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March 7, 1955
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska legislators in Juneau approve multiple memorials and resolutions, including requests for highways linking Nome to Fairbanks and Copper River development, wildlife refuge mining access, and air route certification. Senate passes school accounting reform bill amid growth concerns.
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Bronson Memorial for Nome-Fairbanks Road Approved by House
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, V-The Alaska legislators' biennial visit to the Pioneers Home at Sitka took up the time of several members of both House and Senate Saturday.
In their absence Friday afternoon, both branches held quiet sessions with nothing controversial on the calendar. Four bills were passed by the Senate and sent to the House, one of them a measure to revamp the accounting and financing system in the territorial school system.
The House turned to memorials and resolutions and acted on an even dozen of them.
The long list of memorials and resolutions approved by the House included:
A request for a highway link between Nome and Wales and the highway system at Fairbanks: by Rep. Lester Bronson (D-Nome).
A Senate memorial asking federal officials to open wildlife refuges of western Alaska and St. Lawrence Island to mine prospecting; by Sen. Neal Foster.
A House memorial for building of the Copper River Highway to open a vast area of mineral, coal and oil reserves.
A Senate memorial asking the CAB to certify the air route between St. Paul-Minneapolis and Anchorage on the U.S.-Tokyo service; by Sen. J. Earl Cooper.
The school measure passed by the House was described by Sen. Al Owen, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, as an effort to streamline the "archaic accounting system of the public schools."
Despite the rapid growth of the system, he said, there has never been any change in procedures.
"No one dreamed what a flood of paper would come into the Department of Education office," he said.
The Senate passed a bill to place liability on tenants for damage to any quarters which they left carelessly in freezing weather under conditions which led to property damage.
By JIM HUTCHESON
JUNEAU, V-The Alaska legislators' biennial visit to the Pioneers Home at Sitka took up the time of several members of both House and Senate Saturday.
In their absence Friday afternoon, both branches held quiet sessions with nothing controversial on the calendar. Four bills were passed by the Senate and sent to the House, one of them a measure to revamp the accounting and financing system in the territorial school system.
The House turned to memorials and resolutions and acted on an even dozen of them.
The long list of memorials and resolutions approved by the House included:
A request for a highway link between Nome and Wales and the highway system at Fairbanks: by Rep. Lester Bronson (D-Nome).
A Senate memorial asking federal officials to open wildlife refuges of western Alaska and St. Lawrence Island to mine prospecting; by Sen. Neal Foster.
A House memorial for building of the Copper River Highway to open a vast area of mineral, coal and oil reserves.
A Senate memorial asking the CAB to certify the air route between St. Paul-Minneapolis and Anchorage on the U.S.-Tokyo service; by Sen. J. Earl Cooper.
The school measure passed by the House was described by Sen. Al Owen, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, as an effort to streamline the "archaic accounting system of the public schools."
Despite the rapid growth of the system, he said, there has never been any change in procedures.
"No one dreamed what a flood of paper would come into the Department of Education office," he said.
The Senate passed a bill to place liability on tenants for damage to any quarters which they left carelessly in freezing weather under conditions which led to property damage.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legislative News
Infrastructure Development
What keywords are associated?
Alaska Legislature
Highway Memorials
School Accounting
Mining Prospecting
Air Route Certification
What entities or persons were involved?
Rep. Lester Bronson
Sen. Neal Foster
Sen. J. Earl Cooper
Sen. Al Owen
Jim Hutcheson
Where did it happen?
Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Nome, Alaska; Fairbanks, Alaska; Copper River, Alaska; St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Story Details
Key Persons
Rep. Lester Bronson
Sen. Neal Foster
Sen. J. Earl Cooper
Sen. Al Owen
Jim Hutcheson
Location
Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Nome, Alaska; Fairbanks, Alaska; Copper River, Alaska; St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Story Details
House approves memorials for Nome-Fairbanks highway, wildlife refuge mining access, Copper River Highway, and air route certification; Senate passes school accounting reform and tenant liability bill.