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Hammond almost sure of OCS suit Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska. Tuesday, February Wt-M By BETTY MILLS Washington Bureau Gov. Jay Hammond said today he is one hundredths per cent oil and gas 1 the mld inter meeting of the national fere1Ce here Kamm JoLinthesuit Parties Hammond said he would consult with his legal advisers as soon as he returns to Alaska, on an afternoon flight today, and added he expects a swift announcement of the state's intentions. "I would be very surprised if we did not sue," Ham- The governor said he believes Alaska a stronger case" than California and other states which have been unsuccessful in past court action to block offshore oil drilling. "I have asked the attorney general to frame the necessary implementing materials" for a suit, Hammond said, "I feel we have a stronger case, since (he Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on Environmental Quality have joined In our objections, There is more supportive evidence that this is a bad sale, badly timed, in an area of extreme environmental hazard." Hammond made ihe last-minuie decision to attend the governor's conference when he learned that the Issue of impact funds to mitigate the.onshore impact of offshore oil drilling would be discussed.

The natural resources committee of the governors' conference, of which Hammond is a member, recommended loans be provided to assist coastal communities, in addition to any revenue sharing legislation (hat may be passed by Congress. "We recommended this loan program as an addition to legislation, not in lieu of it," Hammond said. Council approves electric hike LONGEST LOAD--Bridge beams 154 feet long and 19.6 feet wide, shown on a truck north of Fairbanks enroute to Prudhoe Bay, are believed to be the longest single pieces of equipment ever hauled in Alaska. The girders, which were trucked in five sections by Weaver Bros. Inc.

from Valdez during the past two months, will span the Sagavanirktok River to oil fields east of Prudhoe. The beams originally were to have been shipped on barges which didn't make Prudhoe Bay in last fall's sealift. 6y Bud Nelson) Several months after It was first proposed- and at hall the original amotml-- a per cent electric rate increase lias been approved by the Fairbanks City Council. The Municipal Utilities System (MUS) originally sought an 8.21 per cent increase, with officials saying (his amount was needed to insure a reasonable rate of relurn in Ihe electric utility. With five of six councilmen present at Monday night's meeting, it took a "yes" vote by Mayor Harold Gillam to achieve the 4-vote majority required (or action.

Gillam said he was voting for the increase "with a great deal of reluctance." Like Councilman Dick Greuel, Gillam has objected not to the increase itself, but to the overall rate structure to which the increase would be applied. Although the 1 increase was approved, Gillam instructed the city's Public Utilities Commission (PUB) to review the rale structure with an eye to change. The main objection voiced by Gillam, Greuel and Councilman Joe Marshall is lhal Ihe rales are lower for Ihe highest users of eleclricily, thus "rewarding consumption," as Greuel has put Both Greuel and Marshall voted against the increase for this reason. Councilman Ralph Migliaaccio has argued, on the other hand, thai i( the rate structure were changed, the highest electricity users, such as the downtown department stores, would simply pass on their increased costs lo ihe customers, rather than reducing i power consumption. Council members also debated Hie rale amount, with Migliaccio arguing in favor of Ihe full 8 per cenl requested by the MUS.

The 4 per cent figure was an "arbitrary" amount, selected only because it was just one-half of Ihe MUS's request, Miglioccio contended. Councilman Bob Parsons countered thai any figure would be just as arbitrary as any other and thai passage of (he 4 per cent increase would provide empirical evidence as to whether it was a reasonable amount. CITY NEWS IV BRIEF oy weaver tiros, inc. irnoio Bud Nelson) Police agreement Student rights policy gets first reading Drocedure rritiriwH srr.sr; procedure criticized Rural school board elections today Citizens in rural Alaska are voting today to seat 142 people on the state's new decentralized school boards. Polls are open until 8 p.m.

and people can vote absentee at the office of Anne Speilberg, election supervisor for the state's central district which is headquartered in Fairbanks. Spcilberg's office is in Ihe new state office building on Seventh Avenue at Barnette Street. Elections are being held in all areas that are not in a borough or a first class city, Speilberg explained. She said 301 candidates are seeking the seats. Her office at 452-5111 or 5112 can answer questions about the voting, as can local registrars or town officials.

The unorganized borough school attendance areas were created last year when the state- operated school system was abolished to give more power lo local school districts. The school board elections are one of the first steps toward carrying out the intent ol the decentralization. ANDERSON P.T.A. Tkc Anderson Elementary School' P.T.A. meets tonight at 7 p.m.

in the school multipurpose room. First graders will present a program of dances and songs from the past. COUNCIL ON AGING The North Star Council on Aging will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Hospitality House. N.O.W.

MEETS The Fairbanks Chapter ot the National Organization for Women will meet tonight al 7:30 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church at 7lh and Cush; man. The meeting will be a work session lo plan for coming elections, the 2nd Annual'Women's Festival and a stale convention. BARBERSHOP HARMONY "The Great Land Sounds," men's barbershop harmony, meets every Tuesday nighl at 7:30 p.m. at the Fairbanks Lutheran Church, i012 Cowles SI.

For a ride or further tn- formation, call 452-2992 or 479-2472. OMAR MEETS The weekly meeting of OMAR, the Organization for the Management of Alaska's Resources, will be held Wednesday noon at 527-is Third Avenue In Ihe Ml. McKinky Mutual Savings Bank Building. HOSPITAL FOUNDATION The annual meeting ot the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital will be this Wednesday night, 7:30 p.m. In Ihe Ryan Junior ffgh multJpurpose room.

The hospital foundation is the orgnlzallon which owns and built the Fairbanks hospital. Alaska's commissioner of education says he is concerned with Ihe way Ihe Fairbanks North Star Borough school district formulated its rules for student conduct, and says he will ask the school board to reconsider them. The school district did not comply with slate stalutes in drawing up a students' rights and responsiblities document in December, Lind said. The dislrict adopted its student conduct rules lo meet a 1975 statute that asks all Alaska school districts lo establish policy lo help define the role of student in (he wake of widespread court decisions on students' rights and freedom. Lind said from Juneau this morning his "main concern is the adoption procedure" used in the Fairbanks district.

He will ask the local board of education and school superintendent what they intend to do about Ihe problem. The regulation is "pretty clear," Lind said. "I think that once this is pointed out lo them, they will do everything they need to do to correct the situation." Alaska school laws require that school districts develop policies that "address the substantive and procedural matters relating lo standards of student behavior, treatment and discipline." The Fairbanks school district has made a distinction between policy and what it its students' rights and responsibilities "document." The document parallels policy but is not policy itself, board president Curtis Johnson has said. State statute requires that, when a school board adopts policy, it hold two readings and a public hearing on each one lo allow citizens to participate. School superintendent Chuck Smith has said that students, teachers and others helped write Ihe rights and responsibilities rules.

Lind said (he problem with Fairbanks' adoption procedure was brought to his attention in a letler from the Fairbanks Educalion Association, a teachers' organization. Dr, Johnson said Monday that he "can't see Ihe reason for al! the furor" over the rights and responsibililes mailer, adding: "What students fail to realize is that 99 per cent of it- fthe document) is policy and has been for a number of years." Some students, teachers, Ihe teachers' organization and citizens have asked Ihe board lo reconsider its rights and responsiblities document by holding a public hearing on it. This was Ihe gist of Ihe FEA's letter to Lind. Johnson said he did not think a public hearing was necessary until students point out specific complaints about the document, and "we get into those areas that are not policy and need to be." A wage and benefit agreement between the Fairbanks Police a Association and the city has survived a first reading before Ihe city with just one signi (leant ame ndment. The association earlier had approved the agrcemenl following negotiations with city representatives.

The a mend ment, proposed by Councilman Ralph Migliaccio, changes a provision which would have permilled any department employe to have a yearly "cursory" physical examination at city expense upon the em- ploye's request. Miglioccio thought the provision could be carried loo far, with involved examinations and tests costing thousands of dollars. He proposed that the city pay for only those examinations which it orders done. The amendment passed 4-2, with Mayor Harold Gillam casting the required fourth "yes" vote, since only five of (he six councilmen were present. The agreement, which is subject to another council reading and a public reading before a public hearing, calls for wage increases varying by position.

A starting patrolman would receive $21,548 a year (not including fringe benefits), compared to the 1975 figure of 819,593. Among Ihe fringe benefits, 'employes would become eligible for longevity pay after three years, instead of the current five, the object being to encourage new employes to slay with the department. Telephone toll study cost jumps $79,000 No third time charm for city The third time wasn't a charm. It took the city a long time to get what it considered lo be an acceptable plaque for Don Chandler, Ihe former Public Utility Board member who resigned last year after 18 years of service. It seems Ihe plaque had to be returned to Ihe engraver three times because different words were misspelled each time.

So Monday night Chandler got his plaque-- and quickly and politely returned it. The plaque is made out to Donald C. Chandler. When Chandler got his hands on it he said, "Well, there is one thing I would like to change." Mayor Harold Gilliam said, "Oh no, not again!" "My official name is Don," said Chandler. A study which Mayor Harold Gillam contends was approved at a cost of $40,000 now may end up costing the city $119,000.

The study, now partially completed by the Tacoma, firm of Ernst and Ernst, deals with "toll sharing of loll charges between the city and the RCA Corp. for long distance telephone calls a i customers. Purpose of the study is to provide data to be used in negotiations to establish a toll sharing Municipal Ulilitles System (MUS) officials told the city council Monday night that the $40,000 which the council originally approved was only to cover Ihe cost of a preliminary study. The preliminary study has De'ak named Dr. William R.

De'ak, Fairbanks physician, has accepted fhe position of city health officer, as offered by City Manager Ed Martin. a I I Iradiflorially held by a practicing physician in the city, most recently was held Jointly by Dr. Glen W. Straalsma and Dr. Robert D.

Hanek. been completed, and at a cost of 525,000 instead of $40,000, said MUS comptroller Ed Geiger. Ernst and Ernst now proposes (o complete the project at an added cost of no more lhan S94.000, he said. Gillam said il had been his understanding that the original 540,000 was for the entire project, not just Ihe preliminary study. He produced and played tape recordings of Ibe council session during which the funding was approved.

Geiger and others agreed this was the impression that seemed apparent in Ihe tape, but Geiger said that was not the i i of the original presenlation. Telephone manager Earl Land said the additional research is needed provide the necessary information for computing a toll sharing formula which would benefit the city. Revenues from toll sharing run into the millions of dollars and the chosen formula could mean considerable savings for the city, Land said. He said adequate back-up Information would help support the city's position In negotiations with RCA. The council voted 4-1 in favor of the extended agreeeenl with Ernst and Ernst, with Dick Greuel submitting the negative vote.

Three arrested for check forgery; police investigate assault complaint Two young women and a man, all of Fairbanks, were arrested, Monday evening at the Alaska' National Bank of the North on Fourth Avenue and accused of forging at check and trying to forge another for $200. Fairbanks city police arrested Stephen K. Gage, 19, of 743 17th who was scheduled for a a i in a i a Districl Court today, and Charlcne Kay Eads, 21, of 623 17th and Diedre Taylor of Memorial services to be set here for William Everly Memorial services are pending for William Ba'ttin Everly, 58, a former resident ol Fairbanks and College, who died in Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 10. He was born Sept.

8, 1917 in Bird Rock, Calif. He was the son of Ihe former Mrs. Nest F.verly Palenske, who lived in College until her death in 1964 and the late Hubert V. Everly, Sr. of Aberdeen, Wash.

Everly came to Alaska in the late 1940's and was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 303. He worked on construction projects throughout Alaska, including the Dcnali Highway, the Anchorage-Portage Glacier earthquake reclamation project; various Barrow jobs; Chena Holsprings Road; and the Nenana Highway. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a son and daughter-in- law William and Sandra ot Tokalna; Iwo sons of San Diego, Robert and James; a sister, Mrs. Winston (Helen) Howard of Tripoli, Libya; a brother, Arnold Palenske of Bragg Creek, a brother, Hubert V. Everly of Honolulu, a a i i and 10 grandchildren.

1410LathropSt. Police were called to the bank afler personnel (here noliced lhat the $100 check, which a teller cashed, had been stolen from an accountalthe bank. a Troopers are investigating an incident at a.m. today at the Classic Cat nightclub at Mile 4 Chena Hot Springs Rd. in which dancer Barbara Jody Taylor of Fairbanks said she was assaulted by other dancers.

There apparently was a fight among the women employed at the club, according to troopers. Chamber votes for comp bill The board of the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously Monday lo endorse Gov. Jay Hammond's bill Ibat would reduce the workmen's compensation benefits in Ihe stale. The action lollowed the recommendation of the chamber's legislative committee. Alaska's Favorite an WH A CANADA'S FINEST WHISKIES BILLED, AGED AND BOTTLED UNDER OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TH 'S WHISKY IS SIX YEARS OLD AND IN CANADA BY A A LlM ONTARIO'CANADA DISTILLERS SINCE 8 6 8 PROOF OnlyVQisVO.

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