Good stuff gang! Our grateful thanks to Major Walker Keyes and Paul Morisset for a great job of instructing. January 20, 1950: In spite of the weatherman's cool prediction, last week-end was warm enough for skiing and at least fifty enthusiasts turned out to take instructions.Head of his tribe for the past 40 years or so, was 79 years of age at the time of his passing and was one of the most colourful characters in the Yukon, where he was held in the highest regard by both the native and white population alike. January 20, 1950: Chief Jim Boss of the Le Barge Indians passed away in the Whitehorse General Hospital at noon Tuesday (January 17th).
January 13, 1950: The local Royal Canadian Legion held its annual meeting on January 11th and elected the following officers: President, James Porter First Vice-President, R.The Ski Chalet on Fourth and Strickland was packed to capacily with enthusiastic skiers at the general meeting Monday night. January 13, 1950: The Yukon Ski Runners are really swinging into action now that skiing weather has arrived.Marys Hospital, one of the most vital institutions in the city, was destroyed by fire which orginated in the chapel. January 13, 1950: One of the worst disasters to occur in Dawson took place Tuesday (January 10th) at about 1.30 p.Born in Glengarry, Ont., he was a member of the old Northwest Mounted Police for some years before qualifying as a first-rate pharmaceutical chemist and was highly respected by the medical profession. He was over 80 years of age but continued practicising his profession up to quite recently. noted druggist of Dawson, passedĪway at Dawson on Tuesday. He was hit on the head with the butt of the rifle and they escaped with $800 and some firearms but but 11:00 they had all been arrested. Went directly upstairs to the sleeping quarters, awakened John Sewell with a rifle pointed to his face and ordered him to hand over his money.
January 6, 1950: One of the most dastardly armed robberies to occur here in years took place New Year's Day at 3 a.m., when Patrick Michael Miller, William Douglas Anderson and David Winton, each 17 years of age, broke into John Sewell's store.January 6, 1950: With this issue, the Whitehorse Star commences on its fiftieth year of service to this community (read the article here).Highlights of History from The Whitehorse Star, 1950-1959 Highlights of History from The Whitehorse StarĮxplorer's Guides to Yukon Communities 1950 January Incidentally, the motto for the monitoring teams on the FLR-9's was "From DC to Daylight".Highlights of History from The Whitehorse Star, 1950-1959 I worked in the blue building in the color photo, under the nearest radome. Interestingly enough, the ccc article on Teufelsberg has it almost all right. Along with monitoring stations like Field Station Berlin, the US and its allies quite literally covered the globe quite thoroughly. That large antenna is an AN/FLR-9, and there were, at the height of the cold war, about a dozen of them operational worldwide, from Elmendorf in Alaska, to Karamursel, Turkey and just about anyplace else you could imagine. I wrote about arriving at my first duty station here, and the photo in that link will give you an idea of the what was probably the average size of one of those facilities. Most people don't realize that SIGINT during the cold war was an immense, global proposition, employing thousands of men and women on a staggering scale. I personally served my time in warmer climes such as Thailand and Berlin.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 2:00 PM on February 2, 2007Īs an old Cold Warrior myself, I love reading these things. Some of their deserts were artistic masterpieces and you almost felt guilty eating one. It wasn't, we had the top chefs out of Montreals finest hotels up here as our cooks, (the pay was so much better). It's difficult to believe but this food was served to us by a waiter (male of course) who also poured our coffee. Note the table is also the ping pong table (note the vertical stub for the net by checkered shirt's knee). This is dinner after we first moved into the modules' living spaces. So, as a last resort, at Christmas time, their wives baked them fruit cakes, cut them in half, made the sandwich you see here, and sent them up to the line. They felt that the Customs people knew, somehow, that there was liquor in the packages and intentionaly busted the bottles. They did this three times and each time when they opened the packages the bottles were broken and the liquor soaked into every thing. These two had their wives send them some liquor in bottles. These two liked to have a snort every evening, but we weren't allowed to have anything, including beer, at any time. Some of the captions in the 3 link are great:
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