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Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
NEW JET AGE. This week Rev.
White of the Community Baptist
Church received an airmail letter
from Boise, Idaho, that was writ
ten on Feb. 26. The letter was re
ceived on the 27. but the postmark
on the outside of the letter was
dated Feb. 29. We saw it. Did
he get the letter before it was
sent?
Pastor White is now worried.
He thinks we have lost one day
from our calendars up here. He
says according to his usually faith
ful D & A calendar there are only
28 days in February this year.
That’s right. We must have
about a dozen calendars around
the office and they all say the
same thing. What with astronauts
orbitting, jets speeding every
where, even a postmaster in Idaho
can get ahead of himself.
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Petroleum and natural gas-fuels
that together raised the value
of Alaska’s mineral output nearly
50 percent last year—are seen as
major supports of the new State’s
changing economy in a Bureau of
Mines publication just released by
the Department of the Interior.
According to the study, expen
ditures by oil and gas firms in ex
ploration and development rose
from less than $3 million in 1955
to over $30 million in 1959. Mean
while, annual value of oil and gas
produced in the State jumped
from-dess than $312,000 in 1959
to more than $16.25 million in
1961, according to a recent estim
ate by the Bureau.
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When a postal authority in
Vashington suggested carrying
nail along the Aleutian Chain, in
dead of by water carrier as now,
le got himself in the prop, so to
speak, with Senator Bartlett agin’
it and even Sen. Pelly of Wash
ington opposed to the idea. Some
body ought to acquaint him with
the cost of operating those egg
beaters. Then they would have
to raise the price of mail delivery
some more.
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We learn from a National Fed
eration of Independent Business
report that many Congressmen are
appalled at the constantly increas
ing inflationary pressures brought
on by putting more and more civil
ian jobs on Uncle Sam’s payrolls.
A representative points out that
in the first ten months of last
year, 100,000 new employees were
added, or a rate of 10,000 new civ
ilian jobs a month. He points out
that in fiscal 1961, the federal
civilian payroll reached an all
time high of $13.6 billion.
National Guard
Signs Up Griggs
Two new recruits were signed up
by the local National Guard and
will accompany the Kodiak unit
for the annual two-weeks encamp
ment beginning March 18.
Reginald J. Griggs and Ronald
Berntsen completed their enlist
ment forms the past week making
a total of 51 men in the local
unit.
Plans are underway for the K*
diak company to leave for annual
encampment at Camp Denali on
Fart Richardson on Sunday March
18 for two weeks. During this
period the unit will be tested for
proficiency by regular army units
in addition to participating in a
four day bivouac.
This Sunday, March 4, the unit
will have an all-day drill with
field problems, according to word
released by the local armory.
Any local resident interested in
enlisting in the local National
Guard company can inquire at the
Armory during regular working
hours or in the evening.
Th* Timid Soul a wtasTM classic
Capt. Richmond
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s presented by the President, to
any person who, while serving in
any capacity with the Coast Guard,
distinguishes himself by heroism
o r extraordinary achievement
while participating in aerial flight.
The third Distinguished Flying
Cross awarded to Coast Guard pi
lots since 1956, was presented to
Lt. Paul Breed, October 19, 1961,
while serving under Capt. Rich
mond at the Coast Guard Air De
tachment here. The presentation
of tyo of these rare awards to Sev
ententh District Coast Guard avi
ators gains special significance
considering that less than a dozen
have been presented to Coast
Guard pilots in post-war years.
Capt. Richmond has just recent
ly been promoted from the rank
of Commander. On the April 13
date, he left Kodiak as Aircraft
Commander of a Coast Guard am
phibian aircraft to effect the evac
uation of the two burned victims
at St. George Island. Upon ar
rival there, surrounding ice con
ditions precluded a water landing
and he proceeded to St. Paul Is
land to await the arrival of a
Coast Guard helicopter, which he
had ordered for use as an altern
ate means of rescue.
When the helicopter was readied,
despite hazardous weather condi
tions and completely disregard
ing his own safety, Capt. Rich
mond immediately departed for
St. George Island with a doctor
and emergency medical supplies
aboard. The ensuing forty-three
mile overwater flight was accomp
lished in total darkness, and a
landing executed at the village
ball field, illuminated only by the
headlights of two trucks.
The patients were rushed to
Providence Hospital in Anchorage
at daybreak after being taken to
St. Paul Island and transferred to
the plane.
Capt. Richmond resides with his
wife and their seven children on
the naval station.
License Plates
Good Till May 31
Motorists now have until May
31 to obtain their new 1962 license
plates.
A bill extending the deadline
for motor vehicle registration and
purchase of license plates has
been signed into law by Gov. Wil
liam A. Egan.
The new law went into effect
immediately, thereby granting
Alaska motorists a three-month
postponement in the expiration
date of their present license
plates. Under the law the dead
line for registration and display
of new plates is moved up from
Feb. 28 to May 31.
Egan requested the legislation
so that registration fees would not
fall due during the winter months
of low employment.
Kodiak’s Alaska State Patrol
Trooper C. E. Hussey advised to
day that all vehicles are required
to have and display two license
plates.
“I’ve noted' that many Kodiak
area vehicles have only one plate
d’splaved and wish to'emphasize
the fact that all vehicles are re
quired bv law to display two
plates. This will be enforced. We
shall also be checking on out-of
state plates to make sure that
they are not expired,” he advised.
Reistration and purchase of new
car plates can be effcted in the
office operated by Mrs. Lou Veer
man, licensing a"ent, in the bank
building. The office w;ll be open
all day Tuesdays and also on Sat
urday mornings for this purpose.
Speaker Attacks
Red China Stand
Of Sen. Gruening
Sen. Ernest Gruening was at
tacked by Anchorage Attorney Ted
StevenS’ speech followed that of
evening given before a group pres
ent at the Lincoln Day dinner at
the Montmartre Inn.
Stevens speech followed that of
Dr. Milo Fritz, candidate for gov
ernor of Alaska. He was intro
duced by Chuck Powell.
Stevens charged that the junior
senator from Alaska has failed to
take a stand against the admission
of Red China to the United Na
tions.
In February ot last year, a ma
jority of both houses of the U.S.
Congress voted against admitting
Red China, and Gruening was not
in this majority, Stevens said.
Last July, the Senate for the
19th time adopted a resolution op
posing the admission of Red China
and. while Sen E. L. Bartlett, D
Alaska, was among the 75 senators
supporting the resolution, Gruen
ing was not, Stevens said.
Mr. Gruening s retusal to sup
port the action of the Senate in
dicates to me that he is one of
those misguided Americans who
believe that the masters of inter
national slavery should be recog
nized,” said Stevens.
The attorney said it is apparent
to him that “the junior senator
from Alaska cannot be speaking
and voting for Alaska if he does
not stand up and declare that he
is unalterably opposed to the ad
mission or recognition of Red
China. ..
“The Republican and the Demo
cratic platforms in 1960 opposed
the admission of Red China into
the U.N. Why is it that we have
a junior senator who fails to vote
for a resolution expressing the
will of both great political par
ties?” asked Stevens.
Alaskans in the coming election
will “demand that each of our
elected representatives be counted
on the side of freedom. . . Gruen
ing is one of the Democratic
spokesmen who doesn’t even speak
for his party,” Stevens said.
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Engineer Opens
New Office Here
Hubbell k Waller Engineering
Corporation of Seattle announced
this week that they have establish
ed a branch office in Kodiak.
The office will be under the su
pervision of Jim Barr, vice-piesi
dent of the company, who has
been on loan to the City for the
past year as City Engineer. The
local office will handle work in
civil engineering and surveying
for Kodiak and Western Alaska
with the main office continuing to
serve all of Alaska.
Temporary location of the local
office will be in the Carpenter’s
Hall next to Naughton’s Bakery.
Prior to his coming here, Barr
was attached to the Seattle office
of the engineering firm. He re
ceived his BS degree in Civil En
gineering at Washington State
University, at Pullman, and his
Master of Science degree from the
University of Iowa. He resides
in Kodiak with his wife Ellen and
two children.
United For Christ
Meeting Saturday
A United for Christ meeting
will be held this week at the
Church of God at 7:30 p.m.
All young people of the com
munity are welcome and encour
aged to attend these Saturday eve
ning fellowship times, Rev. Lewis
White stated in making the an
nouncement.
Special music will again be pre
esnted as well as an opportunity
for fellowship and inspiration. All
denominations are cordially in
vited to attend.
The Church of God is located
across from the high school.
Dr. Milo Fritz
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tal should be located, and ans
wered that the problem was “way
down on my priority list” with
other problems more pressing
needing attention.
The candidate said he favored
a strong form of administrative
government. There should be a
commissioner of education. “The
rest,” he said, “I’ll be responsible
Get ItOff
Your Chest!
Hear Dr. Milo Fritz,
Republican Candidate For
State Governor
Public Meeting
Tuesday, March 6, at 8 p.m.
Elk’s HalD
Find out what this candidate thinks
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