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VOL. 23, NO. 29__KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 12, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
‘Pull The Pin!'
Police Force, City Mgr. Policies
Criticized At Council Meeting
Charges and countercharges, ex
planations, criticisms and sugges
tions marked Thursday night’s
open meeting of the City Council
held in the Courtroom, when a
near-capacity audience was given
an opportunity to express its views
on administration policies and City
business in general.
Chief criticism centered around
the Police Department. Recent
changes in the Department, meth
ods of hiring and firing, cost of
running the department, areas of
jurisdiction and general policy in
making arrests were some of the
questions hurled at the City Man
ager and Police Chief by members
of the audience.
Other subjects covered included
questions on such subjects as ad
ministration policies, paving roads,
sales tax money, city cleanup, gar
bage contract, “junkyards,” and
unsafe automobiles on the streets
of Kodiak.
A question by Reeves Reed
touched off a lengthy discussion on
the Police Department. He asked:
“Why the sudden idea that no one
in the City can hold a job on the
police force? This casts a bad slant
on the city that you can’t find of
ficers locally as in the past.”
City Manager Bill Poland labled
this kind of talk as a “bunch of
poppycock.” He said the Depart
ment now has three men plus tne
Chief, and two desk men. Of these
two, the Chief and one other are
from “outside.” He said there are
no local applicants. “If local people
aren’t available, we have to go out
side the city.” Asked why he went
outside to get a police chief, he
replied: “No one in my opinio i
was capable.” Determined to get
the best police protection for Ko
diak, he said, he was influenced
by the qualifications of the present
chief, whom he thought eminently
qualified.
Reeves then asked how the De
partment goes about filling vacan
cies. He said there is no local ad
vertising for applicants. Poland’s
answer was that in this size city
everybody knows when there is a
vacancy.
City Attorney Roy Madsen then
voiced the opinion that it would be
a good policy for the City to ad
vertise vacancies in any depart
ment of the administration.
More than $78,000 was budgeted
for the jail and police department,
it was brought out in questioning.
Some thought this was too high,
others just right and still others
not enough. It was stated that a
town this size can have too much
policing. The charge that a police
officer was going out of his bounds
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S.F. Family Making 2-Year Voyage
Around World On Yacht Arrive Here
Skipper-owner and Mrs. William A. Pomeroy arrived in the
small boat harbor Thursday morning aboard their 85-foot yacht
Nereus on which they are taking a two year trip around the world.
Accompanying them are their daughter, Pinky, two sons, John
and Bill and two young deckhands, Fred Woodhull and Gary Centi,
both of the University of Oregon. They visited SE Alaskan ports
including such towns as Hoonah, Kake and Metlakatla which they
found most interesting due to their interest in gathering and cata
loging native artifacts.
Mr. Pomeroy, whose San Francisco firm played a part in the
building of the Kodiak Naval Base back in the early 1940’s is a
trustee of the DeYoung Museum while Mrs. Pomeroy is preparing
material for the National Geographic Society’s publications.
The steel vessel, named after the Greek God of the Seas, was
recently launched at the Western Boat Building Corp. yards in Ta
coma. They plan to continue on to the Pribilof Islands on Saturday.
Apex Damaged By
Breakfast Fire
A fire, believed to have been
caused by the galley stove, broke
out aboard the king crabber Apex
Thursday about 6 a.m. The blaze
ravaged the interior of the galley
before it was brought under con
trol. She is now at Alvine’s where
an effort will be made to get her
repaired and back out fishing
quickly. No estimate had been
made of the extent of damage ac
cording to Mrs. Norman Holm
whose husband owns the Apex.
3,000 Tourists
Expected Here
August 17th!
Three thousand tourists in Ko
diak for three days looms as a pos
sibility during the weekend of
Aug. 17.
Eight Navy ships are expected
to dock on that date and will re
main in Kodiak until the 19th, ac
cording to information released by
Navy officials on the Naval Sta
tion.
The ships expected are the USS
BENNINGTON (CVS 20), USS
O’BRIEN (DD 725), USS CUN
NINGHAM (DD 752), USS BEN
NER (DD 807), USS EVERSOLE
(DD 789), USS SPINAX (SS 489),
USS SEGUNDO (SS 398), and USS
MISPILLION (AO 105).
A letter was also received from
a member of the crew of the USS
Bennington, who stated his ship
mates are eagerly looking forward
to the visit here. He served a tour
of duty here several years ago.
The Naval Station is arranging
entertainment for the visiting sea
men, and a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce will work in
conjunction with the Navy for
sightseeing and entertainment in
town.
Along The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Alaska King Crab’s Office Man
ager Bill Lencer is back in town
again and sez they will be process
ing shortly and thus all four of our
local King Crab plants will be back
in operation once again. Martin’s
Fresh King Crab was the only plant
which did not shut down operations
during the past eight weeks or so.
And Ray Jr. advises he is expand
ing his operations and will oe
utilizing the building and space
formerly occupied by Harvey Fly
ing Service which is out at the Mu
nicipal Airport now.
&
Jim and Doris Escue have re
turned to Kodiak again. Many of
you will remember Doris usta tin
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Fishermen - All Canners Sign Up
For APA’s 440 Humpy Price Offer
“Let’r go!” and “Pull the Pin!”,
two old familiar fishing terms used
for generations by Kodiak salmon
fishermen are again being heard
in bays around the island.
Alaska Packers Association’s of
fer of 44 cents for humpies was
approved by a heavy majority last
weekend, a contract was signed,
APA fishermen were out fishing
Monday morning, and APA’s Lar
sen Bay cannery was processing
Tuesday.
Final vote tallies on the 44 cent
offer showed 253 voting Yes and
152 No.
By Wednesday the negotiating
committee of the United Fisher
men’s Marketing Association had
disposed of (by rejecting) offers
calling for another vote on the
sliding scale made by other can
neries and on Wednesday evening
the other seven canneries had
signed contracts for the 44 cent
price. By Wednesday midnight
fishermen from all canneries were
given an okay to begin fishing.
The general amiability and
Sea Claims Two
At Larsen Bay
A 19-year-old girl is dead from
drowning and a 21-year-old youth
is still missing and presumed dead
at Larsen Bay.
Burial services were held Sun
day, July 7, at Larsen Bay for Eve
lyn Carlsen whose body was found
washed up on the beach in Larsen
Bay last Saturday, July 6. She and
Joe Naumoff, 21, failed to return
from a trip in a powered skiff on
Friday, July 5. The skiff was later
found on the beach with a half tank
of gas left. Naumoff’s body has
not yet been recovered.
It is believed that the skiff,
which was considered overpowered,
lurched and threw the two into the
sea and kept on going until it hit
the beach where it was found.
The girl was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Carlsen of Larsen
Bay. Survivors include four broth
ers, Bob, 17; Ted, 15; David, 7 and
Herman, 20.
Water Situation
Under Control
Kodiak’s immediate water situ
ation loomed much brighter this
week with the installation of two
electric pumps to bring a steady
eight inch flow of water into the
reservoir.
The two pump motors are being
powered by a generator the city
rented from the Navy. The pump
ing operating will continue as long
as necessary to fulfill fresh water
demands which will hit a peak
when the king crab, salmon and
shrimp plants are all going full
blast later this month.
Work is progressing on schedule
on the Pillar Creek pipeline proj
ect, according to reports.
friendliness in which negotiations
took place in Kodiak stood out
when compared with the harsh bit
terness and violence which at times
marred negotiations and required
calls for state troopers in other sal
mon fishing centers in the state.
The final 44 cent price agreed
upon is 1% cents less than last
year’s price fo’’ humpies. Prices
for other species remains the same.
The contract calls for a 750 fish
per man per day minimum limit
should a heavy run of fish, such
as last year, occur. It is not gen
erally considered probable a limit
would be required this season.
Bob Simon of ADF&G, before
departing on a quick trip to West
ward points such as Chignik, Cold
Bay and Sand Point, said fishing
was “getting off to a slow start
with nothing exciting as yet de
veloping in the run.”
Simon said, however, that the
Olga-Moser-Alitak Sections looked
good enough that fishermen will
be permitted to fish Saturday and
Sunday this week at least.
It is not generally believed that
much, if any, actual fishing time
was lost due to the lateness of fish
runs developing in the bays.
ADF&G spokesmen had advised
that even had an early agreement
between fishermen and canners
made fishing possible, no fishing
would have been permitted due to
the very poor run and escapement
of reds. Agreements have been
reached in most other fishing areas
in the state also. The Bristol Bay
area’s season was described as the
“poorest in the history of the fish
ery.” Also a heavy run of salmon
in SE Alaska lasted only one day,
according to reports.
“Around
The Ball Park”
By Dave Fremming
Wednesday night’s game in town
just about ended with an upset.
The Elks, trying to battle their way
out of the basement, challenged
the top ranked Braves and at the
end of five innings the score was
6 to 4 in favor of the Elks. The
Braves came back and tied it up
and went into extra innings. They
finally overpowered the Elks and
ended it with a score of 8 to 7.
It wasn’t quite so close at the
base game Wednesday as the Red
Sox walloped the Alaska Ice &
Storage team 18 to 6.
Tuesday the Braves scored an
other win, beating Alaska Ice &
Storage 12 to 7.
Last Saturday the fifth-ranked
Outdoorsmen put on a display of
skill and whipped the second place
Red Sox, 11 to 3. The Outdoorsmen
victory moved them up to the sec
ond spot.
The Fourth of July activity in
town saw Alaska Ice & Storage
beat Kraft’s 13 to 9 and the Out
doorsmen beat the Elks 11 to 7. At
the base the Braves clobbered the
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