EARTHQUAKE ROCKS AREA
The Kenai Peniiisulb’s’rte
c*tived the shack of its life
early Sunday morning when an
earthquake rocked and rolled
the land from here to AnchorH
age and sent smaller tretmofs
as far north as Fairbanks/
Center of the three-min
ute quake was set as somewhere
near Kenai, In that city can?
siderable damage was done po
stores when merchandise fell
to :the floors, Ho buildings
were believed to have been
damaged as they were : in An-"
chorage where cracks in- con
crete structures were visibly
Here in Homer merchandise
in local stores was thrown t&
the floor, but no other damr
age has been reported*
The Governor, who was here
during the tremor, said that
he awakened wondering where
he was and what he was doing
there, c ':
Heinie Snider felt that
he was suffering *the final
blow« Earlier in the day he
had tried to get a plane out
of Kodiak but the fog was too
thick, When he did get a
plane it developed mpfor
trouble causing some worry
among the passengers, fhe
earthquake was too much, He
was .heard to declare, .* wThose
Democrats will try anything‘
to stop us Republican candi
dates• *
The general agreement in
town was that the quake was
about the worst ever felt
here« The U-, S, Coast and
Geodetic station' at College
said the quake was too strcPng
for an accurate reading on any
of their six •seismographs,
including the most sensitive
one in the world, They esti
mated it as between five and.
six on a t2-point scale«
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RECEIVING* APPLICATIONS
A not ip o from the agricul
tural extension office states
that October i eas the open
ing date for receiving appli
cations for the 1955 Agricul
tural . Conservation Program,
The qualifications are
that a person own 40 acres of
land and have a year's resi
dence, according to the notice,
The committeemen for the
program who will receive ap
plications are:Paul iiarteeny,
who is at home almost anytime;
Elmer .Priest, at home almost
anytime; Cecil ffyant, at home
in the afternoons;John Clabo,
at home Mondays, and Lee Hub
bard, at home until further
announced, t
ALASKA BIRTHRATE DOUBLES
The birthrate in Alaska
has nearly doubled since tggg,
according to ALASKA'S HEALTH*
the bi-monthly publicationtoj
the Alaska Department of
Health* In 19^9 there wyre
3518 babies born in the Terri
tory while 1955 recorded 6y8o
births* . The iqj$3 number in
dicates a Territorial rate of
33, 1 babies per 1000 popula
tion as compared to 24. 7 .per
thousand throughout the U,S*
Reason for the high birth
rate in Alaska is accounted
for, according to the maga
zine, by the disproportion
of child-bearing age groups
in the Territory♦ The young
adults in the population rep
resent more than one-half of
the total population, the de
partment of health says*
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•' HOWFR '
kvasmkoff found guilty
Abraham Kvasnikoff' of Hi
niicftik • teas found guilty of
assault and battery Saturday
by a jury of six local resi
dents who heard the case in
the Commissioner rs court♦ The
jury recommended leniency and
Kvasnikoff was fined $100 and
given a sentence of 6o-days
which was suspended«
Those serving on the jury
were Elva Scattt Anna Flyum,
Teresia Marteeny, Charles F*
Roehl, Bob Turkington and Eva
Neil sen,
FOR THE BEST OF
SERVICE ANDTHE
FINEST HOSPITALITY
IN HOMER
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FLOW TO HOSPITAL
Storm Morse, daughter of
Mr< and Mrs* David Morse, was
' 'taken to Providence hospital
1 in- Anchorage last week suffer
ing from spinal meningitis,
She is reported to be respond
. ing to treatment. She was ac~
. ccmpanied by her mother,
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OCTOBER 12
BARBARA DIMOCK #
Delegate to Congress
EARLE HUNTER
Territorial Treasurer
HENRY A* BENSON
Commissioner of Labor
LEE L, MCKINLEY
Senate
GERRIT "HEINIE" SNIDER
Senate
SALLY GORSUCH
Senate (2-year term)
DOROTHY PRIOR
Representative
LLOYD CL OLSEN
Representative
JAMES E. HUM INS
Representative ’
JACK H. MITE
Representative
EMIL KNUDSEN
Representative
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PAUL F. ROBISON
Representative j
M. D. SHODCkSS -
Representative
PAUL If. NELSON
ft ' Representative ^ ? . , |
CARL T. RENTSCHLER ' ' \
■ f - Representative j !
NINFIELD ERVIN, 'JR. *