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THE FIZZLE FAMILY
By H.T. Elmo
Alaska Steam Mav
(]ul Off Service to
Alaska Outposts
SEATTLE IP — The Alaska
Steamship Co will be forced to
cut off its service to many Alaska
outposts if thi' Federal Maritime
Commission orders a reduction in
present cargo rates, President D.
M. Skinner warned Wednesday.
Tile Federal Commission now is
holding hearings on objections by
tiie State of Alaska to 10-per-ccnt
cargo rate increases that went into
effect in January, I960. An FMC
examiner has recommended that
the increases be ruled out.
If the 10-per-cent increase is
ruled out. Skinner said Wednesday,
Alaska Steam will have no alterna
tive except to either cut service
or withdraw entirely from the
Alaska trade.
Skinner indicated that the prob
able decision would be to limit
service to major Alaska ports, with
some exceptions, and discontinue
freighter service the company now
provides at a loss for the out
ports.
“This isn’t a threat,” Skinner
said. "This is just a fact of life.
We couldn’t possibly afford to pro
vide full service any longer.”
In representing Alaska Steam at
the federal hearing, attorney
Stanley B. Long declared that the
line was in the red for the first
seven months of this year. Without
the 10-per-cent increase. Long said,
the losses would have b e e n
$714,000.
Withdrawal of Alaska Steam
ship service to Alaska outports
apparently would put the burden
of supplying them on the shoulders
of the Alaska state government.
Alaska Steam provides one sail
ing a week to Southeast Alaska,
two a week to Seward and the
Alaska railbelt and one every three
weeks to Kodiak and Cook Inlet.
On 192 voyages last year the 14
freighters of the Alaska Steam
fleet made 876 calls at some 60
Alaska ports from Ketchikan to
Kotzebue.
Rabbits had to learn to multiply
in order to survive. Because of
many natural enemies, only one of
every 20 cottontail bunnies lives
to celebrate its first birthday.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pete Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Carl Mlchwlson, W. M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuasday of I Vary
Month at School
Dorothy Grant, PrasUUnt
Harriet Amundsen, Secretory
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Meets 1st and Sid Wednesdays
Ralph DeLong, Proa.
Chas. D. Jones. Sooty.
Civil Air Patrol
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