VOL. 18 NO. 31
KODIAK, ALASKA, AUGUST 2, 1958
PRICE 10 CENTS
1st Alaska State Election August 26;
All Candidates for Office Listed
The future election plans of can
didates for office i:i the new state
of Alaska has been clarified with
the closing time for filing one
minute to midnight last Monday.
In the primary election to be held
August 2„ unique in that it is the
first Alaska state election, the
following candidates have filed
for state-wide offices:
U. S. Senate “Term A”
Democrat—E. L. Bartlett, Jun
eau.
Republican—R. E. Robertson,
Juneau.
U. S. Senate “Term B”
Democrat.-7- Ernest Gruening,
Eagle River, Juneau.
Republican — Mike Stepovich.
Juneau.
17. S. House of Representatives
Democrats—Ralph Rivers, Fair
banks; Raymond Plummer, An
chorage.
Republican — Henry Benson.
Juneau.
Governor
Democrats—William Egan, Val
uer; Victor Rivers, Anchorage; J.
Gerald Williams, Juneau.
Republican — John Butrovieh,
Fairbanks.
Secretary of State
Democrats—Hugh J. Wade, Jun
eau; Richard J. Greuel, Fair
banks.
Republican—Karl Dewey, Jun
eau .
For election purposes, Alaska
is divided into three types of dist
ricts. The first type is the repre
sentative district, 24 in number,
from which one to eight repre
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Candidacy
Announced
Kim Clark, former FWS biolo
gist, and well-known in Kodiak,
has announced filing for the State
legislature in the coming election
as a Republican candidate.
Clark is now on the Kenai penin
sula but expects to return to Kod
iak soon.
Howard McLinn Awarded Contract
After Garbage Disposal Argument
With two bids of a like amount
and a third slightly higher but
with added benefits made the de
cision difficult for the city coun
cil in awarding the garbage col
lection contract. Four bids were
submitted. The contract is for five
years, and was finally awarded to
Howard McLinn.
City Clerk Doug Preston opened
the bids at the last council meet
ing. Two identical bids, one from
Howard McLinn and on from
Dan L. Ensslin and both for 68
percent of the gross receipts col
lected by the city for the service,
were submitted. Charles B. John
son's bid for 73.5 percent was not
considered.
. Milton Smith, present contrac
tor for the service, submitted a
bad of 70 percent. He included a
rider in his bid that he would
dmnp the garbage and keep the
city’s dump clean by employing a
“cat” to push the debris over the
lank. This precipitated consider
able discussion. Councilman Huer
thought the council should recon
sider all bids. He thought it would
ANNOUNCE HOURS AT
KODIAK HEALTH CENTER
Office hours at the Kodiak
Health Center are from 8:30 a.m.
to 12 noon, according to Dora Rig
Kins, public health nurse here.
She will be in the office during
those hours, for consultations.
A well child conference will be
held every Wednesday from 2 to
4 p.m. at the Health Center begin
ning on August 6. All pre-school
age children including infants will
be seen. No appointment is neces
sary.
A class for expectant mothers
and fathers will be started in Sep
tember. Those interested are ask
ed to contact Miss Riggins at the
Health Center, or phone 4731.
result in a big saving to the city
if the work of leveling off and
covering the garbage were includ
ed in the contract and done by a
private contractor.
It v’as brought out that this
would hardly be fair to those who
have a1 ready submitted bids.
McLinn was on his feet contin
ually when this phase of the con
tract was being discussed. He
voiced considerable opposition to
a reconsideration under the new
terms. A verbal battle, the second
in the course of the evening, arose
between him and Milton Smith.
(The first was at the time the
wage hike for city employees was
being discussed, and occurred be
tween union officials and the city
manager.)
Councilman Huer then moved
for an executive session. Follow
ing a 20-minute session, the coun
cil reconsidered the contract
awarding, and the contract was
given McLinn.
Eisenhower Seeks
Summit Conclave
WASHINGTON (» — President
Eisenhower Friday proposed a
Middle East summit conference
within the United Nations about
August 12. In a new letter to
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, Eisen
hower committed himself flatly
for the first time to a top level
meeting.
He called upon Khrushchev to
join him in such a meeting. At the
same time Eisenhower named a
threat of further indirect aggres
sion in the Middle East as a real
isspe for the meeting of the chiefs
of government.. ,
Eisenhower stated it could be
held in New York or . any other
city, but not Moscow.
Hike in Rates
Asked by Company
The Kodiak Telephone Company
requested an increase in telephone
rates in the city. The request is
for a hike of 75 tents and $1.00 on
domestic phones, and $2.50 on
business phones.
0. K. Kincaid, outlined the tele
phone company’s assets and lia
bilities. Under the present
charges, he said the company was
unable to meet operating expenses
or pay off its indebtedness on ex
pansion costs. He pointed out the
company had embarked on an ex
tensive expansion program antici
pating additional phone require
ments. “This has not material
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Workers Negotiate Own Wage Kike
The city’s employees decided
against joining Local 302 Operat
ing Engineers in their efforts at
gaining pay increases and other
benefits
This was brought out at the city
council meeting held Monday.
City Manager Bill Poland in his
report stated the employees had
come to him and a tentative scale
of increases was drawn up and ap
proved by the group.
Eugene Blondin, representative
of the union here, was present at
the meeting. News of the employ
ee’s decision came as a complete
surprise to him, he stated. The
group had previously requested
the union negotiate for them. “It
is apparent,” he said, “that we ac
complished something without en
tering into an agreement.” He
urged the council to hold off in
approving any agreement with the
city employees, until another
meeting. He said he had a request
signed by the employees to have
the union represent them. He
wished to confer with them, in an
effort to determine why the
change of action.
A lively discussion followed a
motion to accept in principle the
proposed wage hike; Elvin Fos
ter, a Carpenter Union official,
who was present, in an impassion
ed speech stated: “It is apparent
the men were bought off.” Her
man Beukers, utilities superinten
dent, spoke. He said the union of
ficials opposition as apparent at
the meeting would only delay the
sought after wage hikes. “It would
seem t£e union is not for the men,
but only for the union,” he stated.
Mil Vokasek, former utilities
superintendent, spoke briefly in
behalf of the men, who he said
were not getting a living wage. He
urged council action to overhaul
the present wage structure.
Poland, in his report, stated the
present wage scale is not adequate.
“It proved quite satisfactory on a
six-day basis, but under the pres
ent five day work week, many of
the men are not drawing suffient
pay. We realize that, and are mak
ing an effort to correct it.”
Sick leave, vacation pay are
also being worked out under the
present negotiations.
ATOMIC WARHEAD MISSILE
FIRED FROM JOHNSON IS.
HONOLULU Wl—A missile with
an atomic warhead was fired into
the Pacific skies from Johnson
Island Friday. The test shot that
illuminated the heavens was seen
brightly in Hawaii 700 miles east.
It is believed to have gained a
height of 100 miles to “fringes of
space.” It is believed to have been
hoisted by an Army Redstone bal
listic missile.
Tuna Caught Here
Stirs Interest
A fish positively identified as a
tuna by biologists and fishing
authorities here, was caught in
waters adjacent to Kodiak. It cre
ated quite a stir of excitement
among FWS officials, fishermen
and cannery owners.
Howard Balzo, Assistant Region
Director for Fisheries Manage
ment, and several FWS biologists
identified the fish as a tuna, but
in “keying” the fish, would not
label it as a bonita, or any „other
of the species of tuna. The best
known types are bluefin, the alba
core, the yellowfin and the skip
back. The tuna caught is presum
ed to be the latter. “It is definitely
not an albaeore,,f Balzo stated.
Balzo was here on FWS business
connected with the salmon fishing
in this area.
Other fisheries men who assist
ed Balzo in identifying the fish
were Don Bevan, from the Fish
eries Research Institute of the
University of Washington, Fred
Thorstienson, biologist with the
FWS Research department, and
Chuck Connelley, FWS agent
here.
This is one of the few times a
tuna has been caught in waters
this far north, and the first time
recorded in or near Kodiak wat
ers. Tuna are believed to migrate
extensively, but are known to in
habit warm seas.
The fish weighed 15 pounds. Its
length was 27Vfe inches and girth
19% inches. It was caught in Wide
Bay by Lloyd Cannon last Monday.
He was aboard his boat the Juno.
He was seine fishing for salmon.
Wide Bay is on the Peninsula
directly across from Kodiak Is
land on the Shelikof Straits
Tunas are among the most valu
able food fishes in the world.
Japanese and California fisher
men land large catches yearly.
Prices advanced considerably this
year on tuna due to low catches.
All the tunas are excellent game
fishes.
A ship’s captain sighted what
was believed to be a large school
of tuna off the Alaskan coast near
Yakatat a few days ago. There is
a possibility the tuna caught here
is from the same school.
Along The
Waterfront
One Lone Fish
This week in fishing circles, the
picture hasn't1 changed perceptive
ly fromldst Week—particularly a*
regards local •'batches. One lone
fish caught stirred up more inter
est than a boatload, as you will
read elsewhere.
Though canning operations are
described as “poor,” “average/
and such, the overall picture is not
discouraging. FWS figures sup
plied by Chuck Connelley reveals
a pack of 168.475 cases for last
week. Over 102,000 of these wer<
pinks. Not all of these were
caught in local waters, however
7*000 cases of fish were fronr Co;
tiova and the” Chignik area. .
Green Pastures ;
There must be a corollary be
tween “green pastures on the otb
er side of the fence,” or some
such to describe fishing elsewhere
than in home waters. That’s what
is happening this year. Cordova
is enjoying a real harvest, which
in turn is reflected here. Halfer
tys is putting up part of the pack
In fact Corova is enjoying an ex
tension to August 6, which may
be extended even further.
Another area that is really hit
ting is Cook Inlet, : which is ex
pected to set new records. Up to
July zt>, b«,t)UZ cases 01 pinks na<i
been packed. Compared to 3as1
year, this is nothing short of ph*
nomenal. At that time only 7,2611
cases had been packed. In the
overall pictdre, however, a total
of 172,445 cases of all varieties el
salmon have been packed.
Officials Here
Howard Balzo, assistant regioD
al director of commercial fisheries
for FWS, and Roy Lindsley,. re
gional agent, were in town this
week. They left for Chignik, but
will be back later. Dr. Harry, who
replaces Dr. Royce as chief b>olo
gist with the FWS, was also in
town, as was his assistant, Dr.
Tait. Another biologist, Dr. Carl
Langler, from U. of Michigan,
came through. He is acting a
consultant with the service. )
Shrimp Studies
The U. S. FWS Bureau of Com
mercial Fisheries’ vessel John N.
Cobb is expected to be in Kodiak
waters in a few w'eeks. The vessel
is on an eight-week exploratory
shrimp cruise in Alaska. The Cobb
left Seattle on July 14 and is be
lieved in the vicinity of Seldovia.
From there she will corpe here.
Objectives of the investigations
will be to determine the disti bu
tion, abundance and species o!
shrimp inhabiting this region. The
Cobb is using a variety of gear in
chiding Gulf of Mexeo flat and
semi-baloon trawls, beam trawls,
traps, and a scallop iredge to
carry out the studies.
The adoption and success ol
shrimp peeling machine on the
west coast of the United States
has developed renewed interest as
to the possibilities of developing
a large shrimp fishery in the
bays and ocean waters off Alaska.
Several shrimp picking machines
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