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New Election Code Faces Tougher
Sledding When Legislature Convenes
(Editor's Note: This is the \
third story in a live-part series '
on the major problems which
will confront the 1962 legis
lature when it meets in Ju
neau Jan. 22.)
By Ward |im
Associate* Rtmsa Staff Writer
JUNEAU m — Maligned but
unmarred in 1991, the State's new
Election Code faces tougher sled
ding when the 1992 legislative
session opens Jan. 22. ^
No fewer than six bills calling
for revision of some portion of
the comprehensive voting code
are pending before lawmakers.
Three of the bills deal with pre
registration, a sticky subject
easily capable of splitting the
urban and rural legislators.
Most likely to succeed, among
the three, is SB14, a Republican
introduced hill which was re
worked by the Senate State Af
fairs Committee and subsequent
ly passed along to the House.
SB14 would provide for pre
registration in all election dis
tricts in which 7,500 or more votes
were cast in the preceding gen
eral election.
uased on the Nov. 8, 1980, gen
eral election, the only two dis
tricts in which pre-registration
would be required would be the
.Anchorage and Fairbanks Elec
tion Districts, No. 8 and No. 16
under Gov. Wm. Egan’s House
reapportionment lates last year.
Egan’s version of pre-registra
tion is SB100, still languishing in
•the Senate State Affairs Com
mittee. It would require pre-regis
tration in any election district in
which 3,000 or more votes were
cast in the preceding general elec
tion.
Again using the Nov. 8, i960
general election yardstick, only
the new 1st (Ketchikan-Prince of
Wal«>s), £th <Juneau), 6th (An
chorage) and 16th (Fairbanks
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Fort Yukon) Election Districts 1
.would be required to have pre- \
\ registration. l
The third bin dealing with pre
registration, HB255, would re
quire pre-registering in all of the
state’s 10 election districts, re
gardless of size.
Opponents of pre-registration
insofar as limited to the popu
lous election districts argue that
it would cut down on the vote
in those , areas.
Another bill which would make
a significant change in the State
Election Code is SB33.
The measure would permit per
sons who have resided in Alaska
for at least 00 days to vote, if
they file an affidavit with the
Secretary of State declaring they
intend to establish exclusive resi
dence within Alaska, n [,
At the present time, persons
may not vote ht state elections
unless they have redded in Alaska
for a full year.
(Next: Another increase in pay
for teachers? How weB oiled are
the demands for tax decreases?)
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Tbr— Format Presidents Kept
« <m International Problems
WASHINGTON <*~The, three
former presidents-^Herbert Hoo-,
ver, Harry S^Truman apd iDwight
D, Eisenhower — ere being kept
posted on international develop
ments by the Kennedy adminis
tration. v,-.t •
Disclosing this Friday, White
House press secretary jfHerre Sal
inger said the briefings were a
part of President Kennedy’s pol
icy of keeping the former chief
executives informed on. foreign
matters.
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RATES REASONABLE
U.S. Real Estate
Empire Totals
755 Million Acres
WASHINGTON UP> — The fed
eral government is proprietor of a
tidy real estate empire totaling
755 million acres, the House Com
mittee on Government Operations
reported Saturday.
The land — including holdings
in territories and overseas bases
and installations — is carried on
the books at a total valuation of
$62 billion, but that reflects only
a fraction of its true value.
For instance, the 18 acres of
manicured grounds surrounding
the White House in downtown
Washington as listed at $1,000.
The reason for the low valua
tion of most of the land is that it
is recorded at its cost when pur
chased — in some cases 100 years
ago.
The committee also reported
federal holdings of real and per
sonal property — exclusive of
the land — totaling $263 billion.
Rep. Wm. Dawson, (D-Hl.),
chairman of the Committee, said
the valuations represented gov
ernment holdings as of June 30,
1961.
Dawson said the total figures
represent a $7-billion increase
since the committee issued its
I first federal property inventory
report in 1055.
Another well-known piece of
federal property, the U.S. Military 1
Acadamey at West Point, N.Y., 1
includes an undervalued 16,011 1
acres. The land is listed at $70
million, but its estimated replace- J
ment value is $141 million, the
report said. <
rne capitoi grounas ana ouna
ings have an up-to-date valua
tion of $428 million, the report
aaid, including House and Senate
office buildings. Library of Con
*re»j&*r«ne Court and Court
ot Claims.,,;
Non-defense holdings of the
government include 740 million
acres within the United States
and 433,000 outside.
Hie report said six states have
more than one million acres each
under control of the Defense De
partment. The states are Nevada,
California. Arizona, New Mexico,
Utah and Alaska,
r Six states with more than fl
million property investments each
in defense facilities are Califor
nia* Texas, Alaska, Virginia, New
York, and Florida. . ,
i Gold Diggers Bowling League
Mdn’s high series went to: Dick
Deems with a 564, Tom House
492, Danny Walsh 491.
Women’s high series went to:
Undine Eberle with a 562, Fat
St. Amour 458, Barbara Trigg 360,
Men's high individual games;
Dick Deems 023, Jkn St Amour
191, Danny Walsh 184.
t women’s high individual games:
Paulina Eberle £29, Pat St
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Aliens are Reminded
To Report Addresses
The U.S. Immigration and Natu
ralization Service reminded all
aliens in Alaska that less than
three weeks remain in which non
citizens must file their annual
address reports as required by
law.
Mr. B. Oates, District Director
at Anchorage pointed out that ad
dress report forms are available
at the nearest Immigration and
Naturalization Service office and
all Post Offices for the conveni
ence of non-citizens required to
report their addresses to the gov
ernment each January. The only
non-citizens not required to re
port their addresses are persons
in diplomatic status, foreign re
presentatives of certain interna
tion organizations, and persons
admitted temporarily as agricult
ural workers.
Mr. Oates stated: “It is hoped
that all persons subject to this
law will go to the nearest Immi
gration and Naturalization Service
office or Post Office and fill out
an address report form before the
Jan. ‘3)1 deadline to avoid possible
serious penalties.”
He explained that persons found
guilty of a willful violation would
be subject to a possible fine, jail
sentence, and deportation.
Information furnished by an
alien in making his annual ad
dress report to the government
has been declared confidential by
statute. Parents or guardians of
aliens under 14 years of age must
submit reports for such children.
SS Tanana Losses Prop
day evening
SEATTLE (A — The Alaska
Steampship Co.. freighter Tanana
lost her propeller in Canadian
waters Saturday but anchored
safely awaiting; a tow.
~ wa| northbound
of Seat
was lost
M ...HJ
J. Zumieck, assistant general
manager, said the ship anchored
in calm water at Eitzhugh Sound,
north of the Queen Charlotte
Islands. He said there was no dan
ger to the vessel or her crew of
Peruvian Village Is
Dead and Buried
RANRAHIRCA, Peru UP) —
Little could be done for this An
dean village tout mourn the vic
tims of a thunderous avalanche.
Ranrahirca is already dead and
buried. There is nothing to re
build. There is no one to rebuild
for.
Forty-five feet of rock and mud
entomb this farming village, most
of its Indian peasant residents,
its Roman Catholic Church, its
tile-roofed houses, school and
stores..
It is now considered futile to
try to unearth the debris in
search of the dead, although a
few poke around in the morass in
search of relatives and friends.
Ranrahirca, once a peaceful vil
lage nestled in Huylas valley un
der towering snow-capped peaks,
is a tomb. Perhaps services will
be held over it later.
The thunderous slide of ice,
rock, mud and boulders as large
as four-story buildings virtually
erased Ranrahirca and neighbor
ing Yanama after dusk Wednes
8^°0residents “o?
^°^ertheir -
in the rInca *1 amu ”d settlements
were awalst>
l0Ho^a °f mUl a^ stones mile'
How many died rhay nev*r k
£1°Wn;«w,0mCial
from l,500 to aeveral thousarJd^
Fewer than .100 bodies have
been recovered. Most will not be
Another avalanche in this same
province SI years ago killed an
estimated 5,000 persons. Only 300
bodies were recovered then. Wed
nesday’s avalanche provided its
own mass grave. Virtually every
one in its path was killed in his
tracks.
The deadly swath was born on
the slopes of 22,205-foot Mount
Hauscaran—Peru*h highest peak
and was loosed toy summer
warmth.
The sun had settled behind the
towering peaks when the slide
swept nine miles down a canyon
and ipto the countryside. sMostin
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