Port Wakefield Cannery Shooting Fatality In Alaska
Gary Lee Wakefield, 15, accidentally fired a .22 revolver while examining it, killing companion Gary Boutson, 20, of Peshastin, at the cannery in Port Wakefield. A coroner's jury ruled the death an accident as witnesses testified to a loaded chamber and a high chest entry, with the gun misfired during handling.
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Gary Neal Boutson
Peshastin
Washington
Port Wakefield
Lee Wakefield
Boutson
Young Wakefield
Lee
Wakefield
A. Holmes
Bob Johnson
Vicumry
Routson
Gary
Tom Henry McNully
Kenneth Jones
Tom MecNully
Cannery
J. W. Hefiy
Naval Station
Don Loose
Henry
Young Lee
Marshall Edward Dolan
Anchorage
U. S
Mabel Fenner
Jim Brightman
Jake Foley
Tony Reed
Bill Criss
Sig Digree
Emil Knudsen
Police arrest 2 car thieves in Kodiak theft ring
Chief Roland Vickery reports a theft ring operating in Kodiak has been broken after the arrest of two teenage servicemen, Eugene Colbert and Robert South. Three cars and a large amount of automotive equipment including tires tubes and batteries were recovered. Many residents reported stolen vehicle parts from Island Lake, with most property identified and returned. The youths await trial in the City jail, and the Chief expects more involved than just the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Vickery
Kodiak
Island Lake
Eugene Colbert
Robert South
Chief Vickery
Eastern Star Grand Matron Visits Alaska Chapters
Mrs. Florence A. Plummer of Fairview Village Pennsylvania, the Most Worthy Grand Matron of the General Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, is visiting Alaska chapters. She supervised a special meeting, will conduct a school of instruction, and attend social events during a five day visit culminating in a banquet at the Masonic Temple Sunday evening.
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Florence A. Plummer
Fairview Village
Pennsylvania
Helen Seleen
Plummer
General Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Eastern Star
Alaska
E.S
Masonic Temple
Mrs Clark Injured On Mountain Climb
Mrs Dorothy Clark was injured when she slipped on ice during a Saltery Cove climb with her husband Basil. A Marine rescue party carried her 140 miles to a Naval Station infirmary, where X rays showed a broken ankle before transfer to Griffin Memorial Hospital Kodiak.
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Basil Clark
Clark
Saltery Cove
Saltery Cove Pass
Dorothy
Basil
CB Camp
Naval Station
Frenchie Devereau
Nick Galenas
Naval Station Infirmary
Griffin Memorial Hospital
Kodiak
Polio Shots Given Today and Next Two Saturdays
Polio vaccine clinics set at the Health Center on August 4 and 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. for children who had first shots in June and July, with a third clinic on August 18 for ages 1 to 14 lacking two shots. Local doctors donate services. vaccines promoted by Alaska health officials and advisory board.
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Alaska Department of Health
Alaska Polioe Advisory Board
Jeanne Clough
Harold Stover To Tour Europe
Harold Stover will leave Kodiak for Europe Sunday August 20 to visit Norway Sweden Denmark and Germany. He will be met in Norway by Mrs Ragnar Hansen and then tour the region before returning to Kodiak early in September. Stover is an ARC employee and works with his brother Paul who is superintendent for the agency.
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Harold Stover
Kodiak
Europe
Scandinavian Countries
Oslo
Norway
Ragnar Hansen
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Harold
ARC
Paul
Agency
Fire Destroys Project Home in Aleutian Homes
A house at 1190 Circle Drive in Aleutian Homes burned Monday around noon. Mr and Mrs Buster Richardson lost furniture and belongings. Wallace 11 attempted to save a sewing machine. Fire started in the heating unit closet, neighbors aided, Voluntary Fire Department controlled blaze in twenty minutes. Ervin 13 was away at Scout Camp. no insurance on personal effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Richardson
Aleutian Homes
Richardsons
Wallace
Naval Station
George Magnusen
Cirele Drive
KEA Officials to Attend Palmer Convention
Kodiak Electric Association manager Ole Johnson and board president Eldon Lester will travel to Palmer next Wednesday to attend the Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association convention held in the city.
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The
Kodiak Electric Association
Ole Johnson
Eldon Lester
Palmer
Alaska Rural Electric Coop Association
Chiniak Worker Dies Of Heart Attack At Sea Station
Chiniak man Meyer, a worker at Chin iak for S. S. Mullen & Co., died Thursday noon from a heart attack. The Sea and Rescue department at the Naval Station alerted at 11:53 a.m. Dr. A. W. Stevenson of the Station hospital and Cmdr. D. Oliver sent a CG plane to the project arriving shortly after. Meyer was pronounced dead at 12:08. His home was on Route 2 Edmunds Washington.
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Auburn Meyer
Chiniak
S. S. Mullen & Co
Sea and Rescue Department
Naval Station
A. W. Stevenson
Cmdr
D. Oliver
Meyer
Edmunds
Washington
Waterfront calm as Kodiak fishing industry stalls
The waters near Kodiak show a quiet week with little fishing activity. Cannery output is sporadic with King Crab Cannery striping two half days, Island Seafoods quiet, and Eskimo reporting 8000 for canning before a grounding incident. Frank McConaghy calls the season the worst yet.
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Kodiak
King Crab
Island Seafoods
Hafferty
Frank McConaghy
Frank
Tender Eskimo Runs Aground Off Cape Barnabas
A cannery tender named Eskimo ran aground in heavy fog off Cape Barnabas near Sitkalidak Island early Tuesday. Four crew members escaped unharmed to shore. Captain Frank Landahl led the vessel on a 8000 fish cargo en route to Kodiak from Island Seafoods, with crew including his wife, Robert Rank, and T. K. Beeston. The Alexander rescue boat aided two crewmen then waited by as Chuck Turner and Otto Olson coordinated further efforts. Continued on page 9.
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Cape Barnabas
Sitkalidak Island
Frank Landahl
Island Seafoods
Washington Fish and Oyster Company
Kodiak
Sitkilidak Straits
Chuck Turner
Port Bailey
Otto Olson
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Nan
Jack Moss
Sgt. Faulkner
Cpl. Huckins
Pfc
D. A. Smith
Sat. Cohoon
Cpl. Hamm
Pfc. Troutwein
Coree
G. A. Wooldridge
C. H. Kaser
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KEA
Standard Oil Dock
Jack Hincke
Union Oil Dock
Alvine and
Gibsons
Stan Alvine
States
Alvine
Woody Island
Capt. Landahl
Robert Rank
T. K. Beeston
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