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Bill Would Ban Live
Shipment of King Crab :
JUNEAU {&> — A bill which
would ban the live shipment of
king and dungeness crab from the
State of Alaska passed the House
35-0 and was sent to the Senate
The measure was authored by
Rep. John Longworth, (R-Peters
burg), a commercial fisherman.
“Brine ships and catcher ships
have been coming up from Seattle
in increasing numbers,” Long
worth told the House.
“Why? Because they have
cleaned out their own fishery in
Puget Sound.
“Then these ships take the live
crab back to Seattle and put them
fresh on the market in direct com
petition with our canned meat.
“This comes at a time when we
are facing an unemployment rate
of between 15 and 18 per cent.”
Longworth told lawmakers that
he knew there would be criticism
of the measure.
“But I say that we have the
right as a State to protect our in
dustry, and the moral obligation
to look after the interests and
welfare of our own people,” he
added.
Longworth said he did not think
the bill could be held discrimina
tory because it also bans Alaskans
from shipping live crab outside of
the State.
Rep. Andrew Hope, (D-Sitka),
Chairman of the Resources Com
mittee, also spoke for the meas
ure.
“I think we have seen the evils
in this snail industry,” Hope
said.
“I think the State of Alaska is
moving in time for a chance to
protect its resources.
“Usually we lock the bam door
after the horse has been stolen.”
SICKNESS AND
DISABILITY BENEFITS
Special federal income tax rules
apply to amounts received as com
pensation for sickness or dis
ability Lewis Conrad, Director of
Internal Revenue for the Anchor
age District, said. Under many
circumstances such payments are
not considered income, and should
not be reported.
Taxpayers who have any ques
tions on this subject may get Doc
ument No. 501«, “Sick Pay”, by
writing to Box 1500, Anchorage,
Sir. Conrad said.
Boundary Commission
Recommends Changes for
Cities of Fairbanks-Kenai
JUNEAU UP) — The Local
Boundary Commission Tuesday
recommended to the Legislature
changes in the boundaries oi the
city of Fairbanks and the city of
Kenai.
The recommendations were
made following public hearings
in each community.
In accordance with the Consti
tution, the boundary changes
'recommended by the Commission
will become effective within 45
days after presentation to the Leg
islature, unless disapproved by the
House and the Senate.
The recommendations call for
the exclusion from the city of
Kenai of about four acres of land
lying on the south side of the
Kenai River. The parcel does not
contain all of the territory which
the petitioners sought to have ex
cluded from the city.
The Commission also recom
mended annexation by the city of
Fairbanks of a section of unde
veloped state land adjoining the
city limits, known officially as
Section 16 and unofficially as
“Ptarmigan Subdivision.”
JACKIE TO CHRISTEN SUB
WASHINGTON UPi — The Navy |
says Mrs. John F. Kennedy has
accepted an invitation to christen
the first of a new class of nuclear
submarines.
The announcement said the
First Lady will christen the 11th
Polaris missile-firing submarine,
to be known as the Lafayette.
Launching is scheduled May 8 at
Groton, Conn.
JFK's Press Secretary
To Visit Soviet Union
WASHINGTON <m — White
House press secretary Pierre Sal
inger accepted an invitation to
visit Russia this spring. Salinger
described his trip as an effort to
promote understanding between
the United States and the Soviet
Union, ":?v ’ ■
The invitation was extended by
Alexei Adzhubei, editor of the So
viet government newspaper Iz
vestia, at a luncheon given by
President and Mrs. Kennedy in
the White House.
Salinger will go to Moscow in
late April or early May.
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Daphne Rylander
Is “Homemaker
Of Tomorrow”
Daphne Rylander, a senior at
Nome High, was announced as
Nome’s winner in the 1062 Betty
Crocker "Search for the American
Homemaker of Tomorrow”. She
achieved the highest score in the
examination on homemaking
knowledge and attitudes taken by
senior girls Dec. 5. She becomes
eligible now along with winners
in other state high schools, for
the title of State Homemaker of
Tomorrow.
The girl named State Home
maker of Tomorrow is provided
with a $1,500 scholarship by Gen
eral Mills, sponsor of the pro
gram. The state runner-up will
receive a $500 scholarship.
In addition the State Home
maker of Tomorrow, and her
school advisor will join other state
winners in an expense-paid edu
cational tour of New York City,
Washington, D.C., and colonial
Williamsburg, Va. At the latter,
the 1962 All-American Home
maker of Tomorrow will be
named.
The national winner will have
her scholarship raised to $5,000
with second, third and fourth
Diace winners being granted
scholarships of $4,000, $3,000, and
$2,000.
The knowledge and attitude
test, prepared and scored by Sci
ence Research Associates, is the
basis for selection of local and
state winners with personal ob
servation and interviews serving
as factors in national judging.
The 1962 Betty Crocker search
reached another al'-time high in
enrollment with 406/132 girls in
12,874 schools participating. The
program is now in its eighth year.
By the end of this year, more
than 2Vi million girls will have
participated and scholar ship
awards will have totaled more
than three-quarters of a million
dollars.
Mr. McCormick, high school
principal, presented Daphne with
a Homemaker of Tomorrow pin
and certificate at a recent high
school assembly.
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HONG KONG WV~The morale
of Red China’s powerful 2V& mil
lion man army is slipping, a
Chinese Communist Bank official
in Hong Kong reported Tuesday.
The official, who recently com
pleted a four-month tour of Com
munist China, said: “flFood Short
ages and living conditions in
China have disillusioned most of
the Chinese soldiers.”
He described the “people’s
liberation army” as “a group of
frustrated men, constantly worry
ing about their families and their
own future."
The official, who was sent to
Hong Kong by the Chinese Com
munists in 1951, asked not to be
identified. He made a similar tour
of Red China four years ago.
Fugitives from Communist
China agreed with his report and
said many of the border guards
could toe bribed. “Otherwise we
would still be in China,” one fugi
tive said.
Official Chinese Communist re
ports also indicate dissatisfaction
among Chinese soldiers. Morale
boosting measures, according to
the reports, have been taken.
Western observers in Hong
Kong said low morale in the Red
Army could trigger off a sweeping
economic reform, but they ruled
out the possibility of an open
revolt.
SENS. BRONSON AND WALSH
SEEK IMPROVEMENTS
FOR NOME HARBOR
JUNEAU On—A joint resolution
seeking harbor improvements at
Nome was introduced in the Sen
ate Tuesday by Sens. Lester Bron
son and Pearse Walsh, Nome
Democrats.
The resolution asks that the
Nome jetties be extended approxi
mately 350'feet, that the channel
be deepened to approximately 8
feet and that a modern, suction
type dredge be assigned to Nome.
It Isn’t So ! . . .
ALASKA TEACHERS' SALARY
WHILE FIRST IN AMOUNT
RANKS ONLY 29TH IN VALUE
WASHINGTON — The $7,300
average annual salary of a class
room teacher in Alaska is the
equivalent of $4,964 in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the National
Education Assn, explained in a
letter to all members of the Alas
ka legislature. The differential in
living costs makes the difference.
Each year when NEA publishes
its Estimates of School Statistics
Alaska teachers lead all others in
actual salaries paid and no amount
of explanation by NEA seems to
catch up with that top dollar fig
ure. When allowance is made for
the difference in living costs, NEA
said in its letter to the legislators,
Alaska teachers rank, not first in
the United States, but 29th.
Similarly, the average expendi
ture for pupils in Alaska schools
is given as $598, but when ad
justment is made for living costs
this is translated into the equiva
lent of $405 in D. C. dollars, which
would place Alaska 23rd among
the states.
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BIG NEW DODGE- Dodge is re-entering the medium-price field with its new Custom 880 models,
which will go on sale at dealerships in a few weeks. Built on a 122-inch wheelbase, the new car is
more than 218 inches long. The Custom 880 is available in six models: a four-door hardtop (shown
above), a two-door hardtop, a four-door sedan, a convertible, and six- and nine-passenger station
wagons. Dodge General Manager Byron J. Nichols said his company's market studies indicate an
increasing demand for medium-price cars in 1962.