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V ol. 20, No. 48
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
LEGISLATIVE AWARD
JUNEAU—Alaska has been pre
sented the International Association
of Industrial Accident Boards and
Commissions’ legislative achieve
ment award in recognition of the
state Workmen’s Compensation In
surance program.
Association president W. D. Doug
las of Hawaii told Labor Commis
sioner Gil Johnson Alaska was re
ceiving the award for incorporating
16 of the 19 recommended basic
standards in the state law, which
was enacted by the 1959 legislative
session.
NEW MANAGER
KETCHIKAN — The Ketchikan
city council has hired Jatncs M
McLean of La Puente, Calif., as the
new city manager to succeed Robert
Sharp, who resigned recently.
RECORD EXPORTS
WRANGELL—Lumber exported
from the Wrangell area totaled a
record 47 million board feet during
1961 and lumber production in
creased by aoproximately 70 per
cent, Wrangell Lumber Company
officials announced recently.
LARGEST BETDGET
ANCHORAGE—City council last
week adopted the largest budget in
the city’s history. However, there
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By Buckwheat Charley
ODE TO SPRING: Spring is
sprung an winter’s spent, I won
der where the peepul went?
Oh, these has been good ole
jashioncd Alaska days, these
days has shore bin. Sort of re
minds me of the weather we
used to hav in the good ole days
ct.fore all them cheechakers come
an spoilt everything.
Some folks has the silly idea
we is havin an unusual winter
. . . actually we is jist gittin
back to normal agin an havin a
winter like we used to have be
fore all the governer candidates
came and raised the tempera
ture ten or twenty degrees a
winter. (Bet it will stay much
warmer once the legislature gits
goin agin the end of this month.)
There is shore some funny
things happen when it gits cold
. . . like the tow car the other
day ivhat was towing anuther
tow car ... or the editer’s car
parked in the middul of Noble
street. (Maybe he wuz checkin
to see if it wuz paved yet.)
The only man what got to
work on time last week wuz the
publisher. (He lives next door.)
Wal, like any good student of
why things happins, ole buck
has bin doin some meditatin on
the cold snap an why it got so
cold. The anser is purty simple,
once you thinks on it a spell.
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FALLOUT SHELTER
NEW SYMBOL — Pictured here is a symbol that will soon become
a familiar sight is the Fairbanks area. The symbol will be used
to mark public fallout shelters in Alaska. The initial phase of the
shelter survey in this area got underway today. (See story this issue.)
WITT NAMED CD. DIRECTOR
City Manager Clifford Nordby
today announced the appointment
of Col. Eugene Witt US. Army
(Ret.) as Director of the Division of
Civil Defense for the City of Fair
Danks and the greater Fairbanks
area. A salary was included in the
1962 municipal budget for the posi
tion, w'hich Col. Witt has been oc
cupying in a voluntary capacity.
Col. Witt was born in Indiana, the
sen of on Army officer. After gradu
ating from Knox College, 111., he
joined the U.S. Army Infantry as a
2nd Lieutenant in 1940. During his
20 years service with the Infantry, j
Col. Witt saw duty in Europe, Ko
rea, and Indo-China, as well as in
the U.S.
Cel. Witt was stationed in Alaska, i
Local Airport To
Get Crash Truck;
Top In Protection
Fairbanks International Airport
will soon have a new crash truck,
according to word received here
from the State Dept, of Public
Safety.
The truck is an Aircraft Foam
Crash Truck, manufactured by
American LaFrance especially for
airports. The truck has a 1500 gal.
w'ater capacity and can pump 15.000
gallons of foam in less than three
minutes.
It has hydraulic controls and is
equipped with all the latest scien
tific features. Although it weighs
21 tons and is 30 feet long, it will
accelerate from 0 to 50 mph in 55
seconds.
W’ith the addition of the S70.000
truck, which w'ill be delivered in
June, Fairbanks will have one of.
the few airports in the wTorld which
measures up to the National Fire
Protection Association's equipment
recommendations for airports han
dling aircraft up to 200,000 pounds.
The fire protection fleet will con
sist of two major crash trucks, one
tanker, and one rescue truck.
South of the Range, for one tour of
duty, specializing in cold weather
winter operations. During his Alas
kan tour he served as a batallion
commander and as a logistical of
ficer. In 1956 he decided to make
Alaska his home, established offi- ;
cial residence, and voted in the |
Statehood referendum. After re
tirement, he returned to Alaska in
1960.
In his capacity as Civil Defense
Director, Col. Witt has initiated
action on several programs. Co
ordinating with the Fairbanks
Schools and the University of Alas
ka, he is attempting to integrate
civil defense training into the school
programs. This project will be
started in the Main School and will
later be expanded to include all
schools in the area.
Witt is also working on a civil
defense warning system for the area
and has begun work on an overall
civil defense program for the city.
He is also working actively with
the National Fallout Shelter Survey
which began today in Fairbanks.
Sales Office For
1962 Automobile
Plates Now Open
Automobile license plates for 1962
are now available at the new auto
license sales office that has been |
set up in the Inside Alaska Travel |
Service office in the lobby of the
Northward Building.
According to Lil Angerman, who
is managing the sales, the office
was established by the Department
of Revende, Motor Vehicles Divi
sion, and will handle only license
renewals; other applications are
handled at the revenue office.
The office is open six days a week
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. except on Fri
days when it is open until 9 p.m.
Persons owning pick-ups or trucks
must bring a slip indicating the
vehicle’s weight because fees will be
based on weight.
Transmission Line Would
Insure Rampart Feasibility
B)/ Colin Mick
Rampart Dam, mightiest power project in the Free World,
got a big boost the other day. If recommendations presented to
the U. S. Department of the Interior are carried out. Alaska
may soon become the power capitol of the Western World.
1 he report, presented to Secretary*
of the Interior Stewart Udall by a
special task force on hydroelectric
power transmission, “further en
hances the economic development
of Alaska's vast hydroelectric power
resources." according to Governor
William A. Egan.
The report recommends construc
tion. at the earliest possible time of
an extra-high voltage direct cur
rent power interconnection between
the Pacific Northwest and the Pa
cific Southwest. The report puts
heavy emphasis on the “exciting
promise" stemming from research
on new techniques of long distance
direct newer transmission.
It points out that through EHV
(extra high voltage) direct current,
it is economically feasible to trans
mit great quantities of power long
distances. “For example hydro ener
gy from Alaska might be economic
ally transmitted to the Pacific
Northwest and thence, by displace
ment to the Pacific Southwest," the
report states.
Rampart Project
The report goes on to say that
“With DC is may be economically
feasible to develop Alaska’s 19
million kilowatt hydro potential,
including the gigantic Rampart
Project on the Yukon River with
an installed capacity of 4.76 million
kilowatts.”
Pilot Stella And
Passengers Safe
Marc Stella, well known Fair
banks bush pilot was found safe
beside his Cessna 180 at about
10 o’clock this morning. The plane
went down at Big Lake, in the
Minto Flats area.
Stella’s passengers, including a
medical patient from Tanana,
have been transported to Fort
Wainwright. At press time Stella
was remaining with his plane at
Big Lake.
The intensive search began after
Stella had been reported missing
! Tuesday morning.
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 10, Dec. 1
Low Temp.: -62, Dec. 28 and 29
Ave. Temp.: -30, 19 below normal
Outlook: Partly cloudy, tempera
tures near norma!
Precip.: .07: 0.8 snow; snow on
ground 17”
Sunrise: 9:52 A.M.
Sunset: 2:00 P.M.
4:08 hours of daylight, gain three
minutes
62 earthquakes recorded in a 200
mile radius of Fairbanks
The new transmission system
makes possible the transmission of
power over lines more than 100(1
miles long. The recommended DC
capacity would be between .60 and
2.5 million kilowatts, to be carried
on one. two, or three 750.000-volt j
EHV lines. The highest voltage cir- ^
cuits now in use in the US are
345.000-volt alternating current!
lines, whose capacity in kilowatts
is governed by the length of the I
lines.
In commenting on the report.
Governor William Egan stated that
he would favor such development !
“if the Federal Government would i
guarantee Alaska’s use of this ener
gy as markets become available
within Alaska.”
“It is my personal conviction,”
Egan said, “that construction of
Rampart and the availability of the
low cost power which it would !
make possible would very quickly |
be followed by the location in Alas
ka of a sufficiently large number
of industries to utilize all of Ram- j
part’s potential generation.”
“It is a tragic waste both to i
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Fort W aimer ip lit
Is One Year Old
Yesterday, Jan. 2. marked the
first anniversary of the transfer of
Ladd Air Force Base from the Air
Force to the Army and its dedica
tion as Fort Jonathan Wainwright.
The Fort was named for the late
General Jonathan M. Wainwright,
the hero of Bataan, who conducted
defensive operations against the
Japanese in the South Pacific in
the early days of World War II.
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