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Ketchikan City
Power Plant Is
Disabled Sunday
KETCHIKAN, (jP) — Ketchikan
public utilities officials estimated
.today that it would cost close to
$100,000 to replace the power unit
that flew apart Sunday.
The accident left the city with
out electric power in the middle
of the annual salmon derby cele
bration.
A factory representative arrived
by plane Sunday to begin re
winding a second unit that was
shorted out by flood waters after
the break.
The trouble started in No. 3
turbine at the city power plant.
KPU manager John Weir said the
machine’s governor failed to con
trol it properly and it ran wild.
A shaft broke.
Spokes of the eight-foot fly
wheel flew through the roof inter
the street. Water from the pen
stock quickly shorted out the No.
4 unit nearby. It cut off nearly
3,000 kilowatt hours of power
and flooded the powerhouse.
Operators George Corbin and
Claude Collins escaped injury
from the flying pieces. Collins
raced up a tunnel to the penstock
to shut off the water, which was
running down the street and
flooding the baseball field.
Weir said the Beaver Falls power
units south of town, usually idle
on Saturday, would be turned into
the system when the switchboard
dried out, but that the town will
be short of power until diesel
units can be obtained and the
turbine replaced at the factory.
Earl Towner Accidentally
Shot In Abdomen With
.45 Caliber Revolver
Earl Towner accidentally shot
himself through the abdomen yes
terday afternoon while on a trip
down the coast, where he had
gone to do a little target shoot
ing.
Mr. Towner and Don Perkins,
teacher from Council were get
ting ready to shoot at targets with
a .45 caliber revolver which Mr.
Towner was carrying in a shoul
der holster. Apparently the safety
had slipped, according to reports,
and the gun fired while he was
taking it from the holster, hitting
him in the abdomen.
He was rushed to the hospital
and he is reported getting along
as well as can be expected.
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57-Pound King Salmon
Wins Ketchikan Derby
KETCHIKAN, (/P)—A 57-pound
15-ounce king salmon boated just
seven minutes before the 8 p.m.
deadline last night gave Dick Bus
sanich, former Ketchikan High
School basketball star, the top
award in the two-day Ketchikan
salmon derby. |
Thirteen-year-old Larry Taylor,!
sen of an Alaska Communications
System employe, weighed in the
second largest salmon, a 53
pounder.
Derby officials estimated 500
fishermen took part, including
Governor and Mrs. Ernest Gruen
in*g.
Million Dollar Building Program For University of Alaska
Board of Regents of the University of Alaska authorizes $1,000,000 building program for expansion.
Left to right: Mike Walsh, Nome; Dr. Terris Moore, President of the University; W. T. Stuart,
Ketchikan; Leo Rhode, Anchorage; Wm. O'Neill, Anchorage; Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Juneau; Presi
dent of the Board Andrew Nerland, Fairbanks; Elmer Rasmuson, Anchorage.
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Approval was voted by the
Board of Regents for the Alaska
Housing Authority to build two
large apartment houses, one of
eight units and one of four units
and twelve single family resi
dences on the campus of the Uni
versity of Alaska, Mr. Andrew
Nerland, President of the Board
revealed today. The cost of this
construction will exceed $435,000.
In addition the Regents ap
proved the building of a 100-man
concrete dormitory costing more
than $400,000 which with addi
tional construction can be ex
panded into a 200-man residence,
Mr. Nerland said.
To modernize the utilities sys
tem of the University and prepare
it for the future growth of the
campus, $208,000 hss been author
: ized for this construction pro
gram.
“The University of Alaska is
| entering a new era of growth and
progress,” said President of the
; Board Nerland. “With the con
; struction of the new Mines Build
j ing, new apartments and homes
to accomodate 24 families, a new
modern utilities system, and our
: present program of landscaping
the campus, the University is tak
ing a big step ahead.
“In addition to the improve
ment of the physical plant, the
! Board of Regents has authorized
■an immediate investigation of the
possibilities of Adult Education
throughout Alaska. To that end,
Professor William Cashen, dean
I
of the Summer School, will attend
a conference on Education in Ju
neau starting cm June 11.
“Adult Education is growing
rapidly throughout the States and
the Regents believe that now is
time to ‘take the University to
the People’,” the president of the
Board stated.
“At this date, the summer ses
sion at the University is far
ahead of last year’s registration,
and I am happy to say that the
University of Alaska is receiving
recognition in academic circles it
never had before. This shows
growth and progress and the peo
ple of Alaska may well be proud
of their school of higher learning,”
Mr. Nerlamd concluded.
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Originator Of Moral
Re-Armament Movement
Celebrates 73rd Birthday
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.,
(/P)—A man who, years ago had
a big idea for peace, celebrated
his 73rd birthday today—with the
aid of his followers from many
nations, who have helped spread
the idea.
Dr. Frank Buchman, founder of
the Oxford Group which led to
the Moral Re-Armament move
ment, was honored at the MRA
25-nation conference on this north
ern Michigan island.
Dr. Buchman and his followers
believe that world peace can be
achieved through practical appli
cation of the Golden Rule and
Christ’s sermon on the mount.
Alaska Steam Gets Another
Liberty Ship For Alaska Service
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
Maritime Administration announ
ced Saturday the Liberty Ship
John H. Quick, now in the moth
ball fleet at Astoria, Ore., has
been allocated to the Alaska
Steamship Company for use i>n
its Alaska service.
I
Korean Situation
(By the Associated Press)
Allied troops, fighting through j
i driving rain toward the main Com
t munist “iron triangle” in North !
I Korean, beat off savage Red
| counterattacks today.
Artillery thundered over the
j sound of hand grenades as United
Nations forces threw back the ,
thrusts. Reds attacked all threat- j
ening U. N. spearheads. They
fought stubbornly against the
crunching Allied advance.
The “Iron Triangle” is tipped
by Shorwon, Kumhwa and Pyong
yang. Spears of infantrymen and
armor of the 8th Army—up to full
combat strength for the first time
in the Korean war—tried to crack
it.
LA. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
U. N. ground commander, made
clear that his forces have no in
tention of stopping, although the
“pursuit phase” of the counter
offensive ended when the Reds
escaped beyond encirclement. He
said the Allies will continue to
destroy Red targets before they
can be used for a renewed enemy
offensive.
New York Price War
NEW YORK, (/P)—Throngs of
bargain hunters stampeded New
York City’s department stores to
day as the Big Town’s first all
out price war in more than 14
years entered its second week.
At one uptown store, two shop
pers were pushed through a plate
glass window by a shoving, mill
ing crowd of 2,000. They suffered
arm and shoulder cuts.
Bargain-hungry customers que
ued up in front of department
stores as early as 6 a.m.
In the big Manhattan stores, the
fifth day of the jamboree saw
prices of some fair-traded mer
chandise slashed as much as 50
per cent. Some favorites were out
of 9tock.
Meanwhile, the price war was
'reported spreading to stores in
Memphis, Tenn., and San Fran
cisco.
PARIS, (/P)—'Russia agreed to
day to meet with the Western
Powers in a foreign minister’s con
ference at Washington July 23 on
condition they discuss the North
Atlantic Pact and U. S. bases
overseas.
Did Not Know We
Had Atonic Bomb
In 1945 At Yalta
WASHINGTON, (^—Secretary
of State Acheson said today the
United States “did not know whe
ther we had an atomic bomb or
not” when it signed the 1945 Yalta
agreement to bring Russia into
the war against Japan.
Acheson made the statement in
a general discussion of American
policy in the Orient for the last
five years. He was testifying for
the third day at Senate hearings
on the dismissal of Gen. Mac
Arthur as Far Eastern commander.
Republicans have attacked the
Yalta agreements, contending they
let Russia into Manchuria and gave
her territory from which she now
can threaten Japan.
These critics said that there
was no reason to obtain a Russian
agreement to enter the Far East
ern war, which was ended when
two atomic bombs were dropped
on Japan. The Russians came into
the war only a week before
Japan’s surrender.
Acheson said it was not known
at the time of Yalta whether the
atomic bomb could be produced
successfully.
“That was not proved until
several months later — that we
had one—and it was not used
until considerably after,” he de
clared.
“It was the then military opin
ion—concurred in by everyone—
that the reduction of Japan would
have to be brought about by a
large scale landing on the islands
of Japan, and the forecast of that
fighting, which came from the
fighting on the other islands in
the Pacific, indicated that it
would be a very bloody and ter
rible battle.”
House Bill Will
Ban Furs From
Russia and China
I WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
House is expected to send to the
White House, possibly this week,
a bill to impose a ban on imports
of mink, muskrat and various
other furs from Russia and Com
munist China.
Senator McCarthy (R-Wis),
author of the measure, said such
a barrier “will cut off a source
of funds in this country for the
Soviets which have been used for
espionage.”
Russia in past years has sold
millions of dollars worth of furs
here despite protests from trap
pers and fur farmers in this coun
try.
“This will save many of our
fur farmers financially.” McCar
thy told a reporter. “While it
comes too late to save many
others, it will be of material aid
to the fur raisers here.”
The ban against such imports
from Russia and Communist
China is contained in an amend
ment to the reciprocal trade agree
ments extension act. The McCar
thy proposal was agreed to by
Senate and House conferees and
accepted by the Senate. Final ac
tion by the House is considered
a formality.