ARE the LIFELINE of MODERN ALASKA
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IF YOU USE THE TELEPHONE OR RADIO - READ THIS!
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Whether it is in the private home, or in private business, the telephone and commerc ial radio is a vital link in cities and in the remote areas. Any federal bureaucr acy
that stifles adequate, low-cost communications in Alaska, also stifles the well-being of Alaska citizens. The Trans-Alaska Telephone Cbmpany is now taking the case of the
Alaska Communications System (ACS) to Washington, D.C., for denying adequate telephone service and radio communications for individuals and business firms in out
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lying Alaskan communities who must keep in contact with the larger Alaskan cities.
* A contractor, fisherman, businessman or private individual
whose application to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) for a radio license has been objected to or delayed by
the Alaska Communications System (ACS).
* A citizen of a community that has poor, or non-existent ser
vice from the ACS.
* A businessman who needs a pay telephone at his place of busi
ness or roadhouse.
* A miner or prospector who has been forced to use ACS “small
phones” radio at specifieu times only.
* A homesteader or propery owner who has no service whatso
ever . . .
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
IF YOU ARE:
PLEASE WRITE US A LETTER OR POSTCARD AND IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSI>
BLE, EXPLAIN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS. YOUR COOPERATION WILL HELP US
PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT TELEPHONE AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AT LOWER
COSTS TO OUTLYING ALASKAN COMMUNITIES.
* ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (ACS) PAYS
NO TAXES IN ALASKA, YET THEY COLLECTED AL
MOST $4 MILLION IN THIS STATE LAST YEAR.
♦ ACS IS A LAW UNTO ITSELF; NO ALASKAN HAS
A VOICE IN ITS POLICIES, WHAT IT CHARGES
FOR SERVICE, OR EVEN WHEN OR WHERE SER
VICE WILL BE SUPPLIED.
REMEMBER
* ACS HAS THE POWER TO STOP ANY
INDIVIDUAL OR BUSINESS FROM
OBTAINING COMMON CARRIER RAD
IO LICENSES FROM THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
(FCC). THEY ACT AS JUDGE AND JU
RY ON VIRTUALLY ALL COMMUNI
CATIONS FACILITIES IN ALASKA —
USING YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO KEEP
YOU WITHIN THEIR BUREAURATIC
GRASP.
* ACS USES MILITARY PERSONNEL TO DO CON
STRUCTION & MAINTENANCE JOBS THAT YOUR
LONG DISTANCE DOLLARS PAY FOR, AND THAT
COULD BE DONE BY ALASKANS!
SEND YOUR LETTER TO
110 SIXTH AVENUE - ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
DO IT TODAY!
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