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Vof. 21, No. 7
Fairbanks, Alaska
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
PENNEY STORE
NEW YORK—J. C. Penney Com
pany, department store chain, dis
closed plans today to build its first
store in Alaska in Anchorage. The
four story building will be the
largest department store in Alaska
and one of the largest in the 1,700
store Penney chain. An early 1963
opening is anticipated.
ATOMIC POWER
HOMER—Dr. Milo Fritz. Republi
can candidate for governor, called
for the use of atomic reactors to pro
vide cheap electrical power for the
development of Alaska's resources
when he spoke at the Homer Lin
coln day dinner Sunday.
CENTURY 21
JUNEAU — A bill which would
appropriate $137,000 for Alaska's
participation in Century 21, the
Seattle world fair, has been referred
back to the House finance commit
tee after numerous attempts to
amend the measure.
An attempt by Republican Rep.
Harold Strandberg of Anchorage to
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By Buckwheat Charley
Wal, all them republicuns has
really bin warmin things up this
week in Alaska with all their
Lincoln day speeches. Most of
the various candidates has bin
givin the main speeches.
Down in Ketchigan, Bruce
Kendall whamped the democrats
a jew good licks, while con
gressman candidate Pollock told
all the folks in Cordova what a
had bunch the demos was. Ted
dy Bear Stevens drawed Sitka
in the speech pool. An up in
Fairbanks, Lowell thomas jun
ior is gonna give the big speech
on Sunday.
But jist wait. When Tom Jef
ferson’s birthday comes along,
all the demacrats kin git even.
(The demacrats has so many
candidates, tho, that the Legis
lature may hav to create some
more cities in Alaska so that
everybudy kin hav a chance to
give a talk.)
Course, the demos could adopt
the Board System and hav a
board of candidates give the
speech in each town. Speakin
about which, I see where the
House has past its first Board
Bill of the seasin down in
Juneau.
The BUCKWHEAT PARTY
has bin thinkin about the Board
Systim quite a bit. In fact, the
Central Committee of the PAR
TY has jist come out in favor of
the “BUCKWHEAT BOARD
SYSTEM” for the State govern
mint . . .
Under the BUCKWHEAT
SYSTEM, the whole state gov
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his pal Jcb. From time to time, you’ll enjoy the antics of this pair
as they romp through the events of the day in the columns of
Jessen's Weekly. Hector is a creation of Jennings R. Johnson of
Fairbanks.
THOMAS TO ADDRESS G.O.P.
Well known Alaskan film pro
ducer and author, Lowell Thomas,
Jr., is featured speaker for the an
lual Lincoln Day Dinner sponsored
by the Republican Party Central
District Committee.
The dinner, which is set for 7
p.m. Sunday at the Traveler’s Inn,
will follow a no host cocktail party
at 6 p.m.
Only 200 tickets are available for
the prime rib dinner with seating
on a first come first serve basis.
Price of the dinner is $6.50 per plate
according to Mrs. Mike Stepovich,
vice-chairman of the event.
age, was born in London, England,
while his famed father was on a
speaking tour of the British Isles.
I While he was at his home on
Quaker Hill in Pennsylvania, he
| Thomas, who resides in Anchor
met many explorers, writers, artists
and great military figures of the
day. These associations undoubtedly
i influenced his life and gave him a
desire for world travel and adven
ture.
i When Thomas was 13 years old, he
attended the coronation of George
, VI, and traveled through Europe
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| Fewer ¥m Plans Studied;
Electrical Shortage Looms
By Colin Mick
Plans for eliminating existing and future power shortages
throughout Alaska are coming to a head. Railbelt power pro
ducers are now studying a proposal which would create a vast
power pool, with coal fed mine-mouth generating systems
located at Healy and Sutton.
Thus the theme of the seventh annual observance of National
j Electrical Week takes on added4
, meaning in the Railbelt Area of
I Alaska. This year’s nationwide
j theme is “Electricity Powers Pro
| gress.’’
The Railbelt power pool propos
i als look to the future. It is antici
1 pated that the system could be
j used to provide power for the con
j struction work at Rampart. When
I the huge dam is finished, the same
line can be used in reverse to bring
, power out from Rampart.
I The power pool plans are receiv
i ing close attention in Fairbanks,
j where plants are already peaked
1 almost to capacity. Municipal Utili
j ties officials predict that as early
as next winter there may be a
serious shortage in the Fairbanks
area unless additional power is ob
tained.
Under consideration is a series
of plans prepared by the Ralph M.
Parsons Company at the request of
the Central Alaska Power Pool.
' The report calls for the construction
j of a number of coal fed mine-mouth
plants, to be located at Healy and
Sutton, with a gas turbine plant at
Anchorage.
Under one series of plans, the
various plants would be developed
on an area basis, while under a sec
ond plan, all the plants would be
constructed by a cooperative pool
composed of all interested power
companies in the Aailbelt Area.
Under the latter plan, transmis
sion lines would be constructed
from Kenai to Anchorage, from An
chorage to Palmer, from Palmer to
Healy by way of Talkeetna and the
Railbelt, and from Healy to Fair
banks by way of Clear.
NATIONAL HONOR FOR JOY SCHOOL
Out of several thousand en
tries, the L. F. Joy School was
one of 28 exhibits selected for
special citation from a field of
275 chosen exhibits concerning
school buildings which will be
shown Feb. 17-21 in conjunc
tion with the American Associa
tion of School Administrators’
school building architectural ex
hibit at Atlantic City.
The citation for the L. F. Joy
School reads: “An excellent adap
tation of a building plan to climatic
conditions prevailing on the edge
of the Arctic Circle. Color used to
good advantage in brightening and
adding a touch of warmth in a
harsh cold climate.
“Good instructional space. Archi
tectural details handled with re
straint and good taste. The wood
rib dome roof construction and the
modern igloo design are notable
features of this pleasing school
building.”
The L. F. Joy School, which
opened its doors last fall, was de
signed by Alaska Architectural &
Engineering Company. General con
! tractors for the building were Bur- !
gess Construction Company and
Reed & Martin, Inc.
According to all information
available, this is the first time a
school which has been designed and
built in Alaska has been included in
the exhibit.
The jury which inspected the ex
bits included Edward J. Andc:s *.i,
S... u of S’ aols—W . land. Mass.;
Edwin B. t nwell, AIA—Little
Rock, Ark.; Samuel E. Hornsey,
THE WEATHER
| High Temp.: 16. Fib. 10
! Low Temp.: -20, Feb. 13
Ave. Temp.: 1, 5 above normal
Precip.: .32, 10.75 snow, 29" snow
on ground
i Ouciouk: Clearing by Friday; cold
J er over the weekend
! Sunrise 7:54 a.m.; Sunset 4:19 p.m.
8 hrs, 25 min. daylight; 8 min. gain
; 80 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
AIA—Wilmington, Del.; Herbert W
Schooling. Supt. of Schools—Web
ster Groves, Mo.; Arnold C. Tjoms
land, Washington State Universitv,
and Fritz von Gross.rsv .,1
waukee, w’«
In ma. i ion, accord
ing +o a brochure which will be
r .cu with the exhibit, “at
tention was called to innovations
and trends in design, to new ap
proaches to the use of spare, to
adaptation of facilities to new' de
velopments in instruction, to use
of new materials, to site utilization
and development, to the growing
importance of the mechanical as
pects of school plants, to approaches
made to insuring the safety of oc
cupants of the buildings, to thermal
and visual environment, and to pro
vocative problems in school plant
construction that yet remain un
answered.1’
The brochure goes on to say,
“These 275 chosen exhibits, repres
enting every general section of the
country, clearly suggest that new
school buildings are better equipped
and more functional than school
buildings were a few years ago.”
The first step, under the Parsons
“Cooperative Plan." would be the
construction of a 10.000 KW gas tur
bine generator at Anchorage, to
j eliminate that City’s present power
shortage. The plant, which could be
installed and operating during 1963,
would fill the immediate require
ments. and then could be used as
I a peaking unit when the steam
plants are in operation.
Gas Available
j The gas plant was suggested be
cause of the availability of gas in
the area and because such units g.ve
I increased performance and higher
! output during times of lower tem
; peraftures—just when the additional
power is needed most. The plant
! would cost in the neighborhood of
$1,680,000.
By 1964-1965, two 44.000 KW steam
generating plants would be in
stalled, one at Sutton, located about
12 miles from Palmer and adjacent
to the Matanuska River and the
Sutton coal fields, and the other
located at Healy, adjacent to the
Nenana River.
These plants would be semi-out
door installations, fired on pulver
ized coal. Both plants would be lo
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