GOP GOV. CANDIDATE
MILO FRITZ DIAGNOSIS
ALASKA AS A 'SICK STATE”
KODIAK <#> — “Alaska is a
sick state” — was the diagnosis
of Dr. Milo Fritz, candidate for
the Republican nomination for
governor, in a speech Tuesday
night.
“I am a doctor and have the
ambition to correct its ills,” he
said.
Stressing the need for “fiscal
sovency and financial responsi
bility,” Fritz outlined his own pro
gram for the “patient,” (Alas
ka), and hammered home the
necessity of “his prescription of
medicine of a balanced state bud
get.”
“A balanced budget means in
dustry and industry means jobs,
productive jobs,” he reiterated.
He cited “Democratic deficits,”
in support of his contention that
Alaska is a sick state.
“Only one state has more
problems than we do, and that is
Michigan,” he said.
Fritz criticized the depressed
area bill which he said gives the
state administration public funds
to be spent where they see great
est peed politically.
The candidate was critical of
the state’s road program and the
congressional delegation’s support
of new primary roads for Alaska.
“The application of first class
road program requirements in
Alaska is utterly impractical,” he
said. “The great need is for sec
ondary type roads. Our congres
sional delegation should be seek
ing an exception for Alaska on
this matter.”
"Ship of Fools” Chosen
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Selection for April
Twenty - five years ago the
Bock-o£-the-Month Club, “partly
in respect for a certain book and (
partly in the expectation of the !
author’s work to come,” bestowed
a $2500 fellowship upon Kath
erine Anne Porter for her collec
tion of short stories entitled
“Flowering Judas.”
After more than two decades
she has produce a major piece of
fiction—a full-length novel—Ship
of Fools. It is, as Clifton Fadi
man, one of the Club’s judges, re
ports, worth waiting for—“a major
achievement by an American
writer in whom we may all take
pride.” Ship of Fools is the Book
of-the Month Club Selection for
April.
MRS. KENNEDY PLANS
TO VISIT FOUR COUNTRIES
NEW YORK UP1—Mrs. John F
Kennedy leaves tonight for a 20
day trip to Italy, India, Pakistan
and Britain.
The First Lady spent last night
at the Carlyle Hotel, where she
and her husband have a pent
house apartment.
She was joined at the hotel yes
terday by her sister, Princess Lee
Radziwill of London who will ac
company her on the trip.
Mrs. Kennedy arrived here
yesterday on the family plane. The
President saw her off at the air
port in Washington.
Mrs. Kennedy will spend the
weekend in Rome, where her
schedule calls for an audience
with Pope John XXIII and a
courtesy call on President Gio
vanni Gronchi. From Rome, she
will go to India and Pakistan.
She and her party expect to fly
to London March 26 before re
turning to the United States.
Pierre Salinger press secretary,
said Mrs. Kennedy will pay her
own travel expenses and those of
her sister.
Salinger said Mrs. Kennedy
will not pay the costs of others
accompanying her. He gave
newsmen no answer to questions
whether the government would
pay for the others. The trip will
be by commercial and charter
planes.
Ford Foundation to Sell Stock
NEW YORK m — The Ford
Foundation has announced plans
to sell to the public another huge
block of Ford Motor Co. stock.
The Foundation said it is pre
paring to put 2 Vi million shares
of Ford common stock on the
market late in April.
At the current market price,
the sale would bring the Founda
tion about $220 million.
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A. G. Gardner, No. 2
Hwy. Chief Resigns |
JUNEAU — A. G. Gardner,
the State’s No. 2 Highway Engi
neer, submitted his resignation
to Highways Director Sam John
son Wednesday, effective in 30
days.
Gardner, whose actual title is
Asst. State Highways Director for
Operations, said he had accepted
a job as Special Assignnments
Engineer for the State of Idaho.
While there have been persis
tent reports of resignations which
will wipe out the top echelon of
Highways Division staff, Gardner
is the first to actually quit.
The reports started circulating
after the dismissal of former state
road chief Thurman Sherard,
Johnson’s predecessor, and the
start of a state Senate investiga
tion into the highway problem.
The senate investigation, inci
dentally, ended the night before
Gardner told Johnson he was
leaving Alaska.
Gardner said he first decided to
leave Alaska last fall when, he
said, the Governor’s Office placed
him on the partially exempt list
as far as the State Personnel Act
is concerned.
“I felt this placed my job on
a political basis and, after the
deal Sherard got, I felt there was
no future in Alaska,” Gardner
said.
Gardner was one of the first ,
men hired by Sherard in late 1959
when Sherard was designated
state highways chief and given ■
the assignment of organizing the
division to take over the state
road program from the Bureau of
Public Works, which was accom
plished on July 1, 1960.
URGES INCENTIVE PAY
OF $35 AN OUNCE FOR
NEWLY-MINED GOLD
JUNEAU — A resolution
backing a measure before Con
gress which would grant incentive
payments of up to $35 an ounce
for newly-mined domestic gold
passed the House yesterday.
The resolution was sponsored
by Reps. R. W. Stratton Jr., War
ren Taylor and Robert Blodgett.
Stratton told the House that
United States gold reserves at Ft.
Knox have declined from a peak
of $25 billion in il949 to $16.8
billion in February of this year.
“With about $12 billion required
by law to back up the nation’s
money supply, this leaves a free
reserve of less than $5 billion,”
Stratton said.
“Short term dollar balances
held by foreigners, for which gold
could be demanded, now total ap
proximately $17 billion.
“It is evident that our gold
stocks are seriously over-mort
gaged and we have reached the
point where we must take steps
! to build up the nation’s gold re
serve.
“Alaska, with her unmined
gold, stands in a position to con
tribute greatly to building our na
tion’s reserves back to a safe
level.”
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Sen. E. L. Bartlett Tells I
State Legislature Alaska's
Growth Will Be Tremendous
JUNEAU Uh — U.S. Sen. E. L.
Bartlett told a joint session of
the State Legislature yesterday
that Alaska’s growth and expan- j
sion within the next 40' years will ;
be tremendous.
Bartlett spoke informally fol- ,
lowing Gov. Wm. Egan’s personal
presentation of his long-range ]
capital construction program. J
Egan proposed a total outlay of r
$383 million over the next six ]
years, to be initiated by the pro
posed issuance of $15.7 million (
in general obligation bonds, sub- t
ject to ratification by the voters. x
“America’s sons are going to
be cramped for living space,” ]
Bartlett said. .
“Statisticians tell us that by
the year 2000, more than 300 mil- ■
lion people will be living in our ^
United States. They say that this -
will cause a massive migration to
the north and to the west.
“Alaska must prepare for this
nigration.”
Bartlett also put in a boost for
:he state’s education needs out
lined by Egan.
“Providing a proper education
for our children is a pressing need
;hat will be with us forever,”
3artlett said.
“Education is the keystone in
jur way of life—and is the prede
cessor of our prosperity.”
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
SIX PERSONS APPLY
FOR JUDGESHIP
ANCHORAGE Wi — A total of
six applications have been re
ceived by the Judicial Council for
the vacant Superior Court judge
position.
Candidates for the position,
iccording to Supreme Court Jus
ice Buel Nesbitt, are State At
orney General Ralph Moody,
Vsst. District Attorney Dorothy
iaaland, Rep. Wm. Sanders, and
Anchorage attorneys Peter Kala
larides, Clifford Groh, and Harold
iutcher.
A hearing of the Judicial Coun
cil will be held March 17 in Ju
teau. The Council will select two
nore candidates and will for
vard those names to Gov. Wm.
Sgan, who will make the final
ippointment.
The vacant position was cre
ited by the retirement of Judge
Earl Cooper Feb. 20.
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