King Crabs To Star On Steve Allen
Hollywood Nationwide Television Show
The Famous Kodiak King Crab
will be featured on the Steve Al
len Television Show from Holly
wood on May 2, the eve of/the open
ing of Kodiak’s King Crab Festi
val.
Six live King Crab were shipped
South Wednesday to the Steve Al
len Playhouse, so they may ca
vort, if Crabs do this, in front of
a nationwide audience. The show
was to be recorded this Friday for
release in May.
Also sent along were 12 frozen
crab to add to the display for the
Show.
Arrangements for the program
were made by the King Crab Fes
tival Committee with the help of
Martin’s King Crab, King Crab,
Inc.; Naugh ton’s Bakery, Alaska
Ice and Storage, and Wakefieid
Fisheries of Seldovia.
The live and frozen crab were
scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles
for transfer to the Hollywood etu
dios Thursday morning.
A major hitch in plans devel
oped Wednesday morning on ar
rangements to send live crab to
Hollywood.
The Festival Committee had se
cured containers for the shipment,
and Alaska Ice and Storage froze
chunks of salt water ice, to keep
the crab cool on the trip.
As departure time drew near
everything was in readiness—ex
cept no live crab anywhere in the
Kodiak area. High winds and icing
conditions prevented the catching
of any local stars for the show.
To the rescue came Mel Vega of
Alaska Packers who suggested con
tacting Port Wakefield Fisheries
at Seldovia. A phone call there lo
Chuck Hendricks found just that
number of crab on hand, as the
boats there were tied up because of
wind.
The crab were prepared for ship
ment by Hendricks, who several
years back did a similar packing
job to send two crab back to Cor
nell University in Ithaca, New
York for medical research.
The about to become famous crab
were flown to Homer and placed
aboard PNA’s afternon flight to
Anchorage.
Meanwhile Ray Martin of PNA,
Festival Committee chairman, was
completing shipping details from
here for both the frozen crab from
Kodiak, and the live ones at
Homer.
Letter to the Editor
Gentlemen,
I am not sure whether or not
this idea has been proposed in Ko
diak before, but, why doesn’t the
City of Kodiak purchase an indus
trial magnet to police our streets
of nails, etc.?
Numerous communities in the
other forty-nine states use these
industrial magnets, fashioned
somewhat like a track rail. They
are mounted on city equipment
close enough to the road to pick up
suspect materials.
Such a device would save the peo
ple of Kodiak many times the cost
of said device, as far as tire re
pairs are concerned.
Sincerely,
Dave Swenson
New Alaska Film
Production By
Sears, Roebuck
Here’s something to alert your
stateside friends about.
A new Alaska film which its pro
ducers predict will be viewed by
at least 15 million people before
mid-summer had its debut this
week in Washington at a showing
to congressional members and In
terior Department officials hosted
by the Alaska congressional dele
gation.
The 16mm color film entitled
“Come Camping in Alaska” follows
Mt. Everest conqueror Sir Edmund
Hillary, his wife and their three
children as they travelled last fall
through Alaska with car and
trailer.
The film runs 33 minutes and
will be available later in April for
use by interested local organiza
tions on a free loan basis through
Association Films, Inc., and Mod
ern Talking Picture Service, Inc.
It was produced by Sears, Roebuck
and Company.
Foreign Duty Pay
Applies To Kodiak
Sailors along the Kodiak Naval
Station waterfront will probably be
cheered to hear that the House
Armed Services Committee did not
go along with Defense Department
proposals to delete foreign duty
pay for enlisted personel serving
in Alaska although the committee
did agree to discontinue such extra
pay for Hawaii duty. Alaskans
serving in Alaska however will not
be entitled to the extra pay which
ranges from $8 to $22.50 a month.
Adak Housing Bid Issued: 250 Units
Bids will be received June 18 by
the Northwest Division of the Bu
reau of Yards and Docks of the
Navy for construction of 250 units
of dependent family housing at the
naval station at Adak, according
to word received from Senator
Ernest Gruening.
The project will include 20 units
for officer families and 230 units
for enlisted men’s families, with
two, three and four bedroom units
involved in each. Structures will
include two single family resi
dences and 124 duplex residences
with garages attached. They will
be of wood frame on concrete foun
dations, with asphault and vinyl
floor coverings, aluminum roofing
and siding and will include instal
lation of all necessary utilities,
streets and services.
Bids on either in-place or pre
fab units will be considered.
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