House Votes
To Table ‘Sex’
JUNEAU OP—The legislature is
running too long.
The House voted Wednesday to
table “sex.”
The three letter word was the
entire substance of a bill which
would have prohibited discrimina
tion in employment on the basis of
sex, if an applicant for a job was
otherwise qualified, along with
race, religion, color or national
origin.
With the Finance Committee la
boring away upstairs on the final
draft of the general appropriations
bill, House lawmakers took a lit
tle time out to explore the subject
of sex.
Generally, they viewed the bill
as a double-bitted axe.
“How would this affect the Tur
kish steam bath industry?’’ asked
Rep. William Boardman, Repub
lican of Ketchikan.
“I can count,” said Rep. Jim
Parsons. Republican of Anchor
age. “Does this mean I could get
a job counting towels in a ladies
locker room?”
More sober heads explained that
the general intent of the bill would
be to permit wives to accompany
their husbands and hold jobs at
remote installations, such as on
the DEW Line.
“Alright,” said Rep. John Long
worth, Republican of Petersburg.
“I move that we change the word
‘sex’ to ‘wives’.”
“Killjoy,’ muttered House Speak
ers Bruce Kendall, Republican of
Anchorage.
Rep. Joe Josephson, Democrat of
Anchorage, pointed out that the'
bill would simply establish the
policy of the state as to employ
ment practices, since it established
no grounds upon which complaints
could be brought.
He added that the legislation
might be helpful in encouraging
the government to establish facil
ities for wives in remote areas.
Other lawmakers, however,
could think of any number of
fields where they would like wom
en counted out.
“It would ruin me as a farmer,”
said Rep. John Holm, Republican
of Fairbanks.
"Say I had to hire a woman to
pick potatoes.
“If she was fast, all the men
would hurry to catch up — and
they’d miss the potatoes. If she
was slow, they’d hang behind to
stay with her.
“We’d never get anything done.”
Commented Rep. Warren Taylor,
Demcorat of Fairbanks:
“Just a little three letter word—
but what a word.”
GOV. EGAN APPOINTS
Gov. Wm. Egan today made sev
eral nominations to state boards
subject to approval by the legisla
ture. Among Northwestern District
people appointed were: Stan Har
hut to the Alaska Development
Corp., Mrs. Maurice Kelliher to
the State Board of Education, and
Frank Degnan of Unalakleet to
the Board of Fish and Game.
Bill Bur&nd, 2nd District State
Mining Engineer who has been
outside on vacation, returned on
Friday and his wife, Jean of the
University Extension Service, is
expected home sometime this
week.
Color Film On Camping
JUNEAU OP — A 33-minute
color film of camping in Alaska
received its premiere showing be
fore a group of top state officials,
including Gov. Wm. Egan, Wed
nesday night.
The film, financed by Sears
Roebuck and Co., stars Sir Edmund
Hilary, the conqueror of Mt.
Everest, his wife and their three
children. (
The film takes the viewer with
the Hillarys on a camping trip
from Haines to Kenai Lake and
north to Fairbanks via Mt. Mc
Kinley National Park.
Malaspina Averages 371
Passengers Per Trip
JUNEAU OP — The Division of
Marine Transportation said today
the state ferry Malaspina had car
ried 5,382 passengers through
March 23, an average of 371 pas
sengers on each round trip voyage.
The ship also carried a total of
509 vehicles.
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Lessors of Court Buildings Would
Not Willihgly Sell Structures to State
JUNEAU CiW — The lessors of
court buildings being used by the
state at Fairbanks and Anchorage
told the House Commerce Com
mittee Monday they would not
willingly sell the structures to the
state for at least 10 years.
The House Commerce Commit
tee is considering a bill, SB177,
which, in effect, would permit the
state to issue general obligation
bonds to acquire completed build
ings.
The bill generally has been con
sidered as a means for financing
purchase of the Anchorage and
Fairbanks court buildings from
the builder-lessor, Artz, Ellis and
Stark of Sacramento, Calif.
George Artz and Melvin Stark
of the California company told the
committee the subject of condem
nation of the buildings through a
friendly suit was first brought up
by Commissioner of Administra
tion Floyd Guertin in a conversa
tion with Stark on March 9.
Later, Stark said, Director Leon
ard Lowell of the State Division
of Buildings told him the state
would be willing to “give us a fair
price, $4.3 million, which is no
where even near the cost of the
buildings.”
Artz told the committee the
Sacramento firm had taken a tre
mendous financial risk on the
buildings and that the state was
aware when Artz, Ellis and Stark
entered its bid that it wanted to
retain ownership of the buildings
for at least 10 years. The contract
includes an option for the state
to buy the structures after 10
years.
“Construction was under way
for four or five months before we
were finally able to get long-term
financing,” Artz told the commit
; tee. “We couldn’t have taken the
risks we did unless we felt we
would have ownership for at least
10 years.”
Artz said that after the state
brought up the 'possibility of a
friendly condemnation suit, “it
was with a great feeling of sick
ness that I realized the state, after
being unable to accomplish this
(construction of buildings) itself,
would now come to us and try to
take from us that which we were
able to accomplish.”
Artz said his firm, if forced to
give up ownership of the buildings
through a condemnation suit, would
seek damages for breach of con
tract.
Stark and Artz said they doubt
ed the state would (1) be able to
operate the buildings at a cost less
than Artz, Ellis and Stark and (2)
could obtain cheaper financing than
their firm, other than through a
general obligation bond issue.
Testimony indicated that Artz,
Ellis and Stark was paying 6 per
cent interest on its long-term fi
nancing, while Guertin said the
state could obtain an interest rate
°f 4.25 per cent if it is set up a
non-profit corporation to buy the
two buildings.
If the state were to issue general
obligation bonds later to buy out
the non-profit corporation, Guer
tin said, the state could receive
an even lower interest rate, 3.25
to 3.3 per cent.
Commenting on concern express
ed by Stark and Ellis about the
possible loss of equity in a con
demnation suit, Rep. John Rader,
a member of the committee, said
the courts would insure that Artz,
Ellis and Stark received all of their
costs, equity and a reasonable
profit.
Sen. Howard Bradshaw, chair
man of the Senate Finance Com
mittee, said the big difference be
tween the present lease arrange
ment and the proposal for state
ownership was that under the lat
ter proposal, Alaska would have
ownership of the buildings at the
conclusion of the 25-year lease
period.
Under the lease arrangement
with Artz, Ellis and Stark, the
state could buy the buildings at
the end of the lease period at the
then assessed value of the two
structures.
“We couldn’t have obtained fi
nancing,” Artz and Stark told the
committee, “if the investors had
known that the state would move
to take over ownership of the two
buildings.
“If the state goes through with
this, it’s going to impair the
ability of everyone to obtain fu
ture investment capital for Alaska.”
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News From Point Hope
Game Wantons Visil Pt. Hope
Fred Wolds tad of the State Fish
and Game and Ray Trembly, were
in Pt. Hope from March 19-27.
Their work included a flight to
the Cape Lisbume area, meeting
with the village council, talk to
school pupils, administer seal
bounties. Pt. Hope people welcome
their visits and hope they come
again soon.
18 Polar Boars Killed
As of tyarch 30, 18 bears have
been killed by hunters from Pt.
Hope this year. One was killed
in February and the others were
killed in March. Five bears were
female and 13 were male. Blight
of the bears were record class. Two
were shot by local residents hunt
ing by dog team. The remainder
were taken by plane hunters. April
is considered an excellent month
for bear hunting, too.
Whale Hunting Boats Ready
The past two weeks have been a
time of getting boats ready for
spring whaling. Gifts of candy
were given to the children after
the skins were sewed on the boat
frames. The actual date for the
beginning of whaling will depend
on weather and ice conditions. Six
whales were taken at Pt. Hope
last spring.
FAA Inspector at Pt. Hope
A FAA inspector came to Pt.
Hope on March 29. Since several
planes are based at Pt. Hope for
polar bear hunting, the FAA is in
terested in knowing that the
planes are in good condition. One
plane has been grounded because
of inadequate landing gear. The
inspector is staying with Rev.
Capener while in Pt. Hope.
Fish & Game Man Here
Byron McDonough, of the State
Fish & Game, is residing in Pt.
Hope during the polar bear sea
son. He tags the bears that are
killed and measures them. He
stays at the Pt. Hope Lodge. He
works out of the Fairbanks office.
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BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 pm.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Verna Mickelsom
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Warner X. Bohrer, W. If.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursdays
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
rwmk . Couch, President
Harriet ^Amundsen, Secretary
— VISITORS WELCOME —
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Don Lyle, Pres.
Chas. D. Jones, Secty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Composite Sqdu.
Sr. Member Victor Charles, Cmdr
Meetings—Each Monday 7:00 p —