Taxpayers’ Suit Filed in Superior Court to Keep Capital
Relocation Initiative Off Primary Election Ballot Aue. 14
JUNEAU (jfi — Taxpayers’ suit
designed to keep the capital re
location initiative off the primary
election ballot next Aug. 14 was
filed in First District Superior
Court Tuesday.
Twenty-three individuals, in
cluding 12 members of the legis
lature, joined the cities of Juneau
and Douglas in sponsoring the
action, which names Secretary of
State Kugh Wade as defendant.
The suit asked:
!• For a declaratory judgment
that the State Constitution can
not be amended or revised by
means of an initiative; and
2. For a permanent injunction
restraining the Secretary of State
from taking any action to place
the capital relocation initiative on
the Aug. 14 primary election bal
lot.
Join In Sponsoring Suit
The individuals joining in spon
soring the law suit with the cities
of Juneau and Douglas were:
Dr. Paul Hagglund, Fairbanks;
State Sen. Pearse Walsh; State j;
Rep. Peter Deveau, Kodiak; State j'
Sen. Frank Peratrovich, Klawock; j
State Sen. Eben Hopson, Barrow; j
State Rep. Donald Harris, Mc
Grath;
Helen D. Sheahan, Anchorage;
Robert E. Ellis, Ketchikan; Ed
Locken, Petersburg; John J. Con
way, Sitka; Peter Jorgensen,
Alakanuk; State Rep. Marcus ,
Jensen, Douglas; Lauris Parker, j
Juneau;
State Sen. Lester Bronson; State !1
Sen. James Nolan, Wrangell; Mrs.
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Allan L. Peterson, Kenai; State
Rep. Robert Ditman, Valdez; Jack
Werner, Seward; Mrs. Edith
Bullock, Kotzebue; State Rep.
Robert Blodgett, Teller; State
Rep. Harold Z, Hansen, Cordova;
Carl Heinmiller, Haines Precinct;
and State. Rep. Morgan Reed,
Skagway.
The request for a capital relo
cation petition was filed with
Secretary of State Hugh Wade
last Oct. 10. Wade approved the
request 13 days later.
Was Defeated in 1960
The suit said that a similar
capital relocation initiative was
defeated on Aug. 9, 1960.
“The fact that an election may
be held on a proposition for re
moval of the capital from Juneau
irreparably harms Juneau and
Douglas and their taxpayers for
the reason that the threat of re
moval of said capital by means of
’lection discourages invest ors
from investing funds in apart
ments, hotels, motels, dwelling
muses, businesses, industries and
Jther improvements needed and
lesirable . . .,” the action stated.
The suit further contends that
the proponents of the initiative
measure threaten to continue to
submit capital relocation initia
tives regardless of the outcome
if the Aug. 9, 1960 election and
the outcome of the vote on the
lew initiative, if it is submitted !
o a vote of the people.
'Tame Newspaper
Without naming the Anchorage <
>aily Times directly, the suit said 1
hat prior to the Aug. 0, 1960 elec
ion the “newspaper with the
argest circulation in the State
>f Alaska had been supporting the
campaign to move the capital by
levoting news and editorial space
;o articles advocating the relo
cation of the capital. .
Since the Aug. 9, 1960 election,
the suit said, the Times has con
tinued to devote news and editor
ial space to articles advocating
relocation of the capital.
The suit says the State Con
stitution specifies that Juneau
shall be the capital of the State
of Alaska and contends that the
State Consitution cannot be
amended by initiative.
The complaint was drafted by
four attorneys, Robert H. Ziegler
of Ketchikan, Harold Butcher of
Anchorage, State Sen. Robert J.
McNealy of Fairbanks and Robert
Boochever of Juneau.
SENATE APPROVES
THREE RESOLUTIONS
JUNEAU UPi — The Senate gave
its approval to three resolutions
yesterday.
The first expresses esteem for
the late Arthur D. Johnson, a
State Representative who was
killed in a plane crash last year.
He was a Republican from Nome.
The second resolution expresses
?steem for the late Charles
Fagerstrom of Nome, a former
nember of the Legislature.
The third resolution urges the
federal government to initiate
studies and programs in connec
;ion with the exploitation of
North Pacific and Bering Sea
fisheries.
Committee Named to Look
Into BIA Nome School Charges
JUNEAU — Senate Presi
ient Frank Peratrovich, yester
iay named a committee of five
to look into Bureau of Indian Af
fairs charges that the proposed
Nome Vocational School is a po
litical project.
Named to the committee were
Sens. A1 Owen, Eben Hopson, B.
J. Logan, Elton Engstrom and
Paul Greimann Sr.
Council Notes
Roy Jenkins, District Engineer
gave a resume of plans for re
building Front St. and stated that
it is hoped this will be a per
manent job. With permanency in
mind he asked the City Council
to decide whether or not plans for
parking meters should be includ
ed? Now is the time he stated
to make long range planning of
this kind. Ten foot sidewalks are
in the plans leaving a 70 foot
street and no objection is anti
cipated.
Long Distance Calls
The Nome Telephone Co. was
to foe advised by letter that only
the City Clerk’s phone would be
available for long distance calls
by the city personnel as several
of the other phones are often un
attended.
Street Signs
Ellen Greene, representing the
Mother’s Club, which has a civic
project of erecting street signs,
explained that there was a mis
understanding when she first ap
proached the Council on the mat
ter. She clarified the situation by
stating that the Mother’s Club
needed the support of the Coun
cil for the work as it would cost
more than they had hoped to
raise. After much discussion the
City Council voted to underwrite
half the cost of the signs up to
$500.
City Attorney
The City Attorney, Virgil Vo
choska, new District Attorney,
having given up his private prac
tice here was replaced by Tom
Balone, for the remainder of the
Council year.
Negotiations Underway
Negotiations were reported still
underway with FAA and the
Weather Bureau for fire pro
tection as they are outside the
j city limits.
I Negotiations are underway foj
Midnight Bowl
Winners Announced
Well over a 100 games were
bowled during the Midnight
Bowl with 30 cents a game going
to the New March of Dimes. JLou
Oliver, vice chairman of Sah
Yung Ah Tim Mim helped with
the arrangement of the Midnight
Bowl with Dick Deems, manager
of the bowling alley.
Prize winners were: Pat St.
Amour, 214, 1st; Lou Oliver 179,
2nd; Verna Mickleson, 159, 3rd.
Jim St. Amour, 211, 1st; Ivan
Sundstrom, 209, 2nd; Bob Ladd,
206, 3rd.
The first place winners re
ceived $5.00 each plus 15 free
games; second place, 10 free
games; and third place, 5 free
games.
Thirty-two dollars was turned
over to the New March of Dimes.
settlement with the Covenant
Church for 20 feet of the Anna
Anderson property needed to
widen the street at Front and
Bering. The price of $3,000 and
moving the building was offered
by the church group.
Annual Membership
The city took out its annual
membership in the Chamber of
Commerce and were invited and
urged to attend Chamber meet
ings by the acting president Frank
Couch.
Home Arts Club
Members of the Home Arts
Club attending the meeting asked
why their letter to the Council
was not read and were informed
by the Mayor that the letter ad
dressed to him had been left at his
home. It was the desire of the
women’s group that it be record
ed in the minutes of the meeting
as it was an inquiry concerning
the status of the water and sew
i age application which is reported,
by the Mayor and the Clerk, to
■ have been mailed last week.
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