Sen. Long Backs Proposal to Open
1,000,000 Acres to Private Development
Four Rescued
Near Pt. Barrow
By Helicopters
SEATTLE, (jP *— Coast Guard
headquarters here reported Sat
urday that helicopters from the
icebreaker Northwind rescued
four persons from an Air Force
plane which crashed in the Arctic
Ocean 23 miles southwest of Pt.
Barrow.
The Coast Guard here had only
sketchy information on the mis
hap but said the L-20 Air Force
plane, a light craft, crashed in
four feet of water about 25 feet
off shore.
In addition to the pilot, .the
Coast Guard said, the plane was
carrying three members of a Navy
underwater demolition team sta
tioned at Barrow.
The occupants of the plane, ac
cording to the Coast Guard, were
not injured. They suffered only
exposure when the plane smacked
into the frigid water.
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WASHINGTON, <*> — An oil
conscious Louisianan indicated
support for a Department of the
Interior proposal to open a mil
lion acres of Alaska to private
development.
Sen. Long (D-La), acting chair
man of the Senate Territories sub
committee, told Orme Lewis,
Assistant Secretary of the Inter
ior, he felt “something certainly
should be done,” particularly to
ward the development of the
known gas fields north of Fair
banks.
The land involved, withdrawn
from all forms of entry under the
Public Land Laws in 1943, bor
ders the Navy’s Petroleum Re
serve Number Four which would
be unaffected by the opening.
The department has authority
to cancel the order itself but has
asked affected congressional com
mittees to approve the proposal
“in view of the interest of Con
gress in the oil reserves of north
ern Alaska.” No legislation is in
volved.
Principal interests in getting
the land open to development,
Lewis said, has come from in
dividuals at Fairbanks who hope
to tap the gas field, 450 miles
to the north, to supply Fairbanks’
fuel needs.
It’s estimated 300 billion cubic
feet of gas may lie in the Gubik
field.
Long’s questions mostly con
cerned whether the land would be
leased on competitive bids or on
a first come, first served basis.
He said he leaned toward the
competitive bid approach on
grounds that, for one thing, it
would keep any group from tying
up large areas and “sitting on it”
without development.
Lewis, however, noted that be
cause of high operating costs in
Alaska on operator would want
a large acreage to warrant his
investment.
Capt. Albert S. Miller, director
of the Naval Petroleum Reserve,
said the Navy supports the pro
posal in the hope private develop
ments in the area would enhance
its own reserve.
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Eisenhower Friday authorized a
$2,360,530,300 construction pro
gram at U.S. military bases
around the world. Many of the
projects are secret. i
Air Force projects dominate the
big bill signed by Eisenhower, a
compromise measure cleared by
Congress July 11 after the House
and Senate earlier had passed
varying versions.
In round figures the bill breaks
down something like this: Air
Force, $1,300,000,000; Navy and
Army, $500,000,000 each.
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