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Bid Openings on
DEW Line Project
Date Extended
ANCHORAGE, UPL-An exten
sion in dates for bid openings on
a $20,000,000 project which will
extend the DEW Line to the Aleu
tians has been announced by the
Alaska District Corps of Engi
neers.
The six new DEW Line stations
are to be constructed for the U.S.
Air Force under supervision of
the Alaska District Corps of En
gineers.
The stations will be looated at
Cold Bay, Cape Sarichef, Port
Heiden, Port Moller, Driftwood
Bay and Nikolski.
Construction work on the sta
tions includes composite building
and ammunition storage building,
erection of antenna towers, sup
ports for electronic equipment,
water supply distribution, sew
ers, pole system electrioal distri
bution, roads, and airfields at
four of the six sites.
The bid openings have been de
ferred at the request of several
prospective bidders in order to
give them additional time to pre
pare bids. The deferral is of a
minor nature.
Body of Crash
Victim Recovered
By Coast Guard
GLOUCESTER, Mass., (A>—A
| six-jet Air Force B-47 bomber
! crashed flaming into the sea off
i this fishing port Friday night,
j The body of one of her four
' man crew was recovered Satur
: dtay by the Coast Guard.
Fishermen who witnessed the
crash picked up four life jackets
and pieces of the craft. They said
' | they saw no survivors.
Portsmouth, N.H., Air Force
' Base reported a B-47 missing af
! ter it failed to return from a
routine training flight.
Michael J. Lovasco , of Glouces
ter, ■ 41-year-old fishing boat skip
per who was in the area, said a
plane crashed within a half mile
of his boat.
“We were a half mile away
when we saw this thing hit the
water and explode,” Lovasco said.
“We saw it was a big plane . . .
I we went alongside and picked up
navigation charts and jackets that
were all burned. Everything was
blown to smithereens. We saw
wings still burning and gasoline
flaming.”
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Robt. K. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon