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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943. at the
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A NEW CHAPTER
U.S. State Dept. ^iil Investigate
Soviet Fishing Operations Oft Kodiak
NOME l# — The U.S. State De
partment advised Gov. Wm. Egan
Friday night it planned to an im
mediate investigation of Soviet
fishing efforts on historically,
American grounds off Kodiak Is
land.
George Ball. Undersecretary of
State, told Egan in a wire from
Washington that a group of fed
eral officials would make a first
hand observation at Kodiak start
ing Tuesday and that the matter
would be taken up with the So
viet Embassy in Washington.
Ball's wire reached Egan the 1
day after Egan had urged the ^
State Department to take immedi
ate steps to iron out conflicts be
tween Soviet trawlers and Amor- j
ican king crab fishermen off Ko
diak.
American king crab fishermen
operating in prime waters off Two
Headed Island, on the southwest
side of Kodiak Isand, have com
plained that indiscriminate fish
ing by Soviet trawlers has result
ed in a substantial loss of Ameri- |
can gear.
One American skipper, Lee An
drich, said he was forced off king
crab grounds by a group of 14 Rus
sian trawlers which swept the bot
tom of the Gulf of Alaska clean
of both king crab and American
crab pots.
American crab fishermen can
use only pots for king crab. The
use of trawls by American king
crab fishermen has been banned !
in the interests of conservation, j
Trawls mangle the crabs and re- I
suit in the death of many female !
and immature crabs.
Another American skipper. Han- ]
nes Westman, said the Russian j
trawlers drag at night and “can’t j
help but scrape up our gear. I’ve !
lost four pots so far and my sec
ond flag buoy on Monday. I feel it j
was deliberately taken.”
Egan wired Ball Wednesday j
night and said the “gravity of the j
problems offshore from Kodiak Is- )
land are such that explosive inter
national complications could re
sult.”
After receiving Ball’s reply, i
Egan said: I
"I am gratified that the Depart
ment of State has recognized the
! seriousness of the problem and has
responded to my request for im
mediate action. I will be in Kodiak
to meet and work with the group
investigating the situation.”
Ball said he was “greatly dis
turbed" by Egan’s wire telling of
American crab gear losses in the
Kodiak area because of the acti
vities of Soviet trawlers.
Ball said he had discussed the
problem with Walter Kirkness,
Alaska’s Commisisoner of Fish and
Game, and Alaska State Sen. A1
Owen of Ugnik Bay, an adviser
to the American section of the In
ternational North Pacific Fisheries
Commission.
Ball said he also planned to take
up the problem as an “urgent mat
ter" with the Soviet Embassy in
Washington.
"I am also asking the Coast
Guard to assign a vessel to the
area in question,” Ball wired to j
Egan.
Ball said the federal party to j
be sent to Kodiak will consit of i
William Herrington, Asst. Under- j
secretary of State for Fisheries !
and Wildlife: Ralph Baker, U.S. :
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, |
Washington, D.C.: and Harry L.
Rietze. Regional Director, Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries, Juneau.
New highways wear tires out up
to three times faster than do worn
roads which have become coated
with a smooth layer of dirt, oil,
tar and rubber.
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Escape Injury from
Dvnamilc Blast
NEW YORK '/P'—Cardinal Fran
cis Spellman escaped injury Sat
urday in a mysterious dynamite
blast set off in the basement of
his residence adjacent to St. Pat
rick's Cathedral.
Members of his staff also were
unhurt and damage was slight.
The Roman Catholic prelate, who;
was sleeping on the second floor, 1
was awakened by the explosion, j
He dressed hurriedly and went ’
outside to view three smashed 1
basement windows.
A few hours after the incident. I
Police Commissioner Michael Mur- '
phy directed police to set up fixed
posts at the more prominent reli- !
gious edifices around the city, and
to keep a close eye on all others, j
Police laboratory experts said '
the bomb definietly was a home- .
made affair, apparently consisting;
of two or three sticks of dynamite j
wrapped in plastic and newspaper ,
and set off by a detonator.
The motive for the bombing was :
unknown, but it recalled two j
similar incidents against the church
in Rome in recent months.
An explosion chipped a statue
and damaged an organ in St.
Peter's Basilica in Rome in July.
Two incendiary bombs were dis
covered in St. Peter’s on Sept. 22.
The Cardinal said he knew of
no threats against himself or the j
cathedral.
But. to a question as to whether
he thought it might have been a
kid's prank, he told newsmen:
"What do you mean kids?”
Then, in lighter vein, he quip
ped:
“Somebody must have thought
La Pieta was coming here."
This referred to a controversial
proposal by the Cardinal to bring
Michaelangelo’s famed statute from
the Vatican to the 1964-65 New
York World’s Fair. Pope John
XXIII, who originally consented,
reportedly has had second thoughts
because of protests from many art ,
lovers that the masterpiece might
be damaged in transit.
Lost River Airstrip
Recently Completed
Lost River airfield work which
insisted of a limited amount of
rehabilitation has recently been
completed, reported Mr. Lenhart
flrothe during a recent visit with
Sugene Roguszka of the Division
)f Aviation.
The Lost River field, which is
ocatcd on the Seward Peninsula,
serves as an important facility to
:he development of adjacent tin
deposits.
The necessary work was per
formed on a matching fund basis
ay Mr. Lenhart Grothe and Mr.
Thomas Pearson, who contributed
their work to match the state’s
share of SI,000.
The Lost River strip is 150 wide
and 3,650 feet long.
The National Dairy Institute es
timates it takes between 340 and
360 squirts to make a gallon of
milk.
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In Cancer Contribution
COLLEGE "Alaska now joins
24 other states in making an over
and above contribution to the re
search program of the American
Cancer Society." Dr. Win. It.
Wood, chairman of the 1962 cru
sade in Alaska, announced recent
ly.
"We are particularly proud of
the 11 communities which over
subscribed the quota estimated for
them and congratulate the fine
volunteers who worked so dili
gently to achieve these high rec
ords," Dr. Wood said. "In reaching
a statewide total of $61,581.22, we
have made a real accomplishment
through the vigorous efforts and
leadership of hard-working volun
teers," he added.
The communities which over
subscribed their quota and their
crusade volunteer chairman were:
Barrow, Mrs. Mollie Itta; Haines,
Mrs. Lou Bennett; Ketchikan, Mrs.
Arthur Simonsen; Seward, Mrs.
Willard Dunham; Craig-Klawock,
Mrs. L. M. Smeltzcr; Sitka-Mt.
Edgeeumbe, Bixby Bonney; Dil
lingham. Mrs. Truman Enberg,
Juneau-Douglas, Dewey Baker;
Nome, Mrs. Lucille Gilbert; Sol
dotna. Mrs. Burton Carver; Wran
gell, Mrs. Dorothy Gilbert.
CHARLIE JONES TO
ATTEND PIONEER CONVENTION
Charles Jones, secretary of the
Pioneers of Alaska, leaves tomor
row for Ketchikan to represent
Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska at
the annual convention of the Grand
Igloo of Pioneers.
Charlie is taking with him a
supply of his books, "Vagrant
Verse" which have been so popu
lar and which is now in its second
printing.
He will return next week and
start taking Christmas orders at
that time.
BIA Educational Specialists Here
The new Area Director in Edu
cation for BIA, Madison Coombs,
accompanied by educational spe
cialist Eunice Logan, arrived here
this morning from Juneau for a
visit in this area.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Admitted: Kiatchia Davis, De
lores Koonuk, John Bahnke, Har
old Ahmasuk, Agnes Takak.
Discharged: Mrs. J. G. Kelly and
infant, Angela Peyanna, Joel De
Vore, Andrew Oozevasuk.
Alaska Military Personnel
Will Receive No Increase
In “Take Home Pay”
Lt. Gen. George Mund.v, USAF.
ComnuindcT in Chief, Alaska, an
nounced that military personnel
| stationed in Alaska will receive no
j increase in “take home pay"
I despite the forthcoming hike- in
i military quarters allowance on
< Jan. 1, 1963.
Gen. Mundy said he believes an
explanation of this development is
necessary for the best interests of
the public as well as individual
servicemen and their families.
The explanation is simple. Pub
lic Law 87-531 adjusted the basic
allowance for quarters upwards
for all service personnel effective
Jan. 1, 1963.
However, daily housing allow
ances (not to be confused with
basic allowance for quarters' paid
to service personnel in certain
high cost-of-living overseas areas
will be decreased by an amount
equal to the hike in their quarters
allowance. Service personnel in
Alaska who reside in non-govern
ment quarters draw this extra cost
of-housing allowance.
An officer or NCO of any serv
ice, for example, living in Anchor
age with his family, who receives
an increase in his basic allowance
for quarters on Jan. 1 also will
receive a corresponding reduction
in his extra cost-of-living allow
ance. Result — no change in pay
status.
Military personnel living on
military reservations are not af
fected by the increase in basic al
lowances for quarters, for they do
not draw this quarters allowance
while living in military housing.
Net result — no military families
in Alaska will receive an increase
in “take home pay.”
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