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FOR A CHANGE
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A Perfect Pattern
George Washington, the first President of
the United States and whose birthday we recog
nize today by observing a business hoiday, was ex
ceedingly wise and sound in his judgments concerning
the future of his country.
As we observe this anniversary we honor him for
the way he directed the country when it was new
and democracy was a bright promise of peace and
security and freedom.
In a similar sense Alaska and its first elected
governor and the legislature are on trial to give the
people of Alaska a sound democratic government.
As they study boroughs, ESC problems, military
needs and the many aspects of the government of the
new state, may they be able to be selfless and put
aside personal gain, such as votes at the next election,
and think only of the good of the State and the people
they represent so that they too may leave a record of
sound judgment, profound wisdom and history may
record this session with a job well done.
Alaska’s Revenues Up
$1,391,273 Over Last Year
JUNEAU —Revenue collections
by the State of Alaska totaled
$13,363,651 during the 7-month
period which ended Jan. 31, Rev
enue Commissioner Peter Gatz
has announced.
The Commissioner’s report to
Gov. Egan showed a $1,391,273 in
crease in collections over a com
parable 7-month span ending Jan.
31, 1959, when revenues totaled
$11,972,378.
One item disappeared complete
ly from the list of incoming reve
nues. This was fish trap licenses,
banned by Gov. Egan in one of
his first official acts last year.
FISH STORY . . .
LOS ANGELES, IVP> — When a
Western Air Lines DC6B arrived
from Mexico City Friday, a main
tenance crew found a five-inch
fish, still alive, on the plane’s
wing.
It was placed in a pail of water.
One guess is that a sea gull
plucked the fish from the Pacific
Ocean and dropped it as the plane
descended for a landing.
Picture-Taking Couple
Escape Death by Leaping
From Train Trestle
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., UPl — A
terrified housewife escaped death
Sunday when she leaped from a
railroad trestle as a train bore
down on her.
Jo Ann Pate, 21, and her hus
band, John, 21, were taking pic
tures on the trestle when the train
headed for them. Pate said he
grabbed his wife and started
running. She hesitated, looked at
the oncoming train and then
leaped.
Mrs. Pate fell 50 feet to the
bank of the Medina River, but es
caped serious injury when her
fall was broken by tree limbs.
Pate managed to reach the
trestle end and get off the tracks.
The train, a special Missouri
Pacific passenger train returning
from a Washington Birthday cele
bration at Laredo, stopped. Five
doctors aboard gave first aid to
Mrs. Pate.
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Leading Demos at
Odds with Esan
Over ECC Problem
JUNEAU, W—Two Democratic
leaders had more words Friday
concerning Alaska’s controversial
unemployment security problems.
Sen. George McNabb said his
Senate committee on Commerce
and Labor hopes to report out a
substitute for the administration’s
employment security bill early in
the week.
Introduction of the bill de
pends, he said, upon how soon
statistical information is obtained
from the employment security
division.
The senator did not indicate
what changes would be proposed
in the new bill, but he has advo
cated previously collecting jobless
benefit contributions on total
wages* He also favored an in
crease in the amount of benefits
paid workers.
Gov. Egan’s bill, introduced
during the first week of the ses
sion, proposed an employment
security tax based on wages paid
up to $7,200 and provided no in
crease in present benefits.
The other Democrat to express
himself on the subject was Wen
dell Kay, chairman of the Demo
cratic state convention and a
member of the party’s central
committee.
In a mailed statement, the An
chorage lawyer urged higher
benefit payments and said the
Democratic party “is committed
to a liberal position on employ
ment security legislation.”
“The first and basic step in
any consideration of ESC should
be the raising of the weekly bene
fit to a decent and self-respecting
level. This can and should be
done,” he wrote.
Kay took a gentle dig at Gov.
Egan, who appeared before a
legislative committee last week to
urge passage of his bill.
“We should keep in mind that
the ESC program right now is a
legislative problem,” Kay said,
“and there is a constitutional div
ision of power between the legis
lature and the executive branch
of, government. The legislature is
supposed to enact the laws and
the executive is supposed to en
force them.”
Queen Elizabeth’s New
Son Weighed 7 lbs. 3 ozs.
LONDON, UFt — Buckingham
Palace announced Saturday that
Queen Elizabeth's new baby
weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at
birth and that the royal mother
and her child were doing “very
well.”
The Queen’s eldest child, Prince
Charles, weighed 7 pounds 6
ounces at birth. His sister, Princess
Anne, was exactly 6 pounds.
Gynecologist John H. Peel said
“It’s a lovely baby.”
As to the baby’s appearance,
Buckingham Palace issued this
fragmentary bit of intelligence:
“He’s got blue eyes, like every
other new born baby in the
world.”
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Legislature Still Undecided On Home
Rule Provisions as Halfway Mark Nears
JUNEAU, UP) — The legislature,*
nearing the halfway mark of its
second session, has not reached
agreement on carrying out home
rule provisions of the state con
stitution.
Friday the Joint Local Affairs
Committee, which is conducting
public hearings on boundary mat
ters, heard three witnesses, each
with a different opinion. Their
testimony concerned establish
ment of the constitutionally-pre
scribed borough, which will carry
out governmental functions be
tween the state and municipal
level.
Rep. Peter Deveau of Kodiak
suggested organizing boroughs
along the lines of election dis
tricts.
Henry Camarot of Fairbanks, a
member of the Local Boundary
Commission, said some attention
should be paid to election dis
tricts, but he thought economic,
political and social considerations
were more important.
Both said they felt the legisla
ture, acting on the Boundary
Commission’s recommendations,
should set the boundary lines.
Two types of boroughs have
been mentioned—organized bor
oughs, which would have their
own governing bodies and taxing
powers similar to counties in most
states, and unorganized boroughs.
The latter would be administered
by the state and the legislature
would act as the governing body.
Robert Sharp, city manager of
Ketchikan, said he didn’t think the
state should establish organized
boroughs at all unless the af
fected areas consented. He sug
gested local areas be permitted to
establish organized boroughs in
the same way cities are allowed
to incorporate.
Sharp said he felt unorganized
boroughs should be established in
those areas where the state is
providing local service.
“There is no reason,” he said,
“why the rest of the state should
pay for their services. But if an
area is paying its local services
itself, why force it into a bor
ough?”
Air France Granted Right
To Land at Anchorage
On Paris-Tokyo Flight
WASHINGTON, (if)— President
Eisenhower gave Air France a
new route Friday between Paris
and Anchorage, by way of Ham
burg, Germany.
The President signed into ac
tion a Civil Aeronautics Board
decision that the French airline
be permitted to operate the Al
askan service with aircraft that
also serve Tokyo on the Japanese
route of Air France.
The new route does not permit
the Paris-Tokyo passengers of Air
France to stop over at Anchorage,
however.
Air France asked for this priv
ilege at the CAB hearing, but the
board agreed with its hearing ex
aminer that the request be denied.
In effect, stopover rights at An
chorage would have provided the
airline with a route between two
non-French cities, Tokyo and An
chorage.
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