INVITATION FOR BIDS
. STATE:OF ALASKA "
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Sealed bids in single copy for-furnishing
all labor, equipment, and materials, and
performing all work for Project F-062-2 (6),
Alaska Highway, Tok Junction East to Tanana
River, described herein, will be received
until 10:00 a.m., PST, January 16, -l“964"iTi
the Commissioner's office, Department of
Highways, Island Center Building, Douglas,
xilaska-.
This project consists of' grading, drainage
and bituminous surface'treatment of 10.482
miles of roadway on the Alaska Highway from
Tok Junction east to the-Tanana—River-near"
Tok Junction, State of xilaska. Principal
items of work consist of the following:
Clearing and grubbing, 58 acres; Hand clear
ing, 31 acres; Unclassified exeavatibny77.
139,000 cubic yards* Selected material, type
I borrow, .Casel,! 348,000 cubic yards; Select
ed material, type II borrow1, Casel, grading
B, 90,500. cubic: yards. Crushed aggregate .
base, grading D-l, 78,360 tons; Asphalt, ;
grade MC-70, prime coat, 69,700 gallons;
Aggregatej designation E-?0, bituminous
surface treatment 7,850 tons; Cationic emuls
ified asphalt, rapid' setting, bituminous
surface treatment, 179,000 gallons and
miscellaneous minor drainage structures. All
work shall be completed by September 30, 196j
Plans and specifications may be-•obtained'by'"
all who., have a bona fide need for them for
bidding purposes from the Commissioner of
Highways. Plans may be examined at Depart
ment Of Highways District offices in
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Valdez, and
Nome.
D.A. MCKINNON, P.S. j
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS NEWS RELEASE
,____ November 21, I96J ’
With a bid...of jl,5^3S.S. Mullen Inc.V
Seattle, Wash., is the apparent low bidder on
a Department of Highways project to upgrade
and pave 1,956 mi, of streets in Kodiak.
OFFICIAL -NE-//S
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;^Tho Air Force*s• 1929 Communications Group
(ACS) which operateSj the AlaskaCommuni-eation
System, announced today that they expect, a j
record volume of telephone;calls during the j
coming Holiday period.w . .
’‘Additional Stateside cirxuits will bo -acti-f
vated for the period in order to handle the
abnormally heavy traffic load. To speed
service, the Air- Force suggests that persons
planning to-make long distance'calls during
this - period secure in advance the telephone
numbers to be called, ./hen exchange of
telephone numbers by personal correspondence
•is not possible, th,e Air Force will secure,
in advance the requested telephone number
with no charge to the customer.; This.,service
•is available by contacting-.;-the long; distance
operator and asking for the telephone number
of the person to be called.’’
"The Air Force called attention to the fact
that reduced rates will be in effect from
6:00 P.M., 24 December 1963 until 4:30 A.M.,
26 December, and from 6:00 P.M., 31 December
1963? until 4:30 A.M., 2 January 1964.-*
OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE DECEMBER.,3, I963
‘'Lt. Col. Alexander Alvarado, Commander,
1929th Communications Group (ACS) of the
U.S. Air Force, announced today that effective
January 1, 1964, radio call letters for -all -j
ACS 'Radio Telegraph Stations will be changed.
All vessels and land radio stations contact
ing ACS Stations after January 1 are request
ed to use the new call letters. Following is
a list of the new call letters:
ANCHORAGE- AKO
COLD BAY- AKO66
BETHEL- AKO 88
FAIRBANKS-AKN
K0TZEBUE-AKN4A
KET CHIKAN-AKL
PETERSBURG- AKL44.
JUNEAU-AKM
SITKA-AKM44
CORDOVA- AK044
KING SAIIDN- -AKD7?
KODIAK- -AKO 99
NOME-AKN22
UNALASKA-AKP33
CRAIG-AKL22