Russian Pirates Return
To Waters Near Kodiak
(Reprinted from the Kodiak Mirror)
The Russian pirate fleets have re
turned to Kodiak.
State and federal agencies have
obtained indisputable evidence dur
ing the past week that Russian fish
ing fleets have once again invaded
and are looting historic king crab
bing grounds developed by Ameri
can fishermen based at Kodiak.
The marauding fleet of high seas
pirates returned to rich traditional
king crab grounds developed by
Kodiak fishermen nearly two weeks
Sgo and have been running amok
through the gear of Kodiak pot
lisbermen.
Local crab boats reported that
the red pirate ships “deliberately”
and wantonly ’ smashed and slashed
FF omen on Council
Of Anaktuvuk Pass
‘‘The men are away much of the
time so We thought we should have
women as council members, said
Simon Paneak, president of Anak
tuvuk Pass council.
There are nine members in the
Village council and four of them
are women. Rachel Mekiana is vice
president, Mabel Paneak. treasurer;
Ethel Mekiana. member, and Dora
Hugo, member.
Other members are; Somon Pan
eak, president; Riley Morry, mar
shal; Thomas Rulland, Joshpa Rul
land, and John Hugo, members.
Simon Paneak said that the men |
go on trips frequently to hunt or
to work.
“They do not always have time
to attend to the village affairs,” he ;
Said. “Besides, women are pretty
good and they’re good thinkers too.” i
through strings of American pots in
typical gangster fashion.
Tlie gear loss of 7 local vessels,
the Oceanic. Lex. Gladys R. Vicki
Lee, Honey B. Sunward and Nep
tune is reported to be heavy. The
American boats were forced to flee
the ruthless onslaught of the large
Communist pirate fleet in the area
about 20 miles due west of Low
Cape near entrance of Shelikof
Straits.
Coast Guard patrol planes have j
been able to photograph the pirate I
trawlers as they unloaded king crab
. . . which heretofore they have de
nied taking. The Coast Guard re
ported that after the cutter Winona
was dispatched to the area in re
sponse to complaints received from
the local boats, the Russian fleet
continued dragging for crab but
i after a few hours they pulled their
! gear aboard and cruised away.
The Coast Guard made no at
1 tempt to seize or sink the maraud
ing gang of high seas gangsters de
spite their flagrant acts if piracy
and destruction of American pot
gear and looting of the historic king
crab grounds off the south end of
Kodiak.
They took pictures and observed.
There have been no reports that the
U.S. Navy has attempted to appre
hend the red pirate fleet.
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GENERAL LABORERS
Local 942, AF of L
2dm und N. Orbeck, President
Joel Wiegert
Secretary-Treasurer
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Meetings Every 2nd FYiday
7:30 P.M.
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Sitka Festival
Of Purchase Day
Coming Up Soon
The historic community of Sitka, j
first established by the Russians, '
will witness its annual Alaska Day
celebration Oct. 18, amidst two
days of festival activities.
Alaska Day, an annual event,
commemorates the day in 1867 when
Alaska was purchased from Russia.
The festival Highlight will be the
re-enactment of the Changing of
the Colors, which is the lowering
of the Russian flag, and the raising j
of the Stars and Stripes.
In addition, this year will be spe- j
cial in that the National Park Serv- I
ice will officially dedicate Castle j
Hill, site of Lord Baranofs castle ;
Visit Inspires Poem of Point Hope
Way of Life; Asks No Changes Made
Not long ago, John P. Guinn of
Bethel, a junior at the University
of Alaska, stayed one week at Point
Hope. John was very impressed
with what he saw there which in
spired the poerjk he wrote, entitled,
"Point Hope—Don't Fall,” printed
in this issue on the North Star
Award column.
Noting the fascinating culture of
the Point Hope people, Guinn
wrote:
“White people are slowly destroy
when he ruled over Alaska; and the
old Sitka townsite as "Registered
National Historic Landmarks.”
Gov. William A. Egan will be
in Sitka to receive plaques dedi
cating the sites.
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ing Alaska. No. I don’t mean they’re
dropping bombs or killing people;
they are destroying the unique Eski
mo culture to such a degree that it
is almost extinct.
“Point Hope impressed me as one
of the few places in Alaska, per
haps even the only one, that the
hand of the white man has not
reached—not meaning that all
whites are bad. but rather, referring
to the inevitable destruction of the
Eskimo culture they would bring.
“Let us hope, as this simple poem
expresses, that Point Hope does not
change.”
John’s father is BIA plant man
ager in Bethel. His mother is Es
kimo.
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