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I EDITORIAL I
Rampart Dam Is Coming . . .
One of the most significant documents ever written
concerning Alaska was made public several days ago.
ft is the economic feasibility study on the proposed
1.3 billion dollar Rampart Dam. The report, prepared by
the Development and Resources Corporation of New York,
gives the GREEN LIGHT to the Rampart project!
The project is described as being "financially benefi
cial to the United States as a whole, and to Alaska in par
1 cular, providing a strong stimulus for other developments
end a base for regional economy."
WHAT WILL RAMPART MEAN TO ALASKA? HERE
IS ONE EXAMPLE THE REPORT GIVES, CONCERNING THE
ALUMINUM INDUSTRY:
The report predicts an aluminum reduction in
dustry employing some 7,500 to 15,000 persons.
THIS IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE!
By 1972, when the first increment of Rampart power
(about 350,000 KW) reaches market, it will not be able
to supply enough power for projected needs. By 1988,
when Rampart can be producing 1,000,000 KW, it will
be able to supply only about one-fourth of the projected
1988 need.
But what about the immediate future, before the
Rampart power is "on the line"? The report states that
tne construction phase alone will exceed the fabulous
boom years of Alaskan military construction!
The overall benefits of the Rampart Dam have been
related many times in the past. This newspaper has con
tended, for a long time, that the Rampart Dam project is the
key to the full economic development of Alaska.
THE FAVORABLE REPORT CONCERNING ECON
OMIC FEASIBILITY IS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN
THE EVOLUTION OF THE RAMPART PROJECT. It is
now only a matter of time before the Rampart Dam
becomes a reality!
vvnaT me Kampart Dam could do tor the Fairbanks
erea staggers the imagination. The construction phase alone
will guarantee a decade of boom years.
BUT WHAT OF THE FUTURE, AFTER THE DAM *
IS BUILT? Will it be the same old story of civic apathy?
Will we wave gobdbye at transmission lines carrying
most of Rampart's power right past our doorsteps?
This newspaper has long advocated that the City of
Fairbanks take steps to establish a division of tourism and
economic development within the structure of our muni
cipal government. Our suggestions have gone unheeded.
In fact, judging from the City's actions on the Pioneer
Park, it would appear that the majority of our City Coun
cil members are unable to grasp the dynamic opportunities!
that CAN be ours. It is time for Fairbanks to wake up.
It is time for all the "bellvachinq" about how
i "Anchorage gets everything" to be replaced by some
realistic planning for the future. And if our leaders
persist in looking no farther than the tips of their re
spective noses, THEN tHEY SHOULD BE REPLACED!
The Rampart Dam is coming, and with it tremendous
opportunities for a better Fairbanks. We are not ready
for them now, will we be ready when the first increment
of power goes "on the line"?
r-———
Caught In
i The Sluicebox
(Continued from Page 1)
Nenana an here in Fairbanks
folks jist lines up on the river an
starts “tripod peerin’’. The op
tomitrists alwuz does a good
round of biziniss after each
breakup. (An the doctors picks
up a little trade from those that
come close.)
Ole Buck is thinkin about
startin a little pool too. 1 am
gonna sell guesses on what day
the legislature is gonna break
up. (Or should it be “break
us”°)
An now, for the BIG feature
all you sports what read this
collum has bin waitin for . . .
our annual PREDICKSHUNS
for the comin BIG LEAGUE
baseball seasin . . . we proudly
presents, the
BBB (Buckwheat Base Ball)
FORECAST: Before we gits
started, the teams we WANTS
to win the pennints is a little
difrunt from who we predicts
IS gonna win. For example we
WANTS the Milwaukee Braves
to win, but the\j won’t.
THE WINNERS: The Chica
go White Sox is gonna win the
Americun league pennint after
a close race with the detroit Ti
gers an those no account new
york yankees. (We hates the
yankees an alius has.)
An now, for the big surprise.
The winner of the pennint in
the new national League is gon
na be the . . . CHICAGO CUBS
... an they is gonna win it
BIG, BIG, BIG.
The biggest surprises in both
i leagues is gonna be the Colt
49ers who is going to be a lot
better then there players look
: like they will be, an Ernie Banks
who will have his greatest year
an be tops in everything, which
will prove he is the best player
in the big leagues.
The biggest busts will be the
N.Y. Mets who is goin noplace
fast, an Roger Maris, who has al
ready gone a lot farther than
he should have.
The sui’est bets as pitchers to
win twenty games is a couple
of rookies named Warren Spahn
an Early Winn. Whitey ford an
Joey jay will have pore seasins.
WORLD SERIES WINNERS:
The Chicago Cubs will win the
series in four games.
BATTING CHAMPIONS: Er
nie Banks an Joe Cunningham
will be the battin champs for
this year.
- HOME RUN CHAMPS: Ernie
Banks and Mickey (I hates to
admit it) Mantle will hit the
most home runs. (Besides that,
I don’t like home runs cuz pitch
er duels is more fun to watch.)
NEXT YEAR: There will be
lots more coaches an lots less
managers next year as every
body tries to imitate the Cubs.
(But it won’t work, cuz the
Cubs are gonna win in SPITE
i of there new fangled coach sys
! tim.)
FESTIVAL OF ARTS: There
I was, with me dark glasses an
trench coat, along with 400 peo
ple what was wearin the same
uniform, watchin that play Sat
urday night an it shore wuz
good.
GRRRRR: That nameless dra
ma critic what reviewed the
plfcy for another newspaper
ought to hav his head examined.
Now‘ this ain’t Broadway, but
the play the other night was one
of the best ever put on in Fair
banks. . . .
PASSIN PRADE: Went to the
Woolworth openin the other day
an it wuz like downtown Seattle
on payday . . . The School dis
trict an the City is feudin agin,
this time its on the burro bill.
. . . See where City taxes is go
in up, guess ifre better git ready
for another mass meet . . .
Looks like Alaska’s defenses is
gonna be soupetl up some, the
Pentagon has finally discovered
Siberia. . . Its A-Okay an GO
Green for Rampart now that the
big economic report is out. . .
mm
<Mlw Washington
Merry-Go-Round
ty DRIW PEARSON
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Jackie Kennedy returns home to some problems;
Washington has hungry children; U.S. boycott back door
Cuban traders.
WASHINGTON — Jackie Kenne-*
dy has been a great saleswoman !
for the USA. Her charm, her grace,
her contagious youth have won as
many friends for the United States
in India and Pakistan as Eisen- .
bower did when he visited those
countries — more than Khrushchev
and Bulganian won for Russia.
Traveling the ancient Khyber Pass !
which Mongol hordes have swept I
down since 400 BC to conquer In- I
dia, Jackie also conquered. Like a
fairy princess she stripped through
that Rudyard Kipling land of strong
man and patient camels which ev- ;
eryone has read about but few are ;
privileged to visit.
And now, as she returns home. '
Jackie faces the inevitable letdown. *
She faces problems.
She has to decide what to do
about the gorgeous necklace of
pearls, rubies, emeralds and dia
monds given her by the President
of Pakistan. Will she keep it, give
it to the Smithsonian Institution, or
what!
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt faced
that problem when she was given
a giant Brazilian acquamarine by
President Vargas, and finally de
cided to give it to the Franklin
Roosevelt library at Hyde Park.
Mrs. Eisenhower also faced the
problem when given a heavy gold
bracelet by King Saud of Saudi Ar
abia. She kept it.
These are mundane things to wor
ry about after such a glamorous trip,
but expensive gifts to the wife of
the President are frowned on, and
the critics are sure to point out that
Jackie's necklace was really paid
; for by the millions in foreign aid we
I have poured into Pakistan.
More Mundane Matters
Another mundane problem Jackie
' faces is the cherry blossom festival.
This is the fiftieth anniversary of
the famed gift of cherry trees from
Japan, and the daughter of Japan’s
foreign minister will plant some
new trees commemorating a new
era of friendship. When cherry
blossom chairman “Jigs" Donohue
wrote the White House two months
ago asking the First Lady to par
ticipate, however, he got a blunt
turndown from social secretary Tish
Baldridge. Mrs. Kennedy, she said,
would just be returning from In
dia and would not be available.
Cherry blossoms may not be as
exciting as the elephants of Jaipur
or the Taj Mahal by moonlight or
the sacred temples of Benares, but
Mrs. William Howard Taft, wife of
another president, planted the first
tree and relations with Japan today
are even more important.
Waiting at the White House also
is the difficult, disagreeable ques
tion of peace, and the benign grand
mothers who are willing to be ar
rested on the White House lawn for
the sake of peace.
| Peace is a persistent problem,
i The grandmothers keep coming.
| They are professors’ wives and sci
entists’ wives, and one of the group,
Ruth Sheidt of New York, not a
grandmother, looks almost as young
and beautiful as Jackie.
With 50 per cent of the White
House mail against the President
on the resumption of nuclear tests,
these quiet, persistent ladies pre
sent a problem that could well be
handled by Jackie — if she would
only take over some of these mun
dane problems.
So life is going to be a bit differ
ent from the elephants of Jaipur,
the burning ghats of the Ganges, and
the polished brass of Rawilpindi.
The crocuses, the spring pansies, and
the ducks on the south fountain of
the White House—are beautiful—
but an old story.
And having enjoyed a storybook
trip through a storybook land, may
be Jackie might share her youth
and beauty and exciting experiences
with some of those who can’t trav
el to far places.
Children From Nowhere
Not too far from the White House
is a home where youngsters are
starving for lack of love and beau
ty.
They are the city’s children with
no place to go, the children most
people don’t want, who live on a
street way out past nowhere — 566
of them in antiquated buildings sup
posed to house only 320. They are
cared for by the hard-pressed Dis
trict of Columbia. They are hun
gry, not for food, but for love and
human companionship — so hun
gry that they reach out and touch
the hem of your garment as you
pass.
What a thrill they would get from
the storybook adventures of Jackie
Kennedy. How their faces would—
light up if Jackie would ride that
bay gelding given her by the pres
ident of Pakistan out to see them.
How their eyes would sparkle over
the brocaded silk, $600 worth, that
Jackie collected in the silk factories
of India. How much they would ap
preciate a chance even to see the
First Lady's youth and vigor and
charm.
And how many extra dresses or
meals could be bought if Jackie
should auction off that diamond, ru
by and emerald necklaces given her
by the President of Pakistan — a
necklace bound to bring political
headaches. The quarter of a million
dollars that necklace would sell for
could even pay for a new building
for the dilapidated Junior Village
in the nation’s capital.
Yes, a lot of problems await Jack
ie back home in Washington.
Capital News Capsules
Back Door Boycott—The U. S.
government is impatient with for
eign businessmen who sell boycotted
goods to Cuba through the back
door. Hereafter, anyone who gets
caught at it will be barred from
getting government contracts for
life and will be subject to arrest
if he ever sets foot on American
shores. The blacklisting will also
extend to any firm the offender
joins. A London firm, Latin-Amer
ican Development, Ltd., is already
under investigation for attempting
to buy spare parts in the USA for
Cuban oil refineries.
Too Many Agents — More than
two dozen government agents posed
as bellboys and busboys at Miami
Beach’s Eden Roc Hotel recently to
keep an eye on Teamster boss Jim
my Hoffa’s activities. Unknown to
them, two hoodlums were using the
same disguise. Dressed as busboys,
they walked into the hotel office,
pulled guns on the manager, and
walked out with over $100,000 in
cash and checks. They easily made
their getaway through the govern
ment agents — also dressed as bus
boys.
Ethel Kennedy’s Serenade — At
torney General Robert Kennedy
snitched on his wife Eethel the oth
er day and told how she had in
sisted on singing to singer Marion
Anderson. The attorney general was
scolded when he got home for not
telling the full story. Ethel was try
ing to suggest a number for Miss
Anderson to sing as an encore. Un
able to recall the name, Ethel tried
singing and humming the tune.
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