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VOL. LXI No. 25 > NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959 Per Copy—15<r
Government Reorganization Bill
Expected To Show Next Week
JUNEAU, UR — There were in
dications yesterday the long
awaited bill ' to reorganize the
Alaska government will be intro
duced next week.
Rep. John Rader said the bill
will be more elaborate than the
original 67-line measure sub
mitted by the state administra
tion. The new bill would be about
25 pages long, he said.
He said the changes were neces
sitated by conflicting interests, in
sisting that provisions agreed to
in committee be spelled out.
Members of the State Affairs
Committees of both houses were
absent from their seats yesterday,
apparently working on re-drafting
the measure.
Committee member Rep. Robert
CicrsDorf said the long sessions
have resulted in consolidating the
Jupiter Makes
14th Flight, Testing
For Moon Shot
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., UR —
An Army Jupiter missile, with a
range of 1,500 miles, hurtled aloft
today on the start of a full-range
test of the workhorse vehicle. The
Army said the flight across the
Atlantic was successful.
It was the 14th launching of
the 60-foot Jupiter, a key rocket
in the upcoming Army moon probe
and two other major U. S. space
ventures. The latest Jupiter car
ried nothing alive, military sources
said. —
A ship was stationed in the
down-range impact area to record
data on re-entry of the missile’s
three sections — nose cone, instru
ment compartment, and booster.
Jupiter does triple duty as a
war missile, moon rocket and a
likely test vehicle for Project
Mercury, the man-in-space pro
gram.
The fiery takeoff was a pre
view of the Pioneer moon launch
ing which is expected this week
end.
It will be a second attempt to
fire a 13-pound gold-plated satel
lite past the moon and into orbit
around the sun. The Soviets say
they achieved this with a larger
satellite early in January.
California Father Files
‘Incorrigible’ Complaint
Against Three Sons
OAKLAND, Calif., UR — Richard
Paulisich, 41, a jeweler and the
father of six, filed a complaint of
“incorrigibles” against three of
his sons in juvenile court Thurs
day.
He charged they ignored him,
threatened him and threw stones
at him. The boys are 13, 15 and 16.
“In the last Couple of years,”
said Paulisich, “they’ve been get
ting worse and worse. I don’t
know why. They could be good
boys. I want them to get straight
ened out before they get into ser
ious trouble.”
Paulisich accused his sons of
having drinking and gambling
parties in his home. He said they
threatened him when he objected.
He and his wife, Wilma, 46, have
three other children, two girls,
12 and 14, and another boy, 6
Police said the three older boys
were surly and bitter -when taken
to juvenile hall pending a hear
ing. One muttered: “We’ll get
even.”
existing 96 commissions, depart
ments, boards and agencies into a
new streamlined administrative
airangement.
A main issue to be resolved in
reorganization of the state is whe
ther to continue the present auto
nomous Fish and Game Commis
sion or to establish a single com
missioner type of agency. The
matter has been put to the Con
gressional Insular Affairs Com
mittees and the U. S. House Mer
chant Marine and Fisheries Com
mittee.
The request for Congressional
opinion stems from provisions of
the Alaska Statehood Act, under
which the U. S. Secretary of In
terior must certify to Congress
that Alaska has provided for ade
quate future management of the
fish and wildlife resources.
Legislative Auditor
Offers His Resignation
JUNEAU, UP) — C. S. Ehren
I dreich, legislative auditor for the
j past three years, announced his
■ resignation yesterday.
Ehrendreich notified the Legis
! lative Audit Committee that he
! had been informed his name
i would not be submitted for re
appointment. He said he probab
ly would enter private practice as
a certified public accountant.
Sen. John Coghill of Nenana,
chairman of the Audit Committee,
said Ehrendreich’s assistant, John
Peterson, will serve as director of
the committee staff until a new
auditor is appointed.
Coghill indicated there would
be a reorganization of the commit
tee and its functions.
Fish Trap Control Bill
Is Signed By Wade
JUNEAU, (JPi — A bill outlaw
ing fish traps in Alaska coastal
waters was signed yesterday by
acting Gov. Wade.
The measure will permit opera
tion of small traps op interior wa
ters. It was drafted to replace a
similar law enacted in 1955, a time
when Alaska had no immediate
prospect for controlling its fishing
resources.
Homestead Act Revisions Asked In
U. S. Congress By Michigan Lawmaker
By RICHARD WESLEY
WASHINGTON, UP) — Several
major revisions of the federal
homestead act were proposed to
day by Rep. William Broomfield
tR-Mich) to make it easier to
settle in Alaska.
Bromfield said he has asked the
House Interior Committee to in
vestigate these posibilities:
1. An increase in the present
160-acre allotment for homestead
ers who intend to engage in such
large-scale activities as cattle
raising.
2. A provision to permit commu
nity property and planning to
prevent “helter skelter and er
ratic” community growth in
Alaska.
3. Stricter residence requie
ments to discourage land specu
lation.
Broomfield said he also has
asked the Agriculture Department
to report on the feasibility of giv
ing Alaskan homesteaders a year’s
supply of surplus staple foods.
City To Pay
$13,300 For Paving
The City of Nome was notified
today that it will be required to
contribute $13,300 toward the pav
ing of streets by the Bureau of
Public Roads as projected last
year, and planned for construc
tion early this summer.
This amount is 10 per cent of
the approximate cost, which is
estimated at $133,000.
The notice came as a complete
surprise to the city, as the bids
are to be opened next month, and
this is the first notice that the
city has received.
How it is to be financed on such
short notice will be an important
issue immediately before the coun
cil, stated city officials, and will
probably require some special
meetings to be called very soon.
Jet Airliners Scrutinized
For Radioactivity
WASHINGTON, UP — The Pub
lic Health Service is looking into
the problem of possible radioac
tive contamination of jet air
airliners.
A spokesman said today the in
' vestigation is aimed at determin
: ing whether recent contamination
; of a Par. American World Airways
i transatlantic Boeing 707 means
J there is a chronic problem.
The contamination was caused
J by radioactive particles blown
; into the stratosphere by hydro
gen bomb test blasts.
“After we were called into con
sultation, we ran a_test on five
similar 707s which were in hang
ars and which had been used in
similar flights but found nothing
except the natural background to
be expected,” the spokesman said.
WEATHER PERMITTING . . .
SAN JUAN, Tex., UP) — This
town in the subtropical lower Rio
Grande Valley planned a picnic
and sport shirt festival to point
up the usual fine winter weather.
Last weekend it was too cold.
The festival was set for this week
end.
Bui drizzle and cold weather
most of the week killed off en
thusiasm. Sponsors called it off
and decided to wait until next
year.
Most of these points were sought
unsuccessfully earlier this year
by a group of Michigan residents
planning to emigrate to Alaska to
form a community on the new
state’s primitive Kenai Peninsula.
After a series of federal turn
downs, Broomfield told leaders of
the group, known as the “Fifty
Niners,” that he would pursue
the issue at the federal level.
Broomfield said present home
stead residence requirements offer
an invitation to land speculation.
“In some cases,” he said, “it is
possible for a man to acquire clear
title to his land after clearing
only 20 acres of ground and living
there only seven months. Then he
moves away and holds the land
for speculation.”
Cattle raisers have been having
a difficult time in some cases be
cause of the 160-acre limitation, he
said, adding that cattle raising
“promises to be a big industry in
Alaska, and we should make it
possible for these people who are
moving there to make a living.”
U. S. Navy Men Board Russian Vessel
In Search For Cable Damage Evidence
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON, Uft — The State
Department awaited a repprt from
the Navy today before communi
cating with Moscow on the board
ing and high seas search of a So
viet trawler by a U. S. Navy team.
In a surprise action, U. S. sail
ors briefly boarded the trawler
in fishing waters off Newfound
land Thursday.
They reported nothing to indi
cate the Russians had anything
to do intentionally with recent
breaks in transatlantic cables.
What might have happened by
accident was an open question.
The quick negative report, is
sued by the Navy here a few
hours after the boarding was an
nounced, lessened the potential
impact of the incident on already
touchy U. S.-Soviet relations.
James C. Hagerty, White House
Press Secretary, said President
Eisenhower did not personally or
der the boarding.
There was no immediate indi
cation how Moscow might react.
Nations jealous of their sovereign
ty often resent the boarding of
their ships by men of another
nation.
The Soviet vessel is the trawler
Novorossisk, with a crew of 54
men and women. The Navy re
ported the captain was friendly
and cooperative.
The United States acted under
an international agreement which
the Defense Department said
“authorizes investigations by nav
al ships of official documents of
other ships suspected of damag
ing and interfering with cables
under the high seas.” Both the
United States and the U.S.S.R. are
signers of the agreement.
Five transatlantic cables have
been damaged since last Saturday
in the area off Newfoundland.
Fishing vessels of many nations
operate in that area and acciden
tal cable damage sometime; oc
curs in normal deep sea fishing
operations.
But the Pentagon said that aer
ial reconnaisance by American
planes “confirmed extended op
erations of Novorossisk in the area
of the cable breaks at the time
the breaks occurred.”
Senate Provides
For Naming High
Court Justices
JUNEAU, UP) — A provision for
appointment of the state’s first
supreme court justices during a
session of the Legislature was
adopted unanimously by the Sen
ate yesterday.
The amendment was adopted
after the Senate approved intro
duction of a Senate Judiciary
Committee bill which replaced a
measure sponsored earlier by the
Alaska Bar Association.
The substitute bill calls for a
slower approach to the problem
than recommended in the original
proposal. It calls for establish
ment of the new courts after com
pletion of studies by the State
Judicial Council.
Under the amendment, the
council’s first nominations for ap
pointments to the state bench
would not be made immediately
unless the Legislature is in ses
sion. If the Legislature was not
in session, the nominations would
be delayed until 30 days after the
lawmakers reconvene.
Formation of the new court sys
tem under terms of the committee
bill could not begin until the Ju
dicial Council submitted its reports
to the Governor and the Legisla
ture.
Appointments of three supreme
court justices and eight superior
court judges will be made by the
Governor from candidates nomi
nated by the council.
TELEPHONE LINESMAN USES
UNIQUE HITCHING METHOD
TOWNSEND, Mont., UP) — Tele
phone service was restored across
the Missouri River today — by
bow and arrow.
A light plane, flying along the
river, snapped the Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
rural line. The plane apparently
was not damaged.
Repairman Ken O’Dell, using a
50-pound bow and an arrow tied
to a nylon fishing line, spanned
the river with one shot. It is 300
feet wide at that point.
Alaska Senate OKs
Primary Party
Column Ballot
JUNEAU, W) — Action in the
State Legislature yesterday, the
32nd day of the session, was the
heaviest since the lawmakers con
vened January 26.
The number of bills introduced
so far jumped to 170 — 65 in the
Senate and 105 in the House.
The Senate voted to end Ala
ka’s 13-year-old system of wide
open primary elections. It passed
a bill to install a party column
ballot for use in future primaries,
abolishing the present system
which permits casting ballots for
candidates of more than one party.
The measure had been approved
by the House but the Senate
amended it to spell out a stipu
lation that any ballot containing
votes for candidates of more than
one party would be invalid.
One provision of the bill is that
no voter in a primary election
would be required to state his
party affiliation.
In another action in the Senate
Sen. John Coghill, the Republican
minority leader, introduced a bill
to repeal a 1953 law which pro
vides for the naming of the na
tional committee members of
either party at the general elec
tion. Coghill said the matter of
choosing national committeemen
should be returned to the political
conventions.
Two bills were withdrawn in
the Senate. One measure to amend
the Alaska Employment Security
Act was withdrawn because of a
clerical error.
The other bill, establishing a
uniform child adoption code, was
withdrawn for further study after
sponsors said some of the propo
sals in the measure had been ques- -
tioned by child experts.
LONDON. UPl — A big new So
viet airliner, the four-engine
turbo-prop AN10, is successfully
undergoing service trials, Moscow
Radio reported today.
It said the new aircraft can
carry 84 passengers. Its range ex
ceeds 1,864 miles and it has a
cruising speed of 373 m.p.h.