Word: alaskan
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...ALMOST a Renaissance man. Starting out at 26 as the president of an Ohio bank. Charlie Kirkwood has since worked as a publisher of a newspaper in Bangkok, a gandy dancer on the Alaskan railroad, a war-time reporter in Pakistan and Vietnam, and the founder of a prestigious law firm in Thailand. But now the man who describes himself as "an entrepreneur by nature" is back doing what he most enjoys--producing a revival of the hit musical Godspell, playing this month at the Charles Playhouse in Boston...
Henry Matson, 62, recalls the night he strolled into a bar called the Great Alaskan Bush Co. with a $12,579.64 paycheck in his pocket. At least he remembers the beginning of the night. Matson, who had been fishing for salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay, was looking for a good time in the rowdy Anchorage saloon. And he got exactly what he wanted, according to Owner Edna Cox, who agreed to cash Matson's check. He spent the night, she said, "buying all the patrons in the club drinks, paying numerous girls for table dances, handing...
...California offshore oil could turn out to be quite profitable because it will cost less to produce than Alaskan crude. Moreover, refineries and transportation networks are close by, a formidable advantage when one considers that Prudhoe Bay oil from Alaska must be pumped through 800 miles of pipeline and then shipped 1,000 miles by tanker to reach the nearest customers. Says Oil Consultant Walter Levy: "The fact that the oil companies don't have to spend $8 billion for an Alaskan pipeline is a major advantage." Also, not having to contend with bitter Arctic weather will make...
...Alaskan pipeline and Hoover Dam are, nothing that Bechtel has ever helped build can compare with the Jubail project. Some 324 miles northeast of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, on desolate salt flats washed by the Persian Gulf and baked in 100-plus temperatures for much of the year, a whole new ultramodern city is emerging. When completed in 15 years, this megastructure will cover an area as large as Greater London and contain a population as numerous as that of Minneapolis...
...tributes come just as the birds, which range from south Florida to the Alaskan wilds, are making a comeback from near extinction caused by chemical pesticides and other modern hazards. For that reason, the year's most significant event was the opening in mid-June of the 50,000-acre Haines Eagle Preserve near Juneau, Alaska. Governor Jay Hammond plans to contribute some of Alaska's estimated flock of 30,000 eagles to 21 other states that are trying to rebuild their populations. Additional help came from an unexpected quarter last month when West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt...