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t'unoeu, Aj*«rka the (j4'hv& oi (Bf labkaA &Hed (island 22, NO. 8 _ KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 23, 19(52 PRICE TEN CENTS Carpenters At Cold Storage Still Idle Breach Widens; Union-Co. Deadlocked No settlement has been reached in the dispute between Carpen ter’s Local 2162 and the Alaska Ice and Storage Company. Union carpenters remain idle and are picketing the plant. Mr. Sweasey and Mr. Gene Craig were both in town for sev eral days in an effort to reach an agreement. They met with Union officials for five hours Wednes day evening, and an agreement was thought possible for a time. The two are deadlocked over the signing of an agreement with the Western Alaska Building Trades, to which the carpenters’ Union is affiliated. Company of ficials wish to sign an agreement with the local union only. Art Wickman, Business Agent for Carpenter’s Local 2162, stated that the dispute first started with the carpenters losing fringe bene fits and the company refusing to restore them. This spread to other trades, as well as the labor ars. Wickman pointed out in a statement to the Mirror that should the company negotiate with each union one at a time, the plant would be tied up all sum mer. “Reaching an agreement with all the trades involved is the only fair way for both the unions and the company,” he stated. Company officials feel differ ently, however, about it. They state they are willing to comply with the demands of the local carpenters and will sign an agree ment with them, putting them back to work as if nothing had happened. They are, however, suspect of a group in Anchorage dictating policies for Kodiak. Many To Enter Parade Floats Several floats will be entered in the parade which will open the King Crab Festival to be staged here May 4, 5 and 6. The parade, which promises to be a highlight of the event, will have entries from many business es and organizations in the city, acocrding to Ray Martin, who re ported on the progress of plans for the occasion. “We have had a good response for entries,” Mar tin said. He stated that Gov. Egan has been invited to attend, but he was advised that conflicting com mittments may prevent him from doing so. The governor’s confer ence is scheduled for about the same time. Plans to bring a Navy cruiser here at that time may not mater ialize, according to Martin. He had been advised that a smaller Navy craft may be in attendance instead. “We urgently need queen candi dates,” Martin stated. “Tickets will go on sale about March 1st. Several organizations and busi nesses have indicated they will enter a candidate, but to date non"' have entered.” As the deadlock continues, and the company has committments to fulfill in completing the storage facilities, they are bringing in the needed labor to complete the job. This is the situation up to press time. Glenn Did It! Tuesday was a great day for all of America and the free world. For it was on that day that As tronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. con quered space and orbited around the world three times in four hours, 56 minutes. For more than three hours of the flight time through space, Glenn operated his ship by par tial manual control when trouble developed in the automatic sys tem. Glenn was picked up by a Navy destroyer, the USS Noa, which was within six miles of where he parachuted in his spaceship, eight minutes after he landed in the At lantic Ocean. Following his 17,530-mile an hour journey, and at altitudes ranging from 100 to 160 miles an hour, after performing the neces sary tasks under high gravity pressures, weightlessness and oth er extreme conditions of space flight, Glenn was found to be in perfect physical condition and great spirits. Ray Cobb Heads Legion Post Here Ray Cobb, past 1st vice-com mander of the American Legion Post here, was elected to Post Commander at a meeting of the group held Thursday evening at the VFW Club rooms. Cobbs succeeds Carl Rodli, who acted in that capacity since early last year. The new commander was 1st vice commander last year. Other officers elected were: O. K. Chandler, 1st Vice-Com mander; George Burke, 2nd Vice Commander; Herbert Hamm, Ad jutant and Finance Officer; Reeves Read, Sergeant at Arms; Karl Brunstad, Chaplain; and T. T. Jackson, Service Officer. The Legion plans to enter a candidate in the Crab Festival contest, and will jointly sponsor a contestant with other organiza tions yet to be determined. Rocky Road Ahead For Seal Plant Location Here Any hope that Kodiak or any city in Alaska may have of secur ing the location of a fur seal skin processing plant in the state has been ruled out by men who are directly connected with fur pro cessing. The probability of such a plant coming to Alaska “has many rocky obstacles ahead,” according to Sen. E. L. Bartlett, who sent a (Continued on Page 4) Water Pollution Seen As Threat To City’s Economy The proposed Ouzinkie road is planned to go through the Kodiak watershed. The City Council in an action last night went on record to pro tect the watershed, suggesting the road be re-routed. The Bureau of Public Roads was to be advised of the action. With Kodiak dependent as it is on canning sea products, it was felt that every effort should be made not to jeopardize the com munity’s economy. A warning was issued by Paul L. Winson, Commissioner of Health for Alaska, as to the possible pol lution of Kodiak’s water supply. The Commissioner expressed his concern in a letter to Mr. Niemi, of the Bureau of Public Roads, and stated that in a study of records for the past two years, the Kodiak water supply has ap proached the limit in coliform or ganisms present which are allow able for water used for domestic purposces. He went on to say that the coli form bacteria should not exceed 50 as “a most probable number of organisms per 100 millimeter of sample tested for any month.” Coliform organisms are indicatory organisms found in the excrement of man and warm-blooded animals. Winson observed in his letter that clorination is the only treat ent now provided for the Kodiak water supply. “There are limits in the number of bacteria which can be effectively treated by clor ination. Treatment beyond these limits require chemical coagula tion, sedimentation, and filtration in addition to clorination,” he stated. This is called the “com plete treatment” which is required when the 50 count is exceeded. Winson pointed out that this is a very expensive treatment re quiring an additional plant, and staff to operate it. He pointed out (Continued on Page 4) City Engineer Barr Retained City Engineer Jim Barr’s ser vices have been retained by the City for a period of three years starting March 1, following action by the City Council Thursday eve ning. An agreement has been reached with Hubbell and Waller, engin eering firm in Seattle, for the re tention of Barr as City Engineer on a part-time basis. He will be employed by the City at a salary of $10,000 a year for a minimum of ten days a month. Extra time will be charged at $10 an hour. Barr will also work in a private capacity as consulting engineer. The Council waived its right to take possession of the proposed sprinkler system to be installed in the cold storage plant, should the company default in their agreement with the City. The prime contractors for in stalling the system, Grinnell & Co., wanted the assurance before they would install the equipment. The problem of motor scooters operating after dark and how best to control them came up for dis cussion, but no action was taken. Some of the owners of the scooters have been careless in their opera tion of the vehicles, and are a hazard. Tightening up restrictions by the Police Department was thought the best solution, making arrests where necessary when reg ulations are violated. Loss of a license can occur with owners of scooters just as with automobile drivers, it was pointed out. Permits were approved for granting the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and the Fireweed Club to conduct games of chance (raf fle). Motion to grant was ap proved by two Councilmen, one was opposed and one abstained from voting. Mirrored Reflections By SIG DIGREE It’s a little difficult to sit here at the typewriter and bang out ob servations of things and stufi when you keep thinking about the flying Marine, Glenn, orbitting around the world in his space craft. What must he have been think about, way up there more than 100 miles above us and closer to the stars and heavenly bodies than we are. What awe he must have felt at their shapes and size, their shine and lustre, when we mere earth people look at them with reverence, even from this dis tance. Carrying out a feat of such splendor, was it any wonder that he decided after malfunction o! the automatic controls to continue the flight operating manually? All his training, his mental pro cesses said: This is what I’m up here for. Let’s complete the job. And complete it he did. ♦ * * Where’s the blame? The break ing and entering episode early this week involving two little boys strikes a tragic note. Here you have two boys, age 9 and 11, bent main ly on mischief and destruction (why else would tfrey have caused such damage) displaying a certain amount of ingenuity and resource fulness in entering the building, and walking off undetected with about $5,000 worth of ioot. As we sat in on the Council meet ing last night, these boys, lodged in the city jail, were heard through the thin walls whooping it up, and generally having themselves a ball. Tuttle they realize the influence their act of robbery will have on their future lives. Can you blame mem? Who kriowc*?'ihf' '"its? You certain ' ■ 'd on Page 4) Alvines Plan To Expand Drydock An expansion program by Stan Alvine, owner of Alvine’s Marine Repair, was given a boost by the City Council Thursday evening when it voted in favor of his plan. Alvine, appearing before the Council, stated he has purchased the boat house on the Naval Sta tion, and plans to move it into town and add it to his present drydock facilities. The expansion will enable him to repair boats bigger than at present, and will double the capacity of his opera tion. Larger sized boats now hav ing to be worked on outside can then be repaired inside. Tidelands ownership is now be ing worked out by the State, and in the near future will come un der the control of the City. The City must be favorable to any planned tidelands improvements or construction. Favoring the plan is subject to final determination of acquisition of tidelands. Permit for construction must come from the U. S. Corps of En gineers. Plans Firmed For Boatmen Memorial The Kodiak Chamber of Com- ! merce approved plans for a mem orial to fishermen and boatmen lost at sea, which will be erected at the site of the small boat har- | bor. The plans, submitted by James Tapscott of Anchorage, were pre sented to the Chamber group at a meeting held Thursday noon at the Town Club. According to pres ent plans, a large granite rock : will serve as the base, to be sculp tured by Tapscott, who will fur nish a bronze plaque of a fisher man to be mounted thereon. The memorial is estimated to cost about $1,500. Cost will be de- J frayed by public subscription. A papier mache replica of the • memorial will be submitted by I Tapscott prior to the actual work . being accomplished on the mem orial. Plans are to have a ded- i ication ceremony during the King ) Crab Festival, tho it is expected • the monument will be only par- { tially completed by then. The large toll of lives lost this past year and in the years past in ; boating mishaps has prompted the j erection of the memorial. 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