First Pay Checks
And Birthday Cake
Steal Convention Show
FAIRBANKS, Iff)—Pay checks
and a birthday cake stole the show
at the Constitutional Convention
Friday.
The 55 delegates each were
handed a green slip of paper al
lowing payment of $75, minus
withholding taxes.
The slips were compensation for
the first week’s work, excluding
per diem. The delegates get $15 a
day in salary plus $5 per diem.
Convention President William
Egan referred to the first pay day
as a “very important occasion.”
Delegate John McNees of Nome
commented:
“I would like to ask the chief
clerk, through the chairman, if
this check is large enough to hold
us through until Monday.”
With taxes taken out, each dele
gate received about $60. Yule
Kilcher of Homer, however, re
ceived the full $75. He has nine
dependents.
After the checks were tucked
away, Delegate William Knight of
Sitka arose on a special order of
business. He pointed out that Fri
day was the birthday of Delegate
Maurice Johnson, whom Knight
said “only admits to 39 summers.”
The cake was then produced,
placed on the podium for display
and then consumed as the last
“order of business” for tl\e day.
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Alaska Legislature
Proposal Made
FAIRBANKS Oft—Friday’s main
order of business at the Constitu
tional Convention was the intro
duction of proposal No. 8, which
calls for the creation of a legisla
ture.
Introduced by R. E. Robertson
of Juneau £fnd referred to commit
tee, the proposal seeks a bicameral
two-house legislature. As was ex
pected, it also directs a reappor
tionment be made after the results
of the 1960 census are known.
Each legislative district would
have two senators for the first
10,000 population, according to the
proposal, and an additional sena
tor for each additional 20,000 pop
ulation.
The House would contain one
representative from each sublegis
lative district.
The proposal would require that
senators be at least 25 years of age
and representatives at least 21.
The proposal suggests that the
boundaries of the present judicial
divisions be retained, with the
names simply changed to legisla
tive districts.
Under the terms of the proposal,
a sublegislative district with less
than 1,000 population would be a
part of the adjacent subdistrict
with the lowest population. The
combined subdistricts would have
a representative if the population
is 1,000 or more.
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William Angell Invited by Eisenhower
To National Conference on Education
Mr. William Angell, who leaves^
here Nov. 25, has been invited by
President Eisenhower to take part
in the White House Conference on
Education in Washington D. C.,
Nov. 28 to Dec. 1. He is one of 10
persons—the quota for Alaska—to
be invited from his territory.
The invitation entitles him to
participate in the national meeting
on schools, first ever called by a
President of the United States,
along with some 2,000 other citi
zens from 53 states and territories.
The White House Conference
follows similar meetings called by
the governors of the states and
territories during the past year, in
i response to the President’s call for
I “the most thorough, widespread
and concerted study the American
people have ever made of their
! educational problems.”
Of the 2,000 persons attending,
1,400 are selected by the states
and territories 'in accordance with
population, 300 are representa
tives of national organizations
with interests in education, and
i the remaining 300 are members of
Congress, governprs, chief state
school officers, foreign observers,
discussion leaders and others.
The program in Washington was
arranged by the President’s Com
mittee for the White House Con
ference on Education, a 34-mem
ber group headed by Neil H. Mc
Elroy of Cincinnati, president of
the Procter & Gamble Company.
Participants in the White House
Conference will discuss six sub
jects which have been studied pre
viously in most of the 4,000 com
munity and 53 state and territorial
conferences on education during
1955. The topics are:
1. What should our schools ac
complish? 2. In what ways can we
organize our school systems more
efficiently and economically?
3. What are our school building
needs? 4. How can we get enough
good teachers—and keep them?
5. How can we finance our schools
—build and operate them? 6. How
can we obtain a continuing public
interest in education?
The conference will be held at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Wash
ington. Conference Director Clint
Pace said discussion of the sub-!
jects would be by groups of 11
persons at each of 180 tables.
“Each table will attempt to
reach consensus among its partici
pants on the six subjects,” he ex
plained. “It is not the purpose of
the conference to take votes, but
to determine the opinions of per
sons from every part of the coun
try, representing many back
grounds and opinions, in an at
tempt to arrive at what the Amer
ican people want from their
schools and how they propose to
obtain it.
“The conference will attempt to
bring together persons who know
the school problems of their com
munities and their states and who,
^.in most instances, have taken part
in their own conferences where
public attitudes have been ex
pressed. Participants in the White
House Conference will have full
opportunity to say whatever they
please and to have their opinions
recorded by table chairmen of
their own choosing. It is our inten
tion to make possible the fullest
discussion on matters which these
citizens believe are of importance
to the educational welfare of their
communities, their states and their
country.” Mr. Pace said.
PRECIOUS JEWELRY TAKES
TRIP TO INCINERATOR
LONDON, —Mrs. Evelyn Ber
ger hid jewelry valued at 2,000
pounds ($5,600) in a waste basket
when she went away for the week
end, but she forgot to tell the
maid.
Employes at the neighborhood
incinerator now are looking for
the jewels as they shovel trash
into the furnace.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
SCORCHY SMITH
HALF-ACRE CASTLE
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Quits Cast of Sinatra’s
First Western Movie
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., <4V-Heir
ess Gloria Vanderbilt pulled out
of a co-starring role in Frank Si
natra’s first western because her
part wasn’t big enough.
Neither Sinatra nor Director
Don McGuire would give the rea
sons for the hasty departure Fri
day night of the poor little rich
girl, who often has been linked
romantically with the singer.
But Saturday a source close to
the production gave the real rea
son why Miss Vanderbilt and her
two sons left hastily for New York
City. She had come here last
weekend, declaring to reporters
that she had dreamed since 14 of
becoming a movie star. She is now
31 years old.
In a tersely worded statement,
Sinatra’s company said only that
“Miss Vanderbilt had withdrawn
from ‘Johnny Concho’ by mutual
agreement.” While Sinatra and
McGuire declined comment, the
unidentified source said no acting
tests were made, only tests for
costume and makeup.
“Frank and Don didn’t fire her.
She just left,” the source sdid.
No Lumber Shortage
But Need for More
Newsprint Production
LUFKIN, Texas UP)—Expressing
concern over “the plight of the
average small newspaper,” mem
bers of the congressional subcom
mittee said here Friday there is
no shortage of lumber for wood
pulp but there is need for the
stimulation of newsprint produc
1 tion.
Now touring the South trying to
find the answer to America’s
newsprint problem—a threatened
shortage and skyrocketing prices
—the committee visited the big
Southland Paper Mill, Inc., plant
here.
Rep. Arthur G. Klein (D-NY),
spokesman for the four members
of the committee, said:
“We’re concerned about the av
erage small newspapers. We want
to keep them going, right along
wittf the big ones,” he said.
'Polio Vaccme Released
WASHINGTON, 14V-The Public
Health Service Friday released
1,592,400 cubic centimeters <ccs.—
or shots—of Salk anti-polio vac
cine for immediate use. The allo
cations included 1,656 for Alaska.
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