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H.C. Little Consultant
Lists Alaska’s
Likely Investment
Opportunities
JUNEAU lSi — The Arthur D.
Little Co. advised the State of five
“most likely investment opportuni
ties in developing known mineral
deposits in Alaska.”
The economic consultant firm said
in a report on Alaska’s mineral re
sources, however, that there is no
way to predict the speed with which
the five projects might proceed.
The five prospects listed by the
firm were:
The titaniferous low-grade iron
deposits at Klukwan, Port Snetti
sham and Union Bay.
The low-grade copper in the Ko
buk region, if current exploration
activities show commercially ex
ploitable ore.
The low grade copper at Sum
dum, if subsequent exploration
shows sufficient grade and re
serves.
The Southeastern Alaska copper
iron deposits.
The Kuskokwim River mercury
deposits.
“If deposits are discovered that
are directly competitive in Alaska’s
potential marketing area, then
Alaskan development might be de
layed or abandoned,” the report
said. “On the other hand, world
political events may indicate the
desirability of developing raw ma
terial sources in one of the 50
United States, and this might per
mit the development of an Alaskan
resource at an accelerated rate.”
The report said Alaska has
has “many minerals, but their use
and the development of associated
industrial establishments, depend
upon the ability to mine, process
and transport the mineral concen
trate or mtetal to the market place
at a price that is competitive and
that permits a reasonable return on
invested capital.
“. . . The known metallic de
posits in Alaska tend to be either
sizeable low grade or small high
grade ones. Alaska’s ability to be
come a major factor in the mineral
industry in the future, depends
upon the location of deposits that
are higher grade and/or bigger i
than those now known.”
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TRANSMITTING OF BILLS
CAUSES PARTISAN FUSS
IN ALASKA STATE HOUSE
JUNEAU (J"> — A resolution ex
tending the time in which bills
may be transmitted between the
two chambers of the legislature
passed the House unanimously Sat
urday.
The measure touched off a fuss
Friday when House Republicans re
fused to go along with a suspension
of rules which would have permit
ted its consideration then.
Saturday, however, minority
party members went along after
issuing a statement in reply to a
rebuke by the Democratic leader
ship which termed the GOP action
a “stalling tactic.”
The statement, issued by minor
ity leader Bruce Kendall. (R
Anch.), said the Republicans “had
serious reservations as to the ability
and sincerity of the Democratic
majority to bring this session to a
close, based on their performance
to date.
With a numerical control in both
Houses and majority and chair
manship control of all committees,
It is absolutely fantastic that any
one except the Democrat majority
can be responsible for the failure
to consider worthwhile bills,” the
GOP statement said,
said.
The resolution, SCR33, permits
transmission of bills between
chambers through the 70th day.
The House also concurred, over
the protests of the Republicans, to
a Senate amendment to a bill,
HB477, which would provide funds
for legislative expenses through the
80th day.
HELICOPTERS BEING
USED IN LOGGING
SEATTLE (J!) — An official for
the Boeing Co.’s Vertol Division
says the use of helicopters in log
ging is being tried.
“There are millions of feet of
timber in the United States, Canada
and South America which can’t be
touched in any other way,” said
Marion Maxfield, commercial de
partment manager for the division.
In a talk to the Aviation Di
vision of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, he said air transport of
logs would save the cost of ex
pensive logging roads.
He said the Weyerhaeuser Co. is
cooperating with Boeing in the ex
periment. i
Sponsors of
Capital Relocation
Initiative File Suit
JUNEAU UFi — Sponsors of the
capital relocation initiative filed
suit Thursday to block efforts to
keep the measure off the primary
election ballot Aug. 14.
Dr. Clarence Bailey of Palmer
and Dr. Merritt Starr of Anchor
age. two of the principal sponsors
of the initiative, asked permission
to intervene and First District Su
perior Court to dismiss a suit filed
by the cities of Juneau-Douglas
and 23 individuals.
The capital relocation initiative
asks that the capital be moved
from Juneau to a point west of
Yakutat, but not within 30 miles
of Anchorage.'
The Juneau-Douglas suit, filed
Feb. 13, asks that Secretary of
State Hugh Wade be enjoined now,
and in the future, from placing a
capital relocation initiative on the
ballot.
The suit contends that the in
itiative petition seeks, unconstitu
tionally, to change a clause in the
transitional articles of the State
Constitution designating Juneau as
the capital of Alaska.
In its arguments for the enjoiner,
the Juneau-Douglas suit said the
threat of capital relocation action
through illegal means — the initia
tive— will cause irreparable harm
to the Juneau-Dogulas area.
It also noted that a similar capital
relocation initiative was defeated
in 1960 by a vote of 23,972 to
18,865.
In a memorandum accompanying
the motion to intervene, attorneys
for Bailey and Starr said they had
been advised by Atty. Gen. Ralph
Moody and the State Attorney Gen
eral’s Office, acting as counsel for
Wade, “will not argue or contest
the question of constitutionality.”
In a memorandum accompanying
the motion for dismissal, Bailej
and Starr said the single questior
before the court is:
“Can the judicial branch of gov
ernment of the State of Alaska en
join the submission to the elector
ate of Alaska of an initiative tc
change the location of the capita]
of the State of Alaska on the
grounds that the initiative would
be unconstitutional?”
It said questions of constitution
ality must be considered only after
the issue has been decided.
. . Any earlier consideration
or interference by the courts would
in itself be a violation of what is
perhaps the most basic constitution
al provision of all — the separa
tion of powers of government.”
The suit said that almost all of
the 25 sections contained in the
trnsitional article have expired
or become moot.
“This is because the transitional
period has ended,” the Bailey-Starr
action said. “By the same token, it
would seem that the necessity for
keeping the capital at Juneau dur
ing the early transitional period has
likewise expired.”
If the court grants the Juneau
Douglas request, Bailey and Stan
said, not only would the granting
of an injunction be a “direct in
fringement of the legislative process
by the judiciary, but it would also
be an unwarranted and wholly un
democratic control of the people
in the State of Alaska by the ju
dicial branch of our government.”
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XPATRIOT WANTS TO
RETURN TO THE U.S.
FROM SOVIET RUSSIA
ZELIENOPLE. Pa. W — The ex
wife of a man who wants to return
to America after renouncing his
U.S. citizenship to live in the So
viet Union says she “expected him
to return all along.”
Martha Webster, 30. made th°
comment Friday upon learning that
her former husband. Robert Web
ster, 33, has applied for re-entry
into this country.
Webster, a plastics engineer, gave
up his citizenship in 1959, leaving
his wife and two children in the
United States.
He had gone to Moscow to help
set up a plastics exhibit that year
and reportedly fell in love with a
Russian girl. In a letter to his par
ents, Webster said he wanted to
marry the girl, but he never did.
Mrs. Webster was granted a final
divorce last September on grounds
of indignities.
State Department officials in
Washington said Webster had been
granted an exit visa in the Soviet
Union and that his application for
re-entry will be governed by regu
lations and quotas on immigrants
from the USSR.
U.S. ARMY DFSF.RTER
SEEKS ASYLUM IN CUBA
WASHINGTON UP) — A U.S.
flyer landed a small plane in Ha
vana Cuba Friday. Later the U.S.
Army said he was a deserter who
had been missing from Fort Hua
chuca, Ariz., since Jan. 30.
Newspapers in Havana identified
him as Bobby Keese of Amarillo,
Tex., and said he had asked for
refuge. The papers said he was
being questioned by Cuban authori
ties.
They quoted him as saying he
had deserted from the U.S. Army.
The Army said Keesee left Fort
Huachuca on leave on Jan. 15, in
dicating he was going to Guaymas,
Sonora, Mexico. He was due back
at the fort on Jan. 30.
“Failing to report, he was car
ried as absent without leave and
subsequently listed as a deserter
on Feb. 28,” the Army said.
The Army said Keesee was also
under investigation by the Army
“for passing bogus checks and for
forgery.”
Keesee was an operator of a
flight simulator trainer device, the
Army said and did not have access
to classified material at his duty
station.”
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FAIRBANKS MAN IS
FIRST TO RIDE MONORAIL
SEATTLE (.4*1 — A' Fairbanks,
Alaska, motel operator was the
first man aboard the World’s Fair
Monorail Train for its public pre
view run Saturday morning.
Robert Rocheleau said he slept
in his automobile near the monorail
downtown terminal in order to be
first in line.
“I got up and checked at 2:30
and then at 4 o’clock,” said the
Alaskan. “At 5 o’clock I saw people
starting to walk around, so I start
ed the line.”
Sixten Holquist, head of the
Swedish firm operating the mono
rail, met Rocheleau at the door
when it opened at 9 a.m. and hand
ed him a small object.
It was a commemorative medal,
one of 200 struck for the inaugural
ride.
The train made the out-and-back
run to the fairgrounds, 1.2 miles
each way.
Also opening for a preview was
the Space Needle, where first
comers rode the elevator to the
top of the 600-foot spire. The re
volving restaurant capping the
needle is not yet in operation and
the ride was strictly for the view.
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