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Vol. 21, No. 8
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Wednesday, February 21, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
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! ALASKA NEWS i
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BIG ROAD STUDY
JUNEAU—Governor William A.
Egan reports that a hearing will be
held February 27 by a U.S. Senate
Public Works subcommittee on a
resolution to authorize an $800,000
study of Alaska's highway needs.
Senator Ernest Gruening intro
duced the resolution in the Senate
after President Kennedy sent a spe
cial message to the Congress pro
posing the program and urging its
approval.
A hearing on a similar resolution,
introduced in the House by Repre
sentative Ralph J. Rivers, will be
held a day or two after the Senate
committee hearing.
GREAT BEAR
FORT WAIN WRIGHT — Travel
ling overland on skis, trooDs of the
Second Battle Group. 60th Infantry,
moved deep into the Exercise Great
Bear maneuver area this week to
reinforce Canadian members of the
maneuver friendly force.
BLASTS LITIGANTS
SOLDOTNA — Soldotna attorney
James Fisher, one of the prime
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By Buckwheat Charley
Wal, I see where that lowell
Thomas junior feller giv the big
Lincoln speech here Sunday. He
said if ole Abe was livin today,
he wuld be a Alaskun. The only
question ole Buck has is: Wud
he be a republicun?
Must be gittin close to spring
agin . . . that ole hardy perren
iul, the Cushman street setback
plan is with us agin . . . some
folks jist never gives up.
Demacrat governer candidate
John radar is in town agin. You
kin shore tell, cuz all the young
demacrats in town is runnin
around real fast like, an carry
in important lookin papers un
der there arms. (The dry clean
ers also report they has got a
lot of rush orders on union suits,
too.)
PARK POME: Roses is red,
an generally they grows in a
clump. Let’s name a park for
our Mayer, on the City Dump.
Wal, there is shore bin prog
ress in Fairbanks. Now they
not only got a spare log cabin,
but they has a spare fire hall
in South Fairbanks too. We has
come up with a solution that
will solve both dilemmas . . .
SURPLUS SOLUTION: You
takes the spare MUS loo cr'v''u
and puts it inside the spare Fire
Hall. Then you hangs a sign
outside of the hall what sez
“Fairbanks Museum” on it.
Wal, this has bin a big week
for Jessun’s editer. He has .iist
polished off his fifteenth vea*
in Alaska. He is the only chee
chaker we has workin around
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CITY COUNCIL NEWS BRIEFS
In actions Monday night the
| Fairbanks City Council awarded
I bids for the purchase of one
4x4 carryall for use as an
emergency unit and two van
body trucks, opened bids on one
wrecker body and a sand
spreader body, considered a
change in assessment computa
tions, and passed Ordinance
1134, which clarifies an ordi
nance passed some weeks ago
regarding chauffeurs’ licenses.
Before the bid for the purchase
of the carryall was awarded, Coun
cilman Brewington spoke out
against the extra “bits of fluff”
which had been included on the bid
request. Specifically, he mentioned (
the chrome bumpers and grill, the I
foam rubber seats, a power takeoff
and a 150 ft. winch, and both front |
and rear posi-traction axles. Brew
ington stated that he could not see
why all this additional equipment
was added and that he thought
some of it should be deleted to save
money.
Director of Public Works Robert
Crow explained that the vehicle
would be used to carry an emer
gency generator for the fire depart- !
ment flood lights and that the vehi- ;
cle had to be able to get in off 1
the roads.
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Sen. Bartlett urges Army
To Utilize Alaska Railroad
Senator E. L. “Bob” Bartlett has taken exception to state
ments made by the Dept, of the Army concerning the Alaska Rail
road’s capacity for transporting additional oil to interior Alaska.
The subject came up when Bartlett learned of Army plans to
provide additional pumping capaci-'
ty for the Haines-Fairbanks pipe- 1
line.
The estimated cost of the addi
tions is St,750.000.
The proposed expansion would
provide six additional fuel pump
ing stations, three in Alaska and
three in Canada, and modifications
on existing pumping stations. It
would boost the capacity of the
line from 17.000 to 27.000 barrels
per day.
Invitations to bid have already
been issued on portions of the pro
ject.
Army Reply
When Senator Bartlett suggested
that perhaps the Alaska Railroad
could be utilized to transport this
fuel he was informed that the rail
road would be "unable to support
the new requirements and continue
current operations."
Army representatives informed
Senator Bartlett that this conclusion
was reached after consultation with
officials of the Alaska Railroad.
This statement has been flatly
denied by John E. Manley, acting
general manager of the railroad.
Secretary of the Interior Stewart
Udall informed Secretary of De
fense Robert McNamara that Army
owned tank cars, now idle, could
adequately meet the increased need
for oil. He pointed out that al
though capacity of the pipeline is
currently about 17.000 barrels per
day, only about 3.000 barrels per
day are presently flowing through
the line.
Many Idle Cars
Udall said that an additional
14,000 barrels per day could be
transported merely by using the
line to capacity. He said that the
railroad could supply an addition
JOHN RADER FILES FOR GOVERNOR
John L. Rader, former Attor
ney General for Alaska today
filed his official declaration of
candidacy for Governor, while
in Fairbanks. Rader, 35 years
old, is an attorney in Anchor
age, is married and has three
children.
Rader made the following state
ment in Fairbanks this morning:
“Last November, I announced my
intention to explore the possibili
ties of running for Governor. Since
that time I have attended the Demo
cratic District Conventions in Fair
banks, Anchorage and Juneau; and
traveled from Pt. Barrow and
Nome to Ketchikan, and many
points in between.
“The challenge of the serious
problems of the State and the un
fortunate events of recent weeks
have convinced me th3t I should
formally file my Declaration of Can
didacy. Therefox-e, today I mailed
my formal filing to the Secretary of
State in Juneau.
Positive Program
“The Democratic Party has always
won on a positive program, not in
a defensive posture. The problems
of unemployment, fisheries, re
sources and transportation are as
real as ever.
“I intend to submit new ap
proaches with respect to land poli
cies and the industrial development
Ronald Benkert,
Millard Ingraham
Admitted To Bar
Fairbanks barristers today wel
come two new members to their
ranks with the admission to the bar
of Millard Ingraham and Ronald
Benkert.
The pair recently successfully
passed the Alaska Bar Exam, which
made them eligible for admission to
the practice of law in the State.
Ingraham is associated with Fair
banks attorneys Robert A. Parrish
and Karl Walter. Benkert has been
served as law clerk to Judge Ever
ett Hepp.
The two were admitted to the
bar this afternoon in ceremonies
taking place in the Court chambers
of Judge Jay Rabinowitz.
of the State. Corrective steps must
be taken in the administration of
the Personnel Act.
“The problems of local Govern
ment. boroughs and particularly
suburban areas must be aggressive- ;
ly attacked if we are to avoid the
serious consequences of contamin
ated water, and lack of proper sew
age disposal.
“But above all, I believe the thing
that I would most stress is the
necessity of close contact by the
Executive Office with the people |
of Alaska by two paramount means:
(1> by regularly visiting the respec
tive areas and keeping a close liai
son so that mutual problems can be
resolved and sectionalism mini- j
mized, and (2) by maintaining a j
close relationship with the Legis
lature and the individual legislators
who are the elected representatives
of the people of Alaska.
Can Do Better
“The transition from Territorial
! status to Statehood is over. A
| ‘housekeeping’ type of government
| will not work. We are moving ahead
with Statehood but we can do
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al 10,000 barrels per day by send
ing 42 tank cars from either Whit
tier or Seward. There are more
than 200 Army tank cars in Alaska,
mostly idle, he added.
In communication with General
Fred C. We.yand of the Army, Bart
lett stated. “I am gravely concerned
to learn that the Department of
the Army did not even consult with
the Interior Department about this.
Since federal money and federal
money only is involved in either
case, it would seem to me that the
Department of the Army, which
certainly has a requirement for
the Alaska Railroad, should seek
to add to the line’s revenues when
this can be appropriately accom
plished.”
THE WEATHER
High Hemp.: 28, Feb. 19
Low Temp.: -13, Feb. 18
Ave. Temp.: 11.9, 15 above normal
Precip.: .59; 11.5 snow; 37” snow on
ground
Outlook: Clear to partly cloudy with
temperatures near normal. Colder.
Sunrise: 7:30 a m.; Sunset: 4:42 p m.
9 hrs, 12 minutes of daylight. Gain
of 6 minutes.
88 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
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