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- Identifier
- wwu:31410
- Title
- KVOS Special: Guemes Island - The View From Anacortes
- Date
- 1966-09-18
- Description
- A press conference by an executive spokesperson from Northwest Aluminum Company. The spokesperson (unidentified) explains choice of Guemes Island as a site for an aluminum plant site, and the company's plan for development. Northwest Aluminum, a subsidiary of a Japanese-backed consortium, sought a deep water site with adjacent flat acreage, and was also lured by the promise of cheap power from Bonneville power. Despite Skagit County's rezoning of the area to heavy industrial, public opposition forced the company to withdraw the next year.
- Digital Collection
- KVOS Channel 12 Films
- Type of resource
- Moving image
- Object custodian
- Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
- Related Collection
- KVOS Channel 12 Film
- Local Identifier
- kvos_special_32_02_s53
- Identifier
- wwu:31409
- Title
- KVOS Special: Guemes Island - Beginning or End?
- Date
- 1966-09-11
- Description
- The first of two KVOS Specials, regarding the 1966 attempt by Northwest Aluminum Company to build an Aluminum plant on Guemes Island, one of the San Juan Islands in Washington State, USA. Although favored by Skagit County and then economically depressed Anacortes, residents of Guemes Island who opposed the plan formed a citizen's action group, "Save the San Juans" led by retired Boeing executive Evan Nelson. Nelson hired a young John Erlichman (pre-Nixon) as the group's lawyer. Although Skagit County hastily rezoned a portion of the island for heavy industry, in 1967 the corporation bowed to public pressure and withdrew from this attempt. The film features short interviews with people in favor of and opposed to the proposed industrial development (all except Nelson are unidentified). In addition, there is a small amount of scenic footage.
- Digital Collection
- KVOS Channel 12 Films
- Type of resource
- Moving image
- Object custodian
- Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
- Related Collection
- KVOS Channel 12 Film
- Local Identifier
- kvos_special_32_01_s52