PAA Makes
Cutback In
Caribbean Trade
MIAMI, Fla., Ut) — Pan Amer
ican World Airways will release
about 5 percent of its 5,400 em
ployes here, primarily because of
“a runaway competition situation
in Latin America.”
■ About 175 mechanics and 75
supply, purchasing and other em-^
iployes will be released, effective
October 31, the airline said.
Some of them will get a chance
to stay with PAA in the Pacific
Alaska .Division headquarters at
San 'Francisco, the airline said,
and others may be absorbed into
other of its installations.
PAA blamed the cutback on de
creased workloads over the past
10 months and reduced manpower
requirements.
The announcement said this sit
uation was due largely to “a vast
increase in the number of foreign
and U. S. airlines which service
the poor traffic-producing areas
of Latin America and the overall
lack of business in the Caribbean.”
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Thermonuclear “designs” which
already have been tested will en
able the AEC to predict the shape
of the harbor and channel which
will be created by the blasts,
Jackson said.
The explosion will be thermo
nuclear, not fission, to reduce the
radioactivity to the lowest pos
sible level. The explosive will be
buried to minimize the air blast
and heat radiation as well as to
reduce fallout and to increase the
crater size.
The plans call for an access
channel 2,000 yards long and turn
around basin 1,000 feet wide and
2,000 yards long. Several charges
will be simultaneously detonated.
The total energy expended will
add up, roughly, “to a few mil
lion tons of TNT.”
Cost of this operation will be
about five million dollars.
To put in harbor and storage
facilities, the AEC estimated, will
require between 20 and 90 mil
lion dollars. These added costs
will be borne by other organiza
tions, either public or private.
For the immediate future, the
AEC reported, the most valuable
resource are large deposits of
coking coal near the harbor.
However, Jackson pointed out
that if the Navy will release its
oil to commercial exploitation,
this would provide an outlet.
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SUMMARY OF AREA ROAD WORK
RPR Second Division District
Engineer L. E. Hough has pre
pared a summary of the road
work done in this area for the
1958 season, which has just been
completed.
ROUTE 141. better known as
Highway 97, has had much work
and improvement. At Mile .13 the
Nome River Bridge pier was re
paired and the west approach im
proved.
At Mile 43 two ten-foot cul
verts, which arrived on the first
boat, were installed on Crater
Creek.
From Mile 50 to Mile 60, the
grade of the road was both raised
and widened. Portions of this
part of the road not worked on
last year were completed with
culverts installed and ditches
dug.
A new bridge was constructed
across the Pilgrim River at Mile
60, consisting of two 80-foot steel
girder spans, with creosoted tim
ber deck. From the Pilgrim Ri
ver to the Kuzitrin River, which
is from Mile 60 to Mile 68, a new
road was constructed by contract |
with BECK and Associates con
structing the road, and the BPR i
performing the drainage work.'
Approximately half of the road j
was constructed under a sub-con- ;
tract to Charles Reader. The road 1
is now passable to the Kuzitrin
River.
For the Kuzatrin River at Mile
68, the Cushman Street bridge in
Fairbanks is being dismantled and
delivery of the bridge to Nome,
under contract, is expected by
July, 1959. A second contract is
planned to erect the bridge across
the Kuzitrin. This bridge is a two
line, high steel truss with a 300
foot span. The Kuzatrin has a con
siderable ice flow and this long
span will not require any piers
in the water channel.
A location survey has been com
pleted from the. Kuzitrin to Cof
fee Creek, which is at Mile 75.
It is planned to construct this por
tion within the next two years.
Repair and reconstruction of
the Kougarok road will connect
Nome to Taylor.
On this route, No. 141, or High
way 97, $200,000 has been pro
jected recently, for 1960, to sup
plement funds previously allo
cated to this project.
The Nome-Council Road is
Route 130, and a new ten-foot cul
vert has been installed at Hastings
this summer, and the grade raised
about four feet. It is hoped that
the ice and water conditions,
which heretofore have cut across
the road each spring, will be eli
minated.
On this route the Safety Ferry
has been improved, with four
new towers constructed to sup
port the cables higher in the air,
and all cables "were renewed.
The Bonanza Channel Bridge at
Mile 32 was completed with the
necessary approaches, and a rock
rip-rap placed to prevent washing
away. The Center pier had a rock
placed about it for protection.
At Shovel Creek, where a wash
out had caused all traffic to ford
the Solomon River most of the
summer, the old ten-foot culvert
which had been washed away was
recovered and relayed.
Funds for the 1960 work set up
for this route to Council include
$75,000 for rock protection at Mile
17, and a bridge at East Fork.
On the Nome-Teller road, con
tracts have been let. to Bronson
and Edman for construction of
two bridges. One will cross Snake
River, and one will cross Penny
River. Materials for both bridges
arrived on the last boat this year,
and have been delivered by the
contractor to the site of the
bridges. Funds allocated for this
route include $300,000 for grad
ing and drainage to the Sinuk
River, in addition to funds pre
viously allocated to this project.
Second Division received a total
of $617,413 recently for work in
1960 for construction purposes. In
addition to this, $150,000 is al
loted for maintenance on the
Second Division roads.
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sunk by- U. S. submarines are held
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U. of Michigan Students
Charged With Gambling
‘ By JERRY GREEN
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Iff) — Six
University of Michigan students,
including varsity fullback Tony
Rio and basketball captain Jack
Lewis, stood mute today when ar
raigned in Municipal court--'on
charges stemming from football
gambling on the campus.
All demanded trial by jury.
Municipal Judge Francis O’Brien
trial dates starting November
12 and running through Novem
ber 20.
A seventh student, John A.
Miller of Utica, Mich., had not
been picked up by {Alice, but Uni
versity officials said he would be
in court for arraignment later
today.
All seven are specifically
charged with engaging in an ille
gal occupation. Conviction could
mean 90 days in jail and fines of
$100.
They are accused of handling
football spot cards. Ann Arbor
police said $10,000 a week was
going off the campus in wagering.
The prosecutor’s office said the
amount was closer to $3,500 a
week.
Business Is Better
Now, But Employment
Is Limited In U. S.
WASHINGTON, Iff) — Although
some phases of the recession still
linger, the Commerce Department
says business has fared better
than usual this autumn.
In its monthly survey of the
business situation, the Department
said Tuesday that various econo
mic indicators show the business
recovery is now rather broad.
There were a few dark spots,
however. The report gave this
summary:
“The recovery in employment
has been rather limited-; invest
ment in industrial and commer
cial facilities, although leveling
off, is not yet advancing, and
auto production still has not given
the stimulus which will come
with large scale output of 1959
cars.”
But except for autos, the De
partment said industrial produc
tion has shown, a- marked come
back.
CAP CADETS will meet at the
Nome High School Thursday, at
7:15 pm.
— D. HENCHEN, Comdt.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Mildred Harwood
Worthy Matron
Helen Dun&ai
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
J. A. von der Heydt, W.M.
Norvji 'r. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Jim Blanning
President
Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday o^every
month at School.
ROSCOE WILKIE. President
MARY DIEDE. Secretary.
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