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JESSEirSUIIEEKlY
Vol. 2, No. 13
Wednesday, March 28, 1962 <*^|^>
Fairbanks, Alaska
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THIS WEEK IN
FAIRBANKS
AIRPORT SERVICE
Edward G. Brown and Sol Moore,
Managers of Checker Cab Company
announced this week that they are
new offering service to and from
the Fairbanks International Airport,
by a permit issued to them recently.
- BROKEN COLLAR BONE
Larry Meath Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Meath, 1007 Lathrop
St., suffered a broken collar bone
last week-end while skiing on
Cleary Summit.
Larry will be under doctor’s care
for a few weeks but was able to
go bac1' to school Monday. ;
CENTURY 21 EXHlfUT
Ludwig. Rowinski, curator of the
University of Alaska Museum, is
designing the U of A exhibit for
the Century 21 Exposition. He is
going to itse a variety of reprints to
show the scope of the university
activities and has asked that any
one with contributions please send
them to him
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caught
In the
sluice
box
By Buckwheat Charley
ODE TO SPRING: Spring has
sprung, the grass has riz, I won
der where the wimmin is? (This
immortui pome from the Buck
wheat collection, “Sonnets from
the Algeriuns”, is reprinted by
populer demand.)
Wal, things has really bin
poppin this past week. Toppin
the list teas the mayer's fearless
veto message on the scooter
bill, the most important measure
to com? before the counsul in
years.
It was really a week for may
ers, even ex ones. Ole Ex Mayer
hagglund has cracked down on
the city manager for not re
movin the ice an snow which
seems to have gathered in a few
pesky spots like streets an side
walks around town.
Oh, but there was good things
too. Like the big school teachers
confab. There they all wuz, lis
sening to a speech by the only
harvard man what missed Ken
nedy’s cabinet, an all the while
they wuz munching them deli
cious apples what Piggly Wig
gly brung em.
Jessen’s went all out for the
big doins too, an give out free
papers what had the headline
printed up in red ink. (Them
fellers at Jessins better watch
out, or they will be hittin the
big time soon.) (Next thing you
knows they will be printin a
Late Home Edition.). . . . . t
’ I was gonna ivrite something
about the state highway depart
ment this issue but things'has
got so fluid you is really goin
out on a limb if you prints any
thing at aU . .
LATEST CANDIDATE: The
latest candidate for governer on
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JUMPING FOR JOY — Miss Fairbanks, Georgianna Harwood, literally
jumps for joy in an Eskimo blanket toss during festivities on the
last day of the North American Championship sled dog races.
NENANA HOLDS OPEN HOUSE
Open house will be held in Ne
nana Sunday, April 1, by Igloo No.
17, Pioneers of Alaska for members
and guests of Igloo No. 4, and the
Women’s Auxiliary, No. 8, of Fair
banks.
Visitors will have the opportunity
of checking for themselves on the
condition of the ice on the Tanana
River, and visiting the boom town
of the early twenties.
Nenana will be the scene of the
largest Ice Pool Classic in the
world in the next few weeks when
someone could be a winner of over
$100,000 as the ice moves down the
Tanana River.
Refreshments will be served and
general sight-seeing will be the plan
of the day. Many will no doubt
take advantage of the trip and con- j
tinue on to visit the Air Force de
tection site at Clear.
A joint meeting of both lodges
will be held starting at 1 p.m.
Robert Isaacson, secretary of Ig
loo No. 17. extended the invitation
on behalf of the members Monday.
“Being April Fool’s Day — this
may be the day we sell the lucky j
ticket on the Ice Classic,” said Isaac
son. “and there will be plenty of
opportunity to obtain tickets in the
Ice Classic Building where we are
holding the open house.”
REA Group Coming; Expect
Major Decision On Power
By Paul (Ip) Lien
Major decisions regarding the future of power along the rail
belt area are expected to be made within the next couple of weeks
with the arrival in Anchorage tonight of Rural Electric Arminis
tration personnel from Washington, D.C.
The first group, which will be followed by higher officials
thp RFA npyt wopk rnnsists of a tpohnipnl staff Tt inr>lnrIo«
specialists in transmission and gen-*
eration, load surveying and fore
casting, and experts in legal and
administrative matters.
These same men have been mak
ing studies in Washington, D.C., of
various reports submitted to them
by utilities companies along the
railbelt.
In addition to these reports, the
group has made studies of reports
of other agencies, including that of
the Ralph M. Parson's Company of
Los Angeles.
Second Study
The Parson's Company completed
a second feasibility study for the
Central Alaska Power Pool on Feb
ruary 1.
The CAAP consists of Chugach
Electric Association, the City of
Anchorage, the City of Seward,
Homer Electric Association. Mata
nuska Electric Association, and the
Golden Valley Electric Association
and Municipal Utilities Company of
Fairbanks.
In the Parson's report it was
recommended that mine-mouth,
coal-fed power plants be established
at both Healy and Sutton on the
Alaska Railroad plus a gas turbine
plant at Anchorage.
Total killowatt capacity for the
three units was estimated at 104.000.
Alternate Studies
While awaiting the arrival of the
REA group, the staffs of GVEA and
MUS have not been idle—and have
spent considerable time making al
ternate studies to obtain more power
in this area in the shortest possible
JUNEAU OBSERVING 'WARM' SPRING
JUNEAU (Special)—The ad-;
vent of spring never is a time
for much lighthearted rejoicing j
in Alaska’s capital city.
Rather, it is k time of over- ;
stated causes, frayed nerves and
general exhaustion. March 21
falls during the closing days of
the Legislature. This is the time
when cat and mouse playfulness
ends and hard bargaining begins.
It is the time when much-wanted
legislation is either enacted or re- !
jected. It is the time when a hand- '
ful of ordinary men decide how tens
of millions of dollars of public
money is to be spent.
But this year, despite an unusual
ly difficult session, spring brought
to the legislative halls a welcome ;
respite. Suddenly the warm spot
light of public interest was turned |
in other directions.
Hours after the equinox the capi
tal learned that newly-installed
Commissioner, of Highways Sam
Johnson, had sent a letter to Gov
ernor Egan urging the reinstatement
of his predecessor, Thurman D.
Sherard.
“Either Or Else”
The blockbuster letter was writ
ten in an unmistakable “either or
else” tone—either rehire Sherard
or lose some of the top people in
the highway organization. Many
wondered that Johnson, a mild
mannered and quietly efficient man,
could have written such a letter.
Grand Opening Of
Woolworth Store
Tomorrow A.M.
The new F. W. Woolworth Store,
302 Cushman, will hold its grand
opening tomorrow morning at 9:30
a.m. The new store, the second
Woolworth store in Alaska, is lo
cated in the Fairbanks Urban Re
newal Area, across the street from
the Federal Building.
Manager of the store is Frank G.
Junt, Norman Vladyka is the as
sistant manager. The store is in a
brand new, ultra modern building,
which incorporates many new fea
tures and advances.
A newly developed type of lunch
counter is situated at the front of
the store for the convenience of
shoppers. Large windows cover
much of the store front, enabling
i prospective customers to view many
of the famous Woolworth bargains.
Whether or not he wrote it. the
capital soon discovered that John
son hadn’t released the letter to the
press. He had only sent one copy
from the Highway Building — to
Governor Egan. How then had it
reached the hands of eager report
ers? Obviously someone had lifted
a copy from Highway Department
files and arranged for its publica
tion.
Since Governor Egan dismissed
Sherard in mid-January, it has been
apparent that the Sherard lobby
has been one of the most powerful
in Juneau. It has been noticably as
sisted by Republican legislators
and others who, for one reason or
another, have taken an interest
bordering on delight in champion
ing his cause.
The governor apparently decided
to look the other way rather than
disturb the equilibrium of the high- i
way organization or personally at
tack Sherard or any other profes
sional man obviously taking part
in the antics.
Files Used
In doing so he took no public
notice that the highway files were
used in preparing Sherard's state
ment at the recently-completed
highway investigation, or that the
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time in case of any slip-up in the
study being made by the REA.
In the Anchorage area, Chugach
Electric and the City of Anchorage
have gone ahead with plans to build
a gas turbine plant with natural
gas being supplied from the Kenai
Peninsula.
It is expected that after the tech
nical group has completed its ini
tial study, which should take about
a week, the higher echelon group of
the REA will arrive in Alaska to
make the final decision.
The first consideration of the
group will probably be to determ
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THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 42, March 27
Low Temp.: -35, March 25
Ave. Temp.: 0; 12 below normal
Precip.: .00; 22” snow on ground
Outlook: Variable cloudiness, possi
ble precipitation Fri. & Sat; temp,
near normal
Sunrise: 5:23 a.m.; Sunset: 6:32 p.m.
13 hrs, 9 min. daylight; gain of
7 minutes
78 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
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