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V, TOWN ISOLATED This is a typical winter scene in Whittier, Alaska. A thick blanket of snow covers the town, a port community 62 miles south of Anchorage. Whittier is without a road link to the rest of Alaska, yet it boasts the tallest apartment building in the state the 14-story Hodge apartment building shown at the right of the photo. The two railroad tunnels leading into the town have doors which can be bolted shut to prevent them from being clogged with ice during the 50-below-zero winter weather. (UPI Telephoto) CARS BARRED Yellowstone Park- Auto mobiles were not admitted in side Yellowstone National park until the season begin ing in 1915. Salem -(UPB- Oregon Young Democratic National Commit teeman Jack Churchill, Port land, has filed for delegate, state at large, to the Demo cratic national convention. LARGE NUGGET San Francisco - The biggest gold nugget ever found in California weighed 196 pounds and was worth about $43,000. 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" - StEttVICfc Medford JigferRIBUNE 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1960 4 Pages Alaskan City Ranks as One of Most Fantastic Ever Populated Whittier, Alaska -UPD- With the possible exception of Dis neyland, this town of Whittier is just about the most fan tastic 435 acres of land ever populated by man. It is a town without any road link to the rest of Alaska, yet it boasts the tallest apart ment building in the state. The two railroad tunnels, leading ' into Whittier have doors which can be bolted shut "just to keep things sort of private here." Whittier, whose main busi ness is serving as a port run by the U.S. Army, is buried deep in the glacial mountains at the head of a 600-foot-deep fjord 62 miles south of An chorage. There are three ways of entering or leaving Whittier, by railroad, boat or foot. And if the trip is made afoot, the most popular route is over Portage Glacier, a moving mountain of blue ice. No Road Link Whittier has snowmobiles, cars, trucks and tractors but none of them arrived under their own power, since the community has no road link with the outside world. And yet,, more new vehicles pass through it than any other town in Alaska. For, jnrad dition to its military port ac tivities, Whittier handles con-, siderable civilian freight as a terminus for the Alaska Rail road. , Whittier was a war baby. When Japan struck in 1941, there was an immediate need for additional ice - free port facilities to supply the Alas kan Defense Command's vast string of Air Force and Army bases. There were two objections to Whittier, both of them mountains. They separated Whittier from the main ar teries of supply, and there was no way to go over them or around, them. Tunnels Drilled So the Alaska Railroad went through them, drilling one tunnel nine-tenths of a mile long, and a second nearly three miles long. Huge doors had to be fitted to both ends of the two tunnels to prevent them from being clogged with The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual rase history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt wi h by responsible agencies and counselors. Laura W. I feel I am liv ing with a stranger. Wayne W. She is jealous of my hobbies. Laura W. My husband and I have been married 19 years and have four children. We give the impression of be ing a happily couple, but we are far from that. We don't have bitter argu ments. It's worse than that. We never really talk to one another. We haven't much in common. We were both under 20 when we married and thought we were madly in love, but I soon saw that Wayne was a selfish person who doesn't care much about anything but himself and his hobbies. . At times I have.thought of i divorce. Then I decided against it " for the children's sake. But I don't know how long I can bear this lonely exist ence. I feel I am living with a stranger. Yet I have done everything possible to be a good wife and companion. Wayne W. I frankly don't don't know what Laura wants in a husband or marriage. I have done my level best. I support my family and don't run around with women, gamble or drink. I come home every night even when it hurts because of Laura's at titude. The fact is that Laura is jealous of my hobbies. I like to do woodworking and have set up a shop in the base ment. I also enjoy photogra phy and have won a couple of prizes. Laura claims l "bury" myself in these things and don't pay attention to UO President May Go To Minnesota St. Paul, Minn-IUPD-The St, Paul Pioneer Press has re ported that "reliable sources" have indicated that the presi dent of the University of Ore gon may be the next presi dent of the University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota regents are expected to an nounce shortly the name of the successor to Dr. James L Morrill who is retiring next July 1. However, university offici als refused to comment on the newspaper's report that Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, 51, of the University of Oregon is the preferred choice of the regents. Dr. Wilson has been at Ore gon since 1953. In Eugene, Ore., Dr. Wilson had ,no comment on the re port. her or the children. The truth is I am only hap py when I am in my shop or outdoors taking some pic tures. I don't feel that this is "burying" myself. To me it is really living. When Laura is around she just gabs about relatives and the neighbors. The Council: It appears to to us that Laura has driven her husband to immerse him self as deeply as possible in his various interests as a de fense against her demands. These demands are urgent and forceful, yet vague. Wayne doesn't know just what is wanted of him and we suspect that Laura doesn't either. Apparently Laura hasn't found great salf-satisfaction in maintaining her home and rearing her children. If she had her happiness would spill over into her " relationship with her husband. As things stand Wayne feels that he has failed her in some way and seeks relief from his guilt in things removed from his re lationship with her. Laura maintains that she wants a companion, yet she locks the doors to companion ship by setting herself up as a bitter rival to her husband's interests. She bolts the door further ever time she gives way to her feeling that her husband has . failed her and that marriage has failed to provide the vague, wonderful something she had hoped for. Another barrier against companionable happiness be tween husband and wife is Laura's insistence that she is holding the marriage together purely for her children's sake. We believe Laura needs her husband for his own sake far more than she supposes. She would find life without him a very dreary, empty affair. In order to find happiness, Laura must stop demanding it. She should try to substi tute some constructive action that will give her pleasure, Perhaps she would enjoy club or church work, singing with a group or taking lessons in some hand craft. When she learns to live more happily with herself, she will find more happiness with her hus band and perhaps she will begin to feel a real interest in his hobbies. They could be the very link that will bring these two closer as compan ions. ' ,' . (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) . ice during the 50-below-zero winter weather. Sourdoughs remind the Cheechakos (newcomers) that Whittier is the only place in the world where they shut and bolt the doors of the only overland route to town "just to keep things sort of private here." Whittier has one of the heaviest snowfalls in Alaska. In 1958, the total was 45 feet. The average for a "normal" winter is 22 feet. The 14-story Hodge apart ment building - tallest in Alaska - houses both military and civilian families and has more than 600 residents. A school, connected to the build ing by a tunnel, enables 267 children to attend classes re gardless of the weather. Ciiy Within lrullir-ng The six - story Buckner Building is a city within a building. The heavily-insulated structure is built into the side of a mountain. It contains bowling alleys, a newspaper, television studio, restaurants, rifle range, theater, post of fice, library, bakery, barber shop, medical facilities, a dentist office, bank, depart ment store and grocery as well as accommodations for all the Army troops. Pfc. Dan Hillerman of Den ver said his experience of re maining inside the Buckner Building for three and a half weeks was "not unusual." Moose Civic Problem A lumber mill and a petro leum bulk plant make up Whittier's "industry" along with fishing - both sport and commercial - in the deep rich waters of Prince William Sound. Whittier's biggest civic problem is its moose. The hundreds of moose in the area consider the snow plowed railroad tracks their personal highway in winter, and the bulls are ready to fight anybody including diesel locomotives to prove it. The running time of the train between Anchorage and Whittier depends mostly on two things: the moose traffic using the same right of wax, and the ability of the train crews to clear the tracks. Control Technique To Combat Insects Washington-(Science Serv ice) A new insect control technique in which male flies are either destroyed or steril ized will soon be tested on some remote Pacific islands, the U.S. Department of Agri culture reported here. - Each week about 3,000,000 male fruit flies, sterilized by radia tion, will be dropped on one test island, USDA researchers estimate. This method, suc cessfully used to eradicate the screwworm in the southern U.S., may have to be con tinued for more than a year. The other method of using a special attractant to lure male flies to poisoned bait will be tested on the oriental fruit -fly. Both this fly and the melon fly are serious ob stacles to agricultural devel opment of the Pacific islands. Corvallis -(UPD- A confer ence on use of agricultural chemicals Feb. 11 at Oregon State College is expected to attract 400 persons. Schrunk Asked To Intervene in Strike Portland-IUPD-Mayor Terry Schrunk has received a letter signed by 80 local business agents and union members asking him to intervene in the Portland newspaper strike. Schrunk said he would give "serious consideration" to the matter. He said he was na turally concerned about the dispute and had hoped that normal collective bargaining could solve the problem. The ietter to the mayor said the strike was now beyond Brunettes Fine, Engineers Learn Baltimore - (UPD - Gentle men may prefer blondes but meteorlogical engineers have found that brunettes are fine, too. For years only blonde hair was used in delicate weather control humidity. Because pure blonde hair is in short supply, engineers in the in strument division of the Ben dix Aviation Corpor a t i o n were forced to search for other supply sources. 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