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Cold Storage Construction Halted
Plant Picketed By Local Carpenters
The cold storage plant is now
being picketed by the carpenter’s
Union, due to a wage dispute be
tween Allied Construction and
local carpenters.
According to Alaska Ice and
Cold Storage president, Alfred W.
White, in a letter to the Mirror,
the carpenters working for Allied
Construction have primarily two
grievances. One involved the pay
ment to Health and Welfare
Funds; the other involved pre
mium pay for a man operating the
power saw.
According to White, a two-man
committee appointed by the Car
penters’ Union met with Allied
Construction’s superintendent and
reached an agreement for the set
tlement of the issues. “This agree
ment was to be voted on by the
membership at a meeting to be
held Monday evening, Feb. 12th,
with full expectation of the men
returning to work on the morning
of the 13th.... For some unknown
reason the men did not return to
work on Tuesday morning.”
White continued by stating the
Company has a moral obligation to
the residents of Kodiak and a con
tractual obligation to the City to
complete the plant at the earliest
possible date. They are now oper
ating with some local and outside
personnel. “We sincerely trust,”
White continued, “that by the time
a larger crew is needed the local
carpenters will have found a basis
for agreement with Allied Con
struction and will have returned
to work. It is the expressed pol
icy of the contractors on this job,
as well as this company, to employ
as many qualified local residents
as possible.”
White further stated: “We very
much regret this current unfortun
ate condition and trust that in the
not too distant future these prob
lems can be resolved and this job
can again go forward at full
speed. We hope that everyone,
both directly and indirectly in
volved, will place his current prob
Along The
Waterfront
Many people might have seen
the big oil tanker that came Into
Kodiak Saturday morning, going to
the Union Oil dock. This was the
Santa Maria, owned by the Pacific
Coast Transportation Co.
The interesting bit of informa
tion about this tanker is that it will
go to Kikiski, on the Kenai Penin
sula, where it will load crude oil
from the oil fields there. From
there it will proceed to the Stand
ard Oil Company plant at Anacor
tes, Wash. That’s what happens to
our Alaskan oil.
The Coast Guard will install two
lighted buoys in Geese Island chan
nel by June 1, according to word
received this week from Rep. Pete
Deveau.
This will be good news to fisher
men running through this danger
ous stretch of vatcr on the south
ern tin of Kodiak Island.
lem in its proper perspective and
that there will be no lasting hard
feelings of differences. We have
been advised that there have been
threats of violence, vandalism, lar
ceny, and even setting fire to the
buildings. For the benefit of all
concerned we trust these threats
will never materialize.
Several representatives of un
ions are in town in an effort to set
tle the disputes. These are Mr.
Alervine, Mr. Peter W. Lanen, Mr.
Thomas Falconer, Mr. Scott, and
Mr. Foley.
Mr. Sweasey, a company official,
is expected in town Monday to at
tempt a solution.
Kodiak Due Tax
Refund of $2510
Juneau UP) —Under legislation
introduced in the House today, Ko
diak would receive $2,510 of the
refund of the coin-operated device
tax.
A refund of $44,655 of the tax
collected within their boundaries
would go to 27 cities. Also included
in the refunds are Petersburg,
$874 and Wrangell, $427.
N. S» Supervisor
Is NatpI V. P.
Mr. Thomas A. Galloway, com
munication specialist at the Naval
Communication Station, returned
to Kodiak February 13 after at
tending the National Association
of Supervisors’ convention at
Washington, D.C.
During the week-long conven
tion, Galloway was elected Na
tional Vice-President for Alaska.
He is also president of Local No.
53.
In addition to his civil service
position, he is a lieutenant-com
mander in the Naval Reserve and
is commanding officer of U. S.
Navy Composite Company 17-5 at
Kodiak.
Eyewitness, Pilot
Account of
Crash Conflicts
The inquiry conducted here
Wednesday of this week by the
Civil Aeronautics Board to deter
mine the cause of the accident in
volving a Kodiak Airways plane at
Old Harbor, Dec. 24, 1961, brought
out conflicting testimony from eye
witness and passenger testimony
and that of the pilot.
The inquiry was held in the
Courtroom in the Donnelley build
ing, and was conducted by Mr. Da
vid Beardsley, of Washington, D.C.,
who was assisted by Mr. John R.
Hafer, Supervisory Air Safety In
vestigator, Bureau of Safety, Civil
Aeronautics Board, Anchorage.
Testimony of a witness as ob
server and of a passenger, were en
tered into the proceedings, as well
as testimony from the pilot in
volved, also a pilot of thb Airways,
maintenance foreman, owner of
the Airways, Bob Hall, and an in
vestigator for CAB.
The accident which resulted in
the death of Emil Kahutak, a ten
year-old boy, one of the four pass
engers who were aboard, occurred
at Old Harbor the day before
Christmas last year. The plane in
volved was a Gruman Goose G-21A.
Charley Pestrikoff, an eyewit
ness of the accident, stated in his
testimony that he observed the
plane takeoff, come back down and
again take off. He said he saw the
plane bank to the right and then
nose-dive from an estimated alti
tude of 400-feet. He said the weath
er was good and the water calm.
Barbara E. Innes, a passenger at
the time, testified in a signed state
ment that the plane descended
after takeoff and hit the water with
such force that she was raised from
her seat. The plane immediately
ascended, she said, and shortly
after nosed down and crashed.
Considerable discussion ensued
between Verlyn Gereine, pilot at
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Fare To The Fair Furnished Free;
Call For Queen Contestants Made
Ten free round trip tickets from
Kodiak to Seattle, good at any time
during the Century 21 World’s
Fair, opening in April, will be
awarded some lucky persons in Ko
diak during the King Crab Festival,
Ray Martin, chairman of the Queen
contest, announced today.
The decision to give tickets in
stead of other prizes was made at
a first meeting of the Festival com
mittee, called Saturday by Ed
Naughton, general chairman.
“With all the interest in what
promises to be an outstanding
World’s Fair,” Chairman Naughton
said, “we feel these tickets will
have wide appeal. To make it more
interesting we are going to give
two prizes of two tickets each, and
six prizes of one ticket each. As
the Fair runs from April to Octo
ber we feel most people will use
the tickets, but if some of the win
ners should be unable to they may
exchange them for full cash value.”
The tickets will be given in con
nection with the Queen contest, as
done in the past. Each queen can
didate will sell tickets and have
tickets credited to her, and the one
with the greatest number will be
crowned Queen. The tickets will
be on sale soon at a dollar each.
With the Festival dated for the
first weekend in May, Chairman
Martin is asking organizations to
decide now on their candidates.
Queen candidates must be single,
at least 16 but not more than 20
years old at the time of the coro
nation. There will be a limit on the
number of candidates. Each candi
date must sell at least $100 worth
of tickets.
Prizes will be $500 in cash for
the queen, with a free round-trip
ticket to Seattle to participate in
the Seafair festivities during the
Fair, and $100 cash prize for each
candidate.
All qualified girls interested in
the contest this year should see
Ray Martin at once.
Mirror Adds New
Staff Member
Miss Mary Morgan arrived this
week and has joined the staff of
the Kodiak Mirror.
Miss Morgan has served in all
phases of newspaper work, as
well as having had experience as a
printer and linotype operator. She
will serve in the capacity of edi
torial and feature writer as well as
lino operator.
Hailing from Denver, Colorado,
Miss Morgan said she was much
impressed with Alaska generally
and Kodiak in particular when 6he
made a two-week trip to Alaska
last June. This time she drove up
the Alaska highway, completing
the trip in ten days. Road condi
tions, she reports, were excellent,
making for a beautiful trip.
Teachers’ Pay
Boost Proposed
Juneau ((JPi)—A teachers’ pay in
crease bill was introduced in the
House Thursday by Representative
Erwin.
The measure calls for starting
salary for teachers in the South
east Senate District with BA de
grees of $6,000. Teachers with BA
plus 18 additional hours would get
$6,200. Holders of Masters degrees
or BA plus 36 hours would start at
$6,500.
Top of the pay scale in each cate
gory would be $9,000 for BA de
gree after 10 years teaching in
Alaska, $9,160 for BA plus 18 hours
after 11 years teaching, and $10,400
for Masters degree teachers after
12 years’ experience.
Chamber Endorses, Opposes Several
Measures Before State Legislators
The Chamber of Commerce went
on record as endorsing a number
of bills up for consideration in the
State Legislature now in session.
Four of the measures, HB233,
HB239, HB207, and SB181, were
brought before the group by City
Manager Bill Poland, who asked
the Chamber to endorse them. He
said they would be of value to the
City and also individuals.
The Chamber session, presided
over by Ed Naughton, vice-presi
dent, in the absence of the presi
dent, Chuck Powell, was held at
the Town Club Thursday noon.
HB238, an act relating to state
established exemptions from local
government taxes, and provides for
the removal of exemptions in local
government boundaries. The C. of
C. endorsed this bill.
HB239, an act relating to the
transfer to first class cities of state
lands within the boundaries of
cities. This act refers to surplus
state lands, or lands not being used
or anticipated to be used in the
near future. This bill was endorsed.
HB207. This is an act relating to
the regulation of junk yards, and
prohibits the opening of a junk
yard on any locality without a cer
tificate of approval. Following a
brief verbal parrying between the
City Manager and Emil Knudsen,
the Chamber endorsed the bill.
Poland also asked Chamber en
dorsement of SB181. an act which
provides for the state turning a
portion of the funds collected from
the aviation fuel tax, to municipal
ities where the tax is collected. The
present law provides only for fuel
tax collected at airports, thus elim
inating Kodiak from receiving a
portion of the tax.
This bill, which was introduced
by Sen. Owen in the second session
of the second legislature, also re
ceived the endorsement of Cham
ber members present.
The Chamber also went on rec
ord as opposing SB199 and HB209
which in effect would put the state
in the insurance business. It re
lates to the Workman’s Compensa
tion Fund.
A1 Hochberger submitted a re
port on the State’s estimation of
revenue and appropriations sug
gested, and was critical of the im
balance between revenue expected
and expenditures foreseen.
A discussion arose on the so
called pinball payoff bill. The
group was asked to oppose the bill,
but it was referred to the legisla
tive committee for recommenda
tion. Emil Knudsen stated he was
opposed to the bill, as was Rev.
Fred Mamaloff. Chuck Weir stated
he thought pinball machines
should be outlawed or made legal.
The present education bill now be
fore the Senate was also endorsed
by the group.
Chamber members voted to have
cards printed to be sent to State
legislators which allowed space for
expression of opinion on pending
bills.
Guests at the meeting included
Rev. Hugh Hall, Tom Falconer and
four representatives from labor
unions in Anchorage. The latter
were asked to give their views on •
the labor dispute at the cold stor- •
age plant, but spokesman for the :
group, Lew Scott, president of the i
Western Building Trades, stated
they were not near a solution, and i
he would prefer to meet with the '
City Manager, Council and council- i
men before making a statement.
Pinball Payoffs
Bill Withdrawn
Juneau (UP\)—A bill which would
have permitted reimbursement for
unredeemed plays on pinball ma
chines was withdrawn by one of its
two sponsors yesterday.
The bill, which would have legal
ized payoffs on pinball machines,
was sponsored by Senator A1 Owen
of Kodiak and Senator George Mc
Nabb of Fairbanks. McNabb with
drew his sponsorship of the bill
after delivering a blast at Anchor
age Attorney Verne O. Martin, who
is actively seeking the Republican
nomination for Governor. Martin,
in paid political ads in newspapers,
assailed the pinball measure as a
move towards legalized gambling
in the state.
Before withdrawing the bill, Mc
Nabb read portions of Martin’s ad
vertisement which apeared in the
Ketchikan Daily News Monday. Mc
Nabb told legislators th■'*- the ai
was a crude political move