Gas for Barrow
Runs Into Delay
WASHINGTON </P> — A bill to
make natural gas available to the
native Alaskan village of Barrow
ran into a delay Thursday.
Members of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, i n r 1 u d ing
Chairman Richard Russell, (D
Ga.), told a Navy captain testifying
on the bill that additional informa
tion is needed.
Russell said he did not know of
any case where “the government
has gone into the business of sell
ing gas.”
“I want to see where we are
going,” he said, adding that he
hopes the Navy can supply cost
estimates and other details.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett sponsor of
the bill, told the committee that
whether or not the gas is made
available to the 1,300 or more resi-i
dents of Barrow the Navy will have |
to drill a third well
“I have no doubt the people
there (in Barrow) could and would
pay” for use of the gas, he added.
Bartlett said gas is now made
available to government installa
tions in the Barrow area, but resi
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| FOUR ALASKA STUDENTS
I WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
EVANSTON, 111. — Four
j Alaska high school students were
i named yesterday as winners of
four-year scholarships under the
National Merit Scholarship pro
gram.
More than 1,000 winners were
named nationally, the largest num
ber in the seven-year history of
the program. The dollar value of
the awards nationally is estimated
at $4.5 million.
Winners choose their colleges and
the amount of each award is based I
on financial need. Stipends range
from $400 to $6,000 for the four
years of college.
Alaska winners and the colleges
they have selected are:
David A. Judd, Anchorage,
Stanford University; Walter C.
Hector, Anchorage, school to be
designated; Garret L. Sheldon, Ju
neau, Massachusetts Institute , of
Technology, and Gale E. Johnstone,
Sitka, University of California.
dents of Barrow must buy coal and
oil at very high prices.
Navy Capt. Curtis Youngblood,
deputy director and counsel of
Naval Petroleum Reserves, testi
fied no direct national defense pur
pose would be achieved by the
bill.
“However, the ends to be
achieved are so intricately related
to the welfare and economics of
the people in the area and of the
federal agencies concerned” the
bill would “serve a humanitarian
and over-all defense purpose,” he
said.
In reply to questions, Youngblood
said the last well drilled in that area
cost $330,000. He said he does not
know what the charges, if any,
would be for the gas.
“I don’t think it would be a
money making proposition for the
government,” he added.
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SEVEN MORE FILE
JUNEAU — Three declara
tions of candidacy for the State
Senate and four for the House of
Representatives were filed yester
day with Secretary of State Hugh
Wade.
The filings included that of John
Butrovich Jr., of Fairbanks, who
will seek the Republican nomina
tion for the Senate seat now held
by Democrat George McNabb, also j
of Fairbanks, for District J.
Other candidates to declare for
the Senate were:
Alexander Petrovich of Sew-1
ard, who will seek the Republican |
nomination from District H.
Lloyd Zimin of South Naknek,
who will seek the Democratic
nomination for District K.
New candidates for the House of
Representatives included:
Linn A. Forest Jr., of Juneau, a
Republican, for District 4.
Urban E. Rahoi of Fairbanks, a
Democrat, for District 16.
Francis X. Wirth Jr., a Demo
crat, for District 16. Wirth served
in the territorial legislature in
1957-59.
Carl F. Heflinger of Fairbanks,
a Republican, for District 16.
FI LINGDEADLINE
All persons planning to file for
State or Federal offices are remind
ed that Tuesday May 1 is the last
day of filing, stated Clerk of the
Court, Grace Herman. The time
set is 4:00 p.m.
Baby Boy for Ausiermans
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Austerman
are the parents of a son, Harold
James, born on April 13 in Min
neapolis, Minn. Mrs. Austerman
is the former Lola Ost and this:
is the 11th great-grandchild for
Rev. L. E. Ost of Marshall, Alaska.
TOO CROWDED . . .
Lawrence Davis and family, who
have been living in Chicago, where
they were sent on the relocation
plan of the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs are back and state that Chi
i cago is too crowded.
CONVENTION COMMITTEES
An information desk is being
set up in the North Star for
visitors to Nome who are attend
ing the Democratic State Conven
tion. It will be manned by volun
teers from the Democratic Women
and Young Democrats of Nome.
Local committees handling ar
rangements for the convention are:
Convention co-chairmen — Stan
Harhut and Bob Scott.
Registration — Lorena Gray, Elsie
Sanders and Margo Balone.
Convention Hall—Tom Balone.
Housing—Ernie Gustafson.
Delegate Badges—-Peggy Kelliher
and Helen Fagerstrom.
Banquet Ticket Sales — Mary An
dersen.
Saturday Night Dance — Young
Democrats, Suzanne Fagerstrom.
Finance—Jim McLean.
Tea Honoring Mrs. Loveless —
Peggy Kelliher.
Banquet—Pete Walsh and Maurice
Kelliher.
Publicity — Ruth McLean.
Savoonga Presbyterians
Enroule to Meetings
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur French of
Savoonga are in Nome, enroute
to meetings of their church in An
chorage and Denver.
Rev. French and Edward Golo
gergan, elder of the Savoonga
Presbyterian Church, will attend
the Yukon Presbytery at Anchor
age, and the general assembly of
the United Presbyterian Church
in Denver, Colo, on May 17 to
23.
Mrs. French and Mrs. Waghiyi
of Savoonga will attend a women’s
meeting—the Presbyterial—at An
chorage.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
Attend Guidance Conference
High School Principal Richard
McCormick left Wednesday after
noon for Fairbanks to attend a
conference of guidance and coun
seling advisors, which is being
sponsored by the State Depart
ment of Education.
The conference will conclude to
day and has been planned to assist
in high school guidance programs
throughout the state.
Mr. McCormick is expected
back tomorrow.
T£,UUJ nJE.JC.J-> nvpu.
Teddy Reed just returned from
Anchorage where he was called to
confer with Shell Oil Co., who are
planning to start their off-shore
mining operation.
Reed has been a tug boat cap
tain for many years and has had
much experience with the harbor
and local navigation problems.
While in Anchorage he enjoyed
a visit with Walt Sipprell, former
Alaska Steamship agent here as
well as visiting with Bill Brown,
harbor engineer, who is recuperat
ing from surgery and hopes to be
back in a couple of weeks.
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WATCH
to the
Nome Drug Store
for
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