Handicapped
Arc Employed
Special efforts are made to
find employment for the physi
cally handicapped persons ap
plying for work with the U S
Army Engineer District, Alas
ka, officials noted in a routine
review of employment practic
es recently.
Thirty six of the District’s
staff, or approximately one in
every eleven are in some way
physically handicapped. The
handicapped are hired on the
basis of their qualifications and
without detrimental regard to
their physical limitations.
The handicapped personnel
have proven themselves able
associates ef the District staff
during its 16-year history by
assuming positions of consider
able responsibility and by per
forming their duties in such a
way as to earn more than the
average number of awards for
work well done.
PROGRESS
A good way to test a man’s
intelligence is by checking his
reaction to new ideas.
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Three Slate Agencies Now
Linked by Teletype Circuit
Just as Alaska’s newspapers
and broadcasting stations are
apprised of fast-breaking news
by teletype, so three of
the largest state agencies are
linked by such a circuit over a
thousand miles long.
This network is leased from
the Air Force Alaska Com
munication System for eight
hours a day and can send a
message from Nome to Valdez,
for example, in less than ten
minutes—including the time
required to punch the infor
mation on a perforated tape,
and deliver to the addressee.
According to C. L. Bunk, di- j
rector of the Division of Com- i
munications in the Alaska De- j
partment of Public Works, the j
basic teletype network links
the department’s offices in An
chorage, Fairbanks, Juneau,
Nome and Valdez. Three of
these five stations also have
“pony loops” for connecting
with other local poinis. Mes
VOTE
These experienced legislators have
long records of progressive, construc
tive leadership. They are all worthy
of your support.
JALMAR KERTTULA
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
RALPH RIVERS
U. S. REPRESENTATIVE
BILL EGAN
GOVERNOR
NICK BEGICH
STATE SENATOR
HUGH WADE
SECRETARY OF STATE
ERNEST GRUENING
U. S. SENATOR
For goodness' sake and your own, vote the
straight Democratic Party ticket this year.
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sages are transmitted directly
to the DPW’s quarters in all of
these cities, but if a communi
cation is addressed to one of
the loop points, it is automati
cally re-perforated, and need
only b® run through the trans
mitting device to be relayed
without further effort to its
destination. The hookup is
shared with the Department of
Highways and the Public Safe
ty Department’s State Police
Division, so different problems
are solved by the “pony loops”
in three of the five cities serv
ed. In Anchorage the second
ary circuit is needed to serve
the State Police, because the
highway agency is in the same
building as the Public Works
Department, while in Fair
banks the separate line goes to
the road office, because DPW
and the State Troopers are un
der a single roof. Juneau has
two of the loops to take in the
police in the capital buildings,
and the highway headquarters
on Douglas Island four miles
away. The communication ser
vice made possible through this
network also is available to
other State agencies.
Most of the messages are per
forated before transmission so
they can be sent at the sixty
word-a-minute speed which is
virtually impossible to attain
with acuracy by hand on the
electric keyboards. But for an
exchange of ideas, a teleconver
sation is possible by operating
the teletype machines manu
ally on this statewide party
line. Regular messages are tele
phoned to the recipient and a
confirmation copy is delivered
later.
The transmissions are made
by radio-telegraph over the
tropospheric forward scatter
stations of the Air Force White
Alice system. According to
Buck, these broadcasts are not
subject to fadeout as they blast
signals in the very high fre
quency band over the horizon
to be picked up by giant anten
nas.
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Registration
OF
Voters
BOND ELECTION
PALMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Voters must register to be eligible to vote in Bond
Election.
Voters must register on or before Saturday, November
3, 1962.
Registration closes at 6:00 p.m., November 3, 1962
WHERE: Tax Office — Wright Building
WHEN: As early as possible so that voter eligibility can be
verified.
WHO MAY VOTE IN BONO ELECTION:
1. Only registered voters. If I voted in last election must I
register? Yes
2. Only persons whose name is on tax roll. Man and wife
should check to see if both names are on tax roll. Only
persons whose names are on the last tax roll may vote.
3. Only persons nineteen years of age or older.
4. Residents of School District for 30 days and one year in
State of Alaska.
WHY MUST VOTERS REGISTER:
It is the law and requirements of the School District for Bond
Election.
In addition to its teletype
loop, the Highway Department
headquarters in Douglas has a
half dozen trunk lines for long
distance telephone calls as it
is in the Juneau system. The
State Capital Buildings and the
Alaska Office Building share
with the Foss Building which
houses the Public Works De
partment, the only PABX cir
cuit in Alaska. This Private
Automatic Branch Exchange
permits extension phones to be
dialed directly by Juneau sub
scribers or long distance oper
ators without having the call
relayed by an operator at the
building’s switchboard.
But it is the teletype circuit
that spans the three time zones
of the nation’s largest state that
receives messages before some
emi^oyees arrive at work and
after others have gone home as
well as when they are on the
job. The hook-up is operated
from eight o’clock in the morn
ing until four in the afternoon
Alaska Standard Time, so
many messages are already
prepared for transmission from
Juneau when offices open in
Fairbanks and Anchorage,
while an hour remains in Nome
to act on the communications
the same day even when they
are sent at quitting time in the
central part of the State.
Each agency served is charg
ed a nominal rate for messages
and according to Public Works
Commissioner Richard A.
Downing, the circuit is self
sustaining as well as speeding
directives and the exchange of
ideas.
FEDERAL LAND BANK BORROWERS
TO GET PRE-CHRISTMAS DIVIDEND
Fifty area borrowers in Al
aska can look forward to a pre
Christmas cash sift as a result
of the Federal Land Bank of
Spokane declaring a 5 percent
I dividend, payable to its stock
holders of record Nov. 30, 1962,
i James Hurley, Alaska agent for
the bank, announced today.
Fred A. Knutsen, bank presi
dent, said the dividend, ap
proximately $740,000, will be
paid to the 61 farmer-owned
federal land bank associations
in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and
Washington which own all of
the bank’s capital stock and
which make and service its
loans. The associations, in turn,
will pass most of the dividend
on to their 23,000 members
who are the bank's borrowers.
Knutsen announced the di
vidend payment in addressing
a four-state meeting of feder
al land bank association direc-1
tors in Spokane last week. He
said the 5 percent-$740.000 di
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Haines Road
To Close Nov. 15
The State Department of
Highways has received word
from the Northwest Highway
System. Yukon Territory, that
the closing date for the Haines
Road has been extended until
November 15. The Canadians
earlier had announced a clos
ing date of October 31.
In a telegram to the Depart
ment of Highways, the main
tenance station reported the
road to be in good driving con
dition presently.
That portion of the Haines
Road that lies within Alaska
will not be closed, Highways
Comimssioner D. A. McKinnon
said. This section is kept open
all winter for maintenance of
a U. S. Army pumping station
at Mile 50.
LARGE FOOD CENTER
Salem, capitol of Oregon, is
second largest canned food
processor in U. S. San Jose,
Calif., is number one.
Don't Forget
To Vole
NOVEMBER 6th
BUNNY IS VOTING
YES
INITATIVE NO. I !!
TROPICAL
GARDENS
PI 5-4433 Palmer
vidend compares with a 4 per
cent-$535,000 dividend paid
last year. This year's dividend,
he added, will bring to $5,640,
000 the total paid in dividends
by the bank since 1944.
Reviewing operations of the
bank for the year ended June
30, 1962, Knutsen told the as
sociation directors that new
money loaned during that 12
mor.th period was greater than
the bank’s entire loan account
15 years ago. There were 3,369
loans closed for $61,756,000 of
which $46,841,000 was n«w
money. The bank’s loan ac
count on June 30 stood at $257,
000.000, up 14 V2 percent over
the same date in 1961.
SPENARD FIRM
WINS CORDOVA BID
The contracting firm of Riv
ers and Prestwood, Spenard.
has entered the apparent low
bid of $834,656 for grading and
drainage of 3.3 miles of the
C«pper River Highway east of
Cordova. Highways Commis
sioner D. A. McKinnon said!
the work is to be completed
within 120 working days after
the contractor receives a notice
to proceed. All bids are held
under advisement by the High
way Department pending tabu
lation of bids.
THUE DIPLOMAT
Tact is the ability to find a
way to correct a mistake with
out admitting one was made.
INSURANCE OF
EVERY KIND
Insurance Is One Thing
. . . Coverage Another!
Improvements and the rise in market
value may have "upped" the valua
tion of your home . . . above the
coverage afforded by your present
fire insurance policy. Review it
with us!'
PIPPEL INSURANCE AGENCY j
PI 5-3260 or PI 5-4800 PALMER
GET OUT THE VOTE
The strength of our country stems from the right
of its citizens to vote. Our democracy rests on the
freedom of the individual to choose, for any elective
position, the candidate who lie thinks will best repre
sent his interests.
Our form of government has brought untold bene
fits and advantages to us, its citizens. In return, it
is our duty to help keep that form of government
strong, bv assuming our responsibilities in voting—
to be sure that we are all governed by those who
represent the choice of the majority. It is when we
shirk this duty that individuals who have only their
own interests at heart find it easier to creep in—to
take over governments, where their private ambi
tions can work to the detriment of the American
people.
We urge every qualified voter to exercise his privi
lege and obligation of voting—not only in the forth
coming election, but in all elections for which he is
eligible. It’s every voter’s duty to “get out the vote”
—talk it up with neighbors—volunteer to transport
them to the polls. rl his is but a small investment,
with a large return, in security, in happiness, iri
freedom.
Mafanuska Electric
Association
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