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ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT
CHARGED WITH DRIVING
WHILE TIPSY IN ARIZONA
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., UPi — El
liott Roosevelt, 48-year-old son of
the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, has been charged with
drunk driving here.
He is to be arraigned on the
charge at 9 a.m. Tuesday before
Justice of the Peace Ben Fox.
Roosevelt was arrested Satur
day when police found him
slumped over the wheel of his
parked car. He was released on
$300 bond after spending four
and a half hours in jail.
Roosevelt has a winter home
here.
WHOOPING CRANES ARE
ON THE WING
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., (R —
At least 11 giant whooping cranes
flew north on the weekend toward
their summer nesting grounds in
Northwest Territory, Canada.
An arterial check showed 11 of
the 32 rare whoopers, which win
tered at Aransas National Wild
life Refuge north of here had de
parted.
The big birds, the last flock in
existence, normally start north
about April 4, refuge manager
Claude Lard said.
Fins Job Printing At The Nugget.
“On MY HONOR
I Will Do My Best”
Sve\elt iBaclxeUel
$ohn 3:16
VOTE TOMORROW
Bank, Election Legislation
Marks 10th Week For
Upper Lawmaking Body
JUNEAU, M — Alaska’s Senate
held its first Sunday session yes
terday. *
Approved and sent to the Gover
nor was a measure that would
abolish the present retriction on
branch bank operations carried
on more than 100 miles from the
parent bank.
The second bill to win Senate
approval would synchronize Alas
ka’s general election with those in
the rest of the nation. Under pres
ent law the date for the general
election is in October.
The House already has ap
proved thd measure, but the Sen
ate suggested September for pri
mary voting in contrast to the
House-approved month of June.
Primaries now are scheduled for
April.
The change was proposed by the
State Affairs Committee, whose
chairman, Thomas B. Stewart,
pointed out June primaries prob
ably would come when Congress
still was in session making it
impossible for Alaska’s congres
sional delegation to participate
fully in the campaign.
Stewart said the early spring
primary would mean legislators
would have to begin campaigning
shortly after their return from the
annual legislative session.
Action on the bill to create a
“blue-sky” law was put off.
The “blue-sky” measure, which
would regulate the sale of secur
ities, was continued on the Sen
ate calendar to enable committees
to submit a new report on the
bill.
N-E-W Nylon Trout and Salmon
NETS. WEIGHTS and FLOATS
— at NOME HARDWARE —
Public Notice
B Y
State Board of Public Accountancy
Notice Is Hereby Given of the Forthcoming Examination for
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
May 13, 14, 15, 1959
Anyone wishing to take the above examination should
make application to Ray Kohler, Secretary of the Board,
P. O. Box 607, Fairbanks, Alaska, on or before April 20. 1959.
Success Usually Begins With Saving,
And Saving Begins With a Plan at the
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA
WE WILL BUILD NOME WITH YOU
WHEN YOU ELECT EDGAR BIBB
As a School Board member Tuesday, April 7
You are voting for efforts toward obtaining
These Improvements:
1. A more extensive hot lunch
program.
2. A physical education program
for all grades.
3. Strengthen school’s scientific
programs so our youth will
he better qualified for the
Atomic Age.
DO YOUR DUTY — ELECT EDGAR BIBB
EDGAR BIBB [x]
Pmid Adv.
Radioactivity High
In Alaska Cities,
Reports A. D. H.
During the first six weeks of
1959, air sampling stations at Ju
neau, Anchorage and Fairbanks
all measured radiotivity which
rose to the neighborhood of 10
micromicrocuries per cubic meter
of air, according to reports re
ceived by March 1 at the Alaska
Department of Health radiological
office in Juneau.
When the first monitoring sta
tion of Alaska’s radiation surveil
lance network went into operation
at Juneau in May, 1956, the back
ground radioactivity was meas
ured at .15 to .25 mieromicro
microcuries per cubic meter of
air.
Following the American nuclear
testings at Eniwetok and Russian
nuclear explosions in Siberia,
readings at the Alaskan stations
have shown appreciable increases
in radioactive material, according
to the logbook at the radiological
office, and they no longer drop
back to the low recorded when the
network began operation.
The highs recorded in Juneau
between January 1 and February
17, 1959, were 11.4 on January 5,
5.9 on January 26 and 9.3 on
February 9. In Anchorage the
reading on January 16 was 7.6
after which it dropped slightly,
going back up to 8.7 on January
23 and 9.2 on January 20. It again
dropped back for several days but
on February 17 was 8.7. In Fair
banks the highest reading for the
period was 10.5 on January 26
The readings are the USPHS
Washington laboratory results ob
tained from 24-hour air samples
made in Alaska by using 4-inch
dust filters and indicating beta
activity in comparison with a 0.02
microcurie radioactive strontium
standard.
Figures in Nome are very low,
it is reported.
A1 Haferbecker is the monitor
in charge of radioactivty equip
ment being maintained here by
the F.A.A. He has completed a
special course of training in Fair
banks, and will be assisted by Phil
Owens, who is taking the course
this week. There will also be
three or four instrument readers
trained to complete the staff. This
summer, stated Haferbecker,
people in the Nome area will be
taught to read instruments.
The Bureau of Public Roads is
also taking an interest, and Nick
Lean, BPR engineer, has taken
the course given by F.A.A.
CERTIFICATION
OF CANDIDATES
I hereby certify that the fol
lowing named candidates have
been regularly nominated for the
following offices for the Annual
Municipal and School Board Elec
tion to be held Tuesday, April 7,
1959, in accordance with State
Law, to wit:
For Mayor:
STEFFEN ANDERSEN
For City Council (1-Year term):
EVERETT BACHELDER
AXEL T. EDMAN
VERNA H. MICKELSON
(2-Year term):
JACK BLATTLER
CHARLES R. CASPERSON
FRED CAVOTA
ALLAN G. DOYLE
CLINTON GRAY
KEITH HEDREEN
GORDON OSBORNE
For City Clerk:
ROBERT Fi SCOTT
For Member School Board (5-Year
term):
EDGAR F. BIBB
ASHBY E. CRAFT
For Member Utility Board (5
Year term):
LESTER R. KELLER
E. G. STRAUB
(SEAL)
ROBERT F. SCOTT,
City Clerk.
Publish April 3, 6, 1959.’
VOTE...
JACK BLATTLER
for COUNCILMAN
“IF ELECTED ... I Promise
To Perform My Duties For The
Best Interests of The People”
R7] JACK BLATTLER
— (For 2-Year Term)
P*id Adv.
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State Reorganization Bill Becomes Law
Creating Twelve-Dept. Government
JUNEAU, i3 — The framework
of Alaska’s first state government
was signed into law Friday and
within minutes after acting Gov
ernor Wade had approved the
measure the first department head
was sworn in.
The reorganization bill creates
a powerful executive-type govern
ment with the commissioners of
“the 12 established departments
serving as members of the Gov
ernor’s cabinet.
Although the Governor has six
months in which to put the de
partments into operation, Wade
signed a proclamation instituting
the Department of Administration
immediately.
The department will be headed
by Floyd Guertin, 45, who was
sworn in by House Speaker War
ren A. Taylor a few minutes after
the department was established.
The former Juneau airline exec
utive must be approved by the
Legislature. Confirmation of the
appointment appears a mere for
mality since Guertin already has
been endorsed by the Democratic
Central Committee.
he Govtmor’s proclamation set
ting up the department tranferred
the function of the old Territorial
and State Department of Finance
to the new agency.
In a message to the Legislature,
Wade said he was delaying action
on the other new departments to
insure an orderly transition. He
indicated, however, that he would
not wait the full six months be
fore completing action on the biB.
Meanwhile, the House Finance
Committee turned its attention to
providing salaries for the depart
ment heads.
It poposed a $17,000 annual sal
ary for the Department of Admin
istration, $5,000 more than paid?
the now abolished Director of Fi
nance post. The committee pro
posed the $17,000 figure for other
department heads — the Attorney
General, Commissioners of Edu
cation and Welfare, Public Works,
Natural Resources and Fish and
Game. *
The bill proposed salaries of
$15,000 annually for the Commis
sioners of Revenue and Public
Safety, and $12,000 for the Com
missioners of Labor and Com
merce. The state’s Adjutant Gen
eral would receive $11,000 under
the terms of the proposal.
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