JUNEAU UR — Gov. William
Egan yesterday branded as a
“blatant, malicious falsehood” a
report that be is considering re
jection of bids submitted in De
cember’s oil lease sale if they
fail to total $7 million.
The report circulated in An
chorage Wednesday and brought
expressions of surprise and bit
terness from some representatives
of the oil industry.
Egan Wednesday denied making
such a statement and then, in ob
vious anger, denounced the re
port today as his regular Thurs
day morning news conference.
Several times during the past
week, Egan has said he expected
the sale to net approximately
$7-$8 million, or approximately
$80 an acre in bonus money.
In a long statement, read at
the opening of his hews confer
ence, Egan said.
“I was contacted by a repre
sentative of the oil industry. This
CARDINAL MINDSZENTY
IN FIFTH YEAR INSIDE
U.S. BUDAPEST LEGATION
BUDAPEST, Hungary UR —
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty has
finished the fifth year of his vir
tual imprisonment behind - the
walls of the U.S. legation over
looking the square named Free
dom Place.
It was five years ago Saturday
that the Roman Catholic prelate
of Hungary sought asylum as So
viet tanks, squatting like giant
toads across the Budpest streets,
filially crushed the 1956 Hun
garian uprising.
Around the legation, bored
plainclothesmen in Hungarian
police cars maintain the vigil they
began in 1956, waiting for the
69-year-old cardinal to leave.
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man, at Anchorage, had contacted
a large segment of the respon
sibile representation of the oil
industry in Anchorage and fail
ed to discover among them the
attitude which had -been report
ed in a Wednesday issues of the
Anchorage Daily Times.
“The man reported that the
many responsible members of the
oil industry contacted did not
believe the report -which had been
carried in the Times in which it
was charged that the Governor of
Alaska had stated his intent to
reject all bids at the forthcoming
December 19, 1961 competitive
bid offshore land lease sale, if
the bids did not bring in some
$7,000,000 to $8,000,000 to the
State Treasury.
“And these responsible people
were right The so-called report
was a blatant, .malcious false
hood.
“Rcently, in relating the state’s
accomplishments and problems to
audiences, I have repeated that
which I have pictured for the
people of Alaska on many oc
casions in the past two and one
half years.
“I have reminded them of ad
ditional cost responsibilities that
will be ours for the first time on
July 1, 1062.
“Highway maintenance and
other highway responsibilities,
mental health, additional costs of
education. These and other re
sponsibilities will be cause for
considerable increased need for
state dollars.
“In connection with this need-I
have expressed my hope that the
i forthcoming December1 competi
tive bid lease sale on lands will
yield some $7,000/100 to $8,000,
000. This is a hope, not an esti
mate.
“-It is the responsibility of the
Governor of Alaska to apprise
himself, as well as is possiole, of
the fairness of such bids prior to
their acceptance or rejection.
“I suspect some disgruntled
politico, fully aware of this re
sponsibility of the Governor,
seized upon this as an excellent
opportunity to plant the big lie.
“Paraphrasing, I say to him:
‘You can fool most of the people,
part of the time. But you’ll never
fool all of the people, all of the
time.’ ”
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THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
(Mormon)
Sunday Sarricas It Noon
Book oI Mormon Class
SUNDAY AT 4t00 P.M.
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Radio Dispatched Cabs
Councilman Feel
League Meeting
Well Worth While
The members of the Nome City
Council returned this week from
Anchorage where they attended
the League of Alaska Cities an
nual meeting.
Mayor Roscoe Wilke was elect -
ed to the Board of Directors of
the organization with Leo Oster
man, of Haines where the 1962
convention will be held; Perry
Stockton, mayor of Seward; E.
M. Cox, Fairbanks councilman;
Robert Ward, Ketchikan council
man.
Mayor Wilke reports that Don
Lowell, State Director of Civil
Defense is expected to visit this
area within the next two weeks
and that Sen. Ernest Gruening
will also make a trip here about
that time.
Wilke served on the State Leg
islative Committee which studied
sales tax; taxes in unorganized
boroughs; legislation for Ade
quate appropriations for the
Boundary Commission and the
Division of Local Affairs; re
vision of existing laws providing
standards of incorporation of po
litical subdivisions. They were
also concerned with an expand
ed state program for juvenile re
habilitation and the establishing
of rehabilitation centers.
The League went on record op
posing any infringement on muni
cipal government or legislation
which would subject municipality
owned power and light and other
utilities to regulation by the State
Public Service Commission. They
went on record supporting the
retention of all existing state tax
and license refunds to cities and
loefd governments to seek a more
fair and equitable distribution of
the state tax dollar.
Spearheaded by Nome Council
man Don Perkins, the League
passed a resolution for the im
provement of management and
marketing of reindeer herds in
Alaska.
The league supported the
Atomic Energy Commission in its
work on Operation Chariot at
Cape Thompson and the State of
Alaska’s policy position on this
subject.
They supported the expansion
of the Community Facilities Loan
Program providing long term
loans at reasonable interest rates
and legislation recognizing the
great national need for Urban
Planning and Urban Renewal pro
grams.
All in all our councilmen said
that the trip was very worth
while and that they felt they had
learned much to help in our city
government.
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Executive sign: "Luck is pre
paration meeting opportunity.”
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; Bible Baptist Church
SUNDAY
☆ Sunday School 10:00 pjn.
f (Currently Studying the
Book of Genesis)
* Worship Service 11:00 pjn.
☆ Evangelistic Service 7:00 p.m.
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American Education Week
To Be Observed Locally
American Education Week is
being observed this next week
from Sunday, Nov. 5 through 11.
The theme this year is “Your
Schools’ Time for a Progress Re
port.” Parents and other interest
ed persons are invited to visit
I the local schools during this week
and see first-hand what their
children are doing.
Also look for announcements
of special events taking place in
the local school.
It is fitting at this time to re
view in our minds the improve
ments that have been made in
our local schools since we have
been a part of this community.
Consider what your child is of
fered that was not available to
you. Then think of the present
crowded conditions in our local
schools. What can we as parents
and citizens do about it?
Education is a subject of con
cern to Americans in this day of
unrest. Education stories are
reaching the front pages of news
papers in headlines instead of
being hidden in the back pages.
Radio and television give good
listening times to it. Last year,
30 million Americans swarmed
into their local schools during
American Education Week, to
watch education work. This year
the number of AEW visitors is
expected to top .even that. Your
school is counting on you to be
among that number.
RIO De JANEIRO* Brazil W—
Public Works officials say the
new half-mile Avenida Chile in
downtown Rio De Janeiro will
have to be tom up and rebuilt. In
the rush to complete the avenue
| by the date marked for its offi
| cial opening 18 months ago, the
) builders failed to ydt in drains,
j Every time there’s a heavy rain
1 the avenue is .flooded..
WOMEN BOWLERS TO
FORM SCRATCH LEAGUE
Attention all women bowlers
with a 120 or better average. .
A women’s scratch league is
now being fanned fear real com
petition bowling. There will be
two women on a team with their
current averages totaling not more
than 260. The time far the league
will be Monday at 7:00 pm.
All women interested may get
further details by calling Aukruk
Lanes at 2455 or Mrs. Oliver at
2616.
Wet . . . !
KETCHIKAN U6 — A total Ocf
34.64 inches of rain descended
on Ketchikan in October. This
exceeds the normal rainfall far
the month by a whopping 13.86
indies, and approaches the great
est October precipitation on rec
ord here—37.23 inches in October,
1949.
The driest October in Weather
Bureau history was in 1919, when
only 8.56 inches of precipitation
was measured.
So far this year, Ketchikan
has had precipitation totaling
140.35 inches, or something on
the order of certain western
Washington points. That’s 22.86
inches above the average for a
like period, which is 117.77 inches.
OUR SAVIOR'S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
JOHN L. MAAKESTAD, Pastor
SUNDAY r
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
Holy Community
3:00 p.m. Luther League Committee
7:30 p.m.—Evening Service
Holy Communion
TUESDAY
7:00 p.m.—Confirmation Classes
High — 4:00 p.m. 1
7th & 8th-7:00 p.m. ■
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Midweek Meeting
3:30 p.m.—Choir practice i
THURSDAY
7:00 p.m.—Luther League I
INTERNATIONAL
PARTS
PICKUPS 3fe TRUCKS
II BEN YOUNG
For The First Time
F-27 flights
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| Starting Saturday, Nov. 4