newsminer.com

10 YEARS AGO

Nov. 24, 1998 — Alaska State Troopers are looking for a woman whom friends and family fear may be in desperate need of help.

Maryellen McMillin, 37, disappeared mysteriously Saturday night. She had planned to attend a party thrown by a close friend, but was too disoriented to giver her sister directions to the friends house.

Her sister dropped her off at home, told her to stay put and returned a short time later. By then McMillin apparently had left her Steele Creek Road residence in her car. In the two days since, she hasn’t answered her cell phone or responded to pages. On Monday, she failed to show up at Sportsmedicine Fairbanks where she works as a physicians assistant.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 24, 1983 — Myron Bearson, whose troubled chicken farm has been the source of controversy for months, may be facing new legal trouble. The borough attorney’s office says it may issue a citation against Bearson for not adequately caring for the chickens at his egg plant at 13 Mile Richardson Highway.

At Bearson’s request, borough animal control officers killed about three-quarters of the birds, an estimated 1,200 chickens, on Wednesday. They were to kill the remaining chickens today.

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 24, 1958 — Republican women of the Slaterville precinct will offer free baby sitting service and car pool facilities to voters in Slaterville and Aurora tomorrow, according to Mark Ringstad, GOP leader. To help women go to the polls before 4 p.m. so male voters won’t have to stand in line, the free services will be offered between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

75 YEARS AGO

Nov. 24, 1933 — Pilot Noel Wien of the Wien Airways of Alaska arrived yesterday from Flat with five passengers. He brought Pete Miscovich, John Miscovich and Woodrow Vanderpool from Flat. George Miscovich and Julien Hurley made the round trip from here with pilot Wien.