Fishermen, Shippers, Airlines
All Need More Specific Weather
Information, Conference Told
Approximately 20 airline and
transportation groups, as well
as of State and Federal Agencies,
met Sept. 25 in the Senate cham
bers to discuss means of improv
ing Alaska’s weather service.
The meeting was called by Gov.
William A. Egan in response to
a suggestion by Mac A Emerson,
Regional Director, U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce Weather Bu
reau at Anchorage.
A number of participants
voiced the opinion that forecasts
and warnings issued by the wea
ther bureau were quite adequate,
but stated that there is a need
for more current information re
garding weather conditions at
specific fishing grounds and al
ong shipping lanes.
Frequent mention was made of
rapidly changing and varying lo
cal weather conditions in South
eastern waters due to terrain and
other local influences.
Emerson stated at the conclu
sion of the conference that there
appeared to be a consensus that
the following five projects should
be given top priority:
Placing meterological instrum
ents on the State ferries for
scheduled weather reporting.
Equipping additional vessels
plying regular shipping lanes
with meterological equipment for
regular weather reporting.
Meet with fishermen's organi
zations to develop a program for
reporting unexpected hazardous
weather developments.
Organize with fishermen and
small boat operators a voluntary
and fixed point weather report
ing system to provide a feedback
to the weather bureau for the
purpose of improving weather
analysis and forecasting.
Recognizing the urgent need
for an additional fixed weather
ships in North Pacific waters,
the conference went on record
recommending one or m o r e oc
ean station vessels in addition to
the ship “Papa,” presently op
era ted by the Canadian Govern
ment at 50 degrees north lati
tude, 145 degrees west longitude.
These vessels would be stationed
in Alaskan waters where the
larger percentage of major
storms develop in the mixing zone
between warm tropical air mass
es and later effect the South 48.
Emerson made special mention
of the improved weather com
munication recently made poss
ible by the joint efforts of the
U. S. Coast Guard, Federal Avia
tion Agency and the Alaska Com
munication System in getting
weather information to the fish
ermen, airlines and shippers.
G RUENIN G A >1EN DM ENT
ACCEPTED BY CONFEREES
ON DUAL RATE BILL
The dual rate bill, H. R. 6775,
which provides for operation of
steamship conference, went to
the President this week after
both houses adopted the report
of a conference committee which
worked out House and Senate
differences. The legislation as
enacted contains an amendment
by Sen. Gruening and supported
by Sen. Bartlett, which provides
that when the governor of a state
feels his political area is being
harmed by any rate structure
within the conference he may
make an appeal to the regulatory
body, which would have to inquire
promptly into the merits of his
appeal.
In the trans-Pacific freight
conference Alaska ports were
charged 30 per cent more than
was charged for hauls from Ja
pan to San Francisco or other
ports on the West Coast which
are further from Japan than
are Alaska ports.
The Gruening amendment is
expected to prevent such prac
tices in the future.
11,000 Deer
Hunters took 11,000 deer from
national forests in Alaska in 1060.
Soldalna Shots
On Fishing Job
David P. Wood of Ford Alex
ander is in Soldotna doing a
“fishing” job for Standard Oil
Co. “Woody” is from Ventura,
Calif.
Cocktails to Caribou
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd (Monty)
Montague of Paxson left Monday
for their home between Tok and
Fairbanks after having spent the
weekend conducting business in
Soldotna. Mrs. Montague, the
former “Pat” Patterson, is own
er of the Ace of Clubs cocktail
lounge and cafe in Soldotna.
“Monty” formerly worked on the
local “White Alice” site and cur
rently is an electronic techni
cian for RCA on installations in
the Paxson area. They report
the caribou hunting to be excel
lent there and that over 3,000
caribou have been taken by hunt
ers this season.
Pioneer Homesteads Here
Mrs. Amanda Price, one of Al
aska’s pioneers, has come from
Anchorage and is now living on
her homestead near Soldotna.
Mrs. Price has named her home
stead “Kingdom in the W’oods.”
It is located on the road left of
the Dave Goodrich home and is
about two miles from Echo Lake.
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Sterling Sketches
Shares His Bison
A buffalo bar-b-que was the
order of the day last Sunday
when “Buffalo Bill” Bresham in
cited one and all to sample his
bison. Very good to wonderful
were the reports of all. Lea, Ron
and Judy were kept busy refill
ing plates of baked beans, salad*
and garlic bread. Also on the
menu was baked chicken, moose
and caribou.
School Pictures
Robert Frost of Sterling, who
is owner and operator of Child
craft Studios, took the official
school photographs last Tuesday.
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