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Jarvela Upsets
Deveau To Win
House Nomination
Gil Jarvela, Kodiak Airways pi
lot and a one-term member of tne
Alaska House of Representatives,
was credited with one of the state’s
most startling upsets in Tuesday’s
primary, as he defeated the Demo
cratic party’s majority leader, Pete
Deveau, by 67 votes, 236-169. De
veau has served two terms in the
legislature.
The two Kodiak legislators, both
of whom served during the past
session, battled on even terms in
the small vote, 455 ballots, in Ko
diak’s four precincts with Jarvela
squeaking out with a 13 vote mar
gin. The island village returns
safely carried him through to the
primary victory.
Deveau defeated Jarvela 70-51
in the home precinct of both men
at the Armory, but Jarvela won in
the City Hall precinct by three
votes 50-47 and also at the Mont
martre 39-18. Jarvela also edged
Deveau at the Base 14-6.
Charles Weir finished third in
the Democratic House race with
29 votes.
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Back-To-School
Edition, Aug. 24
The Kodiak Mirror’s annual
“Back to School” edition will he
published on Friday, August 21,
it was announced this week.
The edition will carry informa
tion pertinent to school enroll
ment, faculties, registration and
other school activities from the
office of Supt. Ivor Schott.
In addition, Kodiak merchants
w ill advertise the latest in school
apparel and school supplies.
Merchants who haven’t re
served space in the section are
urged to do so as soon as possi
ble to be assured of location.
‘Western Clipper'
Loses Its Rudder
The “Western Clipper,” a 84
foot cannery tender, lost its rud
der in Kupreanof Straits, Thurs
day morning about 10 a.m.
The San Juan tender “Deep Sea”
took the disabled vessel in tow and
took it into Anchorage in Shera
tine Bay, and then the Coast Guard
cutter “Bittersweet” came to the
rescue and brought the vessel into
Kodiak where it is awaiting re
pairs.
One Will Be Elected Governor In Nov.
Gov. Bill Egan Greets Mirror Editor
Shown here is Gov. Bill Egan, center, who welcomes Bill Mason of
the Kodiak Mirror to Alaska while he was campaigning in the area
in July. On the left is House Majority Leader Pete Deveau. Gov.
Egan overwhelmed three opponents to win renomination in Tues
day’s balloting.
He’ll Be The Republican Candidate
Mike Stepovich of Fairbanks, Alaska’s last territorial governor,
shown here in the Mirror office answering questions about his cam- '
paign while visiting Kodiak in July. Stepovich won Tuesday’s GOI*
gubernatorial nod over four opponents. 1
Navy And Coast Guard Evacuate Young Soviet Fisherman
In Rough Seas And Rush Him Toil.S. Naval Base Hospital
11—s ———— •-•• .
Stricken Soviet Fisherman
The combined efforts of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Tuesday
were responsible for evacuating a stricken l!)-year-old Russian youth
from his fishing vessel, the SS Arsen, about 60 miles from Kodiak.
The Soviet fisherman is recuperating at the Naval Rase Hospital.
—(U.S. Navy Photo)
— Kodiak Kapseies —
(By Bill Mason)
A 19 year-old Soviet fisherman
is recovering at the Kodiak Naval
Station hospital today after being
evacuated from his fishing vessel
on rough seas, Wednesday through
the combined efforts of the U.S.
Navy and Coast Guard.
The Russian seaman, Valentin
Alekseevich Chishov was stricken
with a reported attack of acute
appendicitis Wednesday morning
and officers on his vessel had re
quested aid from the Kodiak Naval
Station.
A Coast Guard UF-2 amphibian
aircraft from Kodiak rendezvoused
with the SS ARSEN D/L UBMZ
156 off Kodiak Island, about 60
miles southeast from Kodiak, but
was unable to land due to rough
seas.
The USCG Cutter S TOR IS
(WAG-38) was also dispatched 10
the scene and standing by and
evacuated the young Russian.
A Navy crash boat met the
STORIS off Humpback Rock, Chin
iak Bay, and rushed the patient to
an awaiting Navy ambulance for
transfer to the Kodiak Naval hos
pital.
Reports Thursday from the hos
pital were that the young Soviet
was in satisfactory condition.
Egan-Stepovich Win Primary Contests;
Voting Is Light Throughout The State
THE BEAR FACTS
Kodiak Rotarians, please over
look.
Down in the lower 48 two peo
ple answered the advertisement
for a bear tamer. One was a
young man; the other, a beauti
ful woman. The circus superin
intendent told them he would
choose between them after he
had seen what they could do.
The first to enter the bear’s
cage was the beautiful woman.
Inside she quickly threw off her
robe, and, standing clad in a
colorful costume, motioned to
the bear. Obediently the fierce
looking animal crept towards
her, licked her elbow and then
rolled over twice.
Much impressed, the super
intendent turned to the young
man. “Well,” he asked, “do you
think you can do any better than
that?”
“I’m sure I can sir,” replied
the man, “but first you’ll have to
get that bear out of there.”
* * * *
There“’s a Kodiak father we
tnow who says he’s tired of ar
guing with his teen-age son about
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Magistrate Hours
Will Be Changed
Magistrate Mabel Fenner is leav
ng Kodiak this weekend for a two
veeks vacation, and announces be
'ore she is leaving that the office
vill be open from Monday through
Friday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.
vith Mrs. Etta Edris as acting Ma
gistrate.
The 1 to 5 hours will be effectiva
)eginning Monday, Aug. 20.
It will be the last territorial gov
ernor of Alaska, Mike Stepovich,
against the first governor of the
State of Alaska, Bill Egan, in Alas
ka’s second general statehood elec
tion on Nov. 6 as the result of Tues
day’s primaries.
Incumbent Bill Egan had an
easy time over his three opponents
with 248 of the 339 precincts re
porting piling up 11,263. His near
est opponent, George Byer, had
4,808, and Warren A. Taylor and
David Newton Boyer trailed with
2,050 and 516.
The primary road wasn’t so
smooth for Stepovich. He held a
lead of approximately 750 votes
over Howard Pollock, but appar
ently is assured of the nomination.
Thursday’s count gave Stepovich
5,709 and Pollock 4,946. Other Re
publican hopefuls were as follows:
John B. Coghill 1,935; Verne O.
Martin 1,334; and Dr. Milo Fritz
1,100.
Sen. Ernest Gruening (D) had
an easy time over his opponent,
leading 15,831 to Robert L. Veach’s
2,619 in the Democratic primary,
while Ted Stevens overwhelmed
his opponent, Frank Cook, in the
Republican primary by a count of
9.879 to 3,777.
Thomas Wins
Rep. Ralph Rivers (D) unop
posed, piled up 16,926 and will
meet Lowell Thomas, Jr., (R) who
ran roughshod over his opponent,
Henry S. Pratt 12, 311 to 2,516.
Secretary of State Hugh J. Wade
had 16,897 votes in the 248 pre
cincts and will oppose Robert A.
Ross (R) who beat his opponent
Jack Gilliland by 7,934 to 4,799.
In Senate District E. N. J. (Nick)
Begich of Anchorage who will also
represent the Kodiak area, won
the Democratic nomination with
a 5,000 lead over Alex Shadura
of Kasiloff, and will probably meet
Robert W. Stratton, Jr.
Voting was extremely light
throughout the state—only 455
votes were cast in the three Ko
diak precincts and the Naval Base.
In Kodiak’s four precincts Sen.
Ernest Gruening was the top vote
getter among the candidates with
opposition piling up 285 votes
while Gov. Egan received 225.
Charles A. Powell, unopposed GOP
candidate for the State House of
Representatives led his ticket with
106 ballots.
How Do You Buy
Fresh King Crab?
“How do you go about buying
fresh King Crab in Kodiak—the
King Crab Capitol of the World?”
That is a question Chief Store
Keeper George Ameigh, who was
formerly stationed here with the
Navy would like to have answered.
Ameigh, who is the co-author of
a book on Kodiak told the Mirror
Thursday that he has attempted to
get fresh crab from Kodiak a num
ber of times at his California home
without success.
“People keep asking about it in
California, and I’m at a loss as to
how to tell them to get it,” he
concluded.