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Trail Blazers
IT’S A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Alaska’s former
Delegate to Congress, and now one of its first
Senators, E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, who celebrates on
April 20. On the same date, but of another vintage,
Alaska’s first Delegate to Congress in 1906, Frank
Waskey, celebrates his 85th birthday at Oakville,
Wash., where he is retired.
Along with these well-known Alaskans, our own
Charlie Jones, a member of the First Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska, celebrates his 85th birthday
on April 26. If the experiences of these three Spring
starters could be put together in one book, what a
volume of information would be added to the history
of Alaska!
Governor Approves
State Employes Bill
JUNEAiU, Of*—A comprehensive
state personnel program was ap
proved Monday by Governor Egan
as he signed into law a three-bill
package passed by the I960 Legis
lature.
The Legislation provides for a
public employes retirement sys
tem, mandatory for state work
ers and containing provisions for
. cities and other governmental
units to come under the plan on
a volunteer basis.
Also approved was a state merit
system establishing three classi
fications among the state’s 1,000
government employes. The cate
gories include exempt, partially
exempt and classified workers. The
first two groups include depart
ment heads and others in policy
making positions.
As part of the new personnel
system, the Governor also signed
into law another bill which re
vamps the annual leave benefits
for state workers. In the past,
all state employes received 30
work days of leave a year. Under
the new law, leave benefits will
be scaled to a maximum of 30
days annually for employes of 10
or more years of service.
The measures were among 13
bills on which there was action
Monday, raising to 146 the num
ber of laws enacted so far this
year.
DeGaulle Cheered In
French-Speaking Quebec
QUEBEC, Canada, UFi — French
President Charles De Gaulle re
ceived the cheers of thousands
today in this picturesque provin
cial capitol in the heart of the
largest French-speaking commu
nity of North America.
The 69-year-old French leader
flew here this morning in a Cana
dian Royal Air Force Comet jet
after concluding a round of pre
summit talks in Ottawa.
In brisk, near-freezing weather
the towering De Gaulle stepped
jauntily from the plane.
He received the customary 21
gun salute after exchanging
greetings with Premier Antonio
Barrette of Quebec Province. A
crowd of several hundred watched
and cheered.
The party then drove to Croix
De Sacrifice, Quebec’s war me
morial, for another ceremony,
where he laid a wreath at the foot
of the memorial cross.
De Gaulle passed among the
crowd amid cheers and paused at
one point to kiss a baby held on
the shoulders of his father.
Oral Freeman It House Candidate
KETCHIKAN, (*> — Oral Free
man, Democratic member of the
House of Representatives of the
First State Legislature, has filed as
a candidate for re-election from
i District Two.
Juneau Launches
Campaign to Keep
State Capitol
JUNEAU, (/Pi — The Juneau
Chamber of Commerce has an
nounced plans for a state-wide
campaign in advance of the Aug
ust primary election to sell this
city as the continued capitol of
Alaska.
A proposed initiative action
calling for relocation of the capi
tol to the westward by 1965 will
be on a special ballot at the time
of the primary voting.
Secretary of State Hugh Wade,
charged with preparation of the
initiative proposal for submission
to the voters, said Monday he
planned formal notification of the
capitol move vote later this week.
His certification that the mat
ter will be placed before the vot
ers on August 9 will be made to
Anchorage leaders of the Capitol
Site Steering Committee, which
sponsored the initiative proposal.
More than 13,000 signatures
were obtained early this year on
petitions seeking a vote on the
question. Signers included those
who favor a move as well as op
ponents of the plan. The latter
hope to resolve the matter with
a negative vote.
The proposal calls for voter en
actment of a law which would re
quire the Governor to select a
five-man committee to pick a new
capitol site somewhere between
Cook Inlet and the northern lim
it of the railtoelt.
Opponents of the initiative con
tend an Alaska constitutional pro
vision naming Juneau as the cap
itol cannot be changed by simple
enactment of a law. Supporters
of the plan claim the provision,
included in a transitional section
of the Constitution, can be
changed without a constitutional
amendment.
The Juneau Chamber campaign
will be headed by a committee
which has been working for
weeks to accumulate supporting
evidence for retention of the cap
itol here, the seat of Alaska gov
ernment since 1906.
“I am happy to report that we
have 'found that Juneau has an
excellent case for keeping the
capitol here,” committee chairman
Frank Doogan said in a report to
the Chamber, “and the more facts
we assemble, the better it looks.”
One of Juenau’s key presenta
tions is expected to be the planned
transfer to the state of seven acres
of land in the downtown area for
capitol expansion needs.
A proposed bond issue to raise
one million dollars for purchase of
the land toy the city, for later
transfer to the state, is to go to
voters of Juneau at a special elec
tion May 10.
HOUSTON, Tex., Miss
Universe of 1957, the former
Carol Morris, of Ottumwa, Iowa,
gave birth to a 7-pound, 9-ounce
boy yesterday. The beauty, now
Mrs. Edward G. Burke, said .“This
is a much greater thrill than the
Miss Universe title.” The couple
named the boy Christopher.
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Kennedy Gets Irish Up;
Will Debate in W. Va.
WHEELING, W. Va., UP) — Sen.
John Kennedy Tuesday accepted
a challenge from Sen. Hubert
Humphrey for a face-to-face de
bate during their campaigning in
West Virginia’s May 10 Presiden
tial preference primary.
A short time later, C. Tom Gar
ten, general manager of WSAZ
TV, Huntington, said both candi
dates would appear on an hour
long television program on May
9 — election eve — at 10 p.m.
This was a new twist from the
campaign leading up to the Wis
consin primary, where Kennedy
defeated Humphrey. Kennedy had
declined to accept an invitation
from Humphry for personal de
bate in Wisconsin.
Kennedy explained today that
the reason for his refusal then
was that he felt it would be
“harmful to the party and to the
candidates to have intense per
sonal debate.”
He added that “In view of the
way the campaign is evolving in
West Virginia, I can’t accept the
current attacks without fighting
back.”
The debating mood of the two
candidates underscored the brist
ling attitude already expressed by
Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, in
taking the offensive on the reli
gious question.
MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday morning at the Easter
program of the Methodist Sunday
was made to the church by Jackie
Geisler, age 6, of the Sunday
School, a memorial presentation
School Kindergarten.
The memorial, which was a
large illuminated picture head of
Christ by Sallman, will be placed
in the church in memory of An
tonio Polet, an officer of the
church for many years, and was
given by the children of the Sun
day School.
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Chou at New Delhi
Airport Greeting
NEW DlJLHI, Lf) — Chou En-Lai
arrived Tuesday and was prompt
ly told by Prime Minister frehru
Red China’s border actions “have
been a shock to all our people.”
“Our relations have been im
periled for the present and fu
ture,” he told the visiting Red
China Premier.
Chou, grimfaced, had voiced
hope that the Chinese-Indian bor
der dispute could be settled “in
accordance with the principles of
coexistence.”
Nehru smiled as he made his
statement — but his words were
tough and sharp.
Chou arrived by plane from
Rangoon, Burma, for talks with
Nehru on 50,000 square miles of
disputed territory along the India
Tibet border. The Chinese pro
voked the border crisis, and Chou
is one of the most unpopular vis
itors in recent Indian history.
Nehru headed a few cabinet
members and other officials greet
ing Chou at the airport. Security
guards were posted all along the
route from the airport to the city,
but there were virtually no spec
tators.
President Rajendra Prasad boy
cotted the arrival ceremony. Since
Chou is not the chief of the Chi
nese state, protocol did not re
qure Prasad’s presence.
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