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HAT BOY^OUTm^DI
A New Outlook . . .
ANEW OUTLXDOK and a .bright future is ahead for
Bethel and and the Kuskokwim with the inaug
uration of twice weekly air service from Nome on
Friday.
Bethel after Friday will no longer be an enae
cessible remote and backward part of the northern
frontier but an important segment in the fastest grow
ing state in the Union.
Bethel has achieved a goal long sought and which
was made possible with this service provided by the
Northern Aviation and its owner, pilot Dick Galleher.
In a matter of hours instead of days and weeks
sometime, services of many kinds are now available
to Bethel from Nome. Communications between these
two points will mean much to unify the communities
in understanding each other’s needs.
Bethel has a double celebration this week end,
for not only does it have a new air route but a beau
tiful new Armory is being dedicated for the Second
^ Scout Battalion, which has its headquarters there. #
Both these memorable occasions will go down
in history as important steps made possible by State
hood.
The staff of .the Nome Nugget and the people of
Nome send greetings to new neighbors and look
forward to helping build a better Bethel.
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Reapportionment Advisory Board
Recommendations Made Public by Egan
JUNEAU to — The Reappor
tionment Advisory Board has rec
ommended that the Big 10th (An
chorage) Election District be
given 14 seats in the State House
of Representatives.
The board’s recommendation to
Gov. Egan on reapportionment of
the lower chamber of the State
Legislature was made public by
Egan Tuesday.
The board recommended that
the number of election districts
be trimmed by five, from 24 to 19.
Nome Loses One Seat
It also recommended that three
districts which had two seats in
the House in previous sessions be
cut to one seat. They were the
4-th (Sitka), the lilth (Kodiak) and
the 18th (Nome).
The 2nd (Ketchikan) District
and the 5th (Juneau) District were
held at two seats each.
In another recommendation, the
board suggested that the 19th
(Fairbanks' District and the 20th
(Upper Yukon) District be com
bined into a new district called
the Fairbanks-Ft. Yukon District^
to have seven seats.
The 19 now has five and the
Upper Yukon one.
Under the apportionment sched
ule provided in the State Con
si tuatidn, the 10th District had
eight seats in the House of Repre
sentatives.
The districts which would lose
-heir present separate identities
in the recommendations offered
by the Advisory Board are:
The 1st (Prince of Wales) Dis
trict, which would be combined
with the 2nd (Ketchikan) District.
The 7th (Cordova-McCarthy)
and 8th (Valdez-Chitina-Whittier)
Districts, which would be com
bined into a new district called
the Cordova-Valdez District.
The 17tn (Kuskokwim) and the
18th (Yukon-Koyukuk) Districts,
which would be combined into
a new district called the Yukor.
Kuskokwim District.
And the 21st (Barrow) and 22nd
(Kobuk) Districts, which would
be joined to form a new Barrow
Kobuk District.
The combination of districts af
fected those areas in which the
total civilian population within
the district boundary fell to less
than half the quotient resulting
from division of the state’s popu
lation by 40 as required by the
Constitution.
The board also proposed that
the Goose Bay area be transfer
red from the Anchorage District
to the Palmer-Wasilla-Talkeetna
District.
Other Recommendations
In other recommendations, the
board urged that:
The 1970 federal census give
more 'regard to the provisions of
the State Constitution regarding
contiguous and compact socio
economic areas, especially within
the more heavily populated elec
tion districts.”
A study be made of a possible
constitutional amendment which
would permit division of heavily
populated election districts to
avoid long and unwieldy ballots.
In a minority opinion, Mrs.
Irene Ryan of Anchorage urged
that die Governor schedule a hear
ing in Anchorage to determine the
feasibility by dividing that elec
tion district further.
State Atty. gen. Rahjh Moody
: raa aneaay issued an opinion that
a constitutional amendment would
be required to divide that socio
economic area into one or more
election districts. ,
Jade Kinkei of Kodiak asked
that some provision be made for
retaining the separate identities
of the original 24 election dis
tricts.
For instance, he recommended
that the proposed Ketchikan -
Prince at Wales District be de*
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ignated District 1-2 (Ketchikan
Prince of Wales).
In this manner, he said, the
Prince of Wales District could
easily be restored if its popula
tion increased to the point where
it again was entitled to a seat in
the House.
Egan has already indicated that
he will issue a proclamation con
curring or altering the board’s
recommendations by Dec. 12, 90
days after he received the board’s
reapportionment proposals.
Other members of the board
are Chairman Douglas Gray Ju
neau; Richard Oreuel, Fairbanks;
and Clinton Gray, Nome.
N«w Lineup
Following are the board’s rec
ommendations for the new lineup
of election districts, their name
and the number of seats each
would be entitled to:
Dist. No. 1, Ketchikan- Prince
of Wales, 2 seats.
Dist. No. 2, Wrangell-Peters
burg, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 3, Sitka, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 4, Juneau, 2 seats.
Dist. No. 5, Lynn Canal-Icy
Straits, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 6, Cordova-Valdez, 1
seat.
Dist. No. 7, Palmer-Wasilla
Talkeetna, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 8, Anchorage, 14 seats.
Dist. No. 9, Seward, .1 seat.
Dist. No. 10, Kenai-Cook Inlet,
1 seat.
Dist. No. 11, Kodiak, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 12, Aleutian Islands,
1 seat.
Dist. No. 13, Bristol Bay, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 14, Bethel, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 15, Yukon-Kuskok
wim, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 16, Fairbanks-Ft. Yu
kon, 7 seats.
Dist. No. 17, Barrow-Kobuk, 1
seat.
Dist. No. 18, Nome, 1 seat.
Dist. No. 19, Wade Hampton, 1
seat.
Senate District Picture
Under the board’s recommenda
tions, here is how the proposed
new election districts would fit
into the constitutionally inflexible
Senate District picture:
Senate Dist. A: Election Dis
tricts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Senate Dist. B: Election District
1.
Senate Dist. C: Election Districts
2 and 3.
Senate Dist. D: Election Dis
tricts 4 and 5.
Senate Dist. E: Election Dis
tricts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Senate Dist. F: Election District
6.
Senate Dist. G: Election Dis
tricts 7 and 8.
Senate Dist. H: Election Dis
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Bear Hunters Reminded
Hides Must Be Sealed
With brown and grizzly bear
seasons now open in almost all
areas of the state, the Alaska
Department of Fish and' Game to
day reminded hunters that the
hides of all brown and grizzly
bears taken must be sealed with
ing 30 days of taking or before
being exported from the state.
This regulation has been in effect
since last January 1.
The purpose of the regulation
is to enable department biologists
to obtain information essential for
proper management of these val
uable trophy animals. At the time
the hides are presented for seal
ing, the department’s sealing of
ficers will obtain information on
when, where and by whom the
bears were taken, the sex of the
animal, the size of the .pelt, and,
if possible, measurements of the
skull.
A1 Erickson, game biologist in
charge of bear investigations for
the state, pointed out that bear
hides will shrink considerably;
therefore, he would like to have
hides presented for sealing as
soon as possible after the animals
are taken.
SIGN OF GOOD LUCK . . .
NAPLES, Italy — Shouts of
joy resounded in Naples’ Cathed
ral yesterday when attendants an
nounced that the blood of the
city’s patron, St. Januarius, had
liquified.
The manifestation, considered
a sign of good luck by Neapoli
tans, was said to have occurred
after 20 minutes of prayers by the
congregation.
The two vials reputed to hold
the blood of the saint—normally
dry—were then exhibited and
kissed by thousands of the faith
ful. In the throng were many
tourists, who came here for the
annual demonstration, held on the
Feast Day of St. Januarius.
tricts 9 and 10.
Senate Dist. I: Election Districts
11 and 12.
Senate Dist. J: Election Dis
tricts 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Senate Dist. K: Election Dis
tricts 13 and 14.
Senate Dist. L: Election Dis
trict 15.
Senate Dist. M: Election Dis
trict 16.
Senate Dist. N: Election Dis
tricts 17, 18 and 19. TP,
Senate Dist. O: Election Dis
trict 17.
Senate Dist. P: Election Dis
tricts 18 and 19.
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