From LEAGUE of ALASKA CITIES NEWSLETTER
Airport Aid Program Extended
The 83rd Congress appropriated
$22 million to reinstitute the Fed
eral Airport Program under which
aid for airports in Alaska was
available on a 75-25 matching
basis, information on fund appli
cations and status of the program
in Alaska has been supplied to all
member cities.
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Governor Commends League
Gov. B. Frank Hei'ntzleman
says, “The basic purposes of the
League of Alaskan Cities are most
commendable since it is a non
partisan organization working for
the best interests of all Alaskan
municipalities through the unified
action of all member cities.”
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Federal Highways Funds
The Federal Aid Highway Act
of 1954 contains authorization for
expenditure of nearly two billion
dollars during the fiscal years
1956-57. The authorization for
federal aid to urban highways
was increased from $137.5 million
per year to $175 million. AMA
was the only national organiza
tion representing states or munic
ipalities to testify in either House
of Congress on this historic legis
lation during this, the 2nd session
of the 83rd Congress.
In addition to the funds for ur
ban road projects, the following
amounts were authorized for each
of the two fiscal years 1956-57:
Primary roads, $315 million;
secondary roads. $210 million; and
an increase from $25 to $175 mil
lion for the Interstate System. An
additional $91 million was author
ized for forest highways, forest
roads, park roads, parkways, In
dian trails, public land roads, the
inter-American highway and the
Rama road.
Alaska does not come under the
federal aid highway program, al
though the statehood bills intro
duced in the recent Congress pro
vided for participation upon be
coming a state.
Right To Ban Pinball Upheld
In a recent decision of broad
significance to cities, the Oregon
Supreme Court has upheld an or
dinance of tho City of Portland
which prohibits the ownership,
operation or use of pinball and
digger machines. The decision re
versed a circuit court ruling which
had held the ordinance invalid by
reasoning that a city has no auth
ority to prohibit an activity which
is taxed by the state.
Two principal issues were con
sidered by the Supreme Court in
reaching its decision, which was
unanimous—whether city police
powers authorize prohibition of
machines which are not in them
selves gambling devices, and
whether in taxing the machines
the state had preempted the field
of regulation.
The court accepted the legisla
tive findings of the City Council
in passing the ordinance, that the
machines, in the court’s language,
“can readily be used for gambling
purposc-s and that players use
them for such purposes.”
The court characterized the
state legislation in question as
strictly a tax measure, which
“does not legalize the possession
of tho object which it taxes.”
(AMA News)
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The American Legion at its 1954
convention in Palmer adopted a
resolution supporting the financ
ing and operation of National
Guard armories by the territory.
THF BLUEBELL BROWNIES
Yesterday we had our first
meeting. Our officers are:
Rosemary Barber, president;
Linda Lenert, secretary; Kay Mc
Iver, treasurer; Mary Pasquan,
scribe.
We made pumpkin-nut cups for
our Halloween party.
—Mary Pasquan, Scribe
Eight million tons of sugar a
year is consumed in the U.S.
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Attorneys, Demos
In Fourth Division
Poll Top Votes
FAIRBANKS, W—Election Day
was a big day for both the Demo
crats and the attorneys in Alas
ka’s Fourth Division.
While Democrats polled the top
votes for every office at stake in
what has been considered in the
past a normally Republican dis
trict, five out of seven elected to
the legislature are B’airbanks at
torneys.
Ralph Rivers, the retiring Fair
banks mayor who topped the Sen
ate ticket, is a former territorial
attorney general.
The attorneys elected to four
out of five House seats were Hu
bert Gilbert, George McNabb Jr.,
Robert McNealy, and Warren
Taylor, the only former legislator
among them.
The standings, with all counted
except an estimated 15 per cent of
the outlying votes, are:
Senate—Rivers, 2312; Frank
Barr, ex-bush pilot and ex-Demo
cratic senator, 2237; George Mis
covich, Republican speaker of the
House, 1457; Sen. W. L. (Dan)
Lhamon, 1196.
House—Rep. Richard Greuel, a
radio program director, 2341; Gil
bert, 2101; McNealy, 1934; Mc
Nabb, 1861; Taylor, 1853; Repub
licans—James Ryan, Fairbanks
school head and ex-territorial
school superintendent, 1674; Rep.
John Coghill, 1643; George Sulli
van, 1620; Rep. Alden Wilbur,
1527.
ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The two end stars of the- Big
Dipper direct us to the location of
the North Star, also1 called Polaris.
It is 47 light-years away, in
other words, the light of the star
which we see this year left the
star in 1907, a year after the San
Francisco earthquake.
It is a wonderful star in helping
mankind in his activities because
it guides fleets and caravans over
wastes of sea and sand otherwise
trackless and impassable. Many
who have been lost in the track
less forest have discovered their
bearings on clear nights and have
been guided back their homes. It
conducts large ships from port to
port, thus lessening the cost of
many necessities of life.
So important was this star to
the ancient Phoenicians who
sailed the Mediterranean Sea that
they called it the Phoenician Star.
It made it possible for them to
' trade in distant waters with pur
ple dyes.
The optimist fell ten stories,
and at each window he sbouted
to his friends: “All right so far!”
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Buckshot Blast Aimed
At Squirrel Bags Plane
ATLANTA, UPI—An 18-year-crtd
youth fired a blast of buckshot at
a squirrel and bagged an airplane.
Police Sgt. Fred Kelly said the
youth, Marvin Alvin Pickens of
nearby DeKalb County, fired a
12-gauge shotgun Wednesday at a
squirrel near Gunn Field.
Horace L. McClure was coming
in for a landing in a small plane
at the time and reported he “felt
a shock.’’
He brought the two-seater down
safely and then found nine holes
in the wings and fusilage.
McClure swore out a warrant
charging assault with intent to
murder. Pickens was arrested and
told police he simply didn’t see
the plane when he fired at the
squirrel.
MEN AIM AT MARILYN,
GET SUED FOR $92,500
LOS ANGELES, Wt—Two men
were sued Wednesday for $92,500
damages as a result of rifle prac
tice in which, incidentally, they
used a picture of Marilyn Monroe
as a target.
Sheldon Burman and Herbert
Levy explained that they consid
ered the movie beauty’s curves a
more interesting target than the
conventional bullseye or can or
bottle.
The plaintiffs, Fred and Peter
Kassler and Alfred Rich, allege
they suffered shock and bruises
getting out of the way of shots
they said came through the wall
of their refrigerator shop.
Many Roman ruins in Britain
were uncovered during the bomb
ings of World War II.
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