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Vol. 2, No. 17 CSf^gT] Wednesday, April 25, 1962 Fairbanks, Alaska
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State Democratic Conclave
Begins Saturday At Nome
Democrats from all over Alaska were girding themselves
today for the “big one.” The biennial Democratic State Convention
is scheduled to begin at Nome on Saturday.
This year’s meeting of Alaska’s top Democrats poses a large
question mark. The convention could go as smooth as clockwork
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
EGAN WILL RUN
ANCHORAGE—Governor William
Egan has announced that he will be
a candidate for reelection this year.
Egan made the announcement Tues
day night in a television broadcast.
PICKET LINE
ANCHORAGE—Local 2520 of the
Piledrivers. Bridge and Dock Build
ers, Divers and Tenters Union has
established a picket line on Ocean
Dock Road as a protest against the
importation of workers for the con
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caught
in the
sluice
hox
By Buckwheat Charley
VVal, Governers day at the U
has come an went. While he was
there, ole Eagle Bill did a little
spadework ... on the new gym.
He shore looks healthy for a
man with so many opponints.
LATEST ODDS: The book
makers on Kodiak Island is now
qnotin 200-1 that Eagle Bill will
git reelected agin. (None of the
fisherman over there is willin
to put up the buck, however.)
Yep, the demacrats has been
doin right well these days. Ole
Jack won his war with U.S.
Steel, an now Eagle bill has won
the war with Japan.
Wal, speakin about politicks,
by the time youre favorite col
lum hits the streets agin, every
body will know who is runnin.
The deadline is 5 p.m. on May
1st.
See where Howard Pollock is
runnin for governer on the re
publican ticket. (We was wrong,
we had him down for the U. S.
Senute.) (Course, how was
Buck to know the GOP would
come up with an ALL-Anch
rudge ticket.)
Anyways, we scooped every
body on Lowell Thomas junior
running for Ralph Riverses con
gress seat. (We even had low
ell himself scooped for awhile.)
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• . . or it could blow sky sigh. Any
thing is liable to happen.
The tune-up conventions of re
cent months on the District level
went in every direction, with sur
prises a'plenty. Now the delegates
elected at these conventions will
get together at Nome.
The only thing certain, as of now’
is the slate of speakers scheduled
for the conclave. These arrange
ments have been made ahead ol
time, under the direction of State
Party Chairman Wendell P. Kay.
Greuel Keynoter
Jessen’s Weekly Editor Richard J
Greuel will deliver the keynote ad
dress on Saturday morning. In mak
ing the announcement Kay said
“Dick Greuel has long been known
as an aggressive liberal Democrat,
and I am sure he will fire the con
vention for the work before us."
(Editor’s Note: The convention
may well catch on fire without any
speech at all. ►
Another speaker slated to address
the convention w’ill be Alaska Gov
ernor William A. Egan, who yester
day announced that he is a candi
date for reelection. It is no secret
that a number of top Democrats
have their eyes on the Governor’s
job.
Loveless Banquet Speaker
Former Governor Hersehel Love
less of Iowa, who is presently a
member of the Renegotiation Board
under the Kennedy Administration,
is scheduled to deliver the banquet
speech on Saturday night. The ban
quet will be held in the new high
school building at Nome, with a
dance following in the National
Guard Armory.
Governor Loveless will be ac
companied by his wife, and George
Sundborg, U.S. Senator Ernest
Gruening's Administrative Assistant.
Local area Democrats will enplane
to Nome on Friday via a Wien F-27
charter. Any delegates or alternates
who have not yet made arrange
ments should call Ed Orbeck at GL
6-45S4 sometime today.
THE WEATHER
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High Temp.: 50, April 18
Low Temp.: 19, April 21
Ave. Temp.: 35, 2 degrees above
normal
Precip.: 0; 10 inches of snow on
ground
Outlook: Fair; tempcratuies near
normal
Sunrise: 3:41 a.m.; Sunset: 8:00 p.m.
91 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast Si
Geodetic Survey.
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BREAKS NEWS — Sen. E. L.
“Bob” Bartlett, member of the
powerful Senate Armed Services
committee today broke the news
that Alaska is to be the site of
a substantial number of ICBM
bases. Bartlett estimated construc
tion costs would involve “several
score millions of dollars”.
Fairbanks Voters
In a sparse turnout yesterday,
Fairbanks voters authorized the City
j to issue $2,000,000 in general obliga
| tion bonds to help finance improve
' ments to the water treatment plant
i and enable the extension of City
j water to South Fairbanks. Slater
j ville, and the Tuku-Mooreiand
! Westgate area.
The proposition passed by the slim
margin of 22 votes; 392 for, 370
against.
Also approved yesterday in a
Fairbanks School District bund ref
erendum was the issuance of $617,
000 in general obligations for the
| construction and equipping of an
; addition to Austin E. Lathrop High
School. The total cost of this pro
ject is estimated at some $3,000,000.
The remainder of the cost will be
borne by the issuance of $2,400 000
j in general obligations approved by
district voters in 1959.
The school bond proposition
| passed with a vote of 883 for, 268
. against.
Republican Buffet
Set For Club 11
All Republicans and friends are
invited to a buffet being held at the
Club 11, Saturday, April 27. Cock
tail hour will be from 7:00 to 8:0n
p ‘v followed by a buffet. Tickets
for the buffet are $4 50 per person.
The Republican legislators will all
be present. There w'ill be a door
prize. Call for reservations to GL
2-2311 or 6-6336 by Wednesday, the
25th.
Bartlett Says ICBM Bases
Will Be Located In Alaska 1
Senator “Bob” Bartlett has added solid fuel to the story of
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Bases for Alaska. The Depart
ment of Defense is expected to put the program into orbit at
any moment.
According to Bartlett, the Alaska bases, of the Minuteman
variety, will involve construction costs which he estimates will
total “several score millions of dol
lars." Exact location of the bases
will probably be announced by the
Department of Defense.
In making the announcement.
Bartlett said, “I have been unoffi
cially, but authoritatively informed
that a substantial number of ICBM
bases are to be constructed in Alas
ka. They will be of the Minuteman
type, which is a solid fuel missile,
with a range of 6.000 miles.”
Bartlett continued. “These mis
siles will be able to reach every vi
tal target area of the Communist
world.” He said the Department of
Defense is expected to announce
“where and in what number” the
bases are to be built.
Governor Comments
Governor William Egan, when
asked about the report, stated “It is
truly nn announcement of great im- j
portance to Alaska and the entire
nation.” Egan went on to state that
the bases will provide a strong de
terrent capability for “Uncle Sam
and all the States.”
He said he was “pleased to see ;
military leaders recognize the tre
mendous strategic importance of
Alaska.”
The report by Bartlett today con
1 firmed long standing rumors that
missile bases were to be constructed
in Alaska. The action will bring
U.S. ICBMs 2.500 miles closer to po
tential targets than previous bases
constructed in the southwest United
States.
It is also the frution of longtime
efforts by Gen. Frank Armstrong.
Sen. Bartlett and others to beef up
American defensive capabilities by
adding retaliatory strength in the
form of Alaskan ICBM bases.
Ice At Nenana Is
Reportedly Solid
Ice in the Tanana River is still ,
solid, reports Don Clark, manager
of the Ncnana Ice Classic, although
there is an overflow on the Nenana
River.
Captain Allen Brown, skipper of
the ferry Yutana which goes across
the river in the summer said that |
he drove his car across it Monday.
Clark said that he expects that it
will > ~+ 'past ten days before
...w(Jie should expect any movement
of the ice.
Books with all the guesses com
piled are expected to be ready about
Monday in Fairbanks. Clark said
that he expects the pool to exceed
the $76,000 mark which it hit last
year. i
THIS WEEK IN
FAIRBANKS
USIBELLI'S BACK
I Mr. and Mrs. Emil Usibelli re
turned to Fairbanks last Friday fol
lowing a vacation in California,
i Usibelli, oWner of the Usibelli
I Coal Mine at Usibelli, flew immedi
ately to the mine upon his arrival
in Fairbanks.
MARIE DRAKE II.L
^ Mrs. Marie Drake, author of
“Alaska's Flag Song." the state song,
is reportedly very ill in St. Ann's
Hospital in Juneau. Friends may
write her there. She is a graduate
of the University of Alaska and
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