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KODIAK. ALASKA MARCH 3, 1956
PRICE 10 GENTS
S. !Hlui 'o. Low t dder
OnNavi i Station Project
Seattle (AP)— S. S. Mullen Co.,
Seattle, submitted the low bid for
the construction of extensive ad
ditional communications facilities
on the Naval Station here. Bids
opened in Seattle Thursday reveal
eu the company’s figure to be
$3,477,306. A syndicate formed by
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Peter Kie
wot & Sons, Co. and Puget Sound
Bridge & Dredging Co., were sec
ond low with a figure of $3,323,
853. These three are all Seattle
firms.
Patti McDonald with a figure of
$3,912,518 and B-E-C-K & McLaugh
lin, $4,231,529 also bid.
Cmdr. W. J. Byrns of the 17th
Naval District in Seattle said
awards will be made within a few
days.
Cerebral Palsy Unit
Unloaded At City Dock
A unit for the treatment of cere
bral palsy was unloaded at the City
Dock Thursday. The big box,
weighing 425 pounds was shipped
here via the Lucidor free of charge
by Alaska Steamship Company.
The local Elks Lodge is the
sponsoring group, and in cooperat
;ng with Elks Lodges throughout
the territory, two such units are
in the territory, together with a
mobile unit at Anchorage.
Working through the Territorial
Department of Health, use of the
units is made available to any com
munity where there is a need.
There are twelve known cases of
cerebral palsy in the Kodiak area.
Some of them are now under the
care of Dave Morris, a trained
Iherapist, with headquarters in
Anchorage. Morris will be in Ko
diak when his services are needed
here, according to Exalted Ruler
oi the local lodge, John Gibbons
Gibbons is co-chairman of the
Cerebral Palsy Commission for the
Territorial Elks Association, serv
ing with Robert D. Lewis of An
chorage.
Gibbons pointed out that per
sons seeking aid for celebral palsy
patients first contact a representa
tive of the Department of Health.
It is through this agency the CP
Commission is working.
ALL OIL COMPANIES
INTERESTED IN ALASKA
San Francisco (AP)—Nearly
every major oil company in the
United States has been conducting
oil explorations in Alaska, accord
ing to Elmer Rasmuson, president
of the National Bank of Alaska at
Anchorage.
At least four million acres of
public lands are under lease or on
lease application, according to
Rasmuson. He addressed the San
Francisco-Alaska Trade Relations
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce.
He said the expenditures made
by the oil companies indicate a
serious effort being made to deter
mine oil possibilities in the terri
tory.
Mrs. Clyde Holden returned to
Kodiak recently with her daughter
Carol, after a short trip outside.
ADAK SPENDING APPROVED
Washington (AP)—The House
Armed Services Committee gave
tentative approval for the expendi
ture of $2,351,000 in construction
at the Adak Naval Station. The
item is in a bill authorizing Navy
construction projects for the year
starting July 1.
Kodiak Students
Go To Anchorage
The Kodiak High School basket
ball team will leave tomorrow^ at
approximately 4 p. m. for Anchor
age. They will enter the annual
tournament played there in the
Spring.
Joe M. Floyd reports the follow
ing boys will make the trip: Mike
Fitzgerald, Captain; Buddy Jquart
soff ,Co-captain; Russell Gallagher,
Manager; John Molletti, Sonny
Heitman, Harvey Anderson, Bob
by Frost, Brad Poland, Clarence
Selig, Ronald Schockley, Artie
inu wuu iudiuc.
Cheerleaders who will make the
trip are: Lena Lou Deveau, Linda
Rockstad, Judith Simeonoff, Haz
el Hartman and Metha Hansen.
Irene Hicks, Dona Van Buren, El
len Simeonoff, Elizabeth Sautner,
Marie Nelson and Toni Lindgren
will also accompany the team on
the strength of their scholastic
record.
The team and members of the
Pep Club will board a chartered
plane Sunday afternoon at the
Commercial airport on the Naval
Station.
The first game will be played
Monday evening, March 5, at 9
p. m. in the Anchorage High
School gym. Kodiak will play Sew
ard high school team in the first
round of the tournament. During
the past season the Kodiak team
has chalked up 16 wins against
24 losses. All their previous games
have been against servicemen’s
teams and the Base high school.
In the tournament, which starts
Monday at 7:30 p. m., Fairbanks
and Palmer will face each othei.
Kodiak and Seward will then fol
low. The winner of this round will
play Anchorage t h e following
night at 9 o’clock. Preliminary to
that game the two losing teams
will square off.
On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
two games will be played each
evening, as the winners are deter
mined. There will be an extra
game next Saturday.
The group will be quartered in
the Westward Hotel while in An
chorage. They are expected W> re
turn Saturday, March 10.
The coach, Joe Floyd and Dera
Brunstad will accompany the stu
dents.
Deputy Marshall Clarence and
Alta Dizney returned this week
from a short stay in Anchorage.
Kim and Shirley Clark returned
this week from Juneau, where
Clark attended a Fish & Wildlife
conference recently held.
New KEA Officers
Will Be Elected
The election of directors will be
one of the main orders of business
tc be taken up at the Kodiak Elec
tric Association meeting to be held
Monday night at the Elks Club.
Twenty-one names appear on the
ballot as nominations. This is the
annual meeting of the Association.
All but two of the incumbent
directors are in the running again.
The present directors, William Bo
cast, Tom Frost, Jr., James Gar
outte, Eldon Lester, Pete Ramag
lia, R. C. Wilson and Russel
Wright, are on the ballot for re
election. President of the Associa
tion, P. J. Kerrigan, will not be a
candidate. Sig Digree, also a di
rector. has ' had his name with
drawn.
Names appearing on the ballot
besides the present directors are
Fred Brechan, Charles Conners,
Robert Dawson, Allen Heitman,
Jim Healy, Ernie Harding, Robert
King, William Lamme, Don Law
head, Royal Munson, Jay Tolbert,
Del Valley, Don Wolf and William
Worth.
The meting will begin at 8 p.m.,
and the program will consist of a
review of last year’s business, be
sides the election. Entertainment
in thp fnrm r\f mAirioc itrill Kn
vided, followed by refreshments.
Manager Johnson urges all mem
bers to be present. Every electric
light user, in whose name the ser
vice is connected, is entitled to a
vote as a member of the co-op.
Voting may be done by proxy, but
the proxy vote must be handed to
the Secretary, Pete Ramaglia at
or before the meeting.
Johnsons Attend
Fur Rendezvous
Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes Johnson
returned from Anchorage where
they attended conferences of the
Territorial Medical Association and
the women’s Auxiliary of that
group. The conferences were dur
ing February 19 and 23, but the
Johnsons remained over to take in
the events of the Fur Rendezvous.
Dr. Louie Salazar was elected
president of the Medical Associa
tion. He is from Ketchikan. The
next conference will be held at
Ketchikan in 1957.
Mrs. Johnson reports the officers
elected to head the Ladies Auxili
ary organization, which met at the
same time, were as follows: Mrs.
Russell Jackson, president; Mrs.
Louie Salazar, vice-president; Sec.
treas., Mrs. Robert Wilkins. Mrs.
Johnson remains as historian of
the group. Thet outgoing president
of the Auxiliary was Mrs. Peter
Koeniger.
The Auxiliary voted to support
the mental health bill and the Na
tional Education Foundation. They
also voted a $100 scholorship for
pre-nursing students at the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Cliff Lattish returned this week.
He has been gone about six
months. He spent most of the time
in Montana, mainly in Billings. He
plans to fish again t^iis year.
MISSING AIRMEN FOUND
Fairbanks (AP) An Army L-20
Laison plane missing since Tues
day with four men aboard was re
ported safe near Forty Mile River
in northeastern Alaska.
Ladd Air Fore Base officials said
the airmen are awaiting gas to fly
back to Ft. Greeley. A helicopter
is taking fuel to the stranded men.
Eisenhower To Try
For Second Term
President Eisenhower’s decision
to enter his name as a Republican
candidate for the position he now
holds, has ended a period of specu
lation and uncertainty.
The heart attack suffered by the
President and the effects of which
was the determining factor in his
decision, was September 24, just
five months and five days prior to
the date of his announcement.
There was much jubilation a
mong Republican Congressional
leaders. G. O. P. National Chair
man Leonard Hall pronounced it,
“the best possible news for all Am
ericans.”
Adlai Stevenson, who lost to
Eisenhower in 1952 and is bidding
for this years Democratic nomina
tion, stated: “It is fitting that
President Eisenhower be the cand
juaie.
Stock prices bounced up on the
New York Exchange. Buying pour
ed in so that the ticker was about
19 minutes behind an hour after
Eisenhower made his announce
ment.
Eisenhower’s announcement pre
sages his nomination by acclama
tion at the party’s convention in
San Francisco August 20.
ACS SECTOR COMMANDER
WAS VISITOR IN KODIAK
Major Lonnie C. Temple, Sector
Commander for ACS, was a visit
tor in town this week.
The Major was enroute to Adak,
where he expects to spend a week,
and plans to stop in Kodiak again
on his return. His headquarters
are in Anchorage.
Jorgen Fredrickson left on Tues
days plane for Anchorage. He will
attend the opening ceremonies of
the new Shock & Poulsen theatre
in Spenard. He is a stockholder in
the company.
Along The
Waterfront
Driftwood Products report Hi
ram McAllister with his boat, the
Miss Arctic in with 500 pounds of
crab. That was about the extent
of their activity for the week.
Bad weather is continuing to
hamper crab fishing operations
around the island. All local can
neries'report a minimum of activi
ty, with the exception in the
weather department. The big wind
Monday night caused the Eldorado
to lay out to sea, after she broke
off a dock piling. The Island Sea
foods Cannery also broke a piling.
§ea spray got into a motor at
Resoff’s King Crab Cannery. There
was little sleep for cannery, opera
tors, as well as boat owners dur
ing the night.
Two boats, however, brought in
catches at the Island Seafoods. The
Eldorado, Louie Wick as skipper,
brought in 27,000 lbs. Oscar Dysen,
skippering the Suzie Q. showed
with 22,000 pounds.
Pete Deveau is laying plans to
cppe with the water snortage. tie
is having 700 feet of hose air
freighted. /hich he will run to his
cannery from a nearby spring.
This he says will create less of a
strain on the City’s diminishing :
water supply.
Only one boat, The Totem,
brought in crab to Resoff’s King
Crab Cannery. Cory Karlstad is
skipper, and turned in 36,000
pounds.
Alvine & Gibson reporjts the
Miss Arctic back in the water, and
as mentioned above, the owner,
Hiram McAllister, turned in some
crab. Pete Olsen’s Parks No. 6 has
been hauled up out of the water i
and had the wheel changed. She j
has since been returned to the wa- i
ter. The Summit, Don Bentley's !
boat, is on the ways and is having 1
a monel metal shaft installed.
Stan and Von Scheele were up
most of the night caring for the
boats during the big windstorm
Monday. Little damage was done,
but there were some uncomfort
able moments.
Mike Cernikoff from Ouzinkie
was in town.
There was, of course, consider
able activity at the City Dock. Jai k
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Balloons Over Russia
Stir New Controversy
Washington (AP)—The United
States was told that Soviet bal
loons are being flown over U. S.
territory—that is Alaska—iust as
U. S. balloons are flown over Sov
iet territory. Russia complained
to the U. S.
An American note to the Kremlin
asked in effects: So what are you
complaining about? The state de
partment made public a note say
ing “It is illogical that the Soviet
Government should desire one rule
for itself and another for the rest
ot the world.”
The State Department also sug
gested a United Nations agency
take over the controversy by try
ing to work out a “joint program
for the utilization of techniques
and equipment" for gathering
weather information with balloon*
The Russians have protested that
camera-carrying U. S. balloons
have been spying on Soviet terrS
lory, endangering air traffic.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Min
er said that Russia and Alaska have
been exchanging weather inform;)
tion for several years. Both na
tions have been sending balloons
ever each other’s territory. The
News-Miner said that weather re
ports broadcast by Siberian sta
tions on International frequency
are of great value to Alaskan fore
casters as many cold waves origi
nate in Siberia.