Price Support
Program Popular
Barley producers are taking
advantage of the price support
program with the Commodity
^redit Corporation, according
to OarreH L. Baird, char,man,
Alaska state ASC committee.
Loans made on warehouse
storage totaled 7,191 bushels
and 3,505 bushels on farm
storage loans. The value of
$17 697n the l0an proRram is
Barley producers who took
advantage of the loan program
have until April 30, 1963 to re
pay their loans. They may re
deem their barley at any time
prior to April 30, and take ad
vantage of any price differen
tial between the local market
and the loan rate. If the price
of barley goes below the loan
rate, the producer may deliver
his barley or warehouse re- I
ceipt in full satisfaction of the i
loan.
BID OPENING POSTPONED
An invitation for bids to pro- |
v ide security fencing on Elmen
dorf Air Force Base. Alaska
has been postponed indefinite
ly. The invitation, issued ini
November >\v the U S. Army
Engineer District, called for
construction of a security |
fence for an alert hangar, in
cluding guardhouse, photoelec
tric alarm system and other '
related work.
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• Adtlerl Mileage
• Driving Comfort
• Mo Costly Vibration
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TRUE AND BALANCE
TOUR TIRES ON OUR
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PI 5-4265 Palmer
Satellite Network Brings TV
To Eklulna, SuWon, Kenai
A network of six satellites
which will bring TV viewing to
an additional 15,000 Alaskans
was completed last week by
Northern Television, it was an
nounced Monday by A. G. Hie
bert, president of the company.
Each of the satellites, usual
ly located in a remote mour
tainous area, picks up t 1.
distant TV signals from An
chorage or Fairbanks, gives
them an electronic kick and
retransmits to rural communi
ties which otherwise w'ould
have no television.
These isolated communities
see automatically, through
these unmanned satellites, the
same programming broadcast
by the parent station which
feeds them. This includes live |
local shows.
Anchorage, t h r o u g h Nor
thern Television's KTVA, feeds j
the oil rich Kenai peninsula !
Highway Dsparlman!
§82s Bfg Season
The Alaska Department of
’!'< Irvays is coasting into t h e
new year holding contracts j
totaling $35,915,000 to be car
ried over to the upcoming con- j
struction season, according to j
a year-end departmental sum- i
mary.
Commissioner D. A. McKin- !
non said that in addition to
these Federal-aid contracts, the
State has three consulting en
gineering contracts worth $1,
841,000 and three maintenance
projects under state contract
for $453,000. Four highway
building projects are currently
being advertised and are esti
mated to cost more than
£8,000,000.
“With a blazing new year’s
start like this,” McKinnon said,
'I cannot foresee any block
:hat will prevent us from
-eachlng the $70,000,000-under
:ontract goal set last fall.”
Projects will continue to be
idvertised and contracts awar
led throughout the winter
months even though work on
most will not be able to start
intil the weather eases next
;pring.
3ES TO INSTALL
SATURDAY, JAN. 12
Matanuska Valley Chapter
'Co. 14, Order of Eastern Star,
ivill hold installation of officers
)n Jan. 12 at Carpenters hall in
3almer at 8 p.m.
This is an open meeting, with
members and friends invited to
ittend.
ATTENTION
All
YOUNG
MISSIS
(M5)
Plan your
skating oufit
now — Make
or buy your
skirt!
Prizes
To be given for
BEST outfit
“Valentine’s
Day”
(Ask CURLY
for details)
Palmer
Skate
for
the
fun
of it.
roller.
skate
If you are /un-conscious, figure
conscious go to your nearest
roller rink and join the crowd
that is swinging and swaying to
wonderful music. Perfect rhythm
comes naturally and your trim
figure is kept trim.
—in wot** ttgyq
With Channel 13. About 6,000
ccsons on the Wildwood mili
nrv reservation as well as in
the towns of Kenai, Soldotna
and Sterling are in the broad
easting area.
At Eklutna, home of the
Bureau of Reclamation Power
Plant, a translator (Channel
Seven) is behind an 1800 foot
mountain ridge. This over- j
comes the Chugach mountains.
T h e third Anchcrage-feri
translator, at Sutton (Channel
Four), also transmits over the
Chugach mountains to service
approximately 500 persons in
the Evan-Jones Alpine area.
Ail are now in operation. An
additional translator will be
completed this spring in the
Suntranu-TIeuiy area, which
vv.I! be fed from Fairbanks.
The separate channel num
bers in each of the areas are
necessary to restrict interfer
ence.
Fencing Project
Contract Awarded
An $84,-450 contract has been
awarded to Pacific Construc
tion Company and Associates
ol Fairbanks, for a security
fencing project at Gaiena Air
port, Alaska. The firm submit
ted the lowest bid among five
opened publicly by the U. S.
Army Engineer District, Alas
ka, on November 1.
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