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HISTORICAL MUSEUM & LI3BAR
BOX 205
JUNEAU ALASKA
THIRD YEAR
JUNE 14, 1963
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Wildwood
TV Abolished
The Army operated television
station, Channel 8, at Wildwood
Station, will be closed on or about
July 1, it was learned here this
week.
Rumors as to deactivation of
the local station have been circu
lating for several weeks. Area
residents, in protest against such
a closure, wrote the Alaska Con
gressional delegation asking that
they find out if the rumor had
any justification.
A reply has been received from
Sen. Ernest Gruening, who said,
that in behalf of Sen. Bob Bart
lett and Rep. Ralph J. Rivers as
well as himself, he was trans
mitting a copy of a letter receiv
ed from the office of the Secre
tary of the Army about Wildwood
televsion station. He noted that
the letter stated there were two
[•ommercial stations, KTVA and
KENI in Anchorage, now serving
the Kenai area through transla
tor stations,
“If you feel in view of the reply
from the Army that there is any
thing further we should do in this
connection, please let us hear
from you ...”
The letter enclosed by Gruening
was signed by F. W. Boye, Jr.,
Brigadier General, GS, Acting
Chief of Legislative Liasion, who
said he-had been requested by the
Secretary of the Army to reply to
the inquiry adressed to the Secre
tary of Defense concerning the'
status of the Army operated tele
vision station at Wildwood Sta
tion.
Boye said, “The United States
Army, Alaska (USARAL), plans
to deactivate the Wildwood tele
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Heart1 Attack, Fractures
Hospitalize; Refinery Men
Two workmen employed on the
new Standard Oil Co. of Calif,
refinery north of Kenai were hos
pitalized last week, one from, an
injury received while working and
the other from an apparent heart
attack.'
Reuben Piens of Seattle, em
ployee of the Ralph M. Parsons
Co.;, received a severe fracture of
the right elbow and, following em
ergency treatment at the Kenai
Community Clinic; was flown to
Anchorage by Pacific Northern
Airlines, and taken to Providence
Hospital. He was referred to an
orthopedic surgeon and the injur
RETURN FROM OREGON
SOLDOTNA — Mr. and Mrs
Darrell McKee and family haw
returned to their home off Kalif
onsky Beach Road after a wintei
spent, in Oregon. The newes
member of the family of threi
children, a daughter, was bon
there while Mrs. McKee visite<
her parents.
The first road to be built in A1
aska was constructed between Ko
diak and Mill Bay in 1791.
This new sawmill; operated by George Garroute of NinHchik and
Rev. Millard L. Cowdell'»f Soldotna, will soon be producing com
mercial lumber. A special slate permit, released 30,000 board feet
of timber to the Church of God; Soldotna, for non-profit use.
Show'n in operation are Garroute (left) and Cowdell. The mill will
help utilize the valuable timber resources in the Ninilchik area.
(Soil Conservation Service Photo)
Bii? Killer Nearly Takes
Life of North Kenai Girl
A • 6-year-old North Kenai girl
narrowly escaped death Sunday
after swallowing pellets contain
ing ^ potent poison for insects.
Susan Missall, daughter of‘Mr.
and Mrs; Calvin Missall of the
North Kenai area, was first taken
to the Kenai Community Clinic
ed arm put in a cast prior to
Pien’s departure to Seattle for a
surgical reduction on his elbow.
Piens reportedly was. working
underneath a furnace' being in
stalled at the refinery and was
taking out a tube when water
started spurting . over , him. ’ He
jumped back, slipped''and injured
’ the elbow when he landed on the
. ... concrete wfloor. The accident oc
cur ed on Friday, June 7.
John Blair of North Kbftai was
evacuated by the-Kenai Squadron
of the Civil Air Patrol at 9:48 p.
m. on June 6, at the request of the
resident physician at the Kenai
Community Clinic.
Blair', who had been complain
ing of severe pains in the chest
and both arms all day, apparently
suffered a heart attack. He re
< portedly had a previews attack
about three years ago.. He,- too,
• was taken to Providence Hospital,
i Anchorage, w'here he is said to be
| recovering satisfactorily.
Blair was an employee of Pitts
burg Steele Co., one of the sub
. contractors on the refinery con
struction on which Ralph M. Par
sons Co. is the prime contractor.
after she had fallen from the top
■bunk in her parent’s home and had
'hk heT head on the concrete floor.
It was thought at first that her
convulsions might have been caus
ed by brain damage resulting
from the fall. Later it was believ
ed that a convulsion caused her to
fall from the bed.
After examination at the clinic,
at about 12:35 a.m. Sunday morn
ing, however, the doctor in charge
advocated that she be evacuated
to Providence Hospital in Anchor
age as the convulsions were be
coming continuous.
Maj. Glenn Kipp, commander
of the Kenai Squadron of the Civil
Air Patrol, responded to the em
ergency call and took the child
to Merrill Field, where an ambu
lance met the plane. Dr. A. W.
Barr of the Kenai Community
Clinic accompanied the child on
‘the flight.
At- the Anchorage hospital ft
was determined that the child was
suffering from the effects of lin
dane poisoning and was- lucky to
'still be alive. Her older sister said
the child had eaten one and a half
tablets of the inseet poison sever
al hours previously.
The child is reported in satis
factory condition and it is expect
ed she will be well enough to re>
turn to her home this weekend.
NOTICE
New deadline for news and ad
vertising copy, Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
preceding date of publication.
This change necessary to make
it possible to go to press on
Thursday.
THE CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phones 262-4420 and 262-4429
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TO REMAIN IN ALASKA
SOLDOTNA — H. W. Jones,
Standard Oil Co. of Calif., produc
tion foreman, will not be return
ing- to Bakersfield, Calif, as soon
as he was expecting. He has been
advised to remain in the Soldot
na area until fall and possibly
through the winter months, much
to the delight of Mrs. Jones, who
says she hated the idea of leaving
Alaska.
UNIFUME
HEATING OILS
CALL
Soldotna Delivery
262-4418
Kenai Delivery
283-7705
DON BAILEY
UNION OIL CONSIGNEE
Plan Homer
Seward Stops
Homer is inviting: a large dele
gation of Kenai, Soldotna and oth
er Kenai Peninsula residents to
participate in welcoming the MV
Malaspina when it docks early
Sunday morning. The ferry sche
dule also calls for a four-hour stop
in Seward .the same day.
The flagship of the Southeast
ern Alaska Ferry System is due
to arrive in Homer at 7 a.m. and
will remain in port for two hours,
during which time conducted
tours aboard the ferry boat will
be available.
Limousine service from Soldot
na to Homer and return will be
provided by Kenai Peninsula
Tours. The limousines will leave
the Sky Bowl at 4 a.m. Sunday
and will return that evening, pro
viding passengers an opportunity
to spend the day in Homer and
possibly be able to take one of
the boat tours on Kachemak Bay.
The Malaspina leaves Anchor
age at 11 p.m. Saturday after an
all day exhibition visit there. An
estimated 300 passengers, board
ing the ferry at Anchorage, will
disembark at Homer and will re
turn to Anchorage either by cars
awaiting them or by one of the
four charter flights scheduled by
Pacific Northern Airlines planes.
The PNA flights leave Homer at
10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:55 p.m. and
5:25 p.m.
The planned welcoming at Ho
mer will be informal and a carni
val like atmosphere will prevail.
Festivities are being spearheaded
by the Homer Women’s Club and
the Homer Little Theater Group.
Peninsula visitors are encouraged
to bring their boats, picnic lunch
es and fishing gear and to affiJt
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