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We have been informed Kodiak
las a new radio station. People
law been “picking up” broadcasts
file Disc Jockey type, purported
to have originated here, and giv
ing a local phone number to call
requests. Since we seldom listen
a radio, we .haven’t heard it.
By a little investigating, we have
mum up with the answer. It is not
* new station, but a couple of local
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fellows, who prefer not to have
their names mentioned, pul to
gether a small transmitter kit, and
are trying it out. It works fine, but
broadcasts within a small area.
For a while, we thought some of
the boys on the White Alice pro
ject were doing a little exoeri
menting. Especially after we read
in the Top-O-Spheric Chatter, of
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ficial newspaper of the FEC Wh'le
Alice project in Alaska, that some
weeks ago in Anchorage, an inves
tigative agency received a report
that professional quality code mes
sages were causing electronic in
terference. Traced, it was' found
some of the FEC boys had brought
along a practice telegraph and
radio sending set, to keep brushed
up on their code speed.
The paper also stated first tests
were made on White Alice com
munications systems, and were
found to work satisfactory. We
quote directly from the bulletin:
"Last week’s test linked together
for the first time the microwave
line-of-sight’ communications with
'he FPTS (Forward Propagatid
Tropospheric Scatter) system.”
Now you know.
A significant statement by Wil
liam O. Burke, vice-president 'n
charge of the Defense Projects di
vision of WECO, who was on hand
when the tests were made, was as
follows: “White Alice is a back
bone system. It serves not only
the needs of the military, but aiso
fulfills civilian demands for com
munications and is capable of ex
pansion." Progress is being made
in a step by step process. Burke
predicted that at the completion of
the system in a year or two from
now, it would directly influence
the development of the economic
growth of the Territory.
From Chatter we learn:In the past
nine years electric power genera
tion has increased from 307 billion
kilowatt-hours to an estimated 080
billion in 1956. By 1966, it is pre
dicted that 1.5 trillion kilowatt
hours will be needed, an increase
of 23 per cent.
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An unsual cause of a fire was re
ported in Jessen’s Weekly at Fair
banks. Coffee grounds spilled on i
hot plate, caused sparks which in
turn ignited fumes from a varnish
remover in a decorating shop The
fire gutted the building and de
stroyed all the stock.
Here’s the part of the story we
don’t like: “Spectators got in the
way of laying the hose, parking
cars in such manner that the hose
could not be laid around them.’’
According to the Territorial Po
lice report on accidents during the
three months of July, August and
September, the leading causes of
rural traffic accidents were: Speed
in excess of posted limit and speed
too fast for the conditions of the
roadway; Failure to yield the right
of way and following too closely.
163. persons were injured and 5
persons killed. There were 16%
more vehicle accidents investigat
ed than in 1955, but the severity
of the accidents was not great, as
217 persons were injured and 8
killed in a similar period in 1955.
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From the report it would indi
cate the driver is safest on the
road on Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday are
the bad days for accidents and 7 9
a. m. and 4-5 p. m. are the hours
in which the most collisions occur.
According to the report 44 acci
dents occurred in the 1st division,
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