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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF (Items tor News In Brief will be accepted typewritten, double-spaced by 3 p.m. the day before publication.) Alaska Alpine Club The Alaska Alpine Club will meet Wednesday, at 8 p.m. in the SUB Lounge on the University of Alaska campus. There will be slides and a talk on white-water boating by June Weinstock. The public is invited.

North Pole Community Chamber North Pole i Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Eielson Area Grange to elect officers for next year. Rebekah Meets Rebekah Past Noble Grands Club will meet at the home of Magdalene Cassady, 216 Slater St. at 8 p.m. Monday.

Snowmachine Club The North Pole Snowmachine will have its regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Club Tokyo, 6 Mile Old Richardson Highway. Fire Report Fire danger reading--medium. Acres burned in 1971-17. Fires last 24 hours--none.

Continuing fires--none. Fire fighters working-none. Senior Citizens The Senior Citizens Luncheon will be Tuesday at noon in the Senior Citizens Center, Seventh and Cushman. City uilding Permits Glen Travelue, 2005 McCullum, $20,000. Jonatnan van Demelr, 1010 Eighth W.

Karavelnlkott, 812 Smytne, S100. Fnd Chase, 224 Craig, 41, 000. Ray Baker, 103 Qlicler, 140,200. Borough Randy L. Merrlman, Lot 330B Sec 33 TIN R3E Fbks, $10,000.

Charles Koppenhaver, Lot 6 Prospect Park, Robert F. Carlson, Lot 1 Blk 11 Musk Ox, $40,000. Lakevlew Enterprises, Lot tL2303 Sec 23 T1S 1W Fbks, $80,000. Kenneth W. Peterman, Mining claim, $15,000.

George L. Majors. Lot 9 Blk 2 Eugene Sharon Yurkovich, Lot 12 Blk 2 Vue Crest, $45,000. Stone charged with burglary A suspect in the April 22 burglary of the Fairbanks Medical Clinic has been arrested and charged with the armed hold-up and burglaries at the Arctic Bowl complex yesterday. Fairbanks police arrested Richard E.

Stone, 20, at 5 p.m. yesterday in a downtown store. He was charged with using a firearm during the commission of a robbery, and two counts of burglary not in a dwelling. Stone had been released on ball three days ago on the previous charge. Yesterday morning, two men bound and gagged two cleaning women at the Arctic Bowl complex and commenced breaking into the majority of offices there.

Safes were entered in the bowling alley cocktail lounge and in Vic Hart's Realty office. At third Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, May Opposition marks blast hearings ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Public hearings into a proposed underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island this fall went into their third day today with more opposition testimony expected. The informal hearings, being conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission, were scheduled to end Friday afternoon but were continued because of the Army says no danger from gas JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -The U.S. Army says it doesn't believe a proposed nuclear blast scheduled for this fall will have any effect on war gas dumped in the Bering Sea 24 years ago. But Alaska Gov.

William A. Egan says he isn't so sure and has accused the Army with "speculating about what may have happened to the gas." The Army said Friday the 948 tons of mustard and lewisite gas stored in metal containers was dumped into the sea about 276 miles from the Aleutian Island of Amchitka, site for the proposed blast. In a report to Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, the Army said it was probable that sea water had rusted the metal containers and neutralized the gas. Egan, however, insisted that the Army "inform the state of Alaska on details of dumping and any factual knowledge of what has happened to the gas since An Atomic Energy Commission spokesman in Washington agreed with Army contentions that the gas presents no danger to Amchitka and other islands in the Aleutian chain.

The spokesman said that since 1961 there have been 1,600 earthquakes within 200 miles of Am- chitka. He said the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey reported 32 of the quakes registered over 5.5 on the Richter Scale and that two hit 7.5. He said those readings are considerably higher than those expected to result from the proposed five-megaton underground nuclear blast. "It would appear to us, that if there was to have been any effect on the gas from a jolt like the test we intend to do, it would have occurred from the earthquakes," the spokesman said.

UP, UP AND AWAY-One of the Farthest North Rodeo Association member jumps on the back of a wild donkey in the Gene Holter Wild Animal show which opened here today for a six-day run. The cowboy got an unexpected jolt, however, and went sailing head first into the dirt. The circus will be performing twice a day at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the Masonic Temple on First Avenue.

(Slaff Photos) When you eat too takeDLGELllg Wife charged for husband's death Mrs. Anna Jean Jackson has been arrested on murder charges stemming from the death of her husband this monring at Ft. Wainwright, Vern S. Loetterle, agent in charge of the Alaska FBI said Saturday. Mrs.

Jackson, 25, is accused of shooting to death her husband, S. Sgt. Jerry J. Jackson, at the a i residence on Ft. Wainwright.

AMBULANCE CALLS 12:53 p.m.--Roger Ensley (transferred to Fairbanks Community Hospital from 712 Eighth Ave.) 4:44 p.m.--Mildred J. Burnett. ON SALE AT ALL DKUC COUNTERS 01 GEL TH8LETS PUBLIC NOTICE This is to inform all persons planning new construction or renovation of existing facilities (mobile home parks, apartment houses, motels, subdivisions, etc.) that prior to the initiation of any construction, plans must be submitted to the Division of Environmental Health for approval. These plans are to be completed and submitted by a registered engineer relative to water and sewage facilities and contain all pertinent information concerning the proposed development. The Division of Environmental Health is available to assist you in obtaining the standards to enable you to discharge your legal obligation to provide the public with potable water and adequate sewage systems designed to prevent pollution and nuisances, as well as other health related aspects of your development.

For Information on roqulroimmtf and advico for davoiopmontt tho City of Fairbanks, contact Division of Envl- ronmontal Hootth, 604 SfrMt, Room 228, Phono 452-1593. 'Show of Shows" MIDWA SPECIAL MAY 29-30-31 Saturday Sunday Monday LARGEST MIDWAY SINCE A '67 NO GATE CHARGE just. 00 ALLRIDES ALL DAY per person all ages 12 NOON-12 MIDNIGHT EACH DAY BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY all Rides such as: STAR JET SPACE AGE TILT-A-WHIRL FIRMS WHEEL SCRAMBLER OCTOPUS Featuring: "THE MIGHTY METEOR" 1st Time in The State ALASKALAND number of persons seeking to testify. Government scientists spent the morning reading statements identical to those read at a hearing in Juneau Wednesday. They said chances of the five- megaton blast triggering a destructive natural earthquake or tidal wave were remote, contended that harm to nearby fish and wildlife would be minimal and said precautions had been taken to prevent seepage of radioactivity into the atmosphere.

But a parade of conservationists, scientists and private citizens were unanimous at the afternoon session in voicing reservations or opposition to the test. Gary A. Soucie of New York, conservation director of Friends of the Earth, accused the AEC of disregarding the intent of a 1913 executive order creating the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge of which Am- chitka is part. He said the order authorized limited military use of the islands for such purposes as installation of lighthouses. AEC officials declined to specify the purpose of the test, and would not respond directly to charges the blast would test a warhead that may be obsolete before it is deployed.

Maj. Gen. Edward B. Ciller, the AEC's assistant general manager for military application, said the purpose of the test is classified, and reminded questioning witnesses the commission does not set policy on U.S. defense systems.

"The AEC is not free unilaterally to decide the conduct of its weapons," he said. "It's a supplier of weapons, by law, to the Department of Defense." Wilfred Matthew dead in gravel pit A 33-year-old man, missing since May 22, was found dead yesterday near a gravel pit at 1 Mile Richardson Highway, according to Alaska State Troopers. Wilfred Matthew was last seen about noon last Saturday at 12 Mile Richardson Highway. He was reported missing later that day by Valerie Matthew, troopers said. Troopers are investigating the circumstances of Matthew's death.

Dr. Jeremy J. Stone of Washington, D.C., director of the Federation of American Scientists, contended the blast is unnecessary because of a limited need for the warhead being tested. Stone said the detonation will test a high-yield nuclear warhead for the "spartan" missile, designed to counter "small nuclear attacks" by intercepting attacking missiles outside the atmosphere. Because of this country's shifting defense priorities and the pending Strategic Arms Limitation Talks the Cannikin-tested warhead probably never will be needed, he said.

Stone characterized the test as a "bureaucratic oversight-an experiment that has been waiting to be cancelled since, in early 1969, the President changed the rationale for the Galena flood damage may reach $2 million Estimates of damage at flood-stricken Galena vary, but some go as high as $2 million, according to Don Lowell, director of the Alaska Disaster Office. Lowell said this morning that one Galena resident, Jim i had estimated damage at $2 million. Red Cross estimates are being made in percentages, such as 10 per cent damage to a structure, but many feel their final figure will be too low. Lowell said other estimates vary considerably. Ed Monaghan, northern district supervisor for the disaster office, said the Bureau of Indian Affairs yesterday was attempting to make a personal damage assessment by talking to villagers, "but the villagers just wouldn't sit still and Till out forms.

They're too busy shoveling mud and moving ice chunks." He said BIA probably assessment go until next week. Monaghan, who was in Galena yesterday, said all but oneortwo families have moved from nearby Campion Air Force Base back to the village. Many are housed in the school and community hall, and others are camping out in tents. The Air Force has provided heavy equipment to help move large ice chunksoutof the village. Lowell said a meeting would be held in Anchorage Tuesday to discuss relocating the village.

Findings from that meeting will then be discussed with Galena residents at a meeting in Galena Wednesday. More accurate figures on damage assessment should be available then, he said. The Alaska State Housing Authority last month surveyed two possible sites for relocating, which will be considered. One is about 114 miles away from the present site on the road to Campior, and the other is about nine miles away adjacent to Campion. Monaghan said he had talked to a number of villagers who felt the sites were too small and too low, but he said both met ASHA building specifications as to height above flood plane, and both had received "very little water" during this record high flood.

He said he thought villagers wanted to move the village onto high ground actually located on the Campion site, but said it was unlikely federal approval could be obtained for such a move. U.S. ABM (antiballistic missile) system away from the Anti- Chinese defense." Ciller replied that the AEC is "not responsible to explain the entire rationale of the total armaments systems," but assured Stone "Nobody is going to test Cannikin just to be testing Cannikin." He said President Nixon will make the final decision whether the test will be conducted. Other witnesses questioned the accuracy of predictions made in the AEC's draft environmental impact statement, flatly rejected the statement's conclusions or questioned the national security need for the Atty. Gen.

John Havelock; criticized the AEC's preliminary environmental statement, and urged that additional information be contained in the final statement. "The public must have data," he said, "No just assurances." In a (ape-recorded testimony, Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, urged that the bomb test be cancelled. "There is more scientific evidence that our national security can do without the test than there is evidence that the test can be conducted without risk," he said. Wilidor Philemonfo of Anch-I orage, president of the Aleut League, opposed the test bev' cause his people claim most of the Aleutian Chain, and have not been consulted by the AEC.

"The Aleut League isn't against national defense," he said. "The people out in the Aleutians haven't been consulted in any way." Northern Lights A div. of Altnign MWWMOI Inc. Memorial Park Fairbanks Endowment Care Cemetery NOTICE ALL CITY OFFICES, MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SYSTEM OFFICES, AND NORTH STAR BOROUGH OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 31,1971, IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. Publish May 29, 1971 Your state needs your help.

Across the nation groups and individuals most never having seen Alaska are speaking up against us. The economic and social progress of Alaska is in peril. And we have only weeks left to protect ourselves. Here's how you can help. Do you have friends, relatives or contacts in other states who would be willing to Speak Up For Alaska? If the answer is "yes" just fill in the state or states in the coupon Ijelow and mail it to ''Speak Up Alaska." We'll send you all the information yon need by return mail to help you do your part for Alaska.

But time is critically short. DO IT NOW! (list states below) 1 P.O. BOX 3536 I ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99501 I I want to Speik Up for my State. I have contacts living in the following states who are willing to help Alaska. Please send me information to help me "sell them" on Speaking Up for Alaska.

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