Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Newspaper) - December 15, 1964, Fairbanks, Alaska CITY NEWS BRIEF LATE ews America's Farthest North Dally Newspaper Member of The Associated Press HOME EDITION Per Copy FAIRBANKS ALASKA TUESDAY DECEMBER 15 1964 294 POINT BARROW FIRE LOSS HEAVY First Aid Courses An advanced first aid er and a special first aid in- course will be taught by the Ski Patrol The advanced refresher for ski patrol members will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays starting day Dec 16 at p.m The instructor's course will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays ing Tuesday Dec 15 at 7 p.m Both classes will be at the Fairbanks Health ter 800 Airport Road Volunteers Needed Plan are under way for starting a volunteer fire de- for the area near thel Fairbanks International port A meeting will be held atj 6 p.m Tuesday at the Station at the airport Business i and homeowners in that are urged to attend If the temperature is -50 or colder the 4 t meeting will be held same A 3b degree rise in temperature in the Copper time same place one Center area has left an Army demolition team holding later For further information j the dynamite maybe The team from Ft Richardson has been standing Weather Change May Slow Flood River Ice Causing Serious Floods in Copper Center Area Warmer Weather May Alleviate Jam Pressure Couch Elected of James S Couch long active in health and safety education work in the Fairbanks area to the board of di- rectors for the two year term Couch succeeds Mrs Edward Prince of Hamilton Acres as a board member cording to word received from by to dynamite an ice jam in the River which The Alaska Tuberculosis is threatening the area with floods sociation announces the election Monday temperatures in the area ranged in the This morning they moved up to -36 This is liable to alleviate George Copper Jury Chosen Charges of Mrs Lapreal F Bie jg association executive director chosen in Superior Court 8 Soroptimist Club's Drawing The Soroptimist Club's ing for the winner of the gift certificate from will be held at The drawing during land's C f e e Break on The public is invited to day at Nerland's will take place Edward Merck 41 was ar- rested after two police officers allegedly saw him last May 12 giving a package of marijuana to a man in a downtown ment building Attorneys began selecting ors in Judge Everett courtroom at p.m Monday attend Members complete the lection before the court ed At Merck's preliminary ing in August a city police of- ficer testified he was standing behind an apartment door and observed Merck making tne marijuana delivery Merck's attorney is William Emmal Prosecuting for the state is assistant district ney Steve DeLisio The trial is expected to last most of this week to turn in their tickets to Vera Myatt of the Northward Salon by Wednesday j Volunteer Fire Group A meeting will be held at 8 p.m Wednesday in the home of Ralph LaSalle corner of Tanana Drive and Aurora Way Highway Park Further plans for fire protection in this area will be discussed All residents of the outlying areas serviced by the Eielson Fire Department are urged to attend Call 6833 for further information Main's Program Main Junior High's mas pr o g r a m will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m in the school gym No admission will be charged and the public is welcome and invited to attend On the program will be a one act play choruses from the seventh and eighth grades a string ensemble and the cadet and concert bands Sorority Christmas Party Wednesday night members of Alpha Gamma chapter of E S.A will meet at 8 p.m at the home of Mrs Peggy Bruce 949 Gilmore for their annual Christmas party Members and guests attending will exchange gifts and are reminded to bring donations for the mas basket for a needy family Christmas Program The annual Christmas gram of the Barnette PTA will be at p.m Monday in the Barnette multipurpose room It will consist of choral and in- strumental music and a short play by Mrs class PUB Board Meet There will be a Public ties Board meeting at 8 p.m tonight in the board room ofi the MUS 645 Fifth Ave College Women The American Home ment of the College Women's Continued on Page 9 5 Plane Wreckage Sighted Near Unalakleet ANCHORAGE Alaska Barring bad weather a ter crew was to be sent out day to try to land near the wreckage of a small plane near Unalakleet Authorities said they believed it was the craft in which Ed Olson about 58 a Unalakleet pilot left St Michael last to fly 50 miles to home The wreckage was spotted yesterday on the ice of Norton Sound about 48 miles southwest of Unalakleet by the crew of a Air Force transport plane Russ Thompson a Civil Air Patrol pilot flew to the scene but was unable to land because of high wind He flew over the downed plane several times and said it looked badly damaged the said Ashby owner of the Center Lodge On the other hand it may bring it right down on top of us We'll just have to wait and see According to the Alaska Dis- aster Officer the ice jam the second major one in the wave of sub-zero weather was causing serious intermittent flooding Col Bud Turner of the dis- aster office said the exact of the jam has no been identified because ice in the area has made aeria checks impossible There is a hydrologist on his way out this morning Ashby said There is no water over the road yet There are three homes endangered near here and I have three families ing here at the lodge now Twelve families are involved altogether most of them live 16 miles down the highway In Soldotna Civil Defense Director Marion Sellars ed the Kenai River had risen eight feet in 24 hours There still was 14 feet of freeboard al the Soldotna bridge he said The Kenai River jam below Soldotna required the tion of six families A seven mile long ice jam starting about four miles below Soldotna and running to Cook Inlet is forcing the river to back up and overflow No tional residents in the area were considered in immediate ger Boat Loses Prop VANCOUVER B C AP Two vessels and a helicopter day were rushing to the ance of a United States boat that lost its propeller in heavy seas near the Alaska border 40 miles north of Prince Rupert The RCAF Search and Rescue Office here said it received a request for assistance from the 53-foot Roman Holiday which was dragging its anchor in Brundige Inlet near Dundad and Roy Earling Retired Mining Engineer Dies in Wash Dec 15 Cloudy with light snow tonight and Wednesday Low tonight -20 high day 5 low last night high yesterday -45 temperature at 11 -19 Sunrise day and sunset p.m giving a total of three hours and 47 minutes of shine Roy B Earling retired jing engineer who spent much of his professional life in ka died yesterday at his home in Port Blakely Wash Mr Earling had suffered a second fractured hip this fall and had been hospitalized in Seattle until recently Word of Mr Earling's death was ed in Fairbanks by Mr and Mrs James Crawford from Mr ling's widow Mary The prominent mining neer retired in 1952 as vice president and general manager of the Fairbanks Exploration Co a part of the U.S ing Refining and Mining Co after 33 years with the com- pany starting in Boston in 1919 Mr Earling came to Alaska in 1924 going first to Nome and in 1926 coming to Fairbanks He was born May 29 1887 in waukee Wis and graduated from Michigan College of Mines 1908 Until 1917 he worked in in Arizona for various copper mining companies During World War I Mr ling served as a lieutenant in the field artillery He was a past grand master of Tanana Lodge 162 F an honorary member of Igloo No 4 of Alaska member of the American Mining Congress and the American Institute of ing Engineers Besides his widow Mr ling is survived by three ters Mrs James Ellis of vue Wash Mrs Sam Allen of Altadena Calif and Mrs Lytle Lindeberg of Port Blakely and a brother Everett of Zurich Switzerland Since his retirement in 1952 he remained active as a ing consultant in Seattle until recent years Services will be held day in Seattle PRE-CHRISTMAS mother and her son died Monday when this trailer and wanigan went up in flames at 13 Mile Richardson Highway The bodies of the mother Katherine Grounds and her son Wayne Grounds Jr were found together Authorities think was trying to save her child Neighbors who tried to help rescue the two forced open the door but in- tense smoke and heat prevented them from entering The father Wayne Sr 21 brought his wife and child to Alaska from Los Angeles several months ago He was working at the time of the fire Staff photo Doesn't Your Heart Ache For Them? KETCHIKAN AP hai just the coldest December night in the history of the Weather Bureau a bone tingling degree below zero In December 1917 and again in December 1933 a low of zero was recorded here There are five and one-half inches of snow on the ground here and three inches were measured at the weather reau at nearby Annette land Despite the chilling cold more than kids were downtown last night to greet the arrival of Santa Claus on a preliminary junket down from the North Pole 2 Trailers House Destroyed In Rash of Fires Overnight As the bitter cold snap ed its grip on the Fairbanks area this morning two trailers and an unoccupied house caught fire and were destroyed At 3 a trailer belonging to James Otis Joiner of Pope's Trailer Court Road burned Mile Badger Another belonging to Ester E Compton 21 of 302 Second in Graehl was destroyed at 5 A third fire at day destroyed an unoccupied house belonging to Wesley Williams Wright 30 of 105 ella Also Monday a mother and her infant son died in a trailer blaze about 11 at 13 Mile Richardson Highway They were Mrs Katherine Grounds j out by the Fire 18 and Wayne Jr 1 i- Ft Wainwright fire ment answered the call to in tne kitchen authorities ger Road I Department ft began around a heating When they arrived it was reported the trailer was totally engulfed Joiner was not home He was going to work at Eielson Air Force Base when the fire broke out The Hamilton Acres Fire Department extinguished the i blazing trailer in Graehl The fire started when tains near a heater went up in flames Miss Compton told The fire on Rosella was put said The dwelling was insured Just because the City cil has become a bit this year that's no reason the citizenry has to follow suit Santa frowns on when it comes to providing a merry Christmas to children who would ordinarily not have one There are many of these un- fortunate children in banks and it seems to Santa they should be helped by who can help The city has cut back their so why not distribute the savings into our That is probably the spent money you'll ever have While you're downtown Christmas shopping stop into the and plunk down a donation Your gift will not be wrapped but it will cause drens eyes to glisten If you won't brave the cold ust slip a check into an ope and send it to the Winer Christmas Fund Box The greatest joy in the world is in Why not let this be the happiest Christmas for you and for all others You only have 10 days left Please note we're ing on Al Polet to cash in a few chips for the poor He has the bond himself to our ideal and that's to his credit Come on Al we're banking on you Some folks have written Mayor's Bid By Roosevelt i LOS ANGELES AP Rep James Roosevelt says he'll run for mayor of Los An- i geles i The eldest son of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt a news jence Monday there has been enough Los Angeles City by tantrum Mayor Samuel W fight with the City Council majority has given the city a bad image Roosevelt said and consequently the city has not made the progress it should have Yorty also a Democrat hasn't announced for re-election but is considered a certainty to do so He fired back about Now that he has solved all the problems in Washington i he's come charging down from Beverly Hills to solve our problems in Los Angeles even before taking the path of office for his new term in Congress Roosevelt said he won't re- sign his congressional seat to run for mayor He said he doesn't think such a move is necessary He noted that Norris Poulson retained his House seat in 1953 ters containing attacks on campaigning successfully ta's column So we are looking up consultant on Pagt 1 Col 7 for mayor The constitutional issue was not raised in campaign that New Method To Detect Lung Cancer BALTIMORE AP A new method for detecting lung cer has been developed at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Dr Curt P Richter who de- vised the test and equipment said today the technique is of value in identifying some lung cancer patients among those with chest ailments The test which involves measuring the skin's electrical resistance takes only 10 utes to administer It has only a limited use Dr Richter said since it is designed to show up only early cancers which affect sympathetic nerves He emphasized that other of detecting lung cancer are now outdated by the new technique Dr Richter said he does not Flames Eat Building Housing 7 Businesses Three Structures Close to Burning Building Saved Probable Cause of Fire May Have Been Fueling Accident By MIKE Stall Writer Barrow Shopping Center a huge I two-story structure housing seven businesses and valued at more than a quarter of a million dollars burned last night in -30 temperatures No lives were lost A slight breeze was blowing at Barrow when the fire broke out about p.m Strong winds very common at the northernmost town in Alaska could have spread the fire j through the most heavily I la ted portion of the village Three structures that were very close to the blazing Center were saved by firefighting equipment from the Vinnell Corporation camp about four miles away The Golden Valley Electric Association's Barrow plant lay within 50 feet of the blaze The homes of Wyman and j Henry were evacuated I and the two families removed all of their belongings and able fixtures Fueling Accident Probable cause of the fire cording to Mrs Oscar who escaped the blazing ing with her four small children could have been a fueling dent outside the building The building was being refueled at the time She talked by long distance telephone with her band in Fairbanks last night Calvillo manager of the Barrow j branch of the Miners and chants Bank was i in Fairbanks yesterday by -551 degree temperatures I Temperatures at Barrow for the last three weeks have ered in the -30 and -40 brackets lUse of fuel oil is very heavy in I low temperatures WASHINGTON AP The An estimated 40 people were Pentagon is aiming to complete i in the building when it caught the revolutionary reorganization j fire Fifteen of these live in the of the Army's Reserve forces in I upper floor of the structure I about 16 months it was learned Ten of the 15 were small today OSCAR CALVILLO manager of the Barrow branch of the Miners and Merchants Bank sweated out Barrow's trous fire last night not knowing until it was over that his wife and their four small children escaped safely The family lost all of their be- longings Miner Pentagon Sets Target Date dren ranging from age months to about 10 years two Key officers of the National Guard and the Army Reserve For one family that of Mrs have been told in s Gladys Fravel this is the that the objective date for ond disastrous fire in less action is he end of March one year Last Jan 17 lire de- m the home at Barrow Lou It is expected that Guard and cers form some of these ot- The Associated four children whom he believed to be trapped The family had already forced open a back door and escaped Housed in Building The Army staff aided by and Reserve officials already has begun the difficult Housed in the burned of worki solutions for the problems involved in ing Reservists and pool hall and lounge a housing area two occupied apartments a hotel section and One of the first jobs to be a troop the 60 per cent completed surveying dra Telephone Co exchange the 4000 Reserve units io decide The structure was owned by 2.000 or so will fit into the Barrow Development Corp and expanded Guard organizations Barrow Shopping Center whose and how theX be distributed principal stockholders are the states Fravel Robert Keller and Ed Such a troop list which is Burnell It was constructed really only a beginning point for about two years ago It is not known how much in- on Page f col t i 1L is ui Known now in- know what percentage of lung surance was carried on the cancers migh be detected in j building or its contents but the toe curable stage because he I development corporation was does not know what proportion j financed by the Small Business of them press upon or damage j Administration and very nerves before they spread to ably was insured a SBA re- other tissues The equipment used in the test consists of two small teries of 22.5 and 90 volts wires two electrodes and meters which record the flow of rent and resistance to it 9 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS There is no fire fighting ment in Barrow and there is ways a shortage of water to fight any fires that break out Water at Barrow this time of the year is stored in frozen chunks by the homes and taken in and melted when needed In summer months water is hauled from freshwater lakes in 50 gallon barrels Water Problem A supply of water in a large portable tank was brought to the village last night from camp A ly equipped tracked vehicle LVT with a limited supply of on Page f Col My wif sent me to the store las afore it warmed up When rhe fog cleared she found me in a bar Way she's talking you'd think I got lost pose
