Top Leaders of Legislature Say
Ma jority Have Set March 31 for
Completing Work of 1961 Session
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP) — The two top
leaders of the Legislature said
today the Democratic majority
has set March 31 as the target
date for completing the work of
the 1961 session.
Sen. Frank Peratrovich, Presi
dent of the Senate, and Rep. War
ren Taylor, Speaker of the House,
said the Democrats would make
every effort to meet the self-im
posed deadline.
“We’re very anxious to ex
pedite this session and we de
cided that we are going to try to
complete this session by March
31,” Peratrovich said.
“That doesn’t mean that we
will actually be in a position to
quit at that time, but we are
going to do our best.”
“The major bill to be acted
on * is the appropriations bill,”
Taylor said. “Unless we have that
out, we can’t carry on the func
tions of a state.
“Practically all other bills can
be held over until the Legisla
ture convenes again next January,
but we will try to get everything
through the Senate and the House
that we possibly can before March
31.”
Taylor indicated the Demo
crats in the House and the Sen
ate would go into joint caucus
early this week to try to come to
a decision as to what bills need
to be passed and sent to Gov.
Egan this session.
Will Screen Bills Pending
“We’ll screen the bills pending
before us at the present time and
try to make a determination as
to which must be enacted this
session and which can be left over
until next January,” Taylor said.
Peratrovich said the Democrats
had discussed a time table for
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action on the big appropriations
bill, which carried requests for
$59 million in state spending when
it was presented by Egan at the
start of the session.
Peratrovich said the Democratic
members of the Finance Commit
tee indicated they would have the
budget bill back to the House by
Friday at the latest, and, Pera
trovich said, “after we get the
budget bill out of committee we’ll
have an idea as to when we can
terminate this session.”
Reminded that the Senate still
has to act on the five general
obligation bills submitted to the
1961 session, including the big
$23 million ferry bond bill, Pera
trovich said:
“I don’t think we will have
much difficulty with those bills
in the Senate. The House did a
good job in passing them with
out much dissention and I anti
cipate the same thing in the Sen
ate.
“The majority leaders have the
power to hold the session as long
as they wish,” Sen. John Coghill,
Minority Leader in the Senate,
commented.
“But I cannot see any reason
for placing a target date of March
31. If we can balance this budget
earlier, we should adjourn and
go home.”
Rep. Forbes Baker said he was
personally disappointed that the
session was running beyond 60
days, an arbitrary figure set by
precedence.
Baker said he was aware that
one of the reasons the budget bill
had not been reported back to
the House by the Finance Com
mittee as yet was because of the
exhausting investigation that is
going into the proposed expendi
ture of every dollar.
“I have never known a group
of men who have worked harder
or more conscientiously or gave
more freely of their time,” Baker
said, “and I think they will come
up with the very best that they
can.”
House Minority Leader Bruce
Kendall, however, sharply criti
cized Democratic majority leaders
Anchorage now has the fastest pumping fire truck in the
49th state. It came north on the Alaska Steamship Co.
freighter Tonsina earlier this month. This new pumper,
made my American-La France, cost $26,000. A 252-hp dual
ignition gas engine powers the vehicle which will throw
water at the rate of 1.250 gallons a minute.
U. S. Budget Bureau
Approves $20 Million
For Construction to BIA
PHOENIX, Ariz. UP — The U. S.
Budget Bureau has approved an
expenditure of $20 million for
construction of school facilities for
Indians, Interior Secretary Stew
art L. Udall disclosed.
He said the action resulted from
President Kennedy's recent an
nouncement that several thousand
Indian children, most of them
in Arizona, New Mexico and Alas
ka, were unable to attend school
last year because of a lack of
seats.
Udall said the Bureau of In
dian Affairs “hopes to get this
(construction) program going with
in the next year or so.”
The secretary also said an at
tempt will be made to lift the
moratorium on federal land ex
changes before its 18-month term
expires. Udall announced the mor
atorium last month.
GOP CHAIRMAN MORTON
WILL RESIGN POST JUNE 1
WASHINGTON UP — Repub
lican National Chairman Thrus
ton B. Morton announced today
he plans to resign his party post
about June 1.
There were strong indications
Rep. William E. Miller of New
York, Chairman of the Republi
can Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, leads the list of possible
successors to Morton.
Morton, who faces a battle for
re-election to the Senate from
Kentucky next year, is quitting
to give attention to that cam
paign.
HORSE BITES AUTOMOBILE
PORTLAND, Maine UP —
“Horse bites automobile.” That’s
no gag headline: It’s an auto in
surance claim, and it will be paid,
too.
Manager Charles Coleman of
Motors Insurance Corp., said Er
nest Nadeau of Berlin, N. H., park
ed his car near a lumbering opera
tion. Two horses used on the job
were hitched nearby.
Nadeau returned to find the
horses nibbling at salt deposits
on the hood.
“There were teeth marks all
over the hood,” Coleman said. His
firm expects to settle for $160.
“the lackadazical manner in
which they’ve conducted this Leg
islature.
“The Democratic majority lead
ership in the House and the Sen
in both the House and Senate for
ate, in my opinion, is without a
doubt the most inexperienced, un
coordinated leadership I have
ever seen in some 18 years of ob
serving Alaska Legislatures,” Ken
dall said.
“Never have I seen the admin
istration program delayed beyond
the third week.
“This time, we are in the eighth
week and Gov. Egan’s program is
still pending in the Senate.
“The minority party has con
tinually reminded the majority
leadership that the hour was grow
ing late and the calendar was
whizzing by.
“They ignored the minority
with contempt.”
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
No. 1099
NOTICE OF HEARING ON SECOND
AND FINAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT
AND DETERMINATION OF
INHERITANCE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
JOSEPHINE KAIJI, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Edith
Arnold, of Nome, Alaska, Administra
trix, has filed her Second and Final
Report and Account, and that the 12th
day of May, 1961, at the hour of 2:00
p.m. of said day, in the above-named
Court, Nome, Alaska, has by Court
Order been fixed as the time and place
for a Hearing on said Report and Ac
count; and also, at such time and place
the Court will determine and adjudicate
the beneficiaries of this estate.
Objections, if any there be, to said
Report and Account, will be heard at
this time.
Dated this 11th day of March, 1961.
EDITH ARNOLD,
Administratrix.
Virgil D. Vochoska,
Attorney jor Administratrix
Publish March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 1961.
“Buildings
In Barrels'*' . . .
“Buildings in barrels” is now
only a phrase, but it may prove
to be the answer to one of the
Army’s logistics problems.
Currently the subject of a feasi
bility study at the U. S. Army En
gineer Research and Development
Laboratories, Ft. Belvoir, Va., the
concept of “buildings in barrels”
envisions the shipment of barrels
of liquid plastic to the construc
tion site where the chemicals
would be mixed to form a rigid
building material of plastic form.
The concept appears to have
great possibilities from a strictly
logistical standpoint. Barrels of
liquid plastic, at a density of ap
oroximately 60 pounds per cubic
foot, can be mixed to form a
rigid building material of plastic
foam at a density of approximate
ly 2 pounds per cubic foot, there
by obtaining 30 cubic feet of ma
terial for each cubic foot shipped.
Also, the cost of the material is
such that it promises a very
economical building — $1.50 per
cubic foot of 1.8 pound per cubic
foot density foam, or aproximate
ly $1 per pound in the liquid
form.
An experimental building, using
the “buildings in barrels” con
cept, has been produced by the
laboratories. This building, 16
feet wide, 24 feet long and 9 feet
high, weighs 552 pounds, but the
amount of plastic from which it
was fabricated could be contained
in one 55 gallon drum.
The building is a panel type.
Each panel was foamed in place
in molds somewhat similar to a
metal casting. Although it can
be reinforced in many ways, the
most promising is to spray with
polyester or epoxy fiberglass
resin, perhaps both inside and out
side as needed.
Studies to date indicate the
building to be lightweight, strong,
and flexible, with additional ad
vantages such as low thermal con
ductivity and low moisture ab
sorption.
Dr. Lee McKinley, dentist,
serving this area will return
to Nome March 30 and 31, and
will be in Kotzebue April 1, 2, 3.
i—- '
Swallows are Back,
Right on Schedule
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.
Calif. (/P — The swallows came
back to Capistrano in California
Sunday and found about 2,000
human early birds watching for
them.
The crowd gathered in the crisp
morning hours to await the birds’
return from South America, by
legend always taking place on
St. Joseph’s Day, March 19.
Hundreds flew in soon after the
vanguard was spotted. More hun
dreds will arrive over the next
few weeks, operating on a less
rigid time table than Sunday’s
arrivals.
A parade, barbecue and hoop
de-la in general welcomed in the
annual St. Joseph’s Day pageant
on the grounds of the 185-year
old San Juan Capistrano mission.
FAITHFUL CAT . . .
LOUISVILLE, Ky. UP) — When
Louis Loeser opened his store
Friday, he found thieves had taken
$93 in cigars and cigarettes. Also
missing was his Siamese cat,
“Baby”.
“If they got her,” said Loeser,
“I bet she put up a real fight, be
cause she never leaves the store.”
Three hours later, “Baby” came
slinking out from her hiding place.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids, in writing, will be
accepted at the Office of the City
Clerk of the City of Nome until
5 p. m. March 27, 1961 for the
purchase from the city of Nome
of the following real and personal
property:
2 Wood frame houses along
with contents therein.
Buildings are located on Lot 8
Block 64 and must be removed
within 90 days of bid acceptance.
10 per cent of bid must be en
closed. Balance of bid to be paid
within 30 days. Buildings will not
be removed until balance is paid.
Bids may be for one or both
buildings. The City reserves the
right to refuse and reject any
and all bids.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL
By Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Pub. March 17, 20, 22, 24, 1961.
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