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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12
Final Atomic Blast
OF Series DELAYED

LAS VEGAS, New. May IL up
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion today again postponed its
final nuclear blast of the 1855
series in Nevada shortly before
the shot was to go at S am,
Pacific daylight time. The Acc
announced that "unfavorable
wind conditions" caused the
postponement.
A weather conference is to be
held later today to determine if
the test can be conducted to-
morrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12
Strauss in Madrid

MADRID, Spain. May IL (P),
Admiral Lewis L. Strauss,
chairman of the United States
Atomic Energy Commission. and
his wife arrived by plane today
from Paris. They are to leave
for Lisbon Monday en- route
home. Strauss has been touring
Western Europe for the past
three weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12
Notvig Perjury Trial Told
Of Mysterious Visitor

false witness against Mr.. Lamb.
When she returned to Wash
ington in February to retract her
charges, Mr.. Brown said her
conversation was "at times in
coherent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12
Snuff Use Rises

NEW YORK. - Although
Americans smoked fewer cigars
and cigaretts in 1854 than they
did the year before. use Of snuff
during the year climbed one per
cent to a total consumption Of
80 million pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12

Representative McCorma c K
Democrat. Of Massachusetts,.
Il don't think they will, par
ticularly in view of what's been
said in the press" replied Ad-
miral Arnold. But we've had
the program (of reducing sup
plies) under way for a year and
Seward seaport record., 1955-01-28
RENAL POWER GROUPS DISCUSS ELECTRIC SUPPLY PROBLEMS

In half a dozen meetings held during the past week and half the Seward City Council together with the Utilities Board and the City's engineer on the Crescent Lake Hydre-olectric power pro- ject, Howard Harstad, delved into the many problems which confront the City in trying to finance the 31a million dollar project.
 On Monday of last week the Council read the Election Ordin- ance which provides for a spec ial election to ask voters approval of revenue bonds to build the pow ed plant and associated distribu- tion and transmission lines.
 The first problem to confront the Council was that the financial feasibility of the plan was shak- en somewhat by a recent Council motion taking the City out of the distributing business in the area from it's present system and the power plant which would be loc- ated at Upper Trail Lake. This would cost the City 200 (est.) customers and though they would still theoretically be customers, through the Kenai Lake Electric
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Receive First Painting For Rendezvous Show

ANCHORAGE, Jan. 2S - Excite ment ran high when the Art show received it's first entry Night Scene, an oil painting by Carol Erwin of Seward. Miss Erwin, who is known as the Artist of the Rain Belt area" has painted over 800 pictures during her 17 years in Alaska She has also operated road houses and cafes from Nome to Juneau. During the war years she drove a cab.
 Miss Erwin's interest in art start ed when she spent two years in a Texas hospital following an auto mobile accident. She exchanged sketches with a professional illus trator, who was patient across the hall from her. Later, confined to a wheel chair for two months, she lived on a farm and painted domestic animals in the barnyard. Mature is the best teacher, she says "so when l came to Alaska I went into the interior and studied the mountains, the animals and the lonely mining towns.
 A self-taught artist, Miss Erwin has worked in oils, watercolors and charcoal. She is neither of the impressionistic nor modern school, she is primative painter and there is a certain amount of depth to her work. Miss Erwin use bright colors and great amout of detail. Tt takes three months to complete a painting" she confides, T devote four hours each morning to painting and us- ually have two or three oils going at once."
 Most of Miss Erwin's paintings now are of Alaska, featuring rug. ged peaks, lonely mining camps and usually there is an animal in the picture.
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LOCAL CHAMBER DIRECTORS
 URGE ACTION ON TOURISM

will assist in this effort. It had been felt that perhaps many cit izens did not realize the gains made in the past year.
 The progress on the hydro-elec- tric project and bond election was reported by the City Manager. A review of this will be found else where in this issue.
 The City Manager also had things to say about the rumor that the City Council was being pushed by the Chamber to kick the present lessons of the San Juan Dock out and substitute some other in dustry.
 Mr. O'Hara reported on rec ent Council meeting at which it had come to the Councils atten- tion that a review of the Lease had been ordered sometime ago, 1853, to see if fuller use of the dock could not be made and the Ciyt realize more from the facil- ities.
 Since a firm proposal has been made to make fuller use of the dock and bring more industry to Seward the Council had considered immediate action to break the lease and make room for the new industry, but not to kick out any one.
 O'Hara also reported he had a letter from a firm interested in locating a birch processing plant here and that Babler and Rogers of Portland were interested in locating a cracking plant in Sew ard.
 The next meeting of the Cham Der will be held in the basement of the Methodist Church next Tues day at noon
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Warehouses To Go
 To Highest Bidders

Three surplus warehouses on FL mendorf Air Force Base will be sold to highest bidders by the Alaska District Corp of Engineers. Bids will be accepted until 1 pm. February 25.
 The buildings are of frame mob ilization type with heating plants to be sold with the buildings. Two of the structures are 50' by 1S0'; one is 50' by 100'. The buyer is to remove the buildings from the site but is not required to remove the concrete floors and founda- tions.
 Information. bid forms and ap- pointments to inspect the buildings may be obtained from the eRal Estate Division, Alaska District Corps of Engineers, Anchorage.
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Kenai Land Withdraw
 Announced by ELM.

Seeking to assure the use and enjoyment of Alaska's rivers, lakes and scenic areas by the general public, the Bureau of Land Man agement announced that it has requested the withdrawal of 226 acres of land located in three separate areas in the vicinity of Soldotna and Naptowne on Kenai Peninsula.
 The three areas are situated in T , N., R. 10 w., s. M., and comprise portions of Sections 15, 27, 3S, and 34. They are adjacent to fakes or rivers and afford ad- mirable picnic, camping and gen. eral recreational possibilities, Har- old T. Jorgenson, Acting Area Ad- ministrator said.
 Furthermore, Jorgenson said, that these three sites are heavily used by the public at present and in order that they can be dedicated to the general public's enjoyment. it is essential that these areas be withdrawn to prevent their becom- ing blocked off by private owner ship.
 The Bureau announced that it had requested withdrawal of seven acres of land situated on a penin- sula extending northward into Der nice Lake from the section line running east and west from quar- ter corner common osurveyed sec tion 22 and unsurveyed section 15 to MH.W., T. 7N., R. 12 w.. SM.
 The proposed withdrawal area located about 12 miles north of Kenai, is the only open public domain with frontage on Bernice Lake. Withdrawal would assure public access to and from the lake. There are several homesteads with frontage on the lake as a means of access to their property. Fur thermore, Jorgenson said that this scenic area would make an ideal campground and small boat land ing area for the public.
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Seward Area Deemed Land of Prosperity

The way was opened this week for land of prosperity to bloom around Seward as the Council and Utility Board cleared the way to send the issue to the voters ask ing for approval of 3K million dollars in Revenue Bonds to build the Crecent Lake Hydro-electric project.
 Availa bility of an ample source of cheap electric power cannot help but to speed the Cevelope- ment of the Kenai Peninsula. Though the supply is not great enough to attract a big industrial plant it could attract many small CT industries which would tend to diversity the economy of Sew ard. Such diversification will take Seward out of it's present condi- tion of boom or bust depending on what happens to shipping or the Alaska Railroad.
 Voters might well keep in mind that the Bonds they will vote on are strictly Revenue Bonds, that is, pledge of the revenue of the system anC not mortgage on pro- perty of the community or of the Utilities.
 Also the amount of Bonds to be issued will be controlled by the cost of the project and if less than 3k million dollars is needed to build the system then the full amount will not be issued and thus there will be no interest to pay on the Bonds which are auth orized but not issued. The same applies to the matter of interest rates on the Bonds. You are be. ing asked to approve Bonds to bear interest at not to exceed per cent. This means that the door is left open to negotiate with the Bonding companies for a lesser rate of interest than has been pre- viously paid, also if it went the other way, the Council could, if necessary sell the Bonds with slightly higher rate of interest.
 Though in the next few weeks the present publisher will be leav- ing Seward We cannot too strongly urge that you vote Yes for the Crescent Lake project and give the economy of Seward, the Kenai and Alaska a big boost and make it the land of Prosperity which we envision.
Seward seaport record., 1955-01-28
Cooper Landing Woman Heroine

PITTSBURGH. Penn, - (up) - The Carnegie Hero Fund Commis. sion today awarded a bronze medal to Mrs. Catherine L. Coppock, 31, Cooper Landing, Alaska. for her heroic attempts to save a child from the frozen waters of the kenai river
 Mrs. Coppock was one of IA per sons so honored for risking her life to save someone else. Three of the recipients died in their res cue attempts.
 The Commissions citation said Mrs. Coppock attempted to save three-year-old Sherman c. Smith, III, from drowning in the Kenai river on February IT. 1854. The boy had wandered onto the rivers ice with two little girls and was plunged into the icy waters when a projection of ice broke beneath him. He was submerged briefly and then floated with his face barely out of the water.
 Attracted by screams of the lit. tie girls. Mrs. Coppock descended a flight of stairs to the ice and ran more than 100 yards across the frozen river to where Sherman floated unconscious. She plunged, fully clothed, into the river to save him.
 Mrs. Coppock grasped the boy and then swan about eight feet to the edge of the ice. She pushed sherman onto the ice, but thee projections continually broke under her weight when she at tempted to crawl out of the water.
 Finally she got one leg up on the ice and dragged herself to safety. She picked up the child and ran to the river bank, her clothing freezing into ice as she ran.
 Another woman met Mrs. Cop pock on the bank. The two women rushed Sherman indoors, removed his frozen clothing. and gave him artificial respiration for an ex- tended period.
 However, the boy was dead.
 Mrs. Coppock recovered from the shock and exposure she suf- fered during her ordeal.
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Washington Letter 956 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET

Incomplete tabulatlons reveal that President Eisenhower is seek ing $61, ,4S7.S40 in the 1856 fiscal year budget for Alaska activities of various government agencies.
 It is expected that in a week or two the full amount for the Territory, with the exception of funds for military public works, will be known.
 The Interior Departments share, exclusive of funds for the Fish and Wildlife Service, totals $25,276,979, with funds sought for the Con- merce Department in the amount of $22,495,9S0 second in size. The Commerce Department figure, how ever, does not include funds re- quested for the operations of the Civil Aeronautics Board in the Territory. The Defense Depart ment's budget totals $5,3S4,OO0 but this does not include any proposed requests for military public works, program which usually goes to Congress for authorization many weeks after the Presidents budget message is submitted The budget includes $3,902,2O0 for Post Office Department activities in Alaska, $1,556,S01 for the Agriculture De- partment excluding the program foc tho Dnrol EIoof r;f;oo%;oc Al ministration and the Soil Conser- vation Service), $1,342,6S0 for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Exclusive of funds for the medical care of Alaska's native people the federal respon. sibility for which was transferred by Congress in 1854 from the Bur-
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Homemakers Meeting

The Marathon Homemakers met fast week on Thursday evening, January 20, at the Clearview home of Mrs. Wilma Tish on Marathon Drive. Mrs. Betty Casey was the co-hostess for the evening.
 Mrs. Lillian Dangler conducted a demonstration of how to sew beads on sweaters. Mrs. Casey was the winner of the evenings contest.
 The next meeting of the club will be held at the home of Mrs. Ray Seferovich on February 3rd.
 The demonstration for that even- ing will be given by Mrs. Cecil Horton. Her subject will be the proper care and transplanting of houseplantS.
Seward seaport record., 1955-01-28
Parent Teachers To Meet Monday

The regular monthly meeting of the Parent-Teachers Associa- tion will be held next Monday evening at 7:90 in the High School. All parents and interested persons are invited to attend.
 The program for the evening is being planned by the Character and Spiritual Education Committee which promises to be a most in. teresting program.
 Refreshments will be served and a social period will follow the regular business and program of the evening.
Seward seaport record., 1955-01-28

At the Tuesday noon meeting of the Chamber capacity crowd sat down to another of the del icious meals prepared by the ladies of the WSCS. BOARD MEETINGS
 Reports on the Board of Directors meetings held in the past week were read to the group.
 On Thursday of last week the Board held a special meeting to explore the problems of stimula- ting tourism in the Seward area. It was decided as one of the sev- eral things to be done to exploit the tourist potential that boat eX- cursions should be arranged so that sightseeing and fishing par ties could be attracted to this area
 Other Board action included the plans to make a detailed reply to the transformation contained in the Wyer report recently. re- leased by the Army. The report contains an evaluation of the re- lative merits of the ports of Whit tier and Seward with regard to Sea Train operations.
 A report was also heard on a recent suggestion that the Chamber get a team of Economists from the University of Washington to conduct an economic survey of the Seward area. It was the Board S report that the University of Al aSka is organizing a similar team to work in Alaska as the Washing ton team could not work outside their home state.
 The newly formed recreation council, it was suggested by the BoarC. should be invited to the next Chamber meeting. Gene Breitenbach is to be at next Tues days meeting.
 The Board also had a suggestion that the Fourth of July celebration be turned over to a professional manager
 hC ACOu iol q pIOSI dul Ol cu- ucation on the Hydro-elec pro- ject was discussed and it was dec ided to invite the City Council and Utility Board to the next regular Chamber session to dis cuss the project
 GUESTS
 Two guests were present at the meeting. They were: MT. Ron Rhettig of Anchorage, and MT. Goreson, who is a new member representing Local S2 of the Long shoremen's Union.
 Other items taken up at the Tuesday meeting included a letter from Delegate E. L. Bartlett ack- nowledging the Chambers wire re- garding the need for additional funds to make full use of the Sew ard San facilities. Bob said he had asked for further information and help from the Secretary of the Interior.
 In connection with the Chambers concern With building up Tourism in Seward it was voted to have the Chamber join the Alaska Wis itors Association.
 CITY MANAGERS REPORT
 The City Manager had several items to report to the Chamber among them that a complete re port on City activities is being compiled and will be submitted to the Chamber when completed.
 The Chamber had earlier plan ned survey of the City Govern. ment to ascertain what gains were being made under the City Mana ger form of government. The re- port from the City departments
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Association, they would not be on a firm basis which the City could use to borrow against since the contract between the City and the REA Coop is subject to cancel ation on short notice.
 A meeting was held with the Kenai Lake group last week on Thursday and they indicated sub stantial agreement with the City to provide service to the area so long as no one who had signed up with the Coop would be left out. Power from the City would, it is believed, be substantially cheaper since the Coop had a proposed rate starting at 20e per XIV anc graduated down to about 7ke per XIV as against Seward rate start ing at about 131ae per XIV and dropping on scale to about Sc per XIV.
 Since the Board of Directors of the Coop felt that they could not speak for all and loan applica- ton is now being processed by the REA office in Washington nothing much could be done immediately by either the Board or the City which must get voter approval of it's project before it can make a firm commitment to serve the area.
 Acting on a previous expressed Nf ociation to tie into the Seward hyCro-electric generating system, the Council took it's next step by sending engineer Harstad, Council man Anthony and Utility Board Member Merle Trevethan to Hom- CT to see what sort of commitment Homer could make to buy power from Seward
 The trio brought back tenta- tive agreement, any contract would have to be approved by REA head quarters in Washington, to build transmission line and provide distribution service, if necessary, along the way from Soldotna where the Homer line now ends to Mile 32 where the Seward hyCro plant would be located. This agreement if financed would take care of all Kenai Lake potential customers and likely at lower rate than had been previously proposed.
 Lead by Utility Board member l hn and Utility Board repeatedly de- clared during the discussions that the City of Seward had no inten- tion of proceeding without the sub- stantial agreement of all concern ed in the new service areas.
 A phone call to Washington head quarters of REA this week, made 1 by the manager of the Homer FL ectric Association didn't clear the problem as quickly as had been , hoped since the Washington office requested further information be- fore making any approval.
 Next step in the long process was ] the approval on Monday of the final reading of Ordinance 253 which places the decision, of whether or not to build the Crescent Lake
 plant, before the voters. The Or. dinance is being published in an l Anchorage newspaper because of
 the immanent suspension of the local paper. The election will be held February 23.
 Cost of the project is estimated
 to not exceed 3R million dollars and will be paid for by revenue
 bonds, Such bonds are paid for solely out of revenue of the sys.
 tenn and do not constitute a lean
 upon property of the Utility or
 private property. Neither can they
 be paid for out of tax money as
 General Obligation bonds would be.
Seward seaport record., 1955-01-28

Recent arrivals at the Seward General Hospital include Phyllis Ann Bloom who arrived on Jan uary IA to join her parents MT. and Mrs. David Bloom.
 On the 18th. Jennie Lee Skinner was born to MT. and Mrs. E. G. Skinner of Dutch Harbor.
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs. James Ostler on January 15 in Or. lando, Florida. His name is Mich ael James. Mrs. Ostler is the former Carolyn Mahan, daughter of Victor Mahan.
Seward seaport record., 1955-01-28
Scouting Plans Outlined by Explorers

A full program of excitement for Explorer Scouts was planned recently at a meeting held in the basement of the Episcopal church. Snow'shoe hikes, arctic survival pack trip and moCel plane, boat and car tournament were among the many interesting future pro- grams to be undertaken.
 All young model-makers of Sew ard, male and female, who are students of the ward public school are eligible to enter the model contest. Only those models whose construction is begun sub sequent to the meeting day, Jan uary 20. will be eligible. A 15c entry fee will be charged.
 The best model in each of the three divisions will receive a prize. Models, entry fees, and signed statements 0 the eff ct that models were begun after January 20 may be turned in to Bruce Lewis or Danny Rose on or before February 2S.
 Models will be displayed in O. Briens Gift Shop window after the 18th of February. Judging and awards will be made after the final entry day, February 2S.
 An arctic survival. snowshoe hike and overnight camping trip have been scheduled for February 12 and 13.
 Square dancing will be an event of February 25. with the 7th, Sth grades and High School stuCents invited to participate. A charge of 25c per couple will be made and all proceeds will be donated to the Polio fund. The location of this dance will be announced at later date.
 March activities for the eXplor- CTS and their friends will include dance and boX-social to be held on March 15th Admission will be box lunch per couple. All pro- ceeds from the sale of the lunches at auction will also be given to the Polio fund. Attendance is restricted to members of the 7th and Sth grades and High School students.
 On March 19 and 20 the Explor- CT Scouts will test their ability by going on Lost Hike. The return trip will require the chart ing of the hike back and use of the compass to find their way home.
 Vocational talks by MT. Sword, Forest Ranger; MT. Earl Gregory, Lawer: Father Russell Clapp. of the Episcopal church anC Father Arnold Custer of the C a h 0 l c church will be scheduled as they can arrange their calendars to permit.
 Election of leaders was also held at this meeting and those named to office included Bruce Lewis, Crew Leader; Max Campbell, As sistant Crew Leader; and David Rose was unanimously chosen to retain his office of Secretary-Tre- ! asurer.
 Two new scouts were introduced to the assembly. They were Guy Galloway and Richard Lee Sulli- van. One visitor, Ronnie Norton was present and plans to place his application within the month.
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