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area in Cook Inlet known as Middle
Ground Shoal and located approxi
mately 12 miles northwest of the
Arness Terminal.
A platform for drilling operations
has been built and sits up on piling
“like a lone tree in the prairie,” ac
cording to one observer.
VIPS BAG BEARS
ANCHORAGE—Prince Bernhard
of the Netherlands and U.S. Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. Curtis E.
LeMay took occasion this weekend
to each bag Alaska bears while in
the Cold Bay area on a trip to in
spect the AC&W site there.
SET NATIONAL TOURNEY
JUNEAU — Juneau has been
chosen by the American Contract
Bridge League (ACBL) as the loca
tion for a national duplicate bridge
tournament to be held May 14-19
next year.
Upward of 500 bridge players
from Anchorage and Fairbanks are
expected to attend the six-day
event. World.renowned bridge
champions such as Jacoby, Goren,
Roth and Miles compete in these
contests.
BIGGEST SALMON
KETCHIKAN—Ed Markham, one
of Ketchikan’s most ardent fisher
men, holds the lead after the first
two days of the Salmon Derby,
havlrtg checked In with a 48-pound.
9-ounce lunker boated off Clover
Pass. Next Derby Days are June 2-3.
GLACIER PRIEST DIES
SANTA CLARA, Calif—The Rev.
Bernard R. Hubbard. S.J., 73. re
nowned “Glacier Priest” of Alaska,
died Monday of a stroke in his room
at Santa Clara University.
A native of San Francisco, Father
Hubbard entered the Jesuit order of
the Roman Catholic Church in 1908
and was appointed head of the uni
versity geology department in 1926.
An explorer, lecturer and moun
taineer. he conducted expeditions
to Alaska almost every year until
a fourth stroke felled him last Sep
tember.
ISSUES INVITE
KENAI —James E. Fisher, one of
the attorneys for the intervenors,
Merrit P. Starr and Clarence Bailey,
in the State Capital relocation law
suit, has requested all lawyer gub
ernatorial candidates to lend their
efforts to assist with the presenta
tion to the Alaskan Supreme Court
of the appeal of the injunction bar
ring placing the Capital relocation
referendum on the election ballot.
“This invitation was purposely is
sued to all of the gubernatorial
candidates of both political parties
ALASKA NEWS IN BRIEF
j who were attorneys because of the !
I bipartisan nature of the issue of
i Capital relocation,” Fisher said.
REFINERY CEREMONY
ANCHORAGE—A formal ground
breaking ceremony to mark the start
of construction on Alaska’s first
modern crude oil refinery at Nikiski
has been scheduled for June 19.
BAGS WOLVES
NOME—As of the middle of May,
Tony Bernhardt of Kobuk has taken
122 wolves. Tony flies his J-3 Piper
Cub to hunt these animals and he
hunts mostly in the Kobuk and
Noatak Valleys.
REFUSES PERMISSION
JUNEAU — A Japanese fishing
fleet was refused permission Sun
day by Gov. William A. Egan to fish
in Shelikof Strait between the Alas
ka mainland and Kodiak Island.
SALMON DERBY
SEWARD—Three top cash prizes
of $3,000, $1,500 and $1,000 have been
announced for the 1962 annual Se
ward Silver Salmon Derby.
The Seward Derby, which attracts
an annual 2,000 entrants from all
over the world, will be held this
year on the weekends of Aug. 11-12
Jessen’s Weekly
Reporter Slates
Summer Travels
Miss Mary Halm, University of
Alaska student who has been em
ployed as a part-time reporter for
Jessen’s Weekly during the school
year, left Saturday morning for her
home in Ketchikan.
Miss Halm, before going to Seat
tle to attend the World’s Fair, will
; spend a short time working for the
Ketchikan Daily News. She will also
attend the Washington Rainbow
Grand Assembly meeting in Spo
kane and from there go to Fort Col
lins. Colorado, for the Student Na
tional Education Association confer
ence.
She will represent Alaska at the
education meeting and is sponsored
by the William Keller chapter of
the University of Alaska SNEA.
From Colorado Miss Halm will go
| to Chicago for the Supreme. Inter
national Assembly of Rainbow as a
member of the Alaska Grand Execu
! tive Board, and then return home in
July to spend the remainder of the
I summer in Ketchikan.
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FEATURE FOR FEATURE . . .
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Heating than Chrysler!
Silent Burner
Silent Blower
Fiberglass Insulation
Cabinet Design
Easy-Change Filter
The Finest Heat . . .
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Efficient, Compact
and healthful.
You just can't beat
a Chrysler Furnace!
Read’s Sheet Metal Works
918 College Road
Phone GL 2-3065
and Aug. 18-19. Also featured are
daily individual cash prizes for men,
women and children along with
the usual 100 final prizes.
STREAM STUDY
FAIRBANKS—A discussion of po
tential development of power on
12 Alaska streams, is the subject
matter contained in U.S. Geological
Survey water-supply paper 1529.
titled Waterpower Resources Near
Petersburg and Juneau, Southeast
ern Alaska. The so-called paper is
really a book of 102 pages and copies
of it were received locally in the
last mail. ,
ESC BENEFITS
JUNEAU — Labor Commissioner
Gil Johnson announced that $973,
943 in unemployment insurance
benefits were paid to claimants in
Alaska during April.
LIFT LIMITS
FAIRBANKS—The Department of
Highways announces that load re
strictions of 75 per cent of gross |
load at 35 miles per hour will be
lifted on the Alaska Highway be
tween Delta Junction and the border
at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29.
PNTA CONFERENCE
COLLEGE—The 48th general con
ference of the Pacific Northwest
Trade Association will take place
Sept. 9, 10 and 11 at Jasper Park
Lodge, Jasper National Park, Al
berta. The theme is to be “The
Recreational Wealth of the Pacific
Northwest.”
SURPLUS BUILDINGS
JUNEAU—Separate sealed bids j
for three surplus State buildings |
will be opened June 15 in the
Juneau office of the Alaska Depart
ment of Public Works. The build
. I
mgs all are wood-frame structures !
and are located at Dillingham. Sut
ton and Auke Bay.
VALUE UP
PALMER—The value of all vege
tables raised in Alaska in 1961 was
$200,600 compared to $198,080 in 1960.
A larger crop of lettuce and better
prices for carrots accounted for the
increase.
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
ANCHORAGE —The Scholarship
Committee of the University of
Alaska has announced that the 1962
Pictures, Inc., scholarship has been
awarded to Larry Crabtree of Chu
giak, who will enter the University
with the class of 1966.
The scholarship, donated by Pic
tures, Inc., of Anchorage, provides
tuition assistance for the full four
year course.
REHABILITATION
WASILLA—As part of the re
habilitation program of the Youth
Conservation Camp near Wasilla,
crews of boys will work in some of
the state forests this summer to do
maintenance and other pro.jects for
which there are no funds for hiring
fulltime labor.
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