THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phone 262-4624 Kenai Drawer 0
LOREN STEWART ...Editor
DOROTHY STEWART ...Society Editor
KEITH ARNOLD .Roving Editor
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Kilcher States Stand
Dear Editor:
My recent tussle with the An
chorage police has kicked up
quite a bit of dust. It took place
within a half block of the An
chorage Daily Times — hence
the photographer showing up
towards the inevitable end.
The case has been postponed
for a while. It has many politi
cal and legal aspects, local and
general ones.
Already, the Greater Anchor
age Democratic Club has passed
a resolution asking for legisla
tion ensuring jury trial in such
cases, which now is not avail
able.
While most of our state po
licemen—and some city police
men—are good guys and gentle
men, there are some who expect
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the citizens not only to respect,
but to fear their uniform. When
thwarted, this type is apt to be
come indignant, rough-shod and
cruel.
I was greatly moved by the
many signs of sympathy, by let
ter, phone or direct word of
mouth. Those few who couldn’t
help but snicker should bear in
mind that freedom and human
dignity will by no means be
ours forever, unless we once in
a while stand up and resist au
thority when it is unjust and
brutal.
All too easily can civil rights
crumble away piecemeal, hard
ly noticed until too late to pre
vent the trumped-up charge, the
harsh knock on the door after
midnight—and you are seen no
more.
Yours sincerely,
Yule F. Kilcher.
Recent
Arrivals
Ted Van Grainge III, red
headed son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Grainge, Soldotna was born on
March 27th at Seward.
Joe Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Miller, Kenai, born
March 28th at Seward Gener
al Hospital, weighed in at 8 lbs.
11 oz.
Jim Fields, son of Mr and
Mrs. Lew Fields, Sterling, born
March 31st at Dr. Isaak’s of
fice, Soldotna, weighed in at 8
lbs. 11 oz.
Crystal McGahan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mc
Gahan, North Kenai, born Eas
ter Sunday, April 2 at Seward
General Hospital.
Joseph David Price, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Price, North
Kenai, born March 27.
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Area’s CD Duties Outlined
JAMES ARNESS,
Kcnai CD Director
With the cooperation of the
publishers of this paper, I will
attempt to outline and pass on
to the public the workings of
the local Civil Defense plan
ning.
There have been misunder
standings in regards to Civil
Defense in this area, and per
haps some of this can be cleared
uo through short articles in
this newspaper.
The Greater Kenai Civil De
fense district extends from
Sterling to Clam Gulch. This
area has been defined for a
number of reasons, one being
to integrate all local Civil De
fense business or effort through
one local director.
Alaska is a big country. And
rather than having State Head
quarters deal with every vil
lage or city, the idea is to form
districts to handle correspon
dence to and from Civil De
fense headquarters.
As a basis for planning,
headquarters of Civil Defense
for the State has outlined prob
able target areas in case of at
tack. These areas include Fair
banks, Anchorage, and Juneau.
Our local Civil Defense ef
fort must comply with state
planning. As such, we are con
sidered an evacuation area for
Anchorage. In case of an enemy
attack, survivors from Anchor
age would utilize any resourc
es we may have. This has re
quired us to set up a plan in
regards to Civil Defense in the
Greater Kenai area. This plan
was devised after much trial
and error and at present seems
quite workable.
In the event of war or nat
ural disaster there is bound to
be confusion—there could be
chaos. Civil Defense is meant
to prepare the civil population
for the confusion and to set up
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local forms of self government,
if our government has ceased
to function.
The alternative is military
law or survival of the fittest.
Locally, Marion Hergatt is
alternate Civil Defense direc
tor representing North Kenai,
George Denison is second al
ternate representing Soldotna,
and Emil Dolchok is third al
ternate representing Kenai.
These alternate directors
have support in their respec
tive areas as they see fit. For
example, Dolchok has the Ke
nai Volunteer Fire Department.
The directors and alternates
serve without pay. These al
ternates can be called upon to
aid their communities even in
peacetime.
Our requests have been rel
atively minor, mainly requests
for fire trucks and equipment
for these trucks, although there
is a quantity of Civil Defense
emergency supplies stored in
the area.
In the future articles certain
phases of Civil Defense will be
outlined. Next issue will deal
With our activities from the re
ceipt of notice of an attack on
our nearest target area, Anch
orage.
D. W. HOBBS
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