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VOL 14 NO 21
KODIAK. ALASKA,
JULY 311964
PRICE 10 CENTS
Fire Board
Displeased
J. fc. Kaiser, Engineer an!
IasoJitir for the Baird of
Fire Unisrwriter3 of the Pa
cific, San Francisco,California
was in Kodiak this p»3t week
to inspect the witer system,
sources of distribution, pres
sure tests, and fire equipment
in general. He also check) the
revised building: code ordin
ance and suggested the ordin
ance be held np before passage
until the changes had been o
kayedby the Fire Underwriters
Board.
Another task that comes un
der Kaiser’s inspection is the
eordinatioa and cooperation of
the variousCity Administrative
Departments in correlation
with the fire fighting forces
and equipment in the City.
From Administrativesource3
the result of the inspection for
a reduction on the rate for fire
insurance is not to bright.
In 1919 the City wis told to
obtain a new pumper for the
added protection agiin3t fire
in the City. This hi3 never
been purchased. When one of
the two pumoars we now have
oh the department was being
tested the clutch and drive on
the pump would’nt pull an
ounce of water. This piece of
equipm snt is fifteen years old
and according to the Inspector
it has seen its be3t day. He^
also was at variance with the'
building code as it exists and
especially with some of the
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The Kodiak; Alaska housing shortage received a ‘shot
in the arm’ recently with the opening of 18 units in the Aleu
tian Homes project. Laddie C. Galloway, airman, USN, who
is attached to Fleet Air Service Squadron 114 at the Kodiak
Naval Station, was the first Navy man to move his family
into the new housing area. (Ofihial (J. S. Navy Photo)
An Ordince was passed by
the City Council at their last
meeting, prohibiting the sale
of cornic books dealing in blood
shed and crime. For conviction
the penality is $300.00 fine, 30
days in jail, or both. The move
to ban certain comics from sale
was sponsored by the local
Parent-Teachers Association.
Games night* at the Elks
i next Friday night- The entire
[proceeds will be turned oyer
( to the Ganger Drive Campaign
according to Mrs. Jack Hinc
kelttc^airman of the drive.
R»ar Admiral Keo tecaCraig, USN, Commander, Alaskan
S?i Froitier ail Connniint Seventeenth Naval District,
(thirl fnn left) coiferi with members of the on-site survey
(earn which arrival at the Koiiak Nival Station, Wednesday
pi|]> 21. Other* pistirsi are: Captain W. D. Rowley, USN,
(sesoni fron left) Ecos otive Assistant with the survey party
fleer AimiralC. L. C. Atkem, (I3N. (with briefcase) 8enior
pumberof the Simy Board; and Captain W. K. Rhodes,
USN, (extreme right) former CotRlpaniing Officer, Naval
Station, Kodiak. (Oftcial U. S. Navy Photo)
Kodiak Boat Harbor to
Congress For Passage
Washington (^P)—The Sen
ate Public Works Committee'
approved a bill, on Wednesday
July 28th, which would au
thorise thfe construction of
flood control, navigation and
beach erosion projects with a
federal eost estimated at ‘tribye
than bhe billibn dollars. Ther£‘
are'147 Alaska' projects in-'
eluded in this bill,' One' ‘of
which is the 'Kodiak Harb'dr,
involving' an exper dit'ure " of
$1,685,000. '
The Kodiak proposal em
bodies a 12 acre small boat
i harbor dredged.1,0depths...,<?£
112 and’8 feet, and projected by
J bock breakwaters. fThe .ee^ti-,
(mated cost is $1,883,600*^ and
of that amount $198,600 is .toj
be raised locally. ,tj ....
Through the untiring ef
forts of Chairman Martip
(R-Pa.). the bill will be pre
sented to the Senate early
next week for consideration.
There are 147 projects on the
bill as it was passed by the
House last week, and 32 have
been added to the bill, one of
which is the Kodiak small
boat basin.
City Manager Robert Sharp
j talked to Representative Bart
} lett and sought needed as6ist
• ance to get the bill included in ’
the Omnibus Rivers and Har
bors Bill. It was suggested
that Senator Case (R-So.D)
be enlisted to help and through
the combined efforts of .these
j Congressmen the Kodiak Pro
; ject was added to the original
,bill and Hie authorization has,
been granted.
Labor Day Fetes
Water Spectacle
VENETIAN NIGHT, one of
the highlights of the three
day Labor Day Celebration
this year, promises to be one
of the most beautiful and en
tertaining spectacles that
Kodiak has ever witnessed.
Imagine a two mile procession
of festooned and decorated
ships, boats, skiffs, jitneysand
even rafts, led by martial
strains of a march, floating
over the broad expanses of
ocean and bay, you have part
of the picture of the Venetian
Night program. Then eouple
this granduer with a back
ground of fireworks from
Near Island to complete the
magnificent picture
Reveiwing stands will be set
up on the dock for the Judges
and Dignitaries to witness the
spectacle as it passes in review
The Judges will select cer
tain classifications of boats foi
prizes suchas the best decorat
ed, the most spectacular or-the
most unique, as to decoration.
Lots of colored lights, Jots of
music, with a generous a
mount of pomp and glory
thrown into the extravganza
fop the entertainment of the
citizens of Kodiak.
(■This and more featured
spectacles are in store for
Jftpdiak on the Labor Day week
fcujld',' September 4th, 5th and
tije 6th.
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; The Coastal Monarch, which
was formerly scheduled to ar
rive in Kodiak will not make
the.city a port-o-call.
Stevenson
Impressed
The eit;B3n3 of Koiiak for
med a long line in the Elite
Chib to great Adlai Stevenson
on his recent visit to Kodiak.
They were a|l present, the
buteher, the baker and the
candle stick maker, the rich
and the poor, just Kodiak
home town folks, to shake the
band of the defeated Demo*
cratie caoli 1 ite for tha Presi
dency of the United State*
and his pal and political team
mate Bob Bartlett,
Included in tbe oaFty were:
Mr. and Mrs. Francis PKmp
< ton. a lawyer from New York'
JCity, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
ID. Smith, an Executive of a
' Chicago Brokerage Company,
| Raymond E. Plummer, Nation^,
al Democratic Committeeman
from the Territory and Will*
iam Blair, a Secretary froitj
1 Washington D.; Ci. A^so accom*
panyin? the .par.ty,, was. Adlafl
Stevenson’s .>i8u year old sort*,
John Stevenson. ■'
j The- Stevenson party wai'
greeted at the air terminal by
a delegation of Kodiak citizens
and dignitaries from theNaval
i Station including R'eae; Admirt
al.KeonetJi Craig and Corrw
' mander James Barry, acting
Commandant of Kodiak Nava
Station. Notables among Kodfl
ak citizens taf great*
venson were Bud MetzgaiS
j President^ of - Kodiak Islanfl
j Dqmoctahj^. Clu+;t Anna M^|
.Yykacek.f JP§IJ0Qcti c Corn rol(|
tee woman from'the Third Dis
trict, Mayor'Tack rfinckel.Cit*
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Rear Admiral K. Craig ,U. S. Navy, (right) Commander
Alaskan Sea Frontier wslcom 3 s Captain M. Elliott,
USN, (center) to tha Nivr’s mrturaunt cann wJ at hit
13thNaval District haaiqraarters at Koiia'a, Alaska. Captaiii
Elliott will beoome Commanding OSief. U. S. Naval Station.
Adak, relieving Captain Garrett S. Coleman, USN, (left)
who will report for duty to the O.fi :a of the Chief of Nava
Operations in Washington. (O fijial U. S. N avy Photo)