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ONE LUCKY BUCK
STILL IN CIRCULATION
Larry Galvin reported today
that Mrs. John Reader has re
deemed one of the Lucky Bucks
issued b\r his stores. However, one
“buck” is still in circulation: No.
M 907 631 72 H. It will pay you
to look sharp for this one-er be
cause it’s worth a ten-er at either
the U.S. Merc or Nome Harware
Store.
Statehood . . .
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statement made earlier in Alaska
that he would support a bill to ad
mit Alaska “even if it meant shift
ing control of the Senate from the
Republicans to the Democrats.”
Bartlett said he had furnished
Knowland “at his request” with
maps and memoranda outlining
the various areas of Alaska in
which it has been proposed that
the President be empowered to
set up military reservations inside
the proposed state.
Such a proposal would meet
what is believed to be one of the
President’s principal objections to
statehood for Alaska—the need for
a buffer area in which U.S. mili
tary forces would be free to move
in the event of Russian aggression.
It was in reply to such a pro
posal also that the Defense De
partment last spring advised the
•House and Senate Insular Affairs
Committees that it would have
“less objection” to statehood un
der such conditions than under
•earlier proposals.
The House this spring over
whelmingly rejected a bill to give
statehood to both territories. In
view of the House action, Chair
man Jackson <D-\Vash> of the
Senate territories subcommittee
has said he feels it would be “a
waste of time” for his committee
to even act on the bill. He said he
is confident the Senate will insist
as it did in 1954 on admitting both
territories.
Japanese Dog Walks 93
Miles Home to Master
KAMAISHI, Japan, UPl—A mon
grel dog named Chiri-San walk
ed 93 miles to his master’s old
home and had to be shipped back
here today.
Chiri-San, a shaggy 7-year-old
male of varied origin and a good
sense of direction, was sent here
to his master’s new home, along
with the household goods, from
Morioka, 94 miles away.
The master took a later train,
and found Chiri - San missing
when he arrived.
Twelve days later the dog
showed up in Morioka at his old
home and had to be shipped again
to the new one.
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Voting Age . . .
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lature, confusion, almost anarchy,
would result. It would be like the
English system of having no writ
ten constitution. Congress would
never agree to this.
"This is the beginning,” contin
ued Hellenthal. “If this carries,
the disgruntled few will seek to
throw everything to the w’ill of the
legislature.”
Seaborn Buckelew, Anchorage
attorney, supporting Hellenthal,
said: “To follow Taylor’s amend
ment through—let’s adjourn now
and present to Alaskans a blank
piece of paper.”
Another die-hard issue in the
Suffrage Committee report con
cerns other voting qualifications.
Monday the convention approved
the committee’s recommendation
that only the ability to “read or
speak” be required for voting. An
amendment to include ability to
write was defeated.
Yesterday, R. E. Robertson of
Juneau unsuccessfully tried to
change the provision to “to read
and speak.” An additional effort
to strike the whole section also
failed.
Heintzleman Asks
Eisenhower to Aid
Alaskan Natives
JUNEAU—The following letter
from Gov. Heintzleman has been
delivered to the White House, ad
dressed to President Eisenhower:
“On Nov. 10, 1954 you declared
parts of Alaska to be a major dis
aster area and thus eligible for
federal assistance under Public
Law 875 of the 81st Congress.
“The area involved consisted of
localities in which commercial
fishing,-almost the sole support
of the local Indians and Eskimos,
was so extremely poor in 1954 that
suffering and malnutrition were
being experienced by these native
Alaskans.*
“An allotment of $20,000 was
made available from the disaster
fund through the Federal Civil
Defense Administration (of which)
approximately $10,000 was spent.
“Very unfortunately, the com
mercial fishing in a few of the
same localities as well as in some
other parts of Alaska was as poor
or poorer in 1955 than in 1954, and
the need for help to the local In
dians and Eskimos is again very
urgent. The number of persons
who presently need or are likely
to need assistance this winter and
next spring is roughly estimated
to be 3,600, scattered through 10
or 12 native villages.
“I strongly recommend that the
parts of Alaska which suffered .. .
in 1955 be declared a major disas
ter area and . . . the remaining
balance of the 1954 allotment, ap
proximately $10,000, plus such
additional funds not exceeding
$25,000 as may prove to be needed
(be made available).”
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
The planet which is adding con
siderable beauty to the heavens at
this particular time is Jupiter. It
is brilliantly visible in the low
northeastern sky in late evening
and high in the southern sky in
the morning.
Its position is gradually chang
ing from one observation to the
next. It is now approximately two
degrees to the east of the fixed
star Regulus of the constellation
Leo. At our last observation, Jupi
ter formed a scalene triange with
the bottom two stars of Leo. Now
the triangle is changing from a
scalene to a right angle triangle,
with the right angle at Regulus.
Probably the most gigantic
marking on Jupiter is the Great
Red Spot. There are indications
that Cassini, at Paris, observed
this'large marking on Jupiter in
1685. It was known to have been
seen in 1869 and more definitely
in 1878. The width of this marking
is 8,000 miles and the length is
30,000 miles.
LOUISVIIILE, Ky., (#> — The
Red Cross had a good selling point
for its need for blood yesterday.
It said it had just sent 37 pints
of blood to one hospital in a vain
attempt to save the life of a boy.
And on Saturday, it said, it pro
vided 21 pints which helped save
the life of another young man.
42 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF
SNOW IN NORTH MINNESOTA
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Min
nesota, !J*>—Residents at this Can
adian border community stared
out of their frosted windows in
disbelief Saturday. For the second
straight day no snow was falling.
The city Friday reached the end
of a marathon 42 consecutive days
of snowfall. During that period
the snowfall totaled more than 35
inches.
Of the five octaves of energy
that make up sunlight, only one
octave is used in human vision.
Convention Votes To Lower Voting
Age In State of Alaska To 19 Years
FAIRBANKS, UP)—Delegates to
the Alaska Constitutional Con
vention voted in plenary session
Monday to lower the voting age
for Alaskans to 19.
The issue, lurking in the back
ground for many days, came to
the front when the article on suff
rage and elections to be incor
porated in the constitution was
presented by the committee as
signed to those subjects.
The committee recommended a
voting age of 20. But when the
recommendation came to the floor
Victor Fisher and Victor Rivers
of Anchorage, and George Sund
borg of Juneau, leaped to their
feet to move it be amended to 18.
j More than 20 delegates aired
' their views in the debate that
followed.
And with the defeat of the 18
year limit, Delegates Jack Cog
hill of Nenana, Douglas Gray of
Douglas and John McNees of
Nome offered an amendment set
ting the age at 19.
The vote was 28-24.
The arguments for suffrage at
18 had these main points: the per
son who is allowed to work, marry
and fight for his nation at 18 also
should be allowed to vote; the
18-year-olds of today are well ed
ucated and the right to vote will
lessen political antipathy; the age
21 voting limit is an old concept
that does not apply to modern
times.
Those opposed to lowering the
voting age to 18 wondering if ad
mission to bars, service on juries
and obligations to suits and con
tracts would follow. They also
feared that Congress would not
grant statehood with such a low
voting age requirement. Lack of
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maturity, susceptibility to per
suasion and lack of well-rounded
worldly knowledge were other
reasons against the 18-year-old as
a voter.
Before the debate on the voting
age started, delegates already had •
spent an hour arguing about whe
ther to include ability to write in
the qualifications for voting.
The committee recommended
that suffrage be extended to those
able to “read or speak the English
language.” Maurice Johnson
moved to add the ability to write.
This failed by a vote of 42-11.
The clincher in the debate was
the argument that persons de
prived of the right of education
should not be' discriminated
against. Delegates Mildred Her
mann, Maynard Londborg and
Frank Peratrovich all referred to
outying areas in Alaska which
have no schools or where schools
were only established in recent
years.
McKay Tells Hawaii
Administration Favors
Statehood For Island
HONOLULU, UP)—Secretary of
Interior McKay told the Hawaii
Statehood Commission Monday
that “the fight for statehood for
Hawaii has in no sense ended or
been stopped.”
The Republican administration,
McKay told a commission oanquet
meeting, still favors immediate
statehood for Hawaii, but “it is
not committed to immediate state
hood for Alaska for economic and
military reasons.”
“Our position has always been,
and remains' today,” he said,
“that the case of each territory
should be considered separately
and on its merits.”
“Statehood for Hawaii is clear
ly favored by the overwhelming
majority of our citizens across
the nation.”
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