Naval Captain Contrasts Nuclear Subs
To Those Of WW II In Talk To Rotarians
A comparison of old and new.
submarines was made by Capt. J.'
T. Fulp, Jr., of the Kodiak Naval
Base to the Kodiak Rotary Club at
its Tuesday meeting.
Capt. Fulp explained that the
World War II submarines in peace
times spent 99 per cent of the time
on the surface and about a third of
•the time during war conditions.
The older subs encountered lack
of oxygen problems, were difficult
to submerge and could only go to
a depth of about 250 feet and at
tain a speed of about nine knots.
Nuclear subs, he explained are
“built for the underwater.” They
are “shorter, fatter,” and 71 per
rent heavier than their predeces
sors, but they can travel faster than
20 knots and plunge to a 400-foot
■depth. Their turning capacity has
'been greatly improved, Capt. Fulp
explained.
Today’s submarine crew must be
highly trained and qualified tech
nicians to operate the complete nu
clear powered devices, and conse
quently there is a different atti
tude on part of the sub’s crew
members.
Guests at Tuesday’s meeting be
sides the speaker were Dr. Don
Fenner who was accepted info
membership and Bill Mason of tne
Mirror.
You think beefsteak prices are
nigh? A 10-pound steak sold for $48
a pound in Circle, Alaska, during
the gold rush of the 1890s.
Young Alaska Designer Wins Regional Honors
' v ■ • ■
AX ALASKA boy designed and built this smartly styled minia
ture automobile for the 1962 Usher Body Craftsman's Guild
competition. His entry won the first state award of $150, then
went on to win regional honors, which entitles him to an expense
paid trip to the Guild convention in Detroit from July 31 —August
3. The award winning entry was built by John F. Mercer, until
recently a resident of Elmendorf A.FJJ, His model car is in the
national finals and in competition for one of eighteen scholar
ships valued at $38,000.
Ex-Postmaster Is
Visitor To Kodiak
Mrs. Jessie Nelson, who served
as postmaster for seven years in
Kodiak, with her niece Jessica
Griggs from Hollywood has been
visiting with Dora Gregoroff for
the past several weeks.
Mrs. Nelson’s last year as post
master was in 1940. She returned
for a short visit in 1959, and com
mented that numerous changes are
obvious since she lived here.
Mrs. Nelson and her niece will
return to California next week.
School Expects
To Enroll Over
1,000 Students
Preparations to enroll over 1,000
students in the Kodiak schools are
being made by the school admini
stration, according to Supt. Ivor
Schott.
The School Supt. said this week
that a conservative estimate of en
rollment this fall will be 1,035 stu
dents, or approximately 80 more
than were in school this past May
when 954 were enrolled.
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@ Stevens
FOR U.S.SENATE
Pollock And Egan Win Straw Voting
Gov. Bill Egan and Sen. Howard
Pollock were winners in a primary
election poll conducted in the An
chorage area by the General Psy
chology class at Alaska Methodist
University this past week.
For governor 102 votes were
cast, 56 of them were for Republi
can candidates and 46 for Demo
cratic. Results on the GOP poll
were: Coghill 1, Fritz 18, Martin 2,
Pollock 21, Stepovich 14. In the
Democratic poll it was Boyer 7,
Byer 12, Egan 20 and Taylor 8.
Mirror classifieds bring results.
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