MISWELL SAYS HOME FIRE DAINER
INCREASED DURING WINTER MONTHS
“Now. during National Fin
Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13, i
an appropriate time to considei
the fire dangers in your home ’
according to Dean Arthur S
Buswell, Division of Statewide
Services and Director of the
Cooperative Extension Service
of the University of Alaska.
Dr. Buswell pointed out fhal
the winter months are the most
dangerous time of year for
home fires. Statistics show
twice as many deaths from
home fires in December and
January than during other
months.
“The real tragic fact is that
four out of five victims of home
fires are children less than 15
years old. This often occurs be
cause youngsters don’t know
PEA Kalis Workshop
Saiardoy, Oct. 13
Parents and all adults inter
ested in the educational pro
gram in the Palmer schools are
invited to participate in the
Palmer Education Association
workshop this Saturday, Oct.
13, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the
Swanson school multi-purpose
room, Mrs. Alma Blunck, PEA
president, said this week.
Mrs. Pearl Shockley, Nation
al Education Association direc
tor from Alaska, will be guest
speaker and has chosen for her
topic, “Teach for the Future.”
The theme of the workshop is
“What’s New in Education.”
Following the workshop pres
entations, those attending will
be invited to join the four dis
cussion groups, which will re
present the primary, interme
diate, junior high, and high
school levels of education. Mrs.
Blunck urged participation in
these groups, pointing out that
ideas formulated in them may
be incorporated into an action
program for the Palmer schools.
' what to do, though a fire is
discovered and there is time to
escape,” he said.
Don't go along thinking, “It
can’t happen to me.” It hap
pened to 11,700 Americans last
year. Nearly half of them were
under four years old. An escape
pIan could have saved many of
“ those lives.
For a detailed plan of fire
prevention, contact your local
Extension Service Agent, Dr.
Buswell suggested. The agent
will be glad to help you work
out details for your situation.
The Extension Service has
the following bulletins avail
able relating to fire prevention:
Making Household Fabrics
Flame Resistant, L454; Fire De
partments for Rural Commun
ities—How to Organize and
Operate them, L375; Safe Use
and Storage of Flammable Li
quids and Gases on the Farm,
FB 2156; Safeguard Your Farm
Against Fire, FB 2150; Fire Re
sistant Construction on the
Farm, FB 2070; and Watch
Your Step! Avoid Farm Acci
dents, FB 2101.
If you want copies of any of
the above publications, contact
your local Extension Agent, or
write the Cooperative Exten
sion Service, University of Al
aska, College, Alaska.
BIDS ASKED FOR
GALENA PROJECT
Bids are being asked for an
estimated $75,000 construction
project at Galena Airport, Al
aska. Sealed competitive bids
on the project will be opened
November 1 by the U. S. Army
Enginer District, Alaska. The
proposed work calls for the
construction of a security fence
for the Alert Hangar, including
protective lighting and photo
electric alarms systems, guard
house with plumbing, water
line and sanitary sewer, and
other related work.
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QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: I am a 53-year
old fisherman. If I should be
come disabled, could I receive
disability payments from my
Social Security coverage?
ANSWER: It is possible if
meet the following require
ments:
A. You must have worked
under Social Security for at
least 5 years out of the 10-year
period immediately preceding
the date you became disabled.
B. Your disability must be
so severe that it prevents you
from doing any type of work,
and must be determined by
medical evidence.
C. The disability must have
existed for at least 6 months
or more.
QUESTION: I am a cannery
worker. How are my social se
curity credits reported and
how can I find out if I am re
ceiving proper credit for my
work under social security?
ANSWER: A worker’s earn
ings under social security are
reported by his employer after
the end of each calendar quar
ter. It is very easy to check
the accuracy of your social se
curity account. All you need to
do is obtain a postal card form
(OAR-7004) from any social
security office, fill it out, and
drop it in the mail. You will
be sent a record of your offi
cial social security account.
QUESTION: If I take a re
duced benefit by applying for ]
retirement benefits at age 62,
does it affect the amount of
benefits for my wife and min
or children?
ANSWER: No. A reduction
in your benefit has no affect
upon the benefits to your wife
and children as their check will
be based upon your full
amount.
For more information about
social security, write to your
Socity Security Office, P. O.
Box 1331, Juneau, Alaska
TOWNSITE LAW
NOW APPLICABLE
TO ALASKA
President Kennedy has sign
ed into law a bill by U. S. Re
presentative Ralph J. Rivers to
put the townsite law presently
applicable to Alaska in con
formance with laws pertaining
to townsites in other public
land states. Previously no
townsite could be created in
Alaska on public land which
has a mineral classification.
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STATE OF ALASKA
Progress Report
GENERAL FUND BALANCE - June 30, 1962
June 30, 1958 -
June
June
June
30,
30,
30.
1959
1960
1961
_$4.311,436.89
_ 4.211,090.00
.$24,371,457.70*
_10,804.709.00
_ 9.761,536.18
Annual Report, Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1962"
Information source: "State of Alaska,
♦This balance does not include the sum of, S20.887.491 set aside for special funds such as
teachers' retirement, public employees’ retirement and like proorams. " •*
Neither does it
include revenue received from the July, 1962 oil lease sale.
GROSS BUSINESS
ACTIVITY - increase
1958 -
1959 -
1960 -
1961
1958 - 1961
JS577.576.192
713.312.079
730.731.041
897.671.256
+ 55.4%
Information source Gross business receipts reported to Department of Revenue This does not
taclu™* insurancepremium payments, receipts from coin-operated devices and other exemptions
from business license fees.
ALASKA'S EXPORTS - increase 1958 - 1961
1958 -
1959 --
1960 -
1961
_$6.300.000
_ 6.500.000
+400%
19.500.000
_25.200.000
Information source: Alaska State Department of Commerce.
EMPLOYMENT - increase 1958 - 1962
July 1958 -
July 1959 -
July 1960 -
July 1961 -
July 1962
_71,000
.71,000
_78,300
+9.1%
-75.200
-78.000
Information source: Alaska Slate Department of Labor
GROSS MANUFACTURED VALUE - ALASKA RESOURCES*
1958-1961
increase
1958
1959
1960
1961
J$139,069,000
_133.229.000
_170.922.000
,215.442.000
+85.4%
information source: Alaska State Department. KUhand Game. Department Nature, Resource*
•Includes fisheries, forest products, minerals, agriculture.
Alaska's share of U. S. total
u. s.
PERSONAL INCOME - increase of
income 1959-1961
income itjt*itw■ —-—
increase Alaaka personal income as of June 1962 over June 1961.
__ . __i iQftv- *»Business Week Magazine
+7.1%*
+6.8%**
mcreaav 196J! ..Business Week Magazine. August 25, 1M2
Information source:. •Time Magazine, September «*• 15,0 ■ ,
This message presented in the public interest by .
EGAN FOR GOVERNOR COMMITTER - ANCHORAGE.J^EugeneGuew. author
VOTERS TO MARK FOUR SALLOTS
IS REHERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMFR 6
Voters in the Nov. 6, 1962
general election will have four
ballots to mark, Mrs. Dorothy
Saxton, deputy district magis
trate, said this week. In addi
tion, voters at precincts with
in the boundaries of the Pal
mer Independent School Dis
trict will vote on the bonding
issue for school construction on
a separate ballot.
The capital relocation Initia
tive No. 1 appears on a separ
ate ballot, and provides for
procedure in establishing the
new capital in case of passage
of the initiative.
The general election ballot
carries candidates' names for
the posts of governor, secretary
of state, United States senator.
United States representative,
state senator from District E,
and state representative from
District 7.
There is also a State of Alas
ka bonding proposition ballot,
which includes University of
Alaska construction bonds in
the amount of $5,950,000 for im
provements in academic facil
ities; school construction bonds
($5 million) for construction
and equipping of certain ele
mentary and secondary public
schools within the state; trunk
airport construction bonds ($4,
175,000) for trunk airports at
Lower Yukon, Sand Point, Bar
row, Sitka, and Savoonga; and
construction bonds ($2,200,000)
for a vocational school in the
Kodiak-Aleutians senate dis
trict.
The judicial ballot asks for
verification of ten-year terms
for Buell A. Nesbett and John
H. Dimond as chief justices of
the Alaska state supreme court.
Voters who will be absent
from their home precinct on
election day may make ar
rangements for absentee ballot
ing by calling at the deputy
magistrate’s office in Palmer.
States Collected
Record High Taxes
The slates collected a rec
ord high $5.5 billion in high
way-user taxes last year.
More than half—S3.5 billion
—came from taxes on GO bill
ion gallons of meter fuel.
LET'S BUILD IT!
A New Capital
SUPPORT THE AUCTION
SatNrday, October 13-2 P.M.
DOWNTOWN PALMER
PROCEEDS GO TOWARD
CAPITAL MOVE CAMPAIGN
GRUENING VISITS
VALLEY, PALMER
I Sen. and Mrs. Ernest Gruen
! ing were honor guests at a
1 Democratic party no-host lun
cheon at the Frontier Cafe on
Monday, Oct. 8. The affair sig
nalled the kickoff for the Nov.
‘ 6 election campaign, party of
ficials said.
Gruening reviewed legisla
tion favorable to Alaska which
i has been passed during the
years he has served as U. S.
senator. When asked for an
evaluation of the possibilities
of mine-mouth steam-generat
ed electric power, he said that
‘ first a mutual agreement must
! tie reached among the coopera
tives involved w’hich is accept
able to KEA.
Compensation Fund
Balance Is Up
The Employment Security
Division announced that Alas
ka’s unemployment compensa
tion fund balance totaled $5,
022,000 at the close of business
September 30th. The balance
represented an increase of
$589,000 over the fund’s level
at the end of September 1961.
Merrill E. Wier, Division Direc
tor, said a total of $113,000 was
i paid out in current benefits
during September as compared
with $141,000 the previous,
month and $208,000 paid out
during September, 1961.
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