From The
Nation s Capitol
(The Weekly Newsletter from the
Office of Senator Ernest Gruening)
By GEORGE SUNDBORG
Administrative Assistant
WASHINGTON — Use of civil
air lines instead of MATS planes
in transporting military passen
gers and cargo to and from Alas
ka, along with other areas, was
directed last week by the Senate
“to the fullest extent found prac
ticable.”
The action was taken in con
nection with the Department of
Defense appropriation bill for
1960, which was passed by the
Senate following rejection of a
proposed amendment which would
have cut down on funds available
to the military services to pay for
service on certificated air carriers.
In reporting the bill, the Appro
priations Committee strongly
urged the Defense Department
wherever possible to utilize serv
ices of commercial carriers,, both
scheduled and supplemental,
which have been certified by the
Civil Aeronautics Board, and to
reduce the competition afforded
by the Military Air Transport
Service.
$39 Billion Defense
Appropriations Provides
For 170 Atlas Missiles
WASHINGTON, UP> — A $39,
228,239,000 compromise defense
appropriations bill includes funds
to build at least 170 Atlas mis
siles, informed sources say.
The big Atlas is designed to
carry nuclear destruction across
oceans.
Cost and quantity figures on
the Atlas are secret. Information
on the number planned came
from congressional sources fam
iliar with details of the appropri
ation bill.
The defense measure worked
out Friday by Senate and House
conferees still needs approval by
the Senate and House. The House
probably will consider it bn Tues
day.
Although the bill totaled 20
million dollars less than President
Eisenhower had asked, the con
ference committee offset this by
boosting the amount of money
that the Pentagon could use from
funds authorized in the past. In
this category, it gave the Penta
gon 90 million dollars more than
the President had sought.
Photo: Courtesy Canadian National Railways
Following the spectacular Fraser River Valley of British Columbia on
its 2,924-mile run from Montreal to Vancouver, the “Super Conti
nental,” of the Canadian National Rys., has cut another 30 minutes
from its across-Canada schedule, making the “Super” the fastest Cana
dian transcontinental westbound train by one hour.. The “Super’s”
running time from Montreal to Vancouver via Winnipeg, Saskatoon,
Edmonton and Jasepr is 70 hours.
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B. C. Advocates
Alaska Trade Short
Cut Via Kitimat
VANCOUVER, B. C., UP — T.
L. Sturgess, British Columbia Dep
uty Minister of Trade and Com
merce, said Wednesday an ex
tension of the Vancouver Island
Highway and Car Ferry to Kitti
mat to provide a shorter route to
Alaska is being studied.
He said extension of the high
way to the northern tip of the
island and a car ferry would pro
vide a short 2,100-mile island
route to Alaska.
""Such a link between Alaska
and the rest of America was vital
he told a seminar on Canadian
United States relations at the Uni
versity of British Columbia.
He said a connection could be
made from Kitimat, 400 miles
north of here, to the Stewart-Cas
siar Road which now connected
with the Alaska Highway at Wat
son Lake, 600 miles north of
Prince Rupert.
He said the Cassiar Road could
,also be linked with the Otlin Road
at Whitehorse, Y. T.
“This is a shorter route and
one which will link the Alaska
panhandle communities if they
have the initiative to build spur
roads through the Coast Range.”
Sturgess said providing an in
land link between Alaska and the
rest of the United States would
be a “mutual advantage to all
concerned.”
“Because of similar resources,
B. C. must not only compete but
also co-operate with Alaska.”
The future held good prospects
for further train extensions north
wards, he said.
“Considerably shorter routes
can be and must be developed if
Alaska’s great variety of re
sources are to be developed. We
in B. C. have done a great deal
along these lines, but still have a
great deal more to do.”
! Housing Authority May
Get Anchorage Property
WASHINGTON, UPi—1The House
Government Activities Subcom
mittee has approved an Alaska
Housing Authority <AHA) bid of
$14,500 for government land in
Anchorage. Representative Ralph
Rivers said the 100- by 300-foot
plot, declared surplus November
5, adjoins five apartment build
ings owned by the AHA and is
to be used for playground and
parking purposes.
Such sales are subject to fur
ther review, but approval by the
subcommittee “is tantamount to
assurance that the transition will
be completed with the Govern
ment Services Administration
within 30 days,” Rivers said.
PLEASANT WEATHER
PREVAILS OVER NATION
Fairly pleasant weather pre
vailed today in most of the coun
try .although it was a little cool
in the Northeast and showers
sprinkled scattered sections.
Cool Canadian air covered the
northeast corner from Maine
through New York and Pennsyl
vania and into West Virginia.
Temperatures ranged from the
60’s into the 40’s, far below nor
mal in most of the region.
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. Monday, August 10, 1959,
to furnish the following:
One new, 1959 Police Patrol
Car as per specification re
quired.
(Bid specifications for above
patrol car can be obtained from
the Nome Police Station).
The City reserves the right to
refuse or reject any or all bids.
Nome Common Council
By Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish July 29, Aug. 3, 5, 7, 1959
Washington
Newsletter
(From the Office of
Senator Bob Bartlett)
Two bills affecting Alaska
were introduced in the House
this week, one dealing with polar
bear, walrus and sea otter, and
the second with the membership
of the Federal Home Loan Bank.
Congressman Saylor’s bill re
lating to marine mammals would
allow the Secretary of the In
terior, in his discretion, to pro
tect, conserve and manage marine
mammals, with such authority
extending to persons subject to
United States jurisdiction on or
over the high seas and on and
along the coast of the United
States and the property of such
persons.
The taking, possession, selling
and purchasing of polar bear, sea
otter and walrus would b^ pro
hibited unless permitted by the
Secretary’s regulations, with cer
tain penalties of seizure of gear
and fines or jail terms written
into the bill.
ORDINANCE No. 398
(Published by Title Only)
An Ordinance of the City of
Nome, Alaska, adding a new ar
ticle to Chapter 15 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Nome,
Alaska, which shall be known as
Article III, amending Section 15
27 of said Code, and setting an
effective date.
Passed by the Common Council
of the City of Nome, Alaska, this
27th day of July, 1959, at regular
session assembled.
s/ Steffen Andersen,
Attest: Mayor
s/ Robert F. Scott,
(Seal) Tlity Clerk
(A copy of this ordinance in
creasing the telephone rates ef
fective August 15, is posted at
City Hall). 92*
Well-Digger Strikes Gold
Beneath Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., UP) —
Horace J. Tuttle is a well-digger
with a problem. He struck a
vein of gold ore he can’t mine.
His firm drilling at a new
housing development, has struck
gold twice—at 120 feet and at
194 feet. H.D. McKnight, a certi
fied mineralogist, says the strike
at 194 feet apparently is a low
grade gold ore vein.
But the two won’t turn Win
ston-Salem into a gold rush town
McKnight says the ore can’t he
mmed. “It’s too near the city and
the law wouldn’t allow it,” he
says sadly.
One Killed, Two Are
Hospitalized After Car
Crash on Haines Cutoff
HAINES, UP> — A St. Louis, Mo.,
youth was killed and an Illinois
couple were injured seriously
Thursdoy in a two-car collision on
the Haines Cutoff road of the
Alaska Highway 70 miles north
of here in British Columbia.
Killed in the headon crash of
the two cars was Robert Merrill
Langenberg, 18. Aaska State Po
lice identified him as the son of ''
the president of a St. Louis hat
company.
In critical condition at a Ju
neau hospital from injuries suf
fered in the smashup were Mr.
and Mrs. Augustus Buccholt,
Bloomington, 111.
Alvin Mazonna. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Mazonna, who has
been in service for three years,
and was stationed at Fort Gree
ley, returned home this week,
having completed his military
service.
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