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.
Millions of motorists now have
TO FORK OVER $I.SO OR MORE FOR A
DOLLAR'S WORTH OF GASOLINE.
THE LATEST ONE-CENT A GALLON
INCREASE IN FEDERAL GASOLINE TAX
BALLOONS the COMBINED STATE-FEDERAL /
TAX UP BEVOND 304 OF ACTUAL RETAIL jjy
GASOLINE PRICE IN 20 STATES LEr
W/~ v) / ON A NATION-WIPE AVERAGE GASOLINE
M/ OK// TAXES HAVE HIT THE 47<7o LEVEL (lOf PER GAL.)
\ // MAKING IT ALMOST FIVE TIMES HIGHER
j THAN THEjAX^ON DIAMONDS OR
if L *AsC) AS IN THE DECADE ENDING 1958
I M W THERE WERE 58 SEPARATE
IV ■ f!0i GASOLINE TAX INCREASES IN
\M ' 41 STATES PLUS TWO FEDERAL
W INCREASES-A 37 <4 JUMP
W in taxes, by contrast.all
■ RETAIL prices were up
■ VirLlls 21-4, THE PRICE OF
■ ' ' TH|||0 GASOLINE ITSELF UP
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MOTOR FUEL REVENUES IN
THE U.S. ROLL IN AT THE RATE OF
MORE THAN $14000,000 A DAY.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS YEAR ALONE
MOTORISTS WILL PAY WELL
OVER $5,400,000,000 iN
MOTOR FUEL TAXES
Rescuers Fight On In Hope
18 Trapped W. Va. Coal
Miners May Be Still Alive
LOGAN, W. Va., UP) — Two en
trances .to a burning coal mine
were found blocked by slate falls
yesterday, delaying the drive to
rescue 18 trapped men.
Rescue workers, who had ex
pected to reach their buddies by
early morning, conceded that the
job now would take much longer.
More than 48 hours has passed
since last word was received from
the trapped men on the mine tele
phone at noon Tuesday. There
was no indication whether they
were dead or still alive.
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Largest Wine Tanker
Sets to Sea Again After
Storm Repairs in Port
SAN FRANCISCO, (41 — The
SS Angelo Petri, almost wrecked
a month ago by a Pacific gale,
headed back to sea yesterday.
The world’s largest wine tanker
carried its full cargo — almost 2
million gallons of wine, vegetable
oil and fuel.
The 21,700-ton vessel was al
most beached off San Francisco
last month when a storm and huge
waves washed out her electrical
system and tore away her rudder.
But four tugs and a Coast Guard
cutter worked for 46 hours to
bring the Petri back into port for
repairs. It cost $300,000 to get
the tanker ready for sea. The tug
owners have filed a $450,000 sal
vage suit against the ship and the
Petri’s owners posted a $325,000
bond to gain permission for the
ship to tail.
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First State Permit
Is Issued to Nenana
Ice Classic Officials
JUNEAU, iff) — The first per
mit for a gambling activity sanc
tioned under Alaska’s new lottery
law was issued late Wednesday to
sponsors of the Nenana lee
Classic.
State Revenue Commissione1'
Peter Gatz issued a 90-day tem
porary permit, as authorized under
the act, to manager Carl Hagg
strom. It will cover the big lot
tery on the Tanana River break
up this spring.
The application was made and
approved in an exchange of tele
grams. Gatz told Haggstrom he
was forwarding for completion a
formal application prepared by
the Revenue Department.
The $3 license fee required for
a temorary permit was paid in
person by State Sen. John Cog
hill, one of the sponsors of the
original bill to legalize nonprofit
gambling. A committee substitute
for the bill was passed Monday
over the veto of Gov. Egan.
The Revenue Commissioner,
charged with administration of
the law, said five other applica
tions have been received. All seek
permits for bingo games. They
are from the Farthest North An
Guild, Fairbanks; the Eagles
Lodge, Fairbanks; the Elks Club,
Fairbanks; the Veterans of For
eign Wars, Juneau, and the Amer
ican Legion, Haines.
The Alaska Native Brotherhood
of Nome has also petitioned for
a license, it was learned today.
F.C.C. Chairman Absents
Himself from Office, In
Face of Patronage Charge
WASHINGTON, UPI — Under
fire for hospitality he accepted
from a radio-TV executive, FCC
chairman John Doerfer did not
show up at his office yesterday
morning, and there were reports
his resignation was imminent.
At his office aides said he was
not there, and they did not know
whether he would appear. At his
home in nearby Bethesda, Md.,
it was said he was not there
either. He did not preside at
Wednesday’s meeting of the Fed
eral Communications Commission
The New York Herald Tribune
said Doerfer was reported draw
ing up a letter of resignation and
might present it to President Eis
enhower immediately.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
DOESN'T PLAN TO ATTEND
MARGARET'S WEDDING
WASHINGTON, UPI — President
Eisenhower is making no plans
to attend the wedding of Princess
Margaret of Great Britain.
The wedding has been set for
May 6 and the President is due
in Paris for the summit confer
ence starting May 16.
Asked whether there was any
chance Eisenhower would leave
for Europe early in order to at
tend the wedding, Press Secretary
James Hagerty replied, “None
at all.”
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Bronson Opposes ‘Roving’ State Police
In Favor of Local Village Constabulary
JUNEAU, (if) — A proposal to
establish a local constabulary ser
vice to provide law enforcement
in isolated villages faced a tough
battle in the Alaska Senate.
The Administration recom
mended authorization for appoint
ment of local constables under the
State Police force. But a bill to
get the program underway was
reported without recommendation
iby the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee.
Senate Majority Leader Ralph
Moody (D-Anchorage), chairman
of the Judiciary Committee,
moved Wednesday for indefinite
postponement. The motion, which
would kill the bill, was debated
but did not reach a vote.
Sen. Seaborn J. Buckalew Jr.
(D-Anchorage), said it would cost
$120,000 in the first year to train
and equip constables and put them
on duty in 10 villages.
The remote areas would be bet
ter served, said Buckalew, if
state police hired five uniformed
officers and put them on roving
patrol. The constabulary plan, he
said, “will cause more headaches
than good.’
Not so, said Sen. Lester Bron
son. “You have to have an egg
before you have a chicken,” Bron
son said, arguing local constables
were the first step in getting
needed law enforcement for vil
lages which now lack police
services.
The Nome Democrat said the
plan was backed by Kotzebue,
Bethel and other Northwestern
villages, which are willing to
share the cost of a state constable
assigned to their communities.
Sen. James Nolan of Wrangell
said many villages need a law
enforcement official with State
Police standing, not only in nor
thern Alaska but in the South
eastern panhandle as well. In the
long run, he said, it would cost
more in travel expenses to have
regular state troopers on long dis
tance touring beats.
In reply to questions put to the
Senate’s Finance Committee, Sen.
John Coghill of Nenana said the
Department of Public Safety was
asking funds to increase the State
Police uniformed force by three
officers this year. The necessary
travel and salary expenses for the
three men would total $45,000 a
year, Coghill said.
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JUNEAU, UP) — Rep. Dora
Sweeney found out yesterday
that the gentlemen notice what a
lady wears, or doesn’t wear, on
the floor of the Alaska House.
The Juneau Democrat is one of
three women in the lower cham
ber. he other two wear hats to
work. Rep. Sweeney doesn’t.
She has one to wear now.
though. A group of her fellow
legislators presented her with a
bonnet of their own creation an l
a resolution to go with it.
The hat was made of feathers,
fruit, flowers and a stuffed bird.
The resolution said it was “beau
tiful and outlandish.”
What about the other ladies?
Well, Rep. Helen Fisher wore
a tall, black, soft creation of
crushed felt, and Rep. Blanche
McSmith wore a brown felt beret.
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