Teletype Circuit
Between Fbks. and
Anch. Draws Fire
JUNEAU (J’l — A simple resolu
tion asking the Alaska Commu
nications System to lease a tele
type circuit between Anchorage
and Fairbanks for the use of small
businesses stirred up a minor bat
tle in the Senate Saturday.
The resolution offered by Sen.
John Coghill indicates the circuit
would be leased by a Fairbanks
firm called B. E. Telco, which
would sub-contract for use of the
circuit with small buisinesses in
the two cities.
Coghill told the committee the
Fairbanks company was told ACS
will not permit a leasee to sub
contract any leased teletype cir
cuit without written approval of
the contracting officer and that
ACS does not favor such an ar
rangement.
The proposed arrangement, Cog
hill said, would enable businesses
with branches in both Anchorage
or Fairbanks, or with supply cen
ters in the other city, to cut costs
by elimination of expensive tele
phone calls.
“This is a way in which we can
show, in a concrete fashion, that
we are in favor of cutting the cost
of doing business,” Coghill said.
Coghill said a number of busi
nesses in Anchorage and Fairbanks
have expressed an interest in the
proposed arrangement, which has
drawn opposition from Anchor
age’s municipally owned telephone
system and from Fairbanks Muni
cipal Utilities Department.
The resolution eventually was
returned to the Commerce Commit
tee for further study, and chairman
James Nolan said he planned to
schedule a public hearing next
Wednesday afternoon on the meas
ure, at a time and place yet to be
set.
BONE DRY . . .
SIRACUSA, Sicily — The
Costa Sisters’ cows weren’t really
stolen. They were just borrowed
for their contents.
Police said someone drugged the
Costas’ watchdogs Wednesday, led
five of their cows to a deserted
place and milked them.
The cows wandered back—dry.
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Phillips said he had visited the
governor’s office some or 15 min
utes before the Senate went into
session at 10 a.m. this morning.
This would have meant that the
Republican suggestion for a meet
ing with Egan was known to the
governor at least 30 minutes before
he issued the statement saying the
GOP members of the Senate had
not indicated a desire to meet with
him.
In his letter to Brad Phillips,
Egan said:
“As indicated by my invita
tion of this morning shortly be
fore the Senate convened, I am, as
always, ready and willing to dis
cuss problems or suggestions of
any nature with you or any other
member of the Senate in my of
fice at any time. In the case of
the stalemate now existing with
regard to the vacancy in Senate
Dist. D, I shall be happy to dis
cuss the situation with the four
Republican members of the State
Senate at a time of mutual con
venience.
“I am pleased at your willing
ness to hold such a meeting, as
expressed in your letter to me of
this date. It would be my hope
that such a meeting could be held
promptly in the interests of full
Senate representation for the
people of this district.”
INVITATIONS FOR BIDS
Preparing and painting of the
Maynard McDougal Memorial Hos
pital at Nome, Alaska
Sealed bids in single copy for
furnishing all labor, equipment and
materials and performing all work
for the project will be received
until March 23. 4 p.m., RST. at
Box 550, Nome, Alaska.
Specifications are available at
MMM Hospital.
Performance bond will be re
quired and the Hospital Advisory
Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Dr. Robert Fenslermacher,
Hospital Administrator
Pub: Mar. 11, 13, 15, 1963.
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i Traveling In Cuba
Is Quite a Headache
MIAMI, Fla. W — Newly ar
rived refugees say traveling to
and from work is getting to be
as much of a headache in Cuba as
keeping meat on the table.
And a headache can be expen
sive:
New York-born Roberto Otero,
one of 103 refugees who reached
Miami bv plane from Havana,
said asprin tablets cost S3 per
100 there, although the bottles
carrying American labels and price
tags of 89 cents.
Otero said, “the only medicines
available in Havana from the ship
ments of food and medicine bart
ered for Bay of Pigs invasion pri
soners are aspirin, seltzer tablets,
a menthol rub and some vitamins.”
A bottle of 10 vitamin pills
sells for $9-$ 10, reported another
refugee.
Hiram Montero, who once lived
in Chicago, brought his wife and
their two Chicago-born children
on the flight. Montero said he gave
up selling automobiles in Havana
when cars became scarce and
rickety.
“There are no cars newer than
1960,” said Montero, “and parts
are unavailable. There are few
buses. If you get off at 6 p.m.,
you are lucky if you get home by
8:30.”
Liberty Bell Moved
PHILADELPHIA (A*) — For only
the second time in 46 years the
Liberty Bell has been moved from
its resting place in the tower room
of Independence Hall.
The shift of the bell to the hall
way—a distance of perhaps 30
feet was done to facilitate an ex
tensive rehabilitation program at
Independence Hall. Workmen are
shoring up the bell tower with
steel beams, strengthening it for
generations to come.
The last time the bell was
moved was in December, 1956,
while a repainting job was in
progress. In 1917, the year the
United States entered World War
I, the Liberty Bell was taken out
of the building and displayed in
the Philadelphia area to rouse
greater interest in bond drives.
TOO MUCH TALK
WARSAW — Poland’s Com
munist government admits it is
plagued with too much talk and
too many meetings at the expense
of work.
“The surplus of conferences and
consultations ... is a sickness from
which our administration has suf
fered for a long time,” says a
letter which the Council of Min
isters is circulating to govern
ment administrators at all levels.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
SEALED BIDS in duplicate will be re
ceived by the Commissioner, Depart
ment of Public Works, Juneau, Alaska,
until 10:00 a.m., PST, April 25, 1963, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened for furnishing all labor
and materials and performing all work
for the construction of an airport at
Barrow, Alaska.
Construction includes a 4500-foot land
ing strip, parking apron, taxiways, en
trance road, field lighting system and
maintenance building. Approximate em
bankment quantities include 55,500 cubic
yards of Class I, 170,400 cubic yards of
Class II, and 38,100 cubic yards of
Class III.
Plans, specifications, and project do
cuments may be reviewed at the De
partment of Public Works, Juneau; Di
vision of Aviation, Anchorage; Gray,
Rogers & Osborne, Fairbanks; and As
sociated General Contractors, Anchor
age. Fairbanks, and Seattle.
Plans, specifications, and project do
cuments may be obtained from the Di
vision of Aviation, 523 Eighth Avenue,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Guarantee will be required in an
amount not less than ten percent of
the total bid. Bids must be submitted
in accordance with the Invitation for
Bids and the Instructions to Bidders
Department of Public Works
Richard A. Downing. Commissioner
By E "ene G. Goguszka, Director
’cion of Aviation
P blish March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8. 1963
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Associated Press Bounces
Photo Off Satellite to
London, Paris and Rome
NEW YORK Ut) — The Asso
ciated Press bounced a news photo
graph Friday off Relay 1 satellite,
4,000 miles above earth, to London,
Paris and Rome and brought it
back over the Atlantic into the
AP’s New York office—all in 11
minutes.
It was the first demonstration
in which the three European capi
tals received a picture simultane
ously and the first in which a pic
ture was sent over Relay 1 to
Italy.
The picture signal was relayed
from New York to the European
cities—and simultaneuosl}' back to !
New York—during the 11-minute
transmission period. AP’s New
York receiving machine was re
cording the incoming signal while
the transmitter some 12 feet away
was activating the outbound signal.
The picture—of Betty Miller of
Santa Monica, Calif., who is going
to pilot a private plane for de
livery to its owner in Sydney,
Australia—moved from the AP
building at Rockefeller Center to
the International Telephone &
Telegraph Federal Laboratories at
Nutley, N.J., where it was beamed
to Relay 1 in its 657th orbit. There
the signal was retransmitted to
the three European capitals.
Reports on the quality of picture
reception from the AP offices
abroad: Rome, excellent; Paris,
real good; London, excellent.
The Relay 1 experiment was in
cooperation with the National I
Aeronautics and Space Administra- i
tion which launched Relay 1 last
Dec. 13. 1
BUSY BILL-WRITING
i JUNEAU lA* — This has been
j a pretty busy bill-writing legis
l lature.
When House Bill No. 211 was
introduced in the lower chamber
Saturday, the legislature’s unof
ficial scorekeeper, veteran Repub
lican lawmaker John Longworth
of Petersburg, noted that the
House, on its 41st day, had intro
duced just as many bills as had
been submitted last year by the
81st and final day.
BANDITS MAKE OFF WITH
540,000 FROM BON MARCHE
SEATTLE Ufi — Two bandits
escaped with an estimated $40,000
Friday night in a holdup of the
Bon Marche Department Store in
the Northgate Shopping Center.
The pair wore bandanas over
their faces, as well as sunglasses.
They entered as employes were
preparing too close for the night.
One was armed with a sawed-off
shotgun and the other brandished
a pistol.
The bandits entered through a
window which they reached by
ladders. They left the same way
and fled in a white convertible.
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FAIRBANKS — NOME — KOTZEBUE
Flight 311/312
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Lv. Fairbanks *8:00 a.m. Ar. Nome 9:05 a.m.
Lv. Nome 10:00 a.m. Ar. Kotezbue 10:50 a.m.
Lv. Kotzebue 11:20 a.m. Ar. Fairbanks *2:10 p.m.
Flight 309/310
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv. Fairbanks *8:00 a.m. Ar. Kotzebue 8:40 a.m.
Lv^ Kotzebue 9:20 a.m. At. Nome 10:05 a.m
Lv. Nome 1:05 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks *4:10 p.m.
In order to maintain a scheduled airline and conform te our
departure times it is imperative that passengers check in at the
terminal one hour before departure time:
On Monday. Wednesday and Friday, check-in time is 12 noon.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, check-in time is 9:00 aun.
NOME — N.E. CAPE
Flight 501/502
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv. Nome
10:50 a.m. Ar. Nome
12:20 p.m.
Lv. N.E. Cape 11:50 p.m. Ar. N.E. Cape 11:20 ajn.
NOME — GAMBELL
Flight 509/510
Monday and Friday
_9:00 a.m. Ar. Gambell
Gambell 11:00 a.m. Ar. Nome
Alaska Standard Time. All other thn*4 ®erinff
Lv. Nome
Lv.
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12:20 p.m.
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