POWER PLANT HEAD REPORTS VANDALISM
The Bureau of Keclamation re
ports that considerable damage
has recently been inflicted by
gun shot to insulators on the
transmission lines carrying pow
er from the Eklutna Project to
Anchorage. About 90 percent of
the power used in the Greater
Anchorage area is delivered over
■these lines, stated James B.
Hamlin, project superintendent.
Anyone tempted to shoot insu
lators is reminded that the act
constitutes damage to, or destruc
tion of, government property and
is punishable by a maximum fine
cjf $10,000 or 10 years imprison
ment, or both.
Destruction of insulators can
only be very dangerous to the one
doing the shooting or anyone who
might come in contact with a
wire brought down in such a
manner, but could result in a
power failure in the entire An
chorage area. Destruction of these
power line insulators jeopardizes
everyone’s power supply, Ham
lin pointed out.
Anyone having any information
which would aid in apprehend
ing and prosecuting offenders is
requested to call the Eklutna
Project, collect, at any time by
calling Palmer number PI-4000,
or to notify the F.B.I. in the Fed
eral Building, Anchorage. In do
ing so ,the person making the
report will be doing the govern
ment, as well as himself, a favor.
Cost for labor and materials
to replace these broken porce
lain insulators is considerable and
is eventually borne by the power
user. The general public is pro
bably not awaTe of the large
amount of equipment and man
power required for this work,
Hamlin said. However, this ex
pense and inconvenience is in
significant when the problem in
volved in putting additional gen
eration at the military plants is
served, so that the line may be
worked on as well as having the
City of Anchorage and Chugach
Electric Association start up
standby generation and put it
into service is considered.
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CIVIL DEFENSE EVACUATION
OPERATIONS NOW IN EFFECT
An operational directive which
provides a blueprint for evacua
tion operations in the 10 districts
which comprise (the Anchorage
Civil Defense Region is now in
effect, it was announced this
week by Ed Fortier, Acting Ter
ritorial CD director.
Effective for the area extend
ing from Paxson and Valdez to
Homer and Seward, the regional
directive is designed for tactical
(short warning) evacuation, but
can be adapted for strategic
(longer warning) operations, ac
cording to Fortier.
In preparation for more than a
year, many parts of the directive
have been tested in both actual
and control center exercises. Last
spring it was reviewed in rough
draft form by key CD leaders,
federal and territorial agencies,
military commands concerned
and the Federal CD Administra
tion.
“The official directive now be
ing distributed contains charges
recommended by reviewing ag
encies, including district and area
directors and service chiefs—4he
men and women on the ‘firing
line’ in time of emergency,” For
tier said.
The evacuation directive divid
es the region which includes
about half of Alaska’s population
into three operational sectors—
northern, central and southern.
The Seward, Girdwood- Port
age, Kenai, Ninilchik and Homer
districts comprise the southern
sector with headquarters at Gird
wood. The Greater Anchorage
target complex is the central sec
tor and Chugiak, Palmer, Glen
allen and Valdez districts make
up the northern sector with head
quarters at Palmer.
lriven advance warning oi ai
■tack, districts to be evacuated are
the entire Greater Anchorage dis
trict and the Eagle River area of
the Greater Chugiak CD district.
Greater Anchorage residents and
on-base Elmendorf military de
pendents will evacuate to 17 re- .
ception areas in the southern sec- I
tor, with Seward-Bartlett being r
the principal centers. Eagle River !
t residents will move into the nor
I them areas of the Greater Chu
| giak district.
The Greater Palmer district
will serve as principal safehaven
for Fort Richardson's on-base
military dependents, in accor- I
dance with present military 1
plans. jl
Regional headquarters is de
signated as Rabbit Creek with
Greater Anchorage director
George Shannon becoming alter
nate regional director and most
of the Greater Anchorage service
chiefs moving up to regional op
erations once tactical evacuation
is ordered.
District and area plans which
implement the regional directive
are in various stages of develop
ment, according to Fortier.
“In both the northern and
southern sectors, district and area
CD officials are demonstrating
Uie true Alaskan spirit in plan
ning how they will assist survi
val of civilian and military de
pendent evacuees from Greater
Anchorage, Elmendorf and Fort
Richardson,” Fortier said.
“Volunteer leaders both north
and south of Anchorage have and
are devoting many hours to haul
ing and storing essential supplies
which are being stockpiled for
evacuees in event of emergency.”
ihe territorial director said
the next big step is to improve
readiness of Greater Anchorage
residents to evacuate just as re
ception areas are improving their
ability to care for evacuees.
“In last summer’s Operation
Alert mock losses in thousands
of Anchorage lives could be at
tributed to ignorance and mis
understanding,’’ Fortier said. “We
can’t expect to save the maxi
mum number of lives without ex
plaining all phases of evacuation
to Greater Anchorage residents.
This shortcoming is now being
remedied by District Director
George Shannon and the regional
office with preparation of an em
ergency instruction pamphlet.
Once reviewed and approved by
the district council, it will be
printed and made available to
every family in the Greater An
chorage district.”
Combined with the directive
now being distributed and pre
viously prepared plans, the Great
er Anchorage instruction pam
phlet will provide the basic em
ergency action blueprint for
about half of Alaska’s population,
according to Fortier.
The Greater Palmer district is
made up of Palmer, Butte, Wasil
la. Sutton, and Talkeetna Areas.
Director of the Greater Palmer
District is A1 V. Hagen and Geor
ge Ed Smith is assistant direc
tor. The two officials are also
i director and deputy director of
the Northern Sector which in
cludes the Greater Districts of
Chugiak, Palmer, Glennallen and
Valdez. In the local areas Mike
Vasilli is director at the Butte;
Tom Carter at Wasilla, and Joe
Kruscavage at Sutton. Directors
for Palmer and Talkeetna are to
be named.
Baptist Church
Pastor Arrives
The Rev. Clifford S. McCon
nell, new pastor at the First Bap
tist Church in Palmer, and his
family have moved from Anch
orage to this city and have taken
up residence in the parish house
in the AHA housing section.
Rev. McConnell served as pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Anchorage for the past year and
one half and as such is somewhat
familiar with the valley area. Be
fore coming to Alaska he served
as pastor in Princeton, Kentucky.
Rev. McConnell cfld his college
work at Murray State College in
Kentucky and his seminary work
at the Golden Gate Theology
Seminary in Berkley, California.
He started his pastoring in Ken
tucky and served a church in
Tennessee as well as in Berkley.
His family is composed of his
wife, Milidene, and two children,
Polly, 15, and Buddy 13, both
students in the Palmer High
School.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Hospitalized at the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital this week are
the following: Mrs. William Kot
tila, Linda Swoboda, 9; Hilda
Swoboda, 6; Josiah Winklepleck,
Mrs. William Kucera, David Ver
ral, 11; Margaret Boyd, 11; Mrs.
George Worledge and infant son,
and Lynn Crosby.
Hospitalized but now out:
Lloyd Watts, Glenn Cassity, 1;
Thomas Newby, 3; Judith Bar
nes, 7; Karen Worledge, 2; Mrs.
John Nash and infant daughter;
Paula DeLand, 5 months; Henry
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Thursday, January 30, 1958
Warner, 4; Patrick Moore, 6; Mrs.
Allan Davis of Chugiak; Mrs.
James Brandow and infarvt dau
ghter, Mrs. Edna Jensen, Mrs.
Thomas Lepak, Mary Anderson,
7; Mrs. Laddie Huntley and in
fant daughter; Ray Lancaster,
and Ramona Lentz, 10 months.
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