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Vol. 21, No. 10
Wednesday, March 7, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
METHODISTS CLEARED
ANCHORAGE—Alaska Methodist
University President Dr. Fred Mc
Ginnis last week said that charges
against the University for being
discourteous to right-wing speaker
Milton Lory were false.
McGinnis invited newsmen to the
campus to listen to a verbatim re
cording of Lory's appearance at
the University. The tape gave proof
that there was no discourtesy.
RIVERS TESTIFIES
WASHINGTON — Alaskans last
week asked the House subcommit
tee on roads to approve legislation
calling for an $800,000 road study
in the new state.
Rep. Ralph J. Rivers, D-Alaska,
testified that the study was needed
because roadbuilding in Alaska had
been “very seriously neglected’’
during the State’s territorial days.
HENRY HARPOONS
ANCHORAGE—The current leg
islative session has been labeled
“the most re,folutionrminded”' of
any in the past 10 years by labor
lobbyist Henry Hedberg.
(Continued on Page Five)
caught
in the
sluice
box
By Buckwheat Charley
ALMANAC FACTS: The
Brooklyn branch of the New
york city public library con
tains 2,131,759 volumes. This is
only one of the millyins of in
teresting facts which you wil
find in this year’s world Alma
nac.
MORE FACTS: The state of
Montana cast 708 votes for Eu
gene V. Debs in the 1900 presi
dential election. He swamped
the prohibition candidate who
got only 298 votes.
INSIDE REPORT: By direct
wire frum Juneau we has
learned that the expert testi
mony given last week agin the
strikebreaker bill give it a gobd
shove toward being printed in
the law books.
GRASS AIN’T GREENER:
Folks what is worried about Al
aska should start readin about
all the trubles Hawaii is havin.
They has had five speshul ses
sions of the Legislature, there
tour industry has stopped grow
in, they has got bad money
trubles an jist about everything
else is gone wrong too. (Course,
they has a republicun governer,
so everbody kin go around with
a smile on there faces, at least.)
HOLD THAT TIGER: Ever
since we mailed jeffefsonian
demacrat Bob MacNeely one of
our special BUCKWHEAT IN
VESTIGATER KITS, he has
been holdin them republicun ti
gers on his committee by the
tail purty good. They hasn’t bin
able to give near as many cam
pain speeches as they wuz giv
in there for awhile.
(Continued on Page 4)
CANDIDATES GO SLEDDING — Georgiana Harwood, Thelma Mayo,
Marsha Thomason and Faith Williams are shown here trying out
the popular Lazelle Hill sled slope. The girls are all candidates fcr
the Miss Fairbanks crown in this year’s Winter Carnival. The sled
slope is managed by the Community Recreation League, which is al
so managing the 1962 Carnival Queen contest.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
After weeks of careful training
and five preliminary races, the Fair
banks Junior Dog Mushers’ stand
ready to meet their peers from all
over Alaska here Friday. Saturday
md Sunday afternoons at Creamer’s
'or the Junior North American Dog
Mushers’ races.
Drawing for the racing order is
scheduled from 5 to 6 p.m. tomor
row on KTVF-TV. One team from
Nenana, three from Ft. Yukon, six
from Anchorage and about nine
from Fairbanks, with possibly more
from other areas, will meet at 7:30
p.m. tonight at the home of Bob
Stroecker, president of the associa
tion to go over the race rules and
‘get acquainted.”
Stroecker will probably present
the strongest competition in the five
dog class for Fairbanks as he now
holds the best record for the pre
liminary races.
Championship winner in the three
dog class, Carol Lundgren, is Fair
banks’ hope in the three dog divi
sion.
The last preliminary race, Febru
are 25, saw Alfred Mayo come into
first place in 45:52 minutes. He was
followed closely by Mike Kochen
dorfer with 46:19 and Bob Stroecker
i with 47:07.
Others in order were Craig Fors
ter, 50:17; Lee DeSpain, 52:07; Joey
Hall, 55:19; Terry Forster, 62:06;
Rosemary Rosey, 62:30; and David
Herrin. 73:07.
Heading the three dog class for
the third week in a row was Carol
Lundgren with 21:03. In second and
third places . were Neil Spencer.
25:05 and Clyde Mayo, 25:47. Others
and their times were: Brad Forster,
29:12; Barbara DeSpain, 31:40; Cliff
Christie, 32:20; and Ken Keber,
37:08.
Mark DeBord was again the one
dog class winner with a time of
2:08 minutes. He was followed close
ly by Wayne Christie, 2:16; Janine
Carlson, 2:40; and Mary Ann Loson
sky, 2:43.
The 10 other racers and their
times are: Curtis DeBord, 3:06; Con
nie Losonsky, 3:27; Buddy McCabe,
3:39; Jana Marks, 3:45; Barbara
Carlson, 3:47; Ann McCabe, 3:49;
Anita Carlson, 3:54; and Dagney
Marks, 4:12.
Resolution Seeks Federal
Compensation For Neglect
By Colin Mick
Alaska may soon receive some compensation for the years of
Federal neglect her road system has endured.
Under resolutions presented in both the U. S. Senate and
House, funds would be given to Alaska to redress historical de
ficiencies in the Federal Aid high-*
way program as it has applied to !
Alaska.
Senator Ernest Gruening, in com
menting on the bill, described it as
“making possible the long overdue
start towards positive planning and
development of a roads system
within Alaska.”
Under the terms of the resolu
tions, the Secretary of Commerce
would receive $800,000 for engineer
ing studies and estimates and plan
ning studies for a highway construc
tion program in Alaska.
Alaska Neglected
“Other states have been receiving
substantial Federal help over a
long period of time since 1916
when the Federal-aid highway legis
lation was enacted," Senator Gruen
ing pointed out,” a period in which
Alaska was neglected by exclusion
from the program except in the
national forests, for 40 years,
j The Bureau of Public Roads has
estimated.” he added, “that Alaska
lacks $300 million it has not re
ceived from the government as its
proper share of Federal highway
programs. Alaska has received only
$84.7 million since 1916. The condi
tion, or rather non-existing condi
tion, of Alaskan roads reflects this
lack of funds.”
Senator Gruening pointed out that
today there are only some 5.356
miles of roads in Alaska. Of this
total, 1,249 miles are classified as
unconstructed, and only 2.515 are
of sufficient quality to allow year
round travel over them.
The Senator also pointed out that
Alaska has only 1.113 miles of
paved roads, 38 miles of surface
treated roads, 2,720 miles of gravel
roads, and 246 miles of unimproved
roads.
WINTER CARNIVAL QUEEN CONTESTANTS — Shown here are the ten lovely young: ladies who are
seeking this year’s Miss Fairbanks crown. Standing from left to right are Eileen Leitzel, Thelma Mayo,
Sharon Ledingham, Shirley Green, Faith Williams, Joan Heuvel, Georgianna Harwood and Gladys Reed.
Seated in front are Jackie Wellner and Marsha Thomason. —Arctic Studio photo by Duane Pollock
“This is a meager network indeed
for an area one-fifth the size of the
other 49 states combined," the
Senator declared. “It seems obvious
that the first thing which must be
done to enable Alaska to progress
is to provide a means to construct
roads in the new State.”
Senator Gruening pointed out the
vast effect a good road system
would have on Alaska’s economy and
added, “Statistics prove that if
Alaska had shared on an equal
basis with the other states in road
building programs instead of being
totally excluded from the benefits
of Federal highway aid legislation
(Continued on Page 7)
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 25, Mar. 6
Low Temp.: -12, Mar. 3
Ave. Temp.: 7, 4 above normal
Precip.: .22”; 3.9” snow; 28” snow
on ground
Outlook: Cloudy with snow for the
weekend: temp, above normal
Sunrise: 6:40 a.m.; Sunset: 5:27 p.m.
10 hours, 47 minutes daylight, gain
of 6 minutes
68 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &.
Geodetic Survey.
the SUBLIME
&
the EXOTIC
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