ALASKA NEWS IN BRIEF
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The reductions will amount to 15-47
per cent savings, depending on the
weight of the commodity, Hutton
indicated.
RAMPART MARKET
PORTLAND—Studies by a New
York City firm indicate a market
can be found for the power gen
erated at the proposed huge Ram
part Canyon dam on the Yukon
River northwest of Fairbanks,
Alaska.
The Development and Resources
Corp. presented its findings to the
Army Corps of Engineers and the
Rampart Advisory Board at a meet
ing here last week.
NEW MAYOR
SITKA—Sitka has a new mayor.
Gay H e 11 a n d was unanimously
elected by the council to fill the
term of the late J. Earl Shennett
who passed away recently.
NEW COMMISSIONER?
ANCHORAGE—Mrs. E. A. Helen
Fischer, Democratic national com
mitteewoman for Alaska, has urged
Gov. William A. Egan to establish
the position of commissioner of for
eign trade in the state government.
EGAN DRAFT?
JUNEAU—The southeastern dis
trict convention of the Democratic
Party late Saturday night adopted a
resolution praising Gov. William A.
1 Egan and urging him to run for re
election.
POWER FACILITIES
UNALAKLEET — Electric power
facilities are under construction in
Unalakleet by the Matanuska Elec
tric Assn, to restore service for 600
villagers who were shut off in
October when a local power com
pany went out of business.
EIGHT POINT PROGRAM
ANCHORAGE—City Council has
approved an eight point preliminary
area redevelopment plan.
The plan, which was prepared by
the city area redevelopment com
mission, will now be submitted to
the state administration for approv
al and then sent on to the Area
Redevelopment administration in
Washington, DC., for affirmative
action.
RADER ACCUSES
JUNEAU — John Rader, Demo
cratic candidate for governor, Mon
day accused representatives of Gov.
William A. Egan’s office of attempt
ing to give Egan a clear Democratic
field if he seeks re-election.
LAST TRY
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ralph J.
Rivers, D-Alaska, says he will make
a down-to-the-wire try to postpone
Alaska payments on an unemploy
ment compensation fund debt due
this month.
POSSIBLE CLOSURE
JUNEAU—The Alaska Board of
Fish and Game says continued en
croachment by Japanese high-seas
fishermen could probably result in
total closure of red salmon fishing
in the Bristol Bay area.
PALMER BUDGET
PALMER—The Palmer Indepen
dent School District's proposed bud
get for the coming yeur totals
$858,295.73, an increase of $43,210
over last year’s $815,084.89 figure.
PULP CONSTRUCTION
KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan Pulp
Co. has announced the company will
spend more than $3 million this year
for construction of logging roads
and for logging camp equipment.
SCHOOL MONEY
JUNEAU — The 1962 Legislature
will be asked to approve a supple
mental appropriation for state sup
port for school districts during the
current academic year, Gov. William
A. Egan said last week.
Good printing of all kinds and
.t reasonable prices, at Jessen’s
Veeklv
ARSON STUDENTS GRADUATE
Fairbanks now has a good-sized
squad of qualified fire and arson
investigators.
Some 22 Fairbanksans including
members of the Army. Air Force,
City Police Department. Interna
tional Airport Security Police and
State Police received Fire and Ar
1 son Investigation Short Course cer
j tificates January 8 in a ceremony
| held in the District Magistrate's
I Court.
Martin B. Underwood, State Com
missioner of Safety and Harold
Fames, Assistant State Fire Marshal,
made the presentations.
Nerland’s Return
From Trip South
1
Ron and Jerry Nerland of Ner
lands returned yesterday from a
! two week trip south, where they
! attended Furniture market conven
tions in Seattle and Chicago. While
in Chicago, Ron appearsd on the
N.B.C. program '‘Today.”
Pioneer Leaves
Home For Seattle
Frank Heilo, formerly of Moose
Pass, has left the Pioneers Home at
Sitka and is now living at the Savoy
Hotel, Room 514, Seattle.
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Only about half of the persons
who enrolled in the course received
certificates.
John A. Kennedy. Director of the
Investigation Institute. Chicago, Illi
nois, taught the three day course
held here last September. He also
held training schools in Anchorage,
Juneau and Ketchikan over a two
week period of time.
The school, which utilized movies,
illustrated slide lectures and prac
tical demonstrations, covered more
:han 32 different subjects including
such things as “An Explanation of
:he Chemistry of Fire”; "Interview
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