GOVERNORS OFFICE NEWS RELEASE, AUGUST 3L5.
Governor William Ac Egan today was ,advised
by.the Area Redevelopment Administration of
its approval of the over-all economic deve
lopment plan for the Lyun Canal-Icy Straits
and Valdez areas0
Concurrence b the Federal agency in the;~
approval previously given by the. Alaska
department of Economic development and plan
ning is a necessary prerequisite to area
participation in the program of loans and
grants authorized under..the ARA. program0
•• T he Lynn .-Canal « Icy. Straits and Valdez
areas are part of the over- all Cordova -
Valdez area. ARA had previously approved
that portion of the plan dealing .with
cordovao
STATE OF. ALASKA DEPARTMANT OF HIGHWAYS
HEWS ~1MMW~^($Er~2Tr
Award of one contract and the beginning
of advertisement for another project were
announced today by Acting Highway Comm
issioner Robert E0 Sharp,
Sharp said a contract had been awarded
to Cole & Paddock, Juneau, for construction
of-three bridges and 1,547 miles of roadway
orTthe-Seward Highwayo'The work includes
two crossings of the rSnow River north of
Seward and one railroad overhead, Cole and
Paddock was awarded the contract on the
basis of a low bid of $2,276,852,
^ork on this project is to be completed
by December 1, 1964, A.-;;
| ■ Advertisement will begin tomorrow on the
I last-link of the Nome-Teller Road, between
j the Sinuk and Tig.uk rivers,. Sharp said,
! Bids will be opened on this project Sept
| ember 19* •• - * :
! The 'Work includes 200877 miles of new
roadway and construction of six bridges.
The bridges will span the Sinuk, Tisuk,
Feather .and. Bluestone. rivers, and Eldorado
and Gold Run creeke All the bridges will
be Welded steel girder structures with con
crete decks,
LOW DOWN- Bodpiece^ Why so many people
| in hospitals with ankle and knee injuries?
Lunkhorn- It*s because the' roads are full.
of these little foreign cars0 n
NOTICE OF.HEARING
' ' MOTOR T-RANSPOSTATION RATES
Hearings will be held by the Alaska
Public Service Commission pursuant to AS
42clOo070 (2) at 9s 30 AJVL on September 11, I
to consider rates and charges assessed by -I
‘ Motor Common Carriers in intrastate, comm
! erce as' applies to minir.. charges nov; con- j
tained in.tariffs on file with this comm- \
issionc ' .I ' , . j
Any person having an interest in this
proceeding may appear and present testi
| mony as relates to this hearing,, All per- j
sons who wish, to present- cost data or other j
statistical information are requested to, '
prepare such information in written form0
| ALASKA PUBLIC SERVICE. COMICE SSI ON
WILLIAM ?o MEEHAN, JR,„ DIRECTOR
DIVISION OP MOTOR TRANSPORT ATI bN ’
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SKA1 PROGRAM TO SHOW WHALE HUNT
Joh# Hulien, chief whale wrangler of the |
Kenai Beluga Whale Hunt Club, in an announ- !
cement made Wednesday at the meeting of the !
Kenai Chamber of Commerce, said that Tex
N oey will,.feature the Kenai Days whale hunt!
in his '..n Snow Alaska r* television program !
on KENT, Channel 2, on Wednesday night,
Aug o 21o
Andy Anderson of And:ys Flying Service
will fly Bill Steinauger and Hulien to
Anchorage for their personal appearance on |
the television program and a nwhale of a
good time 11 is expected© I
A movie film, taken by Steinauer, of the j
recent beluga hunt will be shown on the. j
one-half hour program© Noey suggested that
another 16 mm© film concerning Kenai also
be brought along© Anyone in the area with
such a film is advised to contact Hulien
immediately©
Gookies, bread and other foods using
whale oil will be taken along for Noey!s
sampling and the-big whale hide upon which
names of members of the Kenai Beluga Whale
Hunt' Club-are emblazoned will be exhibited©
Memberships in the club are still available
and the purchaser is also entitled to a
flask of whale oil©
Theme of the coming celebration is #From ^
Shale Oil to Standard Oil©',!