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Action in Alaska Legislature as
1955 Session Draws to a Close
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, Iff)—With less than a
week remaining ot the legisla
ture’s legal life span, territorial
lawmakers were working long
hours in an effort to clear their
desks of key legislation.
The Senate Monday approved a
bill to increase penalties for terri
torial income tax evaders.
The bill makes a wilful failure
to file a return or pay a tax a
misdemeanor. It can mean SI,000
fine or a jail term or both, if the
governor signs it into law.
Legislative action was also com
pleted on a bill to allow banks to
have up to 60 percent of their
capital in their buildings, instead
,of the present 50 percent.
in action by the two branches,
the Senate killed by a 10-6 vote
a bill which the House had passed
unanimously to amend the pri
mary election law. It would have
prevented voters from crossing
party lines in ballots for candi
dates.
The proposed change in the
primary election law would have
provided only one ballot would
be available at the polls, so a
voter would not have to declare
what party he wanted to vote for.
But on the ballot he would have
to vote for the candidates of only
one party.
Opponents contended it would
be a repudiation of the wishes ex
pressed by voters in the 1946 ref
erendum. Supporters argued it
would strengthen the two party
system while not infringing on a
yoter’s privilege of refraining
from designating any party choice
in asking for a ballot.
The House sent a telegram to
President Eisenhower asking him
to “direct” Governor Heintzleman
to make an application for a fed
eral loan for the Employment
Security Fund. ESC officials have
said it will run dry Thursday. The
governor has said he has laid all
needed information before the
secretary of labor so a loan can be
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The Senate approved these oth
| er measures:
1. A comprehensive military
code for Alaska. It sets up specific
; regulations for the National
Guard and also provides for an
unorganized militia, embracing all
able-bodied men except a few ex
empt categories—including legis
lators—which would be subject to
call only in time of grave defen
sive emergency.
2. A bill to crack down on re
peated offenders under the drunk
en driving law. The bill provides
that a driver’s license “shall be”
suspended for three years for a
I second or a subsequent offense, in
| addition to any other penalties,
j The bill passed 13 to 0.
3. A land registration act for
all property outside of cities,
school districts or other political
units that already have registra
tion for property taxes.
The bill also provides for re
funds for persons who registered
after the deadline under the land
registration law enacted by the
1953 legislature. It provides a
$35,000 appropriation. It was ap
: proved unanimously.
All of the bills had been ap
proved previously by the House,
so now will go to the governor
: except in a case or two where
minor amendments were inserted
1 'which call for action again
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Delegation Backs Appeals
For Great Circle Flights
Pacific Coast to Orient
WASHINGTON, (AWThe Cali
fornia House delegation supported
yesterday appeals by San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles for direct
air service to the Orient via the
great circle route.
At present, Northwest Airlines
has authority to fly the great cir
cle route trom Seattle to Japan.
Pan American World Airways
has applied for similar authority
to fly from Los Angeles and San
Francisco to the Orient.
James H. Turner, San Francisco
manager of utilities, told a delega
tion meeting that failure to in
clude San Francisco and Los An
geles in the one-carrier great cir
cle route would put Chicago 200
miles closer to Japan than San
Francisco and might result in a
shift in the center of trade with
the Orient.
The delegation voted unani
mously to appoint a subcommittee
to present the appeal to President
Eisenhower and the CAB.
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Reports Churchill Will
Soon Retire Called
| “Press Chatter”
LONDON, (iPl—Prime Minister
Churchill Tuesday referred to
newspaper reports suggesting he
may soon retire as “chatter in the
press.”
Asked by a laborite in the
House of Commons about the pos
sibility of his retirement, the 80
year-old Conservative leader re
plied: “Really, you mustn’t be led
away by all the chatter in the
press.”
The exchange came after Chur
chill answered no to a question as
to whether he would appoint a
cabinet minister to deal with dis
armament questions.
For the past few days every
national newspaper in Britain has
carried predictions that Churchill
will turn over the prime minister
ship to Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden early in April and
that the Conservatives will call
a general election sometime later.
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| First Annual
'Report of Nome
Utilities Board
The first annual report of the
Nome Light and Power Utilities
Board has been submitted to the
I City, showing the following facts
and figures:
The board retired purchase ob
ligation bonds in the amount of
$5,000;
Paid interest on purchase obli
gation bonds in the amount of
$12,375;
Set aside to repay the City of
Nome for expense and travel ex
penses incurred during survey
prior to purchase ot the utility,
$3,771;
Paid to City of Nome in lieu
of taxes, $1811;
Reserve fund of which $5,000 is
in interest-bearing bonds, $6,105;
Purchase of new service truck,
$2,375;
New cooler system for power
plant, $2,000;
New meters and transformers,
$3,000;
Paid fuel inventory, $9,000;
Increased insurance coverage
to $35,000;
Net profit, $17,022.98;
Improvement fund for replace
ments and extension, etc., re
quired by ordinance, $6,835.42;
Leaving net working capital
from first 11 months, $10,187.56.,
The report, signed by Dewey
Goodrich, president of the Nome
Light and Power Utilities Board,
recommends that General Public
Liability insurnace should be ac
quired;
Suggests that a survey of the
utilities be made, especially the
distribution system, by a compe
tent utility engineer, and should
lead to more efficient operation
and better service to the cus
tomer.
The report further states that
the Utilites Board for the first 11
months, strove to maintain an
economical operation, making
only necessary improvements and
repairs in line with good business
practices while still giving the
customer at least as good or
better service than formerly.
“Now we have a milestone be
hind us, and definite financial
figures to look back on, believing
that, except for unforeseen fac
tors, next year should yield an
equal revenue. We feel we owe
it to the customers and the people
of Nome to map out a program
of improvement, and long range
plan of expansion.
“We hope to submit such a
plan to the City Council in a
not-too-distant future.”
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