Vol. 2, No. 14
Fairbanks, Alaska
THIS WEEK IN
FAIRBANKS
GRADELLE RETURNING
Gradelle Leigh is slated to return
tonight via Alaska Airlines after an
extended tour of points south. Her
many friends are invited to come
out and meet the plane.
SOURDOUGH DANCERS
Sourdough Dance Club members
will have their regular meeting at
8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 in the
Masonic Hall. The group meets bi
monthly and enjoys square and folk
dances.
CROSSING CLOSED
The Department of Highways re
ports that the ice crossing over
University Avenue is now closed
due to water over the ice.
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caught
iu the
sluice
box
By Buckwheat Charley
Boy, the fever is hittin me
hard. If it wuzn’t for the crev
aces in the canals we is all driv
in in these days, I would be lost.
(Them holes has the same ef
fect as shock therapy . . . what
ever that is.)
Sort of miss the breakup of
third street in Graehl tho, seems
like we alwuz misses the good
ole days once they ain’t here
no more. That new fangled pav
in job the state did on that road
has went an ruint one of the
things that wuz the most fun
to complain about.
WE DID IT AGIN: Ole Buck
went an predicktid that george
Byer would run for governer,
an now he has went an did it.
THEY DID IT AGIN: Wal,
the newsless miner is up to there
old tricks . . . They has scooped
us all with another AIN’T story.
They has printed up that John
Butrovich AIN’T gonna run for
governor.
SCOOP, SCOOP, SCOOP: Ole
Buck is gonna go way out on a
limb to match the news miner:
Bill Egan AIN’T gonna vote for
Mike stepovich for governer.
Wal, thinqs is qittin tough all
over. The MINORITY REPORT
has went broke. Smilin Jim
broke the news on the last
broadcast. (Guess the republi
cuns what was payin for it has
decided they wants to run them
selves this time.)
Speakin about bein broke,
looks like the ole budget is about
ready to be previewed today
down at Juneau. Both the bu
reaucrats an the taxpayers will
be scratchin an yellin an
screamin for awhile. (One
bunch wants MORE and the
other wants LESS.)
Maybe the State should buy
uv some ice pool tickets to ease
the pain. If they would icin.
then everybody could injoy
Wendell kay's tax decrease.
Oh, that is alwuz an excitin
time when the ice goes out. Down
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RAMPART ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE — That’s ihe vernal oi the Development and Resource Cor
poration of New York, which has just released it; final report. (See story this issue). The proposed
dam at Rampart Canyon on the Yukon will form a lake larger than Lake Erie. The reservoir will cover
an area in excess of 10,000 square miles. Ihis area i> huger than the State of Massachusetts.
RAMPART DAM DEEMED FEASIBLE
By Colin Mick
Construction of the $1.3 bil
lion Rampart hydroelectric pow
er dam is economically feasible,
according to a market study on
the dam released by the Devel
opment and Resources Corpora
tion of New York.
The firm presented its final
report last week at a meeting of
the Rampart Advisory Board in
Anchorage.
The report describes the project
as being “financially beneficial to
the U. S. as a whole, and to Alaska
in particular, providing a strong
stimulus for other developments and
a base for regional economy.”
The report proposes that one of
the principal users of Rampart pow
er would be a basic industrial com
plex oriented towards the electro
processing of metals, especially
aluminum. It predicts that an alum
inum reduction industry employing
some 7,500 to 15,000 persons could
be expected to locate in Alaska
when the Rampart Dam is con
structed.
Increased Need
The report points out the increas
ing need for aluminum, predicting
that within the next 30 years de
mand will increase from a present
6.000,000 short tons to 15.000.000
short tons, and that a large portion
of the inci'eased demand will have
to be met by Alaska.
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 52, April 2
Low Temp.: 7, March 29
Ave. Temp.: 34, 13 above normal
Precip.: trace, not measureable; 15”
snow on ground
Outlook: partly cloudy with temp
eratures near normal
Sunrise: 4:58 a.m.; Sunset: 6:52 p.m.
13 hours, 55 minutes of daylight,
gain of 16 minutes
102 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
The report proposes that Alaska
will also become a great producer
of electric-furnace oig iron and
steel, ferroalloys, copper, magnesi
um, chlorine, and caustic soda, cal
cium carbide, abrasives, nitrogen
phosphorus, titanium, and other
such products. Other mineral re
sources which Rampart would help
to develop include lead, zinc, chrom
ites, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel,
silicas, and limestones.
The report also states that the
dam would provide a substantial
source of power for the proposed
power pool of central Alaskan pow
er companies. According to the re
port, unpredictable technological
developments may provide new
I markets for power within the pool j
area. The report goes on to say that
by 1990 the combined output of the
pool would not be sufficient to take
care of new markets.
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The proposed dam would be lo
cated in Rampart Canyon, a thirty
alaska'news
IN BRIEF
AVIATION REPORT
JUNEAU—A clear delineation as
to the chain of command within the
Division of Aviation and its rela
tionship to the commissioner of
public works has been recommend
j ed by a special House committee on
airfields.
NOME DOG RACES
NOME—The annual Nome Dog
team Derby which is always a high
light of the spring season will be
held April 14-15. The two-day race
which attracts the best of the
Seward Peninsula dog mushers will
be run over a 20-mile course.
I ' '
AGIN* IT
I POINT HOPE—Daniel Lisburne,
president of the Point Hope Village
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mile trench carved by the Yukon
through the Sawtooth Mountains. !
The actual site would be at the up J
river end of the canyon, 756 river
miles up from the mouth and about j
100 air miles from Fairbanks. The 1
reservoir created by the dam would
then back up to form a 10.851 square
mile lake in the Yukon Flats.
A concrete gravity dam is pres
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Time’s A’Wastin’
Nenana lee Pool
Closes Saturday!
Midnight Saturday, April 7 is the
deadline for purchasing and turning
in Nenana Ice Classic ticket guesses.
Guesses are given on each ticket
for the exact minute, hour, day and
month that the ice will break and
the person coming-closest to the
actual break-up time wins the giant
pot which was $75,999 last year
and $104,500 in 1955. The pool is
legalized under gambling permit No.
1 of the State of Alaska.
The clock that records the win
ning time is located on the Nenana
side of the Tanana River. A tripod I
attached to a wire from the tower
on the 50 foot bank is placed about :
350 feet from the band. The wire !
goes into the clock and when the !
ice breaks it moves 103 feet and
then the clock stops.
Earliest recorded break no date j
was April 20. 1940 a+ 3:*>7 new and
the latest was May 16, 1945 at
9:41 a.m.
When the classic closes everyone
in Nenana who can, usualIv ah hi
85 people, get together in the civic
center to help commie the enormous
number of guesses *h * come in
from all over the Si 'te. This process
usually takes about four days.
Locally, tickets are for sale at
most of the bars, drugs4<v^s and
some other business establishments.
Chief Credits]
Job Done In
Prevention
By Paul (Ip) Lien
Fire losses in Fairbanks were
down over 75 per cent in 1361
over 1960, according to figures
compiled by the Fairbanks Fire
Department.
“Most of the credit for this
fine record is attributed to the
continuing program in the de
partment of fire prevention and
the marvelous cooperation of the
public in understanding our ef
forts,” said Fire Chief Frank
lin J. Jensen.
Fire losses in February to build
ings was $100—which set an all time
record for fire safety in Fairbanks.
“Even though we experienced the
coldest weather recorded in Fair
banks since 1934, we have come
through with a loss in 1961 of only
$78,299 as against $292,596 in I960,’*
said Chief Jensen.
“The fire loss is down over 75
per cent.
Ladder Truck Coming
“On May 1, with the arrival oE
our new ladder truck, we will be
able to fight fires in the highest
buildings in Fairbanks.
“Fire prevention is now paying
off, thanks to the cooperation of
the general public. Emphasis, we
have stressed, is educational rather
than disciplinary.
“In our new location on Seventh
Avenue we now have two La France
triple combination pumpers, cap
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