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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Juneau City Council approves $50,000 budget to fund Alaskans United committee, headed by Mayor Larry Parker, in campaign against initiative to relocate Alaska state capitol by 1965, backed by Rep. Earl Hillstrand.
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JUNEAU, (P) - The Juneau City Council has approved budgeting $50,000 of municipal funds to support a campaign against moving the state capitol.
The money will go to Alaskans United, a committee headed by Juneau's Mayor Larry Parker and designed to seek statewide support of this city's continued position as seat of the state government.
The committee was formed to combat an initiative proposal calling for voter enactment of a law requiring relocation of the capitol by 1965.
The initiative, backed by the Capitol Site Steering Committee headed by Rep. Earl Hillstrand (D-Anchorage), will be voted on August 9 at the primary election.
If approved, the initiative law would require the Governor to appoint a five-man committee to select a new capitol site somewhere in the Cook Inlet-Rail Belt area.
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juneau city council approved $50,000 budget allocation to alaskans united; initiative to be voted on august 9.
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The Juneau City Council approved budgeting $50,000 of municipal funds to support a campaign against moving the state capitol. The money will go to Alaskans United, a committee headed by Juneau's Mayor Larry Parker, designed to seek statewide support for Juneau's continued position as seat of state government. The committee combats an initiative proposal calling for voter enactment of a law requiring relocation by 1965, backed by the Capitol Site Steering Committee headed by Rep. Earl Hillstrand (D-Anchorage), to be voted on August 9 at the primary election. If approved, the initiative would require the Governor to appoint a five-man committee to select a new capitol site in the Cook Inlet-Rail Belt area.