RAIN WILL BE AN ALLY
FOR AMERICAN TROOPS
WASHINGTON UP) — The rain
will be an ally of American soldiers
and Marines defending Thailand’s
Mekong River border from Com
munist penetration.
From now until mid-September,
the almost daily rains will swell
the already unfordable Mekong
which forms most of Thailand’s
1,000-mile boundary with Laos.
The Mekong, some 1,000 to 5.000
feet wide, is considered the last
major physical barrier standing in
the path of the pro-Communist
Pathet Lao who dominate the
heavily wooded ridges running
much of the length of Laos. These
ridges overlook plains extending
to the Mekong.
But the rainy season, now start
ing in Thailand, will also hinder
the American expedition in some
ways.
It is expected to hamper some
what the operation of U.S. fighter
bombers and other aircraft sup
porting the American infantrymen
and Marines ranged along the
frontier.
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INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS
STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Sealed proposals in single copy will be
received in the office of the Commis
sioner of Highways, P.O. Box 1841, Ju
neau, Alaska until 10:00 a.m., PST, June
7, 1962, at which time they will be
publicly opened and read in the Com
missioner’s office, Island Center Build
ing, Douglas, Alaska, for the purpose of
awarding a contract for the construction
of Project SP-4009, Teller-Lost River
Haul Road, described as follows: Con
structing a haul road suitable for two
way traffic by trucks hauling ore, or
other heavy loads, from the end of the
spit on the north side of Grantley Har
bor to the air strip at the mouth of
Lost River, all on the Seward Peninsula
and near Teller, Alaska. The length of
haul road to be constructed is approxi
mately twenty-six (261 miles. All con
struction work shall be completed on
or before October 1, 1963.
The State of Alaska will not furnish
plans or specifications for the proposed
construction of said road, except that
the following minimum standards must
be maintained:
(1) No grades in excess of ten (10)
(2) No radius on any curve shall be
less than two hundred forty (240)
feet (approximately 24*).
(3) The minimum shoulder to
•ooinuai width of the finished
roadway must be not less than
twelve (12) feet, and in addition
turn-outs must be provided giving
an additional twelve (12) feet of
width. At least one of these turn
outs, cme hundred GOO) feet long,
will be provided for each half mile
section of roadway.
(4) Blackslopes must be constructed
to prevent undue erosion or dam
age to the road.
(6) No fill slopes steeper than one
and one-half to one (1M»:1) will
be allowed.
(6) Ditches adequate to prevent
water from running across the
finished roadway will be con
structed.
(7) The route shall be so located
that it is not exposed to damage
by storms and surf action from
tidal waters.
(8) The finished haul road shall be
in such condition that single axle
five-ton capacity trucks can use the
facility while fully loaded and
without tire chains, and such traf
fic can pass throughout its entire
length while the roadbed is com
pletely thawed. The choice of ma
terials to be used for the road shall
be at the discretion of the con
tractor as long as the above con
ditions are fulfilled.
The contractor who engages to per
form the above described work will, in
effect, be responsible for the location
of ttte route, and the design and con
struction of tee roadway, subject to the
minimum standards outlined above, and
without direct supervision by tee De
partment of Highways engineering staff.
A bid guaranty is required with each
proposal in the sum not less than ten
(10) per cent of the total amount bid
for the work. Such bid guaranty shall
be in the form of a Bank Draft, Cashier’s
Check, Certified Check, Money Order
or Bid Bond, payable to the State of
Alaska. If the bidder falls to accompany
his proposal with the required bid guar
anty. his bid will not be read or other
wise considered. Telegraphic notification
of execution of a bid bond does not meet
the above requirements of a bid security
accompanying a bid.
The right is reserved by the Commis
sioner to reject any or all bids, to ad
vertise for new bids, to do the work
otherwise, or to abandon the work, if
in tee judgment of the Commissioner,
the best interests of tee State will be
served thereby.
Additional information may be obtain
ed from the Commissioner, Department
of Highways, P.O. Box 1841, Juneau,
Alaska.
D. E. McKINNON, P. E.,
Commissioner of Highways
Pub: May 14, 16. 18, 1962.
Dial 2631 for
Arctic Sanitary
Service
CAMPAICN
COMMENTS
BY VERNE O. MARTIN
Republican for Governor
I noticed the charges I recently
leveled at the administration of
the Wasilla Youth Camp have
been indirectly proven. As you
will recall, information on con
ditions at the camp were brought
to me and were verified. I pass
ed the information on to Gov.
Egan, who ordered the investi
gation. But the witnesses bring
ing me the information were not
allowed to testify. The whole
thing wound up in white-wash.
Now Mr. Carter, the man who
was in charge of the Wasilla
camp, has resigned and he told
the press it was a direct result
of the charges I brought. In
other words, the truth will out.
Alaskan’s face another jump
in taxes as a result of the de
ficit spending of Gov. Egan,
plunging the state some $25 mil
lion in debt during the next
fiscal year. A study of the Senate
Journal indicates that not even
our own Republican state sen
ators, Coghill and Pollock, put
up much of a battle against this
ridiculous spending spree. As a
matter of fact, they introduced
legislation to put Alaska another
$20 million in the mi. As Gov
ernor of Alaska, I will fight
either Democrat or Republican
to keep a balanced budget. I
will administer Alaska on a
businesslike basis, rather than
the present policy of “anyone
who asks for anything shall re
ceive everything.”
(Adverttiaewmt written and paid for
by Verne O. Martin.)
U.S. TROOPS WILL USE
50 TONS OF SUPPLIES
A DAY IN THAILAND
WASHINGTON UP) — The 5,000
man U.S. military task force build
ing up in Thailand will use about
50 tons of supplies a day, even if
there is no combat.
If action should start against
Communist forces across the Thai
border in Laos, the tonnage could
double with ammunition expendi
ture and increased consumption of
automotive and aircraft fuel.
The jungle and plateau country
in which the Army battle group,
the Marine battalion and the air
units are taking up positions is
out at the far end of a 9,000-mile
long supply line from the U.S.
mainland.
An Army spokesman said yes
terday that U.S. Army forces and
Marine forces in Thailand will draw
supplies from Army stocks in the
Pacific area.
The Army Transportation Corps
arranges shipment through both
the Military Sea Transport Service
and the Military Air Transport
System.
THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
(Mormon)
Sunday Services IS Noon
Book of Mormon Class
Discontinued Until Further Notice
Robart Johnson Residence
Across From Nome School
Talophona — 2402
COMMUNITY
METHODIST CHURCH
Gerald McCray, Pastor
9:45 a.m. Church School Pro
motion,
11:00 a.m. Worship. Last sermon
by Rev. Gerald McCray.
2:00 p.m. Methodist Youth Fel
lowship will receive a call from
the Jacksonville, Fla., MYF young
people.
6:30 p.m. The MYF movie.
7:30 p.m. Sharing and final re
ports from the different groups
concerning the last four years.
Slides of the work and people dur
ing the past four years will be
shown. If time permits we will have
a movie after the program. Con
struction pictures will be shown
of our new $206,000 Methodist
Church.
BY WAY OF APOLOGY
AS WELL AS EXPLANATION
By Virginia Brown
Wednesday’s Nugget carried an
article about a group of eastern
bankers who made up the first
official tour of the season for
Nome.
Following a bankers convention
in Seattle, this party had a choice
between Hawaii and Alaska and
they chose to -'ome north.
They were booked on Alaska
Airlines by the tour guide, Emmet
E. Rose of New York.
Alaska and Wien are coordinat
j ing so closely this season with
tours it will be difficult to tell
whose tour it is, so, though it was
a natural error, since the group
arrived on Wien’s plane, I am
grateful for the opportunity to
correct the article and explain it
was an Alaska Airlines tour in
stead of Wien’s.
We apologize to the Nugget as
well as to Alaska Airlines and
Wien Airlines.
Wednesday’s article should have
been headed “How Loyal Can You
Get?” or “Tour Guides Wives
Could Use a Course in TJSOFI—
The Don’t Be Half Right Course
the Military Advises.”
Change of Names
NEW ORLEANS UR — Yutaka
Kimoto is now John Patrick
O’Brien Jr. The native of Japan
took the new name after becoming
an American citizen.
Early London merchants “bank
ed” in the Tower of London. Long
before there were modem banks
with safe-keeping facilities, 17th
Century London merchants used to
leave their money overnight with
prison guards at the Tower of
London.
Ladies, if you want to wed a
real moneybags, hop the next jet
to Zurich, Switzerland. One out of
every 752 men there is a million
aire.
OUR SAVIOR'S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
John L. Maakestad, Pastor
SUNDAY
Sunday School 9:45 ajn.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Speaker, Rev. Abrahamson
Luther League Banquet 5:0 pan.
Evening Service 7:30 pan.
MONDAY
Vacation Church School begins
10:00 a.m.
Service 7:30 pan.
TUESDAY
Service 7:30 pan.
WEDNESDAY
Service 7:30 pan?
THURSDAY
Service 7:30 pan.
FRIDAY
j Women of the Church Circles,
2 and 7:30 pan.
Vacation Church School, two
weeks, May 21 - Junel. Mon
day through Friday. 10 aan.
Bible stories, projects, games.
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LINK LEAD POISONING
AND BONE DEFORMITY
Parents should take precautions to prevent their children from suf
fering lead poisoning from eating or chewing paint. Several instances
have been noted where children, usually in the two-to-four age group,
suffered repeated lead poisoning despite warnings to parents.
Children who suffer lead poisoning may develop abnormal bone
growth in the legs or wrists, radiologists have found from x-ray exam
inations. In follow-up x-ray studies of 48 children admitted to a hos
pital for lead poisoning from eating paint, doctors who specialize in
diagnostic x-ray found that 14 had defective bone growth. The change
described is a thickening of the metaphyseal or growth areas at the
ends of the long bones. The most common result from the condition
is knock-knees.
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