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post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3, 1879.
Alaska % ill Have To Do Some
Pushing To Cash In On Tourism
By FRITZ WITTI
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON -tf*—Alaska is a
huge treasure house of wonders
for the American tourist but will
have to push its “product” to cash
in on tourism.
That is the conclusion of a study
based on a survey and 4,790 ques
tionnaires answered by travelers
leaving the state by highway, air
and water.
Alaska needs more, better and
more reasonably priced eating,
lodging, service and entertain
ment facilities if its vacation in
dustry is to grow, the soon-to-be
released report said.
“One factor in the lack of suit
able facilities is the failure of Al
askans to recognize the full poten
tial of their tourist industry,” the
report continued.
This is not to say the visitors
queried were unsatisfied. In fact,
the report said 78 per cent com
pletely enjoyed their visit, only 3
per cent were disappointed and
94 per cent found Alaskan hos
pitality good or very good.
Nevertheless, the report said the
Alaska tourist industry must look
for its growth to the average tour
ist and not to what it terms the
“captive visitor— expense-account
travelers, military personnel and
highly paid seasonal workers.
The average tourist, it said, is
free to select the area where he
will get the most for his dollar and
to meet his budget, rates must be
based upon average American
wages.
A summary of the report, pre
pared under the Small Business
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program, was submitted to Sen. E.
L. Bartlett. It was made by Ver
non R. Keily, professor of busi
ness administration, and John M.
Hilpert, associate professor of en
gineering management, of the Uni
versity of Alaska.
The summary lists these sugges
tions for attracting more visitors
to Alaska:
More well-equipped campsites;
employment of Alaskans in tour
ist businesses to avoid high cost
imported labor; more restaurants
serving food at moderate prices;
better entertainment for tourists,
daytime as well as evening and
suitable for families, and improv
ed transportation to Alaska.
Lost Romantic Attraction
With statehood, it said, Alaska
lost the romantic attraction and
national publicity of territorial
status and therefore increased ad
vertising and publicity will be
needed to maintain interest.
“But, also, the tourist industry
. . . must have a good competitive
product to sell,” it added.
The report recommends that
until the state is able to supply
adequate lodging and meals at
moderate prices, it concentrate on
welcoming the camper and supply
ing his more limited needs.
Also useful would be a guide
book, prepared and maintained by
a disinterested public-service or
ganization, describing and rating
tourist facilities, the report sug
gested.
Alaskan restaurants, the report
said, were found to tend toward
one of two extremes — the lunch
counter serving construction work
ers with heavy foods and the din
ing room serving expense-account
travelers with fine food at high
prices.
The survey was conducted be
tween June 15 and Nov. 15, 1960.
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Court Rules Missouri
Sunday Closing Law Void;
Legislators Plan New Ones
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. W) —
The Missouri Supreme Court has
ruled that the state’s 138-year-old
Sunday closing law is invalid,
but the legislature is considering
a new law restricting Sunday busi
ness.
The court ruled Monday that
the law was vague and unenforce
able, and therefore void. Two
years ago, the court upheld the
law.
A State Senate subcommittee
has proposed a law identical to one
adopted in Pennsylvania in 1959,
listing items that cannot be sold
on Sunday. It would forbid sale
of retail clothing and accessories,
automobiles, furniture, housewares,
home or office furnishings, appli
ances, hardware, tools, paints and
building supplies, jewelry, silver
ware, watches, luggage, musical
instruments and recordings or
toys.
The old law, enacted in 1825,
said any person “who shall ex
pose to sale any goods, wares or
merchandise, or shall keep open
any ale or porter house, grocery'
store or tippling shop, or shall sell
any fermented or distilled liquor”
on Sunday was guilty of a mis
demeanor.
But, it also said that didn’t
“prevent the sale of drugs or medi
cines, provisions or other articles
of immediate necessity.”
The court gave up on interpret
ing “immediate necessity.”
ORDINANCE No. 414
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE
DATE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN
THE CITY OF NOME, ALASKA AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF NOME, ALASKA AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the annual munici
pal election of the City of Nome, Alaska,
shall be changed from the first Tuesday
of April to the first Tuesday of October
of each year, commencing with an an
nual municipal election to be held on
the First Tuesday of October of 1963.
SECTION 2. That nothing contained
herein shall be construed to eliminate
the annual municipal election to be held
on the first Tuesday of April of 1963;
excepting that, in order to implement
Section 1 above, unless otherwise va
cated, the terms of office of the candi
dates elected for a Five (5) year term,
at said April election, shall expire upon
the qualification of their successors
elected at the annual municipal election
held on the first Tuesday of October of
1967; and the terms of office of the
candidates elected for a Two (2> year
term, at said April election, shall ex
pire upon the qualification of their suc
cessors elected at the annual municipal
election held on the first Tuesday of
October of 1964; and the terms of office
of the candidates elected for a One (1)
year term, at said April election, shall
expire upon the qualification of their
successors elected at the annual muni
cipal election held on the first Tuesday
of October of 1963.
SECTION 3. That nothing contained
herein shall be construed to extend the
term of office of any Councilman, or
Mayor, who is a member of the Council
at the time of the adoption of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 4. That an emergency is
hereby declared to exist, and the usual
rules of procedure are hereby suspend
ed, and this Ordinance shall be read in
full, and again by its title and placed
upon final passage, all within the period
of one meeting, and upon the approval
by the Council, recorded upon the rec
ords of the City of Nome.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall
become effective upon the date of its
approval and the City Clerk is hereby
directed to give notice by the posting
and publication thereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 11th
day of March, 1963.
(Seal) Donald M. Hoover,
Mayor
Attest; Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 13, 15, 18, 1963.
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House Kills Rural
Development
Project Transfer
JUNEAU M — The House Tues
day killed a bill which would
have transferred the functions of
the Rural Development program
from the Office of the Governor to
the Dept, of Public Works.
The bill failed to muster the
necessary 21 votes for passage as
the 20-man Republican bloc voted
solidly for it, and the Democrats
solidly against. The roll call was
20-19, with one member Rep.
Arthur Harris, (D-Nikolski Vil
lage!, absent.
Finance Committee chairman
Harold Strandberg, (R-Anch.), who
introduced the bill said, that the
Rural Development program had
reached a point where it must be
given the same consideration as
all other appropriation matters.
“As long as this program is with
in the Office of the Governor, it
will be under a cloud,” Strand
berg said.
“This cloud would remain no
matter which party held the gov
ernorship.
“I am not opposed to this pro
gram — nor are the other mem
bers of my party opposed to this
program. But we are all aware of
its political aspects as it now
stands.
we warn to put tnis program
in the Public Works Department
where it can be administered un
der normal budget procedures.”
Speaking in opposition to the
bill, Rep. Robert Blodgett said
that transfer of the program to the
Dept, of Public Works would have
no effect on removing any cloud.
“The governor still has control
over the Dept, of Public Works,”
Blodgett argued.
“And if it were placed within
that department, I can anticipate
increased expenses in engineering,
planning, design, specifications
per diem, and the like.”
Strandberg hit hard at what he
called the lack of fiscal control
and accounting under the pro
gram.
“We have reached the point
where last year we were called
upon to approve a $150,000 supple
mental appropriation for this pro
gram, as well as $350,000 in the
regular budget,” Strandberg said.
“This year another bill has been
introduced requesting still an
other $150,000 supplemental appro
priation.”
“I think the people of these
villages should have enough in
ducement on their own to dig their
own privies, make their own path
ways and clear their airfields
without added inducement from
the state.
“I think this program has reach
ed the magnitude of planning for
permanent improvements.”
Rep John Rader, (D-Anch.),
pointed out that the program
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PUBLIC NOTICE
By
STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
NOTICE is hereby given of the forthcoming examination:
"CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT'
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May 15, 16 and 17, 1963
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Fairbanks, Alaska, on or before April 15, 1963.
Republicans Make
Reply of “Not Guilty”
WASHINGTON — A charge
by Vice President Lyndon Johnson
that partisan attacks are aimed
at undermining public confidence
in President Kennedy brought a
prompt Republican reply of “not
guilty” today.
Johnson told the National Ad
vertising Council in a speech last
night if the nation’s effectiveness
in world affairs is to be pre
served “the central focus of parti
san attack cannot continue to be
the people’s confidence in the in
stitution of the Presidency of the
United States.”
lie seemed obviously to be aim
ing at Republican criticism of Ken
nedy’s Cuban policies and of the
administration’s relations with U.S.
allies when he said:
“Under our Constitution, the ex
ecutive and only the executive
speaks for and acts for this na
tion in relations abroad—and no
partisan cause can justify disre
gard of this standard.”
Senate Republican leader Everett
Dirksen said in an interview he
has no quarrel with the constitu
tional provision clothing the Presi
dent with power in the field of
foreign relations.
Denying Republicans were try
ing to undermine Kennedy’s presi
dential authority, Dirksen said he
believes there is a valid place for
criticism of executive action.
Criticism is always in order,” he
said. “It gives vigor to our sys
tem.”
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covered much more than simply
work projects, including the fields
of emergency relief, surplus food
distribution, broadening the econ
omic base of rural areas, programs
of training and education.
He also pointed out that when
the program was initiated by the
legislature in 1955, it was placed
within the Office of the Governor,
a Republican, because “it just
didn’t fit in any other department.”
“Putting all these functions un
der the Department of Public
Works would be defeating the pro
gram,” Rader said.
In conclusion, however, Strand
berg said:
“Sooner or later this program
is going to lose, if it stays within
the Office of the Governor.
“It will lose through lack of
appropriation because it has not
been conducted in an orderly man
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