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Nome’s BLAI Office Will Open Again ...
LAST WEEK THE Bureau of Land Management
announced the closing of the Nome Land Office
for the reason that there was not enough business done
here to warrant the expense.
The office had been opened last fall on a trial basis
at the insistance of the Chamber of Commerce for the
convenience of the people of this area. It was open
during the quiet months of the year and pulled out
when the busy season starts.
The Chamber of Commerce made an immediate
protest to the Alaska delegation in Washington, D. C.
that the office had not been open long enough or at
the time of the year to give a fair trial. A prompt ac
tion in Washington by Sens. E. L. Bartlett, Ernest
Gruening and Rep. Ralph Rivers has re-activated the
office again, to open about May 1st. Our congressmen
are to be congratulated for their effective and effi
cient work.
The man hours saved as well as transportation
costs for a Bureau of Land Management representa
tive to make frequent calls here, as suggested, would
have been as costly in the long run as keeping the
office open. ,
We Have a Right to Know ...
THE COLD WINDS which blow from the west,
around, under and over the Iron Curtain of Si
beria must have penetrated a little deeper into Alas
ka than usual this year for way down in Juneau there
is a House Bill No. 54 which recommends restriction
on inspection of public records.
Intended to chield criminals it would result in
creating secrecy in violation of the Constitution of the
United States. The people of any state have a right
to know who is their neighbor, and if he violates the
rules and laws of the state and nation.
Honest facts are better than heresay and “off the
record” information which can do society more harm
than good. Law men have used good judgment in what
information could be used and news media usually co
operate with them. Why not leave it that way without
more rules and regulations which are becoming so
multitudinous that few people can keep track of all
of them.
I MISHIN’
THROUGH
WASHINGTON
Associated Press Special Service
WASHINGTON UP) — Coast
Guard plans to establish a facility
! at Anchorage were outlined re
I cently to Sen. E. L. Bartlett who
1 had asked about the possibility.
Bartlett was told by Rear Adm.
C. C. Knapp, Commander of the
17th District at Juneau, that the
Guard’s fiscal year 1963 budget
estimates will include a “com
posite office” at Anchorage.
‘This facility,” Knapp wrote,
i “will be capable of handling
marine inspection and captain of
! the port activities in the Anchor
j age area, additionally, will serve
as a nucleus organization for pos
sible further Coast Guard ex
pansion at that place.”
“Being especially aware of the
ever-changing scene in Alaska, I
have directed my staff to keep
ever alert to these factors,” he
added.
In his letter of inquiry, Bartlett
promised his full support of pro
posals to expand Coast Guard
operations at Anchorage. His let
ter was prompted by one from
Anchorage Mayor George Byer.
The Mayor told Bartlett that
Anchorage’s population jumped
from 11,254 in 1950 to 43,750 in
1960 and that new city port fa
cilities, to open this spring, will
bring increased domestic and
foreign commerce.
Byer said the nearest Coast
Guard cutter has headquarters at
Cordova, nearly 400 nautical miles
from Anchorage, the state’s
largest city.
* * *
Rep. Ralph Rivers was inform
ed the Post Office Department has
asked bids on a new post office
at Valdez. The new building will
be at the northwest corner of
Hobart and Alaska Streets.
* • •
Rivers said he plans to give
vigorous support to a bill that
would establish a U. S. Travel
Service in the Department of
Commerce to encourage foreign
visitors to come to this country.
The bill, aimed at wiping out
the “travel dollar gap,” passed the
Senate Feb. 20 and was sent to
the House.
Rivers said he supported a si
mular bill last year and “will
vigorously do so again because I
think much could be done to sti
mulate the economy of our coun
try as well as contribute to in
ternational good will.”
Describing Alaska as an area
of major tourist attractions, Rivers
said the state “could well play
an important role in such a (tour
ist) program, to its own benefit
as well as to the benefit of the
nation.”
The House public Lands Sub
committee will hold hearings
March 2-3 on bills to authorize
the withdrawal of five parcels
of public domain in Alaska for
military purposes.
Rivers said he introduced the
bills at the Army’s request be
cause he is “impressed with the
increasingly important national
defense role which the Army is
playing in Interior Alaska.
He asked Alaskans to present
their views on the proposed with
drawals, in writing or in person,
at the hearings into justification
for the action.
Rivers said requests to appear
or statements for inclusion in the
record may be directed to him or
the committee.
TWO-MINUTE BLACKOUT . . .
ROME (#> — Wolves howled,
ostriches tried to bury their heads
and gazelles ran in circles dur
ing the solar eclipse a week ago,
keepers at the Rome Zoo reported.
Keepers said they kept a close
watch on the conduct of the ani
mals during the two-minute
blackout of the sun to prepare a
report on the reaction of birds
and beasts.
Drive to Restore
White House With
Authentic Furniture
WASHINGTON (D — Mrs. John
F. Kennedy has started a drive
to restore the White House au
thentic furniture of the 18!)2 peri
od, the year the Presidential man
sion was built.
The drive is two-old: To find
the furniture and to raise the
money to pay for it as gifts to
the White House.
To do the job, Mrs. Kennedy
yesterday named seven women
and five men of the arts world
to serve on a special committee of
i the Fine Arts Commission for the
| White House. The group will be
headed by Henry Francis Du Pont
of Wilmington, Del., an expert in
fine American furniture.
One room in the mansion al
ready is furnished entirely in
American antiques of the 18th
and 19th Century. Last year, for
mer President and Mrs. Dwight
Eisenhower accepted a gift of
$155,000 worth of antique Ameri
can furniture for the ground floor
diplomatic reception room.
HOTDOG ANYONE? . . .
MEXICO CITY, U!> — The
Health Ministry reports it has
closed the Flower of Jalisco, a
meat packing plant, for making
hot dogs out of burro meat.
U of A Will Provide
Laworatorv Soace for
Highway Division
JUNEAU UP! — The University
of Alaska has agreed to provide
space for a materials testing and
research laboratory for the Di
vision of Highways, Gov. Egan
said today.
Egan said that the arrange
ment would result in a $387,500
reduction in his budget requests
to the State Legislature.
The budget originally contain
ed a request for $750,000 for
state-operated laboratory facili
ties as required for federal aid
highway funds. The item included
$475,000 for a new laboratory
building and $275,000 for equip
ping laboratory facilities at An
chorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.
Egan said the agreement reach
ed with University President Dr.
William Wood would permit the
reduction of $475,00 of the build
ing request to $87,500 which will
be used for an extension of exist
ing Anchorage facilities.
“This is a savings we had hoped
to be able to make but it wasn’t
definite,” Egan said. “As a re
sult, because we needed the fa
cility, we had to include it in the
budget.”
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