The frontiersman., 1956-07-19
Area 10 Participate in CD Drill on Sum-, July 22

Greater Palmer civil defense key personnel, and all Palmer area radio, traffic control and first aid workers, will meet to- night in the Valley theatre base ment at 8 pm. to discuss plans for area participation in the Civil Defense exercise to be held Sunday, July 9.
 Anchorage residents, inelud- ing civilian as well as military, will take part in the first mass evacuation under the American flag. The purpose of the exercise is to guide Civil Defense plan ming and to acquaint civilians with evacuation procedures. The drill is expected to begin some time after am. Motorists from the Anchorage area will drive along prescribed routes on the Seward and Palmer highways. All traffic will be moving on the highways in double lanes of traf- fife.
 Civil Defense officials have called the July 9 evacuation drill the most important ever at tempted in the Anchorage area Motorists will drive south from Anchorage on the Seward High way to 25 evacuation grounds in the Portage-Girdwood area. FL mendorf, Fort Richardson and Government Hill residents will drive north along the Palmer Highway to designated haven areas in the valley.
 Elmendorf residents will be going north along the Glenn highway as far as the Fishhook Road. They will turn there and go to designated haven areas along Fishook road as far as Wasilla Four-corners, as we'll as along the Farm Loop road.
 Other north bound residents will turn at Kirk's Sales and Service corner, come down through the City of Palmer along Valley and Colony streets to safe haven areas designated along farm roads south Of town.
 Sole facilities on the grounds will be latrines and drinking water. Motorists have been ad- vised to carry a picnic lunch, sealed containers of water, in- sect repellent, toilet paper and chamber pot for younger chil- dren.
 Ed Fertier, deputy CD direc- tor, said that Sunday was chosen for the drill to encourage great CT participation, interfere less with construction and disrupt less the normal working week.
 An imaginary bomb contain ing 100000 tons of dynamite will be dropped on Anchorage. For tier said that distance from the target would present the only defense. The drill is expected to last until about 2 pm. Sunday afternoon.
 Locally. said Al Hagen, CD di- rector of the Greater Palmer area, motorists will be delayed if they find it necessary to trav- el in the areas where traffic is being controlled. For instance. he pointed out, Butte area resi- dents attempting to travel to Palmer may expect to be held up if a line of traffic is passing northbound. It will be possible to drive into the Palmer area. but motorists should allow them selves plenty of time, he said. If double line of northbound traffic is passing the Butte roads it will be necessary for the mo- torist to wait until there is a sufficient break in the line of traffic to allow him to enter the highway lane. Southbound traf- fife out Of Palmer will be stopped early Sunday morning and will be under complete control of military and territorial police. assisted in CD areas by traffic control personnel.
 Anchorage radio stations KENI, KFQD, and KBYR will set up headquarters in the thea tre basement and will be broad casting the. evacuation progress.
 Radio operators will work with military personnel in Keeping radio contact with units invol- we'd in the drill.
 Hagen requested that all resi-
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