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Gov. Rosellini Defends
His Request for Hearing
On Trucked Mail to Alaska
OLYMPIA, m — The State of
Washington has legitimate stake
in the way mail is sent to Alaska,
Gov. Rosellini said Thursday.
Rosellini defended his request
for a hearing by the U. S. Sen
ate Commerce Committee on a
proposal that the mail be sent by
truck instead of by ship.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett had criti
cized the request on the grounds
the governor of Washington
should not interfere in an Alas
ka matter.
Rosellini said the shipment of j
mail affects the economies of both
states. He said a switch to trucks
could force Alaska Steamship Co.
out of business and “contribute
to the further deterioration of the
American Merchant Marine.”
As a matter involving inter
state commerce, Rosellini added,
the proposed change is of interest
to the Senate Committee, headed
by Sen. Warren Magnuson, of
Washington.
“May I assure you that I did
not oppose the proposed change,”
the governor said. “I merely sug
gested that it was a proper sub
ject worthy of the attention of
our leaders in Washington, D. C.
The Bartlett-Rosellini exchange
was the second in recent months
in which Alaska officials have
suggested the Washington gover
nor is unaware of all the impli
cations of Alaska’s accession to
Statehood.
The governor told Bartlett he
is well aware of these implica
tions.
“May I also assure you,” he
added, “that this awareness has
been increased in recent months
by statements of Alaskan political
leaders whose comments are well
designed for home consumption.”
The comments to which he ap
parently referred were those of
Gov. Egan of Alaska after Rosel
lini suggested Egan to veto a
fisheries bill. The measure pro
vided for restriction of fishings to
Alaskans in periods of extreme
ly poor salmon runs.
Superase Bond Typing Paper
For Sale at the Nugget
Firm Discloses
Details of Alaska’s
New Ferryboats
SEATTLE L'P — Details of the
ships which will be built for I
Alaska’s new ferry system were j
disclosed Saturday by Philip F.
Spaulding & Associate of Seattle,
designers.
The first ship will begin opera
tion in the autumn of 1962, with
the entire fleet ready for the sum
mer tourist season of 1963.
Three ships will be built for
Southeastern Alaska. They will
connect Prince Rupert, B. C., with
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Sitka, Juneau, Haines and Skag
way.
One ship will run between
Homer and Kodiak in Southwest
ern Alaska.
Contract plans will be ready |
for bidding in about two months,
Spaulding said.
Bids will be asked on a nation
wide basis.
The vessels for the Southeast
ern Alaska service will be 18
knot ships, each 351 feet long with
a beam of 73 feet 6 inches, draw
ing 15 feet of water.
They will carry 108 vehicles and
500 passengers.
A smaller vessel will connect
Homer with Kodiak.
This ship will be 256 feet long,
with a speed of 15 knots, and will
carry approximately 60 vehicles
and 260 passengers.
Passenger accommodations on
all ships will include facilities for
overnight sleeping.
The Southeastern Alaska fer
ries will load and discharge over
the stern and through side ports.
Because of the large tidal range
on the Homer-Kodiak run, the
ferry there will load by an eleva
tor.
Trailer and other vehicles will
drive aboard the elevator and be
lowered to the vehicle deck, where
they will be rotated on a turn
table to be positioned for stow
age.
Odd legislation: In some states
a beauty operator’s license can be
revoked if, when giving a sham
poo, she fails to lather the cus
tomer’s hair at least twice.
Ml SHIN*
THROUGH
WASHINGTON
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON iff — Several
items of special interest to Alas
ka are in the Senate version of
the bill to provide money for the
Interior Department in the year
starting July 1.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee recommended adding
$69.3 million to the House-pass
ed bill, to bring to $922.6 million
the department’s appropriation for
the coming fiscal year. ,
The Senate Committee added
$350,000 to the House bill for a
Forestry Research Laboratory at
Fairbanks.
The office of Sen. Bartlett re
ports these items of interest to
the 49th State in the committee
aporoved bill before the Senate:
It would delete $375,000 sought
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
to replace its ship North Star,
which runs between Seattle and
Indian communities in Alaska.
It -would also delete $387,350 re
quested for construction work on
the Arctic and Izembek National
Wildlife Ranges.
The committee approved the
$1.5 million for salmon research
in the Pacific included in the
House bill. That sum would be
in addition to the $1 million al
ready appropriated by Congress
for this research.
The bill would provide $120,000
to the Public Health Service for
installation of a community water
system at the Metlakatla Indian
village.
The service would also under
take water exploration and de
velopment projects with these
sums: $25,000 at Minto, $22,000 at
Allakaket, $14,000 at Huslia, $15,
000 at Oscarville.
High Cost of Housing
The high cost of housing in the
49th State is certainly not news
to Alaskans.
But it was quite a shock to
members of the House Commerce
Appropriations subcommittee to
be told a furnished 3-bedroom, 1
family apartment in Alaska costs
about $60,000 to build and equip.
Weather Bureau spokesmen des
cribe this type of apartment as
being of modest design similar to
housing that costs around $18,000
in other parts of the nation.
The witnesses were discussing
plans for two Weather Bureau
employee units at Nome.
“Does each individual unit cost i
$60,000?” asked Rep. George An
drews, <D-Ala.>, Chairman of the
subcommittee.
“Each individual unit for one
family, that is right sir,” replied
T. P. Gleiter, Chief of the
Weather Bureau Budget and Man
agement Division.
“Sixty thousand dollars?” re
peated Andrews.
“The cost is rather high in
Alaska,” was the under-stated
retort from Gleiter.
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Joins Clerical Staff
Gladyce Walker, of Nome,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
E. Walker, has joined the clerical
staff of Rep. Ralph Rivers.
After being graduated from
Nome High School, Gladyce stud
ied for two years at Haskell In
stitute, Lawrence, Kan., and then
worked for the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
here.
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j “Miners" Strike It Rich
At C of C Meeting Today
Anvil Creek miners invaded the
Chamber of Commerce meeting at
noon today with picks and shovels
and long whiskers. They were
selling shaving permits to all men
present for the Midnight Sun Fes
tival and “struck it rich” during
the meeting. This project, along
with the Reindeer Barbecue dur
ing the Festival, is sponsored by
the Jaycees.
The Pied Piper Parade will be
headed by Mrs. Bill Haley, it has
been announced, and she w’ill be
assisted by Ricky Young.
Eskimo dances, sports and races
will be under the chairmanship of
Paul Tiulana; the Queen Pageant,
Sharon Harwood, chairman; Baby
Show, Mothers Club; Hilarious
Rat Race, Jaycees; Kangaroo
| Court, Chamber of Commerce;
Arts and Crafts Show, Lucille
Gilbert.
Gov. Egan Addresses
Graduates at U of Nevada
RENO, Nev. — Alaska Gov.
William Egan predicted today that
the stalemate between the West
and the Soviet Union cannot last
much longer.
“Either freedom or tyranny
will conquer,” he told the Uni
versity of Nevada graduating
class.
“We have heard much about our
rights. It’s time we heard more
about our responsibilities.”
He urged graduates to take an
active interest in government and
world affairs and make sacrifices
to insure victory in the mid war.
“The danger of the world to
day hardly measures up to the
opportunity,” he said. “Your ob
ligation is to do more than shrink
from the enormity of it all.”
He reviewed Alaska’s 92-year
old struggle for statehood and its
historical and contemporary simi
larities with Nevada.
Dave Hopkins, U.S. Geological
Survey, arrived yesterday with
his family and will be here for j
the next three months working J
in this area. I
Jacqueline Gets a
Taste of Old Vienna
VIENNA (Jl — Jacqueline Ken
nedy went sightseeing in this gay
capital Saturday and got a taste
of old Vienna. An Austrian host
bowed and kissed her hand. She
was delighted.
Dressed in a royal blue suit
with matching hat, she first drove
to the center of this old imperial
city to a quiet side street named
after the Hapsburg emperors.
She entered a restaurant known
as the Kerzenstueberl, named for
its candle-lit cellars, and ate in
the Emperor’s Room. The res
taurant director, Fritz Feldmar,
bowed and kissed her hand as she
departed. Mrs. Kennedy beamed.
After Mrs. Kennedy left the
restaurant, Feldmar said she told
him: “I’ve never eaten anything
like this. It’s wonderful. Oh, this
Vienna atmosphere.”
Feldmar himself directed the
meal — thoroughly Viennese,
comprising consomme royale, and
a mixed main dish of veal steak
with asparagus and ham with
mushrooms. She drank a 1958
white wine from the Danube Val
ley, and was served a typical
Austrian dessert — a pastry with
plenty of whipped cream and
chocolate sauce.
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