FROm UJHflT I HEAR
Palmer is out to snatch the seat of gov
ernment from Juneau when Alaska finally en
ters the union. Rep. John Eugge has offered
20 acres of land in the Valley to the legis
lature as site for a new capital. Rep.
Steve McCutcheon had preceded that offer
with a motion to transfer the capital from
Juneau to Palmer. • ' • ,
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Legislators politely said thank you and
invited Mr. Eugge- to* come back ;another year,
or at the statehood convention, to repeat
his offer, which ' was not -entirely without
strings. The land was offered on condition
that construction of federal buildings be
completed two years from last.Feb. 15.
The Senators say their bill appointing an
administrator general to replace the terri
torial governor is a step toward statehood*
They’re requiring that the man Who fills the
office (He won’t be elected for two years
yet) be a 10-year resident of Alaska and at
least 40 years of age* The auditor . would
fill the office until Alaskans can vote for
a new man. The bill has passed the Senate,
by the way, by a 12-4 count.
The first big battle of this year’s ses
sion ended in the Senate last week, when the
bill which would .wipe out the Alaska Devel
opment Board was passed by a 9-7 margin. The
bill now goes to the House, ’."hat will hap
pen there is anybody’s guess. There are
those who feel that the Democratic majority
in the house will kill the bill, but there
are others who say that the bill will cut
through party lines as it did in the Senate.
If both houses pass the bill, it’s still
doubtful that a two-thirds majority can be
lined up in both chambers to pass the mea
sure over the governor’s veto. But the
bill’s supporters say that might not be nec
essary. There’s still the matter of aoprop
riations for the board’s continued work, and
if a strong showing in favcr ’of abolishment
of the Board is made, then the men who held
the purse strings can kill it just as effec
tively by slashing the appropriation for the
next two years.
At TheChurches
Gospel Center
Sunday School 10:30
Church 7:30
Sermon: Studies
in the book of
Colossians•
Motherfs class 1:30
(Thursday)
Services held in
Union Hall.
Methodist Church
Sunday School 2:00
AURORA IS BACK
IN PUBLICATION
The Aurora, school
newspaper, was back
on the streets again
Thursday after an ab
sence of several
months because of a
paper shortage.
Signs of the times
in Seldovia: Boat
owners beginning to
delve into the my
steries of gasboat
engines--the weekly
reappearance of one
or two of our migrant
fishing folk from the
south--mud and goo
instead of ice and
snow--bicycles back
on the Boardwalk--an
chors and other ma
rine accessories on
display in store win
dows •
It all adds up to
spring, even if the
calendar does say
it*s just March 1 to
day.