GOV. EGAN PLEASED
WITH MARITIME REPORT
JUNEAU UP) — A Maritime Com
mission examiner’s recommenda
tion that water freight rate in
creases sought by four Alaska car
riers in January, 1960, be denied
was termed gratifying by Gov. Wm.
Egan yesterday.
Egan said he could not under
stand, however, why the Commis
sion examiner recommended that
the carriers not be required to re
fund increased rates they have
been collecting for two years pend
ing the outcome of the case.
“If, as the state has held and the
r examiner has agreed, the requested
increases are unwarranted, I can
see no justification for permitting
the carriers to retain the money,”
Egan said.
The Maritime Commission, in
January of 1960, permitted the car
riers to start collecting the 10 per
* cent increase they sought, subject
to refund if the increased rates
were found to be unreasonable.
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Water Carriers
Freight Rate Hike
To Alaska Denied
By Friiz Willi
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON UP) — A Mari
time Commission examiner recom
mended Tuesday that freight rate
increase for water carriers in Alas
ka be denied. But, he said, the car
riers should not be required to
refund money already received
under the increase, which has been
in effect conditionally since Janu
ary 1960.
The examiner, Arnold J. Roth,
found that the higher rates of Alas
ka Steampship Co., Coastwise Line,
Garrison Fast Freight and Alaska
Northern Express “have not been
shown to be just and reasonable
for the future.”
However, he added, the increased
rates “are not shown to have been
unjust, unreasonable, or otherwise
unlawful during the pendency of
this proceeding.”
The then Maritime Board, in
January 1960, allowed a 10 per
cent rate increase to go into effect,
subject to refund.
Roth found that the rates of
Puget Sound-Alaska Van Lines,
Inc., were not unjust or unreason
able for the past but that they
would be in the future “to the ex
tent that they exceed the rates
maintained by Alaska Steamship
Co, on Jan. 9, 1960.”
Parties to the proceeding have
15 days to file exceptions. If no
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Campaign Against Smoking
LONDON UPi — The British gov
ernment today launched a hard
hitting poster campaign against
cigarette smoking.
More than 400,000 posters were
dispatched to all parts of the na
tion.
The drive started as a result of
last month’s report by the Royal
College of Physicians that there is
a direct connection between cigar
ette smoking and lung cancer.
exceptions are filed or other action
taken by the Commission, the rec
ommendations will become Effect
ive in 30 days.
The record, said Roth, “does not
support the claim of Alaska Steam
ship that a rate of return ranging
from 15 to 20 per cent represents
a reasonable maximum.”
As for the Commission’s refund
requirement, Roth said, “the au
thority of the board to impose such
a requirement is questionable.”
Existing law, he said, confers au
thority upon the Commission to
award reparation “only upon sworn
complaint and a finding that a vio
let tioii o£ the act justifying such
an award has occurred.”
SENATE OKEHS BILL
FOR USE OF LAKES & RIVERS
JUNEAU UP* — The Senate passed
an amended version of a bill which
would permit free use of streams,
lakes and rivers except those speci
fically exempted by the Depart
ment of Fish and Game.
Specific designation of streams
to be exempted would be handled
by the department under the Ad
ministrative Procedures Act, which
requires among other things prior
notice and public hearings.
The amended measure, HB405,
was viev/ed as a compromise be
tween mining interests in the inter
ior and fish conservationists.
As the bill passed the House, it
would have simply required per
sons to notify the Fish and Game
Department when their use of a
stream would damage spawning
beds or interfere with fish runs.
Current regulations require a
permit from the Commissioner of
Fish and Game for such water
rights.
The bill now goes back to the
House for action on the Senate
amendment.
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offer through a grant from the Na
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high ability secondary school stu
dents.
The 1962 program will be basic
ally supported by the NSF $17,900
grant which will cover instructional
costs and partial grants-in-aid for
travel, room and board, according
to Dr. Wm. Wood, president of the
university. Dr. Wm. Wilson, head
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istry and Chemical Engineering,
will be director of the program as
he was for the first three conducted
by the University of Alaska.
Applications for the program are
due in College, Alaska, by April
10 and successful applications and
alternates will be notified of their
acceptance by May 1. Secondary
school students receiving accept
ances from Dr. Wilson must notify
him by May 15 of their acceptance
of the opportunity.
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lectures, discussions, demonstrations
and laboratory sessions will be sup
plemented by field trips. Recrea
tional and social activities will also
be a part of the program.
In addition to Dr. Wilson, the
staff will include Dr. Francis
Parker, head of the university’s
Dept, of Mathematics; Dr. Robert
Forbes, associate professor of geol
ogy in die College of Earth Sciences
and Mineral Industry; Mrs. Elaine
Jacobson, assistant professor in
chemistry who will be assistant to
the director; and Mr. and Mrs.
Clement Zidick, dormitory counsel
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