REVIEW OF ACTION TAKEN IN
1955 TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
(This is the first of -two ar
ticles by the Associated Press
Alaska legislative correspon
dent reviewing the work of
the 1955 legislature.)
By JIM HUTCHESON
When the legislature finally
called it quits and went home, the
leading budget-framers of both
houses viewed the territory’s fi
nancial prospects through rose
colored glasses.
The 1955 legislature passed an
all-time record in appropriations
—close to the 32 million dollar
mark—to meet what the lawmak
ers felt were basic needs for
schools, public welfare, health,
and other operations for the in
creased population.
The total compared with more
than 25 million dollars in over-all
appropriations for the 1953-55 bi
ennium.
Tax increases voted by the leg
islature were the largest since the
“taxation session” of 1949, when
the income tax, property tax and
others were put on the books to
pull the territory out of the red.
The new taxes and tightening
of collections on existing levies
are expected by the budget fram
ers to raise 6Vfc million dollars or
more in additional revenues. More
than half of it will be earmarked
for special purposes, outside the
scope of legislative dictates.
An estimated 2Vfe or 3 million
increased revenue from the in
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come tax boost will make a size
able increase for the General
Fund from which the legislature
makes its appropriations.
But both Republican Sen. John
Butrovich, Senate Finance Com
mittee chairman, and Democratic
Rep. Ken Johnson, House Ways
and Means Committee’ head, ex
pressed confidence as the special
session ended that the treasury
will have a surplus of several mil
lion dollars when the next legisla
ture convenes.
The present surplus, they agree,
is about 7 million dollars. Johnson
estimates that “conservatively,”
unless there are unforeseen eco
nomic setbacks, there will still be
a 5 million surplus at the end of
the biennium. Butrovich is even
more optimistic.
If the first quarter collection
pace averages out through the
two years, it would make collec
tions of 40 million or more, and
that is close to what the two bud
get committee chairmen say they
expect.
These are the tax increases that
were enacted by the 22nd session:
Income Tax—Boosted from 10
percent of a taxpayer’s federal
payment to 12Vi> percent and ex
tended to apply to the 25 percent
differential in federal employes’
pay, which is exempt from federal
tax; estimated to raise 3 million or
more additional revenues for the
Hollywood couples divide be
fore they multiply.
I CHURCH SERVICES |
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
at Third and Division
LEWIS I. HUDGINS, PASTOR
EASTER SUNDAY—Christ Arose
GOLDEN TEXT. I am the resur
rection, and the life: he that believ
er h in me. though he were dead, yet
shall he live: and whosoever liveth
and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this? John 11:25-26.
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—EASTER SPECIAL
Special numbers in songs and Easier
scriptures will be presented by the
Sunday School sch^a’-* Easter mes
sage, The Great Certainty.
6:30 p.m.—JUNIOR Suu-IETY. Miss
Cathrin Francis, Supervisor.
6:30 p.m.—YOUNG PEOPLE’S
MEETING with Easter Flannelgraph,
presented by Charlene Hudgins.
Subject, The Greatest Miracle in All
History.
7:30 p.m.—EVENING WORSHIP.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Midweek Worship. Tes
timony. Melody, Bible study. Wor-.
ship & Prayer. Bring your Bible and
friends.
You are invited to enjoy with us
any and all of these services.
THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
WITH THE SINGING TOWER
THE EVANGELICAL MISSION
COVENANT CHURCH
Front St. and West B
REV. ROALD AMUNDSEN, PASTOR,
ASSISTED BY REV. DONALD J. BRUCKNER
SUNDAY
10 to 11:40 a.m.—Lesson by pastor,
classes, handwork, and special
illustrative material.
7:30 p.m.—Evening Service |
MONDAY
Covenant Navigators
TUESDAY
Cottage Prayer Service
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m.—Prayer Service at Church
FRIDAY
Services and Songs in Eskimo Dialect
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH
Tonight — 7:39 — Stations of the
Cross.
Saturday — Confessions at 4:00
and 7:30 p.m.
Easter Vigil Service begins at
10:30 p.m. Saturday night.
High Mass -— Midnight Saturday
Sunday — Mass 8 and 10 a.m.
NOME GOSPEL HOME
x : 808 Front Street
Christians Gathered Unto the Name
of the Lord Jesus Christ
LORD’S DAY
8:00 A.M. Breaking of Bread
10; 00 A-M. Family Bible Hour
2:00 P.M. Bible School
7:00 P.M. Gospel Meeting
WEDNESDAY
7:00 P.M. Prayer, Bible Study
THURSDAY
4:00 P.M. Boys’ Craft Class
7:00 P.M. Gospel film. Quiz
FRIDAY
4:00 .PM. Girls’ Craft Class
Verse for the Week:
"Now Is Christ Risen.” «.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Third Ave. West
HARRIET E. BROWN, MISSIONARY IN CHARGE
TONIGHT—FRIDAY
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
H\ ly Communion—7:30p.m.
SUNDAY
10:00 a.m.—Combined Sunday School
and Easter Worship Service.
7:30 p.m. Evangelistic Service.
TUESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Prayer Service.
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m .—Bible Study.
FRIDAY
7:30 p.m.-r-Fellowship Hour
EVERYBODY WELCOME
COMMUNITY METHODIST
CHURCH
Second Avenue at West C Street
REEVES C. HAVENS, JR., MINISTER
and LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
COMMUNITY CENTER
MISS ESTHER MCCOY, DIRECTOR
Attend Church Every Sunday.
Pray every day.
SUNDAY
8:45 and 11 a.m.—Identical ser
vices of worship in the church sanc
tuary, including special music, recep
tion of members, sacrament of bap
tism and Easter sermon entitled,
Resurrection Makes a Difference.
9:45—Sunday School session for
all classes in the church sanctuary.
An Easter film will be shown.
11:00—WTorship service. See 8:45 a.m.
8:00 p.m.—Easter Concert by the
Senior Choir and Girls’ Chorus. Small
children must be accompanied by
parents.
WEDNESDAY
7:00—Senior Choir Rehearsal.
8:00—Official Board meeting.
THURSDAY
7:30—Prayer service, Bible study.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Between 3rd and 4th Aves. off B St. !
M. IREDALE, LEADEH
Phone Main 110
SATURDAY
10:00 a.m. — Sabbath School
Lord, teach us to pray . . .” —Luke 11:2
NOME LUTHERAN CHURCH
The White Quonset on B Street
CURTIS C. JOHNSON PHONE WHITE 94
GOOD FRIDAY
Evening service with Mr. Dar
Roa preaching 7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
Junior confirmation 11:00 A.M.
EASTER SUNDAY
Festival Worship Services
English 9:45 A.M.
Interpreter 11:00 A.M.
Sunday School 2:00 P.M.
Evening Service 7:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY
Bible Study 7:30 P.M.
THURSDAY
Junior Choir — 4:00 P.M.
Senior Choir — 7:30 P.M.
CHURCH - GOING FAMILIES
ARE HAPPIER FAMILIES.
“Treadmill to Oblivion’ ’is the
title of a recent book by Fred
Allen. Fred’s doing it the hard
way. Most celebrities reach ob
livion via' the toboggan slide.
Memorial to Move
Territorial Capital
JUNEAU, —Two memorials
were introduced in the House dur
ing the Wednesday afternoon ses
sion. One asks Congress to amend
the Organic Act of Alaska to es
tablish the territorial capital at
such a place or city north of the
Gulf of Alaska “as it sees fit.”
The other, addressed to the
President and the secretaries of
interior, defense and state, urged
“appropriate steps be taken with
the Canadian government to
achieve year around use of the
Haines Highway.”
General Fund.
Moior Fuels Tax—Increased to
5 cents a gallon from 2 cents a
gallon for highway users and from
2 cents to 3 cents for aviation gas;
estimated to add nearly 3 million
for roads, highways and airports.
Cigarel tax—Tax removed from
other forms of tobacco but loop
holes in collections tightened so
that legislators and the tax com
missioner expect an increase of
about a million dollars in collec
tions from the more than lVfcmil
lion of the last biennium; rev
enues go exclusively to school
construction and equipment.
School Tax—Raised from $5 to
$7.50 for each adult worker; esti
mated to add another $265,000.
Fishermen's Licenses—Boosted
from $5 to $10 for residents and
from $10 to $15 for non-residents,
with a double percentage of the
revenues to go to the Sick and
Disabed Fishermen’s Fund; esti
mated roughly at an increase of
$120,000.
Now for the budget. The gen
eral appropriations bill of 31 mil
lion dollars accounts for most of
it, but three other bills with ap
propriations raise the total to
nearly 32 million. The three are
$561,000 for aid to hospitals and
health centers; $300,000 for the
statehood constitutional conven
tion and $75,000 for the Alaska
Statehood Committee.
In addition, the tax collections
that go for earmarked purposes—
without legislative appropriations
—make the territory a more than
40 million dollar operation for the
biennium.
The final budget adopted by the
legislature is 8 to 9 million dollars
under the requests made by vari
ous departments and institutions:
The biggest share of the expen
ditures of tax revenues will be
for education and educational fa
cilities.
Taken on the over-all rough es
timate of a 40 million dollar ter
ritorial operation for 1955-57, ap
proximately 55 percent of it will
be going for education—from
grade school through university
level.
The total going to education
through grade schools and high
schools will exceed 18 million dol
lars.
The university is listed to get
nearly 4 million dollars for the
biennium, including $1,300,000
for construction.
The financing provided for pub
lic school education is about 4
million above the 1953-55 bienni
um.
Johnson cited an increase of
school enrollment by about 30
percent in the past two years. The
budget bill also included $276,000
for teachers’ salary increases.
Other major increases in ap
propriations included the follow
ing:
Public Welfare—Increased by
about $285,000 from two years
ago, to $3,255,000;
Health—Increased about $300,
000 to nearly 2 million, including
the $561,000 in a separate bill for
hospitals and health centers and
$25,000 for contracting with hos
pitals under the new program for
short-term care of mentally ill
pgtients.
Territorial Police—Provided it
with $1,253,000, compared with
$950,000 for 21 months of opera
tion in the last biennium.
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