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ACS NBAS BOB BINT ON
Not too much news for you from "ye olde
iCS station" this time. Not much has been
happening other than the usual routine
ty ;e work.
B/Sgt. Charlie Kemmer spent a week at
Elmendorf .iFB. He went down to re-enlist
for another three years. This will give
him over twenty years service and he will
be elgible for retirement.
Our recreation hall has a brand new coat
of paint. Jim Grubbs and Jay Babin did the
honors last week. It sure makes the place
look a lot better.
•*ahe and Vunnie Harkins celebrated their
.fifth wedding Anniversary on October 12
with an open house type party, All xCB
personnel were there. Even Jerry and Shirley
.»olfe from the Sheep Mountain station came
THOUGHT FOB THE DAY;
Better do it than wish, it done!
HELi YOUR COu.UEITY
If you would like to help yourself and
yourrcommunity, buy a ticket and take a
chance to win a 30 cubic foot upright
freezer at Santa’s. You will also find
tickets at your other local merchant,
proceeds will go toward building a new
Recreation Center here in Glennallen that
will benefit old and young alike. Let's
all get in the swing and rush out and do
our part today, for after all, it is us
who will benefit and thrive on such a
worthy project.___
JLL
ST.iTE OF ZiL.iSK.i.DExAiffivlENT OF HIGHWAYS
NEWS iflSLEASE ' October 16, 196)
An integrated system connecting all areas
of Alaska with a network of roads comparable
to other states was envisioned by Governor
William.a. Egan in his remarks to the first
organizational meeting of the Citizen’s
advisory Committee on overall highway needs
study.
Following statehood, a primary and second
ary road system was established within the
financial boundaries of the new state, he
said, but tnere is need for expansion of
this system and' the addition of a third
category of roads to provide adequate sur
face transportation for all communities in
alaska. . - he re these roads should be, how to
finance the construction and maintenance
of them, and an estimate of the cost should
be included in the final report of this study,
ilaska was neglected by the Federal Govern
ment for many years in respect to,its road
needs, he said, but the results of this
study could provide the rectification of
this injustice.
The Federal-aid Highway Act of 1962 author
ized the .ilaska Highway Study and provided
an a ^propriation to the Bureau of xublic
itoads to finance it. The Bureau, earlier
this month, selected the consulting firms
of Transportation Consultants, Inc...ashington
D.G., and- ..ilbu'r Smith and associates,
San Francisco, California, to conduct the
study. It will be directed by the Bureau’s
regional Engineer, william J. Niemi, and
alaska’s Highway Commissioner, D. A.
McKinnon.
acting on a request from the Federal high
way .idministrator, Governor Egan has appoint
ed a five-man citizen’s committee to act in
an advisory capacity to the directors. The
committee consists of State Senator aoward
Bradshaw, Sitka, State representative Harold
strandberg, Anchorage, former legislator
Frank Chapados, Fairbanks, Nome newspaper
editor.and publisher, Jim O’Sullivan, and
william Mendenhall, College, ..president of
the Alaska Section of the American Society
of Civil Engineers. r
The committee concluded a two-day meeting
today in Juneau with highway officials and’
Curtis J. Hooper, project director for the'
consultants. Both McKinnon and Niemi made
presentations to the committee on what the
agencies believe the study should encompass,
although no firm outline of operational
procedures was drafted. Another meeting will
be held after a formal contract is signed
between the Bureau of xublicpHoads and the
consultants.
Essentially, the study calls for: an analysis
of the adequacy of the Federal-aid highway
program in .ilaska; specific recommendations
as to the construction of roads through un
developed areas of Alaska and con .ection of