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NOT EXACTLY A COLOSSUS
Big Land Withdrawal
Gets Full-Scale Airing
JUNEAU UP) — A little resolu
tion over a big land withdrawal!
got a full-scale airing in the
House yesterday.
Before it was over, excused
lawmakers on their way to lunch
‘ were hauled back under a call
of the House to vote on the
measure.
The resolution protests the
^withdrawal of 1.8 million acres
for the Kuskokwim National
’ Wildlife Range, ordered in De
cember of 1960 by former Interior
Secretary Fred Seaton.
Its author, iRep. Ray Christian
sen of Bethel, said the withdrawal
was made despite the protests of
the people of the area and asked
In the resolution that the land
be returned to its original status.
The measure passed 23-17.
The area was described by Rep.
Grant Pearson, of Nenana, as one
of the last great nesting grounds
for black brant and cackling
geese. He said under provisions
of the withdrawal action, Alas
kans are still permitted to hunt,
fish and trap in the range.
“I think this resolution would
do more harm than good,” agreed
Rep. Mark Jensen, of Douglas.
"It would point out the fact that
such activities are permitted on
the range.”
Rep. Morgan Reed, of Skagway,
spoke in support of the measure.
“I violently oppose these vast
land withdrawals. I think every
one of them should be protested,”
Reed said.
NOTE FOR TAXPAYERS
Taxpayers having incomes up
to $10,000 may again use the
simple card Form 1040A in filing
their 1961 federal income tax re
turn, Lewis Conrad, Director of
Internal Revenue for the Anchor
age District, reminded recently.
Taxpayers who have doubts
about which form to use may get
Document No. 5107, ‘^Filing Your
Tax Return,” by writing Box 1500,
Anchorage. Mr. Conrad said.
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BIA Expects to
Advance $351,110 to
Alaska Native Villages
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
expects to advance $351,110 to a
number of Alaska native com
munities before June 30 from the
general credit fund available for
loans, according to information
given Sen. Bartlett by BIA offi
cials.
Included in the advances ex
pected to be made in loans before
the end of the 1962 fiscal year to
Alaska communities are $190,000
for the Alaska Native Arts and
Crafts to place the operations on
a cash basis ($45,000 already ad
vanced); $15,000 for operations at
Diomede; $13,360 for store opera
tions at Koyuk; $30,000 to be ad
vanced at Scammon Bay; and
$25,000 for construction of a new
store warehouse at Unalakleet.
In addition $465,000 is listed
for possible loans after the 1962
fiscal year, including $20,000 for
operating capital at Barrow; $50,
000 for an electric plant at Bar
row; $25,000 for operating capital
and building at King Island; and
$10,000 for a store building at
White Mountain.
RIGHT ON THE HEAD . . .
RIPLEY, Tenn. OB — The City
Power Board, holding its meeting
in a restaurant, adjourned abrupt
ly after a light fixture fell from
a ceiling and hit board member
John Holmes.
Holmes suffered a minor scalp
cut. Others nearby were sprinkled
with glass.
The restaurant owner checked
his liability insurance policy and
relaxed. His insurance agent:
John Holmes.
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Plans Made for
Barrow Hospital
WASHINGTON <m — Plans for
construction at Barrow of the
farthest north field hospital in this
hemisphere depend on congres
sional approval of needed funds,
a Public Health Service spokes
man said recently.
The Service’s Division of In
! dian Health is asking for $2.3
million in the 1962-63 budget for
the 12-bed hospital and out
patient clinic and for about $700,
000 additional to provide 12 resi
dence quarters for doctors and
nurses, a total of about $3 million.
The location, 200 miles above
the Arctic Circle and not for
from the spot where famed
humorist Will Rogers lost his life
in a plan chrash with Wiley Post
in the mid 1930’s, is a major con
tributing factor to the high-cost
for a 12-bed hospital.
The spokesman said normally
it is possible to reach nearby
Point Barrow, northernmost point
in the United States, by ship dur
ing only a few weeks in the year.
The proposed hospital would re
place an existing facility which
was declared unacceptable and a
fire hazard in 1952.
The original one-story hospital
at Barrow was constructed in
1930 with a reported capacity of
17 beds. Quonset huts have been
added and there has been a re
arrangement of space, with 15
beds currently reported available.
There are no separate outpatient
clinics or isolation facilities avail
able.
Barrow is one of the largest
native villages in Alaska, with a
native population of about 1,800
within the 25,000-square-mile area
served by the Barrow Health
Service unit, including about
1,300 at Barrow itself.
The existing hospital had 483
admissions during the year ended
June 10, 1960, not including
births, and an average daily pa
tient census of 9, excluding new
born. There were 10,052 medical
outpatient visits and 3,111 dental
outpatient visits. Those are the
latest work-load figures available.
The cherry, peach, strawberry,
apple, blackberry, apricot, plum,
rasberry and pear are all mem
bers of the rose family.
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House Refuses to Outlaw
Personal Property Tax
JUNEAU UR — The House yes
terday refused to consider a bill
which would outlaw the personal
property tax.
The measure had received the
unanimous thumbs down treat
ment from the State Affairs Com
mittee, it came out from the Local
Government Committee with all
members but one, Rep. Leo
Rhode, of Homer, recommending
that it be rejected.
Arguing for his measure, Rep.
Henry Pratt of Anchorage, told
the House that the personal prop
erty tax was “the most unfair
and hardest to police” form of
taxation.
Rep. Morgan Reed, of Skagway,
chairman of the State Affairs
Committee, said that if the per
sonal property tax were elimin
ated, it would throw all of the
■burden on the real property tax.
In a voice vote, the House re
fused to pass the bill along to
the Rules Committee for place
ment on the calendar.
Secty. of Interior Udall
Invited to Fur Rendezvous
Secretary of the Interior Stew
art Udall has been invited by
Greater Anchorage, Inc., president
Richard Beaulieu to be an honor
guest at the forthcoming Fur
Rendezvous, Feb. 20-25.
Beaulieu has sent Udall an offi
cial letter plus a more colorful
invitation printed on a Pribilof
seal skin.
Economic Union. With TJ.S.,
Would Swallow Canada
VANCOUVER, B.C. UP) _
Canada would be swallowed
without a trace if it agreed to
an economic union with the Unit
ed States, a Vancouver economist
said yesterday.
John Davis, director of planning
and research for the giant B C
Electric Public Utility, told a
Chamber of Commerce uncheon
that economic union would put
Canada in the same position as
Hawaii or Alaska—a tail unable
to wag the dog.
On the other hand he felt the
European Common Market pre
sented a golden opportunity for
Canada. It would improve busi
ness, help in defense and leave
the Canadian identity preserved.
Western Europe now was a
commercial entity as big as the
U.S, and in a position to bargain
for tariff reductions. If Europe
drove down U.S. tariffs on say
chemicals, then Canada probably
would get the same concessions
from the U.S., he said.
One Priest in 66 Years
WILMINGTON, Del W — Dur
ing its entire 66 years St. Hed
wig’s Roman Catholic Church had
only one priest — the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. John S. Gucz. He died yes
terday in the church rectory at
the age of 95.
Msgr. Gucz was the senior
priest in the Diocese and the
oldest living alumnus of S.S.
Cyril and Methodius Seminary,
Orchard Lake, Mich.
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