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Wanted: Opinions ...
TIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE which is pre
paring the necessary facts and figures on why the
new vocational school should be in Nome is working
ihard to get all the information necessary
The sites they have selected are the best possible
and their reasons are sound. However, anyone having
constructive criticism, or additional ideas on the sub
ject are urged to contact Don Hoover and his commit
tee within the week as the program must be completed
by that time. Just because a person is not a member
of the organization does not mean that his ideas will
not be accepted. The committee will welcome any new
thoughts on the subject.
Congratulations In Order . . .
^CONGRATULATIONS are in order to the Nome
Bowlers Assn, which tomorrow has its grand open
ing with Aukruk Lanes.
This new recreational facility which has been in
operation since just before Christmas has been the
center of activity for the past several weeks with both
the young and old and promises to continue to grow
in popularity as more people develop skills in the
game.
The modern new structure is another new and
permanent building for the New Nome.
BOYCOTT CARGOES
ARRIVING FROM CUBA
NEW YORK UP — Dock work
ers here have begun a boycott
of cargoes arriving from or des
tined for Cuba.
William V. Bradley, President
of the International Lonshore
men’s Association, said the boycott
was the result of a spontaneous
decision by the men to refuse to
handle commercial cargoes for
“Comunist countries.”
Sugar Ray and Gene Fullmer
Bout To Be Held Feb. 25
NEW YORK UP—George Gains
ford, advisor to Sugar Ray Robin
son, said today a contract has been
signed for a fourth bout between
Robinson and Middleweight
Champion Gene Fullmer. The date
will be Feb. 25, but selection of
the site is to be determined.
GREAT METEORITE WAS
THE HEAD OF A COMET
MOSCOW UR — Two Soviet
scientists say the so-called great
meteorite that fell in Siberia in
1908 actually was the head of
a comet.
Writing in the Soviet Academy
of Sciences Bulletin, Astronomer
Vasily Fesenkov and Meteorite
Specialist Evgeny Krinov said
they reached their conclusion in
studies of the object’s trajectory.
NEEDED: NEW GAVEL
OKLAHOMA CITY UR — State
Rep. J. D. McCarty broke in on
his new job as speaker of the
Oklahoma House of Representa
tives Tuesday with a bang.
As McCarty tried to bring order
to the opening session of the Leg
islature he smashed his gavel.
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Capital Move
Will Still Be
A Major Item
Bp Ward T. Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UFi — The fight to re
locate Alaska’s Capital, side
tracked last Aug. 9, is back on the
mainline again and could provide
fireworks aplenty for the 1961
Legislature.
An initiative to move the Capi
tal from Juneau to the Cook Inlet
Railbelt Area was defeated in the
August primary by some 5,000
votes.
But the proposal was revived
immediately after the election and
State Rep. Bruce Kendall of An
chorage has given notice he will
introduce legislation to have the
question placed on the ballot again
in 1962.
Because the designation of Ju
neau as Capital of the State is
contained in the transitional
measures article of the State Con
stitution, the question of whether
the capital could be moved by
legislation is a sticky one.
Kendall has not tipped his hand,
at least publicly, but he would
appear to have only three possi
bilities:
1. He could attempt to push
through simple legislation moving
the Capital from Juneau and hope
for a favorable court ruling that
the act^was legal.
Such a bill, of course would be
subject to gubernatorial veto.
With William A. Egan, a staunch
opponent of the Capital reloca
tion proposal, in the governor’s
office, a veto would be a certain
ty. It’s doubtful Kendall could
get the backing to override a
veto. ,
2. Kendall could propose,
through a joint resolution, a con
stitutional amendment which
would take the Capital from Ju
neau. A joint resolution would
not be subject to veto, but it
would require two-thirds ap
proval of both houses. In addition,
it would have to be approved by
a majority vote of the people.
3. The Anchorage Republican
could try to obtain a legislative
call for a constitutional conven
tion, but Egan could block the
move by vetoing 'the convention
appropriation bill. Again, Kendall
would probably have difficulty
trying to override the veto.
Should the convention actually
come to pass, the Constitution
could be changed by a majority
vote of the delegates, subject to
ratification by the voters.
Because the Third Division was
the only one of the State’s four
main election districts to vote to
move the Capital, in all three
cases the Third Division would
probably find itself lined up
against the rest of the state in any
legislative fight.
And the odds would be rough,
24-16 against the Third Division
in the House and 14-6 against the
Third Division in the Senate.
If the legislative move fails, the
Capital Information Committee of
Anchorage, which spearheaded
the fight for the initiative which
failed in August, has announced
plans to present a new initiative
to the voters in 1962.
It would include a provision
that the new Capital site be lo
cated at a site in Westward Alas
ka at least 30 miles from both
Anchorage and Fairbanks.
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What Name
Newspapers Prefer
For President-Elect
By The Associated Press
What name do American news
paper editors prefer when they
refer to President-elect John F.
Kennedy in headlines? Kennedy,
Jack or JFK?
The majority of papers uses
Kennedy or JFK.
Only a few of the 100 news
papers polled by the Associated
Press indicated they will continue
to use “Jack.”
The subject came up when a
reporter asked what name Ken
nedy himself prefers.
Answered his Press Secretary,
Pierre Salinger: “He feels that if
he had a choice he would prefer
just Kennedy, or that the initials
JFK are all right, too. If he had
a choice he would be against the
use of Jack.
“But he feels that choice is up
to the newspapers.”
Long names have long been the
bane of the hard-pressed headline
writer who must fit them into
skimpy column space.
Hence, such names as Eisen
hower and Roosevelt became Ike
and FDR.
Of the newspapers queried by
(J\ 46 said they would used Ken
nedy or JFK in headlines. Thirty
six said they would use President
or Kennedy only. Some said they
would continue to use Jack while
others said they would use Jack
only if the story warranted it or
it fitted in designated space. One
paper said it would use John F.
and another John.
“Jack is taboo,” said the Fort
Lauderdale, (Fla.) News.
“No Jack, on John, no JFK,”
said the Philadelphia Inquirer,
which prefers Kennedy.
“Impolite,” said the Indian
apolis News.
But there were pro-Jack papers,
too.
Tulsa Tribune — Ike was good
enough for Eisenhower and Jack
should be satisfactory.
Waterloo Iowa Courier — See
no reason if Eisenhower can be
Ike, why Kennedy can’t be Jack.
Birmingham (Ala.) News —
Probably will use Jack some. Any
way, his preference won’t make
any difference.
WHERE IS THE UNITY
Kwiguk Village Council
KWIGUK, Alaska — The coun
cils of Alakanuk, Sheldon Point
and Kwiguk met Dec. 26 in the
village of Alakanuk at the invita
tion and request of the council
of that village. John Hanson of
the Alakanuk council proposed
that request be made to the De
partment of Aviation to relocate
the air field presently slated for
construction in the Mt. Village
St. Mary’s area to an area below
Alakanuk.
This met with opposition from
the Kwiguk council. It was point
ed out to the council members
by John B. Charles of Kwiguk
that all villages of the Lower Yu
kon, by written petition, inform
ed the Department of Aviation
and the State Legislature of their
needs and that they, the peti
tioners, had agreed to leave the
selection of a site for the DC-4
type landing facility to the De
partment of Aviation engineers.
Mr. Charles also informed the
councils that the people on Nov.
8th had approved a $1,500,000
bonding proposition which would
insure the construction of bush
airfields.
It is the intent of this article
to inform the people of Alaska and
in particular the inhabitants of
the Lower Yukon and Northwest
Alaska that the people of Kwiguk
are still united and will not inter
fere in the selection of a site. The
people of the Lower Yukon are
still the forgotten and will remain
so until they themselves join in
a united effort, not for the ad
vancement of any one village or
any one group of people but for
the advancement of the area in
general.
If there are individuals in the
area (and it has been said many
times that there are) who do not
wish to see advancement come
because it would be detrimental
to their position of influence and
financial gain our advice to them
| is to move. There are many places
in Alaska where there are no in
habitants (the top of Mt. Mc
Kiney or some ice flow) they
could live there as hermits and
use their influence to keep the
area in a perpetual state of back
wardness.
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