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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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President Eisenhower signs a bill granting 'grandfather rights' to certain unregulated transportation services in Alaska and Hawaii that operated before statehood, bringing them under Interstate Commerce regulations. Affected: Alaskan motor carriers, freight forwarders, water carriers; Hawaiian freight forwarders.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The right to continue operating previously unregulated transportation service in Alaska and Hawaii is granted in a bill signed by President Eisenhower.
Under the bill, so-called "grandfather rights" are given to certain transportation services in operation before the two territories became states and were brought under the Interstate Commerce regulations.
Types of operations affected: Alaskan motor carriers and freight forwarders operating in interstate and foreign commerce; certain Hawaiian freight forwarders operating in interstate and foreign commerce; and certain Alaskan water carriers.
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Washington
Event Date
6.7
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bill signed into law granting grandfather rights to specified transportation services.
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The bill provides grandfather rights to transportation services in Alaska and Hawaii that operated before statehood and Interstate Commerce regulations. Affected operations include Alaskan motor carriers and freight forwarders in interstate and foreign commerce, certain Hawaiian freight forwarders in interstate and foreign commerce, and certain Alaskan water carriers.