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High Cost of Electricity Cited as Factor
Holding Up Development of 49tli State
WASHINGTON GW — The high
cost of electricity in Alaska was
cited yesterday as one of the major
factors holding up development
of the 49th State.
Floyd E. Dominy, Commissioner
of the Bureau of Reclamation,
made the observation at a recent
hearing of a House Appropria
tions subcommittee. His testi
mony was made public Tuesday.
“Everyone, I think, recognizes
the high cost of power prevailing
in Alaska and recognizes the fact
that it is one of the strong de
terrents to development,” Dom
iny said.
Steam-generated power in Alas
ka costs around 2 cents a kilo
watt-hour, Dominy said, com
pared to 6 to 8 mills generally in
the rest of the nation.
He said the total capacity of
all power plants in Alaska “is in
the order of 300,000 kilowatts.”
As for the proposed Rampart
Dam on the Yukon River, Dominy
said its potential of 5 million kilo
watts could be distributed any
where in Alaska under full de
velopment for about 3 mills.
Rep. John Pillion, (R-N.Y.),
commented “it will be a long time
before Alaska can absorb profit
ably, with utility, 5 million capa
city of power ... it is a rather
suspect situation, is it not ”
At that point the discussion
went off the record.
Later Dominy said there are
tremendous natural resources
available in Alaska “if we can
ever get the cost of developing
them down so that they can be
competitive on the market.”
Rep. Ben Jensen, (R-Iowa), said
he wondered if Alaska is “suf
ficiently interested in this power
development program to pitch in
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a little with the federal govern
ment. . . .”
“After all,” he said, “they
should show interest in these
proposals. I have not seen much
indication from the Alaska Leg
islature being too greatly inter
ested in the power development.”
Dominy replied that Alaskans
“are aware that their cost of
living and everything else could
be influenced advantageously by
getting some cheaper power, and
I do not think it is to be ex
pected that the new state . . .
could immediately launch very
heavy investments in these kinds
of projects.”
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
Frances Degnan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Degnan of
Unalakleet, has been awarded an
Alaska Native Scholarship for the
coming fall semester by the Uni
versity of Alaska Scholarship
! Committee. She will be a sopho
more class student this fall.
William Hensley, son of Mrs.
Priscilla Hensley of Kotzebue, has
also been awarded an Alaska Na
tive Scholarship for the fall
semester. He is majoring in busi
ness administration and will be
a sophomore class student.
Ahsaruk Property Auctioned
The Phillip Ahsaruk property
across from the new Methodist
Church site, which was auctioned
off on F'riday, was sold to How
ard Green for $2,000.
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U.S. Says Russia
Is Jeopardizing
“World Peace”
WASHINGTON UP — The Unit
ed States, Britain and France told
the Soviet Union Tuesday it is
jeopardizing world peace and en
dangering the lives of millions
of its threats against West Ber
lin.
The Western Powers rejected
the Soviet Union’s claim that it
can wipe out their Berlin rights
simply by signing a separate peace
treaty with Communist East Ger
many. At the same time they of
fered to try to work out a “ne
gotiated settlement of the unre
solved problems of Germany.”
Should the Soviets press the
crisis, the U. S. note said, the
“international dispute arising out j
of Soviet claims would have the
gravest effect upon international
peace and security and endanger
the lives and well-being of mil
lions of people.”
For this menace to world peace,
the note said, the Soviet Union
must, bear full responsibility be
fore all mankind.
At another point the U. S. note
declared:
“There is no reason for a crisis
over Berlin. If one develops it is
because the Soviet Union is at
tempting to invade the basic
rights of others.”
“All the world will plainly see,”
the United States asserted, “that
misuse of such words as ‘peace’
and ‘freedom’ cannot conceal a
threat to raise tension to the point
of danger and suppress the free
dom of those who now enjoy it.”
The warning was coupled with
an offer to try to settle the crisis
by negotiation on the principle
of self-dettrmination for the Ger
man people.
Similarly, the British and
French notes left the door open
for negotiation.
Bond Issue to Be Offered
Publicly to Help Finance
Hospital in Anchorage
NEW YORK tD — A $2 million
bond issue to help finance a 175
bed hospital in Anchorage will be
offered publicly next Tuesday.
B. C. Ziegler and Co., of West
Bend, Wis., will sell 11-year direct
obligation serial notes at retail
prices to yield from 4.5 to 5.65
per cent. The notes will mature
1962-76.
They are being issued by the
Sisters of Charity of the House of
Providence of Seattle, Wn., which
owns and will operate the Provi
dence Hospital. The Sisters now
operate 10 hospitals in the United
States.
Dean W. Clausen, resident man
ager for Ziegler and Co., said the
issue is the first for a non-profit
institution in Alaska. His com
pany specializes in financing for
churches, schools and hospitals.
Providence Hospital will cost
a total of $5,325,000. Construction
was started in 1960 and is sched
uled to be completed by next
June.
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House Rules Committee
Tables All Proposals for
Federal Aid to Schools
WASHINGTON UP) — The House
Rules Committee voted 8-7 Tues
day to table all proposals for fed
eral aid to schools.
The committee action in effect
killed three school bills for the
present session of Congress.
Chairman Howard W. Smith,
<D-Va.), said: “I don’t know of
any way the action can be re
versed in this committee.”
The motion to shelve the bills
was made by Rep. William Col
mer, (D-Miss.). A motion to re
consider the action also was
tabled by an 8-7 vote.
The committee has before it
three bills approved by the House
Education and Labor Committee.
One would have provided for
general federal aid for school
construction and teachers’ sal
aries; another for long-term loans
for limited construction for pri
vate as well as public schools;
and a third would have provided
for scholarships.
The school measures possibly
could be revived if a majority of
the House membership, 219 mem
bers, signed a petition forcing a j
House vote. Such a move would
have little chance for success this
late in a session.
Speaker Sam Rayburn said prior !
to the Rules Committee action 1
that it was “very doubtful” that j
there would be any school aid
legislation in the House this year.
Historical Church Records to
Be Indexed and Microfilmed
WASHINGTON UP) — Historical
records of the Russian Orthodox
Greek Catholic Church in Alaska
would be indexed and microfilmed
under a bill passed by the House
and sent to the President Monday.
The bill authorizes expenditure
of up to $15,000 by the Library of
Congress for the job.
Congress Applauds
U.S. Note of Warning
Sent to Soviet Union
WASHINGTON — Congress
generally applauded Tuesday the
warning to the Soviet Union that
the United States will maintain
its rights in Berlin.
“The U. S. notes blunt and
serious, as it must be, and ac
curately reflects the mood of the
American people,” Sen. Jacob K.
Javits, <R-N.Y.\ declared.
Javits, outspoken advocate of
firmness on Berlin, said he sup
ported the administration posi
tion, “and it should be supported
by all Republicans.”
Chairman William Fulbright,
(D-Ark.), of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, called the
U. S. note “a very restrained,
serious and effective statement of
our position.”
Sen. Frank Carlson, (R-Kan.),
a member of the Foreign Relations
Committee said he was “pleased
with the President’s firm state
ment on Berlin.”
“In my opinion,” Carlson added,
“vve must be firm. We have com
mitments and we must keep
them.”
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, (D
Minne.), Assistant Senate Majority
Leader, said the note, “firmly and
quietly expresses the determina
tion of the President to insist on
the legal rights of the occupy
ing powers in Berlin.”
ANGOLA REBELS KILL
OWN WITCH DOCTORS
LISBON, Portugal — Disil
lusioned Angola rebels have kill
ed several of their own witch doc
tors in the Carmona area, the
Lusitania News Agency said yes
terday. A dispatch from the
troubled West African territory
reported the witch doctors had
promised resurrection of those
who fell in battle and the rebels
wanted immediate results.
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