ical Eklutna Project
jrveyor Wins Award j
om Intericr Dept. \
Sdwin L. Stewart, local Eklut-.
project surveyor was one of)
Bureau of Reclamation field:
■n and a guide who received i
>motions or medals from Sec-1
ary of Interior Chapman, Sep
nber 18.
The awards were made because
? men persisted in the comple* i
n of their assigned tasks even!
er they were stranded for sev- j
il days without food and sup-;
es in a remote area along the ■
sitna River during the summer!
1*50.
Stewart was sent out with a i
ot of an Alaska Airlines heli-j
pter to search for men in two
ats who were searching for
ssible dam sites after radio
mmunication with the party
d been broken for two days,
hile flying low to examine an
erturned boat sighted in the
rer. the helicopter was caught
a downdraft and wrecked an
sandbar. After a night spent in
e wrecked plane, Stewart and
e pilot reached the shore and
ade contact with the men of the
rty, both of whose boats and
pplies had been lost in the swift
dies of the river.
It was almost a week before
e men were removed from their
alated position by the Tenth
jscue Helicopter. During their
iforced stay, fish were caught
>• paper clips, cleverly fashioned
to fishhooks by one member of
e party.
Two other men who were with
e Eklutna project in Palmer
st year, but have since left the
rvice of the Interior Depart
ent received silver medals and
rtificates of meritorious service,
aey are Terrence L. Robbins, in
rument man, and Harry John
,n. rodman. Stewart received a
■omotion.
EDERAL PAY R4ISES
IRE HEADACHES FOR
UDGET-B ALANCERS
No word had been received it
ideral offices early this week
oout a reported pay raise which
'ould add a yearly $400 to the
verage federal employe’s income
ix return.
eriment station headquarters,
At the Alaska Agricultural Ex
•on L. Irwin indicated that any
ich raises would merely add
lore headaches to administrative
fforts to salvage needed research
rojects after a $55,000 budget
ut already received. Unless the
ay raises are bolstered by addi
onal appropriations, the exped
ient station budget stands to be
nbalanced by a further $16,000
18,000 drain.
Less pessimistic federal em
ployes, pointing out that the last
mall increases were received
hree years ago, figure that the
aises are long overdue.
UNEAU KIWANIS LAUNCHES
>CRAP DRIVE FOR FUNDS
Kiwanians in Juneau recently
[ecided on a scrap metal drive to
aise funds for their club projects.
Endorsers of the campaign
laimed that scrap metal was
.ringing from $25 to $60 a ton de
.ending on the kind. Committees
v^ere appointed for lot procure
ment, work parties, city coverage,
utside of city coverage, industiy,
uthority for removal and trans
.ortation to Seattle.
ARCTIC WEATHER STATIONS
GET YEARLY SUPPLIES
Elmendorf Air Force Base.
September 27 <AMNS) — Four
United States ships and a U. S.
Coast Guard icebreaker have
completed a voyage into Arctic
waters to resupply six weather
stations in the Arctic area, ac
cording to the Department of De
fense. The task group was the
fourth surface mission to resup
ply the chain of far-northern, all
year weather observation sta
tions since its establishment in
1947.
Five of the six weather stations
are operated jointly by the Unit
ed States and Canada. One is a
joint operation of the United
States and Denmark. Supplies for
the coming year were- unloaded
at central weather stations at
Thule, Greenland, and Resolute
Bay. Cornwallis Island, the Navy
said. Those for satellite stations
will be transported later from
these points by planes of the
United States and Royal Canadi
an air force.
Over-Night Hike for
Scouts of Troop 654
An over-night hike to Wolver
ine Lake is planned for October
13-14 by Palmer Boy Scouts of
Troop 654.
The purpose of the hike will be
to acquaint new scouts with over
night camping and hiking. They
will be accompanied by Scout
master Vernon Fridley and Clay
ton Esslinger.
Leaving from the United Pro
testant church Saturday after
noon. the group will go as far as
possible by car and then take off
through the woods with tents,
packs, bedrolls or sleeping bags,
food and other equipment. They
will return to Palmer Sunday
afternoon.
Several scouts plan to complete
their requirements for advance
ments to be received at the Court
of Honor to be held by the troop
the latter part of October.
Local Men Attend First
Executive Meeting of
Alaska Division AAAS
Charles W. Wilson, Don Irwin
and Hugh Johnson were in An
chorage last week for the first
executive committee meeting of
the new Alaska division of the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science, organ
ized at the Alaska science con
ference held at Mt. McKinley
park early in September.
Publication of papers presented
at the conference and plans for
next years meeting were the
main topics on the agenda.
Wilson is the vice-president of
the Alaska division; Dr. Lawrence
Irving of the Arctic Health In
stitute is president. Both of these
men, as well as Irwin and John
son, were members of the steering
committee responsible for the or
ganization of the new division.
The biggest waste in time is the
time wasted in getting started.
OPS Disapproves of
ARR Freight Increase
Civil Defense
A proposed 10 percent freight
rate increase on the 500*mile Al
aska Railroad was protested to
day by Fred G. Hanford. Office of
Price Stabilization Territorial di
rector for Alaska, who warned
the Interior Department that a
rate boost would be inflationary
and cause a rise in Territorial re
tail prices.
In conferences with James P.
Davis, Director of Territories in
the Interior Department, Han
ford emphasized that Alaska is
almost entirely dependent on the
commodities shipped from the
United States and the freight
rates are one of the primary cost
factors in the prices consumers
must pay for necessary goods.
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