THE GHOST TOWN GAZETTE
Aug. 7,1958
Publisher: Jo Wilson
CHITINA
PLANA CrUSHAD Tin 1C A JLN TWO WALKS
ALASKA
Ai Army PI-21 Helicopter from Ft. Greeley went in Monday, 4th, to
r ti* Ave the damaged L-19 Army plane which crashed on the old rail
road. track near Gtrelna*
A:.-, y v.‘cr - to transport the plane to Lower Tonsina whore it was to
be picked up by truck and transported to Ft. Richardson.
IFe Helicopter had picked up the plane and progressed less than a
mile who;.! the plane 'broke loose at an altitude of 200 ft. and crashed
to the ground. The plane was completely demolished.
Tlu. hii-my is planning to salvage the remainder of the L-19 in'pieces
and transport it as originally planned.
We h^ve decided that the newspapers in the Territory haven’t the
"guts" to print both sides of the statehood picture. Are they worried
about stopping on soraeones toes? Too bad wo don’t have a Brew Pear
son up here. •
Our hats are off,however,to the Anchorage Daily News since they have
been printing accounts for both siues instead of hiding the facts.
The oily way to get the “whispering Campaign“above a whisper is to
pull, a "Fohn Manders”, but unfortunately we arn’t all lawyers.
ibo Gazette may bo a small voice in the wilderness but wo notice
th*''t our circulation has doubled and is increasing by leaps and
pounds since this statehood nonosense came up. On the strength of
this evidence, we are predicting.,-that, the statehood bill will not *
~ p w-ftoraing— a 1^-o-t-ion-.-^ — — -*———-— -- -— - - • .
Prospector, Charley Jacobson, has' just returned, from a prospecting
trip in the Chnlitna hake-area, °harley plans to 3pend the rest of
th-v- summer prospecting in theJyieCarthy area.
Vtfe haven't heard rriu'ch from the Bordova vicinity recently. People
from up hero usually stop. ii\ for a visit with J.A. Nicolet at Nicks
Loungedown thei*e where they can catch up on the latest. "Nick" for
merly an engineer on the Copper diver and N.h R.ii., i'£ always/feady
to mix you a good drink and discuss the "State "pf thihgs. j v \ \
FhOiJTi^K DriYo aro almost here,
sary and are preparing for a big
^aldez is haV.inl^ a 60th yoai\ Anniver
celebration ovcif l/abor Day Weekendy
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