Gov. Wm. Egan Backs
CD Director Don Lowell
JUNEAU — Gov. Wm. Egan
said yesterday that state Civil De
fense Director Don Lowell “did
everything it was possible for him
to do” in connection with recent
flooding in the Fairbanks area.
Egan made the comment in re
sponse to a demand by a group of
Fairbanks residents that Lowell be
fired. The Fairbanks group said
an ice jam on the lower Chena
River, which caused the flooding,
should have been dynamited.
“The situation was an impossible
one,” Egan said. “Even if the low
er Chena had been dynamited, the
ice would have had no place to
go, because the Tanana was still
iced up.
“I am convinced that Don Lowell
did everything it was possible for
him to do, under the circumstances, j
At the same time I can see where
it was a distressing situation to
those whose property was flooded.” >
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MALASPINA WILL GO
WESTWARD ON JUNE 12
JUNEAU — The long-plan
ned cruise of the state ferry Mala
spina to westward Alaska will start
June 12, Gov. Wm. Egan said yes
terday.
The Malaspina will leave Skag
way on June 12 and go directly
to Anchorage.
The blue and white ship is
scheduled to dock at Anchorage at
10 a.m. June 14, and will remain
at the Cook Inlet city until 11 p.m.,
Saturday, June 15.
Enroute back to southeast Alas
ka, the Malaspina will make stops
at Homer, Seward, Valdez and
Cordova before re-entering service
on the Marine Highway system
again at Juneau on June 19.
In Magistrate’s Court Amos
Alexander and Winfred Adloat
both pleaded guilty to drunk
charges and were given 15 days
in jail.
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Jean Burand Will Hold
Clothing Construction
Classes In Kotzebue
Mrs. Jean Burand, District Home
Demonstration Agent, Cooperative
Extension Service, University of
Alaska, stationed at Nome, has
volunteered to participate in the
Kotzebue Bureau of Indian Affairs
program June 24-July 5.
Mrs. Burand will be teaching
two classes in clothing construc
tion. A beginners class will meet
from 9-12 each day. An advanced
class will meet each evening.
A very successful clothing con
struction class was conducted by
Mrs. Burand last summer at Kot
zebue. This was climaxed with a
style show by the students.
Residents in Kotzebue can ob
tain more information about these
classes by calling the school. The
phone number is 2-3451.
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ALASKA STUDENT TOP
WINNER IN ART CONTEST
KANSAS CITY UPt — An Alaska
high school student was named
among top winners yesterday in
the 10th annual National Fine
Arts Competition for high school
seniors by the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs.
John Kenneth Irving, 18, Elmen
dorf Air Force Base, Anchorage,
was awarded third place for his
painting “November Number One.”
Mrs. Gustav Goetsch, St. Louis,
the federation’s national chairman,
said each winner will receive a
$600 art scholarship to the univer
sity of his choice from Hallmark
Cards, Inc., of Kansas City, Mo.
Irving, a student at West An
chorage High, plans to enter the
California College of Arts and
Crafts next fall.
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Malformed Fish Story
LONDON UP — The Avon and
Dorset River Board came up yes
terday with the fish story of the
year, and maybe of any year. The
board bred 2,000 salmon with two
heads and other deformities.
The malformed fish were pro
duced by artificial insemination of
selected roe. What caused the eggs
to produce two-headed offspring
is a mystery.
Said John Braysahaw, the board’s
fishing inspector:
“It may have been due to the
lateness of the spawning date—
the artificial insemination took
place in January—but we have no
definite proof.
“Our hatcheries are new and they
were not ready early last Decem
ber, when we normally would have
begun breeding.
“There is no possibility that
artificial breeding was the cause
of the deformities. This method has
been used successfully throughout
the world for a century. There
have been odd handfuls of deform
ed salmon, but nothing on this
catastrophic scale.”
Anglers who fish the Avon River,
where the board plants its salmon,
need have no fear of meeting up
with any of the two-headed hor
rors. All died within a month of
hatching.
Oksoklaruks Move to Unalakleet
Mr. and Mrs. James Oksoktaruk
left yesterday to make their home
in Unalakleet after 17 years resi
dence in Nome.
Mr. Oksoktaruk, who resigned
as a member of the Nome School
Board, is with the FAA as general
mechanic. He has also been active
in the PTA. *
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BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 pjn.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Verna Mickelsoa
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Warner X. Bohrer, W. II
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursdays
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
Psesldent
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday Lunch sea
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday »f Every
Month at School
Frank Couch, President
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
— VISITORS WELCOME —
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Dan Lyle. Pres.
Phag Eh TmOAfgAaf
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Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Composite Sqdn.
Sr. Member Victor Charles, Caadr.
Meetings—Etch Monday 7:M pj».