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Proclamation
WHEREAS, thb Civil Air Patrol
lias ‘been and continues to be an as
set of high value to our State, Na
tion aikl people; having served us
well in? the dark days of war by
vigilantly patrolling our coasts and
bmders against the dangers of
possible enemy invasion or attack;
and
WHEREAS, these same civilian
to&unteers have established and
tttve maintained in the State of
Alaska an effective program of av
iation education lor our youth; and
WHEREAS, the highly patriotic
members of the Civil Air Patrol
feave w.'rtained and are maintain
mg an efficient rescue organiza
tion of skilled fliers and technic
imm$> always ready .at quick notice
bunt for fellow fliers; and their
passengers who may be victims of
mishaps, and to aid them whenever
possible; and *
WHEREAS, Civil Air Patrol has
flown flights of mercy, rushing
fbod -and medical supplies to those
who needed them in times of stress
and disaster, and in many other
ways has proved its worth as a
ready servant of the American
people and as an auxiliary to our
Air Force; and
WHEREAS, on December 1st,
the Civil Air Patrol will observe
the seventeenth anniversary of its
founding:
NOW, THEREFORE. I, WILL
IAM A. EGAN, by the authority
vested in me as Governor of the
State of Alaska, do hereby pro
claim the week of December 1st
through December 7th to be
CIVIL AIR PATROL WEEK
and I urge that this deserving or*
ganization .'be specially honored by
our citizens by their participation
in ceremonies designed to honor
the men and women of the Civil
Air Patrol.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of Alaski to be affixed,
this twentieth day of November in
the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and fifty-nine.
(iSeal)
/s/ William A. Egan
Governor of Alaska
ATTEST: /s/ Hugh J.: Wade
Secretary of State
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Seek To Organize
Caroling Groups
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An orgational'' meeting is an*
amHced for Saturday, ‘November
SB. at 7 at the Elks Club, for
the purpose of forming Christmas
earned mg groups, and presenting
games, pet £hows, dances, play act*
n& etc. during the pre-Christmas
end holiday season.
Everybody is welcome to parti
cipate in the meeting and events
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RECOMMENDATIONS BACKED
The monthly ; meeting of the
Kodiak Education Association was
held on November 18 in the school
cafeteria.
The Legislative Committee • re
commended the acceptance .and
backing of legislation as proposed,
by the Alaska Education Associa
tion vat the last Delegates’ Assem
bly. These proposals included
legislation dealing with school
districts, school administration,
child welfare,* ami teacher -certi
fication. The recommendation was
backed unanimously by the KEA
members.
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By SIG DIGBEE
Though we are apparently in the
space age, the reaction of the
average individual to space travel,
space supremacy, and projecting
of humans into space is a shrug of
the shoulders and a “so what!”
“way for” attitude.
But according to Maj. Gen.
James F. Phillips (USAF-Ret.),
Director of the Guided Missile
Council of the Aerospace Indus
tries Association, peaceful applica
tions of the knowledge gained in
our space program may result in
greater long-range benefits than
any other single "activity ever at
tempted Iby man.
He gives an instance as regards
communications. He says there is
not a truly adequate system of
transoceanic communications, and
that even- a new trans-Atlantic
cable will be unable to handle the
volume of 21,000,000 overseas mes
sages predicted for 1970.
Communications satellites offer
the 'best solution, he says. These
satellites would be placed in orbit
at fixed points around the Earth
and signals would be “bounced**
from them to stations on Earth.
Meterological satellites would
permit man to have a platform to
observe the weather for above the
atmosphere. Several satellites
equipped with television, infra-red
detectors and radar will enable
weather experts to know a great
deal more about cloud distribution
over the earth,” Gen. Phillips
states.
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We were told the other day by
John Fletcher, manager of the
Orpheum Theatre, that people in
Kodiak seem to prefer Western
movies. We don’t mind a good
Western once in a while—can’t say
whether it is the sight of good
horse flesh dashing off in a cloud
with the rider after the villain or
a damsel in distress—or whether
the kick is in watching the gun
toter shoot it out with an apparent
ly endless supply of bullets, and
the lovely lady won and good
triumphing in the end.vBut they
have their fascination.
But what we don^t like is mak
ing Kodiak the locale for some real
life Western drama, as was fctte
case this week. Especra&y when it
gets as close to home as next door.
The first incident, w^s earlier in
the week when a 357 Magnum was
fired through the back door of a
neighbors at one a,m. We slept
through that one. A couple of
nights later, we had just eased into
bed and about to doze off when a
couple of loud shots rang out in
the vicinity o fthe small boat har
bor:. More conscious than usual
because of the incident earlier, we
jumped out of bed, (and before we
got even to the window, two more
shots were fired. There were five
shots in all. But there was no sign
of life anywhere, and the next day
no bodies found. On the same night
there was a report of shooting out
Mission Road way.
The Chief of Police and U.S.
Marshal are gunning for these
trigger happy nincompoops. More
power to them. Hope they catch
‘em. We’d just as soon keep the
shoot in’ on the Orpheum screen
where you at least know it won’t
do any harm.
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The meeting on boroughs Mon
day night has stirred considerable
discussion since. There are pro and
con arguments as to the necessity
of having boroughs or any such
form of government—call them
counties, cabbages, or what hhve
you.
We’ll go along with the argu
ment that this system of govern
ment should be simplified as much
as possible. At the present time,
there isn’t too much need for
organizing boroughs in some locali
ties. Certainly, we wiant to keep
away from any f orm of government
such as counties. Certainly, we
don’t want more government if it
means more expense, more graft,
more taxation.
We must keep in mind, however,
that growth of Alaska, population
wise, is inevitable. Alaska’s needs,
even ten years hence, will be en
tirely different than it is now. The
framers of the constitution used
forethought in making provisions
with that idea in mind.
* * *
Director of Local Affairs Charles
Hughes brought a chuckle when
he told about the old-time prospec
tor in Fairbanks, who was told
they were putting boroughs all
over Alaska. “Why,” he said.
‘They can’t do that. They won’t
live!”
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Thanksgiving reflections: When
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