In January 1976 a cab driver was brutally murdered in Fairbanks. It was a shocking crime and as a result, News-Miner reporter Julie Stuart went on a night shift ride with a local cabbie to get and insider’s account of what a pipeline-era cabbie’s life was like. It is a real snapshot of our pipeline history.

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Feb. 3, 1976

Cabbies And The

People Of The Night

Cabbie Jimmy Hake hops into car No. 21 wondering what madness the night people will make for him this mild winter evening.

He is jittery.

He chain-smokes Newports and chucks the butts out the car door which he edges open as he cruises the increasingly crowded streets.

The momentum of Friday night is building. Taxis crisscross the city like a swarm of bees fanning out to find honey.

At 8 o’clock, pe

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