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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The stars of the constellation
Orion form an enormous connect
ed group of stars. They are close
ly associated to the nebula found
in the sword of Orion.
Most of the stars in Orion are
white or bluish white in color and
are extremely hot. They are also
called helium stars, because the
element of helium is conspicuous
in their atmosphere. The stars
found in this constellation are the
hottest and brightest of all stars.
The estimated distance of these
stars is 600 light years. It has tak
en six centuries for the light from
Orion to reach the earth. In other
words, the light we see each eve
ning from these stars left before
Columbus discovered America.
So large is the nebula of Orion
alone that ft would extend from
the earth to the star in the sky
closest to us.
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ANCHORAGE, (if)—Members of
the Retail Merchants Committee
of the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce met in an emergency
session Wednesday afternoon.
The 20-member board unani
mously adopted a resolution to
begin a campaign urging defeat of
House Bill No. 224, the so-called
Luxury Tax Bill. It has passed
the House.
Anchorage’s three radio and
two television stations immedi
ately came to the group’s aid, of
fering free air time to allow the
committee’s views to be presented
to the public.
A campaign was also underway
in the city urging residents to
wire James Nolan, president of
the Senate, in Juneau, to the ef
fect that they are against the bill.
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Legislature...
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Jensen (D-Douglas) for the Sen
ate. They are long-time personal
and political antagonists. Indica
tions were that the change in the
conference group would include
the dropping of Jensen to match
the dropping of McCutcheon from
the House committee, although
Jensen was one of the sponsors
of the restrictive Senate ESC bill.
Lyng Alone Against Tax
In the Senate, the recommenda
tion favoring the general property
tax bill was signed by Sens. Barr,
Owen, Ellis and Werner, and the
one “Do not pass” by Sen. Lyng.
All are Democrats.
Estimates on what it might pro
duce have ranged from $500,OQO
above collection costs to $900,000
for the biennium.
The Senate passed the revised
dental board and examination
act, which had been drawn by
the Alaska DentaJ Assn. After
Senate approval 13 to 2 the bill
went back to the House for action
on minor amendments.
Dental Act Passed
The Senate passed the dental
board bill after rejecting an
amendment to eliminate a “recip
rocal” phrasing. The bill would
allow reputable, practicing den
tists to enter from the States
without examination if the den
i tist’s home state had the same re
[ ciprocal arrangement for Alaska
dentists. That, said sponsors,, of
the amendment, is the catch'. They
said no states have any such re
ciprocal agreement with Alaska.
Dr. R. H. Williams of Juneau,
secretary of the Alaska Dental
Assn., told the Senate: “Contrary
to wide popular opinion, we are
not concerned with how many
dentists get into Alaska. We are
interested only in the quality of
their work. We could get many
dentists if we wanted to lower
the bars to undesirables.”
The House also approved today
a memorial to federal officers
asking an increase in the number
of beavers that can be taken in
Alaska. The memorial by Rep.
Lester Bronson (D-Nome) said
they are increasing rapidly and
their dams are becoming a nui
sance, especially in the Unala
kleet area.
SEATTLE, (#)—Opening of bids
on auxiliary facilities at the Gal
ena, Air Force Base have again
been postponed until March 23,
the Alaska district office of the
Army Engineers said yesterday.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
UBen Young, Pres:
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luaehea®
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon.
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
□Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
4B6 First Ave. West. Nome, Alaska
10 io 12 a*zn. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.