KN$ Patrol Plane
Crashes Near Adak
Twelve Kodiak men died in
tt»e crash of a two engine
Navy patrol bomber July 2,
near Adak.
Tne body of one of the crew
was recovered. He was Gor
don Walker of Poughkeepsie, '
New York. Other equipment
was picked up.by boats search-'
ing the area where the plane !
is reported to have gone down, i
Another patrol plane flying
in the same area said they saw
* rising column of smoke near
where the crash occur ed. Ear
lier the pilot of the missing
plane radioed that one of his
entries was afire and he was
attempting an open sea land
ing.
Bob Parker of the Alaska
Department of Fisheries withi
headquarters in Juneau ar
rived here this week. He will
fly to Paul’s Lake on Afognak
Island and will work with
Clint Stockley who is conduc
ting experiments there.
Parker is a junior biologist
with the department. Stockley
has been at Paul’s Lake for
the past two seasons doing
fisheries work. Parker flew t >
Paul’s Lake with Bob Hall Air
Service.
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latcefition HeM
fot New Pastor
A reception for the Rev.
John Molletti and family was
aeld last night at the Commu
nity Baptist Church.
Tha nawly arrived pastor
has been here for several
days. He replaces the Kev. R.
N. Wilkinson.
The Mollettis have five chi I
dren, John, 15, Sam, 12, E
vonna, 8, Barbara, 7, and
Rhonda, 6. Tuesday Rev. Mol
letti was guest speaker at the:
weekly luncheon of theKo-l
diak Rotary Club.
The new pastor has been a
round town this week meet
ing local residents. Ha told |
the Rotary Club that he had
requested the Kodiak assign
ment and hoped to spend con
siderable time here.
Court Cases Fill
Third Division Docket
Court cases, both criminal
and civil, continue to pile up
in Third District Court. Ac
cording to the Anchorage
Times if a new judge was ap
pointed tomorrow he could f
look forward to a year of ser
vice before closing out all
cases now on the docket.
There has been no judge ap
pointed since the death of An
thony J. Dimond. Judge.,
George Folta has heard a tew
cases in the Third Division
since Judge Dimond’s death.
Curr.-ntly there are 1,052!
civil suits and 126 criminal'
suits waiting to be heard in'
the Third Division judicial
mill.
Requests for a second judge
in the Third Div s'on has been
made several times. i
Denali In; Passengers.
Visit Town By Bus
There were 43 round trip1
passengers aboard the Denali 1
Monday when it arrived at the j
city dock. The passengers
visited town and went for a
tour of the surrounding coun
try aboard one of the Kodiak
rransit Co. In?, busses.
Jim Loan, manager for the
company was driver, took the
sight-seers out Mission Road
to the Mission and out Mill
Bay Road to Fort Abrecrombie.
He stopped at various spots so
they could take pictures.
Incoming passengers Mon
day were Cmdr and Mrs. B.F.
Engel and three children;
Georgia, Penelope and Robin,
Mrs Jessie Dolan; Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Harvey and
children, Charles and Rox
anne; Mrs. Grace Hendron;
Mrs.Charles Moser.
Mrs. L.F. Bailey,' mother of i
Dr. Clarence Bailey, visited
Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes John
son and called at the hospital
while the Denali was in port
Monday.
Dr. Bailey is now located in
Palmer. He formerly practiced
in Kodiak with Dr. Johnson.
His mother plans to visit her
son in Palmer. She boarded
the Denali in Seattle for the
trip north.
tfaJI Air Service
Sets New Pilot
J.W. “Bill” Harvey arrived
in Kodiak Monday aboard the
Oenali and will fly for the Bob
tfall Air Service. Mrs. Harvey
and their three children ac
lompanied him to Kodiak.
Harvey flew out of Nome
last year. He is a “ham’ radio
operator and last made his
some in Kansas City, Mis
souri. He has had frequent ra
dio contacts with Pete Daveau
of the Island Seafoods can
nery.
PNA had no plane service
Thursday in or out of Kodiak
due to the eruption.
New CG Officer
At Naval Station
Cmdr. B. F. Engel assumed
command of the Coast Guard
Air Detachment at Kodiak
Naval Station Tuesday during
ceremonies at the station.
The new commander re
ileves Cmdr. John McCubbin
who has been assigned to duty
at Elizabeth City, North Caro
lina. Cmdr. Engel was last
stationed at Miami, Florida.
Prior to that he spent four and
one half years at CG head
quarters in Washington, D.C.
The next regular meeting of
the city council is July 13.
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