Senate Censure Motion Against Coghill
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Withdrawn, Aviation Audit Map Ends
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU >JP> — A censure motion
which had been hanging over Sen.
John Coghill of Nenan was
withdrawn dramatically Friday
night and harmony — at least
outward harmony — settled over
the upper chamber.
Withdrawal of the censure mo
tion was urged by its sponsor, Sen.
R. J. McNealy of Fairbanks.
Coghill had told the Senate he
had checked the figures on a Di
vision of Aviation worksheet and
was unable to locate $2,305,000 he
said should be there.
The State Department of Pub
lic Works, through Commissioner
Richard Downing, replied that
“Coghill has his figures mixed
up.”
The argument started a week
ago, when Coghill was quoted as
sayiftg the Legislative Audit Com
mittee which he heads was unable
to find the Airport Construction
Revolving Fund in the Aviation
Division’s books.
The figure of $2 million was
used. Coghill has since denied
ever using a figure to state the
amount of money in the fund.
Coghill took the floor late Fri
day on a point of personal pri
vilege and told the Senate he had
checked the Division of Aviation’s
cash fund balances worksheet for
Nov. 30, 1960.
A Maze of Figures Shown
Leading the Senate through a
maze of figures covering 1957
Legislative appropriations and
pre-1959 airport construction proj
ect figures, Coghill eventually
came up with the $2,305,000 fig
ure.
Coghill told the Senate the Leg
islature had appropriated a total
of $1,716,000 to finance airport
construction during 1957, 1958
and 1959.
With federal funds and $141,
637 additional in state funds he
said were available, the total
amount which should have been
available for airport construction
under the federal aid to airports
program during that period should
have been $7,431,552 Coghill said.
But, the Nenana Republican
told the Senate, the Division of
Aviation’s worksheets show that
only $5,125,939 was available dur
ing the 1957-1959 construction
period.
“There should be $2,305,612
floating around in the fund some
place,” Coghill said, “or that
money was used for projects in
which federal matching funds
from FAAP were not available.
“With the state share of the
cost of construction of those air
fields pegged at 25 per cent of
the total cost, certainly we’ve
lost millions in federal matching
funds.”
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Coghill said the Department of
Public Works also apparently de
fied legislative intent because he
said 17 airport projects which the
Legislature had directed be built
were not shown on the worksheet.
Asked io Comment
Asked to comment on Coghill’s
Senate statement, Downing said
the Nenana Republican made a
serious error in using the work
sheet as the source of his figures.
“This worksheet does not pur
port to show those projects which
have already been completed. It
shows only those projects which
were still active for some reason
as of Nov. 30, 1960.”
Downing said Coghill further
erred in deciding that the federal
government automatically paid
75 per cent of the cost of projects
constructed under FAAP. In
many instances, Downing said,
the federal participation percent
age is much lower.
After presenting his analysis of
the Aviation Division worksheet
to the Senate, Coghill pounded
his desk and said:
“I can assure you, Mr. Presi
dent, that as long as this censure
motion is before us, I will not
quit fighting for my life.”
McNealy then took the floor
and asked unanimous permission
to withdraw his censure resolu
tion, which had been introduced
when the whole fuss started a
week ago.
McNealy’s request was granted
and, moving quickly, the Senate
then decided against further in
vestigation of Legislative Audit
Committee reports and adjourned
for the weekend.
No senator in the history of
Alaska has ever been censured,
an action which would permit
the Senate to strip a member of
his committee assignments.
Little League Plays
Tournament This Week
The Nome Little League fin
ished its regular season play last
Saturday morning with the Bron
son Deliverers capturing first i
place.
The scores for the final games:
Northern Comercial . 13
Nome Druggists . 8
David Pullock had 11 points for
the winners.
Bronson Deliverers . 21
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North Stars . 16
Willie Curran had 10 points for
Bronson.
Nome Nuggets . 23
Bering Sea Enterprisers . 6
Peter Kunnuck had 15 points
for the Nuggets.
The final team standings are:
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Bronson Deliverers . 5 0
Northern Commercials ....4 1
Nome Nuggets . 3 2
North Stars . 2 3
Bering Sea Enterprisers 1 4
Nome Druggists . 0 5 j
This week, starting tonight at j
seven o’clock, the Little League |
tournament will be held in the [
School Gym. Two games will be
played on Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursday in a single elimina
tion tournament.
Tonight’s games match the
Northern Commercials against the
North Stars at 7 o’clock, and the
Nome Druggists against the Ber
ing Sea Enterprisers at 7:45. On
Wednesday, the Nome Nuggets
and Bronson’s Deliverers will
play the winners of tonight’s
games.
Parents and friends are invited
to attend and watch the boys
show their skills. No admission
will be charged.
Dick Strom, former linotype
operator for the Nugget, who has
been a seaman on a Foss ocean
going tug since leaving Nome, re
j turned over the weekend for a
I short visit. He is~ now employed
by Jessen’s Weekly in Fairbanks.
Chamber Meeting Notes
President Don Hoover, at the
regular Chamber of Commerce
noon luncheon, called attention to
the recognition by the military re
cently for northern Alaska de- '
fense needs. He noted that recent j
articles released parallel what the j
Chamber has been fighting for
these past several years, and i
voiced the opinion that action
might result.
He also called attention to the ]
McNees resolution in the State
Legislature which calls for the I
Board of Education to pick the
site for the vocational school j
which was voted upon by the |
people of Alaska at the last elec
tion. Nome has made a strong
bid for this school as the ideal
location.
Other communities are also
seeking to have the school, the
most recent being Tanana, which
has even organized a Chamber of
Commerce to back their efforts.
Welcomed back to Chamber
were Mr. and Mrs. Sig Krogstad.
The Choir of the North re- j
quested financial support from
the chamber for its stateside tour
insomuch that two students from
Nome are inthe choir. They are
Diane Lee and Harry Johnsen Jr.
LIONS STAGE BOWLING
CONTEST SUNDAY MORNING
Following the Charter Banquet
of the Lions Club, the local or
ganization challenged the Fair
banks visitors to a bowling con
test.
Four games were played Sun
day morning at Aukruk Lanes
with two games being won by the
Bering Sea Lions and two games
by the Fairbanks Lions.
A large rooting section kept
| a lively audience.
Playing on the local team were
Jack Carpenter, Don Foster, Jim
| Muir, George Lienard, and Dennis
Marquiss.
Louis J. Chasse Is
Married In Fairbanks
In a quiet afternoon ceremony
on Jan. 29 before a gathering of
friends and relatives of the bride
and groom, Genevieve L. Fields
and Louis J. Chasse, formerly of
Nome, were united in marriage by
Rev. John Stokes in Fairbanks.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her son-in-law, William
B. Emmal.
Matron of Honor was Mrs. Wil
liam B. Emmal, daughter of the
bride and Robert Giersdorf, son
of the bride, was chosen by the
groom to be best man.
Special guests included Judge
and Mrs. Hubert Gilbert and Dr.
and Mrs. Henry Storrs.
Guests were greeted at a recep
tion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Giersdorf immediately
following the wedding service.
Mr. Chasse is an RCA employe
and the couple will make their
home in the Northward Building.
Alaskan Cities Will Get
$55,000 In Refunds From
1057 Liquor License Fees
JUNEAU, (J’t—Alaska cities will
receive refunds totaling about
$55,000 from a 1957 increase in
state liquor license fees, Gov.
Egan said today.
Egan said the refunds would be
made as a result of an opinion
issued by Atty Gen. Ralph Moody,
reversing an earlier ruling which
held that the cities were not en
titled to share in the increased
fees.
Moody ruled that such refunds
would not be contrary to the
state constitution’s prohibition
aganist earmarking state reve
nues.
Robert D. Stevenson, deputy
commissioner of revenue, said
$55,450 was withheld from the
cities under the previous ruling
for the fiscal year which ended
last June 30.
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