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Owen Leads Brechan By Small Majority
As Late Returns From Chain Trickle In
JUNEAU t/Ti—Unofficial returns
from 199 out of 292 precincts in
Alaska voting in the primary give
the following figures: For U. S.
Senate: E. L. Bartlett (D) 22,691;
Lawrence Brayton (R) 3,644; Lee
L. McKinley (R) 7,625. For the
U. S. House: David N. Boyer (D)
3,739; Ralph Rivers (D) 19,699;
William Haugaarcl (R) 1,396; R. L.
Rettig (R) 5,434; John Ryan (R)
4,434. The capital move initiative:
For 16,683; against 19,808.
The primary election on Kodiak
Island resulted in Fred Brechan,
a newcomer to State politics, win
ning over incumbent A1 Owen by
the narrow margin of three votes
when returns from all nine pre
cincts were complete. Brechan gar
nered 347 to Owen’s 344.
Latest returns, however, have
changed these figures with reports
in from the Aleutian Chain. Both
candidates picked up votes in the
Aleutian villages, but Owen forged
ahead with 500 votes as against
Brechan’s total of 448. The Island
vote for A. Holmes Johnson (R)
was 96.
Rep. Pete Deveau gathered a
total of 354 votes on the Island to
place him on the ballot in the
general elections. Gil Jarvela, run
ning for office for the first time,
polled an impressive 486 votes.
These two will oppose Republican
candidates Emil Knudsen and John
Trent. Total votes of the other can
didates were: Eudora Preston (D)
243; Charles Weir (D) 179; Emil
Knudsen (R) 79; John Trent (R)
80.
The majority of Island voters
favored keeping the capital where
it is. The final tabulation: For 225,
against 482. Voting on this issue
went as follows: Kodiak: For 124,
against 266: Mission Rd.: For 34,
against 60; Naval Station: For 18,
against 65; Karluk: For 4, against
28; Larsen Bay; For 4, against 10;
Ouzinkie: For 2, against 12; Lazy
Bay: For 23, against 6; Old Harbor:
For 1, against 11; Afognak: For 5,
against 24.
Sen. E. L. Bartlett and Rep.
Ralph Rivers were still favorites
with Kodiak Island voters. The
former polled 654 votes in this
district while Rivers polled 589.
Other candidates’ votes were scat
tered as follows: Lee McKinley 75;
L. Brayton 19; D. Boyer 71; R. L.
Rettig 34; John Ryan 43; Haugaard
12.
In the State Senate race, Irene
Ryan proved the favorite, with 375
votes; her nearest opponent was
N. J. Begich with 209; others were
L. Duncan 27; T. Stanton Wilson
79.
Absentee ballots wil/l be counted
August 18, it was reported. Ballot
ing is expected to be heavy, and
may alter the picture for some of
the candidates, particularly the
Owen-Brechan race. No radical
changes are expected in the other
candidates’ standings.
Propose Scrapping
City Property Tax
Elimination of the personal
property tax was proposed by
Mayor Merrill Coon at the last
meeting of the City Council held
August 4.
In making the recommendation,
Mayor Coon pointed out that funds
could be made available from the
present sales tax. The inner facili
ties of the small boat harbor are
nearing completion, he stated, and
funds would be available from this
half of the 2% tax. Additional
float construction is expected this
year. Funds for this will come
from the State Marine Fuel Tax,
to the extent of $30,000. and the
additional amount needed, from
the sales tax funds on hand at
present.
The tax burden would thus be
lightened for those who are realis
tic in making out their personal
property returns, it was pointed
out, and would be sufficient to
replace the amount derived from
the tax.
Approval by a referendum vote
would be required for reallocating
the sales tax funds.
Kodiak Area Chamber Airs Views
On Street Project-Pro and Con
Elsewhere in this issue the
reader will find two articles spon
sored by the Chamber of Com
merce. One represents an argu
ment for the Kodiak Street Proj
ect, the other against. The authors
of these articles have been re
quested to present their views as
representatives of the Chamber,
and their names have been with
held to avoid personal bias on the
part of the readers.
This street project has come up
against a snare, largely because
the Bureau of Public Roads and
the Alaska Departm°nt of Public
Works, Roads Division, cannot
come to agreement on certain as
pects of survey and construction.
The Chamber feels that the opinion
of the community should be deter
mined so that our future course
can be charted.
Should the community feel, after
reading the articles and doing a
little thinking on the matter, that
the project is worthwhile, we will
push it; if not, we will drop it.
Your opinion will be polled by
ballot in the next issue of the
Mirror.
See page 4.
MISS MILDRED CROWELL
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Miss Mildred Crowell is among
the 300 delegates, which includes
foreign missionaries and home
missionaries in attendance at the
National Missions Conference
which met August 6-13, at the
American Baptist Assembly, Green
Lake, Wisconsin.
Delegates are participating in
various training sessions in the
field of missions.
Satellite Capsule
Recovery Expected
The first recovery or a capsule
in orbit was announced this week
by R. D. King, Systems manager,
Lockheed corp., and D. J. Gribbon,
Satellite Systems manager, Lock
heed Corp.
Word was received Thursday by
Jim Paris, Manager of the firm’s
operation at the Air Force station
at Chiniak, of the nearly success
ful recovery of the capsule, in
waters adjacent to Hawaii. A tele
gram from King and Gribbon
stated in part: “Wish to commend
all stations for an excellent oper
ation which has resulted in a suc
cessful water impact near nominal
point with expectation of recovery.
Aircraft circling capsule and sur
face forces enroute. All capsule
water recovery aids operating.”
Paris says this is the first recov
ery made by any nation of a cap
sule in orbit. “We will have scoop
ed Russia if recovery is complet
ed,” he stated.
Rotary Governor
Here Wednesday
The Rotary Club of Kodiak
August 17-18 will be host to Her
bert L. Lohr, governor of district
504 of Rotary International, who is
making his annual official visit to
each of the 43 Rotary Clubs in
district 504, which comprises Alas
ka, Western British Columbia and
Northwest Washington. He will
address the local club and confer
with President Art Brooks, Secre
Herbert L. Lohr
tary Bill Lamme, and the club’s
committee chairmen on Rotary ad
ministration and service activities.
He will address the local club at
its meeting to be held at the 49
Room Thursday noon.
Mr. Lohr, a retired retail mer
chant in Everett, Washington, is
a member and past president of
the Rotary Club of Everett. He has
been a member of Rotary for more
than 40 years, and was elected as
district governor of Rotary Inter
national for the 1960-61 fiscal year
at Rotary’s 51st annual convention
at Miami Beach, Florida last June.
He is one of 267 district governors
supervising the activities of more
than 10,600 Rotary clubs which
have a membership of nearly 500,
000 business and professional exec
utives in 116 countries throughout
the world.
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Examiner Gives Nod To Certification
WASHINGTON (yP)—Civil Aero
nautics Board Examiner Paul N.
Pfeiffer recommended that Kodiak
Airways be authorized to operate
a scheduled service between Ko
diak and 21 points on Kodiak
Island.
Pfeiffer’s recommendation will
be considered by the Board after
a ten-day period for filing excep
tions and briefs. The examiner
estimated the line will require
about $35,000 in mail subsidy an
nually in addition to $10,000 in
compensatory mail pay.
Pfeiffer said the 3-year tempor
ary certificate wiii provide “some
assurance that mail pay for opera
tion will be held within reasonable
bounds.” He recommended approv
Troop 213 Needs
A Scoutmaster
A Cub Scoutmaster is urgently
needed by town Pack 213, accord
ing to a member of the Scout Com
mittee.
Anyone interested in taking over
the duties. of Scoutmaster is re
quested to call Richard Lochmiller
at phone 3501.
NS-City All-Stars
Clash Sunday
The wind-up game in the Little
League 1960 season will be played
Sunday, when the all-star team
from Kodiak meets the Naval Sta
tion all-stars.
The game will be played at the
town field and will begin at 2 p.m.
Some good ball should be in evi
dence when these crack teams
meet, as these youngsters will be
giving their best in this, their
final appearance on the ball field
this year.
Wallers Leave
Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Waller
leave this weekend for Seattle
after spending a week in Kodiak.
Mr. Waller is with Hubbell &
Waller, engineering firm of Seat
tle, who are doing the Liete Addi
tion and the tidelands surveys.
al of the airline’s plans to operate
the following routes: Between
Kodiak and Olga Bay by way of
Shearwater, Old Harbor, Kaguyak,
Lazy Bay-Alitak Moser Bay; be
tween Kodiak and Zaehar Bay by
way of Port Bailey, Terror Bay,
San Juan, West Point-Village Isle;
Uyak, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Parks
cannery; between Kodiak and Port
Williams by way of Ouzinkie, Afog
nak, Port Wakefield-Port Vita-Iron
Creek and Kitoi Bay.
Messages of congratulations have
been coming in from Senators
Bartlett and Gruening and Rep.
Ralph Rivers, all of whom favored
certification.
Salmon Pack Is
Over 2,000,000
JUNEAU (fl — The Fish and
Game Department reported that
the Alaska salmon pack leaped
past the two million case mark
last week. The total pack through
Sunday was 2,154,210 cases, includ
ing 43,931 kings; 1,145,479 reds;
31,734 cohos; 448,099 pinks; 484,
967 chums.
During the same period a year
ago, the total pack was 1,427,010
cases. Western Alaska accounted
for 1,044,818 cases of this year’s
pack, with 890,303 case pack of
reds in Bristol Bay giving a sub
stantial boost to the Western area’s
pack. There were also 33,105 cases
of kings packed in the Western
area, 2,413 cases of cohos; 11,894
cases of pinks; 107,102 cases of
chums.
Of Southeastern total of 201,727
cases, there were 324 kings; 37,
372 reds; 6,329 cohos; 86,684 pinks;
70,338 chums.
In Central Alaska, where the
total pack was 907,665 cases, there
were 10,002 cases of kings; 217,
003 cases reds; 22,992 cases of
cohos; 349,341 cases of pinks; and
307,527 cases of chums.
The Department said that 2,620,
986 pounds of salmon were frozen
or cured in the state during the
period ending last Sunday.
Sprnghill Family Returns Home
From Vacation In Europe
By Betha Digree
Two months of touring in Eur
ope ended for John and Betty
Springhill and daughter Marya
when they arrived home last Fri
day morning.
The Springhills traveled by air
from Kodiak to Stuttgart, Ger
many, with stops in Seattle, Van
couver, B. C. and Greenland. They
flew from Vancouver to Germany
via Canadian Pacific Airways.
In Stuttgart they purchased a
Mercedes-Benz at the factory and
toured southern Germany, then
through Switzerland. Crossing the
Swiss Alps into France, they made
a short stop in Paris. Belgium was
the next country on their itiner
ary, with a stop in Brussels.
They then went on to Holland,
then returned to Germany where
they visited Betty’s aunt who lives
at Darmstadt. It was the first time
Betty and her aunt had seen each
other.
Betty said Germany is rapidly
being rebuilt and that very little
evidence of the bombing suffered
during WW2 is seen. Her impres
sion was that the country is forg
ing ahead steadily, and everyone
appeared to be busy and prosper
ous. This was especially true in the
industrial sections of the country,
she said. After stops in The Hague
and Cologne they spent some time
at Bad Nauheim.
They then crossed to Denmark
by ferry, spending two days in
Copenhagen which, according to
Betty, was Marya’s favorite city.
“It is a city with a fairy-tale at
mosphere,” said Betty. “It is diffi
cult to describe the unusual, fas
cinating beauty of the place,” she
added.
After passing through northern
Denmark they ferried to Sweden
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