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Old Jail Building Sought As Location
For A.D.F.G. Biological Laboratory
The possibility looms for the use
of the old Federal jail building as
a site for a biological and chemical
laboratory in conjunction with re
search department otf the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game.
The idea was suggested to the
CSty Council at its meeting last
week by Dr. Bob Parker, Senior
Biologist of the Department of
Fish and Game. Dr. Parker stated
he thought that his department
could qualify for the use of the
building. A reference library
would adso be maintained, there,
he stated.
Such use of the building would
enable the department to move its
personnel to Kodiak, the biologist
continued. He suggested the City
write to the legislators both in
Washington, D.C. and in Juneau,
with a view to obtaining the build
ing for this use.
Participation of the University
Measure Seeks To
Curtail Fishing
For Americans
Juneau UP. Legislation to make
unlawful the taking or sale of sal
mon, crab or shrimp at times or
places not allowed by the Alaska
.Department of Fish and Game was
offered this week by Rep. Peter J.
Deveau (D-Kodiak).
The measure is designed to pre
vent the taking of seafood outside
the three-mile limit by Americans.
Deveau said he hopes the measure
will lead to reciprocal arrange
ments with the state of Washing
ton and other states.
Foreign fishing fleets are not
subject to the new law since their
catch is taken outside the three
mile limit.
Deveau and other members of
the natural resouces committee in
the House unanimously endorsed a
bill to limit the sale of gear li
censes to one to applicants. The
bill is designed to end block buying
of licenses by packing companies
with fishing operations.
Bears and Supply
In Game Tonight
At 8:15 tonight the Kodiak Bears
will tangle with the sharp-shooting
Supply team.
This should be a good game from
the spectator’s point of view with
Che Bears out to avenge an early
season defeat at the hands pf the
Supply team. Supply boasts two
ctf the Base’s finest players in 01-.
son and McGregor.
Preliminary game at 6:30 will be
between the JV's and VP2 2nd
team.
Girls Basketball
A high school girls gaeketball
team will meet a Base and town
group of all-stars at 7:30 p.m. on
February 11.
A first in the annals of sports
here, the unique game should be
a drawing card. Admission is 50
cents for adults and 25 cents for
students.
of Alaska was also thought to be
a probability. Councilman Bre
chan suggested that Kodiak should
pursue the possibility of locating
the proposed College of Fisheries
here.
Parker also stated that Kodiak
is in a strategic position for re
search not only in the fields of
fish biology and research, but also
for the study of Oceanography.
He stated cooperation from the
Navy should be sought in this con
nection. The Council voted as
unanimously in favor of the plans
outlined.
Associated Press
Juneau Summary
The second State Legislative
sessions neared the end of second
week with most of the major bills
in committees.
Most of the action so far is con
cerned with minor legislation as
committees work to get more im
portant bills out of floor.
Among bills likely up for con
sideration are election code, con
troversial employment security
bill, the 'Governor’s appropriation
bill calling Jor 48 million dollars
in State spending next year, and a
bill to establish the borough system
of local government.
Legislators also have before them
two important and controversial
reports by study groups. One is
report of State Planning Commiss
ion outlining $323 million capital
improvement program and pre
dicting tough sledding for state
finances. The other report is by
Local Boundary Commission which
calls for annexations of two areas
to Anchorage and one to Kodiak
and a start on establishing the bor
ough setup called for in the const!;
tution. Under the constitution, an
nexation proposals go into effect
within 45 days unless Legislature
disapproves. Kodiak is listed as
one of the first localities where
“unorganized boroughs will be es
tablished .
A bill for creating an Alaska
Ferry Authority has been intro
duced . This would operate ferrys
in Alaska.
Wade Is Visitor
Hugh Wade, Alaska Secretary of
State, was a visitor in Kodiak dur
ing the week.
He conferred with City officials
on State funds allocated to the
dam repair, and met yith local
Democrats.
Drunken Driver
Garners $200 Fine
A $200 fine and suspension of a
drivers license for six months was
handed Jack H. Petaja for oper
ating a motor vehicle while intox
icated.
On a similar charge, Robert G.
Swain was fined $100 and his lic
ense suspended for 90 days.
In two other cases heard. Harold
E. Snow was fined 550 on a drunk
and disorderly charge and Rita R.
Chokwak was sentenced for 60 days
by the U.S. Commissioner on a
drunk charge.
Dam Repair
Now Complete
Repairs to the City dam were
compiciled January 26, according to
a report of the City Manager to the
Council, and water is now being
impounded. Drainage on the out
side of the dam was being improv
ed, he said, and this work would
be complete by January 30.
Poland estimated the total cost
of the repair to the dam to be
£10,000. Yearly cost of biain
tainance he estimated would be
$100.
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Harry Sprague
Die$ In Spokane
Harry G. Sprague, 43, Director
of Planning and Design Division,
District Public Works Office,
Kodiak Naval Station, died of a
heart attack on the morning of
February 3 at his mother’s home
in Spokane, Washington.
Mr. Sprague had been in Kodiak
for about six years, and had taken
active interest in Boy Scouts, Cub
Scouts, PTA and the Kodiak
Amateur Radio Club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Judy Sprague, and three sons,
Robert, Edwin and Richard.
Mrs. Sprague plans to return to
Kodiak by February 12 to close
their home at Qtrs. 13-E. She has
asked that friends who desire
make a contribution to the Heart
Fund in lieu of sending floral off
erings.
BPW Official
To Visit Kodiak
Mrs. Marge Haagland, District
Director, Business and Profession
al Women’s Club, will visit the
local BPW Club on February 22.
The regular dinner meeting
scheduled for February 15 will be
postponed until Monday, February
22 so that Mrs. Haagland may at
tend.
Social Security
Man Here Monday
E. C. Cummins, District Manager
of the Alaska Social Security Ad
ministration Office, expects to vis
it Kodiak on Monday, February 3.
He will be at the Kodiak Hotel
from 3:00 to 7:00 pm on that day
to talk to individuals who wish to
apply for survivors insurance, old
age insurance or disability insur
ance 'benefits under the Social
Security Act.
Cummins noted that people who
drew monthly social security bene
fits during 1959 should file an
annual report of their earnings
with the social security Adminis
tration if the total earnings for
employment exceeded $1,200.00
in 1959. April 15 is the deadline
for filing the annual report The
representative also noted that as
of the latest tabulation of social
security beneficiaries in the Ko
diak Island area, there were 184
receiving monthly benefits totaling
$9,011.00 per month.
Hingston In Town
Bill Hingston, official of the
Washington Fis i and Oyster Com
pany, of Seattle, spent a few days
in town this week before going on
to Port Williams.
Four Die When
Fearless Sinks
The fishing boat Fearless, strug
gling to port with a load1 of king
crab, was a victim early Saturday
morning of a stormy sea off Cape
Chiniak and sunk with four men
aboard.
With the aid of the local Coast
Guard planes, all bodies were re
covered at daybreak by the crab
tenders Sunrise and Logger.
The victims were identified as
Capt. Orville 0. Sandvik, 49,
Seattle; Clyde Weleom, about, 48,
Anacortes; Howard Benner, aibqut
50, Bellingham, all crewmen of tflfc
Fewness, and Feter Woikolf,,about
23, who was .hitching a ride frbm
the southeast end of Kodiak Is
land ito his home here. • • •
First word the Fearless was in
trouble came in a desperate SOG
at 4:15 a.m. AST.
“Request immediate assis
tance. Awash astern. Located
off Cape Chiniak with cargo of
crab. Trying to launch boat.
Will not last long. Having great
difficulties."
Twelve minutes later all contact
between the doomed boat and the
Coast Guard air detachment here
was lost.
Gusts \tp to 65 miles an hour
whipped up mountainous seas
and heavy snow blotted out all
visibility.
The Logger, a 104-foot power
barge operating as a crab tender,
was the first to reach the scene
about 10 miles south of here and
found one body.
The three other bodies were
spotted by two Coast Guard search
planes. Two were picked up by
the Logger and the other by the
Sunrise, an 86-foot seiner
Debris from the Fearless and
the dory in which the men tried
vainly to escape were found later
washed ashore at Capo Chin;ak.
The Fearless had been fuming
for king crab for the Kachemak
Canning Co., Seattle, off the sou .h
east end of Kodiak Island at Jack
Bay.
Another crew member of the
Fearless, James Keehn of Belling
ham, owed his life to illness. He
was recuperating in a hospital
when the vessel went down.
Sandvik has been skipper of the
Fearless since Dec. 27. At the time
of the accident, the vessel was
hauling live crab from the firms
14-foot boat fleet to its cannery at
Ouzinkie.
The president of the company,
William A. Ritter, said the boat
was valued at $100,000.
Pete Walk off, Jr. is survived by
his wife and children and Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Walkoff, Sr.
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Bill Pinneil
Married Jan. 29
The marriage of Mrs. Rena
Buroker to Mr. Bill Pinneil took
place on January 28 at the Metho
dist Church at Choteau, Montana.
Mr. Pinneil is a guide and game
hunter in partnership with Morris
Tollifsen, with headquarters at
Olga Bay on Kodiak Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Pinneil are ex
pected in Kodiak at a later date.
Tenant Scores
Garbage Service
A 'dispute between an irate
tenant and the garbage collector
came before the City Council at the
last meeting, when R. A. Lovern,
■tenant in question, appealed be
fore the City group an protest.
Lovern, who resides at 155S
North Blvd, stated that his gar
bage service was. unsatisfactory.
Hq said that his house was the
qqly one iq the neighborhood than
did not have a driveway. How
ever, he said he placed his garbage
can about, 15 feet from the lead
off the slope.
\ The City Manager read the or
dinance governing garbage eoUee
tion, which states the can shoiaxi be
placed as close as possible to an
access road. 'He'said it appeared
that Mr. Lovem’s garbage was not
. placed at an unreasonable distance
from the road.
Construction by the Aleutian
Homes Agency will be sought of
a platform on which to place tW
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Parcel Post
Rales Raised
New parcel post dates, repre
senting an average increase Otf 17
per cent, went into effect Fet>. L
Small packages will show the
greatest increase, as larger pack
ages will actually go for less.
New parcel post charts were or
dered, Acting Postmaster William
Lamroe said, and when received
a distribution will be made to bus
iness houses.
Who Pays Vihati
A taxpayer is seeking interest on
the purchase price of property ol>
tained at a City tax sale on May
26, 1956, which sale, he said, could
not be validated.
Tony Perez was the purchaser
His contention in the above claim
for the purchases not being valida
ted was that, in one instance, due
to a prior sale by the Marshall’s
office in Anchorage, which was
unknown to the City until 1959,
and in the other cases because the
property was in the U.S.S 444
whicji is Russian Orthodox paop
erty. Taxes had been assessed
nevertheless, against the tenant.
City Clerk Douglas Preston
stated that Section 16-1-129 AC.L.A
1949 provides for such interest
to be paid upon redemption otf the
property within the prescribed two
year period, but in the cases in
question no redemption was made,
as -the sales had been invalid
Perez, he said, wished has original
cost returned plus the interest at
15 per cent per annum'.
The Council voted to instruct
the City Clerk to consult the City
Attorney for an opinion.
Observe Week .
The 10th annivei,sary of the
National Beauty Salop week will
be observed beginning the week
of Feii>. 7, according to an an
nounccment by the National Hair
dressers and Cosmetologist!
Association.
MRS. LARRY WODLINGEK
GONE TO MONTANA
Mrs. Larry Wodlinger left Iasi
Sunday for Montana because of the
deaih of her rather.