob Davenny and Lucille Harka
bus were elected to represent the
district on the state central com
mittee.
The well-attended confab had a
good turnout from the bush areas,
delegates representing areas from
Ft. Yukon to Dillingham.
Recommend Boards
Significant resolutions passed by
the convention dealt w'ith the rec
ommendation that state boards be
set up for the administration of the
Departments of Highways, Fish and
Game and Education.
The resolution dealing with the
Department of Highways was the
strongest worded.
It read in part:
“WHEREAS, the quality of main
tenance and degree of utilization of
tax revenues and appropriated funds
as evidenced by the poor condition
of all state highways and roads;
now' therefore,
“BE IT RESOLVED that the Re
publican party go on record as wish
ing established a bi-partisan board
or commission to sit at the head of
the Department of Highways in
order to determine the Alaska State
highway policies, and
“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Republican party recom
mend that the Department of High
ways recruit personnel of outstand
ing ability and high integrity in
order to eliminate wasteful prac
tices and to utilize every tax dollar
appropriated for highway purposes;
and
“BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER
that qualified Alaskan citizens be
given employment preference when
ever possible.”
Expand Committee
The confab also authorized the
expansion of the district central
committee and included a repre
sentative of the Young Republicans
on the committee.
j The convention was recessed until
late in August, at which time the
delegates will be reassembled to
adopt policy recommendations and
elect delegates to the state conven
tion to represent the Central Dis
trict.
BECK LOW
The apparent low bidder for con
struction of Nike-Hercules Hipar
Systems for Batteries A, B, C, D and
E, at Eielson Air Force Base. Alas
ka, is BECK Constructors, Seattle,
Washington, with a bid of $2,294,256.
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