Reflections
(Continued from Page One)
502,785. We learn this by reading
our mail. The catch is you have
to master a new system of mathe
matics developed by Jakow Trach
tenberg, and fully explained in
“The Trachtenberg Speed System
of Basic Mathematics,” translated
and adapted by Ann Cutler and
Rudolph McShane, and in its fifth
printing, according to Doubleday
& Co., publishers.
The system makes multiplication
and division unnecessary. The
“shorthand of mathematics,” the
system reduces computation time
by 80 per cent, and is over 99 per
cent accurate.
The interesting part of this is
that the system was developed by
a brilliant engineer who spent
seven years in a Nazi concentration
camp, and devised the system as a
means of overcoming the boredom
of ihe camp.
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The Socialist Party in the United
States has launched a nationwide
campaign for socialized medicine
n America. It backs Kennedy’s
plan and urges workers to “help
labor work for political realign
ment, for cooperative medicine, for
socialized medicine.”
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT. All provinces in Canada
have a government financed hos
pital services program. During the
first two years of operation, the
Ontario hospital program has gone
in the red to the tune of $7 million.
It is expected the cost will soar to
$S88,7GO,000 by March 31, 1964,
which is $175,700,000 higher than
the actual cost in the past fiscal
year.
Manitoba, Nova Scotia and other
provinces are experiencing similar
difficulties.
Te chers? Pzy
Hiked In Bill
J'JNEAU UO—The House Thurs
•Jui p-jsed a stop gap teachers’ pay
raise which wit. eo>t out at abo-m
$1.5 miLion for tne fiscal yeur *
One th rd o. the money w.ll coma
from f ederal funds. Vote was ^7-b.
The bill grants increases of S15;
a year ihiguver tuan aj.<ed by «ov.
Egan. Starting salary calls : or
$5,150 for holders of Batchelors de
gree and $5,500 for Masters. ALo
includes a provision for $5vj0 a..
ferential lor teachers outs.de vuc
school districts.
Increases Bosrd
JUNEAU (TP)—Gov. Egan signed
the bill increasing the State Board
of P ish and Game from eignt to
ten members.
BOAT FUEL TAX EXTENDED
J u N EAU(iT’)—The Senate gave
approval Wednesday to the bill
wLvch extends 3 cents a gallon on
fc -—————————
watercraft fuel to pleasure boats.
The tax is now confined to coni'
mercial fishing boats. Bill now
oes to Gov. Egan.
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oi'iLiS 10 ALL PURSE SEINE VESSEL OWNERS -
iiu.eau ox Commercial Fisheries would appreciate receiving
lcquei.s Lorn vessel owners to have their names placed on a
binders i.st for chartering vessels for Biological Research work
ui Consul Waters off the Alaska Peninsula during the months of
ill, ough September 1961. We desire a vessel complete with
purse seine, seine skiff, and crew, ready for fishing, which must
be Alaska limit or larger. Interested parties should submit a com
plete description of their vessels and dates during which the ves
sels will be available for charter. The above material should be
mailed to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries ,Box 2481, Juneau,
Alaska by April 10. Interviews and vessel inspection will be made
soon after receipt of request for charter consideration.
Publish: March 24 and 31.
It grows
almost like
Jack’s
beanstalk
To him, it’s amazing. To teeming
millions in crowded areas of the
world, it’s a new source of hope
— of better food, a richer life.
For in food crops, astonishing new
growth is being released by the green
thumb of science.
One striking development in agri
culture, for instance, is plant foods
created by the people of Standard’s
ORTHO Division.
These plant foods come in dry pellet
form... and can literally be “rained”
on fields by plane. They can increase
yields of fruit and vegetables 100%,
make pastures rich enough to graze
five times more livestock.
Imagine what advances like these
can mean to the peoples of other
free world nations. Our field men
see it...working with farmers and
the land in 70 countries. Poor soil
becomes fertile; plants become rich
in nourishment.
And this has a larger meaning...
more food brings more vitality to
peoples of crowded lands, a stronger
economy ... a healthier soil for the
growth of freedom.
planning ahead to serve you better
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
OF CALIFORNIA