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Sitka Daily Sentinel (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Sitka, Alaska Member of the associated press the daily senti Nel Sitka Alaska 25c thursday August 2,1979 Haig Renews Call for Senate to set aside Salt la treaty by Lawrence l. Knutson associated press writer Washington a Gen. Alexander Haig the former supreme Allied commander in Europe today renewed his Call for the Senate to set the Salt ii treaty aside while it works to bolster the nations nuclear and conventional defences. Pleas from Haig and others for More defense spending As a Price for ratifying Salt ii appear to have picked up significant Senate support. Sen. Alan Cranston the Senate a . 2 democratic Leader predicted wednesday the treaty will be ratified after a Compromise involving increased military spending and a commitment to seek far deeper reductions in nuclear weapons in the Salt Iii negotiations. Haig told the Senate foreign relations committee an unchecked drive by the soviet Union to increase its nuclear might has placed it on the verge of achieving strategic superiority. He made a virtually identical Appeal last week to the Senate armed services committee. A a firm unambiguous demonstration of renewed . Strength and ability to Lead is Long overdue a Haig said. A the global Power balance is viewed in Europe As shifting against it and we can ignore it longer. Een peace wants Cost breakdown of Seal Hunt Anchorage a Greenpeace Alaska has requested a breakdown of the costs and profits of the federally sanctioned Pribilof and fur Seal Hunt. Greenpeace spokesman will Anderson said Greenpeace wants the Federal government to pay the aleuts the Money now used to kill seals each year on St. Paul Island. Anderson said the aleuts could use the Money to diversify their Economy. The Seal Harvest is the Core of the Pribilof Economy. Greenpeace has asked Congress to Stop the Hunt conducted under an International treaty. Native leaders say the Harvest benefits the fur Seal Herd. A it is essential that this debate result in a demonstration of our resolve to redress this imbalance by an immediate and unequivocal commitment of greater resources to our defense at a news conference wednesday Cranston contended that the debate Over the treaty is shifting away from the specific provisions of the pact because opponents have failed to win converts with their claim that Salt ii is fatally flawed. He said the new focus on americans Overall defense posture results from warnings that the soviet Union is seeking nuclear superiority and from demands that defense spending be substantially increased to meet the threat. A the Way i see things falling together is a commitment that we will do what is necessary for our National defense combined with a very Strong statement instructing the . Delegates to Salt Iii that their . I business is to seek and achieve significant cuts Cranston said. Three mile Accident was preventable by Stan associated Washington apr the three mile Island nuclear Power Plant Accident last March might have been prevented if Only the Plant operators had allowed safety equipment to function As planned the nuclear regulatory commission staff said today. The arc office of inspection and enforcement in a report More than two inches thick said it was still investigating some 35 possible violations of Federal operating rules and radiation Protection limits in connection with the Accident last March 28 near Harrisburg a. But Victor stello jr., director of inspection and enforcement wrote in a summary of the report a perhaps the most dist u r b i g results of is confirmation of earlier conclusions that the three mile Island unit 2 Accident could have been prevented in spite of the inadequacies that investigators found. Stello said the Plant s design equipment Accident analyses and emergency procedures a were adequate to have prevented the serious consequences of the Accident if they had been permitted to function or be carried out As a for example had the operators allowed the emergency Core Cooling system to perform its intended function damage Benjamin press writer to the Core would most Likely have been prevented a he said. Instead the Core of the reactor containing its radioactive fuel rods was severely damaged by overheating and released so much radiation inside the reactor building that the operators Are still unable to enter it for inspection and clean up operations and the building May remain sealed at least through this year. The report said the operators were probably not alone in holding some responsibility for the Accident. A on the other hand a stello wrote a had certain equipment been designed differently it too could have prevented or reduced the consequences of the Accident. A the results of the investigation make it difficult to fault Only the actions of the Ope rating metropolitan Edison spoke Man Dave Klucsik said con. Pany officials would not comment until they had read the arc staff report. The staff also listed 16 possible violations of radiation Protection standards including the release of la times As much radioactive Gas outside the Plant As regulations allowed from March 28 through april 30 this year. And the report noted a number of cases in which persons inside the Plant were exposed to excessive doses of radiation. Outside Waters closed to trolling citing the extreme Low level of the Coho run returning to the inside Waters of Northern Southeast Alaska this season officials of the Alaska department of fish and game and the National Marine fisheries service announced today that commercial trolling along the outside coast Between Cape Spencer and Cape Fairweather will be closed effective 12 Midnight tuesday August 7. The closure will extend approximately 15 Miles offshore leaving the outer Banks of the Fairweather fishing grounds open. The specific area to be closed is described As follows Waters bounded by a line projected West of Cape Spencer at 58 degrees 12�?T 45�?� n., 136 degrees 39�?T30�?� To a Point at 58 degrees 12�?T45�?� n., 137 degrees 08�?T00" w., thence to a Point at 58 degrees 48�?T30�?� n., 138 degrees 30�?T00" Then East to Cape Fairweather at 58 degrees 48�?T30�?�n., 137 degrees 56�?T45�?� Tagging studies have shown that Power trollers fishing in the outer coastal areas North and South of Cross sound take a Large proportion of cohos bound for major Lynn canal and Stevens passage Coho systems. Coho fishing in this area will normally Peak Over the next three weeks and actions to allow More cohos to reach inside water districts must be taken at this time further troll closures in both outside and inside Waters May be necessary if Coho run strength to the inside Waters of Northern Southeastern Alaska does not improve substantially in the near future. Restrictions on sport fishermen and Drift Gill netters to reduce Coho catches Are also a possibility. Coho catches by sport Drift Gill net and commercial troll fisheries operating in District la 12 and the inner portion of District 14 Are harvesting Only 20-40 percent of their Normal Coho catches to Date this season. Coho runs to Southern Southeastern Alaska appear Normal in size and closures to protect them Are necessary at this time. The fish and game department said a fishermen should Monitor news broadcasts because the Lead time on announcements for any additional closures will be shortened to three to five Days. A Sitka Little league wins District title gunslinger Kendall Didrickson draws Kendall claims to have the Best aim in Sitka. It s Quick and fires accurate at bystanders tourists fortunate he son the Side of the Good Guys. At photographers and anyone else who dares to least he said he was a police officer. Sentine walk past the cemetery on Katlian Street. Photo by Conrad Walters Pilot pushes Small town into let age lands at wrong Airport Hammond supports Bond Sale but not special session item by Roxanne Erv Asti associated press writer Juneau apr gov. Jay Hammond said he intends to do a everything i can to be sure the state is ready to sell Revenue Bonds to help finance the proposed natural Gas pipeline but he will not place the Issue on the special session Agenda unless asked to by the legislative leadership. Hammond said at a press conference Here thursday that gasoline financing is too controversial and not enough questions have been answered on state financial participation to put the Issue before the Spe Al session. A Rte recommended however that legislators convening Here on monday work on clarifying what he called conflicts in several state Laws and resolutions concerning Revenue Bond financing for the gasoline. Hammond also said he expects state employee pay raises to be approved and will push hard for salary increases for judges commissioners and other top non elected officials. The governor said gasoline financing legislation passed in the last two years Are a enormously confusing and that state bonding consultants have said it May be impossible for the state to assist Northwest in issuing the $1 billion in Revenue Bonds t at the company seeks under current Laws. Congress must still approve an amendment to the internal Revenue code before tax exempt Revenue Bonds can be used to finance the gasoline. John Mcmillian president of Northwest in a Telegram last week asked Hammond to seek approval for the Revenue Bond Sale during the special session. Mcmillian indicated at the same time that direct $500 million in direct equity financing could be decided in the next regular session. In addition to conflicts in Laws Hammond said a there arb a Host of subjective judgments As to the Progress of a number of pipeline related matters that the legislature has reserved to itself and debate and Resolution of those issues by a 60-member body is going to be slow at he said work on clarifying the Laws during the special session would show a at the least a legislative concern with moving the project the governor said that if the legislature does not act this month he will Convene the Gas pipeline bonding authority to decide whether and How much Bonds should be sold. A i will then submit the recommendation of this authority to the next regularly scheduled session along with a revised Law which will have to be adopted then to clarify that the authority has the Clear Power to Issue the Hammond indicated support for Revenue Bond financing saying state credit would not be involved and a in Light of our present High unemployment rate anything we can do to help the gasoline get off. The ground. Makes Good anchorages August should be warmer Anchorage apr August in Anchorage should be warmer and drier than july according to the latest weather forecasts. Last month was the wettest july in 20 years with 3.8 inches of precipitation. A total of 4.4 inches fell in 1958 and 1959. The National weather of says August should be a significant change in Weatt from july with warmer Ihan average temperature and be Low Normal rainfall All months except february have been warmer than Normal in Anchorage ibis Vear. Buffalo Wyo. Apr Western airlines Pilot Lowell Ferguson May be in hot water with his employer but they love him at Quot Buffalo International a a he a the Guy who put Buffalo on the map a said Jim Hicks editor of the weekly Buffalo bulletin. A a he a a regular hero up Ferguson made Buffalo Airport history tuesday night by giving the 3,500-population Northern Wyoming Community its first and presumably last commercial Jet service. He thought he was Landing at his scheduled destination. Sheridan. 35 Miles North. The Boeing 737 Jet landed safely on buffaloes tiny 4,500-foot runway a where its nose gear Sank through the Asphalt it took off for Sheridan wednesday minus passengers and Ferguson who was routinely suspended pending investigation. Western officials said later the Landing apparently was a a Case of mistaken identity a but it did t bother most of the 94 passengers aboard flight 44 some like Theo Hirschfeld. Wanted to go to Buffalo anyway. Hirschfeld recalled thinking the 65-minute flight from Denver seemed Shorter than usual and saying a they we re in Buffalo a when he saw the familiar Small Airport buildings whizzing past his window. Others took advantage of Western hospitality while waiting to be bused to Sheridan. The los Angeles based airline which features in flight Champagne served Post flight Champagne and cocktails and some of the passengers helped flight attendants pour. A when they started coming out of the plane it was a pretty Mellow group a Hicks said a tile people were in the bes a few of those arriving from Sheridan to pick up friends and relatives were irritated he said but most caught the spirit of the night and began enjoying themselves too. Oregon state rep. Bud Byers of Lebanon ore., heading to Sheridan for a legislative conference said most of his fellow passengers praised the Pilot for stopping the Jet on the Short runway. A at first i done to think he knew where he was but i think the Crew handled the situation pretty Byers said. A the did a marvelous Job a mrs. Brodock said of the Pilot. A the should be residents of Buffalo Felt the same according to Hicks who said there was talk of sending a petition to Western airlines on Ferguson a behalf. And he said the towns crazy Days Celebration next week is being renamed Lowell Ferguson Days in Honor of the Man who brought Buffalo into the Jet age. Sitka a Little league team returns to Sitka triumphant tonight Winner of the District 2 Crown. The team nipped past Fairbanks 1-0 wednesday night to capture the championship. On monday the team plays the Winner of District i in Anchorage in a Best two out of three tourney. And that Winner goes on to san Bernardino for the National Competition Augustio. A crowd is expected to be at the Airport to Greet the Sitka players when they arrive at 6 . In their five games on the Way to the District championship the Sitka team committed errors. In the final game against Fairbanks Sitka had i run on 2 hits and left 6 men on base. Bobbie Calhoun was whining Pitcher and also scored the winning run. He reached first on an error advanced to second on a sacrifice by Jerry Tisher went to third on Trevor Webb a fielders Choice and came in Home on a two Bagger by Danny Schauwecker Schauwecker got. Recti t for the Rel Calhoun had 14 strikeouts one base on balls and one hit. Fairbanks Pitcher Darrell Martin had to strikeouts three base on balls and two hits. Additional outs were by third baseman Lincoln Chapman second baseman Robbie wheat and two by Schauwecker. Catcher Jerry Tisher and shortstop Trevor Webb each had an assist. 50% of Anchorage Gas conies from Kenai refinery Anchorage apr about 50 percent of the gasoline sold in Anchorage by various National service stations can come from an alaskan source a Tesoro alaskan Petroleum refinery in Kenai. Jim Burns Tesoro a marketing manager said Tesoro blends Petroleum into various grades of gasoline for of Jer companies including Union Oil Texaco and Chevron. E said the refinery matches standards set by the major Oil companies. The refinery also produces Tesoro Brand gasoline. William Cochran of Gunion Oil marketing in Anchorage said Tesoro made gasoline a is As Good a Quality As we make in any refinery Canadian halibut fishermen defiant Vancouver. British Columbia apr Canadian halibut fishermen already angry Over a Cut in their catch quota remain defiant after an emergency meeting of the International Pacific halibut commission failed to resolve their complaints wednesday. About two thirds of British columbian Sion halibut boats have been tied up since saturday to protest a Cut in their catch quota instituted after alaskan fishermen Over fished an area North of the Queen Charlotte islands jointly managed by Canada and the United states. The commission did not concede to fishermen a demands to end the present opening prior to the planned aug. 5 deadline but did give fishermen an additional opening from aug. 29 to sept. 14 the extra opening will allow canadians to take an additional 600,000 pounds bringing their total to 5.1 million pounds. The . Fishermen took 4.6 million pounds exceeding their quota by one million pounds while the Canadian fishermen landed 4.5 million pounds and land to lock 3�?~x ,000 pounds of their original quota. The quota system came into effect this year after both countries extended their offshore jurisdiction to 200 Miles. Tony Petersen spokesman for an and hoc committee of Independent fishermen the Pacific coast fishing vessel owners Guild and the United fishermen and Allied workers Union urged the commission to immediately end the opening and give Canadian fishermen the initially promised allocation of 5.4 million pounds of halibut in a later opening. A we have an indication from the fisheries minister that he is forecast partly Cloudy tonight fog Friday then mostly sunny. Winds Light. Temperatures into the 60s. Saturday mostly sunny. Hydro report prepared to take further action a Petersen said at the end of the three hour emergency session attended by 35 fishermen. A whether or not we ask him to do that is something we have to decide a he added. A delegation met monday with Mcgrath who then arranged the commission meeting. A we re not going to Bear the Brunt of conservation a Petersen repeatedly told the five member commission. If conservation is put in jeopardy. It has to be rectified in the alaskan fishery a he said. A fall we re asking for is what is really committee closes in on Talmadge decision Kwh used Kwh used last year Kwh Peak Kwh Peak last year Lake level Rule curve 128.300 115,800 7,000 6,200 311 -3 Washington up a the Senate ethics committee is close to reaching unanimous agreement on disciplinary action for sen. Herman e. Talmadge the committee chairman says. But sen. Adlai Stevenson d-111., said final decision on what action to take on the financial misconduct allegations against Talmadge will come before september. The chairman made the comments wednesday night after the committee met behind closed doors for More than two hours to discuss the Case against the Georgia Democrat. Stevenson said the committee will meet again shortly after Congress returns from a month Long recess sept. 5. He said All six members of the committee agreed it was important to have a unanimous decision. Asked if exoneration of Talmadge could be ruled out he said. I quarrel with that but i am not going to confirm four of the six members of the committee Are known to favor some Strong disciplinary action against Talmadge prob ably censure. It is possible some lesser pen Alty such As reprimand might be necessary to obtain the support of the other two members

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