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and had missed the introductions
told us he had actually sat through
the entire session under the im
pression that the Russians had sent
spokesmen to represent their in
terests and was stunned at learn
ing at the close that the “Russian
spokesmen” were actually repre
sentatives of the V S. State Depart
ment.
Those of you who were there
will readily understand why our
local fishermen feel so bitter about
the hearing The only bright spot
apparent was the presence of our
own Alaskan Governor Bill Egan
who obviously shared the same
feelings expressed during the eve
ning's hearings by many fisher
men Governor Egan, who won the
confidence of Alaskan fishermen,
particularly Kodiak fishermen,
when he ran the Japanese out of
Shelikof Straits earlier this year
. . and did this job without a
shred of federal support, boldly
told the federal officials, "The
State of Alaska is no more afraid
of the Russians than it was of the
Japanese insofar as our right to
Shelikof Straits is concerned.” It
was only through Egan s determi
nation and courage that our Sheli
kof Strait fisheries are not at this
very' moment overrun with these
massive foreign fishing fleet op
erations.
Oscar Dyson reflected the gen
eral opinion and mood of the local
people when he openly charged
the federal government with "con
tinually backing off under Russian
pressure,” "It is appeasement,
we've got to take a stand some
where." Dyson said as the court
room audience broke into applause.
However, despite the testimony
given by our fishermen, the fed
eral officials insisted that there
wasnt sufficient •proof" that the
Russians are taking king crab or
even are responsible for the heavy
loss of expensive pot gear It didn't
appear that they were very an
xious to recognize ‘‘proof'’ even
when offered. They even made
mention of the fact that the Rus
sians had had a poor agricultural
harvest this year and "need the
fish.” Their main reaction seemed
to be that maybe somehow our fish
ermen are responsible for not put
ting better markers or buoys on
their gear . . . even though they
were told that the more visible
such markers were, the greater the
loss of gear became.
While listening to their remarks
you got the impression that at any
time they might come right out
and say that our fishermen should
be careful not to interfere with
the Russian trawling by putting
pots out! In short, the hearings
confirmed the fears and suspicions
caused by federal actions (or lack
of actions) in the earlier Japanese
Shelikof Strait dispute. If the at
titude and reaction of these fed
eral officials are indicative of what
their superiors might do, or fail
to do. in this affair . . Kodiak
fishermen are going to end up be
ing owed a great big kiss.
Indicative of the feeling of local
people following the hearing was
the offer by DeWitt Fields of $100
"to start a fund for a gunboat to
protect our fishermen from these
foreign fishing boats." Another
$100 was immediately pledged for
such a fund by Bill Wood, baker
at Xaughton’s Bakery, who said,
"It sounds clear to me that we are
just going to have to protect our
selves in this thing.”
We swiped the above drawing
off the ADF&G bulletin board ear
Lier this summer. It was drawn by
one of ADF&G's temporary sum
mer helpers ... a college lad by
the name of John Anderson and
suggests the need of the local
ADF&G for more and bigger and
better protection vessels.
Harmony Prevails
As Council O.K.’s
Harbor Facilities
The dove of peace circled the
Kodiak city hall and the Thursday
city council meeting as the City
Dads agreed to a series of Small
Boat Harbor improvements pre
sented to them by a score of fisher
men.
Only last week the Democrats at
a party meeting attacked the Coun
cil for "ignoring for two years the
demands of fishermen for fire
fighting equipment, a telephone
and sanitation facilities' and hinted
that boat harbor funds were being
mishandled
But as the demands were pre
sented and discussed Thursday,
there was no hint of disagreement
on council members as they voted
to provide fire fighting equipment
as recommended by the volunteer
fire chief: provide quarters for a
watchman overlooking the harbor:
public toilet facilities: a free tele
phone: and agreed to study plans
for a grid for larger boats and also
a "stiff leg’ facility” as well as a
marker on the reef inside the boat
harbor.
NO ARGUMENTS
There was scarcely an argument
on any of the proposals, and after
the Council had approved. Coun
cilman Wilton White asked that
the “mishandling” conception be
clarified
White said that it was a frequent
practice to temporarily borrow
from one fund when another was
short to save borrowing and pay
ing interest, and it was commonly
practiced in virtually all munici
palities on a short-time basis.
Rep. Pete Deveau stated that it
was his understanding after con
sulting with an Anchorage attor
ney. that the sales tax monies were
a dedicated tax and it was illegal
to spend that portion assigned to
the Small Boat Harbor for any
other purpose. “Of course.” he
added, “that is one lawyer's opin
ion.”
White's point of any "mishan
dling" or ' misappropriation" on
the part of the council lacked any
foundation was emphatically
brought forth for the spectators.
Lloyd Cannon, president of the
United Fishermen's Marketing As
sociation. expressed appreciation
for the council’s receptive attitude
in making the improvements.
It was revealed that a healthy
$134,000 balance is in the boat har
bor fund.
WAKEFIELDS LEAVE
Mr and Mrs. Howard Wakefield
Will depart Saturday for Homer
n .1 then drive the Alcan to Se
where they will be until Feb
ruary. Mr Wakefield will work on
1 ;ka Ice and Storage expansion
plans at Seattle until his return
S'-e the first part of next year.
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stances where it did nothing to
protect American fishing boats
that had been machine gunned
by South American nations “over
11*0 miles at sea.”
Skipper Antril Suydam of the
Jaguar made an appeal that the
federal government attempt to
negotiate an agreement under
which the Russians would have
to use crab pots if they cannot
be kept out altogether.
Skipper Lars "Looey” Wick of
the Eldorado testified as to his
gear losses due to the Russian
trawling and told federal offi*
cials. “Give me a husky enough
boat and I’ll drive them right off
the grounds altogether, all by
myself . . . that’s for sure!”
In an effort to spur a definite
commitment from the State De
partment Gov. Egan brought out
the fact, "The federal government
hasn’t made an effort to get an
agreement with Russians over fish
ing rights, and that historically the
Kodiak area was developed by
Alaskan fishermen for king crab
fishing.”
Gov. Egan, Undersecretary of
State Herrington and a party of
state and federal officials flew to
the Two-Headed Island area
Wednesday where they boarded
the USCG Cutter Storis, and
watched a segment of 14 Soviet
vessels in the area. Upon his re
turn Gov. Egan said that the State
Department man was visually im
pressed by the number of nearby
Russian vessels as well as those
which could be seen in the dis
tance.
The Mirror, which called atten
tion to the fishing piracy of the
Soviets to both news services and
ultimately to the entire nation, was
not asked to join in the Two
Headed trip, although two Anchor
age newspapermen were included
in the press party, and consequent
ly we have little information on
that phase of the investigation.
Alaskan Bishops
Attending Second
Vatican Council
The state of Alaska is repre
sented by the Most Rev Francis J.
Gieeson. D.D., Bishop of Fairbanks,
and the Most Rev Dermot O’Flan
agan. D.D., Bishop of Juneau, who
are among the 242 Americans it
tending the Second Vatican Coun
cil being held in Rome.
The Council opened Oct. 11 and
was described by Fope John XXIII
as “the greatest of councils held
by the Church so far due to the
number and variety of those tak
ing part.”
Cardinal Francis Spellman,
Archbishop of New York, is one of
the 10 Cardinals from nine nations
who will preside over the general
sessions of the council.
Observers of non-Catholic bodies
will be permitted to attend not
only the public sessions but also
the closed general sessions of the
Council in which all Catholic Bish
ops will take part.
B3.
Ph. 486-2662
Hospital Nows
BIRTHS
Oct. 6—Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Nixon, a daughter. Janice Faye. 7
pounds. 10 ounces.
Oct. 8—Mr. and Mrs Robert A.
McCreary, daughter. Erin Lynn. 7
pounds. 11 ounces.
ADMISSIONS
Arthur Haakenson. Senefont
Zeeder. Jr., Nick Sugak. Mollie Ec
kenburg, Alex Inga, Rudolph Sun
derbert Lucy Larionoff, Nick
Rausch, Michael Johnson, Miranda
Totenoff. Frieda Green. Walda
Abraham.
DISCHARGES
Mrs. James Nixon and infant
daughter, Mrs. Robert McCreary
and infant daughter, Senefont Zee
der, Jr.. Mollie Eckenburg, Alex
Inga, Lucy Larionoff Michael
Johnson, Frieda Green, Mrs. Alex
andra Madsen. Vera Tastopsoff,
Barbara Goldy, Erwin Thiessen.
Emil Knudsen Wins
Oregon Door Prize
Emil Knudsen. owner of Knud
sen’s and Knudsen's Outfitters in
Kodiak, was the winner of a door
prize given by the J. K. Gill Whole
sale Division of Portland. Ore., re
cently at their merchandise show.
Knudsen's prize was for the per
son attending from farthest away.
Cornin’ Events
Oct. 14
Sunday—Attend the Church of
your choice today.
Oct. 15
Alaska Music Trails Concert at
High School Auditorium.
Oct. 16
Democratic Party election. Fisn
ermen's Hall, 8 p.m.
Rotary entertains teachers. Elks
Hall. 6 p.m.
Oct. 17
Borough Election, district court
room. 8 p.m.
Oct. 18
Emblem Club. Annual Roll Call
meeting. Elks Hall, 8 p m.
Borough Planners
To Elect Officers
The Borough Study group will
hold an election of officers on Oct.
17 at 7:30 p.m. in the jury room of
the district courtroom.
The election was originally
scheduled to be held on Oct. 9,
but was postponed due to the hear
ing on the Russian invasion of Ko
diak waters before state and fed
eral officials.
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Crab Canneries
Start Processing
Despite the threat to the sup
ply of crab posed by the Russian
trawling operations off Kodiak
shores, both Alaska King Crab
and King Crab, Inc., canneries
have resumed production. APA
continues full time operation
tion without let-up.
Alaska King Crab Superin
tendent Emil Norton advised
that they had resumed opera
tions on Tuesday. Bob Springhill.
King Crab, Inc., Supervisor, who
has been hospitalized due to ill
ness the past week, is back at it
at the cannery and said they had
operated one day and will be
back into daily operation as soon
as the crab supply begins com
ing in.
“We have the Anna A tenaer
ing and onr skippers are now
busy shifting gear from the
Marmot area to the Two Headed
Island area,” Springhill said.
A number of the crab boats
who had been forced out of the
Two Headed Island king crab
fishery are reported to be re
turning there since hearing that
an American naval vessel is now
patrolling there. Both the U.S.S.
Kodiak and th* C.G. Cutter
Storis have been operating In
that area.
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met in the conduct of the flight.
SET NEW' RECORDS
Cmdr. Dahlgren recently claimed
two speed records held by Russia,
flying a closed course of 1000 km
<540 nautical miles or 621 statute
miles) with payloads of 100 kg
(2205 pounds) and 200 kg (4409
pounds). The records were
achieved in one flight, carrying
2000 kg for an average speed of
201.5 knots.
The Air Force will also attempt
three records later this year with
an SA-16-B which is essentially the
same as the UF-2G, with the ma
jor difference being in electronics
equipment.
Norman’s Photo
(Across from the
Orpheum Theatre)
Portraits By Appointment
Phone 486—5282
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