Economists Forecast Alaskan Job Boost
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JESSEirsaillEEKlY
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Vol. 21, No. 22
Wednesday, May 30, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
THIS WEEK IN
FAIRBANKS
FERGUSON RETURNS
Roy Ferguson, chairman of the
board of Independent Lumber Co.,
has-returned to Fairbanks after a
five-month visit outside.
Ferguson spent most of his vaca
tion in Hawaii and the South Sea
Island of Tahiti. He flew via jet to
both places.
In Honolulu Ferguson visited with
many of his 'friends who formerly
resided in Fairbanks.
MOSLEY VISITS
Toby Mosley, formerly of the
Fairbanks construction firm of
Moore & Mosley, Inc., who moved to
California with his family some
months ago, returned last week. He
is stopping with Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
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caught
in the
sluice
box
By Buckwheat Charley
I hav a great idee. I am gon
na open up a gas station in out
er space. Then the next time
one of them astronuts runs out.
he will be at my mercantile mer
cy. (I’ll bet I kin get MORE
than Fairbanks prices, even.)
Yes sir, we hav shot our sec
ond man up into space. Every
body was worried, for awhile,
an the Carpenter’s Union was
ready to sue the paper, after
they come out with them head
lines about Carpenters makin
mistakes.
Jimmy Hof fa was shore glad
the feller’s name wuzn’t Scott
Teamster. He is got enough
troubles the way it is.
Wal, them council men is up
to there old tricks agin ... an
the Pioneer Park (that should
be THE Pioneer Park) has got
another hit in the head. One
thing about them council men,
. . . they is shore up on there
grammar.
Say, that shore is a good rule
they got too. Nobody kin bring
anything up for a vote at a
meetin without one hunert per
cent of the council being in fa
vor of it. (Bet that rule shore
cuts down on the roll calls.)
(One thing about it, you don’t
never have to worry about Wal
ly Droz gittin writer’s cramps,
. . . not with a rule like that
cne.)
I hav bin doin a lot of think
in about how to git the Pioneer’s
there park. Finully, J throwed
the problem at the Buckwheat
Institute’s Digital Computer
(that shore is a handy gadget)
an it chomped out the anser in
no time at all.
SOLUTION TO PROBLUM:
The solution to gittin a park
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Employment
By 1980 For
50,000 More
The total employed Alaska
labor force will increase by 50,
000 by 1980, with most of the
increase in the distributive in
dustries and in natural resource
extraction and manufacturing.
This is the conclusion of Dr.
George W. Rogers and Dr. Richard
A. Cooley. Alaskan economists, in a
two-part study on Alaska’s popula
tion and economy done for the Di
vision of State Planning under an
urban planning grant of the Hous
ig and Home Finance Agency, now
available at $7.50 a set.
State-wide, the two economists
forecast an increase in the total
employed labor force from the 1960
level of 100,700 to about 150,000
by 1980.
On a regional basis, the econ
omists see a 1980 labor force of
60.500 in Southcentral, an increase
of 10,600 over 1960. In the South
east they predict the labor force
will increase from 16,700 to a high
of 40.000.
Interior Rise
They go on to predict a rise in
the Interior from 23,500 to 32.100;
a rise in the Southwest from 7,800
to 10,2$); and a rise in the North
west from 2,800 to 7,200.
By employment categories, em
ployment in distributive industries
is foreseen by the writers as in
creasing from 25,000 in 1960 to
55,000 in 1980, with.. 14,600 new jobs
arising from tourt&p£>aftd. related
fields.
Employment in JjpflafiStfjppsource
extraction and mahufOCtdring will
increase by 1980 from 13,400 to
27,000, civilian government from
22,800 to 27,000 (largely as a result
of the borough units), construction
from 5,900 to 7,000 and military
from 33,300 to 34,000.
Population Growth
The study goes on to predict that
Alaska’s population in 1980 will be
between 420,000 and 450.000, increas
ing to as high as 870,000 by the
year 2000.
All the material is contained in
the two part study entitled “Alas
ka’s Population and Economy.” The
study discusses regional growth, de
velopment, and future outlook.
Volume One, which sells for $2.50,
is an analysis of the factors affect
ing the population and economy,
and Volume Two is a 229-page sta
tistical handbook selling for $5.00.
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 70, May 23 and 26
Low Temp.: 39, May 29
Ave. Temp.: 55, 1 above normal
Precip.: Trace; no snow
Outlook: Partly cloudy, becoming
cloudy Mon. and Tues., with scat
tered showers
79 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey,
WANT A RIDE? — Enterprising Jessen’s Weekly photographer-re
porter Colin Mick caught this classic study while covering the big
Boat Show held last weekend by the First National Bank.
TANANA SET TO CELEBRATE
The NU-CHA-LA-WOY-YA will
be held June 8, 9, and 10 at Tanana.
This announcement was received
here yesterday from Rex Harwood,
chairman of the celebration.
Harwood explained that NA-CHA
LA-WOY-YA is an Indian word
meaning Between Rivers, which
describes the area where the cele
bration will be held, at Tanana, the
junction of the Tanana and Yukon
Rivers.
The town is the site of one of the
oldest trading areas between the
various Interior Alaskan tribes,
such as the Kutchins, where the In
dians used to congregate, trade,
dance, and tell stories. The old cus
tom had died out, however, and the
last one was held about 40 years
ago.
This year it is being revived, to
renew old customs and traditions
displayed long ago at similar gather
ings. Highlights of this year’s cele
bration will be native dancing,
Memorial Day Is
Observed Here
Memorial Day services were held
in various parts of the area today
as residents remembered those who
gave their lives for their country.
Services were held at 11:50 a m.
at Ft. Wainwright in the Ceremonial
Plaza.
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars Posts held ceremonies
at Birch Hill Cemetery, beginning
at 10 a.m. This event was followed
by a ceremony at the Cushman
Street Bridge at 11 a.m.
! canoe racing, arts and crafts dis
plays, and competitive events. Over
$500 in prize money has been raised
by the people of Tanana for the
various events, with the largest
prize being offered for native danc
ing.
Villagers from all over Interior
Alaska have been invited to attend
the three-day event. Campgrounds
have been established for visitors,
and some tents are available, al
though all visitors are requested to
bring their own tents if possible.
As an added highlight, the par
ticipants will be able to view the
contestants in the annual Yukon 700
Marathon as they race from Circle
to Fairbanks.
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
BIG LEASE SALE
ANCHORAGE—The State division
of lands ninth competitive oil and
gas lease sale, scheduled for early
July, will include 380,760 acres of
offshore lands in the Cook Inlet
basin, Knik arm and Wide Bay
areas.
According to rumor, bonuses of
fered for leases in the three sale
areas may exceed the $15 million
paid to the State in December for
oil and gas leases in the Tyonek
area.
DRILLING UNDERWAY
KENAI — Offshore drilling near
Kenai is reported underway in an
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Board Gives
Green Light
To Proposal
By Colin Mick
The Board of Resents of the
University of Alaska have
agreed to act as trustees to
the proposed Pioneer Park.
“It looks like it’s favorable
that they will get the land.”
University President Dr. Wil
liam R. Wood reported. “It was
pretty carefully reviewed by the
Regents . . . the pros and cons
. . . the letter from the mayor
. . . and the editorials from the
newspapers,” he added.
(The letter Dr. Wood referred
| to was written* to the Regents by
Mayor Joseph 'Ribar, stating that
while the Fairbanks City Council
did endorse the idea of i Pioneer
Park, they were not necessarily in
favor of the Pioneer Park, in the
location proposed by the Pioneers.)
Under the agreement reached be
tween members of the Pioneer Park
Committee and the Board of Re
gents, the University will act as
trustees of the park by securing the
land from the State and then leas
ing the land to a non-profit Pio
neer Park Corporation, much as the
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