Egan Will Attempt
Persuading Indians
Give up Fish Traps
t JUNEAU, U1) — Governor Wil
liam A. Egan will resume his du
ties as Alaska’s chief executive
tomorrow in fish trap conferences
with natives at three Southeastern
Indian villages.
The meetings between the Gov
ernor and the natives will take
place as the 44-year-old Demo
crat travels north to Juneau from
Seattle, where he underwent sur
gery for removal of a gall stone
three weeks ago.
Plans for Egan’s talks at public
metings at the villages of Metla
katla, Angoon and Kake were an
nounced by the Governor’s Office
here.
Those three villages, which own
11 fish trap sites among them,
v have announced they plan to fish
for salmon with traps this year —
; although new state laws prohibit
the gear in any waters of Alaska.
The 11 native trap sites were
authorized for use this salmon
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season by federal regulations,
which made the Indian traps an
exception to a generally banning
of the gear in the new state.
The state has announced re
peatedly that it would use its
police powers if necessary to stop
the scheduled trap operations if
the natives put the gear in the
water in preparation for the start
of the season in two weeks.
Egan’s personal appeal to the
.natives in visits to each of the
villages was described by acting
Governor Wade as an attempt to
“clear up any misunderstanding”
over the fish trap ban and to try
to convince the natives “of any
thought that aboriginal rights are
involved in this issue.”
Indian leaders of the villages
have maintained that rights
granted the natives by the federal
government provide authority for
continued use of the traps despite
the genei’al state ban.
In the case of Metlakatla, l^gd
ers of that village say reservation
grants made by the federal gov
ernment protect their trap opera
tions.
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Alaska Airlines Obtains
Dismissal of Election Suit
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines
has presented the King County
Superior Court in Seattle with an
order of dismissal in the recent
action filed against the company
and its top executives by R. W.
Marshall, a stockholder and direc
tor of the company. Mr. Marshall’s
suit was filed April 9, and the
court on May 18 sustained a de
murrer filed by Alaska Airlines
on the grounds that Mr. Marshall
failed to show the court that he
had any legal cause of action
against the company or its offi
cers. He was given 15 days to
present the court with any addi
tional facts, and the 15-day period
expired June 2.
An Alaska Airlines Company
spokesman in Seattle advised to
day that he understands a suit
on similar grounds has been
brought against the company in
Anchorage, by a minority stock
holder. The company official said
“This action presents no new is
sues. It appears to be a further
effort to harass the company and
to interfere with proper manage
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WASHINGTON, UP — A White
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! day underground atomic tests
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continued inspection would be
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handed to Soviet delegates at
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of research would be necessary to
develop effective means of detect
ing underground atomic blasts.
It based its findings on infor
mation gained from underground
shots conducted at the U. S. testing
grounds in Nevada. That informa
tion, the report said, showed that
much research is necessary to de
velop a detection system that
would come up to the effective
ness previously believed possible.
The U. S. officials said, how
ever, that the findings by the sci
entists under Dr. Lloyd Berkner
do not change the American posi
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HOUSTON, Tex., UR — The
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bers of a Dallas family Wednes
day.
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hand of St. Stephen, to Joseph
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The hand, removed from the royal
palace during the war, was found
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near Salzburg, Austria.
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Steel Union Asks for
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NEW YORK, UP) — The United
Steelworkers Union is seeking to
resume company-by-company con
tract negotiations betweei. com
mittees next Tuesday.
This type of negotiation was
abandoned a month ago. Since
then, the talks have been con
ducted by four-man teams repre
senting the union and the 12 larg
est companies in the industry.
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cision on whether to go along with
the union’s request for resump
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