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APPOINTED STATE HWY
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
JUNEAU UP) — The appointment
of former Highways Commissioner
Sam Johnson as State Highway
Maintenance Engineer was an
nounced Thursday by Donald Mc
Kinnon, new chief of the Depart
ment of Highways.
Johnson served as Commissioner
of the new Highways Department
prior to McKinnon’s appointment,
which became effective last Mon
day.
Johnson had asked to be assigned
to another position within the de
partment.
He had served as Director of the
Division of Highways within the
Department of Public Works fol
lowing the firing of Thurman D.
Sherard by Gov. Wm. Egan on
Jan. 26.
Prior to that time, Johnson
served as Asst. State Construction
Engineer in the Highways Division.
MULTI-COLORED LIGHT
FLASHES ACROSS THE SKY
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah M —
A dazzling multi-colored light, ap
parently from an exploding meteor,
flashed across the sky from Kansas
to northern California Wednesday
night.
The light was so brilliant that j
street lamps in Eureka, Utah —
operated by a photoelectric system
— went off momentarily, just as
they do automatically at daybreak.
Many people reported hearing
what sounded like an explosion as 1
the fireball vanished
Dr. Robert Kadesch, associate *
professor of physics at the Uni- ]
versity of Utah, said it apparently
was a bolide, or exploding meteor. £
“It probably exploded 50 to 60 s
miles in the atmosphere or per- 1
haps a little lower,” Dr. Kadesch
said.
Gov. Egan Vetoes Bill
.JUNEAU Iff) — Gov. Wm. Egan
yesterday vetoed a bill which would
hgve permitted the state to add
additional terminal sites for the
new Marine Highway System if the
planned or existing sites proved
inadequate.
,In his veto message Egan said
that the authority the bill sought
to provide “already exists.”
“Enactment of this superfluous
legislation would megNay fcerva to
clutter up the statute books,” he
led.
102-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
ISSUED INSURANCE POLIO
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VI
Iff) — Insurance history was mad
Monday when a woman 41 day
shy of her 102nd birthday was is
sued a hospitalization policy b:
the Vermont Accident Insurance
Co.
^ Ellen Elizabeth Perry, a spr:
lass with a sparkling sense o
humor who chopped her own fire
wood at the age of 98, is anti
cipating, with glee, her 102nd birth
day May 28, “so we can have £
nice party. I like parties.”
Mrs. Perry is believed to be the
oldest holder of a hespitalizatior
policy in North America, says 1
J. Davis, agent for the insurance
company. Davis said “we had nc
grounds to refuse her. She ap
parently has no medical history
and we consider her an excellent
risk.”
Mrs. Perry verified the health
factor. “I never had a sick day in
my life,” she beamed.
The policy, for which Mrs. Perry
pays $100.80 annually, includes
$20 a day in hospitalization bene
fits, $100 for emergency surgery
and $300 for regular surgery.
TWO MORE DEMOCRATS
FILE FOR STATE HOUSE
JUNEAU iff) — Two more Demo
cratic? have filed declarations of
candidacy for the State House of
Representatives, Secretary of State
Hugh Wade said yesterday.
Bill Ray of Juneau, who has
served as chairman of the State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
since 1959, filed his candidacy from
Election District 4.
Frank Cashel of Sitka, who has
served in the House since the first
state legislature in 1959, filed for
re-election from Election District 3.
Ward Sims, Associated Press cor- ’
respondent, who has been covering '
the legislative news at Juneau j
is spending several days in this
irea learning more about northern '
Uaska and plans to visit several *
>f the villages during the next
veek.
iit Fields Files for House
JUNEAU lSi — Arthur R. fields
if Kotzebue has filed a declara
ion of candidacy for the State
louse of Representatives from
Sleciion District 17, Secretary of
State Hugh Wade said today.
Fields is a Democrat.
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vines heavily loaded with bios
soms was one of the many interesi
' ing things found at Barrow on th
good will tour sponsored by th
£ NonaBBMMWBHim-nerce, .whie
f overnighted at the top of the worl
on Tuesday, for the purpose o
helping the Miners & Merchant
Bank of Nome celebrate the open
1 ing of their new banking facility
with former Nomeite Gordon Os
borne as manager.
I The group, which left here Tues
day morning, by Wien F-27, when
‘ joined in Kotzebue by a group o
1 eight persons headed by Mabe
Johnson and Edith Bullock. Alsc
arriving for the occasion from Fair
banks were Leslie Nerland, Georgt
Rayburn and Mr. and Mrs. Ralpl
Bailey, all directors of the Miners
& Merchants Bank.
There was much excitement in
the village of Barrow as this is
polar bear season and 28 bears
have already been taken, three of
them by women, one of which was
Mrs. Bert Klineberger of Jonas
Bros. Fur Co. and another by a
guide’s wife, Mary Thiele.
Everywhere new bicycles were
to be seen although it is still win
ter at Barrow. This was due to the
fact that the streets are of sand
during the summer which is too
soft for bicycle riding, so the chil
dren have their fun when the sun
comes back in the spring until the
break-up.
Business Hours Differ
Business hours at the top of the
world are different than in Nome. I
Rhnns nnpn at nine nr tow n'nVnL
in the morning and remain open
until ten at night. They are all
general stores in nature, carrying
wide varieties of the same kind of|
food, drugs and clothing as is found i
lere. Eggs were priced at $1.25
per dozen and packaged bread
:ame from Fairbanks.
Bank manager Gordon Osborne
foresees mutch growth in Barrow
and is already encouraging build
ing of modem apartments, as hous
ing is non-existant, he also is help
ing the people see the opening for
increased "business in transporta
tion, as there is not a single taxi
and the airport is three miles
from town.
The guests were housed at the
Wien Hotel and at Browerville,
the old whaling station, and some
enjoyed being guests of a former
nurse here; Arm Rogers.
Big Eskimo Dance
A big Eskimo dance highlighted
the evening’s entertainment and
although similar to the local dane^
in pattern, the dance steps and
“melodies” were somewhat dif
ferent. .
Following the dance the young
people enjoyed modem dancing,
including the twist.
The most interesting part of the
trip was a tour through the Arctic
Research Laboratory made possible
by an invitation to the Nome d ele
ction from director Max Brewer.
In polar bear hunting, Don
Foster, formerly of Nome, who has
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PNA ACQUIRES SECOND
BOEING 720 JETLINER
SEATTLE — The second of
two Boeing 720 jetliners bought by
Pacific Northern Airlines was de
livered Wednesday in Seattle. They
n will be put in service to Anchorage
April 27 and to Ketchikan and
Juneau April 29.
e There will be two daily round
e trips between Seattle and Anchor
i age, leaving Seattle-Tacoma Inter
} national Airport at 8 aJfiti. find 8:15
f p.m. One daily round trip will be
5 made to Ketchikan and Juneau,
. leaving Seattle at 9:40 a,m.
r The jets will have 24 first class
. and 95 tourist seats, more than
doubling the seat capacity on pre
. sent PNA flights. There also will
j be a substantial increase in air ex
5 press and air freight capacity.
I PNA said the jet flights will be
, backed up with additional piston
engine Constellation flights,
s' Flight time to Anchorage will be
2 hours annd 55 minutes.
Seattle-Ketchikan flights will be
made in 1 hour and 35 minutes. In
cluding a 25-minute stop at Ket
chikan, the flights to Juneau will
take 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Dignitaries from Seattle, the
Pacific Northwest and elsewhere
in the United States will be car
ried on the inaugural flights. Func
tions planned in the Alaska cities
include a civic luncheon in An
chorage April 27.
Boeing said it now has delivered
278 of the Renton-built jetliners.
a receiving station at Kotzebue
during the bear season for Jonas
Bros., stated 43 bears have been
taken to date and the season is
not yet over.
At Kotzebue
Archie Ferguson gave some of
the Nome visitors a tour of his new
building which houses the Miners
& Merchants Dank, where they
greeted former Nomeites, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Morical; U,S. Post Office
where they greeted former Nomeite
Mrs. Emil Kowalcyzk and through
the modem apartments on the sec
ond floor. Nine apartments are
completed and another is being pre
pared for Shell Oil Co., who will
be exploring for oil by helicopter
this summer.
Ferguson stated that work starts
this week in Nome on his theater
apartment building with Harold
Heming in charge of the operation.
Special reinforc«neni materials are
being flown in to repair the build
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DR. MII,0 FRITZ PROPOSES
YOUTH TRAINING
CAMP AT UNA L ASK A
FAIRBANKS UFt — The estab
lishment of a youth training facility
at Unalaska, in the Aleutian Chain,
was advocated here Wednesday
night by Dr. Milo Fritz, Republi
can candidate for governor.
The Anchorage doctor, in the
keynote address of his campaign
here, attacked the state govern
ment’s fiscal policies and urged the
establishment of incentives for pri
vate industry in power, industry f
and mining.
“I regard the post of governor
of Alaska not as a badge of privil
ege, but as a license to work,” he
said.
Referring to the present youth
camp at Wasilla, the Anchorage
doctor said, “if you took the young
sters out of there, you would re
move them from the temptations
of the city.”
' Dr. Fritz said at Unalaska youths
can be trained in carpentry, steam
fitting, plumbing, heavy equipment
operation, house painting, ship
building and fishing.
The gubernatorial candidate’s
speech touched on several topics.
Among other planks in his platform
were:
Support for a capital move refer
endum, but opposition to “ill-con
sidered moves of the capital, with
the example of Brazil’s Brasilia
. . . clearly in mind.”
Establishment of a turnpike au
thority for building toll enterprises
such as roads and bridges.
Support for private industry in
the development of electrical power,
using coal, gas, or hydro-electric
energy.
Recruiting “qualified Alaskans
when available” for heads of de
partments, divisions and commis
sions of state government.
Payment of bonuses to encourage
the gold mining industry in Alaska.
Four File From Seward
SEWARD — Four Seward resi
dents announced that they will
seek election to the legislature on
the Republican ticket.
Alex Petrovich, former mayor of
Seward, will run for the Senate
seat now occupied by Sen. Irwin
Metcalf, a Democrat.
F. L. Griffin, Charles Cole and
Mrs. “Bueki” Nelson will seek the
Republican nomination to run in
the general election for the House
seat now held by Rep. Wm. Erwin.
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