Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 3

FAA to Repair Kodiak Tower WASHINGTON (AP) instead of building a new air traffic control tower at Kodiak, the Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to renovate the existing tower and spend the savings on air safety improvements in other communities. Sen. Ted Stevens said Tuesday that Robert Faith, the FAA's Alaska regional director told him $2.4 million could be saved by renovating the existing Coast Guard tower, leased by the FAA. Stevens said Faith estimated 'a new tower would cost about $3 million, while renovation work would cost only about $580,000. Session Limit Bill Moves Along a Bit NO SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS: JUNEAU (AP) A watered- version of a House resolu- calling for a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment Alaska Proposed amendments to the limiting the length of legislative Alaska Constitution must be ap- The resolution passed by the House would mandate adjournment on the 120th day.

Proposed amendments to the sessions emerged from the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday. It is "better than nothing, but not much," said House Speaker Joe Hayes, R-Anchorage. The committee's resolution calls for the House and Senate to vote on or before the 120th day of regular legislative sessions on whether to adjourn. COINS SUCH SHEFFIELD HOTEL FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SILVER COINS GOLD COINS JEWELRY ART WE WILL BUY OR SELL COINS JEWELRY ART FOR YOU UY BUYER AND SELLER TOGETHER FOR FANTASTIC DEALS' YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID! proved by a two-thirds vote in each house and ratified by voters. Transportation Chairman Bill Ray, D-Juneau, said his committee's proposal gives voters what they want, the opportunity to see their representatives held publicly accountable for the length of a session.

At the same time, he said, it gives the Legislature the flexibility to remain in session as long as necessary to finish "important business. Sen. Bob Ziegler, D-Ketchikan, told the Transportation Committee the House plan is too restrictive. "The idea, as great as it might sound, is neither wise nor responsible," Ziegler said. "Hasty decisions are invariably bad decisions." Sen.

Ed Dankworth, R-Anchorage, comparing the Legislature to the board of directors of a major land and oil company, wondered whether legislative business could be done in 120 days each year. "I really believe we could get our work done in 90 days," Hayes told the committee. InThe 6 rare OD. MWTCD IN BOTTLE FROM CAWM BY HRAM ww iNfWERsi.Nc. NEW YORK (AP) The ivory-inlaid, gold-encrusted hunting pistols that once belonged to Catherine the Great -had lain for a decade in a police warehouse, two museum pieces lost amid the common tools of crime.

The ornate 18th century guns, valued at $200,000, were seized in a drug raid and may have "knocked around the streets" of New York for years, said Sgt. Thomas McCabe, the Intelligence Division officer assigned to the case. The pistols were supposed to be melted down along with hundreds of "Saturday Night Specials" and other illegal handguns when police set them aside, thinking them odd antiques. The officers were right. Experts the Metropolitan Museum of Art said the pistols were made and signed by Johan Adolph Grecke, gunmaker to the court of the Empress of Russia.

Research Associate Leonid Tarassuk, who specializes in Russian arms, noted that the 'guns have the initial for "Ekaterina" inlaid in gold. "Their quality is so very high, I am almost certain they could have been used by the empress herself," he said. "They are true works of art and there is no doubt as to their authenticity." Now that the guns have been identified, police face a new problem: finding the owner. The pistols will be loaned to the museum, with the hope that once they go on display, "the real owner may come by and see them," said Rosemary Carroll, the Police Department's Program Set On Sitka Housing The Adult Education Program of Sitka Community College will present a program on housing in Sitka Wednesday, 7 p.m., in Room 103 of the Community College. Maigaret Curry, manager of Alaska Federal Savings and Loan, i discuss various aspects of home financing including methods of financing, financial guidelines for home purchases and the loan process Wayne Pattison, local realtor, will go over points the consumer should be aware of when purchasing a house or mobile home.

Information on Alaska's landlord-tenant law will also be available. The program is open to the public. Permit Sought For Dock An application has been received for a Department of the Army permit from Roger Sudnikovich to construct a 10' 60' treated wood dock, supported with treated piles and with a 6' 40' treated wood and steel ramp to connect the dock with two 10' 40' treated wood floats. This dock would be used to anchor seaplanes and small planes. Additionally, Sudnikovich proposes to dredge approximately 800 cubic yards of silt-sand to a depth of -6'.

The site is off Sawmill Creek Road near Cedar Beach. Doll Show assistant commissioner for civil matters. "Obviously they didn't belong to the heroin seller we busted," McCabe told The New York Times in an interview published today. "We think one of the owners sold them off and the new owner was burglarized, and then the guns kind of knocked around on the streets." The previous owner may Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Wednesday, March 24,1982, Pages Nursing Care Program Set A class in nursing care of patients with head injuries will be taught from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight at Sitka Community Hospital.

The class is CEARP credit approved for three contact hours and will be taught by Pat Kehoe and Joanne Clyde. Persons planning to attend or wishing further information may contact Clyde at 747-3241, extension 51. have been the late Shah of Iran, police said. When they showed a photograph of the firearms to his sister, she said they looked like a pair once in his extensive gun collection. She wasn't sure, however.

Another possible previous owner is Gustav Diderrich, once the head chef to the wealthy Widener family of Pennsylvania. Set Saturday Sitkans are invited to view a display of dolls and dollhouses this Saturday at the Centennial Building. Admission to the display will be free, but donations for Easter Seals Society (formerly ACCA) will be accepted. Several Sitkans will be showing their antique or unusual dolls, as well as doll accessories and dollhouses. Hours for the show will be from 1 p.m.

to 4 p.m. A handmade doll by Claudia will be given away during the show. Anyone interested in displaying a doll in the show should contact Dee Longenbaugh at 747-3457 in the mornings and evenings, or at The Observatory in the afternoons. To Run 868 PROOF HOMER A A Homer real estate man, Andre Marrou, has announced his candidacy for the state House of Representatives as a Libertarian. Marrou said he will seek Seat from District 5, which covers the southern and central Kenai Peninula, including Soldotna, Kenai and Homer.

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