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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)
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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.
They discovered that jet
black Korean hair works in
their weather instruments,
leaving the blonde strains for
the more precise devices.
the 60-day mark and that fed
eral mediation was proving
"ineffectual." Another joint
bargaining session is sched
uled Thursday.
The Stereotypers Union
went on strike Nov. 10. Since
then the two newspapers have
published combined editions
in the Oregonian plant.
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