Here .There Everywhere
Did you deep last Sunday night?
Many we talked to didn't. George
Magnusen, Fire Chief, was one of
them. The volunteer firemen al
ways maintain a vigil5 when the
wind blows as it did that night.
Fortunately, there were no fires.
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There was considerable damage,
however to property. Art Brooks,
Manager of the Bank of Kodiak’s
Insurance Department, estimates
damage claims will amount to
tttore than $10,000 a&a result of
the winds. Windows were blown
out of the Kodiak Dry Cleaners,
Club Unique, Polar Bear Cafe, the
USO, to mention only a few. Win
daws were broken by the creation
of a vacuum.
Chimneys and stacks were blown
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down. We had our own troubles
along this line. The Kodiak Health
Center had considerable of its
shingles blown off. Pam of the
roof at City Hall were lifted. The
biggest damage was sustained by
Donnelley and Acheson. A build
ing housing a 195«' ahii a 19*57
Chevrolet toppled over with the
wind, and considerable damage
was done to both cars. There was
also a great deal more damage
which was unreported. Several
boats were blown up against the
shore.
Some of the gusts felt as if they
were at least 90 or 100 kno* blows,
but actually they didn't come
close to the record set in Novem
ber 1948. According to the Fleet
Weather Central data. Sunday at
11:30 p. m. there was a 84 knot
gust Monday morning at 3:04 (per
haps some of you were up) the
heaviest gust reached a velocity of
72 knq£&. 1^i£ was a westerly*
northwest* dShd: The record'No
vember velocity on record was in
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This -wind diH^d fctwni. the
usual
sistantly haird.*Tfce wind Velocity
never went below 50 knots from
8:30 p. m. Sunday to 9 a m. Mon
day.
The Elk Grove, California CITI
ZEN has this to say: “In many
climes and times, men have fought
and have died for the basic right
of self-government—the right to
vote. Especially American s."
Though ,we haven’t, died here in
Alaska for the same cause, we
have fought and are still fighting
for it.
Here’s another comment that
might be applicable to Alaskan
voters—only more so. Tempe, Aria.
Daily News states: “All media of
communication have been very
much occupied with talk about
voter apathy. If it does exist, it is
highly understandable, for tho
whole trend of politics now tends
to make more and more people
feel that they have no stake in
the government.M
1M8, a
clocked at 82
“The trend toward leas time and
less production on the job with no
reduction in pay continues-.
many people do not know what to,
do with the lehWfefthne'th'ey .now
have, let alone with more free
hours. Off the job, they seem lost;
they fritter away their time. They
need what might be called idleness
training, a development of inrer
resources that will make leisure
time fruitful. They . . . wilf pose
a growing challenge to society as
working hours decre,rse.“
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The News-Miner nude an inter
esting comment in its 1-ogress edi
tion. It said: “The pajes of this
GAME NIGHT
EVERY
WEDNESDAY
8:30 PM
ELKS
CLUB
newspaper may prove to be a sur
prise to many readers in the
United States. They won’t find a
single igloo in the entire edition.”
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One “casualty” we should men
tion. “Butch” Rush of the meal de
partment at Kraft’s super market
“enjoyed” complete solitude Sun
day night, when the wind closed
the door of a warehouse behind
him. and it was bolted from the
outside. He was farced to bed
down for the night, on a sack of
potatoes with a large can of toma
to juice for a pillow. Anyway he
was out of harms way.
"Lumber Delivered" could, be a ,
sign put up by the Community
Baptist Church, according to re
ports. A piece of lumber belong
ing to the church was somewhat
disturbed by the winds, and a 12
foot plank went through the win
dow of a bedroom in Walt Kraft’s
residence. Fortunately, no one was
hurl
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