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VOL. 18 NO. 48
KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 29, 1958
Democrats Are Choice of Alaskans;
Republicans Win Only Four Seats
Gruening Is Victor;
Egan, Rivers Win
JUNEAU (/Pi — The most crush
ing defeat ever suffered by Re
publicans in Alaska grew more
sharply defined Friday as it be
came apparent they will win onlv
four or five seats in the new 60
member legislature. Democrats
swept every major race in Alas
ka’s first state election Tuesday,
and the tremendous landslide> car
ried down to the legislative level.
The new state’s Two- U S. sen
ators, on£ congressman, governor
and Secretary of state are ajf
Democrats, in the 20-member state
senate Republicans won one un
contested seat and ;/hoid a Slim
lead for another. Republican Wil
liam K Boardman was ahead of
Democrat W. O. Smith by 21 votes
City Council Briefs
CITY CEMETERY DISCUSSED
j The possibility of the city ceme
tery being turned over to private
interests was voiced as a solution
erf the problem.
The Idea was brought before the
council that the city could ac
qEire the land from the Bureau of
Land Management for the pur
pose and then turned over to an
individual who could plot it out.
and maintain perpetual care,
charging for the services.
Land in question is 77.7 acres
in the Abercrombie area. Al. o un
der discussion was land in the
Erskine addition, which might be
available following settlement of
the estate.
City Manager Poland was in
structed to drill test holes of the
present site, to determine its
suitability.
ADEQUATE WATER ASSURED
An agreement to furnish ade
quate water for the shrimp pro
cessing operation at the King
Crab, Inc. cannery was entered
into by the city and the company.
The water will be furnished on an
available basis. The agreement is
for five years.
It was further planned to look
into additional source of supply.
Buskin Lake was mentioned as a
possible source. This would neces
sitate entering into an agreement
with Navy officials and piping the
water to the city from the lake.
The city manager will check on
this and also the possible pur
chase of the Erskine water sys
tem, presestly owned by Donnel
ley and Acheson.
25 CUBAN REBELS KILLED
HAVANA (#> — Cuban army
headquarters said Thursday night
25 rebels were killed in a clash
near Guantanamo. The army state
ment said the army lost one killed
and one wounded.
Army claims nearly 1,000 rebels
killed in Oriente province since
Nov. 1.
with three precincts unreported.
Both men are from Ketchikan.
During the last Territorial Leg
islature, .which Democrats con
trolled by their largest margin up
to that time, their edge in the
Senate was 11 to 5. That was m
1957. In the present contests for
the 40-member House,, Republi
cans have slim but clear-cut leads
for only two seats. Republican
Bruce Kendall was 36 votes ahead
of Democrat A. N. Welch in the
Valdez .'district with only one pre
cinct out. Republican John Long
worth was 26 votes ahead of Dehi
ocrat Eldor Lee with one precinct
imreported in Wrangell-Peters
burg district. The GOP had faint
hopes of picking up a house seat
in Central or Northwestern dist
ricts, but (returns from those areas
in legislative races are still skim
py. The Democratic edge in the
House in 1957 was 21 to 3.
Counting was resumed Friday.,
When tabulations recessed Wed
nesday night for the Thanksgiving
holiday, returns had been receiv
ed from 213 of 287 precincts, with
the total vote reported standing
at slightly more than 36,000. The
estimated 8 to 10 thousand votes
still out were from Democratic
strongholds in Anchorage and
Fairbanks, or from outlying areas
where the size of the vote could
not upset the outcome of major
races.
Democratic senate winners were
E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, non-voting
delegate to Congress for 14 years,
and former Governor Ernest
Gruening. The House seat went
to former Territorial Attorney
General Ralph Rivers. The gover
nor’s chair was taken by William
Egan. Egan’s victory also made
his running mate Hugh J. Wade
Alaska Secretary of State.
ELECTION EXTRA
For the second time in its
history, the Kodiak Mirror pub
lished an "extra,” this time on
the election.
The edition sold "like hot
cakes” and copies are still in de
mand. A limited supply is still
available at the Mirror office,
for those who wish souvenir
copies.
E. L.
“BOB” BARTLETT
Residents Favor
Sanitation Fill
The Kodiak city council receiv
ed an amost unanimous endorse
ment of its sanitary fill program
when the question was discussed
at a public hearing held Monday
evening at the City Hall.
About 30 persons were in at
tendance at the hearing. The fill
had been protested at an earlier
meeting hence the hearing. At the
beginning of the hearing Ole John
son, a resident of Carlson hill
overlooking the. fill, voiced, the
opinion that the fill detracted
from property values in the area.
He said the residents of the hill
purchased property in that local
ity because of the view. He said
the fill is being carried out con
trary to general practices. Garb
age, lie said, is usually burned
first, then used as a fill.
\ • -
A- movie was then shown, which
graphically described the meth
ods, similar to that used here, as
employed in.other states.
The question was then discussed
from the floor. Those in attend
ance, mainly those from the Carl
son hill area, spoke in favor of
the project, and thought the city
crew were doing an excellent
job.
Margaret Lightfoot, who owns
a house directly overlooking the
fill, stated: “If it is not going to be
a permanent dump, I am in favor
of reclaiming the land. I think
the crew is doing a good job.”
Another property owner, Mary
Continued to page 4
Gibson’s Cove Lease Is Opposed;
Secretary of Navy Has to Decide
City Manager Bill Poland’s plan
to lease Gibson’s Cove as a possi
ble site for a marine railway,
brought considerable discussion
and some opposition at the city
council meeting Monday.
A letter was received from
Rear Adm. Arnold McKechnie,
commandant of the 17th Naval
district, in reply to an earlier
letter requesting the site The
commandant stated in his letter a
drawing should be made of the
area needed, together with other
pertinent data. The request, he
said, would have to be acted upon
by the Secretary of the Navy.
Stan Alvine, bperatoor of AP
vine’s Marine Repair, who was
present at the meeting, voiced op
position’to-the1 proposed rdan. He
said business today wouldn’t war
rant a large drydock in Kodiak.
He stated he plans expansion of
his own facilities as conditions
warrant. “I have recently purchas
ed added equipment which is be
ing installed in the near future,
Which will enable me to take care
of larger boats. Main item is a
125-ton hoist.” His expansion pro
gram, he said, calls for his facili
ties being built in two sections,
one to be built now and the other
at a later date.
‘‘As you are aware, business
has been on the downgrade,” he
said. Alvine took a dim view of
larger vessels such as halibut and
New Bus Service Plan Hits Snag
Mayor Merrill Coon offered the
possibility of giving the Easy Way
Bus Company a temporary permit
to operate a proposed bus service
between the Aleutian Homes and
the Naval Station, at the council
meeting Monday.
No action wa staken pending
an opinion from the city attorney.
The question was again aired at
the meeting, with the two owners
of the new company, Clark Bab
bit and Charles Oman, in attend
ance. The city attorney, replying
to an earlier request from the
city, as to the steps necessary to
institute the service, stated the
ERNEST GREENING
matter would have to be decided
on by a referendum revoking a
previous amendment granting the
Kodiak Shopper the right to pro
vide the service.
Holding an election to decide
the issue would be too costly, the
council members felt. Granting
of a temporary permit, for possi
bly a year, would enable the refer
endum being held at the same
time as the general election, at
little additional cost.
The matter would also have to
be acted upon by the Territorial
Transportation Board.
Babbit, in his remarks, stated
he and his partner expected the
bus run would be unprofitable for
at least four months. “We didn’t
know this was going to be so com
plicated,” he said.
RALPH J. RIVERS
cannery boats wintering here. H«
said he did not think Alaska
could compete with Seattle yard1
due to higher costs of operator
He felt that if and when tiie nee^
should arise, facilities could , bt
found for them. “If someone tfcant
ed to invest in. this kind Just
ness, I have one 1 will sell cheap,’
he concluded.
It was brought out in the <ii>
cussion that acquiring control, ol
the Cove was not for the sok
purpose of leasing it for a drydock
but as a possible site for any type
of business needing waterfion-t
Waterfront
Shrimp Peelers
Given Test Run
Six thousand pounds of fresn
shrimp were brought in t» King
Crab, Inc. this week by Kory
Kaldstad aboard the Totem, for
processing at the company’s plane
This is a trial load to put
through the new peelers for tht
purpose of testing out the equip
ment. Up to press time, it was ex
pected the trial run would b* .
made Friday evening. Bob Re
soff, general superintendent, stat
ed the equipment was in place
and only required the power hook
up to start the peelers.
The shrimp were garnered
Marmot Straits Friday. The
shrimp are of good size, and only
sufficient was caught for the tria
operation.
Jim Burke, from Westport
Washington, has arrived in Kod,
ak„ and will be foreman in cliargt
of the shrimping process. He wa*
accompanied by his wife.
Election Summary
State Senate
DISTRICT I
Kodiak-Aleutians
(17 precincts out of 23)
A1 Owen (D) 814
Jack Hinckel (R) 337
Jack McCord (I) 141
Jules Radinsky (I) 23
DISTRICT E
Southcentral at-large
(86 precincts out of 95)
Irene E. Ryan (D) 8,881
I. M. C. Anderson (R) 5,76&
Ralph Moody (D) 8,1.2
Keith Lesh (R) 5,021
Samuel Lightwood (1) 538
State House
DISTRICT 13
Kodiak
(6 precinct* out of 9)
Peter M. Deveau (D) 733
Henry (Hank) Haag (D) 538
Stanley Nelson (R) 413
Kim Clark (R) 358