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Support for A Seaport
WITH A 19-0 FINAL VOTE, the State Senate voted
to empower the Governor to seek establishment
of foreign trade zones at the Anchorage and Fairbanks
International Airports.
This is fine, but the amendment to include Juneau
and Nome, and Annette, whicih was dropped, should be
reconsidered before final action is taken.
Seaports as well as airports must be included in
such action. With Canadian commerce increasing in
the south of the State as well as Japanese interests,
and Nome’s proximity to another foreign nation, this
qualifies them as much as the centers of air activity.
Nome is the harborage through which thousands of
tons of trading goods to Siberia has passed, and if
this is to be encouraged, there must be a port on the
northern coast designated for that purpose.
A 19 to 0 vote indicates that not even our own
Senators were interested in seeing this seaport made
a trading port.
Six New Bills Signed Into
Law By Egan Last Week
JUNEAU, UPi — Governor Egan
signed six bills Friday, raising to
24 the number of new laws passed
by the 1960 Legislature and ap
proved by the Governor.
The new laws provide:
The licensing of Canadian phy
sicians for Alaskan practice. It is
designed to alleviate the critical
shortage of doctors in some areas
and would permit Canadians to
act as visiting physicians or to
establish permanent practices.
Establishment of a 12-member
committee on employment of the
handicapped.
That the sale of any milk con
taining dehydrated or powdered
milk as fresh would be illegal.
A deficiency appropriation of
$152,320 to cover expenditures by
the Department of Labor, Health
and Welfare.
Establish special highway and
aviation fund accounts in the gen
eral fund at the start of fiscal year
on July 1.
Authority for the State Supreme
Court to set costs of judicial
services, court costs and attor
ney fees in uniform support cases.
Operation of White Alice
To Be Put Up for Bid
WASHINGTON, Iff) — The Air
Force said last week it is seeking
bids for operating the White Alice
communications system in Alaska
in the year beginning July 1.
The Air Force advised Sen.
Bartlett that the Federal Electric
Corp. has been operating the early
warning system on a negotiated
basis.
The Air Force, Bartlet said, is
“not dissatisfied with the per
formance of Federal Electric, “nor
were we persuaded to this course
of action by pressure from Fed
eral Electric’s competitors.”
Bartlett said he was told “sta
tutory requirements and the best
interests of the Air Force dictate
that competition be obtained
when practicable on Air Force
contracts.”
Payments to Federal Electric,
Bartlett said, were reported at
$14,781,781 for fiscal 1958; $15,
782,695 in fiscal 1959, and the es
timate for fiscal 1960 is $14,365,
400.
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Treaty Officer Says
Full Use Must be
Made of Bristol Bay
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JUNEAU, l/P — The position of
the United States in future treaty
negotiations concerning fisheries
will toe stronger if a full harvest
is made of this season's Bristol
Bay run, a fisheries official said
last week.
Milton E. Brooding, chairman of
the American section of the Joint
International North Pacific Fish
eries Treaty Commission, three
other members of the commission
and advisory personnel met with
members of the Legislature which
adjourned so members could
attend.
Brooding said the present treaty
with Japan and Canada contains
an “abstention” provision which
operates only when a nation fully
utilizes a resource. For this rea
son full utilization of the expected
heavy run of red salmon in Bris
tol Bay would help the American
position in future treaty nego
tiations, he said.
The negotiations may come in
1962, Brooding said. They are ex
pected to center around relocation
of the provisional line restricting
Japanese high seas salmon fishing.
Americans have contended the
line is too far east, enabling the
Japanese to take salmon spawned
in North American streams.
Clinton Atkinson of the Federal
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
at Seattle, told legislators recent
research supports the contention.
He said the research has shown
heavy numbers of American red
salmon on the Japanese side of
the line.
Asiatic salmon also run on the
American side of the line, Atkin
son said, but since American fish
ermen are not permitted to fish
the high seas these runs are not
hurt.
Atkinson said both Japanese
and Canadian research has shown
the area of intermingling to be
heavier on the American side of
the line. ,
First State Chess Tourney
Will Be Part of Fairbanks
Ice Carnival Festivities
FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s first
state championship chess torna
ment, the Alaska Open, will be
held during the Winter Carnival
this year.
The tourney is sponsored by
the Greater Fairbanks Chess
Club under United States Chess
Federation auspices. It is also
sanctioned by the Alaska Athletic
Commission.
One hundred per cent of the
entry fees will be returned in
prize money with 50 per cent
going to the winner, 30 per cent
to the runnerup and 20 per cent
to third place.
Any member of the USCF is
eligible to compete in the tour
nament. Membership may be ob
tained at the time of enry in the
tourney. Deadline is 6 p.m. March
10, with the opening round slated
at 7 p.m.
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES COMMITTEE SHOW
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PLANNED IN PROPOSED
PROJECT CHARIOT BLAST AT CAPE THOMPSON
OAKLAND, Calif.—The Com
mittee on Environmental Studies
for Project Chariot of the Atomic
Energy Commission has issued the
following statement:
“It is the unanimous opinion of
the Committee, based on data
known to it as of Dec. 10, 1959,
that Project Chariot may be car
ried out under the following con
ditions:
1. Time — The preferred time
of the year for the detonation is
Spring, i.e., March or April.
2. Debris — The preferred dis
position of the debris, especially
that of a radioactive nature, is to
sea; placing the debris to land is
also considered acceptable.
3. Qualifications — In no case
should radiation be delivered to
humans in excess of that specified
as acceptable for the general pub
lic; nor should the detonation
cause significant damage to the
food sources of the indigenous
human population.”
“The Committee acknowledges
the consideration being given to
direct deposition of radioactive
debris in sectors defined as lying
between bearings of 40 degrees to
110 degrees (landward) or 170 de
grees to 290 degrees (seaward)
from the Chariot detonation site.
The Committee does not en
dorse or reject these sectors as
acceptable zones in which radio
active debris may be placed. In
stead, the qualifications listed
above should be determining. The
Committee notes, however, that
these sectors define those zones
which are likely to meet the above
listed qualifications.
“It should be recognized that
these zones are dynamic: humans
and important animals (e.g., cari
bou, etc.) may be present in them
at any time and appropriate in
vestigations must be made at shot
time to insure safety criteria are
satisfied.
The Committee’s consideration
is based on this objective: “The
nuclear detonation will be con
ducted in such a manner as to
minimize the biological cost, and
at such time as to permit obtain
ing adequate data for evaluation
of secondary effects.”
“The Committee recommends
Spring as the preferred time for
detonation because:
1. Few birds are in the area.
2. Most small animals are under
snow cover.
3. Most plants are under snow
cover and their metabolism is low.
4. Local hunting activity on the
land is low.
5. The sea and inland waters
are under ice; snow is on the
ground. It is expected that ra
dioactiye debris will be flushed
from the frozen landscape by the
spring run-off of rapidly melting
snow.
6. Weather is generally good,
and daylight is increasing, which
will facilitate project studies.
“The Committee recommends
directing radioactive debris to sea,
during Spring, because much of
it would be deposited on he ice
and would decay appreciably be
fore entering biotic cycles through
the sea after breakup. In addition,
great dilution of fission products
in the sea will occur.
“The Commitee wishes to em
phasize the following point: The
foregoing discussion and recom
mendations are based on data
presently available. These data are
incomplete. Continuing environ
mental studies are required to sat
isfy these deficiencies and pro
vide the basis for firm recommen
dations.”
VANCOUVER SCHEDULES
YUKONERS BANQUET
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Van
couver Yukoners will hold their
annual banquet at the Georgia
Hotel on March 12, and invite
oldtimers to attend. They received
a bequest of $10,000 from Claude
Bermingham, a former member,
to carry forward their work for
Pioneers who should outlive him.
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