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SPEAKING OF CLOSING THE GAP—
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Constitutional
Convention Called
For Next Year
JUNEAU, (/PI—House minority
leader Bruce Kendall introduced
a bill Tuesday calling for a state
constitutional convention in 1962.
The convention would be made
up of 60 delegates, to be elected
on the same basis as state legis
lators after the reapportionment
in 1961, and two delegates at
large. It would be held in the
state capital at Juneau.
Delegates could not be holders
of or candidates for any state or
local elective office.
“Too many unsolvable problems
have appeared in these past three
years that, in my opinion, can
only be solved in a constitutional
convention,” Kendall said.
A call for a constitutional con
vention would have to be ap
proved by the legislature and
ratified by a vote of the people.
The Anchorage Republican said
that he felt a constitutional con
vention should take up the fol
lowing matters:
1. Include the elective positions
of an attorney general and a
comptroller general as state elec
tive officials.
2. A revision of the state judi
ciary system, to make judgeships
elective positions.
3. Resolve the issue of the state
capital.
4. Resolve the issue of gamb
ling.
5. Rewrite the borough section
of the present constitution.
6. Readjust the administrative
staff pattern which is too large.
7. Reconsider the constitution
Earnings Less Than $1,200 a Year
V/ould be Income Tax Exempt
JUNEAU. UP — Persons earning
less than §1,200 a year would not
be required to pay state individ
ual net income taxes or file a re
turn under the provisions of a
bill introduced in the Senate yes
terday.
The measure wras sponsored by
Sens. A1 Owen, George McNabb,
Eben Hopson. Jack Weise and
John Coghill.
THE EASY WAY . . . -
PERIGIEUX, France OP — An
actor playing a toreador scene
faced the real thing when the
show’s cast loosed a fierce young
bull on stage as a gag. But the
actor had the last laugh.
Glittering in his bullfighter’s
costume, tried to preserve both
dignity and safety as the audi
ence screamed in fright. Finally
he pulled out his pistol and kill
ed the bull with three shots.
al treatment of the State Depart
ment of Fish and Game.
8. Consider other problems of
the Resources Department.
Kendall said that in addition he
, has “always objected to the strong
executive form of state govern
ment as set forth in the present
constitution.”
Rep. Robert Stratton, Republi
can of Spenard, also added his
support to the call for a consti
tutional convention.
“It is now obvious to those who
work with the constitution close
ly that it is designed for a state
with a population of several mil
lion people. . . It is too rigid, too
expensive, and too dictatorial for
Alaska at this stage of her devel
opment.”
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Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON <£> — More
money is spent per pupil in Alas
ka and New York than in any
other state, according to the cur
rent research report of the Na
tional Education Assn.
The report estimates $585 will
be spent for each pupil in average
daily attendance during the cur
rent school year in the two states.
That total compares with the
national average of $390 per pupil
and the low of $217 in Alabama.
Here are some other compari
son from the report.
Alaska has the nation’s small
est total elementary and second
ary school enrollment at 42,400
pupils. However, that figure
means 70.7 per cent of the state’s
school age population is enrolled.
The national average enrollment
is 82.7 per cent.
Alaska’s classroom teachers re
ceive the second highest average
annual salary. In the first place
is California where the average
is $6,700.
Where does the money for pub
lic elementary and secondary
schools come from? The report
estimates 57.5 per cent from the
state, 35.4 from local governments
and 17.1 per cent from the fed
eral government.
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U. S. Biggest Land Holder
The government continues to
be by far the biggest landholder
in Alaska — owning 99.7 per cent
of the state’s 365.5 million acres.
The General Service Adminis
tration inventory report on fed
eral land holdings as of last June
30 shows the .2 per cent owned in
Connecticut is the smallest area
held in any state.
Altogether, the government
owns 771.5 million acres in the
United States, which means the
364.5 million it owns in Alaska
makes up the lion’s share of the
total.
Federal real property, includ
ing land and buildings, is report
ed at a cost of $46.3 billion. Of
this total, the Alaska holdings ac
count for $1.7 billion or 3.7 per
cent of the total cost.
The report shows the govern
ment owns 9,382 buildings in
Alaska.
(The report says cost figures
are actual acquisition costs when
available and estimated costs when
they are not available.)
Would Receive Homestead
The widow and four young chil
dren of William E. Beltz would
receive the homestead near Una
lakleet on which he esablished
residence under a bill introduced
by Sen. Ernest Gruening.
Beltz, an Eskimo from Unalak
leet, died last November while
serving as President of the Sen
ate of the first Alaska Legisla
ture. He was one of four Eski
mos elected to serve in that ses
sion.
Before his death, Beltz had a
staked out a homestead claim and
established residence, but had not
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RENO, Nev. iff) — Joseph Fra
j zer, former president of Kaiser
Frazer Coro., said a gold recover
ing machine which he had patent
ed “may start another ’49er gold
! rush in old mining camps.
I Frazer said Saturday a corpora
j tion he formed in Nevada will
I use the dry-electro process ma
| chine to recover gold from sur
' face ore in the old strike areas.
The machine heats particles of
earth in a static electricity screen
and filters the gold from the ore.
“We can get the gold out econ
omically,” Frazer said. “The cost
of the operation will be only 38
cents a cubic yard and the assay
figures will average about $2.00
a cubic yard.”
He said full operation will start
in about 90 days.
Frazer said the corporation may
also investigate the Comstock j
Lode, Nevada’s richest mining
area near Virginia City, from
which millions of dollars in sil
ver was taken in the last century
after prospectors looked in the
area for gold.
been able to cultivate the 30 acres
required before a patent to the
land could be issued.
Gruening said it will not be
possible for his widow, a state
public health nurse, to complete
the cultivating required.
The bill would authorize the
Interior Department to convey
the land to Mrs. Beltz and her
children “so they may have the
peace of mind and sense of se
curity that would come from its
possession,” Gruening said.
“William Beltz was, truly, a
great and worthy son of Ameri
ca,” he said. “Enactment of this
measure will compensate, in some
degree, for his contributions to
Alaska and to the nation and is,
therefore, I deeply believe, thor
oughly justified.”
COULD HARDLY
BELIEVE HIS EYES . . .
KANSAS CITY, (iP)—Scoutmas
ter Minor McCrite could hardly
believe his eyes.
The boys in his troop on an
overnight camping trip cooked
their own breakfasts. One of them
ate nine fried eggs, seven strips of
bacon and a can of sardines.
“Why sardines for breakfast?”
asked McCrite.
“Oh, I just thought I ought to
have some dessert,” the boy re
plied.
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