Emergency Food
Storage Proposed
For Alaskan Sites
Gov. William A. Egan said he
has endorsed President Kenne
dy’s proposal to relocate quanti
ties of surplus wheat throughout
the United States, including Al
aska, as an emergency food sup
ply in event of war or other dis
aster.
“Alaska’s reliance on imports
for day-to-day sustenance and
the likelihood that supply lines
would be cut in time of crisis,
make the continued availability
of adequate food stocks of major
concern for both the military and
civilian populations,” the govern
or said.
Under the President’s proposal,
75,000 bushels of surplus wheat
would be stored in or near An
chorage and an additional 22,000
bushels would be stockpiled in or
near Fairbanks.
In endorsing the plan in a let
ter to Agriculture Secretary Or
ville L. Freeman, Egan proposed
that an additional allocation be
made for Southeastern Alaska.
Consideration also should be
given, he said, to supplementing
the wheat storage problem with
a similar relocation of surplus
stores of beans and rice.
Alaskan Site
For Space-Age
Weather Station
Despite a cut in appropriations
available to the U. S. Weather
Bureau, it appears that Alaska
will be the site of a space-age
veather station. The W'eather
Bureau requested $5,140,000 for
the construction and outfitting of
an Alaska readout station to re
ceive information from NASA's
weather satellite, Nimbus.
Nimbus, a second cousin to Ti
ros III, now circling the globe,
will be shot into polar orbit by
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in the fall
of 1962. Although the Weather
Bureau appropriation was cut
from $53 to $48 million at the
insistence of the House of Rep
resentatives, Weather Bureau of
ficials report that the Alaska
project will probably be pre
served in the process Of trim
ming down the Bureau's pro
gram.
An exact site for the planned
station has not been selected, but
tentative plans place it in the
vicinity of Fairbanks.
KODIAK GETS $20,00«
PLANNING ADVANCE
An interest-free advance o f
$20,000 for preliminary planning
of a water pumping plant at Ko
diak, which will cost an estimat
ed $270,541, has been an
nounced by Community Facilities
Administration. The proposed
project will consist of a pumping
station to be built on Monashka
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SOLDOTNA Phone 262-4121
CaTHOLIC CHURCH—Heavy beams are in place, concrete foun
dations have been poured and the roof is going up on the prefabri
cated steel Pasco building that will house the Soldatna Catholic
Church. The building, measuring 70 ft. by 140 ft. and two-stories
high, is located on 15 acres of land at the end of Aspen Way in
central Soldotna. Father James Van Hoomissen, whose parish
includes Soldotna, Kcnai, Wildwood Station and currently Seward,
Js supervising construction and doing much of the actual work
himself. Long range plans call for a portion of the building to
be used as classrooms for a proposed parochial school.
WHEN MABLE SMITH isn’t banging away at a typewriter in
The Cheechako News editorial offices you can find her at her
Slikok Valley homestead. “That’s a good road,’’ said Mable to
the well-shaken photog. “You should see it during the break-up."
Then Mable walks the 1 /z miles from the Kalifonsky road.
Bay, about one mile north of Ko
iiak. It will also include approx
mately 6,500 feet of water trans
nission line and an access road
;o the station. This project is
leing assisted under the program
>f advances for public works
planning, authorized by the
lousing act of 1954, as amended.
ftOADS, BRIDGES PLANNED
More than 885 miles of roads
Hid bridges are now on the draw
ng boards of the Alaska High
way Division, but 101 miles of
that total should have their plans,
specifications and estimates com
pleted within the next 30 days.
T. D. Sherard, director of the
division, said that figures are
shown in the monthly report pre
pared by Bruce Campbell, state
road design engineer.
The report, released on Oct.
13, shows that IS of the 105
projects now being worked on
by Campbell’s design section, are
scheduled to be completed by that
section by November 15, Sherard
said.
“Just like uptown”
is
Don Wilson’s
SOLDOTNA STORE
Come in and see for yourself
how we do it with mirrors
in our refurnished and
remodeled completely modern
grocery store.
AND
plan now to come to our
GRAND OPENING
to be held soon
LOU’S MARKET
SPECIALS
NOV. 6 THRU NOV. 11
CHASE & SANBORN
COFFEE
DRIP OR REGULAR
2 lb. tin 1,29
MARKET
Shortening :?ib. tin 79c
FOREMOST—TALE CANS
Milk 6/$1.00
HOLIDAY—1 LB. PKGS.
Oleo 4/89®
GREEN GIANT—CREAM STYLE—303 CAN
Corn 4/98®
MARKET—303 CAN
Applesauce 5/$1.00
TEMPT—12 OZ. C AN
Luncheon Meat 39®
FISHER’S—10 OZ. PKG.
Biscuit Mix 39®
DAILY DIET—TALL CANS
Dog Food 8/$1.00
MACLEOD
HONEY
5 lb. can 1.59 I
ZEE—GIANT ROLL—ASSORTED COLORS
PAPER TOWELS.3/$1.00
FAMILY SIZE—ALL FLAVORS
JELLO.5/89c
MANDALAY—303 CAN
CHUNK PINEAPPLE .... 4/$1.00
MARKET—20 OZ. PKG.
BREAKFAST PRUNES.49c
TIP-TOP—fi OZ. CANS
FROZEN JUICES. 5/$1.00
ORANGE—LEMONADE—GRAPE
MARKET—GIANT 32 OZ.
LIQUID DETERGENT.69c
50 BOOK CARTON
BOOK MATCHES.6/$1.00
MARKET BRAND
BLEACH
1/2 gal. 59cgal. 98c
Phone 2624631
Soldotna I