Jury rules in favor of MacDonald in Kodiak water dispute
A Kodiak jury after six hours found H F MacDonald did not owe the city $78.50 for water and awarded him nothing for damages, but ordered $1.00 punitive damages. Judge Dimond noted potential retrial and set briefs for both sides. The case involved water use at a 2 ton refrigeration plant and disputes over compressor usage and pipe cuts.
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Kodiak
H. F. MacDonald
MacDonald
District Court
Anthony J. Dimond
John C. Hughes
Talmage L. Smith
Bears Lose To Nome In Tourney
Kodiak High School Bears were knocked out of the Far Rendezvous tournament by fast Nome, 46 to 40. Nome, rival and twice runner-up to Kodiak in Class B finals, outran the Bears to win the tourney this year. Kodiak had previously fallen to Nome twice and beat Kodiak Naval Station and Wasilla.
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Kodiak High School Bears
Nome
Kodiak Five
Bears
Kodiak Boys
Kodiak
Kodiak Naval Station
Wasilla
Civil Defense Meeting Hears Speakers At Legion Hall
Civil Defense committee meets at the Legion Hall tomorrow at 3 pm. George Sonntag, director, said invited speakers include Captain L. J. Dow of Kodiak Naval Station Lieut. Col. W. J. Cagney of Ft. Greely Major Lee C. Bettinger and Clarence Williams from the Naval Station Intelligence Department. Heads of civil defense committees will be named at the gathering.
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Civil Defense Committee
Legion Hall
George Sonntag
L. J. Dow
Kodiak Naval Station
W. J. Cagney
Ft. Greely
Clarence Williams
Intelligence Department
Naval Station
Lee C. Bettinger
Civil Defense Committees
Sailor Murders Wife Then Commits Death By Own Action
Clarence R Ghoshon 20 boatswain mate second class at Kodiak Naval Station shot and killed his wife Minnie Dabney Ghoshon 26 then killed himself at their South Brooklyn Avenue home. She worked as a cook at Island Fountain. The coroner's juries found the deaths occurred within hours of each other after evidence showed the gun was fired the day before. A note dated February 17 1951 described insurance arrangements and relatives to notify.
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Clarence R. Ghoshon
Kodiak Naval Station
Minnie Dabney Ghoshon
Brooklyn Avenue
Ghoshon
Island Fountain
Wwe
Navy
Jacksonville
Ark
Washington, D. C
Clarence Dizney
William Kreiner
T. C. Andrews
Ghoshens
D. Sehnfeldt
A. Holmes Johnson
J. Eagle
USMC
Pat Cannon
Jane Kerrigan
Lee Caddell
Glenn Martin
Ed Pearson
Willard Hall
Hall
Bill Rhea
Tim Panamaroff
Local contractor Ralph Shupp's Seattle trip
Ralph Shupp, a local contractor, traveled to Seattle this week as a plane passenger, with departure planned for Wednesday.
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Ralph Shupp
Seattle
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Stockwell
Alf Torgramsen
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George Kappos
Frieda Blinn
John McLaughlin
Margaret Kimes
Elwood Watson
al Sylling
T. C. Robinson
Alf Anderson
Robert Owen
Civil Defense Meetings
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Lexie Fadnoff
Dick Simeonoff
Allen Chernoff
Dick Skinner
Sam Nelson
Gene Sundberg
Charles Penrose
Jerry Pearson
Kneslins
Laurence Anderson
Robert Dawson
Richard Harter
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