Alaska Civil Defense
To Launch State-Wide
Survival Program Soon
An accelerated program of in
formation and education regard
ing opportunities for survival in
event of nuclear attack will soon
be launched by the state's Civil
Defense Agency, Gov. William A.
Egan said today.
Commissioner of Public Safety
Martin B. Underwood and state
Civil Defense Chief Gordon 'Sev
erson have been instructed to
draw up such a program to meet
requirements of the increasingly
dangerous international situation.
Pamphlets containing all avail
able survival information will be
given widest possible distribution.
Employers will be asked to dis
tribute this material to their em
ployees. Merchants will be asked
to make such information avail
able to their customers. Meetings
will be scheduled for those want
ing more specific information re
garding various aspects of nu
clear blast and fallout protection.
The governor emphasized that
the success of the program will
depend upon volunteer efforts of
public-spirited citizens in each
community.
“The very thought that we may
one day be engaged in a war that
would make necessary the use of
fallout shelters, emergency food
and water supplies and radiologi
cal first-aid is horrifying,” Egan
said.
“But in view of present world
tensions, and the nature of the
destructive weapons that would
he unleashed should war actually
come,” he added, “we dare not
risk the calamity that would
occur through unpreparedness.”
To Entice Tourists
Morris Ford, Alaska state di
rector of tourism, says a budget
of $271,251 has been set for pub
licity and advertising for the
fiscal year in an effort to attract
more tourists to Alaska.
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Kirkness Receives
Fish, Game Post
Gov. William A. Egan has
named Walter Kirkness, an 11
vear veteran with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game,
as commissioner to succeed Clar
ence L. Anderson. The appoint
ment was announced after con
ferences with members of the
Alaska Board of Fish and Game.
Kirkness, 41, came to the Alas
ka department in April, 1950, as
a member of its research division
staff, working on the troll fish
ery, black cod and the Taku
River king salmon fishery. In
1954 he became senior biologist
in the section which with state
hood was transformed into the
Division of Commercial Fisheries.
He has headed the division since
its inception. He is a graduate of
University of Washington school
of fisheries and holds a bachelor
of science degree in fisheries.
After three years service in
the Pacific with the Marine Corps
during World War II, Kirkness
began his professional fisheries
career as a biologist with the
Washington State Department of
Fisheries in May, 1946. While
there he was in charge of investi
gation of the sport fishery for
king and silver salmon, and con
ducted studies on razor clams,
the troll fishery and other's.
He was born in Seattle, Aug.
9, 1920. He and his wife have
two children, a boy and a girl,
and make their home in Juneau.
Yakutat Air Strip
Nears Completion
One of the two airstrips being
constructed in the Yakutat area
for moose hunters is almost
complete, the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game has an
nounced. The airstrips, a joint
project of the U. S. Forest Ser
vice and the Department of Fish
and Game, are designed to pro
vide hunter access to this ex
cellent moose hunting area.
Hunters who do not have their
own airplanes will find air char
ter service available at Yaku
tat, as well as facilities for
freezing, packaging and ship
ping of moose meat.
It is expected that the a i r
strips, when completed, will ac
comodate aircraft up to the
size of the Grumman Goose. One
of the twro strips is expected to
be finished within the next two
weeks, with the other scheduled
for completion later this fall.
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in Alaska to be paid for with
land script is to be the 1.7 mile
road into the Slikok Creek sub
division on Kalifonsky Beach
Road near Soldotna.
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Airfield Honors
For Alaska Pilot
George M. Kitchen, owner-op
erator of Anchorage Air Serv
ice, has been honored by having
a mountain top airstrip named
for him. Kitchen Field is situ
ated on top of Mt. Susitna, 36
miles west of Anchorage. The
name chosen for the flight strip
at Trans-Alaska Telephone Com
pany's Mt. Susitna communica
tion is in appreciation of Kit
chen’s many flights carrying
personnel and material to the
remote site.
George’s first affiliation with
the Mt. Susitna operation was
in 1957 when he and John E.
Field, then president of Com
munications Engineering, Inc.,
pioneered flights to the moun
tain to determine its feasibility
as a communications site. As
the site grew into reality,
George became the backbone of
the airlift, flying in men, con
stru ion materials, fuel and
communication equipment. In the
early months of supplying the
needs of the site, there was no
improved airstrip and takeoffs
and landings were made direct
ly on the rocky top of the moun
tain, south of the location of to
day’s Kitchen Field.
Kitchen Field has recently
been granted approval of Fed
eral Aviation Agency, however,
the strip is private property of
Trans-Alaska and is not open
to the public except in case of
emergency. It is at an elevation
of 4250 feet and is very short
and narrow. The runway is par
tially improved, main improve
ments being removal of “larger”
boulders and some grading. Fur
ther improvements to the strip
are planned hut at present it is
extremely hazardous during the
few months of the year when
skis cannot be used. During the
winter, snow drifts can be ex
pected. Wind conditions are
very unpredictable and often
close the strip to traffic. N o
fueling or other facilities are
available.
Several types of aircraft have
made use of the field for com
pany business, including Hiller
12E and Vertol H21 helicopters,
Cessna 180’s, and a ski-equipped
DeHavilland Beaver, however,
George Kitchen’s Super Cub is
the most familiar. Just recently
George logged his 500th round
trip to the field.
More Tourists
Alaska’s tourist business has
increased nearly nine per cent
this year over that of 1960, ac
cording to Morris Ford, state di
rector of tourism.
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