Alaska Constitutional Convention Opens At University Of Alaska
Governor Heintzleman will open the Alaska Constitutional Convention at the University of Alaska with a morning session in the gymnasium. Delegates will take oath, read rolls, and hear addresses from leaders including Ernest Gruening and Robert Attwood. The event will be broadcast to room 218 and Brooks Memorial auditorium to accommodate crowds.
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B. Frank Heintzleman
University of Alaska
Ernest N. Patty
Patty
Thomas B. Stewart
Alaska Statehood Committee
Stewart
Son
Alaska
Kenneth Carson
Associated Students of the University of Alaska
Douglas Preston
Fairbanks
Heintzieman
E. L
Bob” Bartlett
Ernest Gruening
Robert B. Attwood
Alaska Statehood
Ion
Territorial
Chamber of Commerce
University
Eielson Memorial
Brooks. Memorial Mines Building
Lettemen’s Club
University Band
Tom Brady
Lorraine Donoghue
James E. Barrack
Memorial Carillon
Heintzleman
Northwest Airlines Alaska service faces CAB seating hurdle
Washington AP The Civil Aeronautics Board has delayed approving Northwest Airlines plan for a coach service in Alaska with as few as 50 folding seats. A CAB spokesman said the board typically requires higher capacity, noting reduced fare coach rules for 4 engine planes need at least 76 seats. The agency will study if Northwest's proposal would be unduly preferential.
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Washington
City Council Meeting Sets Busy Halloween Agenda
City Council met last Monday with a full agenda including land trespass and city sewer easement disputes, dock superintendent applications, and selection of a City Manager candidate. Fred Solberg claimed the cemetery sits on his Monaska Bay homestead and urged relinquishing the city lease and patent grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Solberg
Monaska Bay
Solberg
Bureau of Land Management
H. L. Rochelle
Donald Brant
Ernie Medina
Jack Johnson
George Sonntag
Son of Former Governor Missing in Australia
Peter Gruening son of Alaska's former governor and his wife have been missing for eight days. Gruening manages the United Press Bureau in Sidney Australia. His brother Huntington, Alaska Coastal Airways operating manager, was notified in Washington and left for Australia to aid in the search.
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Juneau
Peter Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
United Press Bureau
Sidney
Australia
Huntington
Alaska Coastal Airways
Washington, D. C
Veterans Parade Sponsored by VFW in Kodiak Next Friday
A Veterans Day parade and flag-raising ceremony will be held in Kodiak on November 11, with Katmai Post 7056 VFW sponsoring. The event starts 10:30 at Kraft's Hardware, moves through the city to the school grounds where Mayor Ole Johnson presides, with Lt Cmdr Normal Miley as principal speaker and Chaplain Herbert Buckingham delivering the opening prayer.
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Kodiak
Katmai Post 7056
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Kraft
Bank of Kodiak
Ole Johnson
Herbert W. Buckingham
USN
Normal L. Miley
USCG
John Molletti
Louis S. Swenson
USMC
Marine Color Guard
Navy Band
Naval Station
VFW
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Girl Scouts
Brownies
Boy Scouts
Pinpoint Efforts urged for Alaska growth and roads
Governor Heintzleman urged Alaskans to target efforts for economic development and a fair share of U S growth per Census projections. Speaking at the Alaska Chamber of Commerce conference he called for coordinated action to stimulate territory growth, extend roads, join Federal Aid Road Act, improve water transport in the southeast, relax municipal bonded debt rules, and back Magnuson bill for an international rail and highway commission.
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Fairbanks
Heintzlman
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
Territory
Alaska
Alas
Sen. Magnuson
Alaska Cities Elect New League Trustees at Palmer Convention
A. Vokacek named Trustee and Anna Mae Vokacek elected from Kodiak as Alaska League of Cities delegates. Mayor Douglas of Fairbanks becomes president, succeeding Russell Painter of Seward, with J H Goding of Ketchikan as vice president. Nome Mayor Stefan Anderson and other officials elected as trustees. Speakers urged strong municipal role at constitutional talks and local self government reforms.
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Anna Mae Vokacek
Dick Berg
League of Alaskan Cities
Palmer
Kodiak
Douglas
Fairbanks
Russell Painter
Seward
J. H. Goding
Ketchikan
Stefan Anderson
Nome
E. G. Rush
Cordova
Charles E. Wilson
Hinchey
Anchorage
del Bartlett
George Shannon
Alaskan Insects Found Sixty Million Years Old
The Arctic Institute of North America announced discovery of fossilized insects embedded in Alaskan amber. Researchers Dr. Robert Usinger and Dr. R. F. Smith of the University of California led the study, using bedrock amber from the Colville River valley found with help from the U. S. Geological Survey. The specimens push back the age of actual insect remains by millions of years.
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Arctic Institute of North America
Arctic Institute
Robert Usinger
R. F. Smith
University of California
U. S. Geological Survey
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Ence
Geo Physical Institute
Jack Hinckel
Hinckel
Jack
Union Oil Company
Consignee
Copper River
Rotary
Elks
CAB
Northwest Airlines
Charles Truitt
Jim Loan
Council
Loan
Vickery
Police Association
Vets
City
A. Vokacek
Corcoran
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