Bartlett Introduces Bill for
Private Development of
Barrow Gas Field
WASHINGTON UP! — A bill
aimed at opening Northern Alas
ka’s 23-million acre Naval petro
leum reserve to private explora
tion and development was intro
duced Monday by Sen. E. L.
Bartlett.
The reserve has been closed
to the public since 1923. The
Navy has tapped some natural gas
in the area but no commercial
oil or gas deposits have been dis
covered.
Bartlett’s bill would place the
reserve under Interior Department
jurisdiction. The Secretary of In
terior could then open it for com
mercial development under Min
eral Leasing Laws.
He said tests by the Navy “in
no respect disprove the potential
of the area for oil and gas.” “If
the area were opened for leas
ing, a commercial integrated in
dustry might eventually be cre
ated in Northern Alaska,” he said.
Under the bill, the Navy would
continue to use natural gas from
the South Barrow Field to serve
federal facilities at Barrow.
The bill also contains a pro
vision that could lead to civil
ians at Barrow gaining access to
gas for heating.
Hard-pressed for fuel, the vil
lagers have been unable to ob
tain gas from the field because
of restrictions imposed in setting
up the Naval reserve.
Bartlett’s bill provides that pri
vate interests could use existing
pipeline facilities to transport gas
to the villagers if commercial gas
supplies are located.
The Defense Department has
expressed a desire to relinquish
control of the reserve to allow
further exploration through 'pri
vate investment by the oil in
dustry, Bartlett said.
NEWSPAPERS IN INDIA
WILL USE AP NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI UR — The United
News of India, first Indian news
agency ever to distribute an
American news service began
operations Monday.
The agency, owned by eight
newspaper groups, will distribute
Asociated Press news initially to
14 newspapers in six cities.
Nome Chamber
Meeting News
Ash Craft gave a report on the
big Aircade meeting which he at
tended in Anchorage last week,
stating that it was one of the most
interesting and stimulating events
he has attended in years. At the
meetings held in the 4th Ave.
Theater outstanding men who held
offices in the National Chamber
of Commerce gave a thorough ap
praisal on government spending
and government trends.
On the section of the meeting
concerning education in which
Craft, as a member of the Nome
School Board was most interested
the report revealed that since
1950 school attendance increased
48 per cent, classrooms had in
creased 51 per cent, teachers in
creased 68 per cent and wages
had increased 76 per cent.
The feeling on unemployment,
he reported was that it should be
kept on local and state level.
At Monday’s meeting were
members of the bar from several
other towns: Gregory Koshell, at
torney from Sacramento and his
son Jon, a California guide; Tom
Balone, attorney from Fairbanks
and office of Warren Taylor; and
Frank Proctor, attorney from An
chorage.
President Don Hoover gave a
resume of the plans for the pro
posed Vocational School submit
ted to come within the require
ments and finances. This school
will take care of around 300 stu
dents with sufficient room for
the necessary academic require
ments including, English, Alaskan
History and vocation subjects
were chosen from those fields in
which workers are now needed in
the state and include aviation,
auto and diesel mechanics, cook
ing and culinary, electrical and
metal work.
The plans and details of the
school are available to the pub
lic at the M and M Bank, stated
Hoover.
Rev. Lundborg of Unalakleet
who reported on the activities of
the recently formed chapter of
the Chamber there. Mrs. Richard
Lee was a guest at the meeting.
Local Service Airlines
Will Require $68,198,000
In Air Mail Subsidy
WASHINGTON (ft — * The 13
| local service airlines probably
i will require $68,198,000 in air
mail subsidy in the next fiscal
year, $6,094,000 more than in the
current year, according to new
estimates of the Civil Aeronau
tics Board.
The estimates, by airline, for the
fiscal year starting next July 1,
include:
Intra-Alaska operations — Alas
ka Airlines, $218,000; Northern
Consolidated, $1,120,000; Pacific
Northern $799,000; Wien, $1,512,
000.
States-Alaska operations—Alas
ka Airlines, $1,567,000; Pacific
Northern $2,033,000.
REP. BLODGETT APPOINTED
TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE
JUNEAU UPi — Rep. Blodgett of
Teller said yesterday he had been
advised of his appointment to the
Advisory Committee of the Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Con
gress.
Word of the appointment came
in a letter from William H. Webb,
executive vice president of the
Congress, a non-partisan organ
ization dedicated to the conserva
tion and development of water
and land resources.
Blodgett will serve as a mem
ber at large for the state of Alas
ka.
KENNEDY PRESENTED
WITH A NEW NAME
WASHINGTON UPi — President
Kennedy got a new name yester
day — A-Chi-Ya-La-To-Pa.
The name goes with a new
title — adopted honorary gover
nor of the Zuni Indian tribe of
New Mexico. Kennedy received
both at a White House ceremony.
Clara Gonzales, a Zuni reserva
tion school principal for 38 years,
made the presentation on behalf
of the governor of New Mexico
and members of the Zuni tribe.
Mrs. Gonzales explained —
Chi-Ya-iLa-To-Pa means “very
wise, powerful and prominent.”
Dr. Lee McKinley, dentist,
serving this area will return
to Nome March 30 and 31, and
will be in Kotzebue April 1, 2, 3,
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HAS . . .
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^ Linoleum Rugs and Yard Goods
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[Senate Passes
Ferry Bond Hill
By 17-3 Vote
By Ward T. Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP) — The State Sen
ate, on a surprising 17-3 vote, ap
proved the big $23 million Ferry
Bond Bill Monday and virtually
completed legislative action on the
measure.
The bill must go back to the
House for concurrence in a Sen
ate amendment, before it can be
passed along to Gov. Egan for his
approval or rejection.
The Senate beat back numer
ous attempts to change the bill
and accepted only one amend
ment, offered by Sen. John Mc
Nees.
McNees’ amendment requires
that $5 million of the ferry-road
bond issue of $23 million be spent
for road construction. Under terms
■>f the bill as it was sent to the
Senate, the $5 million could be
spent for road construction and/ j
or maintenance.
The ferry bond bill had been
expected to pass the Senate by
a substantial majority, with the
predictions ranging up to a 16-4
vote, but when the showdown
actually came, the only dissent
ers were three Anchorage Re
publicans, Sens. Vance Phillips,
Howard Pollock and Brad Phillips.
After approving the ferry bill,
the Senate gave its okay to gen
eral obligation bonding bills which
would provide $1.5 million for
bush airfields, $2.5 million for
hospital construction and equip
ment, and $1.5 for construction
of a Vocational Education School
north of the Yukon River.
All but the Ferry Bond Bill
passed without amendment. Those
will go direct to Egan for his ap
proval or disapproval.
TIT FOR TAT . TT~
LOS ANGEILES UP — A man
arrested on a drunken driving
charge was freed by a jury after
3 minutes deliberation. After his
arrest the man had failed a test
in which he had to close his eyes
and touch the tip of his nose with
his forefinger. The jury freed
him after a policeman in court
failed the same test.
New Barge Built For
B & Ft Tug and FSarge
SEATTLE iff — A Seattle- de
signed barge for service in the
rivers near Kotzebue and in the
Bering Sea is under construction
at Portland.
Designed by Naval Architects
L. R. Glosten and Associates of
Seattle, the 115-foot, 4,000-barrel
petroleum and dry cargo barge
is being built by the Albina En
gine and Machine Works for B &
R Tug and Barge, Inc., of Kotze
bue. It is scheduled for delivery
next month.
ONE WAY TO DO IT . . .
WHITESBURG, Ky. iff — Bill
Bates finally found a way to run
a television line through 50 feet
of 12 inch pipe.
He harnessed the line to the
family cat, started him* through
the pipe, then unleased his hunt
ing dog.
The TV line streaked through
the pipe and Bates’ son rescued
the cat at the other end.
FIRST LADY GOES SHOPPING
NEW YORK l/P» — The nation’s
First Lady is in New York for a
round of visits to art museums, a
night at the ballet and fittings for
her Easter and spring wardrobes.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy flew in
from Washington Monday. It is
expected she will be here several
days.
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