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North Road Design
Work Near Completion,
District Engineer Says
Roy W> Jenkins, district high
way engineer with the State of
Alaska Department of Highways,
appeared at the regular noon
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday and was also
guest speaker at the Kenai City
Council meeting Wednesday night.
Jenkins informed the Chamber
that design work on the 15.637
miles of the North Road from
Wildwood Station north to Dan
iels Lake is 90 per cent complete.
He added that an outside firm of
appraisers is being contacted to
facilitate the appraising of the ad
ditional right of way necessary to
bring the width up to 150 feet.
Once this appraising is well
along, right of way agents will
negotiate with the 200 property
owners along the right of way,
Jenkins said.
“It is our sincere hope,” com
mented Mrs. Betty Warren, chair
man of the Highway Committee,
“that all persons along the North
Road will cooperate with these
agents, so as to speed the project
along.”
The contract for the entire pro
ject, realigning and paving is to
.be let prior to November, 1903,
Jenkins told the Chamber. This
will consist of 44 foot subgrade,
two 12-foot driving lanes and two
8-foot shoulders tp, U}e standard
Oil Refinery, north of tfenai, and
34-foot <subgrade, two 11-foot
driving lanes and two 4-foot
shoulders to Daniels Lake.
Conrad Potter, superintendent
of Kenai schools, introduced the
student of the month, Miss Lorrie
Lancashire, and the salutatorian
of the Senior graduating class,
Michael Tauriainen.
Kenai to Host
Annual Ninilchik
P-TA Talent Show
by Michaelone S. Pendleton
The annual Ninilchik P-TA Tal
ent Show will be held on May 10.
at 8:00 p.m. in the Kenai Central
High School auditorium. This
event is open to all students of
the Kenai Peninsula and every
one is inyited.
There will be cash prizes and a
grand prize for the best single
event of the evening. Tickets will
be available at the door.
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Secretary Freeman Asked
To Set Up Agricultural
Development Plan in State
i m; masKa congressional dele
gation recently proposed to Se
cretary of Agriculture Orville L.
Freeman that his department take
steps, in conjunction with state
agencies and farm producers, to
set up an overall, long-term de
velopment program for agricul
ture in Alaska.
While noting that the depart
ment under Freeman’s leadership
had stepped up its participation
in Alaska development at a rapid
and gratifying pace, the three
members—Senators E. L. (Bob)
Bartlett and Ernest Gruening and
Rep. Ralph J. Rivers (all D-Al
as-kal—stated a belief that still
further agricultural expansion,
incorporating long-range plan
ning, is warranted if agriculture
is to do its full part in helping to
develop Alaska in the interest of
the state and nation.
“A healthy self-sufficient Alas
ka agriculture is possible,” Bart
lett. Gruening and Rivers said in
a joint letter to Secretary Free
man. “It cannot be accomplished
overnight or in a year, but in the
interest of proper economic
growth and national defense, the
EXAMINATIONS SET
FOR U. S. ACADEMIES
Written examinations will be
conducted by t.ie Civil Service
Commission at Seward and nine
other Alaska cities on July 8 to
help Sen. Ernest Gruening select
young men for appointment to
the Air Force Academy at Colo
rado Springs; the Military Aca
demy at West Point, N.Y.; the
Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md., and the Merchant Marine
Au.iemy at King Point. M.y.
■ ' addition to Seward, the ex
aminations also will be given at
A rhorage, Cordova, Fairbanks,
J: itnu, Ketchikan, Kodiak. Nome,
Si a. and Skagway. Information
a’ ant the examinations may be
obtained from the senator or the
Civi’ Service Commission.
ALASKA STATE DEBT LOW
The Department of Commerce
report on state government fi
nances lists Alaska as sixth from
the bottom in amount of outstand
ing state debt, which was $16,
68',000. Per capita, the Alaska
debt of $67.83 in 1961 was exceed
ed by 32 states. New York, with
$3,2-14,616,000, had the greatest
state debt in the nation and Ne
vada was lowest with only $4,
288,000.
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start toward such a day of self
reliance must be made. Alaska’s
problems are unique and require
special attention. Solution does
not lie merely in the extension of
programs primarily applicable to
the rest of the nation.”
The Alaskans urged that a
start be made in May or June on
a study which would be compre
hensive rather than piecemeal.
They suggested that a represen
tative, fact-finding team from the
department, ideally headed by
Freeman in its initial stage, go to
Alaska to gather first-hand the
information required for an inti
mate understanding of Alaska’s
agricultural needs necessary for
the formulation of the proposed
program. They proposed that the
group should include experts in
the scientific and practical as
pects of farming, as well as econ
omists, production and marketing
specialists, men and women skill
ed in state-federal relationships
and others who can deal with
problems, examine facts, and re
commend programs and policies.
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Jody Grange and daughter,
Jeanna, Anchorage, are spending
the week in Soldotna visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Grange, other relatives and
friends.
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