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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
A. P. News Analyst
Secretary of state Dulles has
told the NATO council of min
ds ers the <x>ld wlar is on again
alfiter nearly a year of jagging
and flagging. The fact is that so
far as the Russians were con
cerned, the cold war never stop
ped.
The zigging and zagging were
part of the war-tkHpeace tactics
of internal'.ionai communism.
Such tactics will continue. In
all that yeiar of maneuvering,
Soviet leaders never once lost
sight of their immediate and
long-range goals.
If the cold war had really
come .to a halt at any time dur
ing that period, the NATO ooun
did itself iwould not be facing at
this moment the urgent neces
sity Of seeking out ways to
meet new Soviet challenges.
These challenges are deadly
ones. The Soviet economic and
political offensive in vast ar
eas of the world are backed .up,
in the estimation of the NATO
planners, by a greater Soviet
military threat against the wes
tern world than ever before.
Yet military measures alone
would fall far short of meeting
the "breat.
The height of the Soviet
smile offensive was reached in
July, when the heads of state
of the four powers were prepar
ing to meet at the summit in
Geneva. If there was ever to be
a halt In the cold' war, that was
the time.
Yd at that same moment,
Soviet representatives were in
EJgytpt arranging the arms deal
that was to throw the Middle
Bast into contusion. Plans were
underway to sow hatred of the
west amid confusion over colon
; i'alism throughout the whole
| eastern world.
Western memories seem woe
! fully short. The year 1955 be
! gam with a violent attack upon
the weS.ern alliance and the Urn
i’ted States in particular, utter
ed by foreign mfiinM-er Molotov
at the supreme Soviet meeting
IAt that time important deci
sions were reached in Moscow
— decisions looking toward a
bold and imaginative offensive
i to catch the uncommiltted world
I with its guard down.
! The Russiians gave back the
Pcrkkaila base to Finland, and
then used that act to bolster
their drive againd. American
bases.
The Russians announced an
armed forces cut of 640,000 —
men now placed where they are
sorely needed in Soviet agricul
ture. The NATO planners point
out that this bad no effect on
Soviet comfoal ability. that in
fact it indicates a moderniza
fcibn and streamlining of Soviet
military power. But the Rus
| sdans used that decision :o de
! monstaiate that only Moscow
was willing to disarm.
The Russians then ventured
into the Bast with a powerful
offensive which by no means
was confined to that area alone !
; Its link with the Arab world,!
j for exiaaniple, seems plain in the
; far-from-coincidental visit to'
j India of Saudi Arabia’s king at
the time of the Khrushchev
BuSganin visit. The tour of
! South Asia and Ahihamistan
thrusts the diplomatic offensive
into the Arab world.
The Soviet moves all too ap
parently fitted in with the over
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K>NAJLD FINNEY’S
BARENTS OF SECOND SON
'Mr. and Mrs. Donald Finney
nave phoned from Riverside,
California to inform Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Yaw they are grand
parents for the third time.
Brad William Finney was
born at noon Thursday, weigh
ing seven pounds, eleven ouno
es. He joins a sister, Debbie,
age 3; and a (brother, Kevin,
age 18 months.
(Mrs. Finney is the former
Helen Yaw of Sitka. The fam
ily make their home at Hollis,
where Mr. Finney is employed
by Ketchikan (Pulp Co. Pres
ently they (are visiting his fam
illy in Southern California.
EVENTS FROM SITKA HIGH
The Nlal'ionail Honor Society
held (a meeting Tuesday noon |
to determine just how the sch-:
ool Christmas party would be
held. Names of all Sitka High
students were written on pap
er Ho be distributed during
Wednesday’s assembly. It was
decided the cost of the presents
should be fifty cents. Also the
members began decorating lapge
Ohristmiais donftaiiners for the
Loyal Order of Moose.
The Student Council held a
meeting Tuesday and the fbl
lowiinlg! recommendations were
made: that a container be (plac
ed in front of Sit k)a Hiigh for
students to place wrappers and
trash. It is hoped that this will
help improve (the appearance
, of our school.
That a le! ter of apology be
sent to Mt. Edgecumbe school
in regards to certain Sitka Hi
students during the Friday
night basket ball game in Sitka
High’s gymnasium. Sitka High
has always been proud of its
sportsmanship and is going to
do everything in its power to
maintain sportsmanlike conduct
ail all school events.
Sitka High has laid the gro
und work for an all-girl pep
cSBulb. This organization will
form the nucleus df (the cheer
ing section at our basketball
games.
Many students (have been ar
riving late in the morning. due
to tover-sleepinig. The office has
instructed the instructors not
to admit students to class with
unexcused admit slips. Unavoid
able delays in arriving at high
school are however excusable.
The Senior class (has run up
a record to be proud of. They
now have over $300 in the bonk.
This is one of the few class to
ever 'Wind up ih the black. Bt is
hoped that future Senior class
es will do as well.
The regular meeting Of the
Student Governing Assn, wias
called to order Wednesday by
Marilyn Lata, S.G.A. presid
ent. After reading the Student
Council’s recommendations to
the assembly, Mr. Cole. Su.pt.
off Schools, spoke on good 'spoil s
manshlp. Following Mr. Cole
came the Junior class skit.
The skit was a take-off on
Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Sco
uts, nailed Arthur Goldfishes
Talent Scouts. Ernie Robertson
was Arthur. He started' the
show off with a hit Shouting—
“Hey Peapiekens!”
The first basketball game to
be (played in the newly remod
eled gymnasium had a near cap
acity crowd. One very interest
ing feature of the gymnasium
is the glass backboards. Accord
ing to spectat ors standing and
sitting 'behind the backboards,
bait wias the best position to
watch the act ion on the whole
loor.
The Camera Club has been
lurrently showing a group of
11 program of spreading com
munist domination,
DR. B. E. MLCBRAYEK
HOME FROM TRIP
Dr. B. E. McBrayer return
ed home Monday from a trip
which took him to the East
coast on business and also per
mitl ed time for visits with rel
atives and friends.
He attended the New York
Coast Anaesthesiologist Con
vention in New York City. En
route east he slopped in Col
orado for a visit with his
daughter-in -law and his wife’s
sister and father. In St. Louis
he spent four days with, his
son, James.
Also in St. Louis he visited
wlih the Nettleton twins, ar
tists who appeared on the Al
aska Mush? Trails concern ser
ies here in October, and foqnd
them anxious to return to Sit
ka next summer for a vacation
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Michael Van ‘Hatten of the
hoys dorm and Mary Shields of
Sitka were admitted Wednes
day to Mt. Edgecombe hospital
Discharged were Evelyn Gray
to :he girls dorm an Martha j
Timorfy to MiKngbam.
prize winninlg pictures sent to,
them by Eastman Kodak. These
pictures have been an aid to us
by showing jiust what a good
pid ure is like and how they
can be in our surroundings.
Carl ManMnen, Pufb. Mgr ■
a\IBS. WALTER JOHNSON’S
MOTHER VISITING
Mrs. Maibel M. Swaam, mother
Of Mrs. WaOlter Johnson, arriv
ed yesterday by plane to spend
the holidays with her daughter
and son-in-daw.
Her ihome is in Alameda, Gal
iiforniia and Mrs. Swam will
probably extend her visit unitdll
spring.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Thursday:
Edith Moore. Maibel Swain,
Martha Cushing, Roy Delaney,
Mrs. Moe 'White, John Eidk
man, Harry Boyd and Ken La
Favour from Juneau.
Leaving Thursday:
Mr. and 'Mrs. Les Hogins,
Gary and Carol Ann Hogins,
Zaua Past on, 0%a Daifne. Fran
ces Knapp, Mr. Sweeze, Mr.
Boroheck, Larry Lindsteom,
Max Lanike, M. i&penoer. Kyra
Gamer, Harry Boyd to Juneau
Elliott Freoraming to Pahcan
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