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Y'ol. 20, No. 50
Wednesday, January 17, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
RECOMMEND RETIREMENT
ANCHORAGE—The Alaska Judi
cial Council has recommended to
the State Supreme Court that Su
perior Court Judge J. Earl Cooper
be retired from the bench because
of physical disability.
VOTE WET
KOTZEBUE—Voters in Kotzebue
have voted favoring a wet village
with a vote ,of 169 for a non-profit
alcoholic corporation and 142 op
posed as well as favoring alcoholic
beverages to be sold in the com
munity.
RATES DOWN
ANCHORAGE—Sweeping rate re
ductions in grocery shipments to
Alaska from west coast ports by
Puget Sound-Alaska Van Lines,
were announced Friday by George
Hutton, vice president of the firm.
(Continued on Page Five)
caught
in the
sluice
box
By Buckwheat Charley
Wal, all of Alaska’s finest
flowers is all set for bloomin
seasin ‘down in Juneau. Yep,
our grate legislature is gittin all
ready for a few fast rounds
startin next Monday. (Wonder
if they is gonna slash there pay
agin?)
Meanwhile, all us taxpayers
is gonna sit at home an pop the
buttons off our shirts. '(Not from
pride . . . we jist can’t afford to
buy new shirts.)
The BUCKWHEAT PARTY
is gonna watch this session with
a eagle eye. We is all set to blast
them as a do nuthin legislature,
soon as they git convened. (That
way we will beat the republi
cuns to the punch . . . they is
so cautious they usually waits
a couple of davs.i
Some folks has the ridikulous
notion there is gonna he a lot of
politicking down at the legisla
ture. Ole buck predicts there
xoon’t he anymore then there
usually is. (That’s a bold, fear
less news-miner kind of predic
tion. )
Wal, the southeastern demo
crats has gone an went an en
dorsed pore ole eagle bill Egun
for governer agin. Southeastern
Alaskuns is interestin people.
They is very fair. They votes
demacrat in the primary elec
tions an republicun in the gen
rul elections.
Ya know, politics is jist like
baseball. Pore wendill kay made
the mistake of startin a game
down in southeastern an got
knocked out of the box . . . an
then jist when all the good re
publicun newspapers was fresh
out of demacrat fight copy, why
along comes the relief pitcher
(John rader) who has been sit
fContinued on Page 4)
FIRST ALASKA DELEGATE FETED — Fifty-five years of the his
H«*rv of Alaska’s struggle toward self-government were recalled in
Washington this week when Frank A. Waskey, right, called on Sen
ator Ernest Grutning. Waskey, then a prospector and miner living
at Iron Creek near Nome, was elected in 1906 as Alaska's first del
egate in Congress following enactment of the law which gave Alaska
its first representation at the national capital. He served a short
term in 1906-07. Mr. and Mrs. Waskey now live at Olney, Maryland.
CITY COUNCIL NEWS BRIEFS
The Fairbanks City Council
Monday night passed Ordinance
1121, which amends the Fire
Prevention Code; placed in
reading four-' Ordinances, two
dealing with rezoning, one ex
tending redemption periods on
tax foreclosures and one dealing
with toft claims against the
City; and witnessed a sharp
verbal exchange between Coun
cilmen Boucher and Brewing
ton. •
Highlight of the meeting came
under the special order of business.
Councilman ■ Darrell Brewington
stated that he felt that when con
tractors made alterations in the
specifications of City plans which
would debit or credit the project
Senator Bartlett
Hails Agreement
Among Shippers
The Alaska Railroad recently
concluded an agreement with the
Canadian National Railroad to con
nect Port Rupert to Whittier and the
Railbelt by a Canadian sea train
operation, according to Senator E.
L. “Bob” Bartlett.
The new service, which will begin
around the first of May, will pro
vide twice-a-month trips. Each trip
will involve 24 freight cars, which
will be unloaded at a special rail
road car slip which will be con
structed at Whittier.
Senator Bartlett stated that the
plans for handling loaded freight
cars from Whittier for movement to
points on the Alaska Railroad
"should bring about an appreciable
reduction in overall transportation
costs on goods shipped to and from
southwestern Alaska and the east
ern and middle western States,”
pointing out that some 600 miles ol
water haul would be avoided.
more than $1,000, the alterations
should be approved by the council.
He explained that the council mem
bers might not be aware that there
were a number of alterations in the
new Fire Hall.
Councilman Red Boucher took ex
ception to Brewington's remarks,
stating, "I resent Mr. Brewington’s
indicating that the rest of the coun
cil is not cognizant of everything
he knows. There's a hell of a lot of
tilings that the council knows that
: they don't tell,' Boucher added.
; Brewington then took exception
j to Boucher's remarks, stating, “If
| Mr. Boucher thinks he can stop a
councilman from thinking he's sad
ly mistaken.'’
“I don’t object to your thinking,”
Boucher replied, “just make sure
it's your own thinking.”
Roberts In Middle
Brewington and Boucher made
sharp exchanges later in the meet
ing. at which point councilman Tom
Roberts, who sits between the two
pleaded. “Fellows, be careful. I’m in
the middle.” “You're the one who
should be careful,” councilwoman
Ringstad replied.
Councilwoman Ringstad also ob
pected to the ridges of snow being
left on the sidewalks after clearing
them with the City graders. She
stated that while she felt the
thought was good, she felt it did
more harm than good.
(Continued on page 10.)
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 22, J. ..
Low Temp.: -18. Jan. 12
Ave. Temp.: 7, 4 below normal
Preeip.: .32, 4.4 snow, 20 inches o!
snow on ground
Outlook: Fair to cloudy, snow and
cooler.
Sunrise: 9:20 a.m. Sunset: 2:45 p.m
5:25 hours of daylight, 5 min. gair
73 earthquakes recorded in a 20<
mile radius of Fairbanks accord
ing to Coast and Geodetic Survey
Second Alaska Legislature
Will Convene Next Monday
Gavels will sound in Juneau for the first time Monday. That's
the day the Second Session of the Second Alaska State Legis
lature convenes.
The Legislators will meet in surroundings that will be any
thing but calm. With avowed and unannounced candidates for
governor aoounaing at virtually^
every street corner in Alaska, the !
session promises to be a stormy one, |
from start to finish.
* * *
Governor William Egan's two
messages to the Legislature will
be broadcast live and direct to
Fairbanks over Radio Station
KFRB. The “State of the State”
address will be aired at 1 p.m.
next Tuesday. Egan’s budget mes
sage will be presented at 1 p.m.
next Wednesday.
* * *
Presiding over the House of
Representatives again will be
Speaker of the House Warren A.
Taylor, who has already filed for
the top spot in Alaska’s State gov
ernment. Senate President Frank
Peratrovich will be back steering
the Alaska Senate after a brief
flirtation with the post of Area Di
rector of the Alaska Native Service.
Peratrovich never did take the
job. He pulled out after charging
| that the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
; refused to give him a free hand in
i running the Alaska post.
Free Hand
With the tasks of transition from
territorial to State status virtually
] mopped up, the Second Session will
have a free hand to range into the
many intricate problems facing
Alaska. Foremost among these will
be an accelerated economic develop
ment program.
Alaska Governor William Egan
has already indicated he will have
specific proposals to submit on this
subject. Egan got the ball rolling
; some time ago with the appoint
ment of a Governor's Advisory Com
j mittee on Economic Development.
Organized labor, through legis
| lative representative Henry Hed
berg, announced several months
ago that they would press for a
twelve point program of labor legis
lation. Veteran observers predict
Fort Yukon Picks
Seven People As
Council Members
Seven people were elected to two j
and one year terms on the Fort
Yukon City Council in a general
election held January 9.
Elected to two year terms were:
Kenneth Garrison, Marjorie Eng
lishoe, Charlotte Alexander, and
Grafton Gabriel.
Elected ;o one year terms were:
Jonathan Solomon, Mardow Solo
mon, and P. J. Doyle.
Starting this year, Councilmen
will come up for re-electfon on al
ternate years, to provide carry-over
councilmen. This system will keep
; at least three council veterans in of
fice after each election to assist the
newly elected councilmen.
' The turnout for the election was
, reported to be very good, consider
. i ing that the council election was the
, I only issue.
the program will have tough sled
ding.
Sportsmen's groups and the edu
cation lobby have made it evident
they will once again seek a change
in the administrative setup their
related departments operate under.
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Call For Bids On
$2,500,000 Worth
Of Pipeline W ork
Sealed bids are asked for modifi
cation of the Haines-Fairbanks
pipeline at eight sites in Alaska
and Canada.
Bids will be received for the pro
ject until February 21 and then
publicly opened by the U.S. Army
Engineer District, Alaska.
The eight sites are located at
Blanchard River Station. Destruc
tion Bay Station and Beaver Creek
Station, all in Canada; and Tok,
Lakeview, Sears Creek, Eielson
AFB, Timber and Haines, all in
Alaska.
The value of the proposed work
has been estimated at approximate
ly $2,500,000.
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