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VOL. 23, NO. 35 KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 23, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Kodiak Awaits
New Committee
Assignments Made
Following is a list of the new
committee assignments made by
Kodiak Area Chamber of Com
merce President Nick Rauch:
I. DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Eddie Franklin—Coordinator
1. TOURISM & PUBLIC RELA
TIONS:
Bill Lamme, chairman; Marilyn
Milne, Pete Deveau, Alf Madsen,
Sig Digree, Ivor Schott, Dr. Bruce
Keers, Rev. Don Bullock, Basil
Clark, Cmdr. Jack Whyte, George
Cornelius.
2. FISHERIES:
Ralph Jones, chairman; Dexter
Lall, Bob Simon, Oscar Dyson, Dave
Savoie.
3. AIRPORT, HARBORS, LAND
& ROADS
Bill Poland, chairman; Leon
“Ole” Johnson, Russ Wright,
George Cornelius, Jim Barr.
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Consul General
Of Japan Visits
In Kodiak Area
Recent visitor to Kodiak Aug.
21 and 22 was Mr. Noboru Takasu
gi, Consul General of Japan who
is currently stationed at Seattle.
While in Kodiak, he visited the
Naval Station and Coast Guard
commands and his visit was with
relation to past courtesies shown
to injured Japanese fishermen.
While in town Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning he was
taken on a tour of canneries and
the cold storage operation. He
was very much impressed with our
cold storage plant and of the cavi
ar operation.
Tuesday evening he had dinner
with Art Brooks and Roy Madsen.
Art had met him while attending a
Rotary meeting in Seattle last July.
He departed Wednesday morn
ing for Anchorage and Nome and
then his trip will take him through
the South East part of Alaska.
Local Fishermen Praise Quick Action
Of Coast Guard In Forcing Reds Out
Quick action by the U.S. Coast
Guard in driving a fleet of about
ten Soviet fishing boats out of
Marmot Bay this week brought
words of praise from Kodiak area
fishermen.
Skipper Oscar Dyson of the boat
Robbie advised that earlier this
week he had gone out to check his
crab pot gear and found that about
ten Russian fishing vessels had
moved into the Marmot Bay area.
He was of the opinion that it was
a trawling operation but didn’t
see what they were taking.
“We reported! this to the Coast
Guard and a plane was out circling
around the Russian fleet almost
immediately and within about 20
minutes the C. G. Cutter Storis was
right there on the scene,” said Dy
son.
“The Storis swept in a circle
around the fleet always staying
between the shoreline and the Rus
sian vessels. She sorta herded them
Kodiak Islander
Hull 40% Done
The hull of the Kodiak-Homer
ferryboat “Kodiak Islander” is now
forty percent completed and all
other construction work is on
schedule according to Commission
er of Public Works Richard A.
Downing.
Downing issued the report in
Juneau after stopping at the Wis
consin shipyard buildng the vessel
which is scheduled to be delivered
to the state in Seattle July 1, 1964.
Do you fancy yourself a dancer?
Win a prize at the big dance Sat
urday night.
you might say. Within a yery few
minutes the Russian fleet was un
derway and pulled out and we
haven’t seen them since,” Skipper
Dyson stated.
“Those of us who witnessed this
felt pretty good about it all and
the Coast Guard deserves recogni
tion from Kodiak fishermen for do
ing a damn good job,” Dyson con
cluded.
New Crab Plant
Needs Experienced
Help & Fishermen
Captain Niels P. Thomsen of the
M/V Expansion announced today
that the Aleutian Marine Transport
Company is to commence a King
Crab processing and freezing oper
ation at Unalaska on October 1st.
The operation is to be conducted
on board the 125-foot floater Bethel
No. 1 and will be a mobile opera
tion designed to move with the
King Crab migration. The 60-foot
M/V Fairbanks will tow the Bethel
No. 1 between the various king
crab fishing areas.
Captain Thomsen advised that
persons interested in employment,
particularly those experienced
with frozen sections, should write
to the firm’s home office at 659
Northeast Northlake Way, Seattle,
Wash.
Thomsen said he also desires to
hear from several reliable and
proven crab fishing boats inter
ested in possibly associating them
selves with the Bethel operation.
Fleet Arrival
Aircraft Carrier and Destroyer To
Spend Three Days In Port Here
The arrival of the USS Benning
ton and USS Benner this weekend
will give Kodiak it’s first taste of
tourism as liberty parties of over
1,000 men at a time debark from
the massive aircraft carrier and
her sleek destroyer escort to visit
the city.
At press time it was not definite
just what time the two big vessels
would appear in port but it was
possible that they might even ar
rive sometime this afternoon.
The USS Benner, a 390-foot de
stroyer, will be moored at city dock
according to plans while the huge
carrier, USS Bennington will be
moored “out in the stream” . . .
in deeper water. Both vessels have
declared open house for Kodiak vis
itors and small boats will carry
City Pledges To
Support Board
On School Site
City Councilmen last night
pledged the city’s full support and
cooperation in any project designed
to further the locating of the state
vocational school and boarding fa
cility in Kodiak.
The council approved a resolu
tion approving a survey report as
prepared by the Kodiak School
Board and indicating willingness to
cooperate fully in the board’s proj
ect to locate the $3,300,000 school
here in Kodiak.
Voters approved a bond issue
for building the Kodiak-Aleutian
Vocational school at the last state
election held in 1962.
Most of the students in such a
school would be from Kodiak and
Kodiak Island villages as well as
from the Aleutian Isands.
local townspeople to and from the
Bennington.
The Bennington is the flagship
of Rear Admiral Joseph A. Jaap,
USN, who is Commander, Carrier
Division 19, and he will be aboard
the ship.
The carrier’s Commanding Offi
cer is Capt. Charles E. Healy.
Commander Philip D. Johnston, Jr.,
is commanding officer of the de
stroyer.
Welcome Aboard
Say Big Ships
Citizens of Kodiak area will have
a chance to see the “inner work
ings” of the attack aircraft carrier
USS Bennington and destroyer
USS Benner when they visit this
weekend, according to the ships’
Commanding Officers Captain C.
E. Healy and Commander P. D.
Johnston, Jr.
The ships will have open house
from 12:30 until 4:30 p.m. both
Saturday and Sunday.
Benner will be tied up at the
City Docks of Kodiak and Benning
ton will be anchored out, with
boats transporting visitors back
and forth from the City Docks.
MEDICAL SELF HELP
Persons who missed out on
earlier chances to take the Medi
cal Self Help Course will have an
other opportunity to obtain this
valuable self-improvement training
by calling the Holmes Johnson
Clinic, 486-2266 and arranging en
rollment.
California Opera Sextet Will Open
This Season’s Alaska Music Trail
The program for this season’s
Lyceum, the 14ch of the Alaska
Music Trail, opens with what the
Los Angeles Examiner described
as “One of the most artistic and
enjoyable performances we’ve seen
anywhere,” the California Opera
Sextet.
Other concerts will feature Mari
lyn Neeley, prize winning pianist;
Duo Doktor-Menuhin, viola and pi
ano; and Herbert Beattie, bass star
of the New York City Opera and
San Francisco Spring Opera.
Tickets sales will be announced
shortly.
The Lyceum was fortunate to
have as its guest at the August
meeting Mrs. Jane Livingstone, co
ordinator for the Alaska Music
Trail and resident of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Livingston is responsi
ble for the world renown artists
that have appeared in Kodiak in
the past and has arranged an out
standing program for this season.
The appearance of the New York
Woodwind Quartet last season cul
minated a three year effort by Mrs.
Livingston to arrange for this
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City To Draw Up
Hotel & Motel
Liquor Ordinance
The city council has approved a
move instructing the city attorney
to draw up an ordinance governing
the issuance of liquor licenses for
motel and hotels within the city
limits.
The action was taken after Frank
Irick requested the council to ap
prove issuance of a liquor license
for the 24-unit Kodiak Inn which is
to be under construction shortly.
The state liquor control board,
acting under state statutes, has
special provisions for issuance of
licenses to operators of motels and
hotels.
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
It was with some dismay that
we read about the reduction in
operating funds for the Kodiak
Naval Station. Alaskans have been
hopeful that both the Coast Guard
and U.S. Navy activities in this area
would be greatly expanded in this
trying time when our elected rep
resentatives have been pointing
out the immediate and long range
need for greater protection in the
North Pacific from the increasing
encroachments of foreign fleets.
We have no doubt that the various
elements of the federal defense es
tablishment are doing all possible
within their limitations of person
nel and equipment but is is more
than apparent that the Kodiak
Naval Station should be greatly ex
panded, and most certainly NOT
reduced. We suggest that the de
fense establishment recognize the
immediate need for expansion of
it’s efforts in this area. Expanding
this base to handle a fleet of
destroyers, submarines, carriers
and more squadrons of planes per
manently based here is what is
needed RIGHT NOW! As things
stand at the moment it appears
that our Alaskan Governor Bill
Egan is faced with the extraor
dinary task of trying to cope with
the massive foreign fleet invasions
and otherwise assume the task or
dinarily considered that of the fed
eral defense establishment! Even
our Senior U.S. Senator from Alas
ka, Bob Bartlett, has had to intro
duce legislation along these lines.
Senator Bartlett is to be especially
commended for his dedication in
protecting all Alaskans and local
interests in this area.
A
How come Kodiak, with it’s
hundreds of fishing boats, air
planes and sizeable and growing
population doesn’t have a U.S.
Weather Bureau? We are hoping
that our congressional delegation
will look into this immediately and
see to it that Kodiak gets a com
pletely equipped and staffed U.S.
Weather Bureau whose reports,
findings, and forecasts will be
available to the general public. It
is high time that the federal gov
ernment begin to recognize at least
a small part of it’s responsibilities
to the people of this area.
No Bids Received
On Street Paving
The city council last night unani
mously approved a motion to use
force account or a negotiated con
tract to get street paving done af
ter being advised that the city had
not received even one bid on the
paving project.
Only one set of specifications for
the paving project were picked up
by a contractor and he did not sub
mit a bid the council was told.