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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Fairbanks, District Court Judge Harry E. Pratt dismissed a $50,000 libel suit by Golden North Airways against Tanana Publishing Co. on a technicality Friday. The suit targeted an editorial on Alaska air carriers; an amended complaint is planned.
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FAIRBANKS, (AP)-A technicality dissolved a $50,000 libel suit against the Fairbanks News-Miner's owner, the Tanana Publishing Co., Friday.
District Court Judge Harry E. Pratt dismissed the suit, which had been brought by Golden North Airways, Inc.
Motion for dismissal was brought by Maurice T. Johnson, publishing company counsel, on the technical ground that plaintiff had failed to allege in the complaint that it had filed its last annual corporation report to the Territory, and had failed to allege it paid its last corporation tax.
Warren A. Taylor, representing the airlines, argued that new federal rules do not provide specifically for filing of such allegations.
Judge Pratt held that federal rules do not repeal any Territorial statutes, and that filing of such information is mandatory under Territorial law.
Taylor said an amended suit will be filed.
The complaint was aimed at an editorial printed in the News-Miner which dealt with operation of non-scheduled air carriers in Alaska.
The editorial had appeared in the Daily Alaska Empire, published in Juneau, and was reprinted later in the Fairbanks paper.
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Fairbanks
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Friday
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suit dismissed on technicality; amended suit to be filed.
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District Court Judge Harry E. Pratt dismissed a $50,000 libel suit brought by Golden North Airways, Inc. against Tanana Publishing Co., owner of the Fairbanks News-Miner, due to failure to allege filing of last annual corporation report and payment of corporation tax. Motion by Maurice T. Johnson; argument by Warren A. Taylor. Judge ruled federal rules do not repeal Territorial statutes. Suit targeted editorial on non-scheduled air carriers in Alaska, originally from Daily Alaska Empire in Juneau.