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in the Bristol ray ajuja fo*. i&siaLifis
"... , ' OF ALASKA
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The two yiar 'Old ;}uriadiotional dis
pute between- the. Alaska Fishermen*§ Union
and the Boring Sea Fishermen*8 Union was 1
finally .-sattlad in the letters favor by'a
vote of 878 .toclOl# with 8 votes oast for
neither union and 18 ballots void. Of*
1123 eligible voters# 987 valid votes.were
counted. In addition, there were 54 chal
lenged ballots which brought the total of
valid votes counted and challenged balloti
to 1Q41. This mude 522 votes necessary tc
win; since the Bj,SFU received 878 votes
it v/aa not•neoceeary to count the challen
ged ballots.
As a result of this victory, t^e B8FU
becomes the exclusive bargaining agency
for all fishermen in Bristol Bay who are
residents of Alaska. The Alaska Fisher
men^ Union still remains the exclusive
bargaining agency for non-resident fish
ermen.
The election was under the Supervision
of National Labor Relations Board, with
Mr. Hiller in charge. He was assisted by
five other members which enabled him to
cover as many as five canneries at one
time.
Mr. Miller*s original plan was to spenc
ore week on the Wushagak River, the fol
lowing week in the Egegik-Ugaahik District
the next week in the Kviohak area and thf
final week in the Naknek River area) but
the failure of fish runs in the Nushagak#
the Egegik and Ugaehik Rivers made the
duration of the season uncertain* It was
further learned that in some places it wai
not necessary to spend the full time to
gel- the whole vote of eligible voters. As
a consequence# the election schedule was
advanced to irregular dates* a fact that
made the eleoHon supervisors unusually
concerned to give every eligible voter a
chance to vote# going so far in cases as t
seek out the voter when the voter did not
report to the polls. About 96# of those
eligible voted, a very creditable showing*
To5S>l3l£ G-iTis CAS£
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Little two-year old Lorna Olson, daugh
ter of Hjalmer and ]viary Olson of Kanakanak^
waB rushed to Anchorage via Bristol Bay
Airlines on the morning of July 29 after
a belated analysis of her condition by
visiting Doetor Hills who found a stiffen
ing *>of the spine and twitching facial
muscles, danger signals of possible menin
gitis. ,-!-V ,
The flfii,lcW-hoi been ill about two weeks
ft,t hor home- prior to her examination# She
had run*.a, temperature continuously# Since
her departure for Anchorage, no word has
been received as to her condition or final
analysis?..
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misfortune ostentatiously plunked itself
in the laps of two competit. /r- -irlines
in Dillingham since July 22 iro tbe damage
total-of one gull-wing plane a <*bo
. Bristol Bay Airlines1 pie: r o.-gxhed ao
Naknek Village on July 22 as i - Was bein^
brought in for a landing# In an attempt to
| pull out# the plane refused to take orde: a
and oarccnod into a warehouse, another build
ling# and finally crashed in o '.he ground*
'Pilot Ed Hansen way thrown fu; of the pi? oe
and oo-pilot Dick Armstrong was trapped in*
side# “ Moments after a passing seaman ex
tricated Dick from the wreckage, the pla-.e
was destroyed by fire*
Hansen and Armstrong were rushed to the
Providence Hospital in Anchorage where Han
sen was treated for loss of blood# face
anti chest lacerations and shooki Armstrong
was treated for possible pelvic fraoture#
broken legs and shock* The latest report
on these boysf condition shows Eddis f&unoh*
ing to be released and Dick has submitted
to surgery for a broken femur with the ex
jteotation of being released in a few weeks#
The iibrthern Consolidated Airlines lost
a feUlQix the morning of July 30> whe a
pil4rt kueeell jiferrihev came in for a landU
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