Roguszka .Hits
Back at Blodgett
ANCHORAGE W — Eugene
Roguszka, who has submitted his
resignation as Director of Engi
neering and Construction in the
State Division of Aviation, said
here Tuesday that Rep. Robert
Blodgett “continually opposed” re
quests for airport maintenance
funds.
The Anchorage Times capital
correspondent reported that Blod
gett was highly critical of Ro
guszka’s handling of airport engi
neering and construction, saying
that his resigning was a “healthy
move in the best interest of Alas
ka.”
Blodgett was further quoted as
saying:
“Airfield maintenance has been
so severely neglected that the state
is now faced with the necessity
of reconstructing many airfields.
This would not have been neces
sary with proper maintenance.”
Roguszka said here, “it is hard to
believe after all these years that
Rep. Blodgett has finally agreed
with me on the value of the various
airport construction and mainte
nance programs recommended by
me.”
He continued:
“Going back to each of the leg
islative sessions in the past three
years, I can easily recall Rep.
Blodgett’s opposition to the federal
aid airport program. He opposed
projects recommended for the two
international airports. He continu
ally opposed adequate funds for
the maintenance of airports. He
did favor the bush (airport) pro
gram as long as his area had
first priority. The facts bear this
out.
“Time and time again I recom
mended a minimum amount of
money to do a job. Time and time
again the recommendation was
drastically cut. For example, re
view the airport maintenance pro
gram for the past two years. In
1961 I had recommended $427,000
to maintain all state airports. The
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Titan 2 Scores 6,500
Mile Successful Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. UPl —
A Titan 2, America’s largest mili
tary rocket, sped 6,500 miles on a
successful test flight Tuesday.
In scoring its eighth success in
12 launchings, the two-stage rocket
hurled its giant nose cone into
the South Atlantic Ocean off the
West African Coast.
The General Electric Mark VI
warhead, heaviest in the U.S. Mis
sle Arsenal, is capable of immense
nuclear destruction at interconti
nental range.
The Air Force reports the war
head is twice as heavy as the nose
cone carried by the operational
Titan 1, which would make its
weight around 8,000 pounds. That
is more than twice the weight
of an Atlas nose cone and about
14 times heavier than those on
Polaris and Minute-Man. Esti
mates of Titan 2’s nuclear delivery
potential range up to 10 megatons,
or 10 million tons of TNT.
The Martin Co., prime contrac
tor, and the Air Force plan to
have Titan 2 operational later this
year.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
legislative appropriation, after
very thorough and detailed analy
sis of the requirements, resulted in
a $214,000 allocation. This repre
sented a 50 per cent cut.
“In 1962, recognizing that I got
no place on the required amount
the previous year, I asked for a
lesser amount hoping that this
would be approved. The amount
I recommended was $315,000. The
funds appropriated totaled $241,
000, which was a 25 per cent cut.
“For 1963 I have recommended
a $615,000 appropriation in order
to accomplish the things that have
long been neglected, for which
money has not been provided as
well as to meet the requirements
of the many new airports that have
been built in the past 24 months,
and those new facilities which
have been authorized and are ex
pected to be in operation this fiscal
year. No doubt this recommended
appropriation will again be sub
stantially cut.
“Unquestionably then, many air
ports will have to be rebuilt in the
next years to compensate for this
inadequacy.”
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Alcatraz Transfers
Last of Its 27 Convicts;
Vacancy Sign Is Out
ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. UR
Alcatraz Federal Prison shipped
out its last 27 convicts Tuesday.
Their 10:59 a.m. departure in
handcuffs and leg irons closed
“The Rock” as a federal prison
for the nation’s toughest criminals.
The tide-washed island near San
Francisco’s famed Golden Gate is
soon to be declared surplus by the
U.S. government. It had used the
island as a fort and prison for
113 years; age and weather doomed
it as too costly.
Among the 1,576 prisoners it
had housed were names which
make up the nation’s top Rogue’s
Gallery — men such as A1 (Scar
face) Capone and George (Machine
gun) Kelly.
The last man in was the last
man out. He was Frank Weather
man, 29, who was received Dec.
14, 1962 from Anchorage, Alaska,
for armed robbery, escape and at
tempt to smuggle guns into a jail.
GOLD DIGGERS LEAGUE
High team series: North Star
2180, Fakers 2132, Outsiders 2132.
High team game: Outsiders 776,
Norther Star 768, Fakers 750.
High individual series: men, C.
Lewis 563, C. Glavinovich 531, G.
Beaty 518. Women, P. Eberle 450,
H. Ray 437, M. Durrett 424.
High individual game: men, C.
Lewis 225, G. Beaty 213, C. Gla
vinovich 211: Women, H. Ray 178,
P. Eberle 158, M. Durrett 151.
Half of all new cars are in- '
volved in an accident before they
are finally scrapped.
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NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, the
Annual Municipal and School Board
Election will be held in the City of
Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday, the 2nd day
of April, 1963, between the hours of
8:00 o’clock a.m. and 6:00 o’clock p.m.
on said day, the polling place for which
shall be the City Hall in said City of
Nome, Alaska.
The qualifications for electors at said
election shall be:
1. A citizen of the United States;
2. Shall have attained the full age of
Nineteen (19) years;
3. Shall be able to read or speak the
English language unless prevented
by physical disability;
4. Shall have been a resident of the
State of Alaska for One (1) year
immediately preceding the election;
5. Shall have been a resident of the
City of Nome for Thirty (30) days
immediately preceding the election.
FOR the purpose of electing the follow
ing officers to-wit:
MAYOR FOR THE TERM ENDING
OCTOBER 1963
ONE MEMBER OF NOME COMMON
COUNCIL FOR THE TERM ENDING
OCTOBER 1963
THREE MEMBERS OF NOME COM
MON COUNCIL FOR THE TERM
ENDING OCTOBER 1964
CITY CLERK FOR THE TERM END
ING OCTOBER 1963
ONE MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD
FOR THE TERM ENDING OCTO
BER 1967
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY BOARD
FOR THE TERM ENDING OCTO
BER 1963
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY BOARD
FOR THE TERM ENDING OCTO
BER 1967
AT said election there will be submit
ted the following Propositions:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
Shall the term of the office of Mayor
be increased from One (1) year to
Two (2) years effective on the annual
municipal election to be held on the
first Tuesday of October of 1963?
PROPOSITION NO. 2
Shall the term of the office of Coun
cilman be increased from Two (2)
years to Three (3) years, to be imple
mented at the annual municipal elec
tion to be held on the first Tuesday
of October of 1963, at which time all
of the existing terms of Councilmen
shall expire and there shall be elected
at said election Six (6) Councilmen,
Two of which shall be elected for the
term of One (1) year. Two of which
shall be elected for the term of Two
(2) years, and Two shall be elected
for the term of Three (3) years, and
thereafter Two Councilman shall be
elected each year for Three (3) year
terms?
PROPOSITION NO. 3
Shall the office of City Clerk and
Ex-Officio Assessor be changed from
an elective office to an appointive
office, effective with the annual muni
cipal election to be held on the first
Tuesday of October of 1963?
WITNESSETH, my hand and official
seal of the City of Nome, Alaska, this
14th day of March, 1963.
(Seal) Robert F. Scott.
City Clerk
Publish: March 15, 18. 20, 22, 25, 27, '
29. April 1, 1963.
Plan to Beef Up All
Seven SE Marine
Highway Terminals
JUNEAU UP — Public Works
Commissioner Richard Downing
told a special Joint Finance Sub
committee last night the state
plans to beef up all seven terminals
on the Southeast Marine Highway
system.
All of the work, Downing said,
can be done for a total of $85,000
and he said his department has
funds available for the job and
won’t need a supplemental appro
priation.
On another subject, the Public
Works Commissioner said $325,000
would pay for the installation of
enough sleeperettes on the ferries
to provide sleeping accommoda
tions for 100 people on each ship,
including the accommodations now
available — 14 staterooms which
will handle 28 persons.
Downing said the lack of sleep
ing accommodations appears to be
the main concern of persons who
want to make the ferry trip, in
cluding a Portland tour director
who plans to send one tour bus
over the route each week this year,
and more next year.
Call for Condition of Banks
WASHINGTON UP — The Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corp. issued
a call Tuesday for a statement of
the condition of insured state
banks, not members of the Federal
Reserve System, as of the close of
business March 18.
The Comptroller of the Currency
followed quickly with a call for
a statement from national banks
as of the same date.
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Commercial Fishing
Regulations Changed
Major commercial fishing regu
lation changes which were to be
come effective Feb. 3, were adopt
ed by the Board of Fish and Game
at their meeting at Cordova.
Kotzebue District:
Salmon may be taken commer
cially from 6:00 p.m. Monday to
6:00 p.m. Wednesday and from
6:00 p.m. Thursday to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday of each week
Salmon may be taken by means
of nets only.
The aggregate length of set gill
net in use by any individual shall
not exceed 150 fathoms. No indi
vidual shall operate more than
three set nets. It shall be unlawful
to operate any set gill net within
300 feet of any other set gill net.
JUNEAU — The Air Force
has signed a $1,766,000 contract
with Rea Service Co. for modifi
cation and maintenance work at
forward sites of the Ballistic Mis
sile Early Warning System, in
cluding the station at Clear, the
state’s congressional delegation re
ported from Washington yesterday.
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