Peek at the Past: As it appeared in the Dec. 5, 1968 Frontiersman

Drug traffic to be discussed

An information meeting on the drug traffic in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has been scheduled at the Wasilla area elementary school.

The community committee is making arrangements for the program has pointed out that in the past weeks the general public has definitely been made aware of the drug abuse and drug traffic existing in the Anchorage borough and peninsula schools.

Borough on sound footing

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has developed into a responsible government unit and is on sound footing as it approaches its fifth anniversary, chairman Robert Vroman told the assembly recently in his 1967-1968 annual report.

Redington is first musher to get sponsor for Iditarod

Joe Redington Sr. is the first musher to obtain a sponsor for the Iditarod Trail Seppala Memorial Race, set for March 1 and 2.

At Matanuska Maid Building and Farm Supply, you could get a jump on your Christmas shopping by buying a Crossman BB and pellet rifle for $19.68.

A portable phonograph allowed you to "instantly play with a solid state amplifier, a 3X5 speaker and a 7-inch turntable." The cost was $17.77.

At Koslosky's, a dozen eggs were 49 cents, a pint of cottage cheese was 39 cents and bacon was 59 cents a pound.

At the Center Theater in Palmer, Walt Disney's Blackbeard's Ghost was being shown, as was Around the World in 80 Days.

On television, Hawaii 5-0, The Beverly Hillbillies and Leave It To Beaver were standards.

Casey Ressler

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