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VOL 21> NO- M KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 17, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
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A.P.A. Vessell Brandt Lost
The Alaska Packers motor ves
sel Brandt, which left Larsen Bay,
Wednesday, Nov. 8, has not been
heard from to date.
A search involving company
boats, and planes of the Coast
Guard Air Detachment, has been
conducted most of the week, but
with no results.
The Brandt with Henry Brusco
as skipper, and with Tom Curran
and Jack Houghton as crew mem
bers, left Larsen Bay to crab fish
off Kupreanoff Straits. The last
radio report from the missing ves
sel was at 2:30 p. m. that same day.
The vessel was to rendezvous with
her sister boat, the Falcon. When
last heard from the Brandt was
off Cape Ugat.
According to Ralph Jones, super
intendent of the company’s local
cannery, the vessel was brand new
this year, and was of the latest de
sign. Of steel-hull construction, the
Brandt was 46-feet in length.
The Brandt has been fishing
salmon during this season. This was
her first trip out for king crab.
Brusco is from Rainier, Oregon.
No Comment From
Egan On Taylor
JUNEAU (JP)—Gov. William A.
Egan declined to comment on tihe
announcement of State Rep. War
ren A. Taylor (D-Fairbanks), that
he is a candidate for governor. Tay
lor, speaker of the House, an
nounced his candidacy Wednesday.
He is the first Democrat to do
so. Verne O. Martin, Anchorage
Republican, said Sunday he will
seek the GOP gubernatorial nomin
ation.
Egan, commenting on the death
of Speaker Sam Rayburn, said: “I
certainly regret the fact that the
nation lost the services of Sam
Rayburn. I will never forget the
afternoon he rose from his chair
and made an off-the-cuff speech
which was instrumental in getting
the Alaska statehood bill before
the House. It was a most dramatic
moment.”
U. Of Alaska Ups
Its Student Fees
COLLEGE (/P) — President Wil
liam R. Wood of the University of
Alaska announced new fee sched
ules effective at the University for
the 1962-63 academic year.
Under the new schedule, Alaska
residents living on the campus and
taking seven or more credit hours
will be charged a fee of $1,258 plus
a $25 semester refundable room
deposit. Present fee for residents
is $1,025.
The tuition charge for non-resi
dent students will be boosted from
$100 to $150 a quarter. This charge
is in addition to fees charged all
students. Resident students do not
pay tuition. ,
VACATIONISTS RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Dickow and Ben
Benson returned Wednesday from
a month-long vacation in the lower
48. Both Dickow and Benson are
employed at Kodiak Airways.
Curran and Houghton are from Ko
diak.
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The rough weather at the begin
ning of the week took its toll of
disabled boats and lost lives as it
swept over most of the island.
A number of boats broke loose
at Old Harbor during a storm last
Tuesday. These are the Kiska,
Elina, Cape Trinity, West Cape,
Low Cape and Jitney #310310.
These are expected to be salvaged
this weekend.
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The Randy A, cattle boat for the
Cherikoff Cattle Co. went aground
on the beach at Cherikoff Island,
but it is not known if she is still
there or not.
The Coast Guard Air Detach
ment sent a radio message to the
boat but never did get a reply.
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How to see Alaska other than the
Egan Against Use
Seabees At Adak
JUNEAU UFi — The Navy plans
to use Seabees for $10 million in
construction work at Adak Naval
Station in 1962 drew fire from Gov.
William Egan.
The Governor protested the
Navy’s plans in a letter to Secre
tary of the Navy Connally. A copy
of the letter was sent to Secretary
of Labor Goldberg. Egan said he
understood civilian workers would
be excluded for security reasons.
“Some time ago,” Egan wrote,
“The Airforce dispensed with the
use of military personnel on its
construction projects in Alaska,
and since then has relied on civil
ian contractors and laborers for
both construction and maintenance
work. Their installations, I believe,
in many instances comparable to
the Navy’s program with regard
to the need for rigid security. It
has not been brought to my atten
tion that construction work accom
plished by civilian labor on numer
ous highly secret installations in
Alaska has in any way proven to be
detrimental to the security of the
United States.
If civilian labor could be em
ployed on Aleutian work, Egan
said, it would be a “major factor
in alleviating the critical jobless
situation which now prevails over
most of Alaska—particularly in
the Anchorage - Fairbanks area
where most of the State’s popula
tion is concentrated.”
Public Meeting
Next Wednesday
A public meeting is called for
next Wednesday when several pro
posals of the Advisory Council of
the Alaska Fish and Game Board
will be considered. The proposals
will be in reference to fish and
game regulations.
The meeting will be held in the
Courtroom in the Donnelley Build
ing. It is scheduled for 8 p. m.
tourist’s way may be told by Bill
Damery, marine surveyor, who has
been pretty busy of late with so
many boat accidents popping up all
over the place.
Bill had occasion to go to Bristol
Bay last Friday. He chartered a
plane, and coming back, they
dropped down at Karluk as snow
began coming down. They decided
to get out of there, and since the
storm here at Kodiak prevented
them from coming here, and bad
conditions at Homer, they finally
wound up at King Salmon. From
there he went to Anchorage, and
arrived back here last Monday.
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The fishing vessel Verdun is on
a reef at Sandpoint according to a
report.
Douglas Preston
Historical
Society President
Douglas Preston was elected
president of the Kodiak Island and
Aleutian Historical Society at a
meeting held Wednesday at the
home of Dr. Bob Johnson.
Other otiicers elected were Wil
liam Gregory, vice-president; Dr.
Bob Johnson, secretary-treasurer.
Trustees elected were Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, Don Clark and
Rev. Targonsky.
A discussion on club activities
followed, and tentative plans for
a program for the coming Society
year suggested.
Following the viewing of the
Richfield Oil Company film, which
was based on Alaska’s resources,
a lunch was served.
HEALTH, WELFARE COUNCIL
TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the Kodiak
Health and Welfare Council will
be held this evening at 8:00 P. M
at the Kodiak Health Center.
A report will be made on the
recommendations made for the
Health Council to the City Council
by Harry Carter, Sanitation En
gineer.
Jacqueline Ivanoff Featured Artist
In Second Music Trails Concert Monday
Dramatic soprano Jacqueline Iv
anoff will be featured as the artist
of the second co-ncert of the cur
rent series of the Alaska Music
Trail, on Mon., Nov. 20, at 8:15
p. m. at the Kodiak High School
Auditorium.
The artist is a new vocal discov
ery of concert, oratorio and opera.
She has selected a program in
which the first group, in English,
includes a lovely 17th century En
glish Air, and Purcell’s “There’s
Not a Swain on the Plain”. The
great Mozart Alleluia concludes the
group.
JACQUELINE IVANOFF
In the second group, sung in
German, the greatest composers
are represented — Beethoven with
two songs from Egmont — Hugo
Wolf with two of his most dramatic
songs, the exultant “Spring is
Here” and the nostalgic “Forsaken
Maiden” — and Richard Strauss
with his poignant “Lullaby” and
“Serenade”.
Italian composers will be rep
resented in the aria, the popular
“Ah, Fors’e Lui and Sempre Li
bera” from “La Traviata”. A
French group opens the second half
of the program, including Ravel’s
“Magic Flute”, the “Habanera”,
which is sung without words, and
the amusing “Nicolette”, and closes
with Debussy’s “Prodigal Son”. For
the closing group, Jacqueline Ivan
off has chosen the fiery “Gypsy
Songs” of Dvorak.
Accompanist for Jacqueline Iv
anoff will be Henrietta Pelta, a
Preliminary Planning Report Given
City Platted; To Study Growth Factors
A preliminary report on city
planning was given the City Plan
ning Commission at a meeting
Thursday evening at the City Hall
•by John Ault, Community Plan
ning Consultant, and Herbert C.
Lang, Lands Officer fbr the Divis
ion of Lands, State of Alaska.
Ault was here during the sum
mer making a survey of the city,
and a study of the present business
and residential structure. Ault had
prepared a series of charts from
data furnished him by the City, as
well as from photographs taken.
The planning consultant showed
colored charts which indicated to
what use the land was being put.
These included a land value plat
for 1960; improvement plat; tax
plat; residential use extract which
was taken from a previous plat.
The plat showed 31.34 per cent of
Kodiak’s used land is residential.
Both Ault and Lang emphasized
the need for planning and keeping
the planning simple and workable.
It is to be expected, they said, that
in zoning and planning, the zoning
and planning commission will step
on the toes of some people. The
planning must be carefully studied,
they said.
Another point brought out at the
meeting was that the City and out
lying areas must work together in
order to derive the most benefit.
It was suggested the Commission
invite residents from out of town
to sit in on their meetings.
Population trends and what areas
of a city that may be developed,
Ault said, is not done by mere gues
sing but by a study of the land,
what types of industry that may
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member of the staff of U.C.L.A.
Opera Workshop. She is a gradu
ate of the Univ. of Southern Calif.,
and had a Fellowship at the Juil
liard Graduate School, New York.
Miss Pelta is a well traveled musi
cian, having toured North and
South America, Canada, Europe,
Middle East and North Africa as
pianist.
Kodiak “Invaded”
Exercise Underway
A five-day combat exercise on
Kodiak Island began today and
will continue to Nov. 22.
The exercise, “King Crab II,”
is to test inter-service coordination
and tactical teamwork of the
Armed Forces in Alaska. It will in
volve elements of the Army, Ma
rine Corps, Navy, Army National
Guard and Air National Guard in
an air-transportability combat ma
neuver.
The aggressor force from Fort
Richardson’s Company E., 1st Bat
tle Group, 23rd Infantry were
flown to Kodiak. Supported by 4.2
inch mortars from the battle
group’s combat Support Company,
they set up initial positions near
Cape Chiniak and Miller Field.
Marines from the station here
and Army National Guardsmen of
Kodiak’s Company D, 3rd Battle
Group, 297th Infantry were the
first to meet the “enemy”. Their
mission was to delay the aggressor
until combat elements from Fort
Richardson were alerted and air
lifted to the area by U. S. Air Force
planes. The delaying force was re
inforced by one squad of Marines
from Adak.
Assisting the U. S. Marines^ the
Kodiak Company will have two
mortar squads, one 106mm squad
and support personnel with exten
sive radio communications. Local
guardsmen are expected to be re
lieved by additional Regular Army
troosp Saturday or Sunday.
The exercise is slated to end
Nov. 22.
Arlis II Plane
Forced To Land
ANCHORAGE (/F) — A plane
overdue at Barrow with 11 persons
aboard made a forced landing, and
all persons apparently safe, the Air
Force said Thursday.
It was reported down 30 miles
southeast of Arlis 11, a scientific
ice station near the North Pole.
The party was flying from Arlis.
The people aboard the downed
plane were sighted grouped around
it on a small ice floe. The plane
was apparently undamaged.
An Alaska Air National Guard
ski-equipped C123 was to try to
pick the party up today during
the two hours of daylight at this
time of the year.
An Air Force spokesman said
that apparently 110 gallons of
diesel fuel was pumped into the
gasoline tanks when it refuelled at
Arlis, and the mistake was discov
ered shortly after the takeoff.