Fish and Wildlife Vessel Finds Few
Fishing Grounds Off Cape Thompson
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice exploratory fishing vessel
John N. Cobb, returned to Seattle
Sept. 11 after completing an 8
weeks’ cruise to the Chukchi Sea
within the Arctic Circle. The ex
plorations in the Chukchi Sea
were part of a cooperative pro
gram sponsored by the Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries and the
Division of Biology and Medicine
of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The objectives of the cruise
were to determine the types,
quantity, and distribution of ma
rine fish and shellfish in the re
gion, to investigate their commer
cial potential, and to assist the
Atomic Energy Commission de
termining the biological cost of
the detonation of a nuclear de
vice in that area in Project Cha
riot.
During the investigation the
vessel cruised in excess of 8,000
miles, 2,500 of which were spent
in a survey of the Chukchi Sea
region. The investigation was car
ried out in the area from Bering
Strait to Cape Lisburne.
A total of 59 otter trawl drags,
36 biological dredge hauls and 12
midwater trawl hauls were made.
In addition, investigations were
made with gillnets, traps and
beach seine. Extensive surveys
were also made using fish detect
ing devices to determine avail
ability of pelagic (ocean) fishes.
During the investigation no
commercial quantities of bottom
fish were taken throughout the
Chukchi Sea area. Sole taken in
the area appeared to be much
smaller than those token in com
mercial areas in waters to the
south. One set with a gillnet pro
duced approximately 1,000 her
ring approximately 10 inches in
length near the Cape Thompson
blast site. This represented the
only catch indicating possible
commercial abundance of pelagic
fish in the area. Other hauls made
with the midwater trawl and gill
nits were not productive.
An extremely rich and varied
invertebrate fauna was taken
during the investigation which
should represent one of the finest
collections ever made in Arctic
waters. Although no commercial
quantities of Shellfish were cap
tured, the collections will greatly
contribute to the knowledge of
animal distribution in Arctic
waters. Sighting of mammals
working in the Arctic waters was
not frequent; however, several
large herds of California grey
whales were noted in the area
southwest of Kivalina. They grey
whales were noted on four dif
ferent occasions in the same gen
eral area.
Matanuska Chamber
Would Select New Site
For State Capitol
PALMER, UP— The Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce is
asking civic groups throughout
the state if they would assist in
selection of a new state capitol.
In a letter sent to the Cham
bers of Commerce and other or
ganizations Wilson R. Woods,
Valley Chamber secretary asks:
“Would you or your organiza
tion support the creation of a spe
cial committee to assist the State
Planning Commission in an an
alysis of the capitol location?”
The letter says many Alaskans
feel the capitol should be at a
centrally located spot, one that is
easily accessible by all means of |
transportation and one which I
would be economical and efficient j
to operate.
The Valley Chamber had earlier
urged that the capitol be located |
in the Palmer area.
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Executive Vice President
American Cancer Society
Due In Nome On Oct. 1
JUNEAU — Floyd Guertin, I
president of the Alaska Division j
of the American Cancer Society,
has announced that Mefford R.
Runyon, executive vice president
of the American Cancer Society,
will be guest speaker at the 10th
Anniversary dinner of the Alaska
Division io be held at the Baranof
Hotel in Juneau, Sunday, Sept. 27.
Mr. Runyon, accompanied by
Mrs. Runyon, is taking this oc
casion to see a little of Alaska on
a quick trip which will include
Nome and Kotzebue on Oct. first
and second.
MIDLAND, Mich., (<P — An
alarmed mother who read that
Dutch Elm disease had been dis
covered in Midland called Ross
Kressler. director of parks and
recreation, to inquire what she
should do to protect her children.
Kressler advised the mother
that the disease affects only trees.
Guide Steals Anchorage
Plane and Is Arrested
In California
SEATTLE, (tf) — A professional j
guide is scheduled for arraign- |
ment in California Monday on a j
charge of flying out 6f Alaska in
a stolen airplane.
Glen Thomas Andrews, 28, San
Mateo, Calif., is charged with fly
ing the float-equipped plane from
Lake Hood, Anchorage, to the
Skagit River in Skagit County,
Washington.
The plane registered to Arthur
F. Holbrook of Anchorage, was
stolen Sept. 3. Sheriff’s officers
found it tied up on the Washing
ton stream.
Andrews was arrested by FBI
agents in San Mateo Friday.
Rcbt. Baldwin Attends
Meeting To Nominate
"Education Commissioner
Robert Baldwin, president of!
the State Board of Education, left
for Juneau Saturday for a meet
ing of the board to selected can
didates for the post of Commis
sioner of Education.
The board must submit two
names for the post of commission
er and Governor Egan will then
make the appointment.
The board had first compiled a
list of 50 names of nominees to
the post. This was cut to six at I
the last meeting of the board.
Rep. Ralph Rivers To Visit
All Areas of the State
flfep. Ralph J. Rivers has ar
rived in Anchorage to begin a
tour of the state to confer with
government officials, civic groups,
business and industrial leaders
and individuals concerning the
first Session of the 86th Congress,
now adjourned; pending legisla
tion affecting Alaska; goals for
the second session convening in
January; and special individual
problems. Congressman Rivers in
tends to visit all areas of the state
and his itinerary includes a visit
to Nome and Kotzebue.
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the little town of
Tumwater, near Olympia,
in Washington State. For
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famed brewing water was
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and pure from deep
artesian wells. At various
times in the past,
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family established other
breweries along the
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equipment and methods
were employed. The same |
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available in each region
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if and quality which the
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Air France Liner
Loses Prop But
Lands Safely
SHANNON AIRPORT, Ireland,
VPI—A crippled airliner with 21
persons aboard landed safely at
Shannon Airport Saturday amid
the biggest air-sea safety opera
tion ever staged off the Irish
coast.
A propeller ripped away from
the airliner’s inner starboard en
gine 17,000 feet above the Atlan
tic and embedded itself in the side
of the cabin.
The plane — an Air France
Super Constellation — was flying
from New York to Paris. It car
ried 12 passengers and 9 crew
members and made the landing
using only two port engines. No
one was hurt.
About 400 miles off the Irish
coast the propeller broke away
from a starboard engine after the
other had been feathered for
mechanical trouble. It stuck into
; the fuselage just above the wing
I and smashed cabin windows. The
I plane lost altitude and at one
i time was skimming the waves,
with spray rushing in through the
; broken windows.
As soon as the stricken plane
| radioed news of its mishap, Shan
; non ordered one of the biggest
! air-sea safety operations ever seen
off the Irish coast. Planes went
out to escort the crippled air
liner. Lifeboats moved out into
the Atlantic, and fire engines and
ambulances stood by on the land
ing strip.
The pilot, Capt. Andre Com
| pere, walked away from the plane
i with perspiration dropping from
, his face.
‘'This was a terrible experi
ence,” he said. “However, I man
I aged to get up enough power to
make a good landing.”
Red China
Unfit for U.N.
Membership
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
The United States today described
Red China as an outlaw which
has made itself totally unfit for
U.N. membership by mass mur
der, atrocities and aggression.
In a slashing attack'on the Pei
ping regime, former U. S. Asst.
Secretary of State Walter S. Ro
bertson told the U.N. General As
sembly that the seating of the
Chinese Communists would be a
mockery of the U.N. charter.
“By every standard of national
and international conduct,” he as
serted, “the Red regime of Pei
ping is an outlaw.
“It has confiscated without
compensation hundreds of mil- (
lions of dollars of the property of
other nations. It has thrown for
eign citizens into jail without trial
and subjected many of them to
unhuman tortures.
“In nine years it has promoted
six foreign of civil wars—Korea,
Tibet, Indochina, the Philippines,
Malaya and Laos. It contihues to
defy the United Nations decision
to reunify Korea. It has flagrant
ly violated the Korea and Indo
china international armistice ag
reements. It openly proclaims its
continuing purpose to use force
in the Formosan Strait.”
Indian Defense Minister V. K.
Krishna Menon and a high Soviet
delegate — perhaps Deputy For
eign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov—
were expected to take the lead in
seeking a hearing of Communist
China's claim to U.N. representa
tion.
Menon has done this here year
after year, to no avail.
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