Alaska Airlines
Proposed Group
Farr Discount
Draws Protests
WASHINGTON t.T - A pro
posal by Alaska Airlines to offer
a 2a per cent group fare discount
between Seattle and Fairbanks and
Anchorage, drew complaints from
its competitors.
The proposed tourist class fare
for groups of ID or more — S87
between Seattle and Anchorage.
$75 between Seattle and Fair
banks—would go into effect Oct.
30.
Nor-'" vest Airlines told the
Civil A-Tonauties Board the pro
posed fare "sharply undercuts'
the $104 fare of Northwest ana
Pacific Northern U tween Scathe
and Anchorage.
Northwest said Alaska receive 1
$1.71.".tVO in subsidy in the year
endin hast March 31, on the
Pacifi • Norihmest-Fairbnnks- An
chora . service, and should not bo
allow, ; to use this money "as a
CUsh i* :
“Indeed, on the Seat tl e-Fair
banks segment Ala. ska rceGves
inoia s'h idy nor y ssenger t1 an
it d e - l om v.erciai revenue per
passage, ' N- • rthwes* • !.
Pai .c Nr.rth.ern A:ilines, .'Min
ing in a renu. -t f r suspension of
the pr ' :a.re cut. -'aid this
was "oniy a fu * er step in a long
serii ■ t et -- the .irt of
Aim., , A : h■ a s t,. bt.se the- fare
and rate stru.Ut e m matnland
Alaska service.”
Pacific Northern said so much
Alaska traffic travels in groups—
cannery workers, fishermen and
the like — that if Northwest and
Pacific Northern were to meet the
proposed fare cuts they would lose
at least $500,000 a year in revenue 1
from traffic customarily carried at t
present fare levels. (
Pan American World Airways
said the CAB last April 12 pre
scribed $99 as the lawful minimum
fare for tourist or coach service
between Seattle and Fairbanks.
The proposed $75 fare “clearly vio
lates the board’s order and should
be rejected forthwith.” Pan Amer
ican said.
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Stevens Proposes
“Pioneers For Progress”
Corns For Alaska Natives
SITKA i.T — Ted Stevens, Re
publican candidate for the U.S.
Senate, Thursday proposed the cre
ation of a new division of the
Peace Corps to help the natives of
Alaska help themselves.
In a speech before the Alaska
Native Brotherhood and the Alas
ka Native Sisterhood Conventions,
Stevens said the new organiza
tion could be called the Pioneers
for Progress.
The new organization, Stevens
said, would be “dedicated to ini- .
proving the ability of their fel
v v \mericans to meet the dial
Vnges f developing our underdo- I
velopid economy."
The Pioneers for Progress,
Stia -• said, could tram residents
: native villages in Southeast
A! - a; to operate unaM lumber
mills and to do carpentry, to im
prove housing in the villages.
In. the interior areas of Alaska, j
Stevens said, natives could be
u a . d to operate heavy equip
lent used in road and other con- j
traction
“This may sound strange — j
coming from a Republican — but |
! believe we should act to create j
• •mnleyment, rather than fight over |
• e problem.- unemployment," :
Stevens said.
■ I v. sh(mid hi I ;> our
ueople a b.elp themselves rather
than argue over the problems
cam-. by welfare concepts.”
Stevens said that, if elected, he
would also attempt to find a so
lemn for tiie "air .banding prob
em of the extant and nature of
Alaska native claims."
lie .. i ids >: a. (! general elec- j
ier. opponent, Sen. Ernest Gruen- i
ng. has failed as a member of i
he Senate to do anything to solve I
he pro!hem. although Stevens said !
druening. as governor of Alaska, j
urged action ion the native claims
problem* and in writing criticized
others for failing to act. . . ’’
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