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Tin Mines Could Operate Here
SEN. PE ARSE WALSH has called our attention to an article
in the U.S. News and World Report:
"Tin supplies are very short in world markets. The tin price
at $1.21 a pound is up 20 per cent in the last year. But it isn’t
enough for Bolivia, Latin America’s biggest producer. Its na
tionalized mines are the world’s highest cost ones. Even with tin
at $1.21 they can’t make money. The U.S. is considering releasing
large amounts of tin from its strategic stockpile to keep tin prices
from going through the roof.”
This is very encouraging news for us, states Sen. Walsh, who
last week introduced a resolution in the State Legislatuse to sup
port Rep. Ralph Rivers’ bill on tin now in Congress.
With die road work planned to complete the Nome-Teller
Road and the projected road to Lost River, there is more hope
than ever that the tin mines could operate and supply our own
nation as well as foreign countries with this important mineral.
JFK POSTPONES TV
TALKS WITH NIKITA
WASHINGTON to — The White
House said Thursday a proposed
exchange of television talks by
President Kennedy and Soviet
Premier Khrushchev has been
postponed because the atmosphere
is not right.
Press secretary Pierre Salinger
said plans for the joint show have
been put off uptil later in the
year
"tit was mutually agreed,” he
said, “that this particular time
did not provide the right atmo
sphere for such an exchange.”
Under original plans the two j
world leaders would have been
on the air on March 25, in the
midst of the deliberations at Gen
eva on disarmament.
ONLY IS YEANS . . .
DECATUR, 111. UP — The people
at the Association of Commerce
got up a little surprise luncheon
Wednesday for Edwin Huntley,
assistant executive of the asso
ciation.
A delegation was sent out tc
buy a gift for Huntley in recog
nition of 20 years of service with
the organization. '
Somewhere between the tomato
juice and the salad, there was no
ticeable whispering at the speak
er’s table. All 20 lunchefs ate
their meals and left. The delega
tion took the gift along.
Huntley, it was discovered a
little late, has been with the
association only 19 years.
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IN COOPERATION WITH ALASKA STATE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Gov. Egan Submits Six-Year Capital Construction
Program Proposing a Total Outlay of $388,812,748
By wara suns
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU t?) — A six-year capi- |
tal construction program, propos
ing a total outlay of $388,812,748
was presented to the House and
Senate by Gov. Win. Egan Thurs
day.
The Governor also recommend
ed that the Legislature authorize,
subject to ratification by the
voters, the issuance of $15.7 mil
lion in general obligation bonds
to help finance the first two years
of the program, in fiscal 1963
and 1964.
Egan emphasized that the capi
tal construction program for fiscal
1963 and fiscal 1964, to be financed
by the $15.7 million in GO bonds,
would be the only firm commit
ment the state would be making.
He said projects proposed for
fiscal years 1965 through 1968
were desirable projects which
| “will have to await future assess
! ment of need, of ability to pay,
and the intent of the people of
: Alaska in future years.
“This ($15.7 million) bonding
: proposal is an outgrowht of de
mands by people throughout Alas
ka, not for luxuries, but for bare
necessities,” Egan said.
“It is what the people have in
sisted upon in their petitions, let
ters and public statements. It is
what we, their elected repre
sentatives, must endeavor to pro
For Highway Construction
The bulk of the $338.8 million,
73.3 per cent, or $284,892,457,
would go for highways construc
tion and maintenance, pioneer ac
cess roads, harbor facilities, air
ports, tourist facilities, biological
facilities and minerals analysis.
For State-Operated Schools
Of the remainder, 18.4 per cent
or $71,624,000, would go for edu
cational facilities, including state
operated elementary and second
ary schools, vocational schools and
the University of Alaska.
The remaining funds would go
for public safety facilities, $1,
166,700; health and welfare, $30,
339.291; and general government,
including office bidding additions
and alterations, $790,300.
For Six-Year Program
The federal grants in aid are
expected to provide $241,553 of
the total needed for the six-year
program.
State general obligation bonds
for which authorization is still re
quired would provide $59,822,550.
Another $47,486,145 would be
provided through general fund
appropriations.
Local matching funds would
amount to $18,648,000.
The rest of the money would
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come from special fund appropri
ations, $2,700,650; general obli
gation bonds already authorized,
$2,729,850; revenue bonds already
authorized, $5,000,000; revenue
bonds still to be authorized. $8.
000,000; and private donations,
$3,000,000.
Presented Program Himself
In an unsual move, Egan pre
sented the program himself. In
the past, the governor has nor
mally appeared in person before
the legislature only twice during
each session, in presenting the
state of state and budget mes
sages.
Egan said the budget he pre
sented to the legislature at the
opening of this session included
some $9 million for capital im
provements.
This money, he said, could be
used to construct, repair and re
place temporary classrooms.
“Airport and seaplane facilities
could be constructed at Funter
Bay, Gambell and Kotzebue. A
half-million dollars in pioneer
road construction could be under
taken. Our federal aid highway
entitlement could be matched.
“At the University of Alaska,
advance planning for a Fine Arts
Building, provision for parking
facilities and landscaping, con
struction of a dairy feed and ma
terials storage building, and first
phase construction of a heating
plant could be accomplished.
Other items in the capital bud
get include enlargement of the
State Minerals Bldg, in Anchor
age, construction of several way
side camps and scenic overlooks,
various improvements to our fish
eries research program, and re
habilitation of various highway
maintenance camps.”
The Governor said $5 million
of the $15.7 million in general
obligation bonds which he pro
posed be floated to finance capi
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tal construction during fiscal 1963
and 1964 go for new construction
and additions to state operated
elementary and secondary schools.
To Be Used for Construction
Egan said another bond issue
of $7.2 million would be used for
construction of an addition to the
Engineering and Physical Sci
ences Bldg., a Biological Sciences
and Renewable Resources Bldg.,
and completion of the new heat
ing plant at the University of
Alaska.
“Expansion of facilities at the
university is expected to lead to
the initiation of new research
programs which, in effect, con
stitute a major contribution to
Alaska’s economy,” Egan said.
The Governoi said facilities at
the University which are directly
associated with Polar and Arctic
research are expected to be fi
nanced from federal resources.
“The University of Alaska is
fast becoming one of the nation’s
major academic research centers,”
Egan said.
Interest Would Increase
“With the sale of the $15.7
million in general obligation bonds
I am recommending here, the total
cost of principal and interest paid
by the State of Alaska for bonds
would increase by approximately
$960,000 a year,” Egan said.
“It is an amount within our
ability to pay.”
Egan did not agree with those
who say that the state should
“move on a program of this type
on a current basis.
“I do not want to tell Alaska’s
children who are now without
adequate schools that they must
wait for many years before a
school is available. A child is a
child but once. He cannot wait,
he has no second chance.”
“The same logic holds true for
the proposed improvements at the
University of Alaska, Egan said.
“We must build highways, air
ports, pioneer access roads, camp
sites, harbor and school facilities,
because we know that only by
helping ourselves, by improving
our transportation system and ac
cessibility, We will develop arid
gain economic stature that the
people of Alaska need, expect and
deserve,” Egan concluded.
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