THE KENAI PENINSULA
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Clean - Up The State
April 12, 1961
Editor Loren Stewart
Kenai Peninsula Cheechako
News
Dear Mr. Stewart:
As you may be aware, the
period of April 15 to May 1 has
been proclaimed officially as
“Prepare for Visitor Time in
Aiaska **
The Division of Tourism, in
close cooperation with the State
Chamber of Commerce, is going
all out to instill in the people
all over Alaska, a feeling of
friendliness towards our guests
in the state during the coming
summer. We feel that much de
pends on the attitude of the in
dividual and that we all need
to be reminded, at intervals, of
our responsibility to our guests.
I am sure you will agree that
we must make Tourism an in
dustry which grows by leaps
and bounds in Alaska. Will you
please help us to get our ideas
of friendliness and cleanliness
through to the people in the
Kenai area?
Sincerely,
Morris Ford. Director
New Business Opens its Doors
With the coming of summer
also comes new businesses or
expansions of the old ones.
One of the most recent to
open up in the Kenai-Soldouia
area is United Sales, managed
by Jackie Moore. She comes to
the peninsula from Anchorage
where she was associated with
State Surplus.
However, she is not a new
comer to me xveuctt *
She moved to Cooper Landing
with her family in 1936 where
her father taught school.
Jackie also lived in Hope,
where she attended school, and
graduated from Seward High
School.
As an introductory gesture,
she is holding an open house
this Sunday,
Lutheran Church Services
beginning in soldotna
APRIL 30,1961
at Penn's Hardware
Sunday School Registration 2:30 p.m.
Services at 3:00 p.m.
Pastor: 0. B. FJELSTAD
Seward
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Kenai is Evacuee9s
Haven In A tomic A ttack
By James Arness
Kenai Area CD Director
SITUATION: A nuclear
weapons attack on the Anchor
age target area or the evacution
of the target area in anticipa
tion of such an attack would
create the necessity for recep
tion and care of evacuees in the
Kenai CD district. The evacuees
that will become the responsi
bility of the district will be the
residents of the Anchorage re
gion. The role of the Kenai CD
district will be to receive and
care for the evacuees, take care
of its populace and provide for
fallout warning, shelter and de
contamination.
MISSION: To receive, regis
ter and furnish with food, cloth
ing and shelter, evacuees for
the target area. To provide de
tection of, shelter from, and de
contamination of radioactive
fallout. To provide enforcement
of economic controls and other
orders. To provide emergency
medical care, police and fire
protection and other services
necessary for survival. To man
age food production from natur
al resources as well as agricul
ture.
Please understand that a
planned situation can vary due
to an attack that could vary
from an anticipateed assault.
The Greater Kenai CD plan
has been completely organized
with individuals in the past.
Many of these individuals are
not now present. Some organi
zations involved change from
year to year.
City Election
Set for Kenai
A special election will be
held in Kenai May 9th, accord
ing to an announcement from
John P. Gunnison, city clerk.
Purpose of the election is to
ratify an ordinance passed by
City Council adopting an elec
tion for the city. In the event
of ratification, a mayor, six
councilmen and a school board
member will also be elected at
this time.
Adoption of the election sys
tem will call for an election
each year on the second Tues
day in May. Gunnison said the
purpose of the spring election,
as opposed to the state general
election in October, would be to
avoid including the transient
population in the vote.
Any qualified elector, who
has lived in the city 30 days
and has been a resident of the
state for three years may file
for office, Gunnison said. A
notice of declaration for filing
must be in the city clerk’s of
fice not later than midnight of
April 29.
Polls will be open election
day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Our plan is set up. ruling m
of many of the jobs by individ
uals would take place with the
implementation of this plan.
Refering back to our mission,
the first one will be the great
est problem. Community build
ings, schools and private homes
will, of course, handle the bulk
of any incoming people. CD
estimates are that our area
could handle 6,000 evacuees.
To this end, a receiving station
would be set up by the “Y” in
Soldotna. All traffic north
from that point will be stopped
to prevent congestion with traf
fic southbound.
With regards to radioactive
fallout, we are in a very fortun
ate position. The FAA has
trained personnel who check
out fallout daily. In fact every
Wednesday a report is sent to
CD regional headquarters. In
the event of an attack, this di
rector immediately gets a re
port from the local FAA at the
Kenai Airfield. This informa
tion is passed on to the schools.
If there is fallout present, me
children should stay in the
building. Otherwise the chil
dren may proceed home.
By past meteorological rec
ords, our area is favored if An
chorage would be attacked.
Prevailing winds aloft would
only drift this fallout our way
a possible 22 days out of the
year. Of course, fallout from
the target area is more severe
north and east of Anchorage.
(Next issue: Our plans as
they conform to the overall
state plan allowing the use of
emergency procurement bills.)
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