Library & Museun
Juneauf Alaska
VOL. 18 NO. 36
KODIAK, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1958
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Hank Haag Leads in House Race
TOTAL VOTE COUNT IS NOT TABULATED
The fate of Hank Haag and
John Gibbons remains uncertain
In their race for a seat in the
State House of Representatives.
Incomplete returns from Anchor
age gives Haag a lead over Gib
h'o”" of 12 votes.
The Anchorage count verified
fhe local unofficial count follow
ing election day in the total for
Haag. His count still remains at
326. The count here for Gibbons
was 316. This total is reduced by
2* and he remains with a count of
314.
Tally books from six prec
m this area,, the only ones avail
able to date in Juneau, gives Haag
even more of a margin over Gib
bons. His total from the six was
301 with Gibbons trailing with
233. Old Harbor tally books are
among the missing In this pre
cinct alone, Gibbons received 9
and Haag 5, according to the elec
tnn day tabulations This would
five Haag 306 and Gibbons, 282.
It is fairly certain the final count
vriH be Haag 326 and Gibbons 314.
Ralph J. Rivers
Likely Nominee
JUNEAU Uf)—Ralph J. Rivers,
55, former Alaska attorney gen
eral, is assured of the nomination
as the Democratic candidate for
tee U. S. House of Representa
tives. The final margin of victory
*s»^i ^ppsraoojq aq Afluajedde him
But the margin is still more
tfcan Raymond E. Plummer Riv
ers* Democratic opponent could
hope to overcome. Plummer, 45,
farmer U. S. attorney, in Anchor
age, saw his last opportunity fade
m the count of some 1,300 absen
tee ballots in Anchorage. Plum
mer picked up only 108 votes on
Rivers in the finished tabulation
•f absentee ballots in Anchorage,
with Rivers running more than
MO votes ahead in still unfinished
absentee count in Fairbanks. With
absentee count finished in Juneau
ami Anchorage, and nearly com
Primary Voting
Results
JUNEAU LflPt—-Unofficial returns
from 275 of 285 precincts, includ
ing Southeastern and Northwes
tern complete, all but one in
Southcentral and all but nine in
Central, and all absentees in
Southeastern, Southcentral - and
Centra], and about half of 300
absentees in Northwetern, gave:
For U. S. Senate Term A:
Bartlett (D) 38,028, Robertson
(R) 8,004.
FOR U. S. Senate Term B:
Gruening 20,278. Stepovich 25,
T4I.
For U. S House:
Plummer 17,169, Rivers 17,607,
Benson 10,212.
For Governor:
Egan 22,670, Rivers 8,778, Wil
liams 5,659, Butrovich 9,656.
For Secretary of State:
Greuel 18,276, Wade 19,792,
Dewey 7,150.
plete in Nome, Rivers leads Plum
mer by 237 votes. The unofficial
totals showed 17,607 votes for Riv
ers and 17,169 for Plummer.
Rivers will seek Alaska’s first
voting seat in the U. S. House
against Henry Benson, 43, of Jun-;
eau, the Republican Commission
er of Labor. Benson’s vote neared
the 10,000 mark as returns mount
Only two other nominations con
tested in the Primary, both among
Democratic candidates. One of the
races, the Democratic nomination
for governor, was a runaway for
William Egan, 44, Valdez merch
ant who was an unoffical senator
in the statehood lobby. Egan is
now 13,000 votes ahead of his
nearest rival. He has 22,670 votes.
In gubernatorial races, Victor
Rivers, 53, finished second, about
3,000 votes ahead of Attorney Gen
eral Williams, 51. Egan will op
pose John Butrovich, Jr., 41, a
long-time terirtorial senator from
Fairbanks, in the governorship
race. Butrovich was not opposed
for the Republican nomination.
In another primary contest,
Treasurer Wade, 57, was more
than 1,000 votes ahead of Richard
J. Greuel, Fairbanks, in bid for
nomination as secretary of state.
Bartlett was more than 28,000
votes in front of the man who will
be his Republican opponent, R.
E. Robertson, 72, a Juneau lawyer.
Stepovich is maintaining a 5,000
vote lead over Gruening in voting
for the other Senate seat.
NEW CRAB OPERATION
TO START THIS FALL
Sale was announced this week of
the Kodiak Cold Storage plant on
Tagura Road, owned by H.F. Mac
Donald. A small king crab opera
tion will be installed in the build
ing.
The building was purchased by
T.T. Fuller, of Lazy Bay. He plans
to move into town this fall with
his wife and son David. The latter
will enter high school here.
725 Enroll Here;
More Expected
Seven hundred twenty-five
pupils enrolled Wednesday in the
public school. Another twenty-five
is expected Monday when class
instruction begins.
Five hundred thirty enrolled in
the elementary school, 75 less than
a year ago. One hundred ninety
five, five more than last year, en
rolled in high school.
In order to accommodate all
classes in the elementary school,
some irregularity of the boundary
between the Down-Town school
attendance area and the Main
school will be necessary. The
light enrollment in grade five will
force some pupils living in the
1400 blocks in the Aleutian Homes
area to be placed in the Down
Town school fifth grade.
C. L. Cloudy Here
For Short Stay
C.L. Cloudy, president of the
Alaska Chamber of Commerce,
arrived in Kodiak yeterday after
noon. He is from Ketchikan.
Cloudy spoke at a no-host dinner
held in his honor at the Town Club
last night. He was introduced by
O.K. Kincaid, president of the
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce.
Cloudy leaves this morning for
the mainland.
POLIO CLINIC TODAY
There will be a polio immuniza
tion clinic at the Kodiak Health
Center today from 10 a.m. to 11
a.m. Adults, as well as children
over three months old, may get
first, second or third shots.
A Well Child conference is
held every Wednesday from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Kodiak Health
Center. Parents are invited to
bring all their pre-school children.
No appointment is necessary.
Mrs. Jack McCord
On Kodiak Visit
Mrs. Jack McCord arrived in
Kodiak Tuesday afternoon.
After an overnight stay at the
Kodiak Hotel, she and her hus
band left for the latter’s ranch
at McCord, Alaska. They expect
to remain there for several days
before they return to Kodiak.
Mrs. McCord is the former
Grace Doering, a lawyer, and was
president of the American Wo
men’s Bar Association, a group of
some 3,000 women lawyers in the
U. S.
Merchants Finish
With Only One Loss
The Merchants continued their
winning streak in the Little
League Baseball series by rolling
over the 0 and Civ. team in three
innings, 14-4.
All nine of the Merchants garn
ered at least one hit. Those get
ting two or more were Veerman,
Burchard, Deitzler, Ferrigno, De
veau and Babbit.
The winning pitcher was Frost
and the loser, Kenney.
Leading the team hitting for
the season were Burgey and Deitz
ler who both batted over .500 for
the season.
Winning pitchers were Jonas
with a record of 8 and 1; Veer
man, 3 and 0; and Frost, 3 and 0.
Ron Dittmore, who together
with Don Burgey, coached the
team to their spectacular finish,
stated the boys in the field also
did a fine job. The boys played
good ball throughout the season,
showed good spirit and assisted
the strong pitching of Jonas,
man and Frost.
The teams were hampered this
year with the rainy weather, which
slowed up the playoff games. Ditt
more stated that there was consid
erable interest in the series this
year, and despite the handicaps
of a first year and the weather, it
was very successful. He looked
for a bigger season next year.
msm—MM®. *J 1 I
WAVES AND SMILES—Eight pretty girls from
Western states wave and give out with broad
smiles on Atlantic City's beach Tuesday as they
started their quest for the Miss America title.
From left: Misses Arizona, Donna Riggs; Utah,
Janet Secor; Nevada, Judy Wadsworth; Oregon,
Mary Ellen Vinton; Washington, Anna Sylvia
Henderson; California, Sandra Lee Jenn;.ngs;
Hawaii, Georgietta Kahalelaukoa; Alaska, Stuart
Johnson. (AP Photo)
Along The
Waterfront
Fall fishing started yesterday
but the prospects are not bright
for the estimated 40 boats fishing
in this area. At Alitak, chums
were showing earlier in average
quantities, 'but the report now is
that there* are very few there.
Elsewhere the reports are the;
same.
At King Crab, Inc., they are
canning silvers from Bristol Bay,
which were frozen and brought in
by the COLUMBIA. Bob Resoif
wouldn’t make a guess as to what
the fall fishing will bring. King
Crab is the only cannery on the
island operating.
The Coast Guard ship STGR1S
pulled into Womens Bay yester
day, having completed its mission
in the Arctic, where it operated
with the icebreaker Burton Island.
The latter will be there for a few
more weeks, it is believed. The
STORIS is commanded by Cndr.
W. C. Foster.
Three fishermen were acquitted
in Commissioner’s Court Thurs
day on a charge of illegal fishing
in vicinity of Kalsin Bay. It was.
a jury trial.
The KITTIWAKE is expected
in from Coqk Iplet soon.
Oscar Dyson’s jitney capsized
and sank. It was towed by Coogan
Petersen.
A number of the fishing boats
headed for Afognak island this
week, with the opening of the
Elk season. Among them was Os
car Dyson’s SUZIE Q, Klocken
brink with a party, and Del Val
ley. The latter took L. R. Baker
over for an interlude of elk bant
ing. He has been in this area be
fore on a bear hunt, and is again
going 'to hunt this year. He is
strictly a trophy hunter.
Several parties of elk hunters
have been taken out by Kodiak
Airways. Also* Bill Harvey has
air-ferried several groups.
Vem Hilliker, superintendent of
Alaska Packers at Larsen’s Bay.
spent several days in town this
week.
The new cannery building at
Walt Muller’s cold storage is com
ing right along, and with contin
ued good weather for a few days,
should have a roof on it. Wnen
completed, the operation will con
sist mainly of canning king crab.
Work has started on the small
boat harbor* with the driving of
piling already begun
Benrstt Appointed
NEWPORT, R. I. Pres. Eis
enhower picked Elmer F. Bennett
to be Undersecretary >f the In
terior. He is now the Interior De
partment solicitor.
Bennett, 40, succeeds Hatfield
Chilson, whose resignation be
comes effective September 20,
and was announced by the summer
Whitehouse earlier. Bennett is a
native of Longmont, Colo.
Eisenhower gave him a recess
appointment pending formal nom
ination when Congress convenes
in January.